(I'm sweating!! Five gold coins, plus the bright red flag pulled out by Montoya, some people think of it... You are so enough~~~)

Chapter 523 [A Gift]

A large group of people were moving forward on the snow. The snow in the wild was so deep that it almost flooded its knees. Fortunately, on the road, the vanguard cavalry had trampled on it and melted a lot. However, the snow and soil mixed together, and along the way, it turned into clusters of black mud.

The large army was not moving forward quickly.

As the support of the Montoya cavalry and as the central army that went on this expedition, the number of this army reached nearly 5,000.

More than 3,000 of them were the guards of various chambers of commerce mobilized.

After these guards arrived at the Northwest Fortress, they were originally stationed around the town behind the Northwest Fortress to rest and spend the winter, and planned to wait until the spring starts before heading north and entering various fortresses.

At this time, Chen Daolin suddenly ordered everyone to leave the northwest fortress and gather to head north. Such an order would naturally not be supported by many people.

After all, these people are guards of the Chamber of Commerce, not real regular troops. They are not Chen Daolin's own direct troops, so where can they really fight for others? What's more, in this cold winter, it's much better to hide behind the Northwest Fortress and rest safely and cook in the house, roast fire, drink and eat meat, than to run to the north, traveling in the snow and long distances, and be ready to fight with orcs at any time, right?

Morale is not high, and it even looks a little dull.

However, Chen Daolin didn't care much about these. He looked at the soldiers moving around him, and those who bowed their heads and kept rushing to the road were his own men. In the second half of the team, those who could not help but whisper and complain in a low voice were the guards of the chamber of commerce.

(It's still too time is too tight!)

Chen Daolin sighed secretly in his heart.

If I gave myself a few more months to reorganize these chamber of commerce guards and calmly gather the morale of the army, at least it would not be like this now.

Although I am now leading nearly 4,000 people, I can actually say that they are all a group of mobs. Although in terms of individual soldiers, the strength of these chambers of commerce's guards is definitely not bad, and may even be even higher than that of ordinary regular soldiers. But in summary, it seems that it is far behind.

You can only fight a battle with the wind. If you fight a tough battle, an ordinary encounter may cause this temporary pieced together army to collapse in an instant.

Chen Daolin sneered in his heart.

At this time, Yiqi quickly ran back from the front and came to Chen Daolin's side. The one sitting on the horse was his disciple, the undead magician, and now Chen Daolin's chef McQueen.

In such cold weather, McQueen's face was covered in sweat. Some sweat beads on the ends of her hair had frozen into ice beads hanging on it, and it looked like her hair was white.

"Teacher. Our speed is too slow." McQueen whispered: "It won't work if this continues. The distance between us and Lord Montoya's cavalry team is too long. If something happens, I'm afraid there will be no time to respond."

Chen Daolin nodded. He said nothing, and whispered: "Where has Montoya been?"

"The Lord Montoya just sent Ade back to report the message. They had arrived at the fortress where the patrol team encountered the orcs a few days ago, and temporarily stationed on the spot. Waiting for the orders of the Lord."

"Didn't encounter any enemy situation along the way?" Chen Daolin narrowed his eyes.

"No." McQueen wiped the ice beads on his head and shook his head.

Chen Daolin thought for a while and shouted loudly: "Lucius!!"

In the team behind him, Lucius ran up quickly. The son of the governor was very good in riding. He rode his horse to Chen Daolin. Before Lucius could speak, Chen Daolin asked, "Is there any news at home?"

Lucius looked serious and said quickly in a short tone: "Moving!"

Because of the serious stuttering problem, the son of the governor has gradually developed a new habit of speaking, which is to be as quiet as possible. When he really wants to speak, he should use words as simple as possible. He looks a bit more pampering.

Chen Daolin nodded: "Okay, keep in touch with your family at any time, and send at least three fast horses to contact the back every day!"

McQueen glanced at Lucius, then looked at Chen Daolin again: "Teacher..."

"Barl Pierre is still very safe to do things. I think they will complete the preparations for the evacuation within three or four days at most." Chen Daolin said lightly: "Our mission is to try to win them more time."

“??”

McQueen was shocked, and he stared at Chen Daolin in surprise: "Teacher? What do you mean?"

McQueen was surprised!

Isn’t this expedition to defeat the orc robbers who came to invade? Didn’t I have to fight hard, expel the orc robbers and save the Northwest Fortress? Should I be to scare these orcs away so that they dare not spy on the Northwest Fortress again?

But why did the teacher say this at this moment?!

Chen Daolin chuckled and looked at McQueen: "Can't you understand?"

"...I can't figure it out." McQueen grabbed his hair: "Teacher, do you think we can't win this battle?"

Chen Daolin narrowed his eyes, faced the cold wind, looked into the distance, and said lightly: "Win can win."

"Well, then why do you still say you want to evacuate?"

"If you win, you will also evacuate from the Northwest Fortress." Chen Daolin sighed with a sigh.

"This, how did you say this?" McQueen opened his mouth wide.

Chen Daolin laughed dryly: "A few days ago, I had figured it out... I was fooled by that woman."

After pausing, Chen Daolin glanced at McQueen: "I'll tell you clearly. This time, even if we win, we will still evacuate the Northwest Fortress! We can't defend this Northwest Fortress! There is no need to defend it anymore!"

"ah!!"

McQueen was shocked and almost called out.

"Don't you understand?" Chen Daolin said lightly: "The words I said to the outside are just to soothe people's hearts. What is driving out orcs, what is full of force, scaring orcs... are just bluffing. Actually, I know in my heart that this battle is necessary! But this battle is not to defend the Northwest Fortress. Just say it clearly. I am willing to fight this battle to make the team see blood, use a victory to inspire people, unite the morale of the army, and completely subdue these troops. As for the Northwest Fortress... I can't keep it!"

After all, McQueen is not a fool. Those who can go to the Magic Academy to study are naturally geniuses. After thinking about it carefully, he immediately thought of the key point and stared at Chen Daolin with wide eyes: "Teacher, what do you mean...those orcs..."

"Well! The orcs we have to face may not be large, but they are definitely not or robbers. They must be the vanguard team sent by the regular army of orcs. Even if we eat these chess pieces for exploration, the subsequent orc army will continue to come. We cannot afford to fight or consume this little power."

"Then... why do we still have to fight? Why should we evacuate early?" McQueen shook his head.

"If we evacuate without fighting, the people below will disperse!" Chen Daolin said coldly: "Can we continue to follow us with more than 10,000 people? The foundation we have finally created will disperse. Once the prestige is lost, it will be difficult to pick it up again! What's more... even if our people are willing to follow us... what about those chambers of commerce? I used the benefits of the Northwest Fortress as bait and caught them with the hook, but now if I don't even do it, I'm afraid these guys will leave us!"

He suddenly smiled softly: "Don't worry. We will definitely win this battle. Since the orcs are temptations, the power sent by them will definitely not be too strong. This battle is clearly someone sent a whetstone. Why don't we take the opportunity to hone our team? Tempering this battle is also considered to be the best use of everything."

McQueen felt a little empty.

I couldn't help but feel a little disappointed when I heard Chen Daolin's true intention from his mouth.

No young man wants to make achievements, even if he is a magician. He is also a young man with strong energy. The northwest fortress that was originally ambitious to protect has now become an abandoned son who must give up, and he is inevitably confused in his heart.

"Don't worry, we will get this place back..." Chen Daolin said this and deliberately vaguely: "I... have already made a backup plan."

(I hope those two guys won't let me down.)

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Ah snee!!

Dixon sneezes hard.

Rubbing his red nose hard, the young magician shrank his neck and shivered, "This damn weather is almost frozen to death."

The two horses were walking slowly on the snow field alone, with sparse trees around them. Captain Hook walked in front and sat on the horse, sometimes waving the knife in his hand and cutting off the branches blocking in front of him.

"I said Captain, I have been to the north several times a few years ago, but I have never seen such cold weather! I have read the information in the academy. For more than a hundred years, the north has not been so cold! It is so heavy snow..."

Captain Hook didn't speak, he was just a stern face.

"Why don't you talk to me?" Dixon shouted dissatisfied.

"You are so unlucky. Say less to you and you will be less unlucky." Hook said coldly.

Dixon rolled his eyes.

At this moment, the horse under his crotch suddenly screamed and Dixon was shocked!

Hook had already turned over and jumped off the horse, raised the knife in his hand, and slashed hard towards the front!

With a shout, I saw a white thing hitting towards me on the snow!

Hook slashed over with a knife and immediately split the thing in half!

It turned out that a tree stump was buried under the snow and smashed it over.

Then I heard a whistling sound, and the ground was rolled up in the snow around me, and hundreds of figures jumped out at the same time!

The hundreds of figures were all furry soldiers of the wolf clan. They were majestic, holding a bright knife in their hands, with fangs all over their mouths, and roaring, jumping out of the dug snow pits and surrounding them at the same time!

Hook's eyes widened and saw some wolf riders in the distance, crawling out of the woods and staring around!

Can't run away!

Hook made a judgment immediately in his heart!

It would be fine if it was just some ambushed orc warriors, but if the other party had wolf cavalry, then these two of them would not be able to escape no matter what.

These wolf warriors had surrounded him, and Huke took the knife and stepped back step by step.

Behind him, Dixon had also jumped off his horse and shouted loudly: "We are the disciples of Darlingchen, we want to see your leader!!"

The warriors of the wolf clan were still pressing step by step. After Dixon shouted twice, he heard a whistle coming from afar.

The whistling sound seemed to be the long roar of a wolf. These tightly pressed wolf warriors immediately stood firm and stopped in place.

A wolf rider rushed out of the woods, rushed through the snowfield, and came to the two of them.

On the magnificent giant wolf, there was a burly wolf warrior wearing light golden hair and leather armor, looking extremely fierce!

"Darlingchen's disciples? You?"

The wolf warrior said coldly, squinted his eyes and looked at Hook and Dixon, and suddenly nodded: "I remember you! You have been here a few months ago and have also given me a batch of gifts."

Dixon walked a few steps with a smile, gently pressed Hook's arm holding the knife, pressed down the knife in Hook's hand, then spread his arms and stood in front of the wolf rider: "Are you the leader? Yes, we did come once a few months ago, but unfortunately we didn't see you last time, only your subordinates. However, you must have received the gift from our teacher and received the kindness of our teacher."
To be continued...