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Chapter 550 - 550 113 All Got Wrong Scripts_1

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“Who in their right mind thought of the strategy for me to lead the troops to assist the besieged Northern Expedition Army?”

Hudson couldn’t help but swear.

The Northern Expedition Army, gathered together for a local defense, is like a hedgehog.

For the orcs, in order to devour the hedgehog, they have to endure the prickles first.

Even if they manage to annihilate the Northern Expedition Army, the price they pay would be dreadful.

Once the choice of breakout is made, the situation changes.

Probably a good number of cavalrymen will be able to escape, and as for the infantry, it depends on whether the Lord of the Dawn is merciful.

If Hudson was the orc commander, after making an interception attempt, he would let the cavalry troop go and focus his forces on consuming the infantry of the Expeditionary Army.

It sounds simple to go out and assist them, but the question is, where should we assist?

The distance between the two sides is no less than five hundred miles, and the enemy’s Air Force is hovering everywhere.

Hudson wouldn’t dare to bring his troops under the nose of the Orc Army.

A team of a hundred or so can maintain secrecy.

A team of seven or eight hundred can also break into pieces.

But a six-figure army is a huge group no matter how much they scatter, unless all the Hawkmen in the sky are blind.

“Earl Laurent, please forward this to His Majesty.

If the breakout team of the Expeditionary Army can get within a hundred miles of the defense line, I will immediately lead the troops out to assist.

Any further, and it exceeds the scope of our capabilities.

Anyone with a bit of military knowledge knows how loud an army’s movements can be.

Rashly striking, I’m afraid the Northern Expedition Army might not get assisted, and the Border Army would be sacrificed first.

The Kingdom is not well-stacked, we cannot act arbitrarily.

I suggest His Majesty should try to use diplomatic means to seek reinforcements from the Human Alliance!”

Hudson decisively refused.

The rhythm of killing people and then walking away, he’d jump into that pit only if his brain was waterlogged, knowing full well it’s a trap.

“Honorable Earl Hudson, His Majesty the King is also in a predicament.

The reinforcements from the Human Alliance are yet to show any signs of movement, and the Northern Expedition Army has run out of provisions.

To survive, they have started to consume the Orcs on the front line.

You are a military expert and should know what this means.

Under the leadership of the Five Great Dukes of the North, the major nobles on the front line have initiated a palace coup against Marshal Campbell.

Under the pressure from the army, the Marshal had no choice but to agree to the breakout plan.”

After hearing Earl Laurent’s explanation, Hudson finally understood why the wise Caesar III would agree to such a foolish plan.

As a state formed by an alliance of shareholders, once major nobles in the country form a unanimous stance, the King’s ideas become irrelevant.

Not seeing reinforcements for a long period of time, one can well imagine the pressure on a besieged army.

Everyone knows that holding one’s position and waiting for help to arrive is the best option, but human nature is selfish.

In the end, only a minority are willing to sacrifice clan interests, even their own lives, for national strategy.

Especially for the major nobles who have placed heavy bets, they cannot gamble it.

Breaking out will result in heavy losses, but there’s a high probability that core members can escape.

It’s always better than staying behind waiting for death.

For some reason, Hudson felt a strange sense of déjà vu watching the Five Great Dukes of the North leading the breakout.

It’s just like the Liaodong Military Group at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

They barely had the ability to protect the home and country, but had the talent to betray teammates and raise enemies for their own use; a perfect group of losers.

The only difference is their enemy.

Behind the Alpha Kingdom, there is the Human Alliance as the backing.

Within the alliance, there are many powers that hope for the decline of the Alpha Kingdom, but they cannot tolerate the Alpha Kingdom falling into the iron hooves of the Orc Empire.

He estimated that once the Expeditionary Army is defeated, the Alliance’s reinforcements will hurry at the fastest speed to rescue the situation.

Hudson was immediately relieved.

Knowing that the Five Great Dukes of the North wouldn’t dare betray the human race, it was enough.

“Earl Laurent, His Majesty’s difficulties I naturally understand.

But the key to the problem isn’t if we understand, it’s that we really can’t do it.

All our forces are here, and Hudson’s ability is limited.

Whoever in the Kingdom is capable, let them take responsibility.

I’m willing to step down and let a more competent person take charge.”

Hudson shot back with no hesitation.

Passing on duty happened not for the first time.

If it was a small-minded king, he would have sent him home long ago.

But Hudson didn’t care.

If he really could dismiss the trouble and go home, he would only feel thrilled.

It’s not easy to become famous, and it’s harder to preserve oneself entirely.

The more critical the moment, the more one should bludgeon onwards.

Blindly accepting tasks that exceed one’s abilities will only result in failure and disaster in the end, damaging the nation and its people.

Hudson suddenly suspect that why Caesar III asked for his opinion was to purposely let him play the bad guy.

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“Charge!”

In the dark of night, the Northern Expedition Army launched another attack.

In order to create an opportunity for a breakout, they didn’t distinguish between day and night, launching surprise attacks.

The target of the attack astonishingly became the Orc Cannon Fodder Race.

Unlike previous attacks, these days, the Expedition Army had left behind many letters after each raid.

These letters contained the dark history of the Five Royal Clans as well as the on-going rebellion, written in various Orc languages.

Afraid the Orcs wouldn’t understand, all the letters were worded straightforwardly.

“Marshal, the preparations are almost complete.

I estimate that these orc species have probably learnt about the changes behind them.

If they can be alienated, the effects should be visible by now.

If we drag on any longer and the enemy responds, our psychological attack will become ineffective.”