My villain wants to save himself, but the yandere heroine disagrees

Of course, Litt was no exception, but the scout did not elaborate at the time, and she was also anxious to rush back to see Orson, so this matter did not attract her attention at the first time.

"Yeah." Orson nodded seriously, and Litt knew that this matter was probably not simple.

Chapter 121: Going to the Front Line

Another two days passed, and all the coalition forces successfully reunited.

Orson sat at the head of the central military tent, with Arthas and Lucius next to him, and the commanders of other legions sitting in the two rows below.

Everyone remained silent, no one spoke.

Until a few minutes

After the clock passed, footsteps were heard outside, and then Scaloni walked into the military tent with his head down, covered in dust.

He knelt down in front of everyone without saying a word.

"I have failed miserably, and I am willing to accept any punishment."

As he said this, he bowed to Orson.

"That's not necessary, General Scaloni. It's not over yet. The war is not lost. You can't continue to lead the troops just because you lost this battle."

Orson stood up, walked to Scaloni and helped him up.

After all, he is a big shot in the army, and he has a very good relationship with Arthas. You have to look at the owner before you beat the dog.

"No." Scaloni got stubborn and shook his head.

"I have committed such a serious mistake. If I am not punished, I will feel uneasy!"

Seeing this, Orson could only sigh helplessly.

He looked at Arthas.

"I wonder how His Royal Highness thinks Scaloni should be dealt with?"

He asked this because he wanted to give the right of disposal to Arthas. As Scaloni's "master", it was most appropriate for Arthas to decide Scaloni's fate.

Who knew that Arthas just shook his head.

"Let's leave it to you, Orson."

"Okay." Seeing that Arthas kicked the ball back, Orson stopped refusing. He looked at Scaloni, closed his eyes, and took a deep breath.

When he opened his eyes again, his expression became serious.

"General Scaloni, you failed to execute military orders, resulting in the loss of 10,000 elite soldiers and the morale of our troops. I deprive you of your command in this battle and hand over your troops to His Highness Alsace for command. As for you, you will be temporarily suspended and return to Saint Laurent City to reflect on your mistakes."

"...as you command."

This punishment is quite reasonable and is neither too light nor too heavy.

Scaloni did not allow the entire front to collapse, but turned the situation around by himself. He also did not evade responsibility but took the initiative to ask for punishment. In addition, given his position in the army, the punishment he received would definitely not be too severe.

After this punishment, the facial expressions of the other people present varied.

The happiest people were the Duke of Antica's side. Antica's generals and Litt himself all had smiles on their faces.

As for the officers loyal to Alsace, they were somewhat unhappy.

After all, the army had been building up momentum for Scaloni from the beginning, but up to now Scaloni has completely lost the chance to become the Duke of Naples. All the army's efforts were in vain, and in the end they had to help Antica fight back the Duke of Naples position that belonged to them.

From the moment Orson was chosen as the commander-in-chief, everyone already knew who the Duke of Napoli would be in the future.

And Orson naturally noticed everyone's expressions.

Before Scaloni could receive the order and leave, he spoke again:

"Everyone, I noticed that when I just announced the punishment for General Scaloni, some of you seemed very happy and some seemed dissatisfied."

"I don't know what you are thinking, but I hope you will not bring the political ideas of infighting into the military."

"An army that is united in appearance but divided in spirit will eventually become a pile of loose sand. Don't think that the Duke of Napoli has no chance to turn the tables. If you still hold on to your original ideas, then we will definitely lose this battle, and I will not command a defeated army. Please seek other advice."

"I always believe that a soldier's duty is to win the war, and then consider other things after the victory. So, everyone, no matter how you feel, follow my orders completely and don't have any ulterior motives."

These words shocked everyone present, except Arthas, who had heard Orson's speech before, and Lucius, who had known Orson's character for a long time.

Everyone looked at each other, and at this moment everyone's eyes were full of surprise and suspicion.

"Well, Master Orson, now that you've said so, I won't hide anything. You want to solve this problem, right? Then let's make it clear here." An imperial army general said this and stood up.

"Oh? General Ravenna, what do you mean?"

"Mr. Orson, you should know this, right? General Scaloni has been punished this time, and the title of Duke of Napoli will only fall on you after the war. We gave your Stranik family such a large piece of land for free, but you said this. It's hard for me not to think that you are taking advantage of us."

Seeing the other party talking like this, Litt in the audience stared at him fiercely, wanting to stand up and discuss with him at any time.

"Are you so sure that I will become the Duke of Naples?"

Orson asked directly.

"What else? Are there other candidates?"

"The results haven't come out yet, General Ravenna."

At this moment, Arthas took the initiative to step forward to help Orson.

"Your Highness, why are you..."

Ravenna looked at Arthas in disbelief.

He was clearly helping Arthas, so why did the other party stand on Orson's side?

"General Ravenna, don't forget what a soldier's duty is." Arthas came to Ravenna, patted his shoulder, and whispered something in his ear.

Ravenna's expression changed, and then she came to Orson unwillingly.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Orson, I was abrupt just now. I apologize for my previous remarks."

"It's okay, just make it clear. So, does anyone else here have any questions?"

Orson waved his hand nonchalantly, then looked at the others.

When those loyal to Arthas saw what Arthas did, they naturally followed their master and no longer had any objections. Other neutral people, including those on Antica's side, were even less likely to have any objections.

"In that case, let's start our tactical meeting now."

Orson said this and pointed to the map of the Duchy of Naples placed behind him.

……

"The enemy retreated just like that?" Inside the city of Romulus, Giovanni looked at the officer who was reporting intelligence in front of him with a calm expression.

Annihilating 10,000 enemies would have been considered a great victory before, but now Giovanni didn't feel anything at all.

Some were even somewhat dissatisfied, believing that their army was fully capable of expanding the results of the battle.

"Yes, Your Excellency the Duke. I would also like to report to you on Andrew's recent movements."

"explain."

"The invincible army brought by Andrew and his cult has now expanded to nearly 10,000 people. According to the assessment of previous battles, their frontal battlefield combat capability should be around 100,000 to 200,000 people."

"That's fine. In this case, there's no need for them to continue occupying my resources. Let Andrew take his army to the front line and tear open a gap for me. When their cannon fodder is dead, let our people go and reap the harvest."

"Uh... aren't you afraid... that he might turn against you?"

"Turning against us? I am the only one in his army that can be recognized. If he dares to betray us, he will be executed on the guillotine in Saint Laurent City the next day. Let him betray us and see."

"Yes, I understand."

"By the way, how is Donnie doing lately?"

"Master Donnie has been able to resume normal actions, but he still cannot control his powers normally. Now we need to send a few criminals to him every day so that he can get familiar with his powers."

"Okay." Giovanni nodded calmly. "Prepare a carriage for me in two days. I want to personally supervise the battle at the front line. Take Donnie with me."

"Ok."

Chapter 122: Another Plan

"With strong and muscular physique, sophisticated weapons and armor, and a fighting spirit that is not afraid of death, this legion is invincible. Orson, even if you are a god of war, you cannot deal with my invincible army." On the battlefield of Naples, Andrew and his fellow cult members commanded their legion to march northward.

During this pursuit, except for a battle with Scaloni's army, Andrew did not have another battle with the coalition forces.

This made Andrew angry and annoyed.

After being suppressed for so long and being discriminated against by Giovanni in various ways during the time of Romulus, he had long been prepared to vent his anger on the coalition forces. However, the coalition forces seemed to know that he was in a hurry to catch up, and they ran faster than he could.

His army's shortcomings were exposed - slow marching.

It's not that it's really as slow as a snail, it's just slower than the marching speed of a normal army. It's even more impossible to catch up with the retreating enemy.

"High Priest, the vanguard of our Immortal Legion has come into contact with the fortifications built by the enemy's small forces, and the enemy's large forces seem to be not far ahead." A man in a robe came over and reported the battle situation to Andrew.

"I see." Andrew nodded.

"Let the troops in front wait for a while. Don't rush to launch an attack. Wait until our main force arrives before launching an attack together."

"I understand."

Andrew's sect is called the God Ancestor Sect

Although the name sounds very noble, it is actually a real cult. They have done many crazy things such as transforming demons and creating an army of immortals.

Giovanni had been in contact with the Cult of the Gods before, but until now, when he was left with nowhere else to turn, he completely gave up on himself and allowed the Cult of the Gods to use his power to wantonly perform their evil magic.

The so-called Immortal Legion is made up of citizens of Romulus who were tortured to death. Through the secret methods strictly adhered to by the cult, they transformed living people into monsters that are extremely powerful, fearless of death, and only know how to obey the orders of the cult's priests.

During the transformation process, the success rate is only one in ten, and those who fail to transform will die directly.

As for their weapons and armor, Giovanni had been planning a rebellion more than ten years ago, and had secretly stockpiled a large amount of sophisticated equipment under various names, waiting for this moment to use them on these monsters.

"By the way, High Priest."

"What else?"

"Duke Giovanni said that he would personally go to the front to supervise the battle, so he led 20,000 troops from Romulus City towards us yesterday. Should we wait for them?"

"Humph, what are we waiting for? His 20,000 men can only serve as icing on the cake for us at best. We can fight a good battle without their help."

"Ok."

……

"I'm sure you all know my combat habits when I was fighting against the orcs before." Orson pointed to the map and looked at the generals below the stage.

He liked to collect specific intelligence on both sides of the enemy, analyze it in detail, and then find a suitable location to end the battle there, trying to achieve success in one battle.

When fighting against the orcs before, Orson used the weather and terrain to disperse and disintegrate the orcs' army, and then defeated them one by one.

He pays great attention to the right time and place.

He pointed to the current location of the coalition forces on the map, and then pointed to a location between the coalition forces and the city of Romulus, close to the direction of the coalition forces.

"Excuse me, those of you who have participated in front-line combat, can anyone tell me what the terrain of this place is like?"

When the generals who had participated in front-line battles heard Orson's question, they looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

Seeing that the situation was just as he expected, Orson sighed helplessly.

At this time, Lit raised his hand.

"Oh?" Orson's eyes lit up when he saw this, and then he looked in the direction of Litt.

"Leet, tell me about the terrain here."

"Well, when I was the vanguard at the gates of Romulus, I carefully observed the terrain here. Although most of the Naples area is plains, there is a rare hilly terrain here. Although the mountain is not high, if we set up camp on it and deploy an army to form a pincer attack, it will definitely make the enemy unable to advance or retreat."

"Well, your observation is quite detailed." Orson nodded with satisfaction and then looked at Arthas.

"Your Highness, please bring the sand table up."

"Yeah." Arthas nodded, and then he brought out the sand table that he and Orson had prepared.

This thing is very familiar to those who have worked with Orson before. When he was fighting against the orcs, he used a sand table to deduce the enemy's movements. Under the sand table, the terrain of the battlefield was right in front of him, just like having a God's perspective.

"The terrain here is actually far more than what you saw before, Litt. This is actually a valley." Orson said, pointing to the large basin in the center of the valley.

"The entrance here is long and narrow, with a wide basin in the middle, and then another long and narrow exit."