After half an hour of galloping, Sirah Marne stopped to look down on the endless land while riding on a high ground.

Her boredom was just relieved because of her work, but when she saw the scene of the withered yellow grass that should be full of greenery, she subconsciously thought of the scene of the undead army wreaking havoc on the earth.

"Herien Collar is like two worlds now and outside. Sir Fred, who was accompanying him, couldn't help but sigh, "Except for the Goldwater Forest, everything around here is lifeless... Moreover, if the evil energy is allowed to continue to exist, the Jinshui Forest will become the same as this grassland. ”

"We're going to destroy all those monsters. Sirah-Marne looked up not to look at the desolate land, but the gray sky still revealed the fact that evil energy was pervading the land, and she had to close her eyes and let everything in front of her disappear completely, and empty her mind.

Fred was about to continue to say what he was going to say, and when he saw his boss now, he chose to shut up. Then, he himself followed the example of Sirah Marne and prayed to Mary, the god of the sea, whom he believed in.

The surrounding soldiers looked at each other, and under the command of the captain, they began to guard the surroundings to prevent any scattered undead or other patrolling squads from disturbing them.

Half an hour later, Sirah-Marne opened her eyes after taking a deep breath in a row, and there was still a dead earth and gray sky in front of her, but the irritability and depression in her heart had disappeared, and she calmly turned her head to look at the staff officer who had been waiting for more than ten minutes and asked, "What's the matter?"

"The Paladins have discovered another Altar of Death in an abandoned mine two hundred miles to the west and destroyed it. The staff officer habitually spoke quickly, "Also, the Scout Brigade has also found two other death altars on the outskirts of the undead legion's assembly area. ”

"What does this mean?" said Sira Marne, trying to keep herself in a calm state.

"The two altars we found and destroyed only reduced the spread of evil energy, and there are still some problems with the space teleportation materials entering Herion City, and the mages are calculating the magic circle to build, but the situation is not very optimistic!"

"It's not that simple. Unfazed, Siala Marne asked, "Did Your Majesty send any orders?"

"Your Majesty has asked you to follow the established plan, if the Legion of the Dead does launch an attack on the city of Herion tomorrow, our main force should immediately stick to buy time for the city of Herion. ”

"That's it?" said Sirah-Marne, stunned.

"Yes!"

"Your Majesty is more cautious than you think. Sir Fred then said, "Let's go with the plan." ”

"That's the only way to go. "Sheila-Marne felt that what she was doing was somewhat unworthy of the title of marshal, but as a military commander, all she could do now was to complete the tactical arrangements according to the established plan.

...

In the king's tent in the camp, Pedi was in a daze with a piece of information.

After formulating the battle plan, he did not participate in the specific tactical arrangements, after all, Sira Marne has always been reliable in this regard.

At this moment, Pedi was not as easy as he had given the order.

The destruction of the two death altars did not completely change the blockade of space by evil as imagined, but there were loopholes.

What we need to do now is to find this vulnerability in the shortest possible time.

For this reason, almost all of the mage troops were dispatched at the moment, trying to calculate the loopholes in the space blockade during the field survey.

Cowlir stayed in the king's tent, acting as the king's secretary-general, handling messages from the mage's troops. The old mage's face was not as relaxed and happy as before, and after he finished processing the latest news, he looked at Pei Di with a not very happy look and said, "Your Majesty, the spatial loopholes mentioned by the elves only exist theoretically. ”

"What are you trying to say?" Pedi wasn't very friendly right now.

"The spatial copper leakage we are looking for is only theoretical, and according to my calculations, it should not be very difficult to find. "But the challenge was that we needed a secure channel that could be used for a long time," Cowlier immediately explained. He held a few of the latest magical photos the scouts had brought back, "One of the two newly discovered altars of the Scout Brigade is clearly new. ”

Pedi was already in a bad mood, even more irritated by Cowlil's words, and the old mage continued, "In other words, our enemies don't want us to support the city of Herion through spatial teleportation! Udi-Kubo is a little smarter than we thought. ”

"Huh?" Pedy's crimson eyes were full of Cowlier's figure, "why didn't you say it in the first place?"

"Because the vulnerability does exist, I also hope to find it. Cowlier pointed to the information on the table, "But now it seems that our chances of finding it are slim. ”

"Do you know what you mean by that?" Pedi's irritability made it impossible for him to sit upright, he stood up and moved back and forth in the king's tent, "Could it be that our 50,000-strong army is gathered here to watch the undead army show how to attack the city of Herion?"

Collier saw that Pedi was really angry, and quickly got up from his seat and trotted to the side of the map, pointing to the western region of the Herion Territory, "Your Majesty, I haven't finished my words yet..."He made himself as aggrieved as possible, "Thanks to the excellent performance of the Paladin Squad, the spatial barrier in the northwest region of the Herion Territory has been lifted. ”

"You're trying to build a transit station in the Northern Passage?" Pedison stopped as he walked, all the thoughts in his mind flashed, and he immediately understood the old mage's thoughts as his eyes fell on the map.

"It's the safest thing I can think of at the moment, and it's just my opinion... Maybe the mage forces will soon be able to find the Spatial Leak. There was not much confidence in Cowlier's tone, or rather he was deliberately speaking with a lighthearted tone, as if he were talking to his king about such a trivial matter as the category of tonight's dinner.

"It's a good idea, but it's a bit expensive. Pedi was a little moved.

Cowlier didn't answer because he had already made his own suggestion, and he wouldn't interfere when it came time to make a decision.

The conversation was aborted, and Pedi was in no hurry to take a stand on the matter.

For the rest of the afternoon, the king's tent was dealing with the information that had been reported from all over the country.

At eight o'clock in the evening, as darkness fell, Pedi asked his herald to summon Drachir, who had been away for a busy day.

By the time Drassel entered the king's tent, it was two o'clock in the evening.

Judging from the elven advisor's dusty leather armor, he had come back from a long way away.

"I might be about to disappoint you. With reproach and chagrin on his face, Draxier stood beside the curtain of the king's tent and looked a little restrained.

"I'm not summoning you to hold you accountable, all plans are subject to surprises, and the current problem is not something that could have been imagined before the plan. Pedi was surprised to see Drahir's lack of energy, and he pointed to a stool next to the throne, "Let's sit down." ”

"I feel a little more comfortable standing now. Drahir rejected Pedi's offer.

"I mean, you should probably come and rest for a while, I've got a plan to save your mistakes, and sit down if you don't want to miss it. Pedi's tone gradually became serious.

Drahir was stunned, hearing Pedi's words was like a boat in a storm suddenly finding land, he subconsciously walked to the throne and sat down, and looked like he was listening.

But Pedi suddenly fell silent at this time, as if it was not him who had begun to speak.

His sudden silence was not intended to make Drahir uncomfortable, but because he suddenly wondered why he was considering Collier's suggestion and would subconsciously let the elf in front of him come to discuss.

"Your Majesty?"

"Sorry, I think of something else. Pedi came back to his senses and fell on Drahir again, "This afternoon, Cowlir gave me some plans... He proposed that a space teleportation station could be established in the northern corridor. ”

"Huh?" Drahir was visibly stunned.

"Oh damn it, how could my brain be so stupid!" Drahir stood up from his seat, his handsome face flushed with excitement, and when he looked at Shang Peidi, he subconsciously bowed and said, "Your Majesty, please be sure to give me this task, I am willing to bear all the material costs for the establishment of a transit station in the Northern Passage to make up for my mistake." ”

"That's why I came to you. Pedi didn't refuse, and he now finally knew why he would want to do it with Drachiel.

...

On the morning of the 28th,

After a sleepless night, Pedi summoned the Marshal of the Kingdom, Sir Sir Sira Marne, to his tent alone, and the two men engaged in a two-hour conversation after the undead army stormed the city of Herion.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Pedi gave the order to the garrison of the city of Herion in the name of the king. At the same time, the five armies of the Jinshui Forest relied on the official road at the edge of the forest and marched rapidly in the direction of Herion City.

At three o'clock in the morning of the 29th,

The Krulian Army's vanguard of heavy cavalry encountered the undead army's army of ghouls on the outskirts of the city of Herion, and the two sides immediately fought under the dark night sky.

After an hour of fighting, the Krurian Heavy Cavalry Regiment received an order from the High Command and chose to leave the battlefield, while the Undead Regiment did not choose to pursue it, perhaps due to its lack of mobility.

The main army of Kruria's follow-up also stopped advancing towards the city of Herion because of this encounter!

Under the dark night sky, on the middle flank of the official road where the huge army was advancing, a high ground with a wide view, King Pedy Reagan erupted in thunderous rage.

"Have the scouts of the Scout Brigade been eating lately?" Pedi made everyone around him tremble with a low roar of endless rage, "An hour ago, an hour ago!" he waved an iron tree strip in his hand that was specially written information, "The Scout Brigade that the Kingdom spends a lot of money to build every year, and the information I brought back is that our army will not encounter the undead legion until it arrives in Hurion City!"

"And now?" said Pedi glaring at Cowel, the interim head of the current Scout Brigade, "We're still a full day away from Herien City, and we're confronted with an army of formed ghouls!"

"I'm very sorry, Your Majesty. Cowlier fell directly to his knees on the dry ground, and his whole body was prostrate on the ground.

"Stand up for me!" Pedi's voice was like thunder, "Don't pretend to be pathetic, you're not pitiful at all, God testifies, I really want to smash your body into the flesh of the city with my warhammer now." ”

Corlir didn't dare to get up now, he buried his head in the mud and sand, and he didn't dare to say a word. The monstrous anger came very suddenly, and the old mage had not felt the anger of his master for a long time.

In fact, Pedi has rarely been angry since he was crowned king, after all, the king's anger is not something that can be calmed down casually. Even if the essence of Pedi's anger is not to dispose of anyone, in order to maintain his royal power, someone must pay for it.

And this time, Pedi was angry, not because of his incompetence in Cowlier, but because of the struggle between ministers.

The Scout Brigade was a key unit established by Pedi to reconnoiter the enemy when he led the Crewe people to fight against the orcs, and was first subordinate to the Military Intelligence Service.

After the establishment of the kingdom, the King's Office set up an intelligence commissioner and a war analysis room, and the battlefield scout battalion of the scout brigade was assigned to the military department by Pedi, while the spy scout continued to stay in the military intelligence department, and the intelligence commissioner and the war analysis room were assigned to the unified leadership.

Therefore, the current scout brigade has long been divided into two, that is, the scout scout of the military intelligence department and the battlefield scout battalion of the military headquarters. It's no secret that the Scout Brigade hasn't liked each other since they split.

With the ability of the scout team, they will not even be unable to understand the basic information.

With Peidi's wisdom, after receiving the battle report from the heavy cavalry corps, he could figure out all the tricks without any investigation.

On the surface, this incident is an infighting among the Scout Brigade, but in fact it is a contradiction between the military department and the Military Intelligence Analysis Office, which is also a contradiction between the foreign nobles led by Baron Hanina, the Paladin Order, the remnants of the 'Holy Force', etc., and the traditional nobles of the Crewe Territory led by Sira Marne.

Of course, Pedi didn't think Baron Hanina and Sir Sir Sir Cyrah-Marne would be stupid enough to do such a thing.

However, this is more serious than the two of them fighting openly, because their subordinates have subconsciously regarded each other as enemies, and now they have done such a stupid thing in such an important war situation.

"Your Majesty, as the commander-in-chief of this campaign, I am willing to take on this responsibility. "Sira Marne, though she has never been involved in the political struggles within the kingdom, knows exactly what is going on.

Sira Marne didn't know if Baron Hannina was involved in this incident, but the paladin team led by the other party had just made a name for themselves, so she was the only one to take responsibility.

A hymn to blood and fire