The next day, Marshal Jiu Zhan of the Tingxiao Empire sent someone to deliver a war letter. The book is deferential and not provocative, but begins with a heartfelt admiration for the courage of King Kelman to lead his army to the front, and finally invites Kelman to face him on the plains of Mallord on February 15.

Kelman looked at the war book on the table and didn't pay any special attention, after all, it was expected. However, an expedited war report from Newin worried Kelman. The report of the battle arrived early in the morning, and Kelman immediately summoned all the officers above the rank of Legion Commander (including the Legion Commander) to discuss the matter, and the others were summoned to the main hall of the castle without even breakfast.

The highest rank in the field was naturally Prince Ressa, followed by Count Philip and Governor Yuankang at the commander-level level, and then more than a dozen army commanders such as Duke Nanton, Duke Kasugi, etc.

The sand table has been placed in the center of the main hall, and the soldiers and horses of Tingxiao and Yafei are clearly marked. On the route of the two sides, even the soldier's marching scene was displayed on the sand table through magic. The basic current battle situation has been seen at a glance on the sand table.

"Let's take a look. Kelman pointed to the sand table, and a battle broke out around the city of Xituo on the eastern coast, and the guards of the Yafy soldiers were fighting fiercely on the head of the city and the Tingxiao people.

"What, on the battlefield of the Eastern Front, these Tingxiao people have already fought to Xituo City?" said Duke Nanton in surprise.

Many of the officers present also showed the same expressions as the Duke of Nanton, obviously these people did not expect the advance of the Tingxiao mercenaries on the eastern battlefield to be so fast.

"It's not just Xituo City, they are surrounding Xituo City. At present, there are fifty or sixty thousand Tingxiao mercenaries piled up outside Xituo City. Kelman said with a frown.

Now the officers began to whisper.

"The city is the largest city on the eastern coastline, with a provincial highway leading directly to the city of New. Once this city is breached, these mercenaries, who are destined for their lives, will surely follow the provincial road to the rich city of Newin, which is to the northwest, and our rear route will be cut off. Count Philip analyzed.

"Newtown is the hub of this war, and there is no room for error. Count Kasugi said. Some of the officers also joined the argument when they heard this.

"At that time, the prince swore that he would not lose a city or a place after returning to Maine, and now the people of Tingxiao are sweeping all the way in the battlefield on the Eastern Front. Governor Genyasu said and glanced at Prince Ressa.

Then no one in the temple spoke.

"Your Majesty, it's not that the old minister doesn't stick to the battlefield on the Eastern Front. It is the city of Xituo going north, and there is really nothing to defend. If you send troops to defend the small castle along the way, it will be tantamount to giving these Maine elites to the Tingxiao people to eat. Therefore, the old minister decided to send troops to defend the most critical city, Xituo. Ressa explained.

"But now the city of Xituo is also besieged, and it doesn't take long for it to be breached. Yuan Kang said lightly.

"At that time, Jiu Zhan led more than 100,000 people to kill under the walls of Yiling Bernard, and I only had 70,000 horses in my hands, and I also divided 5,000 to collect Xituo City, and there were thousands of people in the south of the mountain range to defend those monsters. Governor Yuankang, you should teach me that I should send more people to Xituo City, so that I can lose this mountain city to Jiu Zhan before Your Majesty arrives here?

Yuan Kang also looked unkind, "Prince, what do you mean by this? ”

He was about to fight back when he was interrupted by Kelman.

"Alright!" Kelman said angrily, "When is it, there is still the kung fu to quarrel here, can you retreat from the enemy by arguing?"

There was a complete silence in the room.

"How long will those five thousand men in Situo City last?" Kelman glanced at Prince Ressa.

"Your Majesty, the city of Xituo City is solidly defended, and the terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is definitely not something that those miscellaneous mercenaries can capture by relying on numbers. Resa replied in a deep voice.

Although the prince said so, the vast majority of the people in the audience did not believe it. Even Kelman felt that Ressa's judgment of the city of Situo was too optimistic.

"Huh. Yuan Kang sneered, but because His Majesty was angry, he didn't continue to taunt.

"Your Majesty, although the prince said so, but after all, the number of people attacking the city on the other side has reached more than ten times that of the defenders, and the old minister thinks it is better to be careful, and now he should send a team of men and horses to rescue Xituo City. Duke Kasugi said.

"yes... Many people also agree with Duke Kassugi's point of view.

Resa saw that most people were in favor of sending reinforcements to Xituo City, so she didn't say anything more.

"Gu is still thinking, why did this Jiu Zhan ask me to wait for February 15 to fight him again, it turned out that he was waiting for his mercenaries to hit our rear, and wanted to take advantage of our army's unstable spirit to fight a decisive battle, but he also thought it was simple. Kelman sneered.

"Ladies and gentlemen, who wants to lead the army to the city of Xituo to relieve the siege?" King Kelman glanced at the officers around him.

For a while, no one was on the list, and everyone was not stupid. At this time, if you go to Xituo City, even if you wipe out all those Tingxiao mercenary groups, you have to share the merits equally with Prince Ressa's defenders, where is it really necessary to kill these Tingxiao regular troops on the front line of Yiling Burner Castle.

"Doesn't anyone want to go?" Kelman's voice froze.

For a time, the temple was silent.

"Why don't you let these mercenary groups come with you to break the siege?" asked the representative officer of the Ministry of Military Affairs in a low voice.

For a while, everyone fell into deep thought, and many people thought about it carefully and felt that this attention seemed to be good, there was no need to dispatch the regular army, and no one would suffer a loss, so let these mercenaries and Tingxiao's mercenaries fight well.

As a result, many people really nodded their heads again and again, giving the representative of the Ministry of Military Affairs a look of approval.

Only Prince Ressa, Count Phila, Governor Yuankang, Duke Kasugi, and Duke Nanton were still sober and didn't say a word.

"Nonsense!" Kelman slapped his palm on the mahogany fence at the edge of the sand table, "You haven't eaten a meal, and you're all so hungry that your brain is not good? Let these mercenary groups who are self-interested and disobey orders go to the rescue, then you might as well let the soldiers of Xituo City fend for themselves?"

Seeing that His Majesty was furious, this military meeting fell silent again.

"The old minister is willing to lead the army to rescue Xituo City. Duke Nanton glanced at the crowd around him and stood up and said. Hearing this, many officers widened their eyes and couldn't help but turn their heads to show gratitude to this colleague who "sacrificed himself for others."

"The old minister is also willing to go. Duke Kasugi also stood up at this time.

Kelman looked at the two who came forward, thought for a moment, and felt that they were indeed the right candidates. Although these two are not independent generals, they are better than Lian Da and calm, and it should be no problem to think that they will go to the aid of Xituo City.

However, Kelman still glanced at Count Philis, who nodded slightly.

"Okay, then you two can go. Nanton is the main general, and Kasugi is the deputy general, and the two of you will each lead five thousand troops, and immediately rush to Xituo City to rescue, there is no mistake, do you understand?" Kelman said sharply.

"Understood. The old minister will not fail in his mission. Nanton and Kasashi took the order.

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At this time, the Quartet Mercenary Regiment heading north along the coastline was still marching towards Xituo City. Because there is no rush under the stars, the Quartet Mercenary Group is still relatively energetic at this time. When he was less than five miles away from Xituo City, he could already see the smoke and dust billowing in the distance, and the smell of gunpowder in the air was already quite heavy. After walking another mile or two, you can already see the Xituo City that lives on the mountain in the distance. Looking at the puffs of smoke rising from the city walls, if you prick up your ears and listen carefully, you can actually hear the dense shouting and killing.

"Qiao Zhi, you lead twenty agile assassins to discuss the situation ahead. Remember to stay safe. Lai Wu instructed Qiao Zhi, the strong man beside him.

So Qiao Zhi led the twenty horsemen to break away from the large army and take the lead along the path into the sparse mountain forest in front. Instead, Lai Wu stopped the large army and beckoned to Alvin on the airboat, meaning not to go any further.

Since the last time in the Fevorni Mountain Forest, Qiao Zhi has been the most reliable source of battlefield information in Laiwu. These assassins were all arranged for him by Lai Wu, and they didn't need to shoot when they were fighting head-on, they only needed to listen to Qiao Zhi's arrangements and listen to the intelligence of every corner of the battlefield.

Alvin looked farther on the airboat, and beyond the mountain forest in front of him, it was the provincial road. Looking far away, on the narrow winding mountain road that spirals up in the distance, although it is not real, it can still be vaguely seen that the dense black spots are all human figures, and Xituo City is located at the end of this mountain road. Who would have imagined that on this steep hillside there would be a huge city, a city surrounded by mountains and the sea.

Looking further down, on the provincial road connected to the mountain road, his eyes could no longer see clearly, and Alwyn began to pray in his heart that those dark shadows were better off not people.

Alvin hurriedly asked Aoi to lower the airship. At this time, Qiao Zhi also rode back on the "Dream Horse", with a rather solemn expression on her face.

"Are they all human?" Alvin asked, glancing at Qiao Zhi.

Qiao Zhi nodded a few times, with an unbelievable look on her face, "I took a look, on the way from the provincial road to the mountain, there are at least thirty or forty thousand people, and these Tingxiao people have surrounded the mountain roads in Xituo City." ”

"Can you still get out of the forest ahead?" asked Lai Wu.

"No, as soon as you get out of that mountain forest, you will encounter a large army of Tingxiao people. When we go out, it is tantamount to death. Qiao Zhi's tone was very affirmative.

At this time, the other assassins also came back one after another, basically bringing back the same news - the exit to the northeast of the mountain forest had been blocked by the Tingxiao army.

Qiao Zhi counted the number of people, and there were three assassins who had not yet returned, and it was estimated that there were many bad lucks.

"Are those tens of thousands of Tingxiao people regular troops, or mercenaries?" Lai Wu asked with a second thought.

"Look at all kinds of flags, they should all be mercenaries. George replied.

Lai Wu nodded, deep in thought.

Alvin and Lai Wu are in trouble now. After a moment of silence, Lai Wu made a decision that surprised everyone - all the people were on the airboat.

As soon as Lai Wu gave the order, all the available combatants got on the airship, leaving about ten wounded to stand in place, in fact, leaving to take care of these horses that could not be brought on the airship. Chenzhu and Kaiba, who were lying in the carriage leisurely recuperating from their injuries, were also carried to the empty boat, and the two of them looked dazed, completely unaware of what was going on outside.

There were already more than 100 magicians on this empty ship, and now more than 300 people rushed up at once, plus the original weight in the cabin, as well as the armor around the air boat, all the weight added up to the carrying load, so that the current flight speed is very slow, and the steering and pulling up have become very sluggish. The little girl was quite difficult to control, and Alvin was helpless watching from the sidelines.

In this way, a "heavy" airboat headed for Xituo City, two miles away.

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The Royal Camp at Fort Bernard.

The Duke of Nanton and the Duke of Shanshan had already gathered 10,000 horses and set off from the city of Lianshan to the city of Xituo.

"Brother Nanton, can you ask why you went to rescue Naxituo City?" asked the Duke of Kasugi on horseback suddenly turning his head for no reason.

"There's no way, I have a son who can't succeed, so I have to make some mercenary group myself. There was no sign of anyone along the way, and I thought it was just a slow march that didn't keep up with the main army. Unexpectedly, I went to the Ministry of Military Affairs yesterday to check, and this guy actually passed the Wind Iron Fort and was no longer there. I guess with his character, he should go to the east coast to try his luck. I'm also a miserable man, and I'm going to be tossed by these children when I'm old. Duke Nanton sighed bitterly.

If he knew that Lai Wu was directing an airboat of several hundred people to fly over tens of thousands of people at this time, he would probably fall off his horse in shock.

"Is it the kid named Lai Wu?" said Duke Kasugi curiously, "that kid looks quite alert. ”

"Yo, can he still get into your eyes, brother? Nanton smiled, "My sons know how to dig money from me all day long, and they are really far worse than your family." ”

"Alas, it's all the same, the same is not unpleasant. The child in my family, who fell in love with the girl of the prince's family, couldn't grind his face, so he begged me to find out the prince's tone with a dead face. "Kasugi doesn't have a good airway.

"Oh, what does the prince say?" Nanton was also interested.

"The prince is very encouraging, but the girls don't like it. My son also knows how he was deflated, and one night he came back and made a fuss all night, ouch, he made a fuss in the house. Duke Kasugi smiled bitterly, "You see, this time I didn't even want to come to the Maine front, saying that I didn't want to see the girl from the prince's family again." ”

"Brother Qishan, I don't think he doesn't want to come, it's that you don't bring him... Nanton looked at the cedar and smiled darkly.

"Brother, what you say... Where to start?" he froze for a moment, looking puzzled.

"Heh, brother, you follow me to rescue Naxituo City today, and don't rob it with great military achievements, can I still not understand your mind? Don't forget, you and I have been mixed up in this court for so many years. Nanton quipped.

"Yes, I'm afraid that this military feat is not easy to mix, so let's leave it to the young people. Kashishan sighed, and then joked to Nanton: "Brother, you have brought all your family members in the Royal Legion, and I don't believe you if you don't notice anything." ”

"Ha, brother, you look at it quite carefully. But let me tell you, it's another thing whether I noticed it or not, but I heard that the prince's second son was abolished. After speaking, Nanton glanced at Kasaki, "It is said that even the martial arts cultivation has been ruined, and his face has also been ruined, and he has completely become a wasted person." Compare your heart to your heart, which Lao Tzu can swallow this breath when he sees his son being tortured like this?"

"Ah? And what's the matter?, the child's face was beaten like that by the princess, and it's no wonder who is sorry, but how can he be ruined for cultivation?" asked in a low voice, with a look of surprise on his face.

"I don't know if this is what His Majesty meant. Or maybe someone pretends to repay his personal grievances by His Majesty's hand. However, the prince himself did not bring it up, so naturally no one pursued it. Maybe Your Majesty doesn't know about this yet. Nanton said.

"That old man... Who do you think will win this time?" asked Kasugi as he stared at Nanton carefully.

Nanton couldn't answer for a while, muttered for a while, and said helplessly: "I guess I can't guess this ability." ”

"Who isn't. Hearing this, Kassushi also laughed.

"Hey, by the way, do you know that old fellow?" Nanton asked.

"Duke Qianxiao, you talk about him, I don't think I have seen him since I came to Yiling Burnerburg. I didn't seem to see him at today's meeting, but what about the others?" Kasugi said curiously.

"This old fellow is much more clever than us, and when he passed through Newinn City, he deduced that it was freezing that day, and that the old man had a cold leg and could not walk, and his majesty also knew about his leg disease, so he allowed him to recuperate there. Duke Nanton laughed.

"Huh, and this trick?" said Duke Kasugi with a dumb laugh.