The sky near the northern wilderness mountain ranges of the Ailan continent always darkened a little faster than in other places, and it was only six o'clock in the afternoon, and the towering snow-capped mountains blocked the sun that was still hanging high, so that the warm sunlight could not reach this land.

At this time, it was almost as dark as the night inside the Kanya Pass.

But at this moment, the countless bonfires raised by the soldiers of the Locke Empire reflected the entire mountain pass brighter than in the daytime, and the torches in the hands of the soldiers patrolling back and forth illuminated the dense forest on both sides like moving street lamps.

"Boom... Boom..."

The long and hurried echoes continued to sound in the mountain pass, startling the snow birds foraging in the dense forests of the mountain cliffs on both sides of the mountain cliffs, and the mountain snow wolves on the edge of the mountain cliffs were even more restless to wander around, grinning at the garrison of the imperial soldiers below.

With these muffled sounds, the cedars the size of a man on both sides of the mountain around the watchtower slowly collapsed to the exclamations of the Imperial soldiers, and then were quickly shaved off their branches and transported to the vicinity of the foundations of the previous checkpoint.

The sound not only alarmed the birds and beasts, but also the forward troops of the barbarian vanguard on the other side of the pass, and their scouts frantically attacked the patrol line set up by the imperial soldiers on the outskirts of the pass.

In just one hour, the barbarian scouts and the Imperial patrols had fought more than ten times.

The barbarians paid about twenty casualties for this before they succeeded in finding the information they wanted.

At this time, the main force of the barbarian vanguard army had arrived near the Kanya Pass, and the barracks arranged by their forward troops had also been lit up with bonfires.

In the dark night, the brightly lit camp is still in sight.

At the gate of the barbarian camp, as soon as the main force arrived, the leader of the forward scouts reported to the commander Sando about the movements of the imperial army in the Kanya Pass.

But Sandor was clearly unconcerned.

"Commander Sandor, if the Southerners succeed in building a checkpoint at Canya Pass, they only need five hundred men to withstand our army!"

At this moment, a young barbarian dressed in a deerskin cotton coat stepped on the thick snow to open Sando's guard, walked to the front of the group, and looked worriedly at the Kanya Pass, which was already in sight.

The iron helmet on the young man's head clinged to a hat woven from the hair of a snowy mountain tiger, and his white hair was as white as the snow around the camp, which made him stand out wherever he stood.

"Prince Meru, you don't have to worry, the southerners have already demolished the checkpoint of the mountain pass ten years ago in order to make it easier to dig the purple gold mine, and my scout saw with his own eyes an hour and a half ago that there was only a small watchtower!" said Sando confidently.

"But at the same time, our scouts brought back news that the Southerners were working on the construction of the checkpoints. Prince Meru said cautiously.

"Maybe you should ask your Southerner mentor how long it will take to build a level!" Sandor looked at Meru with scrutinizing eyes, and his entourage spat contemptuously at the feet of a middle-aged man in a woolen coat beside him.

The middle-aged man was not angry because of these people's actions, but said respectfully: "If the materials and manpower are sufficient, with the size of the Kanya Pass, it will take half a month to build a checkpoint at the earliest." ”

Sando didn't like the weakness of the middle-aged man, he snorted lightly, and then said, "So... Your Highness, the station of the southerners in the Kanya Pass will soon be in ruins. With that, he pretended to turn his head and shouted to one of the commanders beside him, "Emika, take your men and uproot the southerners' watchtowers at the Cannia Pass in two hours." ”

"Yes, my lord!" Emitty grinned, the ice slag on his long beard breaking in layers as he laughed.

Soon, the vanguard army of 5,000 yards was divided into two groups, and the main force marched towards the camp opened by the forward troops, while the brigade of 1,000 men went straight to the guard tower of the imperial army at the Kania Pass.

Sando didn't take a second look at the departing troops at all... As if in his eyes, this army would soon bring him good news, and he stared at Meru, "Then, Your Royal Highness, you can sleep well now, believe me, you will definitely hear the good news when you wake up!"

His language was full of mockery, and the generals around him laughed unbridled after his words landed.

The social system of the Kingdom of Balu is almost the same as that of the orc tribes, they are an alliance of many tribes large and small, and if they want to become their rulers, then, prove it to them.

Although he has the title of prince, he still has a long way to go to become the next king.

So, Sando's performance right now is not excessive.

The anger in Meru's heart was overwhelming, but he didn't show it, he regarded himself as a junior, and said respectfully: "Commander, I think we should pay attention to the battle of Kanya Pass, the scout told us that the southerners have at least a thousand-strong brigade of soldiers stationed at the gate. ”

A trace of imperceptible dissatisfaction had flashed on Sando's face, as a veteran who had served in the army for more than twenty years, he didn't like it when young people questioned his decision, and he questioned it again and again, but said with some impatience: "Believe me, Your Highness, after the arrival of our main force of five thousand, the thousand-man brigade of the southerners should have already left, leaving him with nothing but a group of abandoned unlucky bastards... Southerners have been like this for more than a decade, and they have never faced our troops head-on. ”

"Tactics can change at any time, Commander Sandor!" Meru whispered, "Maybe this is a deliberate attempt by the Southerners to paralyze us...... Moreover, our troops will not be a match for the Imperial army in a head-to-head battle, but the southerners have made us mistakenly believe that our army is invincible!"

"Our warriors are invincible!" Sandor was very unhappy with Meru's words.

"Yes, but first defeat the Locke Empire's army!" Meru shot back.

"Who told you that our troops are no match for the Southerners' forces, oh, I see, that so-called mentor of yours, that lowly slave!" Sandor opened his eyes wide, and stretched out his arm to grab at the throat of the middle-aged man beside Meru.

Unfortunately, his hand was only halfway out and was stopped, and what stopped him was a dry palm, as dry as bones.

"You..."Sando was furious, and when he turned his head to look at the person who stopped him, he forcibly suppressed his anger, because it was his mentor who attacked, and the Totem of the Kingdom of Balu was really a hunting Copley...

"Dear Prince Meru, if you are not at ease, you can personally lead a thousand-strong team of troops outside the mountain pass to prepare for the attack!" Copley released his palm holding Sando's wrist and asked, "What do you think, Commander Sando?"