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"Your Majesty!"
Although the old orc Morinda knew very well that it was the best choice for him to remain silent now, as a member of the war analysis room, he was still nominally the commander of the military intelligence department, so he thought about it again and again and stood up and said:
"The Undead Legion relies on the night to achieve complete concealment, and the Scout Brigade has limited means, which are simply not enough to reconnoiter the Undead Legion in the dark. β
These words made Pedi a little angry, because in the previous battle meeting, Sira Marne and Morinda had advised him not to march in the evening, but he believed the Scout Brigade's words, and thought that since there were no undead creatures on the official road, there was no need to scruple.
After the silence lasted for more than ten seconds, Pedi let out a long breath, stared at Collier who was prostrate on the ground, and scolded:
"How could you be so useless!"
"I'm so sorry!" Cowlier bowed his head, but he knew that the king was teaching him a lesson.
Everyone knew the king's intention to let Collier take over some of the other party's power after Hanina's departure, but Cowrell clearly didn't take advantage of the opportunity, or someone deliberately embarrassed him.
"It seems that you are not capable of continuing to manage the Scout Brigade either. Pedi waved his hand, and after a few seconds of silence again, he pointed at the Morinda Morinda, "The problem of the Scout Brigade, you go and deal with it!" His solemn gaze stared at the high-ranking officers of the Scout Brigade who were kneeling in the distance.
Morinda looked surprised, "Yes, Your Majesty." But that didn't stop him from taking on the task.
"Now... Let's talk about the most pressing issues. Trying not to think about the internal problems of the kingdom, Pei Di looked at the waning moon in the sky, looking for the direction to the north, "Since we have encountered the formation of the undead army here, it means that our opponent is not entirely stupid. β
"After all, Udi Cooper has a high aristocratic education, and even the most stupid person should know the most basic military knowledge. Sira Marne also adjusted her thoughts, after all, it is very dangerous to concentrate all 50,000 troops on the official road now.
"The Scout Brigade has made mistakes, but we have to rely on them. Pedi looked at the Scout Brigade officer who was being taken away by the military police officer in the distance.
"As early as when the Heavy Cavalry Corps encountered the Undead Legion, I had already sent out the scout battalion. "For now, we are safe now, but this area is well-connected and located on the highland plains, and the armies of the undead can strike from anywhere in the east or north. β
"Yes!" Pedi nodded, "Do you have any good advice?"
"The news came from Herien City two hours ago that the main force of the undead legion was still around the city, and after the heavy cavalry corps withdrew from the battlefield, those corpses did not come after them. After a casual glance at Morinda and Syrah-Marne, Morinda said, "In other words, the defensive strategy adopted by the undead legion on the other side against us, their main target is still Herille City. β
"Just say your way, I listen to the analysis reports of the staff officers every day, piled up in my file bag. As he spoke, Pedi asked his squire to lead the horse.
"Based on the information provided by the elves and the situation of the Herion Lord, the staff office has calculated that the true elite of the undead legion in front of us will not exceed 30,000, and most of the others are just non-threatening ghouls and spirits. Sira Marne tacitly took over the topic, "And in the previous nearly half a month of fighting, we have consumed a lot of the strength of this undead army, so I believe that Udi Kubo's defense line on the periphery of Herien City is simply a show." β
"So, do you have any good advice?" said Peddy, who seemed to lose patience.
"If we want to fight the undead legion..."
"But our goal now is not to fight the undead legion, but to lure them into the city of Hryon in order to solve this hidden danger once and for all. Collier, who had been looking for an opportunity to speak, finally seized the opportunity at this time, and he did not hesitate to say this nonsense.
It's not for Cowlier, though, as he needs to use his own statements to observe Pedy's attitude towards him.
"Ifβ" Ser Sir Siara-Marne repeated what she had just been interrupted, and deliberately accentuated, "if we want to fight the undead legion, we should order a strong attack at once, we have enough goblin explosives in our hands, and if we attack with all our might, I am confident that we will break through the defensive line in front of us within two days." β
"While this may allow the necromancer to escape, we can at least save the city of Herion..."
"Yes, keeping the city of Herien will cost us a lot of money!" Collier knew that he was really going to be completely fine, and let it go completely, "For the entire kingdom, it's not worth it to do this for an empty city. The old mage always remembered the last time the king told him about his plans for the Principality of Suluk, "Your Excellency, don't tell me about the value of a city, I know the value of a city better than you!"
The old mage spoke eloquently, looking at Sira Marne, then at Morinda and then respectfully saluting his king, "Besides, I don't think we can risk letting Udi Kubo escape, no matter how rich the kingdom is, it can't afford to repeat it a few times. β
Sira Marne had been in a calm state of mind when the old mage spoke, and when Collier was completely silent, she met Cowrell's gaze with a slightly indifferent gaze, "Sir Cowrell, please don't try to interrupt the conversation between the King and the Marshal again. β
"I'm just expressing my opinion. Cowlier bowed slightly to Sirah-Marne, showing due respect for the Marshal of the Kingdom, "If I offend you, all I can say is... I'm sorry. β
"Cowlil," said Pedy, grasping the reins of his horse, habitually checking the stability of the saddle, "this is not your non-commissioned officer schoolβ" and his tone was warned. β
Collier immediately humbled down to show his humility, and Sira Marne bowed her head slightly and gave a military salute, while Pedi turned over in front of everyone's gaze, and he didn't have the heart to listen to the so-called advice anymore, so he directly ordered: "Order the troops to find a place to camp on the spot, and launch a tentative attack on the line of the undead legion in front." β
The herald, who had been prepared, left as soon as he confirmed the order, and Pedi pulled the reins of his horse and looked at Sira Marne, "Come with me." With that, he struck his horse and returned to the main army along the path.
The rest of the people, except for Sira Marne, hurriedly retreated to the sides of the path and bowed down to meet their king.
Sira Marne was surprised by the King's invitation, but Sheila Marne was not slow, she grabbed the reins handed to her and quickly turned over to her horse, keeping up with the King's pace.
...
Today is not only a sleepless night for Pedi,
Thousands of miles away, the city of Suke was destined to have no sleep tonight.
Preparations for the 'Forbidden Strike' plan were nearing completion, and Andrew, in ruins, was clearly aware of the City Council's plans, and the undead monsters he had created had begun to expand wildly ten hours earlier, attacking the coalition forces stationed at the intersections of the streets.
However, with the army of Fort Norma and the garrison of Suke City defending without counting casualties, the preparations for the 'Forbidden Strike' were not disrupted. However, after ten hours of intense fighting, and with all the infected soldiers turned into ghouls, the situation was slowly becoming difficult in the narrow defensive lines of each block.
Penny Reagan was standing in the defensive tower at the corner of Patweed Street, Brian's joint headquarters. And not far from here, on the battlefield at the intersection of Patweed Street, Penny Reagan stood on the balcony of the tower, and could even clearly see the fierce expressions of the soldiers on the battlefield under the fire and concealment.
Prior to this upheaval, Penny Reagan had only read about war in some knightly writings, and she had tried to think of the battlefield as brutal as possible, but the real battle was much more brutal than she had imagined.
In just a few days, Penny Reagan grew rapidly. Two days ago, she took the initiative to find Nepdo Quint to apologize sincerely and lift the 'cold war' between the two that should not have existed.
But Nepdo Quint didn't buy it at first, because Stu Garra had died unexpectedly in the 'Eunice Hall Assassination'! In the end, it was under the coordination or forced intervention of the elven commander Brian that Neptor Quint compromised and said to Penny Reagan:
"Until the end of this war, I will not dwell on everything you have done before, but only this war. When we deal with these nasty corpses, you will pay for your ignorance, Stu Garra will not die in vain, and those innocent councillors will not die in vain!"
The look on Penny Reagan's face when Neptor Quint said this often came to Penny Reagan's mind, she wasn't afraid of the trouble Neptor Quint would cause in the city council in the future, she was thinking about whether what she had done before was the right thing.
But does this question need to care about the right?
That's another problem!
Old Duke Nick once warned her that there is never a right or wrong in court battles, only victory and defeat.
And now, she's the winner,
But many hostile eyes around her were telling her that she was doing it wrong!
"Captain, the defenses at the Queens street entrance are almost overwhelmed!" an elven ranger shouted as he walked into the headquarters, interrupting Penny Reagan's thoughts and attracting all the busy people in the headquarters.
"Send the Normaburg army on their left flank to support. "Brian didn't seem to be in a hurry, because although the battle situation everywhere seemed to be dangerous, in fact, the coalition forces now had an absolute advantage, and if it wasn't for the terrain problem, they wouldn't even use the 'forbidden strike' to destroy this undead army.
The Elven Ranger quickly withdrew to deliver orders, and the entire command was once again busy, coordinating and handling the deployment of the tripartite alliance. Penny Reagan let out a breath and sat quietly by the shield-covered fence, once again observing the bloody battle under the flickering lights not far away.
Half an hour flies,
In a very noticeable sound of footsteps, more than a dozen human mages with staffs, as well as two elven archmages, appeared at the command headquarters.
"Ready?" Brian asked subconsciously.
"Yes, it's all ready!" the leading elven male mage nodded, "You can leave now, and we can leave the rest." β
Penny Reagan heard the seemingly casual words of the elven mage, looked at the serious old mages, and her ears were filled with the earth-shattering roar of the soldiers who were fighting bloodily below, and understood what it meant to be "ready" in their conversation!
Brian looked at the male elf mage carefully and nodded silently, her gaze slowly moving towards the dozen or so human mages behind her, this time there was no contempt for humans in her eyes.
The human mages bowed slightly under Brian's gaze, and then moved their gaze to Penny Reagan not far away.
At this moment, Penny Reagan felt only immense shame under the gaze of these eyes, and she forced herself to collapse and took two steps before they could salute, and preemptively said, "Thank you for all you have done." β
With that, she bent down and saluted solemnly.
The human mages immediately returned the salute, and one of them, an old mage in a gray shirt, whispered, "We don't need any thanks, I just want to see what the forbidden magic is like at the last moment of my life." β
"Let's go. Brian urged, "If you really think about them, get out of here as fast as you can." β
The female elf choked all the words Penny Reagan wanted to say back to her stomach in one sentence, and walked as fast as the two elven rangers escorted towards the entrance of the headquarters, and when she passed through the center of the hall where the mages were, her pale red eyes flashed the faces of all the mages in turn.
The reason why forbidden magic is called forbidden magic is because it is not a spell that mortals can cast, and the energy conversion required by the spell may not be able to withstand even the elves who have lived for tens of thousands of years.
Sacrifice is inevitable!
And the greater sacrifice was the soldiers who were still fighting, who did not even understand what was happening, and only received orders to fight to the death.
On the street outside the headquarters, the foul smell of blood filled her nose, stimulating Penny Reagan's fragile nerves, she looked at the war horse not far away, broke free from the support of the elven ranger, her originally confused gaze suddenly became firm, her chest straightened, and her hurried steps became steady.
Before the horse, Penny Reagan grabbed the reins of the horse, kicked away the small wooden ladder that the squire had placed under the saddle, recalled the scene when her father and brother taught her to ride, and neatly turned over the horse and beat the horse towards the inner city wall farther away.
...
In the center of the underground altar in the middle of the ruins of the Grand Theater, at the end of countless corpses, Andrew's original brocade dress was covered with blood stains, his miserable white skin was a little oozing under the faint light reflection, and a pair of blue fire eyes flashed on his shriveled bloodless face, staring at a monster corpse on the test bench "Hehe" sneered...
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