Chapter 14: The Beginning of War
The dividing line between countries is an interesting phenomenon. Generally speaking, if countries do not draw a demarcation line on the map with a pen, they are basically divided by mountains and rivers or other impassable areas.
In fact, this phenomenon is very easy to understand. Mountains and rivers and places unsuitable for human habitation are neither convenient for defense nor for attack. Therefore, in this kind of place, generally two countries have to spend a lot of effort to grab each other's land. If the costs are too high and far outweigh the benefits, then the two countries will generally tacitly draw a line between the two countries where neither side is good.
This is the case with the Celestial Dragon Kingdom and the Peacock Kingdom. Between the two countries there is a vast grassland with many swamps and dangerous beasts. Back then, the old duke once passed through here to fight the Peacock Kingdom. It was that battle that made the current General Walker, and it was also that battle that forced the Peacock Nation to agree to marry Princess Lilian to Henry. It's interesting to say, but in the end, no one actually won, and they fought for several years in vain, consuming a lot of manpower and material resources. However, the old duke felt that he had benefited a lot, on the one hand, the country cultivated a group of talents who could fight well, so that the whole country maintained an atmosphere of martial arts and bravery. On the other hand, after experiencing the baptism of war, he has accumulated a lot of experience in dealing with domestic and international affairs.
There are talents from all generations. The past has been done, and whether it is right or wrong, it has become history. What to do now is what these young people are concerned about.
The mighty men and horses are marching on the vast grassland between the two countries at this moment.
Following Sofya's proposal, Henry gave the Dragon Knights the task of aerial reconnaissance. The dragon knight commander was in the center, and the yellow dragon knight and the blue dragon knight looked in the left and right directions respectively. The beautiful dragon knight was with Henry, moving slowly with the marching party on the ground, and if the situation was detected, he could immediately go to support.
In order to pass through this meaningless land as quickly as possible, a large number of people and horses tried to reduce the time to rest. Except for the temporary camping at night to rest, I am walking to eat.
Most of the beasts on the steppe hid far away when they saw so many humans acting together. Of course, the beasts that dare to attack the team of so many people are also difficult ones. But with the presence of the Dragon Knights, the battle was resolved in minutes.
As a result, it took only three days for this brigade to cover the distance that would normally take the merchants seven days to complete.
Soon, the team came to the border near the Peacock Country.
"Next, we have to move forward carefully. "Sofya came to Henry's side and reported to him.
"This enemy will set up a troublesome magic array!" Henry was generally aware of the information on the border defense of the Peacock Nation, so he guessed that Sofya was the flag to tell him about it.
"Yes, according to what our guide said, those magic arrays were set up recently, just to prevent our army from attacking. ”
When Henry heard this, he laughed out loud and said contemptuously: "You report the situation to the head of the Dragon Knights, and you can see how the head of the group can help you solve this matter." ”
Soon, the soldiers on the ground used magic signals to convey the news of the trap ahead to the leader of the Dragon Knights who were high in the sky.
The old man was sitting on the back of the colorful dragon at the moment, as if he was sleeping but not sleeping, as if he was closing his eyes to recuperate. What's amazing is that as soon as there was a slight fluctuation of magic power on the ground, the old man immediately opened his eyes.
"I thought it was a big deal. Isn't it just a little trap? Old guy, show the juniors what strength is. The old man said this very casually, giving an order to his colorful dragon, and closed his eyes again.
Next, the seven-colored dragon that the old man was riding opened its mouth.
The people on the ground didn't feel anything, only found that the dragon riding by the yellow dragon knight in the sky and the blue dragon knight kept shaking, and after a while, the two dragon knights returned to the ground.
Here, Henry showed an extremely unbearable expression at this time, and couldn't help but complain: "I knew that I wouldn't let the old man take care of this matter." It's a shame that he can think of this method. ”
The beautiful dragon knight on the side also showed a painful expression at this moment, although she didn't speak, but it could be seen from her expression that she didn't like what the old man was doing now.
And Sofyaqi, who was beside Henry, had no idea what Henry was talking about.
"Boom" "Boom" "Boom" ......
In the distance, explosions suddenly rang out one after another.
Henry covered his ears as if pretending, and the beautiful dragon knight Britney on the side finally didn't hold back after hesitating for a few seconds, and also covered her ears.
The explosion continued for a full minute before finally stopping.
The Blue Dragon Knight and the Yellow Dragon Knight walked up to Henry and them at this moment.
"I just felt like I was going to throw up. The Blue Dragon Knight's face was not very good-looking, and it seemed that he was telling the truth.
"Mortals, how happy you are. Henry said to Sofya, and then laughed.
"The enemy must have discovered us by now, give the order to go down, and the whole army hastened forward. As soon as you see the city, you will immediately charge. After Henry finished speaking for Sofya, he immediately whistled. In a few moments, Henry's black dragon flew over from a distance. Henry leaped forward and jumped onto the black dragon. Then the black dragon rose into the sky.
In the sky, the beautiful dragon knight and the other two dragon knights were also ready at this moment, and everyone moved closer to the direction of the head of the dragon knights.
"Everybody's moving pretty fast. The Dragon Knight Commander said and opened his eyes.
"Commander, let's start charging now. "Henry is rising in the air at this moment, and he can already see the city on the border of the Peacock Kingdom from a distance.
"Henry, I don't think we need to make that much effort. The regiment commander's expression was indifferent, as if he was thinking about something.
"Isn't it, you've already dealt with all the people on the other side with the power of the dragon's roar just now?" Henry remembered the terrifying dragon roar he had just heard, and goosebumps fell to the ground.
"Not really. I feel like there's something weird about the city up ahead. The Dragon Knight Leader suddenly let out a long sigh of relief. "Sure enough, I'm not very good at thinking about such complex issues. Forget it, I told you that you probably won't understand. You guys just fly over and take a look, I'm a little hungry, I'm going to go down and enjoy the blessings first. ”
Seeing that the head of the regiment suddenly changed from a strange expression at the beginning to a foodie's face, Henry said that he couldn't understand. But since the old man asked a few of them to take a look first, he should understand everything by taking a look.
As a result, the four young members of the Dragon Knights, maintaining a battle formation, flew towards the border city of the Peacock Kingdom.
This frontier city is destined to become a forgotten place.
As the city drew closer, Henry noticed that wolf smoke seemed to be blowing sporadically in the city. And on the head of the city, there was nothing, not a single flag, and not a single person.
"Henry, it looks like there's a fire here, and it's not burning now. It looks like it's been burning for a long time, and now the fire is basically going to die on its own. The Yellow Dragon Knight glanced at the black land in front of him and said with some surprise.
"Be careful, everyone, it is possible that this is a trap for the enemy. Henry said as he led the way into the city.
It's so miserable that the entire city is still intact except for the city gate, and it has basically become a ruin.
Henry sat down on the black dragon, and quickly circled the whole city, and found that there were many places in the city wall where a large hole had been broken, but there was not even a shadow of the brick left in those holes. Inside the city, the wooden houses and trees are basically dust. The blackened earth below was revealed. Occasionally, some stone buildings have been demolished and dilapidated, which looks like deliberate vandalism no matter how you look at it.
"What is this?" Henry pondered in his head. "Empty city?"
In his mind, he recalled the scene he had expected at first, the stubborn resistance of the other side, the brave charge of our army, and nothing happened at all.
"Henry, it seems that there is not a single enemy!" the beautiful dragon knight came to Henry's side on his pink dragon, and asked suspiciously.
"Let's go down and have a look. As Henry spoke, the black dragon began to fall.
Several dragon knights were soon all standing on the ground.
"What's going on with them? It looks like they've been burned and robbed by someone else. The beautiful dragon knight couldn't help but complain about the scene in front of her.
"It seems that the enemy has systematically destroyed his city. Bruce, the blue dragon knight, picked up a handful of blackened soil from the ground and sniffed it with his nose.
"They are really ruthless to their own people, such a big city, I don't know how many people have completed their life's hard work. The Yellow Dragon Knight couldn't help but sigh on the side.
"That's true. If it is an invasion by a foreign enemy, there will be traces such as corpses on the ground. There was no trace of these traces, only the destruction of the rules, which seemed to be deliberately done by Walker. Henry said, his mind spinning.
"The so-called wounded enemy is 1,000, and self-damage is 800. But this kind of routine of not hurting the enemy and losing a thousand to oneself, this is really the first time I've seen it. Blue Dragon Knight Bruce's tone was full of doubt.
"Let's think about it from a different perspective, if you were Walker, under what circumstances would you do that. Henry suddenly had a look of understanding everything.
"If there is no chance of victory, I don't want the enemy to get more benefits, I will do it. The Blue Dragon Knight seemed to understand a little bit after Henry's words.
"I don't know if we should be happy or sad. Henry always felt weird, and let out a long sigh.
"Let's go, it's almost time for us to pack up. Henry reminded the other dragon knights, "Our army is about to enter the city. ”