Chapter 9 Life is like a summer flower

Carlos looked at the narrowing encirclement of his army, his face flickering, and he didn't know what was going on in his mind.

The victory is about to come, but the coach doesn't seem to have a trace of joy, but seems to be preoccupied, what is it?

Sánchez couldn't guess his lord's thoughts, but seeing Carlos sitting on horseback like this for a long time, he finally couldn't help but ask: "The victory and defeat are immediately decided, isn't the marshal still happy?" ”

"The attack power of the ghost people is really terrifying......"

Carlos said something that made Sanchez even more confused.

He had no choice but to follow the coach's topic: "Yes, the ghost clan is a natural warrior. But in comparison, the vampire clan is much stronger than the ghost clan, and the strength of one enemy and ten is really terrifying! If it weren't for the numerical inferiority, the ghost clan really couldn't stop them. ”

"Yes, if it weren't for the ghost clan and the demonized 'Imperial Tiger', I wouldn't have been able to win, so the victory belongs to the demon clan and has nothing to do with Carlos. In the real fight, I've lost to Alexander—I couldn't be happier. ”

The generation of war gods who are in control of the victory, but their voices are very melancholy at this time.

Sanchez, however, disagreed with Carlos: "Why should the marshal be so obsessed with the way to victory? This war was unfair to the marshal from the beginning, Alexander was able to mobilize all the state apparatus to deal with the marshal, and the marshal could only use his limited strength to go against the trend in the predicament, and the help from the demons only made the comparison of each other's strength slightly corrected, but it failed to change the entire situation that was unfavorable to the marshal!

But it is an indisputable fact that the defeat of a strong opponent with weak forces can erase the glorious achievements of the marshal and the immortal martial arts! ”

Carlos sighed faintly, turned around and stood with his hands in his hands to look at the battlefield, and said in a respectful voice: "Alexander is the strongest overlord in the world, the most virtuous king, and at the same time, he is the greatest conqueror in history.

But unlike all the kings of the ages, although he was cruel to his enemies, he was merciful to the inhabitants of the occupied lands, treated all the people equally, treated the citizens of the empire equally, and during his reign not only practiced enlightened governance and the policy of 'all tribes equally'! Taxes should be reduced for light forced labor, and a sound political system and legal system, social security system, and relief mechanisms for vulnerable groups should be established.

Because he was as gentle and loving as a lover to his country and people, and as close and considerate to his army and soldiers as a brother, people loved to call their majesty the 'King of the Stars', and willingly looked up to and followed the 'Crown of the Winds', and was determined to support and protect the 'Throne of the Stars', a man who made even his enemies have to respect and admire from the bottom of their hearts. ”

Carlos was silent for a moment before he continued: "Sometimes, this is another bewildering man, like now in a desperate situation, he can still easily laugh with the black-clad vampire woman, as if this is not a battlefield that is about to devour his life, so he flirts with her beloved woman in the spring of the garden. ”

"What an incredible man! With the talent of a poet, the perfect appearance of a beautiful god and the delicate love of a woman, he wielded his sword and killed on the cruel battlefield, and always wore the 'smile of Teshy', but the lives of my soldiers continued to disappear and still stand......"

Sanchez nodded, "Alexander's fencing is indeed extremely beautiful, like a living perfect work of art, but it is strangely integrated with the original irreconcilable killing battlefield.

is such a man who makes the soldiers around him sacrifice everything to protect, even in the face of death! And in the encirclement of the 200,000 army, he still fought for survival with perseverance and perseverance, as if he could fight a piece of life from thousands of troops and horses at any time. So far, he has swung a sword with his hand, but he still has the momentum of cutting through the sky! What a terrible man! ”

"Now, I can't help but feel heartache if I want to destroy such a perfect and precious work of art in the world with my own hands and cut off the growth path of the first emperor through the ages." Carlos said in a voice of great regret.

"But it's time to draw a rest."

Sanchez's voice was similarly a little sad.

"I won, but I lost in the end - the human race lost to the demons, let me see Alexander for the last time - such a man, before he walks on the lonely Yellow Spring Road, there should be no one to see him off."

Carlos took the wine bag hanging from the saddle, took a few sips, patted the neck of the "Dark Star Soul", and then rode his horse towards the battlefield that was about to end......

"It's time to draw a rest!"

I said to Drink, who was clinging to me, and unlike Carlos's regret and Sanchez's sadness, my voice was full of excitement.

At this time, a blazing white pillar of light not far from the grassland rushed straight up to the sky from the ground, breaking through the dense clouds, and in an instant, the thick clouds shattered like tiles, and were directly completely dispersed, followed by the second pillar of light and the third pillar of light...... The most condensed into a huge magical light array covering heaven and earth!

As the area of the pillar of light continued to expand, it instantly enveloped the entire vast plain of Pergamis and the battlefield, and the dense fog dissipated, and the earth returned to light.

In the sunlight that came from the heavens, a Sanskrit sound that seemed to blow from the pure land far away from the world sang and harmonized, covering all the sounds of killing in heaven and earth, softly but thickly enveloping the soldiers of the Carlos army.

As if it was a holy sound that could dispel anger and darkness and make people's hearts calm and serene, Carlos's demonized troops suddenly stopped all movements, and the native soldiers all showed dazed expressions on their faces as if they had just woken up from a big dream, and the entire legion froze motionless as if someone had cast a gravity magic or immobilization spell.

Beneath the bright sky, on the prairie where the vision had become clear and unobstructed, the Imperial Army led by Memphis and Azinaha appeared directly north of the encirclement of the Carlos Army, shining like a white wave of light in the sunlight!

In the midst of the murderous roar, the heavy cavalry of the Empire first launched an attack on the enemy army, and they rushed into the camp of the Carlos army like a storm, while the Carlos army, which was still in a state of confusion, forgot to counterattack, and was instantly disorganized, cut and scattered......

By the time Carlos reacted and lashed out at his men, the heavy cavalry led by Memphis had quickly gathered around me, guarding me, Drink, and the remaining hundred or so vampire warriors in the center.

And the Empire's light cavalry, heavy infantry, light infantry and archers inflicted the most ferocious blows on the Carlos army from all sides!

Those Carlos soldiers who had just recovered from the demonic state had no intention of fighting at all, and they lost all their fighting spirit, and they were attacked with all their might by the Imperial Army, which had an absolute advantage in strength, and they were half wiped out in an instant!

The Carlos army, which had lost its plane first, was no longer able to fight back, and was surrounded by the black and dense imperial army, and even those who were as strong as Carlos now had to accept the fate of defeat......

By this time, Drinker and I had been escorted to the safety of the rear by a cavalry team sent by Memphis, while Hosiman, the head of the Holy See Legion, escorted another person to me.

"The Pope has worked hard!" I took the soft jade hands of the god Pope Esafnia Saint Befaya and said gratefully.

"Fortunately, I finally completed the 'Holy Light Magic Array' at the last moment!"

Esafni Niya smiled lightly, and on her haggard and tired jade face, fine beads of sweat like pearls flashed, but the color of relief was overflowing, "Fortunately, if anything happens to Your Majesty, everything will be meaningless." ”

I was about to say something, but I heard Carlos's majestic but gloomy voice coming from the battlefield, although he was a hero, he still had the momentum of cracking through the clouds: "Alexander, Carlos asks to see you!" ”

"What a good man, Yali came to see you!"

I sighed, and despite the opposition of the generals, I rode through the encirclement of the Imperial Army on the "Thunder Division" and entered the formation of the Carlos Army alone.

Seeing me appear in front of me as promised, Carlos nodded and said, "You...... really came, in the case of victory, he was still willing to enter the enemy formation alone, and was calm and fearless in the thousands of swords and soldiers. ”

"If a confidant is invited, how can you not make an appointment?" I laughed.

"Alexander, you have won and defeated me completely, as promised before the war, I admit that the path I have taken is wrong, and the faith you hold on to is right, this is the just judgment of the god of war."

There was no regret of defeat in Carlos's voice, but a sense of relief and relief, "Although I have seen through your tactics, I can't see through your more far-reaching strategy, your kind of infinite depth of defense implemented with the help of foggy sky is the ultimate in the use of troops, I can't imagine that you have a more powerful future!" By the way, do you have a name for your in-depth arming that goes against tactical theory? ”

"I call it the 'mille-feuille' tactic."

"'Mille-feuille' tactic, a very apt name!"

Carlos laughed heartily, although he was defeated, he did not lose his heroism and pride in the slightest, "I almost planted on your 'mille-feuille' tactic, and you just used this tactic to delay our army, attract my good will, and win time for the Holy See Legion to build the 'Holy Light Magic Array'.

Originally, I saw the disharmony between the Papal Legion and the Imperial Army, and looked for an opportunity to attack the enemy from the gap between the two armies, but I ignored the problem that I could see, and you could also see it, and you still insisted on organizing the Papal Army into the Imperial Army—but I did not understand the deep meaning of this, which was the reason for my defeat. ”

"Although the Holy See Army will be the fatal weakness of our army, it can also be the key to our army's victory - the soldiers of the Holy See Army are not only warriors, but also clergy who understand the magic of the Holy Light." I said in a sincere and humble voice.

"Your failure is not because your ability is inferior to mine, but because you don't know that the Holy Light magic can restrain the demonic energy of the demons and recall the human consciousness of the demonized troops, and I happen to know the information you don't know.

However, my victory is still very dangerous, so to speak, and you not only easily see through my tricks, but in turn create opportunities to kill me, so my success is purely due to a little more luck than you. ”

"But from another point of view, it is precisely because you know that my goal is you, and that destroying you is the only choice for our army to reverse its strategic disadvantage, so you deliberately put yourself in a dangerous Jedi, thus attracting our army to it, so that I unconsciously put all my attention on you, and ignore the overall situation, so that you can complete the strategic deployment of the 'Holy Light Magic Array'.

Therefore, in terms of the level of strategic structure and control, you have far surpassed me, from now on, you are the most outstanding military strategist in the land of Shenglun, and only you, Alexander, are truly worthy of the title of 'God of War'!" ”

Carlos finished saying this in one breath, took the wine bag under the saddle and threw it to me, and when he saw that I took it, he smiled and said, "What a pleasure to talk to you!" Thank you for clearing the question in my mind, and now please say what you want! ”

I took a sip and handed the wine bag back to Carlos, and said solemnly: "Carlos, I have only one request, this war is over, and it is worthless for you and me to continue fighting, it will only add to the meaningless deaths of soldiers on both sides......"

Carlos didn't answer me immediately, so he lifted the wine bag and poured it down his throat until he drank it dry, then threw it to the ground, shouting "good wine" several times in a row! Then he looked me straight at me with a fiery gaze and said, "Alex, I can promise to surrender, but you must also promise to be kind to them, to these soldiers!" ”

After receiving a firm nod from me, Carlos reined in his horse and turned to face his soldiers, and shouted, "Soldiers! Put down all your weapons! The war is over! Peace has come! ”

Then he turned around and showed me a deep smile, and then looked at the distant sky, and his voice seemed to come from outside, "Alec, it's a pity, it's Carlos's biggest regret in his life to not be able to be friends with you!" ”

After saying that, Los suddenly pulled out the "Sword of the Earth" and slammed it into his chest.

"Carlos!" I yelled and galloped over to catch Carlos' body as he fell from his horse.

"Carlos! You...... Why is this so painful? I said with great sadness.

"Lifetime ...... Don't serve the two masters, this is a card ...... Carlos' ...... Stick to ......"

Carlos looked at me with a blank gaze and said in a faint voice, a smile of relief on the corner of his bloody mouth.

"Alexander, if you can...... Please give Etti Huangya a ...... A way to live, she's just a ...... Just one that never gets ...... What you desire...... of the poor woman. I ...... with my last life Dedicated to the title of 'God of War'...... Born like the splendor of summer flowers...... Dead as ...... Autumn foliage...... That's enough! ”

The faint voice seems to be still endless, but a generation of famous generals has passed away, like a lonely Hong flying into the world, leaving a shocking mark on the earth, it has flown away, but the arrogant figure will always be imprinted in the hearts of people in this era, like an indelible exclamation mark.

The sky suddenly became gloomy, and the earth was silent at this moment, as if it was silently seeing off this great general.

"It's raining ......"

Drinker looked up at the sky and said faintly, the water droplets on his face were rain or tears.

I looked at the leaves of grass that were swept up by the bleak autumn wind, but I didn't speak.

Life is as brilliant as summer flowers, and death is as quiet and beautiful as autumn leaves - this is the most apt portrayal of Carlos's life.

On this day, heaven and earth were whimpering......

There are obstacles that must be overcome on the path of the king, but this is only the first step towards the showdown with the demon god......