The forest of fire is actually a coniferous forest belt dominated by fire demon trees, where the terrain is flat, the straight trunks stand intermittently, sparsely fallen, although it is a forest, but it is very open, there are large areas of open space distributed in the forest, and the forest road is even more accessible in all directions, even if a large army passes through it easily. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoEvery autumn, the fire demon tree transforms into a flame-like color from the branches to the leaves, and the whole forest is "burned" into a fiery red, like a sea of fire, which is bright and gorgeous, and it is a beautiful place in the world - this is the origin of the name "Fire Forest".

In the old imperial era, the children of the nobility were particularly fond of visiting the Forest of Fire to enjoy the red in autumn, and when Nanzhan Buqi II was still in good health, he would come here every year on October 15 to relax. During the Emperor's travels, the area around the Forest of Fire was completely cordoned off by the Praetorian Guards, and no idlers were allowed to enter, so as not to disturb the Holy Driver, and the Forest of Fire became a royal forbidden.

Now it is almost autumn twilight, and the fire demon tree is still spitting red, but it is no longer a bewitching bright red, but a slightly depressed crimson, less enchanting, but more poignant.

After Azelio made a little arrangement, the enemy's grain transport troops had already marched into the forest.

Thinking that the time had come to attack, Azelio raised his sword and ordered an attack - 5,000 light cavalry first fired a round of powerful arrows from the back of the enemy by the cavalry killer, and then charged in a shuttle-shaped phalanx, quickly closing the distance between the two armies, in an attempt to force the weaker enemy army to engage in a white-knuckle battle!

After the enemy was suddenly attacked from behind, although he immediately turned his head to meet the attack, he could not resist the edge of the Imperial cavalry for a while, so he had to fire arrows to return fire, and was forced to retreat continuously. However, the enemy's phalanx seemed to be extremely resilient, and instead of being crushed, it met the battle with great composure, fighting and retreating, moving closer to the center without any confusion, and always maintaining a certain distance from the Imperial cavalry, not giving Azelio a chance to engage in a white-knuckle battle.

"If you push harder, the enemy will collapse...... "Azio thought to him, and immediately gathered the lancers in front of the formation, forming sharp arrows, and trying to break through the enemy from behind in a dense formation!

As time passed, the Imperial Army began to penetrate deep into the heart of the enemy army - a breakthrough was imminent!

But Azeglio immediately discovered that the battle was not as easy as he had originally expected - not only was the central breakthrough not completed, but he was the lone soldier who went deep into the enemy line!

It turned out that the enemy divided the 2,000 light cavalry into five teams, each of 400 men, and formed a diamond-shaped phalanx - one team was slightly forward to guard, one team followed behind as the front guard, two teams lined up on both sides of the center as flanks, and one group dragged back as a rear guard. When Azelio's troops attacked the enemy's rearguard, the enemy did not panic, but immediately turned the rearguard around, and while withstanding Azelio's frontal attack, he led the Imperial cavalry to the center of the formation - at this time, the left and right flanks immediately outflanked and dealt a fierce blow to Azelio's army from the flank, and more than hundreds of Imperial cavalry were killed in front of the horse!

Azeglio finally understood that Carlos had expected to attack his rear food guards, so he ordered his food guards to put up this special formation that was suitable for jungle warfare and could withstand enemy attacks from any point on all sides—a practical and resilient tactic that left him at a loss.

At this time, the enemy has already launched fireworks into the air to signal the encounter with the enemy.

Azelio knew that his plan to surprise attack the enemy's food protection troops and try to cut off the enemy's food and grass had failed, but although he was surprised by Carlos's insight and intelligence to take the lead step by step and seize the opportunity, he was not particularly alarmed - after all, it was impossible to rely on 2,000 cavalry to annihilate 5,000 elite cavalry, of course, he did not dare to slack off, because the enemy's troops responsible for receiving it would soon arrive, if they were dragged by the enemy's food protection troops, not only would this attack be in vain, but his own 5,000 cavalry would also be eaten up. Become Carlos' pre-dinner snack.

With this in mind, Azelio ignored the attacks from both flanks, and led all the cavalry soldiers to rush forward and force a breakthrough!

The fierce white-knuckle battle between the two armies began, and the crazy killing and blood-devouring nature was called, breaking through the shell of human civilization and releasing it in the vast primeval forest, and the fierce murderous aura echoed in the forest road - the screams of death and the dance of blood and stumps painted the Fire Forest into an absolute blood red, and the branches and leaves of the Fire Demon Tree seemed to become more shockingly red as if they had sucked human blood......

These imperial cavalry were extremely brave, and the swords and guns in their hands were fiercely attacked, fearlessly fighting and attacking the enemy's guns and arrows, but their mouths let out a roar of "wind-huh", and the deep and selfless cry was terrifying...... Even if they were stabbed several times in their bodies, their flesh and blood were blurred, and they fought until their last breath...... An enemy cavalryman stabbed with a spear and pierced into the body of the imperial cavalry, but was surprised to find that the spear could not be pulled out like a nail deep into the wall - I saw that the imperial cavalry with a gun in the chest held the handle of the gun firmly with one hand, but the other hand suddenly swung the knife "bang" to cut off the spear, and then held the half-cut spear in his chest, the prancing horse rushed, and with a wave of the knife, the enemy cavalry who stabbed him was slashed and killed, and then he pulled out the head of the spear on his chest and threw it at the enemy cavalry closest to him, The broken spear then pierced deep into the enemy's head, but he fell to his death while coughing up blood in his chest......

In the face of such an astonishing momentum of the Imperial cavalry, the enemy soldiers who were well arranged, couldn't help but feel a shock in their hearts, and finally a gap was torn open from the front by the Imperial cavalry......

Azelio took the lead, wielding a five-foot long knife in his left hand, slashing and killing, bleeding all the way, and there was no enemy in the hands of this one-armed general! When the gap opened, he suddenly fell backwards, covering the retreat of his own soldiers - he, together with dozens of light horsemen, actually blocked the onslaught of hundreds of enemy men!

At this moment, a black spear stabbed horizontally from in front of him, and the sharp sound of breaking wind concealed wind and thunder, and the speed was extremely fast, turning into a faint black lightning, and suddenly stabbed at his right flank from an extremely tricky angle!

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When the tip of the black spear was about to arrive, Azeglio suddenly kicked the horse's belly with his right foot, and the jujube-colored horse under the seat neighed lightly, and immediately shifted a small step to the left, and Azeglio took advantage of the situation to gently pick it with a long knife, and the spear was picked away!

The man with the spear seemed to be so surprised by the superb horsemanship and astonishing reflexes of Azelio's men and horses that he forgot to attack, but instead stopped his horse and said to Azelio: "You are not wasted—Azelio, you are really there!" It deserves to be the second place in the same period as me! ”

Azeglio squinted, but found that the man was sitting on a tall black horse like a hill, with thick eyebrows, bull's eyes, gall nose, and an iron thorn-like beard rooted up, covering half of his face, his face was quite rough, his body was extremely stout, and he had bronze skin, only to see him holding a black ten-meter spear in one hand and stretching it out diagonally in the wind, the muscles on his arms were like hills, and the thick green roots were criss-crossed, and the end was as strong as a wolf, and the momentum was like a mountain!

"Duo Sigu, I haven't seen you for many years...... The first vanguard under Marshal Carlos is really worthy of his name! Azeglio said quietly. Dosigu was his classmate at the Lenteo Military Academy, different classes, but in the same class, at that time, Azeglio was studying in the history of strategic warfare, majoring in intelligence analysis and military staff, while Dosigu was in the infantry combat skills class, but these two people with different backgrounds, personalities, and interests fought in a chance conflict, and finally ended in a draw, but they made a friendship, and they became irreversible friends.

Because Azelio was born in a noble, his father was a hereditary baron, and he studied the history of strategic warfare to train military generals, while Dosigu was born as a civilian, although he was able to enter the famous military academy of the empire with his strength, and he worked very hard when he was studying, but he could only choose the infantry combat technology major based on white-knuckle warfare. In addition, Azelio himself has a good mind and combat skills, coordinated development in all aspects, and has a smooth career after joining the army, and was appreciated by Marshal Tsykov in the old imperial era, and was highly valued by Alexander in the new imperial era, which can be said to be a smooth progress.

In contrast, Duo Sigu can only struggle for many years in the position of the commander of the army, although he must take the lead in every battle, fight and fight in the fierce battles of blood and fire, and set up a lot of martial arts, but because of his rough personality, more than enough courage and lack of strategy, so in the old imperial era when the aristocracy was in power, he was not liked by the generals who loved elegance and respected Confucian generals, until he was later transferred to Carlos as the logistics supply captain, only to be discovered by Carlos, abandoned the step from riding, and finally got the opportunity to be promoted after several meritorious services, and was promoted by Carlos, became a member of the world-famous "Imperial Tiger" legion, a pioneer battalion general. But the two had different beginnings, and their encounters were also very different, so when they met again, Azelio was already the commander of the eastern legion of the new empire, with hundreds of thousands of troops, and he had become a feudal official, while Duo Sigu was just a black-eyed banner Yin.

Facing this classmate and friend from the military academy era, a former comrade of the Imperial Army, but now he is a life-and-death opponent on the battlefield, it is really a matter of the world, but Azeglio did not feel too much - at this time, he was thinking about how to lead the crowd to retreat under the noses of the strong enemies of the three armies, and finally came to the conclusion: Fight hard and win with strength!

Azelio raised his long knife and put on a confrontational stance, and then laughed arrogantly: "Dosigu! Let me see how much you've grown over the years. ”

"Alright, Azelio! You are getting bigger and bigger, but I don't know if your ability is getting bigger and bigger? ”

With a thunderous laugh, Dosgu stretched out his black spear in front of the horse with his right hand, clamped the horse's belly, and rushed towards Azelio at high speed with a crushing momentum!

"Good time!"

Azelio snorted, condensed his face, immediately sank his waist, and swung his knife to block!

"Bell!" The two soldiers clashed, and there was a crisp metallic sound, and the heavy black spear was blocked, but Azelio was forced to retreat five steps in a row with men and horses, so that the fierce energy on the gun was eliminated, and the arm holding the knife instinctively felt numb—this knife was so imposing that Azelio's heart sank.

In this frontal blow, Azeglio was actually at the bottom of the pack.

Duo Sigu also looked shocked, since his marksmanship was perfected, he rarely had an enemy under the Xuantie spear weighing more than one hundred and fifty catties, but his invincible blow was blocked by Azelio with a knife!

"Come again! Tyre! ”

Dosigu snorted coldly, and no longer held the gun in one hand, but slashed the black spear with both hands, and fired a dozen combos at Azelio!

But seeing that in the high-speed combo of the black spear, the body of the spear had disappeared, and only a dozen cold stars were left to envelop Azelio's whole body, sealing off his key points!

However, Azeglio carried his knife like the wind, spreading a dazzling wave of light, narrowly blocking every shot at the door, occasionally counterattacking with a knife, although he defended more and attacked less, but he was also on par with Duosigu.

After a round of fighting, the two figures were divided - I saw the Dosigu prancing horse retreat a few meters, stretched out his hand to wipe the sweat off his face, adjusted his breathing, and said, "Okay! What I have been praying for for a long time is such a hearty battle! ”

"If you are interested, I will accompany you to the end!" Azelio, who did not show sweat stains on his face, said in a relaxed tone, but he was secretly bitter in his heart. His body belongs to the physique of the hypophoretic type, so he is not sweating like Duo Sigu, and he does not look tired on the surface, but in this round of fighting, most of his physical energy has been consumed, and he is actually exhausted. Azelio's body is quite flexible and durable, but it is not suitable for this kind of fight, which is dominated by absolute strength.

"Good! Worthy of a one-armed general! Then pick up my Wind Thunder Marksmanship's Sinnoh's 'Broken Dragon Slash'! ”

After saying that, Dosigu rode forward again, instantly closing the distance between each other, and then spread his spear and slashed at Azelio's head!

This trick is called "Broken Dragon Chop", not in the marksmanship of the flash, hit, pick, stab, but the gun to make the knife momentum, straight out of the chop, contrary to the law, is Duo Sigu combined with their own innate divine power and the characteristics of the heavy iron spear to comprehend, but it is in the countless battlefield kills in the round fusion, so this shot is issued, like Mount Tai pressing the top, the power of the end is amazing, the blocker is clothed!

In the face of Dosigu's non-flesh and blood shot, he saw that Azelio's right hand raised the knife diagonally, and it was actually on his left shoulder, and his legs were close to the horse's belly - the horse under the seat immediately tightened its hooves, like a cone to the ground, and Azelio's people and horses were one! Then his body sank and flicked, and with the strength of his left shoulder, he gathered the strength of the man and horse to send out the long knife, and slashed an arc of light in the air in front of his chest, blocking the body of the black spear head-on!

One shot and one knife were connected again, intertwined in the air, and for a moment suddenly froze together, and then, the guns and knives separated—a shot that could open mountains and split rocks was actually swept away!

The momentum of the long knife did not stop, and after completing a perfect semi-circular arc in the air, it stayed behind Azelio's right side - the whole process of swinging the knife was over!

Duo Sigu was stunned for a long time, and Fang sighed: "Azelio, you not only have an excellent mind, but also have such a mysterious sword technique!" It's amazing! However, you will run out of energy, and your body will be empty - with one more cup of tea, you will not fall to the ground! If it is a school competition, I should give up the gun and admit defeat, but now it is on the battlefield of life and death, I have to press you with physical strength! Now I'm going to take you down, and I've got it all right! Azelio - Do you want to give up the sword and be bound, or do you want me to do it myself!? ”

Azelio smiled coldly and said, "There are no captured and humiliated generals in the Empire!" Even if Ben is defeated, you will have nothing but the unyielding corpse of Ben Shuai! Besides, you want to keep Ben Shuai, but you still don't have the ability, unless Carlos is here in person! ”

"Well, Ben will fulfill you! You will be the first general under Alexander's command to die in battle! Dosigu was furious, and for the third time he rode his horse and charged at Azelio with his gun!

When he approached, the spear flickered, turning into a rain of guns and stabbing at Azelio's chest and abdomen, and Azelio, who was about to be exhausted, no longer had the strength to block, and he was about to die under the black spear!

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In the midst of the shadows of guns and the whirlwind of guns, Azerio's form suddenly vanished - the invincible spear lost its purpose!

For an inexplicable moment of surprise, a change suddenly happened - the black horse under the seat suddenly let out a terrible neigh, swayed the horse wildly, and then fell to its knees, knocking Duosigu off the horse!

It turned out that Azeglio wrapped the reins of the horse tightly around his wrist a few times, and at the same time held the reins of the horse with a knife in one hand, clamped his body between the horse's belly, and suddenly handed out a long knife from the gap between the two front legs of the horse's belly, cut off one of the front legs of Dosigu's mount, and then kicked his feet to the ground, passed through the horse's belly with force, and reached the other side, turned over on the horse, and sat firmly on the horse's back!

All of this was done in a split second - pulling the reins, turning over, clamping the horse's belly, chopping the horse's legs, and getting on the horse in one go, fully demonstrating Azelio's quick wit and agility!

When the black steed sat down in pain and Dosigu rolled on the ground and was about to rise, Azelio said loudly: "Dosigu has been killed by Ben Shuai!" Why don't you surrender quickly? ”

Duosigu's subordinates couldn't distinguish the truth for a while, but they witnessed the scene of their commander who loved to ride to the ground and Duosigu fell off the horse, and in the preconceived situation, he believed Azelio's words in his heart, and they all panicked in their hearts, and couldn't help but exclaim again and again, so they covered up Duosigu's shouting orders, so that the orders they gave and the message that the commander was safe could not be conveyed, and the original encirclement was in chaos, and they could no longer stop the pace of the wolf-like imperial cavalry from breaking through.

Azelio let out a long laugh at this time, left a sentence of "there will be a time later", and led a group of imperial cavalry to ride away.

Duo Sigu knew that he couldn't catch up, so he couldn't help but curse for a while, and heard a series of unbearable foul words coming out of their boss's mouth, and his subordinates couldn't help but look at their boss in amazement, but seeing the boss's lively appearance, the originally panicked mood finally calmed down.

After scolding enough, he found the strange expressions of his subordinates, and realized that his performance as a boss was really unorthodox, and he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, but he also felt a little funny in his heart, and he felt a certain sense of relief.

Dosigu then watched in the direction of Azerio's disappearance, and after a moment of silence, he suddenly muttered to himself, "It's not a good thing that you don't have to use your own hands to slash your former comrades...... Good friends, the future is precious! I hope it will be indefinite......"

After collecting his mood, Dosigu called his messengers to come over and ordered: "You immediately report to Marshal Carlos, the enemy's plan for a sneak attack has failed, and the food and grass are safe, but because of the incompetence of the last general, let the enemy commander Azelio escape, and he must be bound to his tent and be dealt with by military law......"

At this moment, the sound of the hooves of war horses was like thunder, and the sound of people was like a wave—a large number of reinforcements from Carlos, who had missed Azelio, finally marched into the Forest of Fire......

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"General, the failure of the grain attack and the intention to be exposed, will our army still pray for the mountain?" After staying away from the enemy's pursuers, Azeglio ordered his men to rest for a while, and the army staff officer Rata took the opportunity to test the commander's intentions.

"At this time, it is all in vain to return the army to the mountain and rearrange it - our army will not be able to break through the blockade of the Carlos army from the front...... At this time, the war in the eastern capital is in danger, and Your Majesty's safety is unpredictable, and if you delay for one more day, Your Majesty will be more dangerous! ”

Azelio glanced at his staff officer with a blazing gaze, and replied in a firm voice: "Therefore, the commander has decided that you will lead five hundred troops to escort the wounded soldiers back to the west, and make more noise along the way, set up several times more tents when camping, and divide the stoves several times when cooking, and set up a suspicious formation, so that the Carlos army will think that we have returned to the west; Ben Shuai led the remaining 4,000 cavalry, day and night, and continued to march eastward, finding a mountain road from the hills and jungles of the lower Seine, bypassing the garrison of the Carlos army, and taking advantage of the mountains and remote villages east of the county of Eastern Garmont to attack the rear of Eden's army! Since Carlos can't go this way, Ben Shuai will open the way for His Majesty on Eden! ”

This one-armed general can be described as indomitable, not only with an iron will, but also with an iron toughness, but now he is thinking not of retreating to the Prayer Mountain, but how to defeat the enemy and win.

After hearing this, Lata suddenly turned pale, and said hurriedly: "The general thinks twice!" This road is long and dangerous, and the lone army is deep, it may be discovered by the Carlos army at any time, and the lack of military rations makes it difficult to support the expedition of the labor division! This is a must-have! ”

"Staff don't worry, as long as you are cautious, this trip will be fine—Carlos is mainly focused on the war in the Eastern Capital, and he can't care about my movements at all; Eden's army is just a rabble, the commander is attacking from behind, and the enemy army is scattered as birds and beasts! As for the supply problem, our army still carried enough dry food to support four days, and as long as it saved a little, it could still support seven days, after which it could be fetched on the spot - first, it could hunt for food from the mountains and forests, and second, it could collect food from the villages after it was far from the control of the Carlos army. Azzio calmly analyzed.

"But Your Majesty has a strict order not to disturb the people, and this is the national policy of the Empire......" Rata still tried to persuade him.

"Hurry up! Ben Shuai can make an IOU to the villagers and return it after the battle. If His Majesty blames it then, Ben Shuai will bear it! ”

"But, the general ......"

Rata wanted to say something but was stopped by Azeglio with a wave of his hand, but heard Azeglio resolutely say: "This handsome has made up his mind!" As a minister, you should be loyal to the empire and share your worries for the emperor! As an important minister of the empire, the glory and status are given by His Majesty, and now it is at the time of His Majesty's crisis, and it is the time for this Shuai to repay His Majesty - although he goes to the fire for His Majesty, he will never give up, how can he only care about his own safety now, and be afraid of danger?! ”

Then he turned to the cavalry and said: "This is the personal decision of the commander, not the military order, therefore, the commander gives everyone the opportunity to choose freely - you can leave with Lata and return to the division to pray for the mountain; Or stay and follow me north to the Savior. Soldiers who leave are not treated as deserters, so everyone can rest assured that they will choose the safe path of leaving. ”

However, all the Imperial soldiers expressed their willingness to follow the commander, and none of them, including Rata, said they wanted to leave.

Marche Lotto, a troubadour-turned-captain who is now a blue-eyed lieutenant, even excitedly said: "The general can kill himself, can't we?" Your Majesty loves the people like a son, loves the army like a father, is dedicated to the people, governs for four years, punishes corrupt officials, kills tyrants, the world is peaceful, the country and the people are safe, the people have enough food and clothing, our family members are deeply blessed with great grace, and the generals treat me like brothers and sisters - we are not ungrateful beasts, let alone greedy for life and afraid of death! I'm willing to fight to the death with the general! ”

"Good! Let's live and die together! Azeglio also said excitedly.

After a brief pause, Azeglio ordered: "The wounded and sick soldiers will return to the west with the Rata Banner, and the rest will go north with the commander!" ”

So he bid farewell to Rata, gathered four thousand cavalry, marched from the Forest of Fire to ***, and wrapped his horse's feet in soft cloth, chose the middle road between the jungle and the mountains, avoided Carlos's search and cavalry, and four days later arrived at the narrow hills and mountain forests in the lower reaches of the Seine, and after a short rest, he chose to detour from the pass at night and cross the river north.

On 22 November, Azelio's Imperial Light Cavalry quickly broke away from the control of the Carlos Army and reached the remote mountains east of Dongamonton, where the Imperial Army lived a life of dew and blood, but no one complained—loyalty to His Majesty, trust in the commander, and the sense of honor and chivalry of the soldiers stirred the minds and minds of these Imperial men, making them forget the fatigue and hardship.

At dusk on December 4, Azelio and his group finally came out of the mountains and approached the area controlled by Eden's army, which was part of the former Jaese's Eastern Capital regime, located in Constantshire, northeast of County Garmont, and intended to enter a village in County Constant. But when he drove into the village, he ran into trouble, and what Azelio didn't expect was that in this remote mountain village, he was still single, and love came to him inadvertently - Eros used her mischievous hands to hold the red thread for Azelio......

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