General John raised his eyes into the distance, his gaze blurred and complicated.

In front of him was a canyon called the horseshoe, the last of the eight levels that Frankie had spoken. As long as they pass through this horseshoe canyon, the Aberdeen warriors will return to their homeland.

After many hardships, the Aberdeen army finally arrived here. Recalling the twists and turns along the way, General John has a dreamlike sense of unreality.

When he swore to Aberdeen and led tens of thousands of soldiers under his command to embark on the journey, he had no idea that things would turn out to be the way they are now.

In his mind, the Taranto rebels would rely on the city to resist stubbornly, or they might take the initiative to attack, arrange their troops, and have a hearty battle with the Aberdeen army.

There may be a little accident and a small situation. The old thief Kochis might have played some tricks and caused some trouble for himself. But under his own wise command, all of this can only be a flower moon in the water, adding a little extra talking point to this long-doomed counterinsurgency war, but it can't stop the rolling iron hooves of the army under his command.

But the appearance of that hateful Riga man derails everything from its original trajectory, and a good dream turns into a nightmare in an instant.

Well, after a lot of tribulations, I finally got to this point. Get past the last hurdle, return to Aberdeen Province, and leave everything back to the Duke.

Originally, he wanted to lead the brothers to make meritorious achievements and win fame. But now, not only did he not get the merits, but some of his old partners and old buddies left him forever.

There are also magician troops in the army, which lost dozens of people at once, which is close to thirty percent of the total number. General John didn't know how to explain himself to the Archduke of Edwards when he returned.

Regret not being at the beginning!

If he had listened to Anthony's words at that time and acted decisively exactly as he said, maybe the situation of the battle would have changed completely, and there would have been no such things as followed.

But the mage is such a valuable high-end combat power, and the loss of any one of them can make the commander feel distressed for a while. Of course, you have to be cautious in your use, is this also wrong?

The Frankie, who obviously lost a small number of magicians, misled himself through various methods and means to make himself think that Taranto's magician troops were no longer enough. After his vigilance relaxed, he finally succeeded in his shameless sneak attack.

The menace of the Broken Aberdeen Wizard Force has dropped dramatically, and the situation has been completely reversed in terms of magical power, which originally had an advantage over Taranto.

The mage is versatile and powerful, and the more powerful he is under the command of a more capable commander, the more effective he is. When Aberdeen's magical powers prevailed, General John had little to offer. Now that the advantage was in the hands of Frankie, General John only felt frightened, and he was not confident that he could cope with the endless methods of the other side.

If Anthony can stand up again and win for Aberdeen's army, he will definitely do what he says this time and do exactly what he says.

Pity......

Alas~

Anthony, who was concerned by General John, was standing on a high ground somewhere, carefully observing the horseshoe canyon on the opposite side, and the numerous fortifications built according to the topography.

To his left stood Princess Arlina and the Blademaster Caton. On his right, is Xu Feng, a madman nicknamed in the "Four Heroes of Southern Union".

As Tang Feng and his "rookie army" continued to improve their status and role in the Aberdeen army, General John also valued him more and more. Now he is like the commanders of other main combat units in the army, and he is busy with military affairs all day long. It's no longer possible to sneak out and talk to Anthony from time to time, as you used to.

However, Lin Zhifeng, a middle-aged man who handled things smoothly, should not have any affairs to deal with, but he disappeared for some reason at this time.

The terrain of Horseshoe Canyon is quite dangerous, and the warriors of Aberdeen will have to fight hard to break through.

This is already the eighth line of defense and the level, and if Frankie has any plans, it is likely that he will perform them here.

Anthony watched quietly, his sword-like eyebrows gradually furrowed.

The location here is too good and too dangerous, and it is the best choice to set up an ambush and sneak attack. But it is precisely because of the favorable geographical conditions that Anthony feels that it is unlikely that Frankie will launch here.

In such a geographical environment, anyone will be vigilant and will never act rashly at will.

As a result, if Frankie had set up an ambush in the valley, it would have been almost impossible for him to escape the reconnaissance and search of the Aberdeen army. The conspiracy trap will eventually turn into a dignified head-to-head battle. It may not be difficult to resist the attack of the Aberdeen army, but it is unlikely that it will be defeated and annihilated in turn.

When you already have an exact conjecture in your mind, and then you can verify it with various clues, it becomes easy to confirm whether the conjecture is correct.

Along the way, through careful observation, Anthony became more and more sure of Frankie's plans and schemes.

Unfortunately, even if the enemy's purpose was guessed, it did not make much sense to change the situation facing the Aberdeen army.

If he had told General John this, he would have either not believed it: just the soldiers of Taranto? With that ability, they don't have to hide behind the fortifications all the time. Or they scoff: of course they want to swallow us in one gulp, and they want to conquer the entire glorious empire!

Unless it is possible to discern Frankie's entire execution plan and carry out targeted sabotage and counterattack. Otherwise, you can only be vigilant in your heart and secretly vigilant.

As for repeating the same trick as General John expected, Anthony didn't even think about it.

The last time it was a surprise, and the situation was so urgent for Taranto that Frankie's hasty response was inevitably overlooked.

Even so, Anthony, who was well prepared, was still beaten very badly.

With the lessons of the past, if Frankie does not make targeted arrangements for this and plug the loopholes, then he will become one of the few famous generals in the mainland in vain.

Although the Taranto mage troops had gone all out that time, it was only the so-called "full force" in the relatively haste at that time, and it was not a true reflection of their full strength. Because Anthony won't wait stupidly for them to attack, if the magic has been prepared for a long time, by the time they unleash their strongest blow, maybe Anthony has already run away.

If you have prepared in advance, you can let the Taranto magician unleash his killer weapon to the fullest, and the magic wave formed by this will be at least thirty percent more powerful than last time. Even with Anthony's courage, he didn't dare to try it by example.

That's not an adventure, it's a death!

Without the intervention and intervention of top martial arts masters, this offensive and defensive battle will be back on track. In other words, Aberdeen's warriors need to use their own flesh and blood to knock Taranto's strong defense away.

Anthony looked at the steep terrain of Horseshoe Canyon and frowned.

……

On 5 August, in front of the Horseshoe Canyon northeast of Taranto near Burgundy, war broke out again between the armies of Aberdeen and Taranto.

Aberdeen did not try, and directly waved his army forward.

Everyone has fought so many times, and they all know each other well. From the soldiers to the officers, it is clear which troops are strong and which are weak, which type of fortifications are so big and which kind of fortifications are difficult to gnaw.

How to fight more easily, do more damage to the enemy, and be more able to protect themselves, the soldiers who can still rush to the battlefield have summed up and figured out the most suitable way to fight, and directly wave the weapons in their hands and rush forward, where else do you need to be tempted.

For a while, the drums of war sounded in unison, the flags were waved, and the battle went directly into ** from the beginning.

Aberdeen's warriors were ordered to go to war to quell rebellions within the empire and take the position of righteousness. After the road was attacked, the homeland was ignited, and the soldiers were in a hurry to return to their hometowns.

These traitors of Taranto did not know what to do, and they did not bother them, but they took the initiative to find them to block and intercept them, and the two sides fought and fled for several months, and Aberdeen was already furious. Now that success is in sight, the suppressed flames in his heart erupt all at once, turning into a fierce attack and hitting the opponent directly.

Taranto's warriors were equally unwilling.

In any case, their accusation of betraying the empire has been confirmed, and they can only go one way to the dark, and there is no possibility of turning back. Moreover, under the command of the famous generals of Riga, the army burst out with unimaginable combat effectiveness, and actually fought with opponents who could only look up to before.

The ruthlessness of the desperate bets, the confidence accumulated in successive battles, and the effective command and dispatch from the top, these outlaws instantly burst out with a fighting spirit that was better than that of their enemies.

Both sides are high-spirited, and each has its own reasons for winning. There's nothing to say, you can only use the sword in your hand to win or lose.

From the dawn of the day, Aberdeen's troops left the camp one by one and marched in front of the rebels in Taranto.

The war was fought extremely fiercely.

The warriors of Aberdeen rushed forward one after the other. When a fighter falls, a comrade behind him fills his vacancy. A Taranto soldier had just cut off his opponent's head, and before he could retract his long knife, a slash poked out of his fangs, like a poisonous snake, and pierced his throat in an instant.

Swords fluttered, thousands of arrows flew together, and the Horseshoe Canyon seemed to turn into a chilling flesh millstone, grinding the limbs, bodies, and heads of the soldiers on both sides, as well as the swords in their hands and the armor on their bodies. In this not too wide land, fragments of broken sword limbs were thrown out, flowing with a viscous dark red liquid.

The sun, hanging high in the sky, didn't seem to want to see this bloody and cruel scene, and quietly pulled over a cloud, hiding its whole body behind the thick clouds.

The frenzied fighting continued until noon, and General John dispatched his troops, according to the situation on the battlefield, rotating the troops sent to the front line of the battle, and exerting heavy pressure on Taranto's front without stopping.

Under the onslaught of the Aberdeen warriors, Taranto's fortifications had been damaged to a certain extent, but they were still as immovable as a mountain, stubbornly holding in front of the Aberdeen army.

General John watched nervously at the battle ahead, but there was not the slightest hint of anxiety or disappointment on his face.

This is the final level and the final battle, and it's much more difficult than the previous battles. He was mentally prepared for this.

The stalemate in the current battle situation was not too unexpected for him. As long as you are calm and careful, victory will ultimately belong to Aberdeen.

General John was convinced of this.

Suddenly, there was a cannon shot from the opposing formation.

The cannon seemed to be a signal, and a section of Taranto's line opened automatically. Immediately, a terrifying steel monster came out of it.

That's a heavy cavalry unit!