"That's the basic situation now, do you have any questions, my lord?"

At the forefront of the fight against the alien peoples in the north on the border of the imperial capital, Chen Xiaoyao and the high-ranking personnel who are now guarding here are in the war room of the border fortress.

"Well, I know the general details."

Chen Xiaoyao nodded at the other personnel in the war room, just now Chen Xiaoyao had learned from them about the current situation between the imperial army and the invading northern alien peoples.

"My lord, I am very glad that you and your troops have arrived."

One of the mistaken personnel in the war room said with a slight sense of gratitude, as if Chen Xiaoyao had saved his life, while the other personnel also looked the same as this person, and then kept saying 'yes, yes' in their mouths.

Of course, in the face of their tone like a 'life-saving benefactor', Chen Xiaoyao accepted it very calmly, after all, Chen Xiaoyao's arrival really saved their lives in a certain way.

Originally, there were only more than 40,000 imperial troops stationed here, but this time there were 80,000 foreign nations invading, which was half of the imperial army.

However, if the invading alien nation is only the reason for the outnumbering of the alien people, then the alien nation will definitely lose the battle against the Imperial army, which has a barrier around the fortress and has a variety of modern weaponry.

Of course, this is not because there are not enough people of the alien races, but because it is completely impossible for them to compete with the Imperial Army in terms of weapons, yes, in terms of weapons.

As mentioned before, the Empire's tech tree is crooked.

But. The Empire's technology is a bit crooked. But at least the machine gun cannon was invented. Compared to others, such as the alien races, they are still in the era of cold weapons using swords and the like.

The two foreign peoples, who possessed modern thermal weapons and used cold weapons of the old era, fought between the two peoples, and the result was naturally -- killing chickens and dogs, cutting melons and vegetables.

This time, however, things are a little different.

This time, in addition to using their usual cold weapons, the aliens were equipped with the same modern weapon as the Imperial Army-machine guns. Cannons, bombs, none of these.

This move of the alien race leveled the advantage of the imperial army that was originally in an absolute position in an instant.

Then, although the garrison Imperial Army has a fortress that can level the advantage of the number of people of other nationalities, but this is only a temporary advantage, with the escalation of the battle later, it is inevitable that the gate of the fortress will be broken, so the Imperial Army is at a certain disadvantage.

What's more, the generals who were originally the generals of the first army were assassinated. Let the Imperial Army garrisoned here be directly in a state of leaderlessness, and even fight. Or keep, such decisions cannot be unified.

And now the arrival of Chen Xiaoyao and 50,000 soldiers and horses is like a shot in the arm, bringing hope to this originally overwhelmed garrison, so it is inevitable that they will be grateful to Chen Xiaoyao.

"It's nothing, this is what I should do, now, you first patrol all the passes, and then by the way, you will also patrol these places, and leave some soldiers in these places."

Chen Xiaoyao pointed back and forth on the small imperial border map on the table, and these places are some very remote places, and the roads in these places can allow people to bypass the fortress locations of the empire and reach the borders of the empire, but these small roads are very rough and not suitable for the advance of large troops.

"My lord, Mo Fei, do you think that people of other races will take these paths, bypass the fortress, and then attack the interior directly."

"I don't know, but it's always a good idea to be careful, in case a foreign nation sends some special team to secretly communicate with guò, and then it will be troublesome to come and join forces during our war."

Chen Xiaoyao pondered for a moment, and he thought that such a thing might really happen.

When the other personnel heard Chen Xiaoyao's words, they also nodded to Chen Xiaoyao, meaning that after they understood, they exchanged a word or two with Chen Xiaoyao, and hurriedly went to do what Chen Xiaoyao ordered.

Only Chen Xiaoyao was left alone in the war room to continue looking at the map.

"Lord Xiaoyao, I have found the clue you wanted, and according to some local residents nearby, there is indeed a Barutes in the northeast of our fortress."

The black-robed man walked in and bowed slightly to Chen Xiaoyao.

"Oh."

When Chen Xiaoyao heard this, he raised his eyebrows, and he was also satisfied with the speed of the black-robed man's work.

"Lord Xiaoyao, do you want me to bring their leader here?"

"No, I'll go there myself."

After speaking, Chen Xiaoyao returned from the war room of the fortress to the original luxurious carriage, and then about a thousand people immediately gathered around the carriage, they were all elites in the army, and like the black-robed people, they were all dedicated to guarding Chen Xiaoyao's safety.

And seeing Chen Xiaoyao leave like this, there was a big storm in the army.

Dividing line-

The northern part of the empire is a bitter cold and frozen land covered in snow and ice all year round, and the best thing you can see all year round is snowflakes other than the sun in the sky.

Whew~~~

The sound of the wind mixed with a lot of goose feathers and snow falling from the sky, although the scenery is beautiful, but people can't help but feel a chill.

Puff ~ Puff ~~~

The sound of snow being trampled resounded in the open snow.

And it wasn't humans who made the snow make such noises, but a large group of dangerous species with lizard-like scales on their backs, and the overall shape looked like that of a diplosaurus.

They're running, probably hunting for prey in packs.

Seeing the hordes of dangerous species, a small figure hiding on the tall stone icicles formed by rocks and ice and snow let out a sigh of regret and watched these dangerous species leave.

However, just as the little figure was about to come down from its hiding place.

Puff~Puff~~

The sound of snow being trampled was heard again, but this time it was much softer than before.

Once again, the small figure was hidden. Only a short time passed. A dangerous species that was exactly the same as the dangerous population that had just arrived in the swarm ran under the stone icicle.

"Good opportunity."

The small figure emits a very heroic and immature childish voice. Then, I saw this small figure 'brush' with his left hand, and pulled out a short sword about twenty or thirty centimeters long from his waist.

Then, like a light swallow, he jumped precisely onto the back of the dangerous species that was still running.

Then, before the danger species could react, the small figure wrapped its right hand around the slender neck of the danger species, while the left hand holding the short sword quickly slashed at the neck of the danger species!

"Roar!"

Suddenly, the sharp dagger left a deep scar on the neck of the dangerous species, and after that, he could not even struggle, only let out a final 'cry of despair'. And he fell to the ground.

"The hunt was successful."

A smile of joy hung on the little face, which looked like it was eleven or twelve years old, and the color of its hair and eyelashes was ice blue, and then the little figure immediately removed the rope from his body, tied the prey, and then slowly dragged it back.

Yes, although it is incredible, an eleven or twelve-year-old can still drag an object weighing at least a few hundred pounds, but. In the world of chopping sisters, the bodies of ordinary humans are stronger than ordinary people in reality in all aspects.

"Daddy, I've caught my prey. You see! ”

The little figure said with joy and pride.

Hearing this, a man in his thirties with a headcloth bag with a black cross on his head turned around in the crowd.

"Haha, well done!" The man looked at the dangerous species dragged behind the small figure, "For your age, it's already remarkable to be able to hunt such a prey!" ”

"Yes, yes, you can hunt such a dangerous species at a young age, and you really deserve to be the daughter of the patriarch!"

"If it goes on like this, maybe sooner or later one day you will be able to surpass the patriarch, come on!"

Hearing the words of praise from the man and the people around him, it immediately made the smile on the face of the little figure even more obvious.

"Haha, I'm looking forward to the day when she surpasses me, but it's still not as good as me, look at it, this is the big lizard I caught myself!"

As he spoke, the man opened his body slightly, so that the eyes of the little figure fell on the dangerous species at the man's feet that was almost the same as the dangerous species captured by the small figure, but the dangerous species was several times larger in shape.

"Oooh!!"

The small figure immediately made a surprised sound, and when he saw the surprised look of the figure, the man smiled proudly.

"Well, Estes, as my daughter, I can't be surprised by this little thing. And, Dad, I'm going to dismantle this dangerous species now, strip the material, and do me a favor. ”

"Yes!"

Estes grinned and nodded, his ice-blue knee-length hair jumping, and he took out his short sword again.

"This guy has been tied up and can do whatever he wants, so it's like this bold and swift"

The man said to little Estes, and at the same time also took out a short sword similar to that of little Estes, and was about to cut into the abdomen of the dangerous species, when a shout not far away interrupted the man's next movements.

"Patriarch, patriarch, there is an imperial army coming towards us, come and take a look!"

Hearing this, the patriarch was stunned.

How did the army of the Imperial garrison come here? Could it be that something is wrong?

For fear that something would happen, the patriarch could only put aside the matter of removing the dangerous species first, and then hurriedly ran to the front, and little Estes followed closely behind.

"Dad, what are they doing here?"

Looking at the mighty army coming towards him, little Estes looked at his father with some confusion and asked.

"I don't know?"

The patriarch shook his head, looking at the Imperial army that was getting closer and closer, the patriarch was also puzzled, but he was not afraid and flinched, and then the patriarch and little Estes saw a black-robed man in the army driving a horse and ran over.

"You're not a Barutes camp here?"

"Yes, this is the camp of the Balutes Clan, I am the patriarch of the Balutes Clan, may I ask what you are doing here?"

Hearing the black-robed man's words of inquiry, the patriarch knew that this team was definitely coming to them, so the patriarch asked the black-robed man very suspiciously, and he saw that the black-robed man had a certain status in this team.

"Yes, you're the patriarch, just right, so there's a lot less effort to find you. Forget it, now you can come with me to meet Master Xiaoyao. ”

As he spoke, the black-robed man drove his horse and walked back directly, without giving the patriarch a chance to refuse.

"Hey, you are all black, why did you let Dad go with you to see that ghost adult, why didn't some ghost come to see us."

Seeing the black-robed man acting like this, little Estes, who had always regarded his father as the greatest person, couldn't stand it, and directly spoke sarcastically.

And little Estes's words suddenly made the black-robed man who was originally driving the horse muttering forward, stop his progress, and then turned around and cast his cold gaze on little Estes.

Not good!

Seeing the black-robed man's demeanor like this, how could the patriarch not know that Estes' words made the black-robed man a little angry, so he hurriedly came out to play a round.

"My lord, please forgive me, my daughter is still ignorant, and she inadvertently contradicted the adult, I am here to accompany my daughter."

"Dad, why are you apologizing, it's clear that he was the first"

"Shut up!"

The patriarch roared, and the words that little Estes wanted to say were interrupted.

Little Estes was stunned, since he was a child, his father yelled at him for the first time, and the reason for yelling at himself was because of others, especially this person who insulted his father.

I obviously helped my father get justice, but why?

Why, Dad blames himself instead.

Looking at the patriarch's somewhat flattering and constantly making amends, little Estes only felt that this father was so strange, he should have been a father who was not afraid of heaven and earth, but now he would show such a look.

"Nasty."

Little Estes hung his head, whispered such words out of his mouth, and then immediately raised his head, there were some tears in his ice-blue eyes, and then little Estes shouted.

"This kind of dad is the most annoying!"

With that, little Estes ran away.

"What? Estes, Estes! ”

Hearing Little Estes's words, the patriarch originally planned to catch up, but when he saw the black-robed man beside him, he had to stop his body that was about to chase, and instead turned into shouting Little Estes from behind.

"Hmph, now follow me to meet Lord Xiaoyao, Lord Xiaoyao's status is noble, and it is a fortunate thing for ordinary people to see each other, and it is a blessing accumulated in your previous life that you can get the permission."

The black-robed man said to the patriarch with disdain, Originally, Chen Xiaoyao was able to come here specially, which was already a great blessing for them, but now he not only pushed back, but also slandered Chen Xiaoyao.

If it weren't for the care of Lord Xiaoyao, I wouldn't have cut off your heads.

The black-robed man thought so, and then drove his horse towards the luxurious carriage where Chen Xiaoyao was.

"Yes, yes, I'll go with you."

Patriarch Nuo nodded and said, although he looked respectful, but his expression at the moment did not have the flattering look just now, but there was still a faint resistance.

Thinking about it, it was because of the words and deeds and actions of the black-robed man to himself that the patriarch also resisted Chen Xiaoyao, who had never met. (To be continued......)