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A day-and-a-half-a-half, north of Tignets in the province of Lucesern, from the beginning of the mountain trail between the provinces of Codor and Lucesern, a mighty procession stretching for nearly half a mile was speeding along the road leading from the province of Lucesn to the mountains to the west.

There are farmlands on both sides of the road, and it is a green scene. The waist-deep wheat swayed from side to side in the afternoon breeze mixed with a hot breeze, making a "hissing" sound......

Although the province of Lucesen joined the Flemish side, Lucesen was spared the scourge of war because of the tall and majestic mountains that separated the east and west. Moreover, Lucesine entered the war only by sending a symbolic 200 light armored infantry to the court of Besançon, plus a large amount of money and various food supplies as a tribute of allegiance to the new monarch Flender.

At this time, the whole territory of Lucesen Province was full of fertile fields full of hard-working peasants. The Welsh Legion's march headed north, passing through large and small village estates. Seeing this, the villagers quickly ducked, or poked their heads out of their windows to look left and right. I thought to myself, I'm afraid that there will be another war somewhere......

"The team behind hurriedly followed, and everyone rested a little when they reached the birch forest in front." Bass, who was riding on horseback and standing on the side of the road in the middle of the group, commanded the rear team, wiping the beads of sweat from his forehead with his right hand.

In the plains of the Lucesin province in August, the sun is scorching and the air is dreary at noon. The Welsh legionnaires, who marched quickly in armor, were so hot that their linings were already wet with sweat. Due to the orders of the sub-commander Bass, no one dared to stop and fight on the march, and everyone followed the ranks with strong spirits and tried to reach Fort Marcy as soon as possible.

"Sir, why do you say we are so desperately traveling, my old legs are about to run away. Ouch ......"

"As far as your kid knows that he is tired, don't all the brothers walk forward with the big sun, hurry up and follow, if you are seen by Chief Bath, you kid will suffer. Tell you to be lazy when you usually train, and now you know it's bitter. ”

Wall, the captain of the Tiniez County Soldier Company, who was walking in the middle of the procession, reprimanded Andrei, who was complaining beside him.

Andre laughed twice, hurriedly followed, and respectfully handed the water bag on his waist to Wall.

"Sir, did you think we beat the mongrels of Kodor? I've heard that they have a team of several thousand people. Brothers have not been at war for a long time, I'm afraid this time there will be more luck and less luck~"

"You bastard, you dare to say this kind of thing, disturb the morale of the army before the war, be careful of your head." Wall said in a muffled voice, swinging his whip at Andrei's head.

"Ouch!" Andrei let out a small cry and glanced around, for fear that what he had just said would be heard.

Seeing this, Wall whispered to Andre, "What are you afraid of, I heard that the elite of Kodor has long been sent to the north, and what is left behind are some third-rate goods who have not been beaten." What's more, the Kodorians haven't fought for a long time, and I'm afraid their sharp swords have long since rusted in their scabbards. ”

"Hahaha......" Andrei secretly rejoiced.

"What's more, we are still training on weekdays, although we are not as good as those veterans of the Wells Legion, but it is no problem to deal with a few Kodor mongrels, just like cutting melons and vegetables." Wall looked haughty, his eyes fixed on the front.

"If the chief has foresight, I can count on you for this little life." Andrei patted his ass.

"Hahaha, it's easy to say, it's easy to say."

"What are you two yelling there, why don't you hurry up and keep up?" Bass, who rode up after him, yelled at the two of them.

The two men stopped talking and hurried to keep up with the procession.

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In the birch grove at the foot of the hill west of the Saône, the Welsh legionnaires, who had been marching all day at high intensity, were already exhausted, and crowded into the stream to drink the water, and nibbled on hard bread. Some simply took advantage of this time to lie down on the rocks by the stream and take a nap, and then eat two more casually during the march.

On a boulder upstream of the stream, Baron Antayas tore a large piece of bread and handed it to the head of the regiment, Bass, who took the bread and stuffed it into his mouth, chewing the bread as he pushed the water bag to his mouth. Antayas looked at the mighty team.

"Bass," Antayas began, "look at our team, at least seven hundred. Buzz nodded in agreement.

"We're outnumbered, well-equipped, and the morale of the soldiers is high, and we're sure we'll win against those Kodor mongrels." Baron Antayas said excitedly.

As a low-ranking nobleman in dire need of military merit, he was looking forward to the decisive battle with the Kodorians. If he can make meritorious contributions on the battlefield, coupled with Art's full recommendation, it will be a matter of time before his baronial title is replaced by a viscount title. Therefore, when he received the secret letter from the valley, he gathered his army within half a day, and rushed all the way to Tinets with his own food and grass baggage, for fear of missing this rare opportunity.

"Hey, hey," Bas said with a smile as he cleaned the crumbs from his mouth with his hands, "Lord Antayas, I'll tell you the truth, in addition to our part of the men, the Midsummer Legion will also send people to help, plus the hundreds of people in Sap, it's no wonder that the Kodorians don't run for their lives with their tails between their legs this time." ”

"Hahaha......"

"Hahaha......"

The two looked at each other and smiled.

"It's still Lord Arte's ability, and even Midsummer's army has been dispatched." Antaas did not forget to pat his ass in front of Art's henchmen.

"My lord said in the secret letter that whether or not the Kodorians could be defeated in this battle depended on whether the troops reinforcing Marcisburg could arrive in time. So we can't be careless, we must arrive within the time agreed by the adults, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable. Buzz said with a serious expression.

"Yes." Antayas nodded.

"Attention, keep going!"

When the soldiers had rested, Bass gave the order to be pulled.

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At night, the Earldom of Midsummer was full of people. After receiving a secret order from the Besançon court, the various departments reorganized for battle. Clothing, armor, weapons, food, grass, baggage and other materials have been distributed to the soldiers one after another.

As the leading baron of the Midsummer Territory, when Flender went north to start the battle of the successors, Leonde was appointed as the commander of the remaining army of the Midsummer Lord, with 800 soldiers under his command.

The last time I received the task was to set up troops on the border of Kodor, and to make a feint for the Wells Legion to raid the Kodor border city of Kodor, so as to attract the attention of the enemy army and relieve the pressure on the Verdi Army. After the mission was completed, a hundred midsummer soldiers remained in the border area. In this expedition, 50 men remained in the Midsummer Territory, and the remaining 600 men all went out, and the task was to assemble near Fort Marssi, and join forces with the Welsh Army to resist the siege of Fort Marcier by the Kodor army.

After arranging the defense of the territory, Leonde sat alone under a tree in the courtyard outside the gate of the lord's hall, wiping his broadsword. This sword was given to him by the new monarch Flender, and he has not seen blood since the sword followed him. The blade of the sword scattered a blinding white light in the moonlight, illuminating Leonde's murderous eyes. Only people who have been fighting on the battlefield for many years and living a life of licking blood from the knife edge will have such eyes, like eagles, sharp and ruthless.

In midsummer, the people are fierce and martial. Almost all adult men would join the Midsummer army and go out to fight. After the baptism of war, the soldiers of the Midsummer Legion were disciplined, able to fight well, and needless to formidize the enemy, like Deadpool, so that the army fighting against them was terrified. This is also why the Kodorians heard that the Longxia army appeared in the border area, as if facing a great enemy, and immediately mobilized heavy troops from all over the country to defend it.

"Lord Leonde, the legions have all been assembled."

The herald pulled Leander's thoughts back. Leond looked at the gleaming broadsword and expertly inserted it into its scabbard. Shake the dust off your body.

"Let's go!"

"Yes!"

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"I don't know if the Midsummer Legion has set off."

"Don't worry, Lord Phoenix, Lord Art must have already made arrangements." On the walls of the stone castle, the personal guard standing behind him said to Phoenix to the west.

"Yes, my brother-in-law is strategizing and careful, so he must have arranged it a long time ago."

"yes." The guard nodded in reply.

Thanks to the stone fort in Sapsey, it is possible to enter the province of Kodor immediately after passing through the valley, which is much shorter than the journey from the valley to Fort Marcy. So Phoenix ordered the army to leave the valley two days after it had departed.

After a few days of busyness, Phoenix had prepared enough food and grass for the army to go out, and a total of 350 troops, including his own 100 private soldiers and 250 young and strong peasant soldiers in the valley, had also been assembled. The remaining fifty privates were stationed at Fort Sap in case the Kodorians attacked. Leading the way was a young knight under Phoenix.

Phoenix is looking forward to this battle. First, it was because it was the first time he led a team of more than 300 people to go on an expedition, and that feeling was not comparable to leading dozens of private soldiers into the mountains to suppress bandits. This time not only can test his ability to lead a large army to fight, but also a rare opportunity to fight with the Longxia Army. Phoenix has admired the Midsummer Army for a long time, but he has heard that they are extremely brave and good at fighting, but he has never dealt with each other, so this time he needs to take a good look.

Second, he shoulders the honor and responsibility of the family, and only through this decisive battle with the Kodors can he make a name for himself and strive for the greatest rights and interests of the family, which is also a good opportunity to show his value and ability.

Phoenix has always looked to Flender and Art as his role models, and also wants to use the heads of his enemies as a ladder for his ascent ......

"Order, tell the gang to cook in advance early tomorrow morning, start before sunrise, and go straight to Kodor!" Phoenix ordered the herald when he returned to the lord's hall.

"Yes, sir!"

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On the northern walls of Fort Marcy, the mountain wind howled and the flags standing on the battlements hissed. There is only one last day until the arrival of reinforcements from the various ministries. Art has been walking up and down the city walls almost every day in recent days, inspecting the city's defenses and comforting the soldiers. The second is to stand on the high wall and look out at the situation on the mountain trail to the east.

The task force had been out for four or five days, but had not seen anything on the eastern mountain trail. At this time, Art was already a little anxious, he was afraid that the task force would have an accident on the road. After all, it is a long way to go, and occasionally mountain bandits are infested and wild beasts are rampant. If the task force fails in its mission to move the rescuers, I am afraid that my hundreds of men will be folded in Fort Marcy.

"Report!"

Frightened, Art hurried towards the heralds who were rushing up the walls.

"Report, my lord, a small team of people was found on the mountain road to the east, it seems to be our people." The herald said hurriedly.

"How many are there?" Art asked anxiously.

"Seven or eight people." The sentry replied.

Art was overjoyed when he heard this. He knew that this was an outpost sent by the Valley Garrison Legion, and that the large force must be in the back.

"Send someone to pick it up immediately." Art said excitedly.

"Yes."

"Wait!" Just as the herald was about to leave, Art stopped him.

"Tell the gang to prepare food for hundreds of people today, they came all the way, I'm afraid it will be very hard, let's go."

"Yes, sir." The heralds departed quickly.

After the herald had left, Art once again focused his gaze on the mountain path to the east. The heart that had been hanging for a long time finally fell after this good news came.

At this time, the afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled the bushes in the mountains, and the mountains were golden. Occasionally, a few birds flew over Fort Marcy towards the tall branches of the mountains, where there were their nests and their chicks......