It's easy to be happy, but it's hard to make it simple.

– Rabindranath Tagore (Indian poet, philosopher, and Indian nationalist)

"Your Excellency Bai Feng, after talking about the price that our Dark Council should pay, shouldn't we talk about your responsibilities as an ally of our Dark Council?" After finalizing the tone of the alliance, the black-clothed saintess began to strike deep while the iron was hot.

"Your Majesty, as an ally of your council, I will naturally fulfill my responsibilities as an ally. In this regard, Bai Feng calmly agreed: "In addition to informing your Holy See of every move, what else do you need me to do?"

"We are more concerned about your attitude towards the Holy See than what the Holy See is doing in front of you. The smiling black-clothed saintess said softly, "If you can, we hope that you can help us ambush the Knights of Light of the Holy See after the war in the north is over." ”

"Absolutely impossible!" Without the slightest hesitation, Bai Feng shook his head on the spot and refused: "The reason why I chose to form an alliance with your Dark Council is to prevent being isolated when I tear my face with the Holy See two years later, not to be hot-headed and immediately tear my face with the Holy See. ”

"Don't you think that an army of the Holy See composed of tens of thousands of Knights of Light is both your reinforcement and your threat?" The black-clothed saintess, who was not discouraged, continued, "Moreover, we don't need you to send an army, we just need you to help us delay for a few days. ”

"Do you think the people of the Holy See are all fools?" Bai Feng, who faintly felt that he had been cheated by the Dark Council, was not polite when he spoke: "Once the Holy See army is annihilated because of my delay, do you think the people of the Holy See will not suspect me?"

"This ......" Hearing Bai Feng say this, the black-clothed saintess felt that if she forced Bai Feng to participate in this matter, maybe the alliance she had just concluded with Bai Feng would collapse, so she had to be silent first and began to think about how to persuade Bai Feng to participate in the ambush.

"In this case, I will provide you with the route of their withdrawal before the withdrawal of the Knights of Light of the Holy See. Without waiting for the black-clothed saint to speak, Bai Feng took the initiative to compromise and said, "Otherwise, I can't do more." ”

The black-clothed saintess, who was still having a headache, glanced at Bai Feng with a little flattery, and then hurriedly thanked: "If you can provide us with the withdrawal route of the Holy See's army, it is enough, and we will find a way to solve the rest." ”

"It's four or five hours before dawn, and if there's nothing else to do, you can find a tent in my camp for the night. After speaking, Bai Feng added: "If you want to leave, you can leave at any time." ”

"We're going to rush back to headquarters and report to the Speaker about your alliance, so we won't bother you. The smiling black-clothed saintess took the initiative to leave the camp with her sister, and at parting, she looked back and said, "By the way, my name is Victoria." ”

Victoria, the Holy Maiden of the Dark Council, who came and went in a hurry, promised to send the animal tamer and the thundercloud leopard who had promised Bai Feng after the people of the Holy See left; Bai Feng naturally would not raise any objections to this, after all, he did not want the people of the Holy See to find out that he was connected with the Dark Council.

The busy Bai Feng did not stay in the empty camp for long, and spent the rest of April running from army to army garrison on the banks of the Xingyue River, patrolling the bridge defenders and replenishing the newly recruited Roman heavy infantry to his personal guards.

After the thirty Roman heavy infantry teams in April were recruited, Bai Feng created a new unit in addition to the three units of the pro-guard army, and all the temple units under Luculus's command were transferred to this new army under the command of Agis.

After the arrival of the new May, Bai Feng did not spend all the thirty places in May on the recruitment of Roman heavy infantry, but decided to recruit twenty teams of Roman heavy infantry and ten three-column warships; preparing for war in advance has always been one of Bai Feng's good habits.

Time passed day by day, and the end of the special training of 30,000 imperial recruits under the command of Quintus was also approaching day by day, and the commander of the 14th Legion, Luis, in order to defeat Quintus, who had made a bold statement in one fell swoop, had recently been strengthening the training of his soldiers.

Legion Commander Di Maria, who had the closest relationship with Legion Louis, was also training his army with all his heart, and seemed to have the intention of cheering for the Fourteenth Legion, which was a good sign in Bai Feng's opinion.

On the last night of the special training of the urban barracks, cavalry stables, and shooting ranges, when the 30,000 trained imperial recruits appeared in front of Bai Feng's eyes, Bai Feng, who had been on the battlefield for a long time, had to admit that the overall state of these 30,000 trained soldiers had reached the level of the empire's elite.

It took almost a whole night for the exhausted Bai Feng to send the 30,000 soldiers back to the camp of the new army, and the next morning, the 30,000 imperial army, which was fully loaded, went straight to the bank of the Xingyue River forty miles away under the command of Quintus.

At the same time, the nine standing legions, cavalry legions, spear legions, Spartan legions and other legions stationed in the large army camp all left the large army camp according to the original plan and went straight to the bank of the Xingyue River.

Even the Holy See's Archbishop Scola, the Holy Maiden Charlotte, and the Holy Son Charolle, all at the invitation of Bai Feng, took the ten thousand knights of light under their command, followed the legions of Louis and others, and came to the plain on the banks of the Xingyue River.

Coupled with the pro-soldier guards that were originally stationed on the banks of the Xingyue River, the total number of troops assembled on the banks of the Xingyue River on this day has exceeded 300,000.

Bai Feng, who was standing side by side with the three of the Holy See, asked Louis and Quintus in the group of generals below, "General Louis, General Quintus, are you ready for a head-on battle?"

"General, the 20,000 soldiers under my command will use their determination to defend the honor of our 14th Legion!"

"Victory!", "Victory!!" "Victory!!"

"General, the soldiers under my command never shout any slogans, because they can only speak with their swords!"

"Kill!", "Kill!!", "Kill!!"

Quintus and Luis, who were at odds with each other, were hostile to each other with the officers and men of the two armies, and although the formal contest had not yet begun, the strong smell of gunpowder between the two armies had already been felt by everyone present.

Taking advantage of the gap between the soldiers of the two armies shouting slogans, Archbishop Scola behind Bai Feng reminded with a worried face: "Your Excellency Bai Feng, they are all soldiers under your command, will this act intensify the contradictions between them?"

"Your Excellency, rest assured, that today's contest is only a fair contest between their two armies, and afterwards, I will personally appease the commanders of the two armies and the officers and men under their command, and ensure that they will become a robe of life and death when they go to battle. ”

After the shouting of the two armies was over, Bai Feng activated the spiritual power in his dantian and ordered loudly: "Louis and Quintus listen to the order, and the two of you will each lead the army to retreat back ten miles;

"No!" the two generals who responded in unison, after glancing at each other with the smell of gunpowder, each took his own guard and rode back to his army.