Chapter 125, Victory in Counterinsurgency
Seeing no possibility of victory, in order to give his younger brother and the believers slaughtered by the Pocket Battle Array on the battlefield a way to live, Serk Alexander chose to blow himself up, endless divine light filled the heavens and the earth, the night and the earth were dyed golden, and the terrifying air wave impact was like a tsunami.
In the blink of an eye, the battle formation of 60,000 soldiers on both wings collapsed.
Countless casualties have been inflicted in the light that occupies heaven and earth!
Because of the consideration of the believers, Selke's self-detonation controlled the power and range, the dazzling holy light dissipated, and everyone on the battlefield was pushed down by the impact.
Mushroom clouds rise.
A big crater appeared in the center of the battle formation formed by the troops on both wings!
Langton, a clone suspended in mid-air, flew upside down like a cannonball.
Finally released his mental power to stabilize his body, and returned to the battlefield to control, he found that those believers who had fallen under the impact but were not dead were blessed with the golden holy shield technique.
And they stood up one after another!
However, the transcendents and warriors on their side were all disgraced and were injured to varying degrees.
"Self-detonation can still protect your teammates?"
"The situation is not good~"
Previously surrounded and slaughtered by the battle array, now the battle array collapsed, with heavy casualties, and the believers who had obtained the Holy Shield Technique on their bodies immediately launched a counterattack.
"Holy Light Shelter!" "Justice will prevail!" "Kill them!"
"Kill!"
With the advantage of numbers, the believers immediately swarmed the enemy who had not returned from the self-explosion, and in an instant, the fallen warriors outside the pit were drowned.
It's a pity that the transcendent is extraordinary after all.
The self-detonation did not let them die.
No serious injuries were caused.
Transcendents can still easily deal with dozens or hundreds of ordinary people, and it is not difficult to unite and block thousands of believers.
Sylc blew himself up in order to give the believers a way out and create an opportunity to retreat.
They didn't catch it!
"Hurry up!" "Come and help!" "Find someone nearby to join forces!" "Don't mess around!"
"We can stop the rebels!"
The nobles and knights of the troops on both wings reacted and immediately joined forces to burst out with all their strength, blocking the tide of enemy troops.
Reinado, Jackson Ogas and other strongmen who failed to attack Derek reacted.
Seeing the Lanton clone flying back, Roderick Fox, who had analyzed the situation on the battlefield, hurriedly shouted: "Gabry, take us over to help!"
"That's right!" Reinaldo shouted as well, "Take me to the rear!"
"Better get me a horse!"
"Yes, we can regroup the cavalry!" a nobleman armed with a spear also said: "It is not useful to go directly to the battle formation, and you must constantly withstand the impact of the enemy, but the cavalry can divide the enemy!"
"Only in this way can we completely annihilate the enemy and win!"
The battlefield was chaotic, and the clone Lan Dun really couldn't find a war horse for them, so he smiled helplessly and took people into the air first.
Reinado scanned the battlefield with a sharp gaze.
"There's a horse over there!"
"Leave me behind!"
For these important combat power requirements, Langton tried his best to do it, and with the traction of telekinesis, Reinado, who was holding a halberd, rode back onto his horse.
Then he wielded his weapon with both hands, and the halberd that killed the enemy was like a sickle harvesting straw!
There are such strong people.
No matter how many rebel believers there are, they can't win.
As the clones found the horses under the prompting of the crowd, Jackson and other transcendents quickly reorganized a cavalry team on the periphery of the battlefield.
This is followed by the charge and the harvest!
When the Holy Shield Technique on his body dissipated, without the Paladin and the Priest, the believers who could not maintain their fanaticism in the face of death finally collapsed!
"We finally won. ”
Looking at the rebel believers who fled in panic, everyone and others breathed a sigh of relief.
Behind the pile of corpses five or six meters high, hearing the words of Tywin, Isabella, Chris, Elena and others, Bruce Medici also removed the invisible shield, rode around the mountain of corpses that obstructed the view, and saw the enemy fleeing in all directions.
He ordered again: "Yelena, you take someone to contact the soldiers who are still fighting, let them rest and recuperate, and stop chasing and killing the defeated soldiers."
These routs can be cleaned up slowly, so don't waste time and energy now. ”
Hearing this, Yelena immediately looked at the Lanton clone who had returned to her side and asked him to fly over with her to give the order.
"The marshal has an order, everyone combines to rest!"
"It is forbidden to continue the pursuit of the rout!"
After fighting for so long, Reinado, Roderick Fox, Jackson Ogas and other transcendents were also full of exhaustion, and when they heard the order, they all stopped their movements and moved closer to the position of the marshal's banner.
"How many of us are left?"
After waiting for a while, seeing that all the people who could fight had come to assemble, Bruce Medici asked, "Where are the bodies of Serk Alexander and Derek Alexander?"
Born in a family of knights under the Medici, Roderick shook his head: "Marshal, Serke Alexander has blown himself up, and there are no bones left." ”
"Derek Alexander was rescued by Sec and is now missing. ”
"As for our troops......
"The men and horses of the two wings forming a battle formation are already less than three thousand. ”
Reinado also said: "There are only more than 30 cavalry left. ”
The 30,000 Chinese troops have been wiped out because they are facing the rebels head-on, even the elite troops in the east, Bruce Medici frowned when he heard what the two said.
"It looks like we're going to slow down the rout. ”
"Order everyone to retreat three miles back and camp. ”
"Let everyone bear with me, and rest on the avenue behind the battlefield tonight. ”
As Field Marshal Bruce Medici gave orders to the crowd, the aristocratic transcendents were busy with their last remaining soldiers.
Using the logistical materials brought by the Chinese army, the simple camp was soon erected next to the Southeast Avenue.
The elusive master-level powerhouse Ares is back.
Bruce, who had not yet fallen asleep, immediately met him and asked, "Didn't Master Ares find any trace of Derek Alexander?"
"Excuse me, Marshal. Ares sighed, "I didn't find it." ”
In this regard, Bruce didn't care too much: "It's okay, the master should go and rest first, Derek Alexander can't escape."
We won the battle and it was only a matter of time before we found him. ”
After the war was over, there was still a lot of military affairs, and Bruce, Elena, Isabella, Woodford and Sons, Tywin and others couldn't sleep and rest.
Because he could fly, Langton was also assigned a whole bunch of tasks.
After patrolling around the barracks, and finding no sign of the rout being assembled, he took a small soldier with him and sent a message to the southern troops about the defeat of the rebels and the death of Serk Alexander.
Ares returned to the camp and sent a clone to deliver the message, and Landon, who had remained in the camp invisibly, also appeared.
"Loki didn't come?"
After pouring two glasses of wine and giving the summoner a glass, Ares untied his armor and sat down, replying, "No, he stayed in the imperial capital to develop." ”
Langton asked, "Can you tell us about your plan?"
"Didn't you already say that?" Ares took a sip of wine, "that is, to gain the benefits of war." ”
"What are you not sure about?"
"I don't know. Langton smiled, "I know you found out that Anne's soul was controlled by me. ”
"You are, after all, the summoner who resurrects and summons us. ”
Ares chuckled nonchalantly, "If I were to do the same, would I be prepared to control me and Loki by mentioning this matter?"
Langton nodded nondeniably: "There is a plan." ”
"So ......"
"Will you resist, or stumble?"
Ares: "We are one, and if we can, we don't have to do too much. ”
"I see. Langton nodded: "There is a good saying, life is precious, love is more valuable, and I am willing to be free, both can be thrown." ”
"Don't worry, as long as you don't go too far, I won't control you. ”
"Can you tell us about your plans now?"
"What's next?"
Hearing this, Ares nodded, casually arranged a gathering in the tent, took a sip of wine, and said, "I'm going to release the rest of Derek Alexander and Eric Alexander." ”
"Guide the rebels to flee everywhere. ”
"As for Loki, he wants the Emperor to pursue a plan to weaken the lords and reclaim the rights and fiefs of the nobility. ”
"Oh, make the Emperor the enemy of all the nobles?" Langton raised an eyebrow.
Ares: "We're going to find you a princess." ”
Langton smiled bitterly and shook his head: "No need, there is no blessing, you know that I am from modern times and do not like to be arranged marriages." ”
Ares shrugged at this: "And what else do you want to know?"
Langton: "Tell me about the situation in the court. ”
"Oh, I thought you didn't have to pay attention to these things, and if you developed good technology and power, you would directly overthrow Auguste. Ares curled the corners of his mouth when he heard this.
Langton nodded, "I still think so." ”
"It's a pity I still want you. ”
"The focus is on Tywin. ”
Ares: "Tywin Lannister is indeed a capable man, and when these two wars are won, Loki and I can operate to get him into the imperial capital." ”
Langton: "I agree, but he's been in the Northland for so long. ”
"Not necessarily. ”
Ares: "Let you go to the imperial capital?"
Langton: "I don't want to go. ”
Ares: "Oh, I see, you take Anne back, I can contact you through Anne if anything happens." ”
"Anne has already learned, and she will help you. ”
"Okay. ”
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On the other side, under the guidance of the minions, Lanton's clone finally found the southern troops.
The Burns family, the vanguard of the Southern Army, saw Langton flying in mid-air, and Martin Burns in the crowd jumped out.
"Brother Gabrie, is that you?"
"Brother Martin?"
Seeing the acquaintance, Langton immediately landed with the guiding soldiers: "I came on the orders of Marshal Bruce Medici. ”
"Now Serk Alexander is dead, and the rebels have been defeated. ”
"The marshal hopes that the southern troops will come and join us as soon as possible. ”
"The rebels are defeated!" "Those damn believers are finished!" "Serk Alexander is dead?" "Great, we've finally won!"
When the nobles and soldiers of the vanguard of the southern border heard this, they immediately cheered.
"Dude, you've come to the right place!"
"Hurry up and see the duke. ”
Hearing the news, Martin happily dragged Langton to meet the Guardian of the South, the old Duke of Gendry Bourbon.
The Chinese army is not far from the vanguard, and the cheers have already revealed good news.
After confirming the news with Langton, who was sent by the marshal of the counterinsurgency, the old Gendry Bourbon, who was still in good spirits in his seventies, immediately burst out laughing, and then said loudly: "Ten silver coins for each soldier, and meat for dinner after meeting with Bruce Medici!"
I've seen the old duke of the South.
The Lanton clone was also idle, and was dragged back to the vanguard by Martin, secretly drinking the low-proof Southern Sweet Fruit Wine.
"The main number of rebels is more than 100,000, brother, you didn't have an easy battle, right?"
The doppelganger nodded: "It's really not easy, the soldiers are basically gone." ”
Hearing this, Martin's face changed: "Really?"
He was also an aristocrat, and knew that population expansion was the source of rebellion, and the empire could no longer expand its territory to settle the population.
Then the aristocracy, in order to consolidate their rule, will choose to use war to consume the useless population.
"It's brutal. ”
Langton: "Don't talk about that, you dragged me to drink, and I haven't asked Eric Alexander, the rebel No. 3 leader, yet." ”
"Where's the rebel army that stopped you?"
"Eric Alexander?"
Referring to this, Martin looked around, asked his knights to isolate outsiders, and said, "Actually, we thought that the rebels would flee when they got the news of the coalition forces, or move their strongholds, looking for a battlefield with favorable terrain. ”
"As a result, I didn't expect that Serk Alexander and Derek Alexander would make a desperate bet and choose a direct showdown. ”
"I didn't expect Eric Alexander, who stayed behind, to dare to lead the army to fight back. ”
"So... We were caught off guard. ”
"Our duke is old after all......"
"And both of his sons wanted to be the future lords of the South, so the command became a bit chaotic at that time, and as a result, we were defeated. ”
"The battlefield is not far from the south, and the reinforcements will soon get news to support. ”
"We're holding the tide of the war as well. ”
"But by the time we regroup and prepare for a counteroffensive, Eric Alexander has already led his troops in retreat. ”
"Now the sons of the two dukes are still passing the buck to each other. ”
"Not really. Langton felt his head widen when he heard this: "The situation in the south is so complicated?"
Martin nodded vigorously and sighed, "It's more complicated than you think, if I could, I would like to give up the title of Southern Realm and renew my allegiance to His Majesty the Emperor." ”
"Renounce your title and swear allegiance to the Emperor?"
Hearing another meaning, Langton pondered for a moment, and then asked, "Brother Martin agrees with His Majesty's idea of recovering the rights and territories of the nobility?"
Martin nodded: "Of course, I agree with the words of the Founding Emperor, Caesar the Conqueror. ”
"A country is truly strong only when it commands like an arm!"
"I'm not doubting the loyalty of the major lords. ”
"It's that the empire needs to change!"
"As long as the status quo is changed, the empire will become stronger!"
Langton didn't expect that the old brother who likes to drink would be so angry, and he was so great that he was willing to sacrifice his own interests for the development and future of the empire.
"Brother, I admire you!"
Martin shook his head: "Heh, I know you mentally despise me for being a fool, and everyone who has heard me say that thinks so, but I don't care. ”
"And I know I'm right!"
Langton: "You're right, I don't mean anything to despise or look down on you. ”
"I can also help you if you need it. ”
"Oh?" Martin's eyes lit up when he heard this, he didn't expect that this Northlander with extraordinary business talents also agreed with his theory.
Langton muttered: "Through this counterinsurgency war, His Majesty the Emperor has successfully recovered the rights and territories of the imperial domain and the central nobles, but this is far from enough, and it is not good enough. ”
Most of the nobles Martin knew only cared about immediate interests.
Even if there are smart people, they only think about long-term interests, how to expand their influence, or how to get more.
Very few people talk about these things.
He suddenly felt that he had found a like-minded friend.
"How?"
Langton: "The nobles of the imperial realm and the central part have lost their rights and territories, but there are still people who secretly keep private soldiers, and if they have the opportunity, they will definitely fight back against Your Majesty." ”
Martin nodded undeniably: "I'm in a hurry, anything will happen." ”
"But Your Majesty has the strongest power, and whatever those beam-jumping clowns want to do, they are doomed to fail. ”
Langton shook his head: "That's exactly what I'm worried about. ”
"What if something happens?"
"What do you mean by this?" Martin frowned: "Your Majesty is also a gold-level powerhouse, what kind of accident can happen?"
Langton: "I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm most afraid of what if." ”
"As courtiers, isn't what we can do is to prevent accidents?"
Martin's eyes lit up, and he understood how to get the emperor's attention: "You're right, this is our chance to come out!"
"Nope. Langton shook his head: "This is your chance." ”
"I still like to be a businessman. ”
"You may not know that yesterday's tragic battle really scared me......"
"I wouldn't want to risk it anymore if I could. ”
...... To be continued......