Hot winds enveloped the entire mountainous region of Diels. At the head of the city of Aslath stood a man, and that man was Ulysses, the commander of the Arqui Army. There was no trace of an ordinary old man on his body, and his majestic body and pale beard seemed incongruous, but the sadness on his face made the wrinkles carved by the years on his face seem deeper.

Ulysses's mood can be described as mixed. Since the successful capture of the city of Essrath and the slaying of the enemy chief Chail, he has made the news known to the various places, and a considerable number of the cities have revealed their intention to surrender. This was supposed to be a good thing, and according to the original plan, he should move his army west to Kadum City as soon as possible, join up with the fleet sent by Epger, and get supplies before attacking the other cities occupied by the bandits. Although Ulysses was sure that the fleet would be in place in time for the flood season, if he captured Kadum, the enemy's two largest strongholds would fall, and he would have a relatively stable rear, which was very important for him to be alone.

It's a pity that this operation was not smooth from the beginning, first of all, his third son Sigis did not return to Essras City in time. The last time he received a report from Sigis was that he had annihilated the enemy troops who had come to his aid and was preparing to rush to the city of Essrath to recover his life. But there was no news for five days, and at first Ulysses thought that the thieves were launching an intelligence blockade and the transmission of information was not smooth. Because at the same time, a similar situation happened with all the intelligence on the Western Front. Ulysses didn't pay much attention to this, in addition to sending more reconnaissance troops and establishing a network, he also had to prepare for the invasion of Kadum, which was unimaginable. Available over time. Anxiety gradually rose, and on the fifth day Ulysses felt that things were not good. In terms of the position of Sigis arming. With Sigis's ability, this force could definitely reach the city of Essrath after a five-day march. Even if there is a delay on the road, it is time to arrive at Andaru City, which is already its actual control area, and there will definitely be a report. Even if there is no news to indicate that Sigis must be in serious trouble, Ulysses immediately found his second son Homan to explain the situation to him, and ordered him to lead 5,000 troops to meet Sigis along the way, and be sure to rescue Sigis from him. After Homan led his troops, Ulysses was not idle, and he began to reorganize his troops to prepare for Homan at any time, while reinforcing Mekiel around the city of Essras. Andaru, the alert of the three cities of Kuran, he realized that the enemy army was very likely to raid the three cities.

As a result, another five days passed, and instead of hearing from Sigis, even Homan's troops lost contact with him. This time Ulysses really couldn't sit still, Horman was a cautious man, although he was not so conspicuous compared to the shrewd and capable Sigis, but he was thick and solid with his soldiers, and it was not easy to eat him easily. Just when he was reorganizing his army and preparing to personally lead the attack. News came from Andaru City.

The report reads like this: In the early morning, the sentinel noticed that there was an extra hill outside the city of Andaru, and when the sun came out, he saw that it was two hills piled up with human heads! After going out of the city to check, it was found that each of these small mountain bags was about a thousand heads of the sub-base army. Moreover, it was identified that the heads belonged to Sigis's troops.

Ulysses' eyes closed when he heard this report: it seemed that as he expected, Sigis was in great trouble, and it was very likely that he had been wiped out. But he couldn't help but wonder in his heart. Since signs of enemy troops were found, no enemy troops were found, and no enemy troops were attacked. That is, the enemy army is deliberately boasting of its existence, which is a typical act of luring the enemy. Is there any benefit to the enemy forces in attracting themselves to the Andaru direction at this time? Homan's troops must have been in that direction as well, and if his own army had rushed here, the defenses elsewhere would have been weak. Could it be that the enemy's purpose is to take advantage of the situation and attack the city of Essras? Therefore, Ulysses hesitated, and the lack of information made him hesitate, but when he thought about it, Ulysses couldn't help but gasp again. You must know that Sigis's command is only 2,000 people, doesn't that mean that all Sigis's subordinates have been killed? Not a single person dies in battle, which is rare in war, because there are always some people who surrender or flee. If the other side can cut off 2,000 heads, doesn't that mean that Homan's troops are already in danger?

The suspicion that both of his sons might be martyred made Ulysses uneasy, and he tried his best to restrain his emotions, calming his fourth son, Zelda, who was on the verge of exploding, and ordering him to lead 5,000 men to defend the city of Essras. Then he took his eldest son, Kusai, and ordered 12,000 people to drive at full speed towards Andaru City!

When they arrived at the city of Andaru, they met the first batch of soldiers who had returned from defeat and returned to the city. According to their accounts, Homan was attacked by enemy forces on the third day after leaving the city of Al-Andaru. The number of opponents was not large, no more than 3,000 people, but all of them were cavalry. In the face of this situation, Homan set up a defensive formation to hold on, and at the same time organized people to break through and ask for help. But the other side didn't seem to be in a hurry to attack, but only entangled Homan's troops, but ate the breakthrough troops first. Horman saw that the opponent intended to delay and block his movements, not to attack with all his strength, and began to move slowly, and it was then that the opponent began a terrible offensive.

The terrible bows and arrows in the hands of the cavalry, their accuracy was unusually high, and the mobility of the cavalry became a nightmare for the infantry. The infantry's bows and arrows retreated before they could fire, and the soldiers could rush into range and fire their arrows at the infantry, each time causing a lot of casualties. Although it does not hurt the muscles and bones, it erodes the confidence of the infantry little by little. This harassing battle lasted for a whole day, and as soon as the day passed, the black cavalry departed.

Although the cavalry left, how could Homan's troops dare to relax easily? After everyone had gone through a sleepless night, as soon as dawn the cavalry made a comeback to concoct yesterday's scene. Some soldiers couldn't help but attack but were annihilated, and when Homan saw this, he strictly forbade him to attack, but simply held on to the formation and slowly retreated. The night cavalry retreated as usual, and that night Homan decided to take advantage of the night to retreat quickly, which turned out to be a prelude to defeat, and the formation of the Yaggee army was elongated because of the retreat, and the other side immediately launched a night attack, and the soldiers were like arrows due to the retreat order, which became a fatal wound. The infantry, which had been divided into several pieces, soon became unable to deal with each other, and eventually began to flee. And this was only the beginning of the nightmare, the enemy cavalry launched a brutal pursuit for two days and two nights, only a few soldiers who fled into the mountains were spared, and most of the defeated were turned into dead souls.

Looking at the terrified expressions on the faces of the frightened soldiers as they talked about being hunted down, Ulysses knew in his heart what hellish suffering they had bebound, and that the enemy must have been ordered to kill them all. However, all the soldiers who escaped said that they had not seen any trace of General Homan, which gave Ulysses a glimmer of hope. The enemy was small in number, and had pursued for two days and two nights, and must have been very tired, and as long as Horman could hold on, it would certainly not be a problem to rescue him by himself. At that moment, Ulysses ordered the whole army to advance at full speed.

After another day's march, Ulysses encountered Homan and his men of about a thousand defeated men. According to Homan, he led more than 1,000 people to fight and go, and the other party always chased closely, but the strange thing is that the other party's cavalry suddenly left during the pursuit, and Homan, who was unknown, was lucky to escape. The father and son met again, as if they were separated from each other. Soon after, a scout brought Ulysses the only good news of the day: Everje had captured the city of Kuba and was heading for the city of Essras. (To be continued......)