Viscount Midil is now Chinese New Year's Eve and nineteen years old, and as the nephew of the old Marquis Midier, it was expected that he would be made a viscount by Airul. However, Viscount Midier can be regarded as a leader in the cathar army who has both command experience and actual combat ability, as well as extremely high religious enthusiasm. In order to save the reputation of the cathar and the mission, Ankadiri specially sent Viscount Midier to lead a team to the northern region, trying to prove the value of the cathar with the fruits of victory, and at the same time let the mission gain a foothold in Epsommiton, otherwise he would not be able to account to the high priest of Kumbagir.

Viscount Midier, who was ordered at the brink of danger, felt his responsibility and took the fastest action to make his way from the city of Epsmitton to the northern part of Epsmitton in only five days (the same speed of the Dils army was about two to two and a half days). This was already a rare speed in the eyes of Midier, because the so-called army he led could withstand such a speed of march only because of the reserve of honor and his own strict supervision.

But the unfortunate news was a blow to Viscount Midier: the Yaqui Priests launched a surprise attack, they were well-organized and acted quickly, and in just two days, seventeen of the nineteen military installations under construction in the north of the Dils army had fallen, and only two fortresses garrisoned by Generals Dara and Lorencis were still under the control of the Dils!

Apparently the Dils were blinded by this raid, so that the northern area of Epsommiton, east of the Nara, was almost devoid of the Dils army, and as far as Middil knew, the nearest Dils garrison was more than two days away from his position. And that's a force of just 2,000 men. Your own troops may now face the swarming army of Yagi Priests!

Since they were marching within the territory, they did not have scout troops. The amount of food could only be supplied for less than three days, and such an army could not resist the enemy's army at all. What's more, none of these subordinates can be called an army, but only a few people. Faced with such a grim situation, Midil felt that an immediate retreat was the best policy.

However, he could not tell his subordinates the news, otherwise the army might collapse in an instant. Therefore, he decided to change the direction of his march first, turn around and march westward, and then turn south along the Nara.

In fact, Middil's direct announcement of this news and the escape of the troops may have been the best way to avoid casualties. Although the strength of the 2,000-strong force was not large enough, it was enough to attract the attention of the enemy, and he did not directly escape. Rather, they went around in circles, which gave the Arkee Priest Army valuable time. A large number of spies passed information on their location to the priest army, who then swung their butcher knives at the sheep-like cathars.

Just as Viscount Midil smelled the water of the Nara, the army of three thousand priests who had come up from the three breads attacked.

"Enemy attack!" A terrible voice rang out, and there was chaos in the cathars, and everyone was shouting and shouting at the indiscriminate actions of the others, and then they themselves ran away aimlessly. Some people even believe that it was the Diers' army that poisoned themselves.

In less than a cup of tea, the two thousand cathars had already broken up like a cloud of dry sand, and Midil could not stop the rupand of his troops, and he himself was almost thrown off his horse by the chaos of the army.

Realizing that the situation was irretrievable, he had no choice but to flee. However, even this decision was made too slowly, and the rapid action of the priest army had cut off the cathars' retreat, and the bloody slaughter began.

Constant screams and collapse of cathar soldiers. At the same time, more cathars threw away their weapons and begged for their lives. But the priestly army showed no mercy, turning the kneeling beggers into piles of lifeless pieces of meat. Only a few children of the nobility have the courage to defend their last dignity. Unfortunately, they did not have the strength to maintain this dignity, and their brave deeds were exchanged for more blades and spear points, which dotted their corpses in bright red.

Viscount Midil was hit by more than ten arrows and his horse was dead, but he did not intend to give up the battle, even if he died, he would die worthy of the honor of the Midil family and the protection of the god Amun.

"O Amun, please give me refuge!" Viscount Midil prayed, raised the sword in his hand, and swung it at the soldiers of the priest army who attacked him: "Evil believer of the god of pulling, look at the sword!" ”

In normal times, Midil might have won this one-on-one battle, but he was seriously wounded and lost too much blood, which slowed his movements, and before his sword could open the opponent's defenses, a spear stabbed through his lower right abdomen, directly into the heart.

Only one of the 2,000 cathars survived, and those who managed to escape the siege of the priest army died at the hands of the villagers along the way.

The news of the enemy's surprise attack also took Li Tianhao by surprise. Although he had expected the enemy army to move, Li did not expect it to be so fast. After carefully examining the map, Li Tianhao frowned - the situation was very bad. Although his own order has been issued, the time is too short, Dara and Rolandis on the eastern front, and Zaran and Tatar on the western front have not had time to adjust their deployment, and if the opponent attacks successfully, he is afraid that the whole line will be lost. And the follow-up troops have not yet moved to the front line in time, and if the enemy advances rapidly at this time, even the city of Epsommiton may become the front line, which is really a very bad situation.

So the problem arises, the total number of troops in the Epsommiton area is about 80,000, of which 40,000 are deployed at the front, about 30,000 remain in the city of Epsommiton, and more than 10,000 are deployed in the rest of the country. Since the Eastern Front was lost, there was almost no main force of the Dils Army on the east bank of the Namra River. Should the troops in Epsommiton be sent to support the Eastern Front? For the time being, the strength of the Yaji army on the eastern front is estimated to be about 50,000, which is a very strange number, generally speaking, if you want to attack Li Tianhao, who has an army of more than 100,000, Yaji should send more than 150,000 troops, but this time, since the leader is the priest army, according to intelligence, the strength of the priest army is only 50,000 or 60,000, so is there a follow-up army? Is this one a decoy force, or is it the main force of the enemy army? If it was the main force, it was obviously impossible to defeat the Dils army with 50,000 men, so what was the strategic purpose of their battle? If it weren't for the main force, then the advance of the Yaji Army this time would be too hidden, and he didn't even get any news. If no troops are dispatched, it will be difficult to stop the rapid advance of the enemy army before reinforcements arrive; However, if the troops were to be dispatched, the troops on the Western Front would be empty, and if the focus of the Yaki Army's attack was on the Western Front, once the flood period of the Nera River came, it would be difficult for the troops who had already crossed the Nyura River to quickly return to the west bank, and the city of Epsommilton would be in danger.

After thinking about it, Li Tianhao decided to urge Wei Song, who was in charge of affairs in the south, to immediately go north to support, and on the other hand, he personally led the most elite 8,000 cavalry and 10,000 Nubian elite infantry troops to cross the Nanluo River eastward, in order to solve this priest army as quickly as possible, and then return to the west bank. Muller, Alam, Agobar, Hector, Jamo, Walder, Zukar, and Brooks all went on the expedition, leaving only Gernas, Jimda, and Pokel with 10,000 soldiers to defend the city of Epsommiton in case of an emergency. (To be continued......)