It is in the interests of the entire Alliance, and no one will doubt the decision of the legendary Duke of Fortonmar in this matter, although they also know that in order to make this honorary Earl Terreth willingly go to this bait, the Alliance also took out a batch of quite amazing materials from the armaments department to give this person, but for being able to come to the door in person and successfully convince this person of the Duke of Verton Marr, everyone also felt sincere admiration.

On the side of the stronghold, after Li Ran saw off the duke away, and then received the armaments sent from the Holy Lance Fortress, after a few days of adaptation, he also did what he said, and personally led his troops to the battlefield that morning to kill a Saranka legion that did not seem to be too strong.

But the difference is that this time in people's sight, because he knew his identity, Count Terryth, who was basically based on cavalry and fast corps every time, was in the team this time, with an astonishing number of defensive legions.

Because of the early exposure of his identity, when Li Ran had just fought with the Saranka legions on the opposite side, countless Saranka legions had already surrounded them at this moment, and on the side of the Holy Falcon Alliance, they were undoubtedly very happy to see this kind of move on the Saranka side, because their original idea was to wait for all these legions to come over and annihilate them all.

But unexpectedly, Saranca seemed to have expected this, after besieging the Terryth who had personally used it as bait, in the face of this enemy who swore to defend the hill, Saranca did not launch a fierce attack as they thought, and when the unwitting Holy Falcon Alliance coalition came to besiege and try to annihilate these barbarian legions, on the one hand, they began to defend, and on the other hand, from the direction of Saranca's Thorn Fortress, two elite legions totaling more than 500,000 people directly pounced.

A battle began, in the face of the prepared Saranca side, whether in terms of strength or rank, the Holy Falcon Alliance's previous preparations were obviously insufficient, and soon they were at a disadvantage in the battle, if it weren't for the alliance's reinforcements, after learning about this, a steady stream of them came, the most important thing was the Count of Terris, at this moment unexpectedly gave up the defense, boldly broke through and harassed from the inside, maybe this battle, the alliance side will definitely suffer unimaginable heavy losses.

But even so, after the aftermath count, the sacrifices of thirty-seven noble lords above the earl, the death of nearly 700,000 warriors, and the serious injuries of hundreds of thousands of personnel, the Holy Falcon Alliance side also suffered huge losses in this operation.

Not only did they fail to pick up the bargain in the planned battle, but they lost a large number of troops, so that some of the previous advantages were wiped out, and this operation undoubtedly became a major defeat for the alliance, and in the face of such a situation, especially after seeing the subsequent pressure of the Saranca side, there was a great deal of decisive battle, and the capitals of each country also hurriedly began to increase their troops.

In just half a month, the number of dukes in the two major fortresses of the Holy Falcon Alliance, the Holy Spear and the Green Sea, has surged to twenty-three! This is more than half of the number of the entire Holy Falcon Alliance, which can also see the scale of this battle, and the main army of the seven capitals has officially entered the two major fortresses at this moment, which is also the prelude to the decisive battle.

Next, it seems that it is also because of the hatred formed in the previous war, at this moment between the three major fortresses, the war is also in full swing, for various purposes, before the official decisive battle, at this time both sides strangled in this battlefield, both hope to destroy some more troops of the other party, for the final decisive battle to increase the bargaining chips, so here, every moment there are countless soldiers forever falling.

On the other hand, perhaps because he was used as a bait before, Li Ran was not assigned too many dangerous tasks by the alliance at this time, including the tasks sometimes sent, and most of them were mainly relatively easy rescues and raids.

However, in this regard, the noble generals here, especially the lords who were here before, did not show too much dissatisfaction, after all, they also knew that in the previous battle, if it weren't for the desperate counterattack of this Count Terres in the midst of being surrounded and disrupting the defense line of the Saranca Empire, not to mention that the troops they brought would suffer greater casualties, and even themselves, I am afraid that they are no longer in this world at this moment.

In addition, these noble lords also understood that since the last incident, the identity of this Earl of Terreth had been exposed, and under the watchful eyes of the other party's sentinels and scouts, it was indeed not conducive to staying outside for a long time and conducting large-scale operations, so they did not say anything about it.

But after a serious defeat, these people always have to find an outlet, so the military governor of the Oakington Empire, including Duke Tolkien himself, who proposed this plan at the beginning, has also become the first person to be responsible for this defeat in the minds of many noble generals.

However, in the following meetings, they did not have a good face for their noble lords, and at the same time, they were even more disgusted by their attempts to blame Earl Terries for this mistake.

Although it is a common knowledge for all races to know how cunning the Terrans are, within the Terrans, there are times when they are also the most reasonable, so after the following meetings, there have been proposals to call Terryth to the fortress and make him one of the candidates for the Military Council, as for the reason in addition to wanting to listen to the opinions of this foreign lord, I am afraid that the other main reason is nothing more than that they want to use this to disgust these people of the Oakington Empire.

For this proposal, Oakington naturally resolutely denied it, after all, at this moment, when the figures of various countries gathered, those who could participate in the military meeting of the fortress were undoubtedly proof of identity, and in addition to the important officials of the capitals of various countries and the military and political officials, the people who could participate in the meeting here were at least the great nobles and lords above the marquis.

However, what these dwarves did not expect was that it was precisely because of their opposition that the attitude of those noble lords was more positive, and the reasons for their opposition were nothing more than a few points, one of which was that in terms of military merits, whether it was before or now, Count Terryth could be said to have great military achievements, including the two important dukes who had lost on the Saranca side so far, it can be said that they have a direct and indirect relationship with this person.

As for the second point, although this person is only an honorary earl in the Holy Falcon Alliance, he also has another identity, that is, the prince of the Khan Lock Empire, and although the Khan Lock Empire is only a medium-sized empire, as a complete empire, its status as a prince is immutable, so the status of the marquis above is meaningless to him at all.

However, to the surprise of these noble generals, while they were speechless on the side of Oakington, the Duke of Fortonmar, who was still one of the commanders, after some deliberation, still left his legion in the original stronghold, although he agreed to the participation of the Earl of Terryth in the military council.

In the evening of that day, with a team of archangels coming from the Holy Spear Fortress, Li Ran also received the order issued by the Holy Spear Fortress, and when he learned that he was invited to participate in every routine military council, he also learned from the document that there would be a more important meeting in the afternoon of the next day.

After thinking about it for a while, Li Ran had already decided to go, and early the next morning, with a team of paladins, Li Ran also rushed to the Holy Spear Fortress, which was about two hundred kilometers away!

All the way, in addition to resting halfway and letting the paladins eat something, when Li Ran arrived, he was asked by a group of sentries to verify his identity fifty miles away from the Holy Spear Fortress, which also shows that this place is also in a state of full combat readiness.

And then on the way after being asked to verify his identity several times, it was noon when Li Ran arrived at this fortress, but what made him depressed was that when he was about to enter, he was questioned by the guards, even if he had identified himself, the other party still did not let him leave, just when Li Ran felt a little depressed, he saw an old acquaintance at this time, that is, the Marquis of Yukov of the Oakington Empire, he understood that the problem was there.

Probably because the army led by him is good at defense, at this time, the marquis of the Oakington Empire seems to have become one of the generals stationed at the city gate, and after seeing Li Ran coming, this person deliberately made things difficult.

However, at this moment, Li Ran was no longer as tolerant as when he first came, and after confirming that this person intended to cause trouble, Li Ran also shouted and reprimanded, and directly asked the paladins to pull out the weapons on their waists.

Unexpectedly, Li Ran was so arrogant, and dared to draw his sword directly in the Holy Spear Fortress where millions of troops were stationed, at this time, this Yukov couldn't help but be a little panicked, but at this moment, when a dwarf guard came over and whispered to him, his attitude immediately hardened, and he firmly believed that he was justified, and he was very determined to interrogate all the paladins brought by Li Ran.

After this trouble, this matter also quickly spread to the ears of other lords, and there were more people who came to persuade and watch the excitement at this time, but when Yukov insisted on sticking to his principles, they were not easy to intervene, including Li Ran, although he was very angry, but he still couldn't get out for a while.

Seeing that the time for the meeting had arrived, Li Ran was also a little anxious, fortunately, Duke Claures, who was passing by at this time, relieved him, and when he saw the Duchess of Valencia come forward, this Yukov did not dare to do good and obstruct it, but the accusation against Li Ran, especially after seeing that he did not dare to really do it, although he was released, he was extremely arrogant and did not back down in his attitude.