"Why are you here, and who is your commander?"

Charles had a gloomy face, looking at the several clan knight leaders in front of him, his cold gaze made people shudder.

The sudden fall of the Blue Mountain Pass disrupted Charles's overall plan to "block the enemy from the country", and after receiving the summons from Xun Ying, he hurriedly organized his team and prepared to rush to the vicinity of the Blue Mountain Pass to organize defense, but he had not yet left the boundary of Nancy City!

I fled for two or three hundred miles in one day and one night, and the speed was amazing.

Hearing Charles's cold question, several family knights took a step back and revealed a middle-aged man with a white face and beard.

The middle-aged man replied helplessly: "I am Riocer, the patriarch, and I was their commander before Viscount Sangrede entered the Blue Mountain Pass. ”

"How many people have we lost?"

"At least the loss ......... More than a thousand. ”

"But I saw only two hundred, what about the rest?

Hearing this, Xia Er became more and more stern, only two hundred of the three thousand family warriors returned, and the rest of the people could still be organized smoothly? This is not a densely populated Great Celestial Empire, and a few thousand warriors are a number that an ordinary earl can't come up with.

"My lord, because of the sudden death of Viscount Sangrede, we can no longer organize an effective counterattack, we have exhausted all our gunpowder weapons, and we still can't resist those crazy Lucernes, so I was forced to retreat with the rest of the people, everyone retreated in a hurry, so many people were separated. ”

"The order I asked Sangreid to bring is: never take a step back, never give up on the Blue Mountain Pass!

Riocer opened his mouth and weakly pleaded, "But I'm no longer a commander......."

Charles didn't want to say anything more, just waved his hand back.

Brute, who was becoming more and more like an executioner, sprang out from the side, grabbed Riocer by the hair and dragged him to the ground, and several of his minions stepped forward to hold down Riocer, who had not yet reacted.

"Lord of the family, I am thinking about the warriors of the family, the Lucernes are crazy, we can't resist, I can't bury all the thousands of people in the family in the Blue Mountain ......Pass," Leosel argued loudly, there were spiritual power fluctuations on his body, and he actually wanted to resist.

Charles was furious and kicked Rio Cel's mouth to pieces.

"You said you were for the sake of your family, so why did you flee back by yourself, and our people?

In fact, this is where Charles is most angry, the inability to defend the Blue Mountain Pass has made Charles lose the initiative, but Rio Cel did not gather the remnants of the army near the Blue Mountain Pass? He fled back with more than 200 cronies? Is this frightened?

What else is the use of a scared warrior?

"Drag this cowardly coward out!

Charles's harsh decisions terrified those around him, and in the past, it was common for nobles to win and lose each other, and it was rare for a nobleman to be severely punished for his defeat, and Charles's approach was somewhat similar to that of several famous tyrants in history.

"I ..... Call..... Serve yourself, ......"

Riocelle's jaw was kicked and his speech was slurred, but Charles still understood what he meant, and he was accusing himself.

Charles Chevalier buried all of his Knights of Lorraine in Sbaya and returned alone, a situation that was even more excessive and cowardly than Rioser's current behavior.

But he didn't know that Charles Chevalier had died with the enemy, and that the current Charles was an innocent victim, and that he didn't open any pot, which made Charles even more angry.

"The Knights of Lorraine are mine, they are willing to die in Sbaia for me, and I have made enough compensation to their families, if Riocer you are not convinced? You go and ask those warriors who died in the Blue Mountain Pass, are they willing to die for you? Can you give their families enough compensation?"

“.........”

Can I throw my stuff away? But did I let you throw it for me?

The Charles did not emphasize any discipline, but expressed their identity, rights, and attitudes in an arrogant manner. These old-school family knights have no sense of discipline, and the lord relies on chivalry to maintain them.

Rio Cel was dragged down with a whining and howling, and no one dared to speak out anymore, and Charles's ruthless methods had made those who despised him because of his youth no longer have the idea of luck.

Charles sat down slowly, looked at the people around him and asked coldly, "Did you hear what Rio Sayre said clearly just now?"

The people around didn't dare to answer, and Riocer outside was still begging for mercy in a slurred voice, who wanted to touch the mildew of the second stunned marquis?

"He's talking about me!"

Charles closed his eyes and said faintly: "You all know about me, since I came back from Spaya, the name of a coward has been pressed on my head, everyone thinks that I buried the Knights of Lorraine, and many people hate me......"

"I hate myself sometimes, I hate myself for not dying in that pile of dead people, why am I the only one who survives to bear this result on the battlefield of thousands of people?"

"You have lost your most beloved family, have I not lost the most loyal knight?"

"Sosa is dead, leaving behind an old mother and two little sisters, and I have one more mother and two younger sisters on my shoulders, and so many knights who are loyal to me are dead......... Hehehe!"

Charles opened his eyes and said self-deprecatingly, "You say, if I died then, would I be so tired now?"

Everyone was stunned and didn't know what to say, but the performance of Charles these days was indeed very different from those nobles who were drunk and dreamed of death.

Have you ever seen a nobleman who either enters the factory or enters the barracks all day long, and does not even touch a lady-in-waiting? Have you ever seen a nobleman who does not hold a ball banquet and does not hook up with those young ladies and celebrities, but guards a younger sister to live?

What is the point of such a nobleman living?

"Since I came back from Sbaya, I have been tolerating and retreating for a safe life, but when I take a step back, others will bully me a little, and the more I retreat, the more others will force me, and now I am forced to come to the door!"

Charles stood up, his tone becoming harsh.

"From now on, I will not retreat, whoever dares to force me, then let him be ready to die together!"

Charles glanced at the surrounding family knights and officers of the Lorraine Legion with extremely fierce eyes, and shouted murderously: "I will not retreat, none of you are allowed to retreat, if you die in battle, there will be enough compensation and compensation, but if you retreat without getting an order like Riocer, then you and your family will lose everything!"

“............”

In the face of Charles's threat, everyone was awe-struck, and the howling outside had just stopped, and they did not dare to doubt the authenticity of Charles's words.

"Go out and reorganize the team, we will set off in half an hour and rush to the Blue Mountain Pass overnight!"

Everyone hurriedly retreated, and the furious Charles made them all almost out of breath.

But as soon as they came out, Olive who was more than 1.5 meters tall intercepted them.

"I want to remind you of one thing, although I am not allowed to go to the battlefield, if something happens to my brother, you are all ready to bury him!"

“............”

A group of knights and officers want to cry without tears, why is one more ruthless than the other?

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Charles rushed to the Blue Mountain Pass with his people in a hurry, hoping that the Lucernes had not yet gained a foothold outside the Blue Mountain Pass, and that he could do his best to drive them back into the Blue Mountain Pass, and that the flames of war would never be burned into the hinterland of Lorraine.

There is a big difference between domestic operations and overseas operations, which do not have the support of local residents, and the long battle lines lead to great logistical pressure, and the daily consumption is astronomical.

It is possible to avoid these drawbacks by fighting in the territory, and whether it is logistics or intelligence, you can get the support of your own people in the vicinity, but the production environment in the territory will be shattered by the war, and the economy will continue to regress, and even if it is defeated, it will be a great loss of vitality.

Now according to the analysis of the size of Lorraine and the Duchy of Luxon, the Charr is actually the weaker side, and it is not wrong to adopt the strategy of defensive warfare within the territory, but there are a large number of iron ores distributed on the land from the Blue Mountain Pass to the south to Nancy City, which is the basis for the industrial development of the Lorraine region, and the Charr will never turn this place into a war zone unless it is absolutely necessary.

Once this area becomes a war zone, the Shire will inevitably carry out the strategy of clearing the wilderness, in case the Lucers, who can't eat and can't find the flower girl, go crazy to blow up the mines, it will seriously affect the Shire's territorial industrial development plan.

Towards the wee hours of the morning, the rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the troops led by Charles were too tired to walk, so he had to order a temporary rest, but there was movement in front of him.

"Sir, we met Nelly, and she brought the latest news from the front. ”

"Nelly, let him in!"

Nelly is the sister of Sosa, who was once the most loyal knight of the Charr, and after his death in Spaya, Charles let his sister inherit his knighthood and become the pillar of the family of three.

After Nelly swore allegiance to Charles, she expressed her desire to become a transcendent without material compensation, and Charles successfully helped her awaken to become a transcendent hunter not long ago, and not long ago she went on her first mission to be responsible for the vigilance of the logistics supply caravan, but she did not expect to encounter the capture of the Blue Mountain Pass.

The soaking girl hunter walked in, and the moment she saw Charles, her disguised strength suddenly collapsed, and she told her sad story of what had happened in the past few days.

"We were attacked at night, and the Lucernes seemed to have become monsters, they didn't know fear, they didn't know the pain, they didn't know how to hide from the arrows and muskets, they rushed up in a daze......."

"Originally, we could have relied on the new gunpowder bullets to resist, but Uncle Sangreid was killed by an ascetic, and dozens of heavily armored warriors could not surround the ascetic, who, like the Lucernes, did not care about being injured at all....... Or even death. ”

"The ascetic always chased after the banner of the family, and after the death of Uncle Sangreid, Rio Cerle refused to raise the banner of the family, and we lost our command and had to flee separately, and Kenneth and I broke off with a cavalry team, and finally were overtaken by the ascetic at the Nova Pass......."

"When we asked him why he had broken the promise of the Church and participated in the war between the nobles, he said that he was a nobleman and had an undying hatred for our Chevalier family........"

"Wait, ascetic, you've met a light ascetic?" a flash of inspiration flashed in Charles's mind, and he remembered something in an instant.

"What is a Light Ascetic?"

Not only did Nelly not understand, but many people around her were also full of questions, obviously not knowing what the Light Ascetic represented.

"The Church of Light has several special monasteries in which perverted monks who practice by torturing their bodies are called Light Ascetics, who are powerful, but also weird. ”

The girl hunter Neri was suddenly stunned, she said hurriedly: "Then he is the Bright Ascetic, he only wears a shabby black robe on such a cold day, barefoot, and he doesn't even frown when the sword is slashed on his body, he is obviously a monk, but he acts like a warrior who doesn't know pain, Kenneth and them....... All dead. ”

"It should be him, what a trouble!" Charles had already identified the Light Ascetic.

Just a few months ago, Charles had caused a "Daisy Incident" on 13th Avenue of Nacel, in which the perverted Brummer Pont who was killed by Charles had an uncle who was a light ascetic of the abbey of Abes.

Now it seems that this is the uncle who went out of the mountain to avenge his nephew.

Although Charles had long expected this possibility, he did not expect to jump out and make trouble at this juncture.

In times of war, the commander of each side will be protected by a group of guards, and any strong person who wants to assassinate the commander must face a group of heavily armored soldiers who are not afraid of death, and the transcendents are also flesh and blood, if they are surrounded by dozens or hundreds of people, they will also hurt, be injured, and die.

Therefore, it has never been extremely rare to be able to attack and kill the opponent's main general among thousands of troops, so the person who can take the head of the general among the thousands of troops will become a hero who has been passed down in the world.

However, Nelly said that after the fall of the Blue Mountain Pass, most of the Lorraine warriors scattered and broke through, and the Luxon people in the Blue Mountain Pass did not continue to pursue for some reason, which was a somewhat relieved result for the Charles.

The Marquis of Lorraine is so big, and the standing army of more than 10,000 people is already the limit that can be put together now, among which there are only three or four thousand elite soldiers with well-trained and combat experience, and the elite of one or two thousand people is really important to the Charr.

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In the afternoon of the next day, the spring rain finally stopped, and the sun broke through the clouds and fell on the Blue Mountain Pass, reflecting the blue colors of the peaks on both sides of the pass.

The 8,000 men led by Charles finally arrived at a place more than ten miles away from the Blue Mountain Pass, and chose a small mound to start camping, and confronted the Blue Mountain Pass from afar.

"Send an elite search team to the nearby mountains to search for our lost soldiers, each team must not be less than two hundred people, and immediately release the signal eagle to report the location when encountering the enemy......."

"In addition, go and send a letter over there, saying that in the evening, the Marquis of Lorraine will make an appointment to meet with the other party's supreme commander!"

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In the evening, the dusk sunset sprinkled the last afterglow of the day, and the tall city gate of the Blue Mountain Pass opened a gap, and a team of more than a dozen horsemen galloped briskly outward.

"Master, they're late, do you want to give them a good look?"

Brut the dog-legged saw the unhappiness on Charles's face, and his eyes rolled into a sassy idea.

"Good looks are naturally given, but not now, how rude he is to me today, how embarrassed he will be in the future!" Charles sat on his horse and said lightly.

If it was in the previous life, it wouldn't matter if it was this kind of disrespect for Charles, but after being mixed in this world for more than half a year, the aristocracy's hypocrisy was fed, and it was not too much to say that it was a retribution.

As the Luxon with the black oak flag approached, a hostile and dangerous aura suddenly appeared, quietly locking onto Charles's body.

"Sure enough, it's here!"

Charles used his hunter perception talent to sense the direction of the qi and verify his guesses.

The Light Ascetic was in the mountains and forests on the far left, and his ultimate goal was himself.