(System: The host's speech was an unprecedented success, and the morale of the whole army was +5.) ）

"I didn't think I was fed gunpowder."

(System: The host has successfully spoken in a large battlefield of more than 50,000 people on both sides of the enemy, the morale bonus is more than 3, the completion of the task "Evil Brainwashing" is +1, the reward experience is 2500, and the current mission progress is 5/5,. ）

(System: Complete the quest "Evil Brainwashing", reward experience points 10,000, and all-war skills +1.) Received the title "Yuri", "War Trumpeter". ）

(War Trumpeter: +1 morale for all troops, +15% morale damage to enemies)

"Hey, it's finally done, and the cycle of this mission is really long enough. It's not that it's so difficult, but it's quite troublesome to get together more than 50,000 people, and I can't find tens of thousands of people to talk about it. However, then again, it's very confusing to cross out if you pass the qualification. ”

Lu Xi muttered while muttering in Xinkai, and at the same time, he took a few steps forward amid the cheers of the entire army, and threw all his spiritual sense into the fortress in the clouds in front of him. In other words, since it is an analysis of the technical structure and magic composition of this thing, it is better to be blind.

"Sure enough...... Such a huge amount of elements was gathered by the ancient lord's battle banner, and then gathered into thunderclouds. It's just that, with my predecessor, Mr. Mencius, who dared to call himself the headmaster without being bald or poisonous, and the spiritual power of that unknown master, there was no way to manipulate such a large number of elements. So, they just brought it together with the power of the Ancient Lord's Battle Banner...... However, if you don't want to control it, according to the natural neutral nature of the element, it will soon disperse automatically. In this case, the dark canopy was used, right? Lu Xi said in his heart.

"Yes. The previous owner said that the most troublesome thing about the dark canopy is not that it can expand and sustain the unnatural climate, but that it can infiltrate the infinite negative energy in these unnatural climates. Kitty said in Lu Xi's heart.

"Very creative combination. The dark canopy has actually been destroyed, and there is no way to turn the negative energy into the undead realm that envelops the entire Henas Peninsula for thousands of years, but the gate valve nobles still have some alchemy masters, and it is enough to repair a little bit and let a certain amount of negative energy spread into the thunderclouds. Negative energy represents disorder, and the disordered qi element does not need to be manipulated by humans, and it can form a terrifying thunderstorm by itself. This is how the Great Wall of Thunderclouds was formed. ”

"That's it, master. Its power is not strong, not to mention the domain of nothingness, even ordinary rainbow shields are difficult to break, with our strength can pass without injury. ”

The rainbow shield is also six-ring magic, you call it "ordinary", what about those spellcasters who can't use it for a lifetime? What about more ordinary soldiers?

Well, we can't expect mere machine spirits to have emotional intelligence. Lu Xi thought, and then unfolded the World Tree Scepter, allowing his spiritual sense to continue deep into the raging thunder and lightning. In the midst of that huge thundercloud storm, the surgical structure that could not be recognized by the naked eye was invisible in his spiritual sense, as if it was a three-dimensional geometric figure composed of conspicuous light lines. However, it was one of the most complex geometries I'd ever seen, with countless branches in the connection of each line and point, like a malicious labyrinth that was not prepared to be cleared.

However, the reason why it was one of them was because Lu Xi had already seen a much more complex structure than this, including a large-scale disaster phenomenon type similar to the fortress in the clouds, and a spiritual illusion type.

“…… Teacher, Sister Tido. ”

Lu Xi quickly suppressed such distracting thoughts in his heart, and let his spirit continue to move forward along the "rays" of the surgical structure. His soul was ethereal, merging into an infinite flow, and in this moment, both mental and physical would no longer be disturbed by real time. Souls and perceptions continued to flow and spread in these labyrinths of light, and he didn't know how long it took for him to finally catch the dissonance of that one point.

The brilliance of the artifact, and the point where the negative energy gathers, are chaotic after all.

In the next instant, his soul had returned to his body.

"Found it." Lu Xi said.

"It's fast...... The previous owner spent more time searching for the node of Kazan's undead Styx. ”

Is this a disguised way of saying that I have surpassed Grandma Laxis? Well, you can't be complacent, you can't be proud, we will soon be the father of several babies, and we must be mature. Lu Xi said to himself.

He turned around and faced the whole army. With his eyes still closed, he smiled, and raised his World Tree scepter.

"I just need a blow like this!" He said aloud.

The white light turned into a divine sword that pointed straight into the sky, piercing into the tumbling thunderstorm clouds. Soon, however, the thin white light disappeared into the black clouds, as if someone had thrown a candle into the sea.

However, just when some ordinary soldiers thought that His Excellency the Commander was so handsome and beautiful that he was licking on his knees, a ray of white light suddenly rose in the "city wall" of the fortress in the clouds. Then, in a matter of seconds, it bloomed into a huge flower of light.

The thunderstorm stopped, and the clouds turned into white clouds. Only a large number of wind elementals were left to recover from their irritability. They remain, or do not dissipate, in the form of a disorderly gale.

Wind and clouds, two that should not coexist, are combined by the power of the occult and are still a breathtaking climatic spectacle.

However, the wind was only slightly stronger to the left and right, and the clouds in front of us were not visible. This is no longer the route of the march of the army.

Without waiting for Lu Xi to give the order himself, the war drums and horns had already begun to play.

He rode his horse to a halt, listening to the sound of footsteps behind him like an earthquake.

The first to pass from either side of him were two phalanxes of thousands. It consists of heavy infantry with shields and heavy armor, a certain number of spearmen, plus lightly armored guide gunners, and a small number of spellcasters.

This kind of troop formation is of course the tactic of the current mainstream leading army - in fact, there are only the dwarves, Lu Xi's Fourth Army and the two new armies of Auckland - if there are other traversers who know a little about military history, they will definitely shout "Ban Duck Phalanx". Of course, considering that the enemy could not have a large number of cavalry, the proportion of spearmen in the formation was reduced.

The commander of the two thousand-man phalanx was Lieutenant Colonel Ai Ming, Lu Xi's old subordinate, and Captain Els, the third brainchild, and the villager B Bull served as their deputies. When the phalanx passed, Lu Xi could also feel the gaze of these acquaintances.

"Ai Ming, after entering the clouds, move towards the two wings separately and get out of the way of the frontal battlefield!" Lu Xidao.

"Understood!"

When the two phalanxes of the lead disappeared into the cloud wall, the follow-up troops also came behind him. It was the core of the Fourth Legion, three thousand spearmen who had struck most of the army's vigor, with only a small number of spearmen to escort them, and they were lined up in a horizontal formation. Walking in the center of the line, it was Colonel Grimmar himself and Akdina who were guarding the Rose banner.

Lu Xi patted the game Fleurs and wanted to move forward together.

"Well, Your Excellency, should you come down this time?" Colonel Grimmar looked at Lu Xi, who was riding on a steel war horse and was suddenly more than a meter taller than himself, thinking that this was not a rake, and suddenly revealed, "If you don't listen to my advice this time, you will fight to the death."

Lu Xi smiled embarrassedly and jumped off the game Fleurs. It's not that he's worried that he'll be used as a rake, but he thinks that this kind of high-mindedness is a bit contrary to the persona of the previous speech.

However, he moved forward with his own legs, feeling the firm steps of the robes around him. There was never a moment when he felt that he was full of strength and invincible.

Just as Lu Xi had expected, only the wind was left in the cloud wall. Its strength is strong enough to blow away a few innocent kittens and dogs, but at this moment, it can't shake the pace of the soldiers of the Rose Legion.

"Lu Xi, the Sixth Legion and the Thirteenth Legion have also broken through into the clouds, and the strikers have already engaged the main force of Karl Ovant. It can be determined that the other party has increased its troops to more than 10,000 people on Blue Dragon Island, and has arranged a group of Talana crossbowmen on Blue Dragon Mountain. Sehireu's voice resounded in Lu Xi's heart through the psychic chain.

"Well, Taranna? The famous mercenary nation on the Cape of the Storm? Remember that before the Sun King, many Oakland emperors liked to hire Talanans as guards. Oh, it's good to be rich! ”

Are you qualified to talk about people? Who is it that has packed almost all the famous mercenary organizations in the whole of Neosfia?

"What about the old yin (meow) and the big fat man?"

It took a few seconds for Sesilyu to understand who Lu Xi was talking about, and said helplessly: "You...... Forget it, you can't call it that in front of others. Well, all their forces have also landed, and they are now approaching the fortress in the clouds, but there is still a little hesitation. ”

"Let Colonel Lawrence send a squad of wingman guerrillas over and persuade them. Valerius' cavalry remains on standby! ”

"Roger!"

Soon, his own army had already passed through the shackles of the fortress in the clouds, and the floating islands in the Orso Heavenly Region were like a fairyland, and this was the moment they came into everyone's eyes.

To Colonel Grimmar's slight surprise, the enemy did not arrange a single soldier to defend Tianqiao Island. After passing through the Great Wall formed by the Fortress in the Clouds, this long island stretches more than 200 meters to the east, facing the famous Fuji Island and White Maple Island.

Fuji Island is rich in a kind of soft rattan grass, which is the best material for fine paper when dried, and it gradually became the base of the paper industry of the Federation. The best sky rattan paper is almost the last foreign exchange product of the Federation in addition to magic items.

As for White Maple Island, as the name suggests, there is a beautiful white maple forest growing on it, and it is a tourist attraction that is more popular among the wealthy citizens who have a small amount of savings in Elichar.

Both islands, which had more than 1,000 permanent residents, had already been herded into Elichar's refugee camps by a large number of uninvited guests. Local workshops, houses, and tourist facilities were also demolished to make watchtowers, antlers, and more.

These uninvited guests were the 1st and 2nd Legions, formerly known as the "Union Forbidden Army" and stationed in Elichar all year round, and in the minds of most ordinary people, they were naturally the most combat-ready legions in the Federation.

…… emmmm, alas, this was recognized before the Battle of Farrahals. Now, the public's new perception is that if it weren't for the Federation's (female) Valkyrie who arrived at the critical time, these useless road specimens would have died in the sky over the Iron Rock Canyon.

Of course, we must admit that since there is such an evaluation as "medium-looking", the quality of the soldiers of these two legions, at least the quality of the outward appearance, and the equipment are quite bright.

The 1st and 2nd Army Corps were standing armies, with a total strength of more than 50,000 men at their peak, and were basically recruited from the Orso Sky District. After all, this is the most concentrated and densely populated floating island of the Federation, and of course, it is also the most prosperous region of the commodity economy. Indeed, it is only in this area, where almost a quarter of the population of the entire Federation is concentrated, that tens of thousands of men of school-age can be recruited who are fit and healthy. In addition, according to the calculations of the alliance bigwigs, only Orso's children have the sense of protecting their home and country, and can better defend the capital - and the big names in the capital.

Well, a little bit of my giant Tang Mansion soldiers' sense of sight?

That's weird!

Are the two yeoman farmers with land, property, social status, and the right to distribute the spoils of war the same thing as small townspeople, tenant farmers, and dock porters?

All in all, before the Industrial Revolution, the metropolitan areas with a thriving commodity economy could not produce good soldiers, and at most they could only produce a group of road specimens – for example, the 800,000-strong Tokyo Forbidden Army, and for example, Elichar's Forbidden Army.

"Leave them alone. Just let Emin block them by the bridge and keep them from causing trouble. Lu Xi instructed Grimmar.

The colonel nodded, and without saying much, he gestured directly behind him. At that moment, four more thousand-man phalanx broke away from the military formation behind and moved quickly towards the two wings. These phalanxes are a typical combination of giant shields, spears, and crossbowmen, and they look like they are ready for defense.

Of course, the guide gun is definitely better than the bow and crossbow, but after all, there is a large group of cattle in this world who can shoot bows and arrows with anti-equipment effects, and they still dare not replace them all for a while. What's more, the production capacity and wallet can't keep up.

"I thought the teacher was trying to push over the bridge and take one of the 1st and 2nd legions." Akdina said.

"Without this need, the bridge battle forces cannot be deployed, and whoever attacks is unlucky. Even I wasn't sure how to control the casualties. In that case, let them give the initiative. There were 3,000 people on each of the two bridges, which was enough for them not to move. Lu Xi said.

"What if they attack desperately? After all, they also have 30,000 people, and the equipment is still very elite. I heard that this is the Janissary Guard of the Federation, and it has been trained by Admiral Agrol himself for the past year, so the combat effectiveness should still be very strong. ”

"It's just a specimen of the road, how much can it change in a year? Uncle Agroll is of course a very powerful general, but even he can't turn the mascot into an iron army in such a short time. ”

Who is the iron army that turned a group of bandits, landless farmers and bankrupt citizens into a group of bandits in half a year? Grimard next to him thought to himself that this guy was clearly showing off, but there was no evidence.

"What's more, Uncle Agroll has just promoted a group of officers who can do things, and as a result, the rebel leaders invited back the former wine bags and rice bags during the coup. Tossing back and forth like this, it's really iron-beaten and wasted. ”

Speaking of which, Lu Xi had already determined his next plan: "Let Emin keep an eye on them." If there is any change in the opponent's movement, just hold the bridge and shoot and greet him. Other than that...... Sesilu, let Grant push all the reapers up, and General Avalanche continued to stand by in place. ”

The second half of the sentence was, of course, ordered by Lu Xi with a psychic link.

As we all know, there are now two main types of guide guns that the Fourth Army is equipped with. Heavy artillery used to plough the city, and lighter reapers. The former can only be pulled by bullock and livestock, and has certain requirements for the deployment terrain; The latter allows the infantry to push forward, as long as it is not a quagmire, and when it is stable, it can open fire.

Now, now that the opponent's posture has been determined, it is time for the "light artillery" to keep up.

Didn't Mr. Lu Shuren say that artillery that can't maneuver with the cavalry is not a good guy's military legend?

"Keep going!" Lu Xi gave such an order to the central phalanx. Then he beckoned to a group of 100 people with a starry banner that followed closely behind the 3,000 lead gunners. The two young men in the robes who were the leaders immediately ran over quickly.

"Little Lizi, Elio, you know what to do, right?"

Senior sister calls me "Little Lizi", although I always feel a little malicious, but as long as it is a nickname, it means that I am my own person. Liszt suppressed the beauty in his heart and carefully observed the current situation. At this time, the vanguard of the army, that is, the three thousand guide gunners, had advanced to the western edge of Tianqiao Island, which was still quite far away from Dongmen Island opposite.

"The farthest distance is three hundred and forty-five meters!" Liszt instantly completed the detection with prophecy magic, and then made a judgment in an affirmative tone: "At present, our training record is three hundred and twenty meters, but now that we are on the battlefield, there will definitely be interference from the enemy...... So, it can be done! ”

His expression is quite firm, quite a tough guy warrior, but unfortunately with that Zhengtai face is quite unconvincing.

"Yes! Learn...... Your Excellency, Commander! The battle mage regiment is gathered for this moment! Elliott, who was also happy because he was nicknamed by Lu Xi, said yes. Luo Tai, who is less convincing than her good friend Liszt, has a face full of awe-inspiring tenacity like a warrior.

"Excellent! Just let it go! Your time is limited, but your support is limitless! ”