"Chapter 124: The Great War is Imminent"
Outside the Tibetan army, rows of torches were erected, and the area outside the city was still brightly illuminated, and the patrolling militia units were stationed outside the city, sticking to their posts. www.biquge.info The mercenaries of Ron's troops were also wandering outside the city with their weapons in their hands, but their yawns were endless, not a level worse than the troops in Hidden Soldier City. But despite this, these elites of old mercenaries and old bandits still have a lot of experience, otherwise they would not have the need to patrol here.
In the woods in the distance, the goblins leaned comfortably against the edge of the trees, their eyes half-squinted. These green-skinned dwarfs don't seem to care about their work at all, but what many don't see is the tightly clutched guard posts and ears raised high in their hands. In terms of reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance, these usually idle and disorderly goblins are indeed first-class good hands.
The goblin leaned against it, surrounded by the rustle of the leaves hanging as the breeze blew, and he opened his eyes slightly, shook the few yellowed leaves that had fallen on his body, and muttered a few words in the goblin language, complaining about the colder weather. At this time, he saw a fat beetle lying on his stomach in a nearby tree, a creature with a beautiful carapace that was nothing more than a little bit of heart for some goblins. He crept over, then quickly grabbed the beetle, peeled off its shell, twisted its head, threw the protein-rich piece of meat into his mouth, and chewed it in satisfaction. Just as the goblin was about to find a few more bugs to satisfy his hunger, a black shadow flashed in the nearby woods, and a sharp blade was inserted from his back, piercing his chest directly, and then another cold light slashed through his neck. The goblin fell to the ground with a muffled thud, and the dark shadow breathed a sigh of relief. However, he did not notice that there was also a dozing goblin on the tree, and his actions had already awakened the latter.
''Woo----''
The sharp whistle spread throughout the woods, and the troops of the Tibetan Soldier City outside the city were also instantly alerted. At one time, dozens of torches were lit in the woods, and the militia and mercenaries patrolling inside and outside the woods immediately began to search for nearby enemies.
''Damn! The Shadow cursed, threw out a throwing knife and took the goblin's life, then took the knife in hand and began to attack the other Tibetan soldiers.
The flames are soaring into the sky, and the shouts are constantly killing. More and more troops threw themselves into the forest to fight the elusive creatures, and in the forest, fireballs full of chaotic magic also rose, and they flew towards the walls of the Tibetan Fortress, and exploded on the walls.
The flames and smoke cleared, and the stone walls were blackened but not cracked. There were a lot of small stone bullets flying out of the woods, but they didn't do much damage to the walls, because they weren't used for siege. In the midst of the chaotic fighting, the sneak attackers detonated a special weapon, which was originally intended to siege the city, but at this time swept through a small half of the woods, causing a large fire and causing terrible casualties, both to the enemy and to themselves.
The battle continued, and the troops who attacked did not expect that the defensive force of the Hidden Soldier City was so strong, and they did not expect that the remaining troops of the other side were also so strong. Soon, the invading troops began to retreat, and the battle gradually ended, just in case Mei Long withdrew his troops back, and examined the corpses, and there was nothing wrong with those troops of the Legion.
I turned off the "battle replay" and saw how our city was invaded and how it was won. "The Kuba Legion—" I muttered these words, that unit was the one we put back earlier, and this time we killed their heads, the stealth guys. However, I know that the Legion will not rest on its laurels, and if it doesn't work out this time, they will look for a breakthrough in other directions......
Two days have passed, and the undead troops have been returning one after another. I learned from the system's translation that a large number of the Legion's troops had been assembled, and Rooney's troops had reappeared in the Legion's battle sequence. The Legion raid I feared did not come, and Zeng Qiang's troops had completed most of the journey and would soon be there. This reassures me a lot, at least it won't be the same as last time. Remembering the last time the legion attacked the Tibetan Soldier City, I am still a little afraid. If I really let the Legion people blow up the city walls and break into the city, I guess I will make a mess of the foundation I have worked so hard to save. They don't have the ability to take the Tibetan Soldier City, but it's definitely enough to make trouble!
I specially sent the undead to inform Mei Long to strengthen the garrison, and no matter what, nothing can go wrong. Mei Long also wrote back to tell me that even if Kuba was there in person, he would not let the city fall and the people suffer. He also stated the position of Sister Avria, who was on our side. Meron also told me that the buildings in the city produced a large number of troops, and that if I needed them, they could gather a large army to support us.
Although we do need manpower for the imminent war, considering the behavior of the legion this time, I did not let them come to support, but trained on the spot, integrated a new brigade, and selected suitable knights to lead. Now the Legion is going to fight us, but I have to think about the rest of it. Kuba is not out, and there should be no problem for our troops to take them. Kuba made a move, and the prince could just appear in advance to deal with him. In fact, Fang Zi and I have almost predicted the outcome of the battle by now, and the defeat of the legion is already doomed. But I also started to think about some other things, what to do after defeating the Legion's troops, and take advantage of the situation to enter Ulembes? But Mina is still there, that's my little sister...
After thinking about it for a while, I suddenly felt that I was thinking a little ridiculous, and I felt that I was too confident, after all, the real war had not yet begun, and I was anxious to think about what to do after the victory, which needed to be thought about but not carried away, after all, we didn't know what other killer features the legion had.
I talked to Fang Zi, and she also took this battle very seriously, and she told me that Phoenix City had also been attacked by the Legion, but it was much smaller and more annoying. Fang Zi told me that the supplies brought from Phoenix City burned a third of the Legion's raiders, and the escort troops also suffered a lot of losses. However, Fang Zi is also determined to fight this battle this time, she has prepared a thick stack of cards, all of which are fired with thousands of arrows, and she can't wait to shoot all the legions into hedgehogs at once. And she has mobilized more cannons and other reinforcements, and now two-thirds of the troops in Phoenix are on their way to Amur.
Fang Zi's actions were scary, but I wasn't idle. I upgraded those 8 Barbarian Huts once and turned them into 4 Level 2 Barbarian Huts, which continuously produced Level 4 Barbarian Fighters and many Level 5 Barbarian Instructors for us. I placed a lot of tombstones during the siege, and I was even more of a crazy skeletal soldier at this time. There are 40 skeleton tombstones, which have filled all the places I found, and now that all the skeletons I lost have been replaced, although this will certainly cause alarm among the people in the city, I don't care about them. After this battle, the old politicians of the alliance knew who had the final say in the region.
Locke Lauren also noticed our growing troops and growing momentum, and he simply stopped paying attention to us and focused on how to repair the damaged magical defense array, and did not say a word about the cause of our troops, which was still very beneficial to us.
Time passed like this, and while we were nervously expanding our army, I also walked around the city of Amur a few more times. Although I don't like them, the city is still relatively bustling. In just a few days, the people of the city were basically back to their daily lives, and even began to discuss the Legion and the next consul election. Although their ideas are strange, I may also learn something from them, Amur has good urban planning, and learning from it will be beneficial to our city.
I also had Huron take people around the city and draw me a map of the city, which I believe would be useful. Oh, by the way, I found that although the circle was damaged, the constant leakage of elemental energy was very good for my magic cultivation. With the consent of Archon Locke Lauren, I spent the past two days there practicing, meditating, and communicating with those irascible elements. Sister Avria may not approve of this move, but I did get a lot of benefits, and I already had a vague feeling that my mana was about to break through.
Again, here I saw for the first time what a real "magic crystal" is, which is a colored crystal, and the eye color is linked to the attributes. This hedron contains a large amount of elemental power, and is used as an energy source in various places in countries with sound magical systems. Archon Locke told me that this shard deposit is very rare, and that it has a wide range of uses, so the value of shard has always been high. An ordinary magic crystal with a diameter of two centimeters is worth one gold coin, and the alliance needs dozens of high-grade magic crystals with a length of twenty centimeters every year in order to maintain the operation of the defense system. In addition, there are no magic crystal veins in the alliance, so the magic defense system has actually become a big expense for the alliance, and the alliance spends at least 100,000 gold coins on it every year, and the alliance is also miserable about it.
However, I can only control a very small part of the energy of the magic crystal, and it is difficult to use it in the cultivation process. And the effect of the magician's cultivation of the magic crystal is not too big, and it is very wasteful, so I bought a dozen small ones at my own expense and ignored them.
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It's the fourth day, and Zeng Qiang told us that they are not far from us, which is a good thing. Correspondingly, our undead have also detected the beginning of a massive build-up of Legion troops.