In the vast area of the southern part of the Salt Coast, most of the cold air began to flow down due to the blocking of the marine monsoon by the Ponse Mountains, and at this time, many city-states, including the city of Xiliu, were experiencing a large-scale cooling, and the bitter cold wind carried a moist cold over the plains west of the Ponse Mountains, and even thick cotton clothes could not stop the soft cold.

Stompe!

The sound of horses' hooves echoed across the wilderness with the noisy wind, the sharpened blades exuded a chilly air, and the resolute-faced human warriors, clad in chain mail made of tiny iron chains, marched through the wilderness with a legion of more than 3,000 men.

The four-leaf clover flags waving in the wind and the insignia imprinted on the chests of the officers indicate their identity.

They are the Clover Army!

The black-pressed soldiers moved, and from a distance it looked like countless black dots appeared from the end of the horizon, and the cavalry at the forefront of them was like a black flood, and countless flying horses' hooves stepped over the autumn wilderness, rolling up the dead grass and fallen leaves on the ground, making their ranks mighty and fierce.

Under the gray and dark sky, the air was particularly heavy, and the breath exhaled by the soldiers would soon turn into white mist.

A pennant embroidered with a green four-leaf clover pattern moves forward.

"Your Excellency the Viscount!"

A group of fast-moving cavalry quickly enlarged from the small black dot in the distance, and the dense marching procession was like a wave, giving way from the middle, and a figure who seemed to be the captain saluted respectfully under the gaze of many knights.

"Our scouts have spotted the target, and over the hills ahead of us is Blackwood Town."

"Good."

Viscount Winton nodded in satisfaction.

As the second largest nobleman in Xiliu City, Viscount Winton is not a pot-bellied nobleman as many people think, on the contrary, he is handsome and has a sense of majesty, and at the moment he is wearing a half-body armor and a delicate robe on the outside, he looks like the perfect knight in the minds of many young girls.

"Blackwood Town!"

Some information about Blackwood Town flashed through his mind, and Winton's eyes were fixed on the small hills in the distance, and the tall figure sat on his warhorse, his eyes flashing with excitement, excitement, and greed.

He jerked out the long sword at his waist, the cold light was like snow, and he swept over the powerful army behind him, and his deep voice resounded in everyone's ears: "Warriors of the Clover Legion! The time has come to witness your glory! There's Blackwood Town ahead! Before dark, I wish we could have a hot dinner in town! So now, attack! ”

"Spear!"

The squad leaders on the tall horses shouted loudly, and the sharp and neat spear formations were quickly lined up.

At the same time, the shield-wielding infantry in front of them also quickly reorganized their formation, and the archers behind had already put their arrows on the bowstrings, and these soldiers were meticulous in carrying out their orders, and under their resolute countenances was the will of long training and battle.

"Forward!"

The neat ranks were in battle formation, like a tiger coming out of a cage, and with an indomitable might, the army officially marched towards the poor town in the distance.

Seeing the elite and powerful appearance of his subordinates, Winton's heart was full of pride, and his eyes looked into the distance, as if he had reached a future full of glory and beauty.

"Huh! Blackwood is only the first! Then there are Tor Collar, Tumu Fort, and Spear Pass...... I will gain enough power and wealth in this battle! It's time for the sky in Xiliu City to change! ”

A glint flashed in Winton's eyes, but his heart seemed to burn with a flame.

Viscount Winton is the patriarch of the Custer family and an important nobleman in Xiliu City, but at this moment, he suddenly has the hinterland area of the Emerald Territory, which I am afraid that no Emerald Territory nobleman did not expect.

Blackwood Town, this is a pioneering town with a relatively long history of development, unlike the pioneering Linggus town that Rhodes visited before, Blackwood Town has been developed for more than three generations.

It had been through the most difficult three generations of the pioneer territory, and although its main industry was food crops, it had already accumulated a certain amount of force, and such a town had at least 200 armed militiamen, plus watchtowers and walls, and a number of fortifications, which could repel at least twice as many enemies in such a home battle.

While Blackwood's armed forces are not worth mentioning, its geographical location is significant.

Traveling up the river from the Groboll tributary, Viscount Winton successfully transported his troops to the heart of the Emerald Realm by water, and this Blackwood town was an important strategic fulcrum.

To the west of Blackwood is the Emerald Territory, an important frontier that has grown from a large town to a small castle.

To the east of it is the Spear Pass, which has always been at the center of the Emerald Territory as an important checkpoint against the monster attacks that often occur in the Grizzly Hills, dividing the fortress Ponse Pass into two with the main city of Emerald City, while also shouldering a certain defensive role.

The Clover Legion moved fast, and it didn't take long to see Blackwood Town.

"Rush in! This town belongs to us! ”

Winton raised his arms and shouted to the neat soldiers behind him, and with an order to attack, the shield-clad infantry warriors had already launched the first round of attacks.

Most of these shield warriors are first-order professions, and it is estimated that the challenge level is around level 5, relatively speaking, the physique and strength of shield warriors have a +2 class bonus.

In the face of more than three hundred infantry and the follow-up archer firepower suppression, the defenders of Heimu Town, who had discovered the movement early, resisted stubbornly, and the arrows flew sideways, for the militia forces in this town, the number and momentum of the black pressure on the opposite side gave them a lot of pressure, and some timid guys couldn't even hold the war spears in their hands a little unsteadily.

The walls of Blackwood are not very high, but they are much more solid than the rough fences of poor towns, at least there are several arrow towers behind the walls.

Since the autumn harvest had just ended, a large area of land around Blackwood Town was idle, similar to a white field, and the shield warriors quickly rushed over against the rain of arrows, they carried out difficult climbing battles with shields in one hand and the other, and after a while, a few people had already climbed over the wall and engaged in hand-to-hand combat, and they were very sharp from beginning to end.

"Haha, it looks like in half an hour, we'll be able to go in and have a hot cup of milk tea! The town had just collected its autumn taxes, which shouldn't disappoint the warriors too much. Winton smirked.

"My lord, according to the plan, if we take the civil fort tomorrow, we should have more gains." One of the knights beside Winton laughed loudly, causing some of the knights around him to laugh.

"Take the civil fort tomorrow."

A strange smile appeared on Viscount Winton's face, he looked at the knights around him, and asked lightly, "Why are we attacking according to the 'Great Loop Strategy'?" ”

He pointed to the town of Blackwood in front of him, the corners of his mouth hooked up a confident smile, and said, "I want to use the town of Blackwood as a springboard, we will sweep the surrounding villages and towns, develop the territory, and finally take the civil fort!" ”

Hearing this, some of the knights around him had their eyes flashing, as if they were thinking about something.

"Humph! I don't think he wants us to take the lead in landing from the east for a two-front battle, but the mercenaries in the southwest direction are not worried about us, and they are ready to take us to guard against the garrison of the Ponse Pass! ”

Winton's voice was a little cold.

In the "Great Loop Strategy" of the city lord Thales, the role of the mercenary group battle on the southwest front is to use them as cannon fodder to drag down the garrison of Ponse Pass.

The Clover Legion and the main army of Westflow City attacked the Emerald City from the waterway.

Thereinto.

The Clover Corps landed from the front, captured the Tumu Fort, and took a strategic fulcrum from the east. The main army landed along the river from the river beach and confronted the Emerald City directly from the west.

Finally, flank the flanks to complete the attack on the Emerald City.

Move.

It seems that the attack and spoils of the civil fort are given to the Clover Legion, but at the same time, if the mercenaries are unreliable and make a mistake, their Clover Legion will also face the reinforcements of the Ponse Pass, which is still a good choice politically and militarily.

Abandon the civil fort and other pioneers to get some loot in exchange for the stability of the entire strategy.

"Huh! The city lord has a good calculation. ”

With a sneer on the corner of his mouth, Viscount Winton said: "Take a civil fort is to take it, and take the entire hinterland of the jade territory is also to take it!" The army in my hands can be eaten completely! ”

For him, with an elite army of three thousand, this is not a luxury.

There are very few strategic towns in the hinterland of the Emerald Territory, even the spear pass to prevent the invasion of monsters is only symbolically armed, with the elite level of the Clover Legion, as long as there are no strategic mistakes, it is definitely enough to eat these.

Truly.

Viscount Winton was an ambitious man, and the Great Loop strategy was to let him occupy the territory of the wooden fort, so as to attack from the west, making a linear cut, but he turned the "line" into a "net".

He wanted to eat half of the Emerald Collar's pioneer collar in one bite.

As for whether it will delay the fighter plane and consume the strength of the main legion that is confronting Emerald City, this is completely out of the consideration of the aristocratic faction such as Viscount Winton.

Don't doubt it.

The aristocracy is this urine, so Rhodes doesn't have much interest in the aristocracy.

"A first-rate politician, a third-rate military strategist," this is overwhelmingly a portrayal of the aristocracy.

Of course, in fact, on the west side, on the main force of the landing on the river beach and the confrontation with the Emerald City, they have enough warships, and all they consume is material reserves, and once the war is unfavorable, they can completely evacuate by water, so the actual loss is probably not large.

This is also the reason why Viscount Winton dares to ignore the orders of the new city lord, as long as the city lord's faction does not lose too much, then everything is within the rules of everyone's game.

——— the words of the following authors—————

There are so many things going on for the New Year!! I'm sorry everyone, it's been a few days!! Now back to the update! This book will not be a eunuch! No eunuchs! Let's see if I can make up for it this month, I'll do my best! Thank you all for your support! Thank you!