The vast mountains were covered in twilight, and the sun sank westward into the open sea of Ampesel, and the surface of the sea shimmered with golden shatters. But the sky had gradually darkened, and the outline of the moon could already be faintly seen in the eastern sky, which had turned dark purple.

As the non-commissioned officers had predicted, a detachment of light infantry appeared behind them in the evening.

Brando received the news that the Sentinel Knights patrolling the perimeter of the Royal Knight Academy were the first to encounter the enemy's scouts, who were also light cavalry; According to the report of the girl named Beth, after a fight, they left eleven corpses and two prisoners in exchange for one minor injury and zero death, and finally deliberately let go of about a quarter of them to report back.

After interrogating the captives, it was revealed that the other party should be an independent light infantry brigade belonging to the Finn column of the Black Blade Legion. The Blackblade Legion is not the same as the White Lion Legion, which was based on the Legion of the Great Guards of the time of the Arch of the Ancestors, and its formation is somewhat similar to the Roman Legion in Brando's opinion, but on a larger scale; Below the legion is the column, a total of about 4,500 people, and under the column there are brigade detachments and centurions - it is generally known that the Blackblade Legion has twenty columns, and the name of the column is determined by the name of the commander, and the Finn Column, whose commander is naturally from the Finn family of Nareel (1).

Brando boasted to the princess that he knew all about the military power of Eruin, so he was naturally not bragging. Although the Black Blade Legion is a forbidden army, the royal family actually only has one or two noble commanders, and when it comes to the composition of the army scattered around the Black Blade Legion, I am afraid that Princess Griffiin is also blind.

But Brando's understanding of the situation was very different, he knew that the station of this Finn's column was in today's Nale, in fact, it was the Gray Mountain Commander directly south of the province of Corcova and west of the province of West Fah, and most of the soldiers were local poor mountain people, including the famous First Highland Infantry Brigade of the Finn's Column.

Brando suspected that the so-called Independent Light Infantry Brigade behind him was the First Highland Infantry Brigade; Generally speaking, the most suitable class to chase and attack should be the light cavalry, or the wyvering dragoons on their heads, but due to the terrain constraints, it is likely that Viscount Finn will replace the first two classes with highland infantry, after all, this army of mountain people is also known for its mobility.

The troops in "Amber Sword" all have special attributes, such as the kingdom's white lion infantry, which has the characteristics of eternal preemption and high morale. In practice, an army with an eternal preemptive system responds to orders faster, and an army with high morale is not easy to rout. The special attributes of the highland infantry are: mountain and forest adaptability.

The meaning of this attribute is actually very simple, that is, mobility will not be affected when responding to terrain combat, and the class level will be increased by one level. However, the mobility of ordinary infantry in mountains and forests is often reduced by one level, and the heavy cavalry is even lower by two levels.

These attributes are more realistic in this world, the non-commissioned officers and students of the Royal Knight Academy are all light cavalry, and they have already traveled a thousand miles on the plains, but they have not traveled much distance in the forest during the day.

However, regardless of whether he was behind him or not, the plan still had to be carried out, and it was impossible for Brando to let them hang behind forever, and there was not much time left for him.

The hour hand on the brass pocket watch pointed to about half past seven, and for the first time, the Wyvernhorse of the Blackblade Legion disappeared from the forest, and although the Eruin Wurm had night vision, the knights above also needed equipment for night combat - such as cotton armor to protect against the cold.

Count Outin, who was the most familiar with the Wyvern-dragoons in the crowd, had pointed this out beforehand, so they had almost an hour's window in between. Brando had to race against the clock, but Nostar and his Wyverners had already found a suitable ambush in front of them, and he immediately ordered the scout cavalry roaming around the perimeter to lead them to a preset ambush circle.

Drawing enemies into an ambush is easier said than done. However, this is not difficult for the scout non-commissioned officers of the Royal Knight Academy, where the tactics they learned were originally developed around this, not to mention that this group of young men who went to Ampesel were later taught by Makaro - Makaro is known as a cunning fox, and he has considerable attainments in playing tricks, how to set up ambushes, how to lure the enemy deeper, he has many experiences that ordinary people can't match.

So these young people, whom he knew with his own hands, acted really decently. The scout cavalry of the Black Blade Legion always seems to encounter enemy scouts 'suddenly', although it is the scouts of the Southern Legion who suffer a big loss every time, but they also use this to find the direction of the princess and her party.

At least it seemed that they had encountered more and more scouts from the Royal Knight Academy, which was in line with the laws of the battlefield and just proved that they were approaching the right direction.

Brando was not mistaken, they were followed by the 1st Highland Infantry Brigade of the Finn Column of the Black Blade Legion, and Baron Valen, also from Nalet, commanded this army, but the Baron did not realize that he was heading for the trap, but confidently thought that he had bitten the other party to death.

In fact, Baron Valen was a cautious man, never happy with his successes, and he knew that his task was to hold the princess and her party back, not to surround and annihilate them. In fact, he didn't have this idea either, and from the news from behind, he had already learned that there might be several armies in front, and that this highland infantry brigade under his command was no match for the other side.

But for some reason, Baron Valen did not know that his opponent had defeated the White Lion Legion head-on, and was arrogant. And behind him, Grand Duke Xifah and Marquis You Xi may have more or less known that the White Lion had suffered a loss, but they just thought that the other party had broken out of the encirclement before the White Lion Legion closed up.

Come to think of it, how could more than two hundred student knights defeat the White Lion Legion? It's just that Baron Valen might have been more careful if he had known the truth of the matter, at least not so easily into the ambush circle.

Unfortunately, the war did not take place, and the Baron was distraught by the herds of demonic boars that popped up from time to time since this day - the bareback boars were one of the famous 'specialties' of the Silver Cliffs (2), and in fact they had not yet flooded, but after the Great Tide, Ampesel's harbor guards had fought hard battles with these highly fertile creatures - in the past, Brandor had been part of this 'pig-slaughtering' army, but now it was finally our turn for Baron Valen.

The juvenile red-backed boar also has the power of up to level 20 black iron upstream in "Amber Sword", and the adult is only the peak of level 25 black iron. Baron Valen's army was not as prescient and cautious as Brando, so it suddenly provoked countless demonized boars of all ages to watch, and the casualties of the scouts at the end of the day were considered a small half, and the wild boars were 'mistakenly injured' but accounted for more than half.

He was overwhelmed by this, and he just hated to hurry up to get through this wild land. Moreover, although the surrounding woods were dense, the scout informed the princess and her party were still ahead, and Baron Valen believed that he had always kept a long distance from the other party, although the wizard accompanying him reminded him to be careful of the enemy's illusion interference, but he did not care.

As everyone knows, in fact, he has entered Brando's field of vision at this moment. Baron Valen ordered his troops to maintain a marching formation, and at this moment they were walking into a valley, and at this moment Brando was standing behind a bush almost a hundred meters away, surrounded by non-commissioned officers and students of the Royal Knight Academy with longbows, but the other party was unaware.

Bridt the Kraken brought a team of Grey-Fin Naga Sacrifices, and the air was filled with water vapor just after the Ampesel Storm, and the Naga Sacrifice was naturally fond of water, and now this illusion was almost the best condition for them to cast spells. A huge illusion loomed over the valley, not to change the terrain, but to make Baron Valen's men appear to be denser and muffle some of the sounds.

The effect of the spell is simple, so the effect is stronger on each soldier. Baron Valen's scout cavalry circled around the flanks, thinking that they had not encountered the enemy, and after a dozen circles, they returned to report. That scene fell on the side of Brando, who didn't have illusions, and it seemed a little funny.

But the use of magic on the battlefield also terrified the young people, and it was terrifying, and the enemy was simply on the side of the blind and deaf. They've heard a lot of classic examples of magic in textbooks, but it's another thing to experience it firsthand.

Brando looked at the look of surprise on the young men's faces and nodded secretly. Sooner or later, these young Eruin non-commissioned officers will encounter stronger enemies, and in the land of Vaynd, these noble private soldiers and backward kingdom legions are not the only opponents, whether it is Madara or the Cruz, they have already begun military reforms, and they must also keep up.

However, even if it is a noble private soldier or a backward kingdom legion, in fact, Baron Valen has a few wizards accompanying him. One of the most senior is still a senior wizard in the middle of the silver stream, and the middle of the silver stream in "Amber Sword" is almost level 29-32, mastering the four-ring spell, although he is not yet a wizard mentor, but he has also entered the ranks of senior wizards.

But unfortunately, their opponent is Charles, the true gold-level wizard Grand Mentor, and Brando allows the Naga Priest to concentrate on maintaining the illusions, and the counterspells are handed over to the young wizard acolyte beside him. Wizards who study spells are naturally good at dismantling spells, and as soon as Charles made a move, several wizards around Baron Valen suddenly became veritable blind, and they themselves didn't even realize that their spells were suppressed - but they vaguely felt that something was wrong.

The 1st Highland Infantry Brigade of Finn's column was almost 1,500 men, and Baron Valen, as the commander, was barely qualified, even in the forest, the formation of the marching army was still presentable, Brando patiently waited until the other party passed more than halfway, and when Baron Valen himself and the knights around him walked to the nearest place, then raised the shale longbow in his hand.

The bowstring in his hand shimmered with a faint gray light, wrapping around the arrow, forming a rock-encased stone arrow. This is exactly the effect of the Petrified Arrow of the Shale Longbow, but the level of this bow is so low that this powerful special effect is not very effective against many high-level enemies, and it is not until this moment that it really works to its fullest

Brando's aim was naturally Baron Valen's party, and the latter had not yet noticed it, but he only made a subtle judgment of the distance and the humidity of the air, and then released the bowstring. Because there was no wind, the arrow barely deviated in the slightest, except for a slight fall, and headed straight for the baron on horse.

"Technology has regressed." Brando couldn't help but shake his head, the warriors in Amber Sword were more than just muscular men who could only fight hand-to-hand. Warrior is a series of professions, including mercenary classes, warriors often need to be familiar with many weapons and armor to adapt to various battlefields, Brando as a level 130 warrior is a master, but it is too long since he has used a bow.

Baron Valen finally heard the screeching of the wind, which he was all too familiar with as a soldier. The guard wizard beside him also reacted quickly, and immediately erected a wind shield. Unfortunately, the arrow came too close, a distance of about a hundred meters was not much different for a magic bow, and the petrified arrow pulled out a bright gray trajectory and even passed through the wind shield a second earlier.

"Be careful, sir!" The knights of the guards around the baron were all silver-level masters, and in an instant, they drew their long swords and wanted to cut off the flying arrows. It's a pity that before he could swing his sword, the petrified arrow exploded on its own with a 'bang'.

A grayish-white light followed the direction of the arrow, almost enveloping Baron Valen and all the knights around them, freezing their last act of surprise, screaming, or drawing their swords, and reduced them to a stone sculpture along with the mount they sat on.

Seven knights, two wizards, and the Baron were all hit, and only one wizard escaped. But the wizard's left arm was also turned into a stone carving, and it was still spreading to his shoulder, and he immediately raised his right hand and slapped it on the petrified left hand, and the fire flashed, and the stone arm shattered.

"Enemy attack!" The previous scene was nothing more than a flash of lightning, and after the wizard shattered his left hand, he immediately grabbed the staff next to him and screamed.

It's a pity that it was a little late, and in an instant, thousands of arrows suddenly shot out in the originally calm forest.

Brando put away the bronze longbow in his hand, after all, it is a magic weapon with a brass label, although it is a little powerless to deal with those monsters that have cultivated the elements, and even the powerhouses of the gold realm, but it is simply a must-kill to fight trash fish.

"Ahh Magic Bow? A thin voice of surprise came from behind.

Brando turned around and saw the girl named Beth staring straight at the shale longbow in her hand. "You want?" He asked, a good bow was important to scouts, and Brando didn't really value the bow in his hand - it wasn't a good thing, after all.

"Ah, no, no." Beth was a little embarrassed, although she was born with a boy's character, but after all, it was a commander's thing, so how could she ask for it casually. She had only been out of her mouth for a moment before she called out.

"Haha, my lord, of course Beth wants it, but she's too embarrassed to speak." A young non-commissioned officer on the side grinned and joked that Brando had no fight, and although these young people respected him a little, they were not afraid of him.

Brando glanced at the speaker, who still recognized him. It seems to be called Hollande.,Originally rescued by Cagliss from the White Lion Infantry.,It seems that this guy seems to be a little interested in this girl.,By the way.,History, it seems that these two got married later.。

He thought with great interest, simply threw the shale longbow to the other party, and said with a smile: "Then I will give it to you, as for how you can convince Miss Beth to accept it, it depends on your ability." ”

"Ahh Hollande didn't expect his mind to be seen through, and suddenly made a big red face. He looked back, but he didn't expect to be glared at by Beth, turned around and joined the fight.

"Lord Lord, this ......" Hollande couldn't help but look innocent.

"Oops," Brando said with a smile in his heart, thinking to himself, young man, the seniors can only help you get this far. Brass label magic weapons, in the past, in the game, at this time of year, it was easy to say that they would sell for one or two hundred.

Brando had the intention of joking with the young men of the Royal Knight Academy in the back because he didn't care about the outcome of this ambush at all. Or rather, he didn't think that the battle would be lost at all, and that was enough with Count Odin and Nimersis in front of him.

As a matter of fact, although the 1st Highland Infantry Brigade of the Finn Column was famous, their reputation was mainly based on several rush battles during the counterinsurgency period of Anson VI and in the early stages of the last holy war, and they were known for their mobility. And that's all the reputation established by their predecessors, the current Highland Infantry is just some new blood added to the Black Blade Legion after the November War, although it still retains the perseverance of the Gray Mountain people, but in the face of a surprise attack, it does not have the momentum of the White Lion Legion to fight to the death.

In particular, the military system of the Black Blade Legion is older than that of the White Lion Legion, and they divide a column into three brigades, each with ten detachments, each under the command of a centurion, most of these centurions are actually knights around Baron Valen, not really junior non-commissioned officers.

And these were these centurions, most of who, except for a few who maintained their formation in front, were all petrified by Brando's arrow; The First Highland Infantry Brigade of the Finn's Column, which had lost its command center, did not disperse directly at that time, already because the mountain people were fighting strongly.

However, then Naga's twenty-member priesthood no longer maintained illusions, but turned to hail and ice to attack the cluster of highland infantry, hail is not the kind of small stones that can be blocked by raising a shield, but an ice pick with the thickness of a fist reinforced by magic, this kind of ice pick can penetrate ordinary leather armor helmets with one ice pick, and the highland infantry can't resist it at all with light equipment, and a round of magic will directly cry wolf and corpse pillow.

Lacking the restraint of a commander, these light infantry, who had been hit by a sudden blow, instinctively turned around and dodged, scattering separately. But what combat effectiveness does the scattered light infantry have? What awaited them were the noble private soldiers under Outin and the light cavalry of the Royal Knights, who were lined up in long formations to divide and surround the battlefield.

Individual Highland infantry are clearly no match for spear-wielding infantry phalanxes, but when assembled, they are broken up again by magic. The desperate 1st Highland Infantry Brigade of Finn's Column almost only lasted about ten minutes before completely collapsed, waiting for them to surrender or death, and some people were able to escape, but that was also because Brando was too lazy to pursue, so as not to increase casualties.

The whole battle lasted less than half an hour from the ambush to the end, and the sky was not even completely dark. As he cleaned up the battlefield, Brando glanced at the time, and there was still at least a quarter of an hour before the Wyvern Knights of the Blackblade Legion returned to the battlefield, which was really unexpectedly smooth.

He glanced at the direction of the Black Blade Legion's escape, and was relieved that he had no worries, and then he could implement the plan with peace of mind. The fleeing Highland Infantry, on the other hand, will lead their real enemies into traps.

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Background Notes:

(1) Nariah, the name of a town located in the Grey Hills. In Eruin, a series of mountains from the Ash Mountains to the south of Corcova were the main areas inhabited by the northern mountain people, who were once barbarians of the Cruz population, but were more savage and untamable than the southern border of Eruin, who had already been subordinated to the kingdom of Eruin during the founding of the kingdom. To this day, however, the mountain people still retain a scarce sense of independence.

(2) Silver Cliffs, a geographical term that refers to the area of the bay with cliffs in the area from Ampesel south to the northernmost bay 'Quiet Anchorage' in Vlada.

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ps: I caught a cold again, I was really unlucky, I was out of shape in the morning, and I went out for a few laps to find the feeling. But the head is still a little dizzy.,Send 6000 words first to ensure the amount of two chapters.,See if you can code another chapter later.。

Touch everyone too, the weather is getting cooler, pay attention to your body.

In addition, at the request of book friends, I have recently started to add some noun annotations. Some of these notes are about geography, but I've actually sent maps before, so you can look for them. I'll make another detailed picture when I have time.,This map transfer mechanism is very unfriendly.,Often hang for a while on x'.。 Try to remind me to make up for it in the future.

Finally, Amber's chronology is also in the making, but I still need everyone to brainstorm and help me find the era name that appeared earlier, so as not to have bugs.