"My lord, I am ashamed of your trust." Jeff knelt on the ground with a crying voice and pleaded guilty to Shepard, and the man who had always behaved as strong could not stop the tears on his face at this time.

"Tom, Jerry, Donald...... They were all dead, and I used up all the scrolls you gave, but only the three of them saved little Tommy, and Tommy almost died, and it was all thanks to the whistle you gave him that kept him up until we returned. ”

Jeff cried as he took out an emerald whistle, it was the jade whistle that Shepard had received from Panta Ho the Pandaman, a magic item that could be used once a day to heal the effect of rain and dew that was equivalent to the effect of treating minor injuries, and saved a person's life at a critical moment, and little Tommy was the one who was pierced through the chest, but fortunately the piercing was not the location of the heart.

Shepard sighed, looked at the wounds on Jeff's body, and even the set of fine-grade leather armor on his body was very badly damaged, and he didn't blame this man who escaped death, but pulled him up, patted him and said: "You have done your best, and you have done a good job, now, my order is for you to take the three of them to the wounded area, waiting for the Earl to bring the rest of the people over, although the priests' magic is basically used up, but the military doctors still have some, I will let them use herbs to give you first aid, When the pastor is rested, I will go and ask one to treat you. ”

Jeffer choked up and shouted his order, three of the four wounded supported each other, and the remaining one was sent to the wounded area with the help of serfs, these serfs were also considered to have suffered heavy casualties, and the remaining hundreds of people were afraid that they would not be able to go to the battlefield again in this life, but fortunately, relying on the majesty of the nobles usually left, it was barely possible for them to be responsible for rescuing and caring for the wounded.

Thousands of corpses lay quietly on the land, but the victorious side did not have the energy to clean up the battlefield, but fortunately, there were still some people on the south bank of the Esmir River who had not crossed the river, and could only wait for them to come before discussing the next matter.

……

The disastrous victory of the Eastern Route Army spent two days to clean up the battlefield, because there were too many corpses of monsters, so many people took the fire oil that was transported from behind, poured fire oil on a pile, and burned a fire, and for a time hundreds of fires were burning, and the smell of burning made many people almost vomit out the bile, and they couldn't help but scold the fool who ordered the open burning.

Shepard counted a total of 100 soldiers under his command, and after the war, there were only more than 40 people left, and more than half of them went to the underworld, may their faith be religious, so as not to be nailed to the wall of the unbelievers to block the power of the abyss and hell.

After crossing the river, the battle was so miserable that the 10,000-strong Eastern Route Army lost more than one-third, although most of them were from the Toucheng faction, but many of them were the private troops of the earl and his vassals, as well as some of the mercenaries and other nobles recruited by the kingdom.

In addition to the largest number of military losses, there were more than a dozen knights and several barons lost in the battle, although the count swore in public to take care of their descendants, but there are some things that everyone knows, and it is inevitable that there will be a few counts who must also follow the concessions of the rules of the game.

It was not until a week later, under the constant urging of the Church, that the remaining 4,000 or so who could still fight were regrouped and marched in the direction of Esmirtaran, and all the lightly wounded and incapacitated were sent to the south bank by the fleet, and they were arranged to return to their respective territories in batches.

Shepard asked Sidney to lead the rest of the people back to Prell, and the Eastern Route Army was suddenly frustrated, relying only on Lady Lisa's mother and daughter to suppress the scene, the remaining forty or so people can be regarded as veterans who crawled out of the sea of corpses and blood, and the kind of anger that has been raised by the meat grinder-like fighting is enough for them to face more than ten times the weak chicken enemy.

Coupled with Sidney and Tommar, who hid his strength, it was enough to ensure that the Prell Territory smoothly survived the changes brought about by this battle, and by the way, Shepard also left a task for the two, depending on the situation, to take in some noble family members who had lost their territory or titles, as long as the women, not the men, these people can be used as his family heritage, after all, the little family wealth that the Prell Leader had saved before was killed in the Prell Castle.

The army of 4,000 people marched silently on the road, not to mention the goblins and robbers along the way, and even a few ogres saw this silent but murderous army from a distance, and they all turned around decisively to avoid it, and the veterans who survived the battle infected other recruits, so that this hastily assembled army had a well-trained elite feeling.

Although more than a dozen knights and barons were lost, excluding those who returned to their respective territories to cultivate, there were still more than twenty nobles following the Count of Vast, but it was like Count Locks, although he was not injured, he was also frightened, and in addition to sending an invitation to Shepard to go to his territory to accept his hospitality, he would rather hand over all the remaining private troops to the command of Count Vaster, with only a few personal guards, and return to the territory as soon as possible.

The knight of Middo Mokray drove his horse next to Shepard, the Moclay family was lucky not to lose any knights, but the other defectors were not so lucky, most of the people who died in the battle were people from the Surrender faction, originally because Shepard consciously let these people stay outside when he was stationed in the defensive line, but after the war was taken over by the people of the War Church, the target of everyone's resentment now became the War Church that directly initiated and commanded the battle.

"Your Excellency, you see, now this army is really like an army." Knight Mido said a little excitedly, he and Shepard are also comrades who crawled out of the trench, although the gap in everyone's strength is very large, but Shepard, who has a strong affinity, did not make the knight feel estranged.

Shepard swayed his body with the swaying of the horse, feeling as if he would fall asleep on the back of the horse at any moment, and he replied weakly: "That's right, this army is now considered an elite, even if it is broken up and returned to their respective territories, it can be the core of the noble private army in the next twenty years." ”

Knight Midor nodded in agreement, and suddenly said, "By the way, Your Excellency, I heard that you are not married?" I have a younger sister, only three years younger than you, with a gentle personality, and my father's daughter-in-law......"

Shepard perked up, and quickly shook his head and said, "Knight Midor, I appreciate your kindness, but I'm sorry, I already have a fiancée, my cousin, after her father died in the civil strife, I promised her mother that I would take care of her in the future." ”

Taking care of their mother and daughter, Shepard silently added in his heart.

Knight Midor shook his head regretfully, and the two of them chatted about each other until the army came to a halt in front of a dead town.

The person who had already had a spirit went to inquire about the news, and at this time he ran to report to him: "Two adults, this is [Days Town], but, uh, now there is not a single living person in it......"

Shepard narrowed his eyes when he heard this: "Days Town? Originally, there were three or four thousand residents, but I didn't expect any of them to survive......"

Mido was curious: "Your Excellency has been here before?" ”

Shepard said with some emotion: "Yes, the residents here are very hospitable, and I have a good impression of this place. ”

In his previous life, he got his first pet here, and he was very popular in this town because of his friendliness, but now he couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion when he saw the dead silence behind the familiar town gate in front of him.

The heralds were soon running around the front and back, and it was already getting dark, and the whole army had been stationed in the dead town of Days for a night before continuing their march towards Esmirtaran.

……

"Your Excellency Count Popple, please give the order to start the attack as soon as possible!"

A middle-aged man dressed in a well-fitting aristocratic costume, but begging the supreme commander of the Eastern Route Army without any grace, was standing in front of many nobles of the Eastern Route Army, and he couldn't see at all that this was originally an envoy of the royal family of the Kingdom of Am, an honorary nobleman who was named an earl.

"Snooker Pyle Parisno, are you mistaken? But we are attacking your kingdom and your kings. ”

The Earl of Vast sat on the first seat, holding his forehead with his hand as if he was thinking about something, and Viscount Durim next to him, as a close confidant of the earl, issued a document for the earl.

His Excellency the Honorary Earl, whose name was very long, was stunned when he heard this, but immediately spoke again: "Of course I know, as the messenger of the royal family, the joint announcement of the Church of the Gods has already been notified to the royal family, so I came to ask His Excellency the Earl to give the order to attack as soon as possible, and in two more nights, the inner city will not be able to hold on!" ”

Viscount Dures asked elegantly, "Oh? Although our scouts have also sent back some information, presumably you, the royal envoy, are willing to provide us with more information? ”

Snooker Pyrrh Parisno looked at everyone with a bitter face: "Your Excellency, Excellencies, after the encirclement of the Church of the Gods was formed, the royal capital was reopened, but I didn't expect that a week and a half ago, the cultists hidden in the royal capital all participated in the sacrificial ceremony, and the evil power summoned polluted the entire slum and a quarter of the outer city!" ”

"Tens of thousands of people, just like this, have been polluted and mutated into twisted monsters, including soldiers and knights in charge of the garrison of the royal capital, as well as a large number of priests!"

"The entrance to the inner and outer city fell on the same day, and the royal family spent a great deal to close the gates of the inner city! But only a small number of the people in the outer city fled into the inner city, some fled outside the city, and many others were slaughtered by the monsters in this way, summoning more twisted power......"

"Wait, if I'm not mistaken, Esmirtalan has more than 200,000 inhabitants, right?" Viscount Dures suddenly interrupted the messenger and said in surprise: "The inhabitants of the inner city will not exceed 50,000 people, do you want us to attack a city that may have more than 100,000 monsters?" ”