When the imperial defenders of Ai and Walter City received the news and hurriedly sent reinforcements to the scene, the rebels had already disappeared without a trace, leaving only the wolves in one place and the few hills composed of the corpses of the emperor's soldiers who were emitting thick black smoke columns and emitting a foul smell.

All the emperor soldiers who witnessed this scene were full of righteous indignation, they never thought that those swamp people who had long since died would have such a big courage to dare to do such a thing to provoke the emperor's prestige under their noses, and more importantly, these bold guys actually succeeded!

The leading emperor ** general, Alfred, who was in charge of the defense of Aijwater City, felt that he had been slapped in the face by those swamp people.

In addition to guarding Ai and Waters City, the defenders of Ai and Waters City are also responsible for the safety of the surrounding roads, but now, an imperial transport team has been attacked by the enemy here, and the defenders are ignorant of the enemy's presence in this area, and they are unable to rescue after the incident, which is a real dereliction of duty, and Alfred, as the military commander, is even more guilty.

What's more, these bold guys are just some local rebels who lack food and clothing in intelligence and are poorly equipped, in the eyes of the emperor, these rebels have always been just a rabble, and they are not regarded as a threat at all, and the result is that this rabble has made the glorious emperor ** suffer the first defeat since entering the swamp?

Thinking of this, Alfred felt a chill in his body, and he could imagine how Lord Mrak would be furious after learning about this, and what kind of sad fate he would have.

"Search for me! Don't let these guys go! They haven't fled yet, be sure to find them! ”

In Alfred's gnashing of teeth, the emperor moved quickly, and a group of scouts scattered, and soon, they discovered the enemy's whereabouts - the enemy retreated in a hurry, and did not hide their movements well, so it is not difficult to see that they fled to the northwest after they succeeded, and from the mouths of the scattered porters around, the scouts also confirmed this.

The fastest griffin unit in the emperor quickly bit the enemy's tail and mastered the general situation of the enemy, but the enemy's ferocity and cunning were far beyond their imagination, thousands of poisonous dragon flies ambushed the griffins, although after a hard battle, the griffin brigade from Ai and Walter City finally repelled the opponent, but they also paid a heavy price, under the conscious attack of the poisonous dragon flies, several griffon knights died on the spot.

When the news came back, Alfred, who was already furious, almost fainted, he never thought that those swamp people had long expected him to pursue, and even arranged an ambush force after the break!

"How can this be true? Outrageous! ”

However, Alfred was able to be entrusted with a heavy task by Mlak, of course, he would not be a willful figure, on the contrary, after his outburst, he quickly calmed down.

With the previous experience, the emperor's actions have become more cautious, and now, whether it is Alfred or the emperor's ** soldiers below him, they have a new assessment of the enemy, and they know that this enemy is not easy to deal with.

"The Witch of Fire, as expected, lives up to her name! It's a bit of a skill! Alfred thought so, after knowing the identity of the opponent, he was even more determined to catch the other party, the Witch of Fire is a banner of the Tytaria Resistance, even those necromancers are bent on getting rid of her, if he can catch her or kill her, not only can he play a role in killing chickens and monkeys to greatly deal with the arrogance of the enemy, but also play a role in atonement, Alfred believes that with this credit, Mlak should not blame him too much.

Fortunately for Alfred, although the enemy arranged an ambush, the griffons did not lose the enemy's whereabouts, he underestimated the opponent, but the opponent also underestimated the combat power of the emperor, which was a fatal mistake they made.

After pursuing for a while, seeing that the distance between the two sides in the swamp was getting farther and farther, Alfred had an idea, ordered to stop the pursuit, returned to the city of Ai and Water, and made a gesture of giving up the pursuit, but secretly sent a large number of griffon scouts to continue to monitor the enemy's every move in the sky, he wanted to find the place where the rebels were hiding, and then uproot the other party.

His action made Algin, the wolf-headed monster who had been secretly observing the movements of the emperor with some people, very ashamed, and at this time, Alkin knew that his plan to lure the enemy was so naïve and naïve.

"The enemy is not a fool, they will not fail to imagine how ridiculous it is to play a pursuit war with us in the swamp! With the exception of flying griffins, it is impossible for their soldiers to compete with us in the swamps, so to lure the main force of the enemy out of the city and try to destroy it, you have to find another way! ”

Alkin remembered what Tanan had said to him, and also remembered that although he agreed verbally at the time, he was secretly unconvinced, and the wolf-headed monster stubbornly believed that as long as he could successfully provoke the other party, his plan to lure the enemy would definitely succeed, and Tanan's idea was just wishful thinking.

But now, Alkin realized that it was actually himself who was really wishful thinking, and when he thought of the seemingly inconsequential but actually profound arrangements in the previous battle, he was finally completely convinced of Tanan.

"Inform Lord Edney that everything is in plan, and let her follow the plan and draw the enemy's eyes into the camp!"

That night, Alfred, who had been anxiously waiting in Fort Agewater, finally waited for the news he wanted, and the scouts reported that the Witch of Fire's rebels had a secret camp in the jungle northeast of Agewater, and that after escaping the Emperor's pursuit, the rebels had returned to the camp with their booty to rest.

"The enemy is so cunning, my lord, they fled to the northwest before, but they didn't expect the camp to be northeast!" When he returned, the griffon knight was impressed by Alfred's foresight, "It's a good thing you came up with such a good idea, otherwise our army would have chased them around the swamp!" ”

Smirking smugly, Alfred said, "They are too underestimated, do you really think that we will accompany them in the swamp in vain?" We're not undead monsters who only know magic, but don't know strategy and tactics! However, the Witch of Fire is also a character, and listening to the defeated soldiers who escaped from the convoy, the other party's tactics are not ordinary! No wonder those undead monsters have been unable to take her all along! It's a pity that she chose the wrong opponent this time! ”

After the griffin knight left, Alfred looked at the information on the composition of the enemy's forces, and his face was full of smiles.

From the point of view of intelligence, the resistance of the Fire Witch is really not small in terms of a guerrilla force, just ambush the transport team, she dispatched nearly two thousand lizardmen and wolf-headed monsters, as well as hundreds of six-legged monitor lizards and thousands of poisonous dragon flies, in her camp, there are nearly a thousand lizardmen and wolf-headed monsters, in addition to a certain number of brute bulls and two-legged dragons, the total strength has reached more than 5,000, such a force, properly used, is already a force that cannot be underestimated.

However, this amount of strength is nothing in Alfred's eyes, the importance of Ai and Waters City makes him have more than 20,000 troops in his hands, including a 200-strong angel army, although due to the marsh battle is not equipped with a small role of heavy cavalry, but other troops are not lacking, except for the necessary remaining personnel, he still has the absolute upper hand in terms of troops.

The point is that these swamp people are quite familiar with the terrain and have a strong ability to maneuver in the swamps, and how to surround them in the camp and catch them all without alarming them is a problem.

Taking out the map, Alfred squinted his eyes and looked at it carefully by candlelight, then closed his eyes and leaned back in his chair for a long time, and finally had a general idea.

At the same time, in the dense forest camp specially built by the rebels for this battle, Altyn the wolf-headed monster was very puzzled and asked Tanan what to do.

"Mr. Tanan, how are you sure that the enemy will come to attack our camp after discovering it?"

"Of course they will come!" Tanan roasted an unknown piece of beast meat on the bonfire, his eyes were indifferent, "We made such a big scene under their noses, and made them lose such a big face, with the emperor's consistent style, it is absolutely impossible for them to just forget it!" And the discovery of our camp means that this is a good opportunity for them to catch us all, the name of the Witch of Fire is enough to make them tempted, and the strength we show makes it impossible for them to sit idly by and ignore us, otherwise, their logistics line will not be secured, and all this will prompt them to take action! ”

"And when will they come?" Edney sat on the sidelines, looking at Tanan with pride in her eyes.

"It won't be too fast!" Tanan brought the roasted golden beast meat to his eyes, looked at it carefully, and a smile of satisfaction with his craft appeared on his face, and then handed it to Edney's hand, "In order to paralyze us, in order not to startle the snakes, they will not act immediately, they will continue to watch us, and then make plans that they think are feasible, they are well aware of our superiority in the swamp, without certainty, they will not risk us disappearing from their sight, if I am not mistaken, They will first send scouts to secretly survey the road, choose a suitable route for the march, and then use the cover of night and fog to quietly encircle us, and the place I chose also gave him enough convenience, because this is only a night's journey from the city of Aijworth at their speed, they set off after dark, and they can complete the siege and launch an attack before dawn, and when the time comes, we will plan and give them a fatal blow in turn! Of course, the premise of all this is that those troops that we have hidden do not be discovered by them during this time! ”