The sunset on the horizon was like a burning flame, reflecting the blood on the ground.

After a day of fierce fighting, the Grecian army retreated two miles back and set up camp, while the militia temporarily took over the city's defenses and busied themselves cleaning up the battlefield.

Karebasper stood at the head of the city, looking at the endless tents of the enemy army in the distance, his expression solemn.

As the fifth-generation eldest son of the Gurudin's Guardian family, Karebasper enjoys glory and responsibilities at the same time.

The number of enemies far exceeded the number indicated by the intelligence, and it was clear that Grecia must have put a lot of effort into hiding the scout's eyes, and had succeeded in getting Gurudin to miscalculate the current situation.

Ever since he received the royal order to lead the Knights to reinforce Barnes, Karibasbo knew that he would face a tough battle, but he did not expect that this moment would come so quickly.

Without temptation and without any tricks, Barris's right and left hand, Generalissimo of Grecia, Dirios, directly led the whole army to launch a fierce attack.

The battle went straight to the heat from the moment it broke out.

Karibasper remembered what he had heard last night, when a small mercenary group called the Flames of War was said to have made a statement in the tavern that Glesia would crush Gruuddin in the shortest possible time, cut through Dean, capture the Rocks, block Aden and Ori in the Cloister of Death, and occupy the southern part of Aden.

At the time, he and Lord Grinder, Lord of Barnices, had thought that was a possibility, but it was only one of many possibilities, and the least likely.

Before that, no one would have imagined that the impoverished Grecia would come out of the nest, and no one would have thought that Barris's so-called "stepping on Aden's weak moments" was just a smokescreen.

When Barris had his army in front of him, Karibasper knew that Grecia's goal was not simply to weaken Aden, but to swallow Aden in one bite, or half of it.

"Captain Basbo, it seems that we all underestimated Barris! That old fox is not small! ”

A knight in delicate silver armor strode forward, his voice was loud, his steps were firm and powerful, and his bright red cloak fluttered behind him, looking imposing.

Behind them were heavily armed guards, their white armor shining in the sunset, and the dull crashing sound of armor and weapons as they walked, a metal sound that was reassuring.

"Your Lord!"

Along the way, the militia on the city walls would stop and bow to him, and the respect from the heart could be seen in his demeanor.

Upon approaching, Karibasper found that his armor was covered with sword marks and dents from blunt blows, and that there was still coagulated blood in his fine ornamentation, apparently after a bitter battle.

"Lord Grinder, the number of enemies and our casualties have exceeded expectations, and it seems that we were overly optimistic before."

Karebasper's voice was a little low, and he was very worried about the situation.

"The battle has just begun, it's too early to draw conclusions!"

Grinder still looked confident, as a lord, he could not show any pessimism, and the more he was in such a dangerous time, the more he needed Barnes to maintain stability.

"Notify all officers of the meeting! Also, get that war mercenary group. ”

Grinder gave the order to the adjutant crisply, and then made an inviting gesture to Karibasper.

"Come, my friend! Let's try our Barnes wine first, and I also have a nice bottle of private treasure! ”

The lord's mansion was not large or luxurious, after all, Barnice was only a small town, and the lord was also famous and very considerate of his people.

The wine is good, but the humble meeting room and solemn atmosphere are not a good place to enjoy a good wine.

The stone walls were adorned only by a map of Gruudin and a row of sharp swords, and in the middle of the room was a thick oak table, with a dozen officers sitting in two rows, and seven or eight brass candlesticks illuminating the room.

When the war mercenary group was brought into the conference room, the lord's military meeting had been going on for more than half an hour.

Under the gaze of more than a dozen pairs of eyes, the members of the war saluted the lord.

Just bent down and saluted, and no one knelt.

Mercenaries and adventurers have always been an unruly bunch, wandering around and never believing that the nobles are qualified to be their masters, and their only relationship with the nobles is a mercenary relationship.

In the eyes of many young people, there is also a reason why mercenaries and adventurers are so attractive.

The conference room was full of soldiers with serious expressions, and the atmosphere was too depressing, which made the mercenaries in the war a little nervous, but Mu Kai always seemed calm, and Cardina looked indifferent.

Orcs are a race as proud as the elves, and they respect Kakay, the Lord of Fire, and don't care about the nobility of humans at all.

After listening to the adjutant's brief explanation, Grinder gently said a few words of encouragement to the young mercenaries and rewarded them with some gold coins, then asked the guards to take them away, leaving Mukai in the conference room.

"Kylemorn! How could the son of a farmer near the Pamir collection make such arrogant remarks in public? Do you know that it is shaking the morale of the military? Who told you to do that? ”

Grinder sat upright at the top of the conference table, speaking without any superfluous expressions or movements, but with the majesty of a superior person.

Mu Kai didn't have any worries, if he really wanted to pursue anything, he could just send guards to arrest him, why waste precious time for a small person? Putting pressure on him is just a trick used by those in high positions to kill him first.

"My lord, my opinion has been carefully analyzed, not just plain spoken, and my knowledge comes from an erudite hermit. Last winter, a hermit passed by the village, and I had the privilege of learning about the history of the mainland with him for two months. ”

Mu Kai replied without humility or arrogance, so that no one present could find fault with it, the people in the village were dead, and no one could confirm whether his words were true or false, and Gurudin did live in seclusion a figure with great background.

"Do you still hold your point?"

"Yes, I still stand by my opinion."

Mu Kai raised his head, met Grinder's gaze, and said calmly, "In addition, I have one more concern. ”

"Oh? Tell me about it! See what new ideas our little historians have? ”

Grinder's tone was a little exaggerated, with a hint of ridicule, but it was not offensive, but it eased the oppressive atmosphere in the conference room a lot.

Mu Kai was still neither humble nor arrogant, and said slowly: "Grecia's attack today is indeed very fierce, but it is far from the level of going all out, which everyone here should feel, but it doesn't make sense, Barris is going to start a war with everyone, it won't be because he is full and has nothing to do to run to pass the time, right?" ”

"Not really, everyone knows that the people of Grecia often don't have enough to eat!"

I don't know which officer interjected, and everyone laughed in a low voice.

"Because of this, Barris must achieve his strategic goals as soon as possible, otherwise military spending alone will crush them, so he must have a backhand!"

After saying that, Mu Kai was silent.

"If you have any ideas, just say it!" Grinder gave Mu Kai a meaningful look, "You can say anything in this room. ”

"If nothing else, Glesia will definitely come to attack tonight, and the main force is the Jackal Legion that has not appeared on the battlefield today!"

Mu Kai's voice was not loud, but his tone was extremely firm.

"The individual jackal has excellent combat effectiveness and has good night vision, such an obvious advantage, whether it is Barris or Dirios, it will not be invisible."

Karibasper tapped his fingers lightly with a stack of parchment on the table, glanced at Grinder, and then looked at Mukai with a serious expression.

"I have a report of the battle here, that Barris's second son, Cocellus, is leading a group of jackal mercenaries and is attacking the village of Gurudin."

Mu Kai didn't show any surprise on his face.

"Gurudin's village is just a frontier place, it won't have any impact on the overall situation, and it's not worth investing too much energy, transferring the powerful Jackal Legion to Gurudin's village is an unreasonable act in itself, besides, how many jackal mercenaries Barris has recruited, have we really figured it out?"