Keisha watched Yasuo leave before dissipating the devastating magic condensed by the staff of the archangel in his hand. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"Although this son will die to atone for his sins, it is not suitable to kill him at the moment."

"Your master's face, hmph, what is the value of a dead man's face. It's just that Rito's legacy is still there, and he still has a lot of influence on the Ionian martial arts cultivation world, and his children are now holding important positions in the army, but I have to give this face. ”

Disgusted by this choice, Divine Kaisha gritted her teeth and endured, and when she was determined to start this war, she realized how limited the power she could control.

In Ionia, theocracy reigns supreme and temples represent religion. Kingship is secondary, and the kingdom represents the worldly. The theocracy controls the royal power, but there is always the inconvenience of meddling directly in the world.

As a result, the system of presbyterians, which was formed spontaneously by the people, took over administrative powers to a large extent.

The excessive division of power in a country may not be a bad thing in peacetime, but it is never a good thing in the face of war.

Not long ago, in order to call on the people of the northern region to unite and build a united front, Zelos proposed to invite the Great Elder of the northern region and recommended his junior brother Yasuo to escort him all the way. Unexpectedly, the Great Elder had not yet made his public deeds in Presdian City, but he was secretly attacked and killed.

This is a big bad thing, but it will not have a substantial impact at the moment, and if it is used properly......

Keisha quickly distracted herself from the matter and looked to the south.

Today, she has ordered the army to leave the city and approach the forward positions of the Imperial army.

This move can deter the enemy and boost the morale of our army, and second, it will send a signal to the Imperial and Southern coalition forces.

Seeing that our army was intent on a decisive battle, the Imperial people should shrink their forces and suspend their military operations in the south. When the Southern Coalition received the news that the battle in the capital was imminent, they should provide rapid support, and there was no reason to prevaricate.

"Karma, if you are smart, you should understand that this is a step I have given you, you don't have to know how to lift."

Divine Keisha sneered, finally feeling like she had everything under control.

On the 9th, the news of the assassination of the Great Elder came out, shocking the entire Presidium.

The Great Elder's trip was to establish a united front, and naturally he would become a thorn in the heart of the Noxians.

Public opinion did not need to be guided at all, and the people spontaneously took action to denounce the shameless acts of the Imperialists, organizing mass demonstrations to call on the whole people to fight.

Divine Keisha complied with the will of the people and ordered the front army to attack at noon that day.

At the same time, however, the eyes of several important figures were focused on the investigation of the cause of the Great Elder's death.

The Great Elder himself has not been weak in cultivation, and on the day he was killed, he was in retreat and promoted to the Golden Rank, so he was not discovered until the day after he was killed.

After examining the injuries, several masters of the Martial Arts Federation all came to a conclusion: the Great Elder died at the hands of a powerful swordsman, under an extremely sharp swordsmanship. The swordsman must have come and gone like the wind, and the sword was invisible, so that he could sneak in and out silently, and kill people in a very short time.

Although this conclusion has been said as vaguely as possible, everyone understands that it refers to a sword technique - the sword technique of resisting the wind.

Rito's kendo is known for its speed, and the sword art of resisting the wind is the ultimate in it. It has always been recognized as the fastest swordsmanship in the world outside of Rito's family tradition, and there is only one person who has mastered this swordsmanship - Yasuo.

Yasuo is a hero-level silver rank, and he is not much different from the Great Elder's cultivation. He had already won the trust of the other party by escorting the Great Elder all the way, so if he suddenly made a difficulty, how could he not do it? What's more, the news of the Great Elder's assassination has not yet been announced, and Yasuo has long been missing. Among them, cause and effect, do you need to say more?

Keisha sneered, Yasuo's young boy was just a pawn for her to use. Now, he may still be grateful for his spare.

The facts have been laid out, but Ya Sonarito has passed on his disciples, and this matter is as difficult to talk about as a family ugly, and the Martial Arts Federation is really reluctant to announce it. Zelos and Irelia also said that the matter was still suspicious, and hoped that the High Priest would give them time to investigate.

All this was expected by Keisha, who promised not to release the news, but she had to secretly send someone to hunt down Yasuo and give justice to the Great Elder.

Zelos and Irelia were grateful, and the entire Martial Arts Federation owed the High Priest a favor.

Holy Kaisha is scheming in the city, but the war outside the city is not under her control.

On the first day of the battle, the two armies were evenly defeated, but the casualties showed a huge difference.

On the evening of the same day, after preliminary summary statistics, the battle situation was first presented to the temple, and our army suffered about 10,000 casualties and destroyed 2,000 enemies.

Divine Kaisha was deeply grieved, but her heart was only making simple calculations.

Although the results are not optimistic, they are completely within the acceptable range, and even better than expected.

Noxus has been at war for a long time, and the besieging army is all elite. On the other hand, I've been at peace for a long time in Ionia, and most of the troops defending the city are temporary recruits. With such a ratio of battle losses, why make a fuss.

The Imperial Army in the Presidium region was only 70,000, and our army was gathering 300,000 horses with all the strength of the northern region.

In this battle, Ionia can afford to fight.

The only thing that makes Keisha a little dissatisfied is that until now there is still no news from the Southern Coalition. She, Karma, is so ignorant!

By October 10, the war was still going on. The Ionian Northern Army occupies an absolute numerical advantage, and relying on the Presdian high platform behind it, it can be described as invincible.

At the same time, the Northern Army grew rapidly in the war. If the Imperial Army cannot defeat it in one fell swoop, the balance of strength will slowly tilt.

Seeing the light of victory, Holy Keisha became anxious and began to mobilize more troops out of the city to fight.

The Imperial Army began to shift to the defensive on all fronts, and the Radical Commander Darius was replaced. There was information that the new manager was a woman, but no one believed it.

However, the next defensive layout of the Imperial Army is delicate and nuanced, and it is really a bit of a woman's style.

The battlefield of the two armies was located in an open area between the Ainia Mountains and the west coast, about thirty miles wide.

On the eastern side, the Imperial Army had piled up several miles of earthen platforms along the Presdian Wall as a permanent fortification, on which long-range attack forces were deployed to prevent the Northern Army from approaching.

On the west side, the Imperial Navy fleet located in the Holy Harbor could provide fire support to a depth of more than ten miles on land, which also became a forbidden area for the Northern Army.

As a result, only a combat zone of less than ten miles in the middle remains.

The Imperial Army deployed hoplites to lay several lines of defense at the front, mixed with melee and relatively agile black armor soldiers, and light and heavy cavalry regiments on the flanks. Interlocking, it can be described as unbreakable.

Often, the Northern Army forced through a defensive line of the Imperial Army with several times its strength, and immediately fell into a battle with the Black Armor soldiers, entering the melee combat mode that their own infantry was not good at.

And once the cavalry or long-range attack units in the rear want to get close to support, they will face the counterattack of the elite cavalry of the empire.

Cavalry is an aristocratic branch of the army, and good traditions and long-term training are indispensable. Its changeable combat mode and powerful comprehensive combat capability have become an indispensable force in a series of core tactics of the army, and the inferior position of the northern army in this regard cannot be made up for in the short term.

Unless, dispatch the Knights Templar.

However, Keisha sees it as a strategic force, and it is not yet time to use it.