317, Caller (I)
The day after the tripartite armies of the Tristram Kingdom joined forces with the Duchy of Orb and Zaft, the army set out again.
Later in the previous night's three-way banquet, there was a slight commotion when one of the guests, Andrew Barnotfield, was drunk. However, because of this, the news that Kasha's Prairly led the production of new wines spread and became known to high-level people in the three countries. As a result, the fame of the new sake, which had only begun to become famous in the southern corner of the kingdom, suddenly spread. Due to fate, Kasha had to arrange for his subordinates to present the new wine that they had brought with them on this expedition to a banquet. The new wines undoubtedly aroused the interest of the attendees, and after tasting them, they were all very appreciative of them. Among them, there are many powerful people who have good wine, and even said on the spot that they would pay a lot of money to buy it. In the face of the demands of these powerful people with different identities and powers, Kasha could not say that he could not shirk it, so he could only use the excuse that it was not the time to discuss trade issues for the time being, and promised to negotiate this matter until the end of the Demon War.
However, it would be nice to leave these matters to Kasha to worry aboutβthis was the collective expression of the Travelers after learning about the banquet the next day.
How to take advantage of such an opportunity to make a name for themselves and expand the trade routes of whisky and brandy is a question that does not need to be spent on the need to go through the crowd. After all, this is a business that makes a lot of money, and Kasha will not be careless. The traversers just wait for the harvest of benefits and the success.
Over the next few days, the expeditionary force encountered armies from several other principalities along the way. The process was much the same as when they met the Duchy of Orb and Zaft, and the camp was held several times in advance, but there were no further surprises.
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"We'll be there tomorrow at noon."
At noon, while the troops set off again after a short break for lunch, Li Xiang sent off the knights who had come to make routine contact with the Prairly army, and then informed the rest of his companions.
"Wow, you've been gone for half a month, right?" Ma Jun scratched his head when he heard this, and said in an exaggerated tone: "It's finally about to reach the destination." β
Everyone laughed in unison.
"But then again," Fu Bin said with emotion, "I really didn't expect that the actual battlefield of the Demon War was so far away." β
"In fact, according to the straight-line distance, it is about five or six hundred kilometers, which is not strictly speaking, a 'very far' distance." Yang Qianyu held a draft map and said while looking at it: "It's just that our marching route is not a straight line - along the way, we have to detour through mountains, rivers, forests and swamps that are inconvenient for the army to travel, not to mention the borders of other countries, so the distance has been extended by nearly half." β
"Is that so?" "I see." β¦β¦ The companions around them all showed expressions of understanding when they heard this.
"Alright, alright, let's stop talking about this boring topic, let's talk about something else." Liu Dongxu interrupted: "Anyway, since we will arrive at our destination tomorrow, what kind of enemy will we face at that time?" β
"Needless to say? Of course it's the demons. Li Jifeng replied on the side.
"That's a general answer, isn't it?" Liu Dongxu expressed dissatisfaction with this answer, which was not an answer at all.
"You're asking what kind of demons will appear, right?" Zhao Bin asked.
"It's so boring, won't you be able to see it then? What's the point of guessing here now? Lu Yuan said he didn't understand.
"Idle is idle anyway, guess what." Xu Wenjie quipped: "Hmm-green-faced fangs? Three heads and six arms? β
"I'll it! What are you talking about Journey to the West? Lu Yu almost squirted out a mouthful of saliva after listening to Xu Wenjie's imagination. That's outdated, isn't it? β
"There must be a succubus!" Zhang Boyin asserted: "And it's still the kind of figure that is convex in front and concave in the back." β
"And *** and warped ^buttocks." Zhao Ke added on the side, and at the same time drew an outline with both hands.
"That's right, that's right." Zhang Boyin's eyes lit up in agreement.
A magic missile smashed into Zhang Boyin's face.
"You boys are so shameless!" Zhou Si angrily pointed at Zhang Boyin and the others and reprimanded.
"That's it." A group of girls also denounced.
"Hey! Don't attack with a cannon. Shi Jinxin, Liu Tianyu and others, who were innocently lying on the gun, shouted injustice.
The crowd was in a mess.
"I mean, it's okay for them to make a fuss like that, right?" Sun Xiaoyu looked at his companions who were making a fuss not far away, and asked worriedly.
"It's okay, let them mess around for a while." After Li Xiang responded, he found that Yang Qianyu beside him was bowing his head solemnly and pondering, and couldn't help but ask curiously: "Hey, Old Yang." Why are you stunned? β
"Huh?" Yang Qianyu came back to his senses when he heard this, looked at Li Xiang and looked at him with an inquiring expression, and just wanted to answer but suddenly stopped. After a while, Yang Qianyu adjusted his thoughts before replying: "Oh, I suddenly thought of something just now, and I was about to find an opportunity to say it." β
"Can't you say it now?" Li Xiang wondered.
"I haven't figured it out yet, so I'll talk about it at dinner in the evening." Yang Qianyu shook his head and excused.
ββ¦β¦ It's good. Li Xiang knew Yang Qianyu's style of acting, and knew that he would never say it when he didn't sort out what he wanted to say, so he didn't force it.
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That night, when everyone was having dinner, Yang Qianyu told what he had discovered.
"I wonder if you've noticed the relationship between the expeditionary forces sent by the countries we've encountered so far to participate in the Demon War?" Yang Qianyu asked straight to the point.
Everyone looked at each other. After a while, Luo Xu replied uncertainly: "If it is for the expeditionary force of the Tristrium Kingdom where we are located, it can basically maintain a certain friendly status. β
"Of course," Yang Qianyu said, "The Tristram Kingdom is one of the four great kingdoms in the world of Iber, and the strength of the country is undoubted, and those principalities cannot be easily provoked. It can be said that unless there is no other choice, no principality wants to be the enemy of the Four Kingdoms. β
"I wonder if you still have an impression of what happened a few days ago when the combined forces of the two principalities of Aubu Zaft and the combined forces of the three principalities of Ameliken-Onoba-Isha met?" Yang Qianyu asked.
"Of course I'm impressed." Shi Jinxin replied, and at the same time showed a look of memory on his face: "Good guy, that tense state at that time was really amazing." If there is no high-level reconciliation between the high-level of the Kingdom Expeditionary Force, I am afraid that the two sides will fight on the spot. It was a big battle of 70,000 or 80,000 people on both sides. β
"yes, fortunately, there was no fight in the end." Thinking of the scene at that time, Ruan Kunpeng also had a feeling of palpitations.
"The hostile relationship between the alliance of the two principalities of Aube-Zaft and the alliance of the three principalities of AmelikΓ‘n-Onoba-Isha is not news among the countries of the southeastern region of the continent. Lao Yang, you also said it when you gave us science popularization before. Fu Bin couldn't help but shake his head when he said this. But seeing is believing, I really didn't expect the relationship between the two sides to be so bad, it can be said that as soon as they meet, they will have to use force against each other. It's almost endless. β
"yes." Yang Qianyu said: "But don't you think it's strange? Why do you want to be so hostile to the two forces, why do you have to participate in the battle of the demons together? β
When everyone heard this, they all showed surprised expressions on their faces.
They had never thought of such a thing.