Chapter 68: The Expedition
Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 Info Just like when the army was first led in this world, Stormwind appeared even taller on the tower, and the blood-red cloak behind it made Leo particularly dazzling and dazzling in the crowd around him
Seriously swept over every face around him, Leo couldn't help but feel a little emotional, with the passage of time unconsciously, more and more friends following him on the path of his ideals, at this moment he is no longer the ignorant and vague lonely man who came through with the Knights of Punishment at the beginning, the heaviness of trust even makes him a little apprehensive, the responsibility of being a superior must let him lead these followers to do their best to achieve victory, and strive to let everyone live in the future!
Yes, live! What a heavy word, although Leo also understood that fantasizing about the peace of all people in the war against demons was an almost unattainable luxury, but he still decided to try to try, and in this world without archives, perhaps the only thing he could do was to constantly make himself more persistent and stubborn in a hypnotic way......
And in front of him, the black press occupies almost all the army in the wilderness outside Stormwind, and these knights and soldiers are the biggest hole cards he can win the victory
Different from the first expedition, the army of more than 100,000 people was dense and almost impossible to see, the silver armor and black-brown leather armor covered the emerald green field, and the reflection of the metal even made the walls of Stormwind City be reflected in the whole piece of light, this is a formidable army, this is the first time in the history of the continent that almost all professional soldiers are composed of large army, this is the army that belongs to Leo!
Slaughter, spread in silence, under this atmosphere, even the private army of other noble lords of the principality subconsciously stopped whispering conversations, and tried to make their bodies more upright and straight, even the most cowardly and timid people among them have become enthusiastic and strong under the influence of each other, in such an army, the most basic soldiers do not have the kind of concerns of the big people, in their opinion, victory is a low-hanging fruit, in the history of the mainland for hundreds of years, There is simply no force that ever existed that can resist this force
The other nobles of the principality looked at Leo above the city with all kinds of complicated eyes, and the people close to him, such as Crest, Baal and others, needless to say, were fanatical, loyal and trusting, while the mood of the others was a little elusive, they were surprised, fearful and perhaps confused, I don't know when the lucky foreign boy who was lucky enough to kill the Duke of Jackal came to his current status......
It seems that with each battle, the victorious Leo and Stormwind become stronger than ever, and when you think about it, most nobles, even the most arrogant, have to believe in the truth of the existence of the people who are rumored to be the gods
Leo is not a god, of course he will not know what everyone thinks, but he knows better than anyone that as long as he can still lead them to victory, and can still walk on the road to the pinnacle of power without stopping, then he will still gain the loyalty of these people, only defeat will breed some ambition and betrayal, victory will not!
On the city wall, Leo walked to the gap in the battlement, and behind him was the family coat of arms erected high by the golden flagpole
"Out!"
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In the spring of 1180 in the continental calendar, within nearly a month after Leo returned to the mainland of Nice, the Duchy of Pande made the final preparations for the expedition, and in Stormwind, Leo only left nearly 20,000 soldiers in charge of the security of the city this time, except that their headquarters officers did not let Anthony stay behind again, because the geographical location caused that before the complete defeat, no force could bypass his army to directly attack his city and territory
This is an unprecedented expedition, bringing together almost the most powerful military force on the human continent, after the last nobleman of the principality integrated on the march, Leo was able to command an army of more than a terrifying 150,000 people, of which the number of knight legions led by the Knights of Punishment exceeded 10,000 for the first time, in terms of absolute strength, the Duchy of Pande has been able to crush the alliance between the empire and the church in the last war, at least, under his strong order, even the noble private army did not appear in a large number of "armed peasants" this time ……
In order to prepare for this war, except for Stormwind City, which is directly under Leo, it is a little exhausted when it has exhausted its last bit of potential, and many noble lords are almost on the verge of bankruptcy, and the territory above the earl is still relatively good, and there is no young and strong labor in the castles and lands of those barons and viscounts, and only the old and weak women and children are left in the large villages
From this point of view, even if there is no obliteration mission, this is a war that Leo and the Duchy cannot afford to lose, if it wins, it goes without saying, if it fails, even if it can escape back to the Duchy to survive, it will lose the possibility of rising again in terms of economy and manpower, the demons will not negotiate, they will not give you time to recuperate, they will destroy everything that Leo was proud of as quickly as possible......
In addition to regular knights and soldiers, in order to transport all kinds of supplies, the Duchy of Pande also mobilized an astonishing number of people, fortunately, with the huge amount of food purchased by Leo on the earth, the number of these non-combat forces is not as terrifying as in normal wars, but even so, the number of logistics personnel has reached more than 100,000
Food, arrows, spare weapons and armor and fodder for horses and livestock, craftsmen and blacksmiths who make and build war equipment on the fly, priests of the Holy Light who accompany the army, and even a medical brigade that has received temporary first aid from the battlefield and carries the medicines brought back by Leo all make up a logistics support system that has no combat effectiveness but is vital to the army
No longer recklessly waging war as he had done in the first place, Leo had made the most thorough and detailed preparations this time, knowing that luck would not always favor the same person and one thing, and that adequate protection would minimize the chance of all accidents
But this also caused a terror in the size of the army, the northern territory was okay, under Leo's advanced consciousness, the road was relatively wide and smooth in these years, but when the army walked out of the principality's land, the muddy and potholed roads, and the dense jungle became an obstacle to the march, which was not repaired at all, and the road that was completely artificially stepped out by the caravan was not enough for the army to pass smoothly
To do this, Leo had to slow down the pace of his troops, either cutting down the woods or filling in the earth to pave the roads, a situation that did not improve until they passed through the vast primeval forest at the junction of the northern and central territories, and the fertile plains made the slow pace pick up again
And this journey has consumed more than a month of Leo's time, during which due to various accidents, diseases, and before the battle, more than 300 soldiers in the army have lost their lives......
After breaking through the most difficult sections, the army temporarily camped in the Central Plains, and Leo and his men hoped that during these few days of rest, some of the tired troops could restore the gradually declining morale and physical strength, in this regard, even the most anxious to rescue the Imperial Capital of the Colin Knights did not object, everyone knew the value of this force to humanity!
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From a distance, the rolling tents look like endless mountains with thousands of flags representing various branches of the military and families flying high in the camp, and everywhere you can see the surging heads and the noise of training, perhaps this is more like a city, an alternative city like a steel jungle
In the area in the center of the camp that belonged to Leo and the others and the nobles, the atmosphere was a little tense at this time, and hundreds of knights tightly formed an impermeable encirclement network......
And there was only one person surrounded by such a grand formation, with an elegant temperament, a polite and kind face, and if it were not for the occasional corner of the dark leather armor in the white robe in the breeze, anyone would have felt that this man was not in a dirty barracks, but in a lavish and grand dinner
"Hahahaha, you idiot, don't you know that Aldalian has the most olfactory nose in the whole of Pande? Damn bastard, look where you're going this time, come on, don't say I won't give you a chance, fight me like a man, and I'll make you deeply regret your past malice towards adults and teasing us! ”
Keith said with a grin, but his eyes were a little cold, and the bones of his body clicked like fried beans while walking, and those who were familiar with him knew that the Commander of the Punishment Knight was ready for battle
"Damn Keith, shut your mouth if you can't speak, or I wouldn't mind giving you a tongue, what's the most sensitive sense of smell in all Pande? I...... That's called perception, you idiot who doesn't learn anything! ”
The Noldor Lord behind Leo angrily squirted back at Keith, but his gaze did not leave the man in the encirclement for a moment, and the emerald green closing bow quietly slipped into his palm
Seeing such a formation, even if the man who was surrounded was calm and calm enough, he couldn't help but show a bitter smile, and after thinking about it, he just subconsciously stepped forward, and heard the sound of weapons and weapons unsheathed and scolded from all directions, and he stopped helplessly and scratched his scalp a little indecently, and the man stroked his chest and saluted in the direction where Leo was from the crack
"Praise all known gods, esteemed Highness Leo, I must ask you to believe that this time I am not here to assassinate you, you should know that the last mission has been completely terminated in that wasteland, as the best assassin and the most elegant killer in this continent, I have my own pride, even the gods will not be able to let me accept the hire without paying in full!"
"Poof!"
Even on such a serious occasion, Leo was amused by the man's words, and if this was pride, it would be too cheap......
And the man in the encirclement still gushed as if he hadn't heard it
"So, Your Highness, you should trust the explanation of a gentleman of great perseverance and conviction, and I would ask you to take it a little easier for the esteemed knights, and to surround a poor lone man with a force that could almost destroy a baron's castle, and it would cost you your reputation! Of course, I have to curse that damn woman, she must know that I am going to make a fool of myself, she must be......"
"Really? Respect the powerful, greedy? Lord Marcel, who is more immoral to accuse a distinguished lady in public like this? More ungentlemanly? You know, as long as the service of the commission must meet with the employer and receive full remuneration is your own rules and principles, and I am only following them, perhaps seeing that you are now trembling like a poor quail, I should allow you to violate the principle once in a while? Oh my God, my dear Lord Marcel, now you don't look like the best assassin on the continent, like a poor girl in the cold wind, giggle! ”
The crisp voice of Countess Trinas Riel was like a clear spring in the camp, pleasant and special, and even among the knights surrounding Marcel, some people couldn't help but glance back a few times when they heard the voice
The countess, who insisted on going with the army, followed by Paul, was dressed in a light blue hunting suit and spoke while elegantly walking to Leo's side with long legs
"Yes, yes, yes! Principle, damn principle, I now somewhat hate myself for being so upright and persistent, okay Dear Count, I apologize for the inappropriate words before, and I ignored the stinginess of the woman, and at the same time ......"
The words came to an abrupt end here, Marcel's body shook slightly, and the extremely high frequency of movement made him seem to have a double shadow under his feet, almost no how his upper body moved, he flashed to the edge of the encirclement like a ghost, and at the moment when the knight with the fastest reaction had time to swing his long sword, he was like a slippery loach after a few dazzling staggered movements, he actually squeezed out of the gap, and the most frightening thing was that he didn't even touch any knight and war horse during the period... …
"Protect your lordship!"
Finn and Anthony drew their swords to block in front of Leo for the first time, and three narrow emerald green elven arrows were already hung on the closing bow raised by Aldalian, and Keith jumped to the rear, and several of the most powerful knights formed a narrow triangular encirclement in an instant, in such a space, if they wanted, there was almost no one on this continent who could escape death!
Marcel wisely stayed in a position that was safe enough from Leo, which was why Fein didn't attack at the first time, with a smile on his face, Mr. Assassin slowly opened his hands outwards to show that he had no ill intentions
"Your Highness?"
After a moment's silence, Leo suddenly smiled as well, and he waved his hand
"Put away your weapons, my friends, I don't see any murderous intent in his eyes, and perhaps as Mr. Marcel said, at least I won't be in any danger until you come up with enough gold, and I also want to know what he's here for, presumably something to do with Madam Count?"
"Praise your wise and honorable Highness"
After bowing deeply with exaggerated movements, Marcel ignored the vigilant gaze around her, and looked at Trinath, who was a little overwhelmed, with a smile
"Now we can talk properly, ma'am, first of all, the shivering quail in front of you accepts all commissions for full payment, as ...... as ever."
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