Chapter Seventy-Five: The Net

Black smoke shrouded the land of the Danube like a demon, countless houses were burned, and the dragon soldiers deliberately covered the fire with those verdant and juicy tree sticks, making the smoke and dust thicker, like ugly caterpillars, wantonly tearing at the sky as pure as blue crystal. The people of the Danube watched as their homes burned down, and the prime of life clenched their fists, but they did not dare to act rashly in front of the neat procession of dragon soldiers, such as the swords and guns of the forest, and the maidens cowered timidly behind their parents, looking at the dragon soldiers with torches in their hands.

After killing more than 600 of the archers led by Sauter, Sauter wisely chose to surrender, and he and the remnants of his subordinates were imprisoned in the castle of Clear Water, while Karub led the remaining dragon legionmen to cross the Bama Canal in three days and join Ray's army. The 180,000 troops did not pay any attention to the tax collectors and other nobles who hid in the castle, but plundered the towns and villages outside the castle, and even robbed the villagers of seeds, cattle and other materials.

For four consecutive days, black smoke covered most of the villages and towns of the Principality of the Danube, and under the joint action of the 180,000 Dragon Legion and the 170,000 Jaguar Legion, not a single village escaped the fate of being ravaged and ransacked. During the four days of sackage, thirty-seven Jaguar soldiers and twenty-nine dragon soldiers were beheaded in public, because they had hidden a little money and had evil thoughts on a few beautiful young ladies. Ray's order was clear: "Those who dare to harass the people without permission will be cut down." ”

The 170,000 Jaguar Legion, this is all the horses received by the officers sent out by Lei, and the other 130,000 horses seem to have evaporated from the world. It was clear to everyone that they were probably surrounded and annihilated by the coalition forces because of Bikat reasons, but no one wanted to believe it. The 130,000 elite soldiers who have been trained after extremely arduous training, although they lack some combat experience, should not be eaten by the alliance of the three principalities.

Ray stood on a small dirt bag, crushed a thick tree trunk with his big hands, and said in a deep voice, "Damn Billat... Have you already sent someone to the imperial capital to inform you of this?"

Lomat, who had a weak face, shook the blonde hair on his forehead slightly, looked at the burning village in front of him, and said slowly: "Yes, my lord, I have sent the secret agents of the garrison in our army to inform Your Majesty. I asked them to report to the military department secretly, after all, if this matter spreads, it will be a fatal blow to the national and military prestige of our Van Empire. Even apart from the Jaguar Legion and our middle and senior generals, no one knew about Bicarter's mutiny. ”

Lei licked the corners of his dry mouth, grabbed a skin bag and poured a mouthful of water, letting the droplets of water drip on his smooth breastplate, and said with a long sigh: "It's a good job, it's true that too many people can't know about this matter." Hmph, go back to the imperial capital, Bikat must pay for what he did... Karubb, send someone to contact Lord Crete, and ask him to lead a large army to approach the capital of the Duchy of Carsonburg, but don't occupy him, I'll see if Rokat can sit back and watch his nest be wiped out. ”

Karub nodded silently and strode away. Lomat looked at the two resisting villagers who were about a hundred feet in front of him, and he sighed: "My lord, our spies have found that Beamon's 150,000 army has gathered in the Purple Gold Castle, should we first mobilize the army to eat him and then search for Rokat and the two of them?"

Lei waved his hand, shook his head heavily, and said, "No, absolutely not." I believe that even if the coalition led by Rocat and Ingle killed 130,000 Jaguar soldiers because of Bikart's conspiracy, their losses must have been great, and they must have a lot of wounded in the queue, and their strength is already very weak. We've got to eat them before we deal with that stupid Beamon. If we eat Rocat, we won't be afraid that Beamon won't come out and fight us. Hmph, I'm not interested in having my own soldiers attack a castle with 150,000 troops, even if those troops are rubbish. ”

Ray paused and said firmly, "Find Rokat and Ingle, our main target is them. After we eat them, will Beamon's army still have morale? I don't believe that Beamon will still be able to stay in the Purple Gold Castle by that time. Yasuo, Mees, you lead 50,000 dragon soldiers to garrison near the Purple Gold Castle to intimidate Beamon's army, and if he dares to leave the city, he will annihilate them, but I will never allow you to attack their castle, understand?"

Yasuo and Mies, who were excited, hurried to take their generals, and Ray looked at the village full of smoke in front of him, and suddenly sneered: "If Rokat and they can endure the Danube Principality being ravaged by us like this, then I will see if they can still stay in the mountains when the Principality of Carson is also full of gunsmoke." Ordered Crete, if possible, that he might as well be the same soldiers on our side, and let out the news that Rokat and them should either surrender or come out for a decisive battle... Well, just a reminder to Crete, maybe he could go and see if Rokat's relatives were still in the Green Leaf Castle. ”

A few heralds got on their horses and walked briskly. Ray looked at the village in front of him that was about to be burned to the ground, looked at the tearful faces of the people, gritted his teeth, and broke an oak tree with his fist, and with the loud sound of the giant tree falling to the ground, he led the army to continue to march.

In a mountainous area covered with dense ravines, Ingle, who was covered in blood, stared blankly at the black smoke that covered half of the sky in the north, and suddenly cursed angrily: "These damn Vantes, what do they want to do, do they want to kill all our people? Damn, damn, Rocat, we, let's rush out and fight with them." ”

Rokat wiped his spear heavily and scolded angrily: "Ingle, where have your calmness and your resourcefulness gone? We only have more than 50,000 soldiers left, including more than 20,000 wounded soldiers, how can we fight with them? Wait, wait calmly, understand? I believe that now that the losses of their Jaguar Legion have been reported to their emperor, we just need to wait for the order of their imperial capital." Don't forget, didn't we arrange for spies to spread rumors in their imperial capital, and as long as their people knew that their legionnaires had surrendered to us, and let them know that we were capable of inflicting greater losses on them, what could they do but retreat?"

Rokat swung his spear and brushed the top of the dejected Bicater's head, and suddenly smiled: "Lord Bicat, did you say that? I'm sorry, we don't have the ability to meet your requirements." You asked us to kill all the Jaguar Legion, but we weren't strong enough. Therefore, we can only sell you to keep our principality. Huh, you're not going to be angry, are you?"

Bicater jumped up frantically and howled desperately, "You bastards, you... ”

The fierce sword aura emitted by the 'God Butcher' forced Bicart to swallow back his words, and Inger said indifferently: "Anyway, you are still alive, aren't you? You are our enemy, and we don't need to think about the life or death of an enemy, so you should find a way to live well with us now, or dear and honorable Lord Bicart wants to suffer a little more before he dies?" I am happy to help." ”

The sword qi shot out fifty feet, piercing a deep hole in the hard-like cliff beside it, and Bicater shuddered and sat weakly on the ground. Ingle looked at Bicart coldly and sighed: "This is the only way, Rocat, my old friend, we can only do this, in the territory of the three principalities, we have to fight for a protracted war, we have to delay time, as long as we can delay time, we may force them to retreat." ”

Rokat smiled dryly: "Yes, according to our Bikat Legion Commander, the Van Empire is going to use our three principalities to train troops, and their ultimate goal is the entire continent." If we can keep a certain number of men and horses and delay a group of their troops here, then they will have to make peace with us. Time is the most powerful weapon we can use against them. The anger of the people within their empire is the hardest shield we can use against them, hum. ”

Inger looked at the smoky sky and suddenly sighed: "Then, we are going to retreat, out of the land of the Danube." If a large number of troops of the Dragon Legion come here, then the territory of Fort Carson can give us more room to move. If you can take the opportunity to eat a few small troops of the Wild Dragon Legion, it will be a bigger blow to the hearts of the Vantian Empire's army, right?"

Rokat nodded slowly, and he stood up gloomily: "That's right, this is our only choice, we must continue to fight, but not now, but after we have regained a certain strength." I am very familiar with every inch of the land of Fort Carson, and I will make them understand that it is their biggest mistake to invade our territory... Send someone to inform Beamon that he should cooperate with our actions, abandon his useless new army, and lead the elite to retreat. ”

Inger added viciously to the soldiers dressed in the costumes of the local mountain people: "Tell Beamon to give the order, order the new army to take the initiative to attack the soldiers of the Dragon Legion, and cover their retreat." Those useless recruits can only be used in this way. Tell him to join us in the Hellforest at Fort Carson, and if he finds an enemy army there, go to that secret training camp in the Thor Mountains. We need to get the army in order. ”

Rokat nodded lightly: "The situation is not too bad, we are together, and there are about 90,000 elites, 90,000 people, within the three principalities, you can let us march and attack at will... The usefulness of Bicart has come to an end, and there is no chance of mass annihilation of their legions. Rokat glanced at Bikat with extreme disdain, if it weren't for his status being too high, Rocat would have wanted to get rid of this useless waste.

Quietly, before the arrival of the army of the Dragon Legion to search the mountain, more than 50,000 allied soldiers retreated in the direction of the Duchy of Fort Carson. By crossing the Bama Canal at a few secret crossings known only to them, they could enter the largest mountainous area of Fort Carson, where they would regain their strength, accumulate strength, and then give the Van army a constant blow.

Before the order of the Vant's imperial capital was sent, the Dukes of Vant, whose territory was close to the three principalities, had already sent the most powerful legions in their territory to begin the occupation of the three duchies. They seized the richest towns, the most fertile land, the richest mines, and began to recruit the local people for production. Ray handed over all the looted finances, living materials, and production materials to the leaders of these legions, and they used these materials to threaten the local people and force them to resume production.

As a result, when their army had not yet been annihilated, the entire Duchy of Danube and Luke, the small half of the Duchy of Fort Carson, had begun to transport the rich local minerals to the Vat Empire, and countless wealth entered the hands of the lords of the Vat Empire.

In the 'turquoise' castle of the Duchy of the Danube, in the council hall of the city lord, the majestic sword and shield family crest of the past has been trampled on the ground by the soldiers of the Wild Dragon Legion, and now it is hung with a black dragon pattern pattern on the golden shield that symbolizes the identity of thunder. Ray stood on the edge of the sand table in the hall, and the spear in his hand gently pointed at a few mountain passes: "Beamon's elite army has fled, he has fled with his relatives, very good, Lomat, I think you should understand what to do." ”

Loma nodded: "Yes, my lord, I have sent agents from the garrison to spread rumors that Beamon and they have abandoned their people, and that we are burning the village because Beamon sent people to attack us among the villagers, and everything is the fault of the three of them, and we were all forced to make such a decision. ”

Karubb licked his lips, glanced at the smiling Lomat, and laughed strangely: "Lomat, your methods are too poisonous, we originally ordered the burning of the village, why are they all pushed on their heads now?"

Ray tilted his head, and after his huge body squatted down, his spear pointed at the Bama Canal on the sand table, and said: "If we don't put the blame on them, do we want to bear this charge ourselves? Hehe, Lomat, well done, anyway, as long as the rumors are good, as long as we repeat them a hundred times, those people will believe that what we say is the truth... Behold, I judge that they have crossed the Balma and entered the territory of Fort Carson, what do you think?"

Karub shook his head, grabbing his head, he took a step back and pondered. Lomat replied quickly, "However, this is only our judgment, if we are to be sure that they have left the Danube, we must conduct a dragnet search of the entire Danube, sir, you see?"

Ray was silent for a moment, and Karub stepped forward and said in a deep voice, "I think Rocat, they are all very shrewd people, and they shouldn't be stupid enough to wait for us to hunt them down." If I were them, all I had to do now was to go to the place where our strength was most vulnerable, and after repairing our army, we would wage a guerrilla war against us, and we would delay our forces in the territory of the Principality Alliance, and force our imperial capital to make the decision to withdraw... That bastard has already fallen into their hands, so the purpose of our troops, they know, delaying time is the most fatal blow to us. ”

The spear in Ray's hand gently struck a small mountain peak on the sand table, and gradually, the heavy barrel of the spear had been smashed to pieces by the mountain made of cement. After a long sigh, Ray stood up, put the spear behind his back with his backhand, and took a few steps back and forth: "Well, I think, a certain search is still necessary. But in the mountains and forests, it is impossible for our scouts to escape the attacks of their sharpshooters... So, we need a steady way to search. The 20,000 soldiers who were carrying the baggage have arrived, have they? We now have 370,000 troops at our disposal, and we can form a front across the territory of the Danube, and we will not be afraid of their ambushes. Within four days, I will confirm that they have left the Danube. ”

Lomat sighed: "If that's the case, Lord Crete, I don't know if they can withstand their harassing attacks." ”

Ray laughed: "If Crete is alone, maybe he is not their opponent of Rocat, but don't forget Jerry, Jerry will not sit idly by and watch us fight here, he will definitely come over to join in the fun." Order Crete to follow Jerry's orders when the time comes, ha, I'm here to force Rokat and them to withdraw from the Danube, and Jerry has conquered the whole of Luke, and they can only fight us in Fort Carson. ”

Kalubu sighed: "I'm just afraid now, the loss of the 130,000 Jaguar Legion is too serious a blow to our morale, I'm afraid that when the time comes, the imperial capital will issue some orders that are unfavorable to us in order to conquer the south." ”

Ray said gloomily: "Those soldiers, how can they know about the losses of the Jaguar Legion? Even if they do, what does it matter? Anyway, it is the people of the Walts family who are unlucky, hum, the morale of the soldiers, as long as they are used properly, it is easy to provoke... Damn, I really want to see what kind of characters Rokat and Ingle are, even if Bicarter is an idiot, but they can annihilate the 130,000 Jaguar army with soldiers of that quality, they, they are really powerful. ”

Luke, Jerry handed over the occupation of the place to the private army sent by the two dukes of Karos Province and Buban Province, and led his army towards Fort Carson. He left behind an army of 50,000 to assist the private armies of the two provinces to occupy the Duchy of Luk, after all, the local people are likely to provoke the garrison, and Jerry does not trust the combat effectiveness of these private armies. After the 250,000 troops entered the Duchy of Fort Carson, Jerry's army seemed to disappear and scattered into the mountains and forests of the Duchy of Fort Carson.

In the imperial capital of Vant, the Minister of War Siddock received Ray's secret war report, but he had other plans in mind, and quietly worked with Shaxx to kill the spies who sent the letter and burned the secret report. Standing in his spacious and luxurious office, Siddock looked coldly at the solemn middle-aged man in front of him, and suddenly sighed: "Butters, my son, this is all for you... That bastard of Bikat made 130,000 imperial warriors die in the Danube, and if this battle report is sent to Your Majesty, I'm afraid our army will have to withdraw... In order for you to take over my position smoothly in the future, I must send our troops back after they have completely conquered the Duchy Alliance. ”

Butters, who had a resolute face, bowed slightly: "Father, your decision is naturally correct... The two generals, Ray and Jerry, have a good relationship with our family, if they make a great contribution, and Bicarter, an idiot of the Walters family, is convicted, the power of the Walters family will be completely suppressed, right?"

Siddock sneered: "Nature, this is nature. So, I can't let anyone know what's going on over there right now, absolutely not. I can't let the Walters be prepared, I want to make them feel like Billart is fighting valiantly on the front lines. ”

Butters smiled: "Well, we need to be careful, it is those spies sent by the principality, if they leak these war reports, the Walters family will definitely be suspicious, right? Father, will Lord Shaxx help us with this? It is not easy to kill so many spies." ”

Siddock picked up a delicate crystal cup, took a sip of the water in the glass, and said lightly: "Shaxx, you owe me a lot of favors, he will handle this matter well." As for you, when the time comes, I'll send you to the southeast, and you can get a good deal of Ray and Jerry. Although I can control the old guys of the Knight Senate, the two of them are the new ones in the Imperial military now, and you must win them over before your status can be recognized in the future. ”

Butters sighed, "So, do you need me to go to the front?" he confidently stroked the wide saber at his waist.

Siddock shook his head slowly: "Jerry is a very smart person, you don't need to go to the front, he will also give you a very heavy military merit." After all, he and Lei both need your care from the military department in the future, huh? Of course, we can't be too conspicuous, after all, His Majesty's cronies also have their own intelligence system within the Five Beast Legion, and you can kill a few soldiers of the principality... You send a message to Ray.,Information about that kid in Bicarter.,You don't need to send it to the imperial capital anymore.。。。 When he explained it to His Majesty in the future, he said that because he was too angry and bent on annihilating the army of the principality, so... You get the idea. ”

Butters nodded, and he suddenly chuckled softly, "Father, the Walts family still wants to take the position of military minister from you, and they are a little too bold, right?"

Siddock smiled, and his dry fingers lightly turned the crystal cup in his hand: "Of course, of course, my place is naturally reserved for you." When they were fighting with our family, they actually deliberately provoked His Majesty's most trusted Lei now, and those young people in their family were really too inconsiderate of the interests of the family. After a pause, Seedock said indifferently: "In a few days, you can go over there." Before you leave the Imperial Capital, my child, don't you want to see how your swordsmanship is doing in the past few decades? Go and say hello to the people of the Walters family, I also want to see how your strength is. ”

Butters bowed slowly and said, "That's nature, father." I don't want them to always send some third-rate killers to harass me, so give them a little bit of power, and they should be. ”

Ray led 200,000 dragon soldiers and 170,000 Jaguar soldiers to form a thick skirmish line, combing through the entire Danube like a comb. Four days later, they finally confirmed that Rokat, Ingle, and Beamon had left the Danube. Ray stood by the Bama Canal and sneered: "Beamon, what a coward. Actually let hundreds of thousands of recruits attack Yasuo and Meate's camp, hum, it's just to let yourself escape with your relatives... Okay, Karubb, let the brothers cross the river, and we will return to the territory of Fort Kassen, and order the private generals behind us to post more posts along the Bama Canal, and I will make sure that they can no longer wander back to the Danube. ”

Ray's army slowly began to cross the river, and Karub took Ray into the dungeon of Blue Water Castle.

Kicking open the heavy iron door, Ray himself carried a torch into the small cell, and Sauter bounced off the ground like an ape, jumping into the corner of the cell, his hands carefully guarded in front of him, his eyes narrowed slightly, to adapt to the sudden bright light.

The murderous aura on Ray's body surged towards Sauter in waves, his lightning-like gaze scanning Short's long, powerful body, and his angular fingers that were as angular as steel bars and contained extremely powerful words. Thorte's body trembled slightly, and with his fighting spirit barely reaching the strength of a golden first-order knight, he really couldn't resist Lei's violent murderous aura, but his eyes were still unyielding and staring at Lei.

Ray snorted: "Surrender me, I can let you be the archer instructor of my legion, and lead all the archers." This is an opportunity for you, I know that you are a good hunter, the best archer, I can see it, because I myself am one of the few top archers on the continent, it's not that I'm bragging, it's a fact... But there is no such thing as you among my subordinate generals, and if you take refuge in me and swear to obey me in the honor of your family, then you can attain a higher position of power than in the army of the Duchy of Kassenburg. ”

Soter sneered: "Just kidding, General Lei, you're kidding. I will not surrender you. ”

A murderous aura flashed in Lei's eyes: "Really?"

Sauter nodded slowly: "Of course it's true, I will never surrender to you." It is absolutely unacceptable for me to train a group of soldiers who have slaughtered my countrymen, to train them to be elite archers, and then to use them to rule over my people... Absolutely not. Or, you people of the Van Empire, can or have surrendered to the Smart who set foot on your territory, and that only proves that you will surrender to the enemy, and we, the people of Fort Carson, will never do so. ”

A wave of air mixed with heat hit Sauter's chest, and Sauter's muscles immediately tensed, but he still couldn't resist Lei's finger that popped out casually, and the whole person froze on the ground. Ray looked indifferently at Sauter, who was twitching on the ground, and said, "We, the Vaticans, will not surrender to the enemy... Playing tricks won't do you any good. Come to think of it, you're a rare talent, and I can give you more time to think about what works for me. A year, ten years, twenty years, or your whole life, when you think about it, come and tell me. ”

Sauter struggled and roared, "I'll tell you now, I'm going to be loyal to you. ”

Lei Dan laughed: "Then, you can live here for the rest of your life." You're older than me, but you still have more than 100 years to live, right? Not everyone has the opportunity to live in a place like this for 100 years. Karubb, give Lord Sauter and his subordinates the best food and clothing, but never let them see even a ray of sunshine, I think the people of the mountains are the most affectionate to nature, don't they? ”

Ray smiled and walked out, handing the torch to Lomat, who was beside him. Two berserk dragon soldiers closed the heavy iron door.

Lomat sighed: "They are all good archers, my lord, look at their shape, they all meet your requirements for longbowmen, tall, powerful, and have a good head, and can also judge the influence of the wind and direction on the arrows, when we ambushed them, we suffered a lot under their arrows." ”

Thunder snorted heavily: "If it weren't for them to join the ranks of my longbowmen, why would I bother so much? Hmm, if only I could capture Rokat alive, if Rokat ordered them to be loyal to me, these unruly warriors would also obediently listen to me, right? Hmph, when the time comes, it will be interesting to see if they are really absolutely not loyal to their enemies... Cross the river, cross the river, tell the brothers to hurry up and cross the river... Adopt the old methods in the territory of Fort Carson, burn down their houses, and tell the people that it is because of Rocat's reason that they have suffered so much. ”

After walking back to the surface, Ray paused and ordered: "Capture Rocatt and Ingle and their relatives." According to what the spies saw, Beamon's relatives fled with him, so where are Ingle's relatives and Rocat's relatives? Catch them and use them to coerce Rocat's surrender... What else can Carson's tiger do when we put the sword on the neck of Rocat's mother?

Lomat sent a herald and ordered Crete to prepare to occupy Greenleaf Castle and track down news of the Rocat family. But come to think of it, Rocat's family will not stupidly stay in the Green Leaf Castle and wait for the Vant soldiers to arrest them, they should have left their homeland a long time ago, so they can only pursue the news by torturing the people of Fort Carson. Lomat muttered in a low voice, "I hope those people will not support a lord who has abandoned them, and I hope they will not be stupid enough to cover up the whereabouts of those nobles at the expense of their homeland." ”

Ray stood on the city wall, and when he saw the dense dragon like an ant colony and the soldiers of the Jaguar Legion preparing to cross the river, he suddenly sneered: "Those division commanders who disobeyed my orders should have understood that I was right by now, right? Karubb, go and let them out, if they still insist that I have obtained the command of the Jaguar Legion through improper means, then let them continue to return to the dungeon." ”

Karub nodded, and went with a group of high-ranking knights, he had to guard against the angry division commanders from making angry moves. Lomat gently flicked the dust off his shoulders and said with a smile, "My lord, should we send someone to move all the inhabitants of those villages near the mountains? ”

Lei nodded: "It doesn't matter whether they move out or not, anyway, they have to burn down their houses, and their food or something will also be taken away, tell them that if they come to the nearest town, they will have to eat, and if they don't come, they will starve." If they insist on staying in their villages, then the problem of those people who are waiting to eat, let them be left to Rocat, and tens of thousands of more people will help them eat their rations, which I think will make them more uncomfortable than if we killed thousands of his soldiers. ”

Lomat smiled: "So, so be it, I'll go and order... Depending on the situation, the weather is about to change recently, and the spring in the Duchy of Carson is a lot of rain, and it is difficult for them to move when they encounter spring rain in the mountains. ”

Lei looked at the pale green mountain forest in front of him, nodded slightly, rubbed his hands against each other, and ordered: "Well, no matter so much, anyway, we have plenty of food, grass and tents, so that the brothers can prepare We will advance twenty miles every day, and we will not let go of any inch of land, I will slowly force them into a small area, and when the time comes, they will have to fight us in a decisive battle... But what is Jerry doing now? He's not going to be as calm and slow as I am. ”

Lomat gently swept the hair that hung from his head to his forehead, and pouted and laughed: "Lord Jerry, the person he is targeting must be very uncomfortable, right?"

Lei hehe said a few times: "No matter what Jerry is doing, let's start preparing, let Crete sit in the Green Leaf Castle as our backbone, and the other brothers will start to practice the tactics of cooperation while advancing, if you can't find the enemy to fight, at least the brothers can't rest, and they have to play a role in training." ”

The black smoke drifted into the sky above the Hellforest Forest, and the two Orion villages were burned down, and hundreds of sturdy Orions grabbed their weapons and began to resist, but they were immediately knocked to the ground by the elite Van warriors, how could these fierce Orions fight against the well-trained soldiers? They could only accept the reality that their villages were destroyed, and after collecting some necessary swords, they had no choice but to leave their villages under the supervision of the Dragon Legion.

Soon, a no-man's land was carved out to the east of the Hellforest, and not a single Fort Carson civilian remained within ten miles of depth. Countless dragons and soldiers of the Jaguar Legion were like an iron wall, slowly moving forward, moving, moving towards the line of the Hellforest Forest. Eventually, their fortifications had reached the edge of the forest, and the sturdy pillboxes and turrets had been built to the proper standards of field warfare. According to Lomat, "Our soldiers must not only train their offensive abilities, but also their defenses, so this kind of training is also essential to build some fortifications." ”

Because of Lomat's words, the 370,000-strong army dug countless ditches along the way, piled up countless arrow towers and pillboxes, but, according to Lei's orders, these fortifications were very careful to avoid the fields of the local people and did not damage their land. After all, burning down their houses and robbing them of their property is just a means, a gesture, to force Rokat to come out for a decisive battle, or to drive a wedge between the civilians of the principality and Rocat, and in the future, they will still rely on these civilians to resume production and dig up those precious minerals. Therefore, what Ray ordered to be burned were those houses that were easy to build, which dealt a particularly heavy psychological blow to the civilian population of the principality, but did not actually damage their economy at all.

After taking more than 100 high-ranking captives such as Bikat to join Bimon's army in the Dark Prison Forest, Rokat, Ingle, and Bimon led a total of more than 91,000 elite soldiers, including more than 30,000 wounded soldiers, and retreated towards Rokat's secret training camp in the Thor Mountains. There, Rokat had accumulated a certain amount of food and grass, and there were certain housing facilities that allowed the wounded soldiers to get better conditions for recuperation.

Looking at the black smoke rising just outside the forest, and then at the ditches and communication trenches that were constantly approaching, Rocat's face was hard to see: "Damn, they want to force us into the mountains, where we can't get enough food and grass." Ingle, what do you think should be done?"

Ingle looked helplessly at the impregnable defense line and sighed: "What can we do? Our current strength is not enough to break through this defense line, only when the soldiers have recovered their strongest combat effectiveness, we can break through this defense line." Thankfully, however, our goal is not to engage them head-on, the only thing we need is to attack their strongholds and take out their garrisons. ”

Beamon looked at the towering arrow towers outside the dense forest, and said viciously: "This damn thunder, what kind of tactic is he? He is simply bullying us with his superior forces, and if we had hundreds of thousands of troops, we would have fought with him a long time ago." ”

Rokat said faintly: "Beamon, don't think about those unrealistic questions, if we have such an army of hundreds of thousands, do we still need to be afraid of the Van Empire? Let the wounded soldiers go first, and I'll take someone to the Green Leaf Castle to see if I can find a chance to do their thing. Ingle, you go with me, Beamon, you take the rest of the soldiers to the training camp, remember, do not clash with them. ”

Beamon spit a mouthful of thick phlegm on the ground: "Don't worry, I won't know the severity of it." But you two pay attention, where are your families? Don't let them use your relatives to force you to surrender, if possible, take them to the training camp, it's safest. ”

Rokat nodded slowly, and after gently pulling out the spear stuck in the mud, he said: "That's nature, Ingle, your mother is with my family now, they are all in Kana Town near the Green Leaf Castle, we will take them out, and by the way, see if there is a chance to kill some Vants... Beamon, let's take 20,000 people, you pay attention, you must take the rest of the soldiers to the training camp safely, understand?"

Beamon nodded, and said a little impatiently: "Don't worry, am I a child? Do you have to be so careful? Ha, dear Lord Bicarter, you should go, hurry, don't drag us back on the road, otherwise." Beamon viciously licked the tip of his iron rod and punched Bikat in the head with his big hand, and Beicat shuddered with fright, screamed, and curled up on the ground, his little eyes closed in horror.

Rokat and Ingle spit on Bikat at the same time, shook their heads, cursed in a low voice, and after counting 20,000 soldiers on the hour, they rushed towards the Green Leaf Castle in the dense forest two thousand feet in front of Ray's defense line. They were confident that Lei would not send a large army into the dense forest for the time being, after all, fighting in the jungle was their specialty, and although the Van soldiers were extremely fierce, their combat effectiveness was still a little reduced compared to fighting on flat ground.

After looking at Thunder's defense line for a long time, Beamon led the remaining soldiers towards the Thor Mountain Range. He muttered, "Damn, if you're going to attack the Vants, why don't you bring more people? Just 20,000 people, how many people can you kill? However, don't say that I'm stupid than Momon, there are too many people, and he is easy to be discovered by the Vants... Damn, why is it raining? The black smoke in the sky had been replaced by gloomy clouds, and a trace of rain fell gently, and soon turned into dense raindrops the size of soybeans.

The Hellforest was suddenly muddy, and the fallen leaves that had accumulated over the years were soaked in the muddy water, giving off a strange smell. Rocat's feet on the fallen leaves, they all had a feeling of not using their strength, but they could only hold on and move forward. His own family must be taken care of, and how many enemies there are in the direction of the Green Leaf Castle now must be discovered.

Ingle looked at the leather armor on those soldiers with a little worry, and shook his head helplessly. Even if it is leather armor soaked in grease, in such weather, it will become soft, and then lose most of its defense, right? That tight bowstring will also become soft and powerless because of this damn dampness, when the time comes, what use will those most famous archers in the Duchy of Carsonburg be? Ingle looked at the sky angrily and cursed in a low voice: "Thief God, won't you keep the weather clear?"

Rokat smiled at the gloomy sky, shook his head and said, "God is also helping the Van Empire, alas, Ingle, our luck seems to be really bad." But it's okay, we just have to do our best. As long as we do our best, we can force them to withdraw ... Alas, it's a pity that the connection with the Van Empire has been cut off, I don't know how the people we have arranged are doing now, if they can successfully spread rumors, the current Van Imperial Capital should already be in chaos, right?"

Ingle suddenly whispered, "If it really doesn't work, maybe we should find a way back for ourselves." ”

Rokat was silent, and then, he glanced at Ingle and sighed in a low voice, "Shut up, this kind of thing... Why didn't you think about this when you raised your army to make yourself a Grand Duke? If you had simply taken refuge in the Van Empire at that time, I'm afraid you would have become the lord of the Ruke Province of the Vat Empire, wouldn't you? Not to that point, hum. ”

Inger sighed: "You and I both understand, even if we don't have any trouble, even if we want to defect to the Van Empire, they will not accept it, they just let their soldiers come here to see blood, otherwise, our Three Kingdoms Alliance is only a hundred thousand strength, why should they use three legions to attack us?" But, old friend, you're right, it's not time to think about that kind of thing, let's keep going, I hope we can get lucky, I hope they don't have many troops stationed in Green Leaf Castle, ha, they will be as good as they will be when the time comes. ”

Raindrops slipped into their armor, and all the coalition soldiers shivered a little. The temperature in the mountains was already low, and the rain continued to take away their body temperature, and there was a wind in the dense forest that didn't know where it came from.

Beamon led his soldiers along a river valley towards the Thor Mountains, and in the middle of that section of the mountain range, there was a camp used by Rocat to train archers, which was stocked with some food, and that camp was a very safe place that even many nobles in the Duchy of Carson did not know. For the coalition forces that need to be repaired by the soldiers now, it is the best option. The food there is enough to last for more than a month, and when it really can't hold on in the end, it should be able to find a new way to supply, right?

Beamon grinned optimistically: "No matter what, fighting us in such a mountainous area is too stupid for the Vaticans." Hehe, this is our territory. Blockade of the forest? Gradually advancing? It's not terrible, we can find a lot of holes through their blockade line, and when the time comes, we will fight them everywhere, the Vants, and we will be driven out in the end. ”

One of the golden knights beside him suddenly turned his head, his sharp eyes looking at the gray peaks on either side of the river valley, and let out a soft exclamation from his mouth. Beamon looked at him a little strangely, and asked, "What's the matter? What did you find? Tell the brothers to hurry up, don't delay, don't you find that the road is getting harder and harder? The river is also slowly growing, if we don't hurry up, we won't be able to reach the Thor Mountains today." Beamon shook his head, if it weren't for the fact that they knew that this valley could not be flooded, they wouldn't dare to walk here, but after all, it was a rainy day, and the water that was originally only three feet wide was slowly rising, which was something that no one could control. If the group had gone to the top of the slope on both sides, the speed of the march would have been too slow.

The golden knight frowned and whispered, "My lord, it doesn't seem right, I always feel that someone is following us." ”

Beamon was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said, "How is it possible? Someone is following us? Don't you hear the sound of rain hitting the leaves, and you think it's someone passing by, right? Hahaha, well, who will follow us with such a heavy rain?" He laughed a few times, and several generals around him also smiled, yes, the passage of this river valley is only known to them, how can anyone follow? Lei's army is still digging a trench outside the dense forest.

The golden knight was about to say something when suddenly there was a terrible 'whin' sound in the air, and a dozen wooden poles and iron-tipped spears were thrown down from a nearby mountain. The spear-throwers had terrible arm strength, and at the same time they had an absolute advantage in height, and the spears were thrown into the group of soldiers under Beamon across a distance of five hundred feet. A dozen hapless soldiers were caught off guard and were pierced through their bodies by spears and pinned firmly to the dirt ground. The spear sank deep into the mud, and streams of blood flowed down the barrel of the spear, and soon, a large area of land turned a faint red.

Beamon was furious, and he waved his iron rod and led more than a thousand officers and soldiers towards the small peak, and the soldiers in the valley were also ready to defend, and scattered with a 'bang', carefully watching the grass and trees on the top of the nearby slope.

A terrible wolf howl came, and on a small mound opposite the peak where the spear had been thrown, hundreds of soldiers in silver light armor swaggered out, smiling and waving at the coalition brigade under the valley, and before the coalition army could rush forward, they had already pounced into the woods behind them.

Beamon's angry roar came from the top of the mountain, and they searched for a while, but found no figure except a dozen footprints, but a few unlucky soldiers were pulled into the air by the vine trap set up, and broke their own feet and necks, and a few more unlucky people were added to the ranks of the wounded. Beamon roared, "How is it possible, is there anyone more suitable for the mountains and forests than us? ”

After the battle in Turk Canyon, Jerry had already agreed with Lei that tens of thousands of soldiers in Jerry's Silver Wolf Legion had received special training in fighting in the mountains and forests, how to walk in the mountains and forests more dexterously, how to make traps in the mountains and forests more effectively, kill enemies, and how to track the enemies, all of which were learned from the Orions recruited from the mountains of the Van Empire. Perhaps these recruits were not as familiar with the jungle as the Coalition soldiers, but on such a rainy day, they wanted to harass Beamon's army, and Beamon still had no way to deal with them.

The helpless coalition army had to divide up a large group of men and horses to march on the slopes on both sides, and Beamon knew very well that if they did not get rid of these hateful small groups of silver wolf soldiers, they would not be able to enter that training camp at all, and even if they did, it would only attract the large group of men and horses of the Van Empire there. These people had to be cleared, and Beamon's eyes began to roll, how on earth could we take out these small scout teams sent by Jerry himself?

Countless wolf howls came out from the dense forest far away, and gradually, the wolf howls went away, and Beamon's face became more and more ugly, if these people attracted the brigade of the Silver Wolf Legion, then their army of more than 70,000 people could only be annihilated There was one way to go. The golden knight, who had just noticed someone being followed, shouted loudly: "My lord, what do you think we should do now? We must not lead them over, that is the only base we have now." ”

Beamon shook his head and shouted, "Assemble the whole team and retreat towards the dense forest on the left." Damn, we're going to camp the other way. After lowering his voice, Beamon secretly ordered: "Let's go into the forest, even if we slow down a little, you lead people to set up an ambush in the middle of the forest, and if they dare to follow, kill them for me." ”

Supporting their fellow leg-wounded companions, the coalition soldiers slowly marched through the dense forest. Now their only hope is this dense jungle. Ray set up an impossible blockade outside the jungle at one end, and Jerry's army found his movements in the jungle with his scout team, and the army of the Silver Wolf Legion could be cleared at any time, and they must rely on this dense forest to kill those hateful Silver Wolf Scouts.

With a grim face, Bymask helped a wounded soldier forward, and a dozen golden knights led five thousand soldiers of the Duchy of Danube to lie in ambush in the dense forest, waiting for the scouts of the Silver Wolf Legion to arrive. But a shrill voice broke their plans: "Hey, you don't have to hide, we won't be stupid to follow you." Anyway, we know that you are going south, hahaha, in this weather, you can walk up to forty miles a day, we'll see you in front, hahahaha, we have a small number, we must be faster than you, see you in front. ”

A dozen silver wolf soldiers showed their heads from behind the trees in an extremely arrogant manner, and after a burst of ridicule, they quickly flashed back and disappeared into the dense woods. A knight from the Danube drew his bow and arrows, but the string was already weak, and he threw his bow on the ground in such anger that he stepped on it several times.

Beamon sighed, looked at the jungle in front of him, and suddenly ordered loudly: "The whole army turns, let's go and join Rokat and Lord Ingle, we can't do this, if we go on like this, we can only lead them over." They were fewer than us, and they weren't hurt, we couldn't have gone faster than them, and we headed north, in the direction of the leafy castle. Beamon thought to himself, "If we join forces, it should be possible to break through the Vantate defenders on the other side of the Green Leaf Castle, right? This jungle is too dangerous, God knows how many spies the Vants have sent, this damn weather, we can't kill them, hmm, instead of hiding in that camp in the deep mountains, why don't we gamble, what if we go deep into the territory of their Van Empire?"

The more Beamon thought about it, the more he felt that his current idea was absolutely correct, so he led his team and slowly advanced towards the north. In the nearby dense forest, more than 200 teams of Silver Wolf Legion scouts rushed back and forth, reporting Beamon's movements to Jerry, who was leading the army to wait on the plains outside the forest area. More than 70,000 people marched through the forest, and it was impossible to hide the traces they had left behind, and those scouts of the Silver Wolf Legion only had to hang them from afar.

Jerry, who got the exact news of Beamon's army, began to gather his own army, and the army of silver wolves, which controlled a large area like a spider's web, flocked to Jerry's place one by one, and under his mobilization, countless pillars of smoke rose to the sky under the action of fire oil, and after putting on a heavy guarded posture, Jerry's army rolled away in the direction of the Green Leaf Castle. Jerry sat on his horse and kept sneering: "These idiots have a wonderful idea, but they didn't think of one problem, that is, their territory is too small, and our army is too much, it is impossible for them to avoid our search." ”

Looking back at the billowing pillars of smoke, Jerry gently stroked his chin and muttered, "They shouldn't dare to break through from these directions, right?" Jerry waved his hand, and the 60,000 troops immediately stayed in place, and he smiled with satisfaction: "It is really a very enjoyable thing to attack a country with your own overwhelming strength... Someone, inform Lord Lei, ask his army to cooperate with us, and be careful when you walk through the forest, don't be killed by others. "A golden knight took the order and went with a group of capable soldiers.

A day later, the army led by Rocatel and Ingle had arrived in the hilly area near the Green Leaf Castle. They stared blankly at the leafy castle with flying flags and the dense tents outside the city. The wind was strong, and the raindrops whipped the whole world like a madman, and the banner that danced in the wind clearly protruded a dragon with teeth and claws. Although it was raining, there were still many overly energetic soldiers shouting loudly on the flat ground of the camp outside the city, waving the steel knives in their hands. From afar, Rokat could feel the force of the soldiers' blades.

Rokat shook his head and sighed, "Probably, it's 100,000 people." That damn thunder is a completely stinky stone, he won't disperse his forces at all, we don't have a chance at all... Ingle, what do you think will happen if we continue our march northward and we threaten the hinterland of their empire?"

Inger was silent for a while, and said in a low voice: "The effect, it is the crazy revenge of the Van Empire." If we attack their hinterland, then it doesn't matter if tens of thousands of our troops die, I am afraid that the people of the three principalities will be angry with the anger of their emperor... ”

Rokat sighed: "Then, go pick up our family, take them to our camp, and then look for an opportunity to fight them." I'm confident that if we give us enough time, we'll turn the lands of the Principality into a big quagmire from which they won't be able to get out. Hmph, I'll have to see if their goal of dominating the continent is important, or whether it's important to kill our three small principalities. ”

Ingle sighed a little pessimistically: "The terrible thing is that if the Van Empire really conquers the entire continent, or even just a large piece of land, for us, it will also be the time when we will be completely wiped out." They will not leave us in the Principality Alliance. ”

Rocat's face was a little ugly: "No matter what, we can only take one step, look at one step." Maybe because of our relationship, the other major powers on the mainland will be able to discover the true military strength of the Van Empire and attack the Van Empire again. When the time comes, it will be our turn to make the Van Empire look good. It is impossible for the Smart Empire to allow the military strength of the Van Empire to grow unlimitedly. ”

Ingle nodded: "That's the only way to do, let's go, while the wind and rain are still strong, let's go and pick up the people at home and leave." Forget the rest, if our parents fall into the hands of the Vaticans, then it will be in trouble. ”

The two of them, with hundreds of the most elite officers and soldiers, sneaked towards the town of Caro. The wind and rain were too strong, and the town of Carrow was a remote town, an insignificant place in the town near the castle of green leaves, so Crete had no soldiers stationed there, and the town was largely intact except for the setting fire to some houses that could easily be rebuilt afterwards. Crete could quite understand what Ray meant, if he destroyed all those houses with complex structures, such as those made of solid stone, wouldn't he be asking for trouble for himself afterwards?

There was no difference, Rocat, Ingle secretly picked up their closest relatives, a total of only a dozen people, including the guards around them, there were more than fifty people, they were hiding in the basement of a mansion here, all of them were about to go crazy, but at least now they can leave here with more peace of mind.

Perhaps, God is really helping the Van Empire, just when Rokat and they gathered their brigade and were about to retreat down the hill, the reckless Beamon had already rushed over with a group of people, shouting loudly: "Rocat, it's really damned, we were entangled by the Van people, there is really no way, we don't dare to march towards the Thor Mountain Range, so we have to come back to you." Their scout team was so slippery that I tried several times to take them out, but they weren't fooled. I don't dare to separate the armies and go in that direction, so I have to come to you. ”

If Ingle or Ingle were alone, they would have eliminated those scout detachments even if they used the most stupid and barbaric means, and the so-called scouts would certainly not be very numerous, if a group of elite knights were sent to be led by Rockart or Ingle, they could easily kill them, how could it be possible that the 70,000 army would be forced back by other scouts?

Rokat shouted frantically: "Beamon, Beamon, you bastard, you have been reckless all your life, why are you careful this time? If you personally led people to chase and kill them, you would have gotten rid of their pursuit a long time ago." You, you, you, you ... ”

Ingle gritted his teeth and drank: "You are actually coming to us with a large number of their scouts, are you afraid that we will not be able to be wiped out by them? Those scouts must have already spread our direction, and now, the armies of the three legions of the dragon, the silver wolf, and the jaguar must have come towards us." Don't you know, Beamon ... Ingle wanted to scold Beamon, blaming him for why he didn't use those wounded soldiers to hold back the scouts of the Silver Wolf Legion, so that his main elite could reach the training camp safely, after all, not many people knew about that location. But thinking about this, this kind of thing really can't be said on such an occasion, after all, there are soldiers nearby, Ingle can only close his mouth in anger.

Rokat stood calmly in place, and after a long time, he sighed: "There is no way, it is impossible to go to the Thor Mountains again, they will not give us this chance." We can't go in the direction of the green leaf castle, we can only ... What do you think, Ingle?"

Ingle was silent for a moment, and suddenly pointed to the southwest: "Then, only there, although the castle is not very strong, but if we defend it properly, we can resist it for a long time, but now, we must rush over as soon as possible, this is our only chance... Go to Cloud City, quick, everyone go to Cloud City with a whole army... Beamon, you take someone to escort our relatives to go first, and Rokat and I lead people to the palace, hurry up. ”

Rokat took a long breath and drank: "Go, hurry up, don't waste time, Beamon, you have done them a great favor, now is not the time to be wordy, go quickly, or we will all die here." I knew it would be like today, I should have set up more city defenses in Cloud City, but it's a pity, it's a pity. ”

Beamon knew that he had done something wrong, and he didn't dare to say anything, so he escorted his three relatives over with five thousand elites. Rokat sighed: "Come on, we should go, everyone pay attention, if we encounter the legions of the Van Empire, we can't fight, we must break away as soon as possible, our current strength cannot be their opponent." ”

Ingle and Rocater exchanged glances and sighed inwardly, and then they looked north at the same time. The spies they arranged should have spread the rumors to the imperial capital of Vant, right? Their people should have begun to get restless, right? Their emperor and ministers should have begun to prepare to send people to investigate, right? If they learned that the Jaguar Legion had indeed been dealt a heavy blow, they would have considered continuing the war with the Duchy Alliance, but it was just weakening their own strength, and it was really worth the loss, right?

Inger shook his head, waved the 'God of Slaughter', and whispered: "Really, all our hopes are pinned on the enemy, which is not a good sign, we are not capable of controlling our own destiny at all. If Shagru of the Van Empire must conquer us, Rocat, what do you think?"

Rocat's voice reached his ears like an ant: "Well, let's fight to the death, what else? No matter what we want to seek, we must rely on a war to achieve our goal." Ingle, don't think too much, we can only fight, if you surrender to the Van Empire now, what do you think awaits you? ”

Ingle sighed helplessly, waved his hand, and signaled that the brigade could go. At this moment, the gloomy sky suddenly dispersed and the rain fell, and wisps of warm sunlight fell. The sky was incomparably clear for a while, and the whole world was like a piece of warm glass, and the vision was incomparably fresh. In the distance, from the watchtower of the leafy castle, the exclamation of the dragon soldiers was immediately heard, although it was too far away to hear what he was shouting, but Rokat and Ingle could imagine that the soldiers were merely reporting their arrival.

The mournful horn sounded, and the dense tent seemed to suddenly move, and countless well-dressed dragon soldiers rushed out of the tent, and those soldiers who were still wielding knives in the heavy rain just now got into the tent one after another, and when they came out again, they were already covered with their own armor. The gate of the Green Leaf Castle slowly opened to this side, and about a thousand knights rushed out with thousands of soldiers on their horses.

The earth began to tremble slightly, and a faint murderous aura emanated from the air, and the scene of a hundred thousand troops marching in one direction at the same time was absolutely shocking. In the first row, there were dense heavy infantry, on the two wings, there were light infantry with machete shields, and in the middle of the line, there were spearmen armed with spears, and in the middle of them, mixed with light infantry, gave them the best protection. The archers, on the other hand, were nervously pulling out their bowstrings and tying them to their longbows, their bowstrings were well preserved in their tents, which came in handy at the moment, and what about the allied archers?

The knights led by Crete took the lead in the front of the group, and with a wave of his spear from side to side, two black-pressed brigades immediately outflanked the two wings, ready to entangle Rokat and them in the center. But the armies of the two wings immediately returned to their ranks, for they no longer needed such outflanking. In the east, countless military flags fluttered, and the huge Lei was holding a giant sword, laughing wildly and riding on a war horse, with an overwhelming team of men and horses, and in the northwest direction, Jerry, who had a lazy smile on his face, led countless soldiers in silver and white armor to rush over like a wave.

The three-way army attacked, and in the dense forest behind it, there was also the sound of fine branches shattering, it is conceivable that these people were arranged by Lei, and the brigade of men and horses mobilized from those defense lines directly followed the footsteps of Beamon to kill.

Rokat smiled bitterly: "Fuck, how many people are there, you can't see the edge at all at a glance." ”

Ingle gave the order very simply: "Brothers, if you don't want to die, just speed up my pace and move towards Cloud City, quickly, flee, do you want to die? They have at least 700,000 troops here." "Ingle's judgment is very correct, the entire northwest, north, northeast, and east are countless Vantas soldiers, and the Green Leaf Castle has simply become a small sampan floating in a vast ocean, which looks inconspicuous, without 700,000 horses, where can there be such an effect?

The morale of the coalition forces fell to freezing point, and they took crazy steps and rushed to the southwest, where, under the peak of a branch of the Thor Mountains, there was a cloud city, which was their last hope.

Ray's crazy sneer came through: "Hahahaha, Carson's Tiger, Luke's Eagle, don't you want me to see your faces? You can really bear it, how many villages I have burned down in the past few days, and you have not reacted at all, and they are really a group of villains who only seek their own power and status, regardless of whether the people live or die." Hahahaha, don't run, where else can you run? Where else do you want to run? We've got your military map, and there's a dead end, there's only a castle. ”

Jerry's voice also spread throughout the battlefield, but it was not as clear as Lei's voice: "Three, there is no need for you to run away, let's fight us." Don't you feel tired after wasting so much time? Hehehehe, I really want to know, how can Rocat have the nickname of Tiger? Is he really strong?"

Rokat and Ingle looked at the attacking army with gloomy faces, and didn't bother to answer, what else could they do in such a situation? And, according to Ingle's suggestion, perhaps, they have other ways to think of it.

Ray's hand waved, Crete raised the spear in his hand in a sense, and the longbowmen in his ranks suddenly stopped in place, and after a little preparation, tens of thousands of specially made long arrows roared into the sky. Although some soldiers were not tall enough, the bowstring was not strong enough, and the arrows quickly fell back to the ground, although many of the soldiers were not very accurate, and the arrows were shot at the coalition soldiers at a crooked angle, but after all, there were too many people, whether it was the archers or the coalition soldiers who were running, there were too many of them, as long as the arrows were fired, they could always kill and injure countless coalition soldiers.

Long arrows rained down from the sky with a terrible whistling sound, and in the sound of 'poof, poof', thousands of coalition soldiers howled and were nailed to the ground by piercing arrows, and blood was suddenly sprinkled all over the ground. More arrows missed their targets, and were nailed to the ground diagonally, so that the white arrow feathers literally gave rise to a piece of reeds on the ground, such a large piece, which looked amazing.

Ingle looked at the long-range bow and arrow in amazement, "Oh my God, what is this?"

Rokat had already taken him by the hand and yelled, "Whatever it is, anyway, let's go." The two of them took the coalition brigade and ran out all over the mountains and fields with their lives.

The second group of arrows fell, and more than 2,000 more coalition soldiers fell under the arrows. However, this was also the last batch of arrows that could reach the coalition army, after all, there were too many Van troops, and those longbowmen needed to stop pulling the bow and string, and it was impossible to keep up with the pace of the coalition army, so after leaving behind more than 7,000 corpses, the coalition soldiers finally escaped the attack range of this piercing longbow.

Ray sighed: "If these longbowmen are all at the level of Thort's subordinates, I'm afraid our results will be three times higher." ”

Karubb nodded slowly, "Yes, my lord, but we still have time to train them." After all, those archers are selected by the Duchy of Carsonburg, and unlike our soldiers, give them enough time and they can become qualified longbowmen... Well, it just takes a little bit of time. Karubb looked at Ray's arms, which were not as thick as humans, and muttered to himself: "After all, you can pull such a longbow continuously, and an ordinary soldier can pull it thirty times, which is considered very good, if it is those archers from Fort Carson, you should be able to perform very well, right?"

The coalition brigade was running for its life, and two teams of 10,000 people rushed out, one was the dragon brigade that came out of the dense forest, and the other was the silver wolf brigade that was killed in the nearby hills, and the two 10,000 teams stabbed the coalition army in the queue, and about 30,000 soldiers were separated from the brigade by them, and most of these soldiers were wounded coalition troops, because they ran a little slower, so they pulled behind.

Rokat looked back at the soldiers with trembling hands, and was about to shout something, when Ingle had already hit him the shoulder, pulling him to continue running. What are you kidding, the Vatins are not far behind, and if they go to rescue those backward soldiers now, they can only trap themselves in.

Another group of silver wolf soldiers came out of the oblique time, this time the distance was a little far, and the group of silver wolf soldiers ran parallel to the coalition team. And then, another team, another team... There are constantly men and horses in silver armor rushing out of the hills, following the coalition soldiers to chase and kill, although the number of these teams is not large, but the continuous appearance of people and horses, giving the coalition soldiers great psychological pressure. Finally, a group of soldiers of the Duchy of Luke could not bear such pressure, and simply fell to their knees on the ground, throwing their weapons aside, and they surrendered.

Inger roared in annoyance and extreme shame, he couldn't bear the surrender of his elite soldiers to the enemy, he really couldn't understand why these most elite warriors of his own principality would surrender in such a situation. They have one last choice, a choice that can take care of everyone, all they need is to fight hard once, as long as the last one is enough.

Rokat drank gloomily: "Leave them alone, it's their choice." ”

Behind, the Van army that was slowly moving forward had already drowned the 30,000 backward coalition soldiers, and countless coalition soldiers fell to the mountain covered in blood, they were powerless to resist, but this time it was the soldiers of the Van Empire who surrounded them with their absolute superiority in numbers, plus the gap in combat effectiveness between the two sides, they could not have any hope of victory at all.

Ray and Jerry converged, Ray laughed and Jerry touched each other's fists, and sighed: "That bastard of Bicarter, if it weren't for him, we would have won a complete victory this time, the Jaguar Legion was killed 130,000 people, hehe, go back to the imperial capital this time, I'm afraid the Walters family will be uncomfortable, right?"

Jerry's face suddenly became gloomy: "What? 130,000 people? Damn it. Jerry knew very well what the fate of a general who betrayed the Empire, a general who killed 130,000 Imperial soldiers because of his betrayal, and his family. Perhaps his entire family will not be wiped out, but his immediate family will surely be swept away by the order of the enraged Shagru.

Ray shook his head lightly, and suddenly said, "I will go to the military department to sue Bicater, because his actions are too bad, what about you?"

Jerry sighed, "So, let's go together." Bikart, Bicarter... Who agreed to let him lead the army in the first place? This time, the top of the empire is going to shake again. ”

Ray looked at the coalition soldiers in front of him who were gradually unable to see clearly, and suddenly laughed: "This time, we practiced long-distance running, cooperative operations between squads, field defense, field outflanking, jungle reconnaissance and other tactics, but, Jerry, don't you think we still lack something?"

Jerry nodded knowingly: "Of course, of course I understand that we still lack a siege battle, a siege battle, and a battle that can give the soldiers a taste of how cruel a siege is." Well, we should let them experience what to do during the siege, so shall we let them go back to Cloud City?"

Stroking the mane of his warhorse, Lei nodded and said, "Then, let them go to Cloud City, but don't let too many people in." Thirty or fifty thousand men would be enough, and I don't want too many casualties among our soldiers. Well, why don't you think they're surrendering now? There's no hope for them. ”

Jerry was silent for a moment, then looked at Lomat. Lomat chuckled softly and said, "Maybe, I mean maybe, they've thought of surrendering now, but they must be afraid of being mistreated if they join us, right?" ”

Ray and Jerry glanced at each other, and Jerry shook his head first: "No way, I won't let them go, no matter how good they behave, I won't let them go." ”

Lei nodded lightly and whispered, "Then, let's tell them directly that they must die." In this way, they will fight hard, or not, so that it will be a little more difficult for those brothers under them, and every time the last division goes to attack the city, how about it? Use my longbowmen to cover, hahaha. ”

Jerry smiled, and Lomat added, "Also, my lord, maybe they're still hoping that we'll take our troops, right? They should have learned from Bicarter about our intentions to send troops this time, to put it bluntly, it's just to give our legion a bloody experience and train our troops." However, they succeeded in annihilating the 130,000 troops of our Jaguar Legion, so to speak, this time we have failed. If they can delay in Cloud City for a while, if the army of our three legions is not able to completely pacify the three principalities for a long time, perhaps Your Majesty will order some reconciliation. ”

Karubb asked in a deep voice, "For example?"

Lomat sighed: "For example, Your Majesty may order us to avoid greater losses in our military strength and greater damage to the prestige of our military... Everything is possible, and we have no control over what His Majesty will think, what kind of orders he will give, as if Rokat they don't know. After all, our target is the entire continent, and it would not be wise to consume too much of our military power in these three tiny principalities. ”

"And, most likely, because we've been here for too long, we've had other nations find out what we're going to do, and if they know that our Five Beast Legion has expanded to one and a half million," Lomat continued. So, in order to keep this secret, maybe ... ”

Lei waved his hand angrily: "Damn, where is there such a troublesome thing? If that's really the case, we'll just settle the battle in two or three days." We're going to attack the city, but they're running faster than rabbits anyway, and we can't catch up with them. ”

Jerry looked up at the soft clouds in the sky and whispered, "Lomat, I hope what you said doesn't happen." If His Majesty really orders the withdrawal of troops, then we will lose our face this time... Actually, it's not that we're not fighting well, it's really the damn guy from Bicarter, who dragged down the entire front. ”

Lomat spread his hands helplessly: "My lord, no matter what, Your Majesty will only notice that we have lost a total of 130,000 troops, even if it has nothing to do with us, but in order to avoid greater losses, I am sure that Your Majesty will make certain moves." Of course, the faster His Majesty makes a decision, the greater the bad luck of the Walters family, there is no doubt about it. ”

Lei shook his head: "You analyze, analyze, I still don't know, no matter so much, just go up and completely solve them, I see how long they can rely on such a small castle to hold on." I'm going to cut off their heads with my own hands, I swear, hum. Ray suddenly looked at the more than 10,000 coalition soldiers who were kneeling on the ground and had completely given up resistance, the fierce light in his eyes flashed, his hand had just been raised, but he still slowly put it down. With a gentle pat on his horse, Ray led the men and rushed forward.

Jerry smiled softly and shouted, "Alright, brothers, let's go." Ahead is the last bastion of the Principality Alliance, kill them and we will be completely victorious... Don't worry, everyone has a chance to attack the city, hahahaha... Jerry's laughter drifted far away. The whole earth began to tremble again, hundreds of thousands of troops slowly advanced towards Cloud City, the trees were cut down, the grass was trampled flat, and the place where the army passed was a muddy land.

Battle City, the royal palace of the Van Empire.

Sitting in his study, looking at the drizzle outside the window gently sprinkled on the soft lawn, Shagru asked casually: "Is there a battle report from the front?" It has been more than a month since the 900,000 army attacked the Principality Alliance, so there should have been a result?。。。 Seedock may not take this campaign as a thing, and there has been no news for so long, this is not good, and they will tell Seedock in the future, even if it is such a weak opponent as attacking the Principality Alliance, they must give me a battle report anyway, and let me see the results of the three of them Ray, Jerry, and Bicart. ”

A man dressed in black, standing lightly in the corner of the study, whose body seemed to exude an endless dark aura, replied softly: "Your Majesty, I'm sorry, maybe because the battle situation is too smooth, the few people I arranged have not sent me any information. Come to think of it, they were all busy occupying the lands and wealth of the Principality Alliance. After defeating those three principalities, their minerals can increase our armament production capacity by 40%. ”

Shagru gracefully covered his mouth with a white silk handkerchief and laughed softly: "Of course, it makes sense." Just a purple gold castle in the Danube, the purple gold in it is worth a huge amount of money, that kid from Bikat may be worrying about how to embezzle a huge amount of money without me finding out, hehehehe. As for Ray and Jerry, I'm sure Ray wouldn't do that kind of thing to encroach on the property of the Empire, Jerry is also a careful person, but they should be training like crazy, with those poor principality troops. ”

The man in black forcibly carried a smile in his voice, which was purely a smile squeezed out to echo Shagru's words: "Yes, Your Majesty, the two generals, Ray and Jerry, should be attacking their castle in turn." After all, if we were to attack the other six empires, our soldiers would have to be familiar with how to conquer the enemy's walls. I think the two generals were also worried about this, so they delayed the war. ”

Shagru smiled and said, "Yes, yes, there should be no major events on the front line, and the army of the Principality Alliance has almost been wiped out, so they will simply wait until the triumph to report to us, which is not bad, it makes me feel excited to wait." Well, you can go, Shaxx's spies sometimes don't necessarily be able to find out some information, your subordinates still have to keep an eye on it... Well, there's no need to report something as trivial as Duke Chemilly favoring two little women, what I need is their big moves, understand?"

The man in black fell to his knees, and after a respectful salute, the figure disappeared as if it were a twisting wave of water.

Not long after the man in black disappeared, the head of the palace had already knocked on the door of the study: "Your Majesty, the three ministers of Messo, Krees, Siddock, and Shaxx ask to see you." ”

Shagru hurriedly said: "Please let them in, hahaha, they have brought me good news, right? It must be, oh, Siddock, my dear Minister of War, can you tell me if our legions have successfully won the Principality Alliance, and our warriors have been trained well?" Shagru stood up gracefully, personally picked up a wine bottle on the desk, poured a few wine glasses, and poured them four glasses of red wine.

Siddock, who was full of ghosts, glanced at Shaxx, who was also full of rigidity, and hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, there is no news from the front line for the time being, but I think that in the reach of the Empire's military might, there is no enemy who can resist our advance, I believe that the three generals Ray, Jerry, and Bicart have conquered the last stronghold of the Principality Alliance." But we're here to report something else to you. ”

Shagru frowned, "Oh, what else is worth coming to see me? Is the civil war in the Smart Empire over? Is it possible that they have formed a coalition again? Hmm, tell me some good news, okay?"

Meso Manlin took a step forward with a smile, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, it is definitely good news, the civil war in the Smart Empire has a tendency to further expand, although with the support of all the mages of the temple, but our Karin Majesty does not dare to launch a devastating magic against the army of the old emperor who is also the people of Smart, so they will have to fight for a while." The Dak Empire, on the other hand, can't hold it anymore, and according to the information we have received, the army of the Dak Empire is ready to invade the Smart Empire. ”

Krees smiled and rubbed his palms: "What makes us happiest is that the Wright Empire seems to have discovered the intentions of the Darker Empire, and they are also secretly preparing an army to take advantage of it." And the Rhett and Lev empires started a confrontation for the sake of the two enclaves in their territory because of our provocation, and it seems that there will be no peace for a while, in short, the whole continent is going to be in chaos, Your Majesty, they are going to be in chaos. ”

Siddock's face also put a smile on his face: "Our 600,000 troops of the two legions of Tyranny and Feifeng have already rectified the defense system of the four southern provinces, as long as the three legions of the Crazy Dragon, Jaguar, and Silver Wolf move south, we are confident that we will capture the territory of a total of twenty provinces of their five empires at least within two months... Of course, our friends of the Bicester Empire, their newly formed Iron Knights, will be our spearhead. ”

Shaxx said triumphantly: "The other six empires, they don't know how strong our military is now, they don't watch out for us at all, they all think that we have already lost the last war, they don't need to worry about us, so they only keep some symbolic border guards on our borders." ”

Shagru's eyebrows raised, and he walked briskly around the study, bringing a gust of wind, and he said excitedly, "Ha, it's wonderful, it's wonderful, it's amazing, it's the best opportunity." Originally, we were going to delay sending troops for a while, but as soon as they were all done, it was time for us to get what we deserved. No, no, no, you say that we can't attack several countries at the same time, and if that is the case, it is to force them to join forces against us again, so we should ... ”

Shagru looked at his four old ministers proudly, and Messo immediately said insidiously: "So, we need to kill one empire at once, completely eradicate their noble bloodline, so that they can never turn over again, so as not to arouse the suspicion of other empires... Well, Your Majesty, what is your choice?"

Shagru laughed softly: "Oh, everyone look, the two empires of Duck and Wright are going to the Smart Empire to join in the fun, then, let's go too, we only need to occupy half of Smart's territory is enough." This way, we have plenty of time to digest him, and the other empires will not accuse us politically, and we can simply eat the most fertile territory of the Smart Empire. ”

Siddock rubbed his slap and said, "At the same time, this will not reveal our real military strength, we only need to send about 300,000 troops into the Smart Empire." ”

Shagru looked up drunkenly: "That's nature, oh my God, when we laugh at half of the wealth of the Smart Empire, get their powerful mage legion, and then, when our incomparably powerful legion appears on the continent entirely, how surprised those empires will be, oh, I feel excited when I think of that scene." ”

Everyone in the study laughed sinikerly, yes, when the Van Empire gets the powerful magician legion of the Smart Empire, what other forces on the entire continent can fight against the invincible army of Vant? At that time, the entire continent will be unified under the banner of the Van Empire, and everyone present will also become the founder of an unprecedentedly powerful empire, which is enough to be recorded in the history books.

The five of them were all fluttering, and Shagru sighed: "Great, wonderful, oh, I really wish that the Darker Empire and the Wright Empire would enter the Smart Empire sooner, I really wish they could do it sooner... Krees, you go and fan the flames of Ritter and the Levle Empire, so that they can also start the war sooner, the greater the enemy's strength loss, the greater the benefit to us... Oh, Messeau, go and personally supervise the production of those fires, the more the better, what a magical thing that is. Also, Shaxx, you have to continue to speed up the plan to secretly coerce the mages of various countries to work for us, and take advantage of their chaos to increase our strength as much as possible. ”

The four old fellows bowed in unison and replied with a smile, "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

Shagru burst out laughing as if the entire continent had reached his hands. And far away in the southeast, the Principality Alliance, Lei They have already begun the first wave of siege...