They now only want to destroy the enemy, then rush through the checkpoints and burn and loot in the vast lands of the southeastern part of the empire, where will they care about the damage caused by their ignorance and unscrupulousness.

Philip also used the fire, but he couldn't help it, because as early as sunset, one of Murphy's third-level animal awakened Lunbo people brought him bad news.

His pet had caught a piece of food by chance, but he had only eaten half of its body and couldn't swallow it, and when he examined it, he found that the black-tailed bat's legs and wings were coated with grease and phosphorus powder.

This unexpected discovery made Philip aware of the prairie people's tricks, and although he knew that there would be a night attack tonight, he did not expect that the steppe wolf cole would choose a large-scale arson and want to kill them with a fire.

In desperation, he could only choose to add another fire, at least he could choose how to put it and where to put it.

Then there was the early camping, and the terrain was chosen that was not particularly suitable for camping.

This is because there is a high, bare ridge to the north, and a multicolored birch forest to the southwest, which can hold back the spread of the fire under today's south winds.

The screams in those camps were the 3,000 steppe prisoners of war he had captured, who had been thrown there with weapons tied hand and foot, gagged and thrown there.

In order to expand the results, Philip also used a lot of solidified animal fats, including a U-shaped blockade.

The most obvious benefit of these cured animal fats is that they do not volatilize any odor at such low temperatures, which is difficult to detect.

And the deep darkness of the night also ensured that the night raids of the steppe people would not find the half-dried white grease that had been smeared on the upper layers of the tree trunks.

This is also thanks to the fact that in order to control more black-tailed bats, the steppe people have lost most of their eyes in the sky since the afternoon, giving up their battlefield vision to Murphy and them, otherwise it would not have been so silent.

The cycle of cause and effect, retribution is unpleasant.

As for how to make a passage in the colorful birch forest, this is Murphy's housekeeping trick, and only they have the ability and reason to ponder this.

In the case of Afu and Alel, I am afraid that as long as they cut hard, they can cut a few more times, anyway, their strength is large enough, and cutting trees is a regular job for adults every day, which is really familiar.

Having said all this, it is nothing more than to say that tonight, Philip wants to give these steppe wolves who ignore the laws of nature a taste of the evil consequences of their own infliction, and tell them how to set the fire.

The camp farther north-west suffered minimal damage, and because they had been prepared, they quickly extinguished the fire and began cutting down trees, clearing a mile-wide fire barrier on the western front.

As for the East, Philip did not have time to think about it, and could only hope for the tributary of the great river three kilometers away, and he had nothing else to do.

This is also a barely qualified fire ground that he has been searching for a long time in the air, so he even deviated five kilometers north from the original marching route.

The steppe people in front of them fell in rows, and the Maga regiment showed a powerful long-range strike ability in its debut after changing its clothes.

Even though the javelins could be reused, the girls were reluctant to let their new and beautiful weapons stain the blood of these doomed enemies, so they shot their bows and arrows with all their hearts.

Even in the darkness of the night, the accuracy was superb, and it did not allow these frustrated steppe people to cross the 300-meter blockade line at all.

Philip was awakened from his trance by the screams and wails of the steppe people before they died, and only then did he find that the heavy troops in front of him had clearly seen the border, and those who dragged behind had fallen in the raging fire.

The grease-rich shells were scorched by the flames, curled up into black wreckage, white ash and black smoke churning together and spiraling towards the sky.

Of course, more of them were choked to death by the smoke, scratching their throats and falling to the ground.

When the frontal battlefield was completely calm, leaving only the intermittent wails and birdsong, the fleeing soldiers in the other two directions also had results.

The southeastward one, after struggling to cross the 100-meter-long fire, many people fell to the ground and lost their breath.

The remnants who were physically strong and escaped by luck were also slashed and slaughtered by the female knights of the Maga regiment who arrived in time, and there was almost no way to survive.

The one to the northeast was smarter, driving the flock of ostriches into the fire first, knocking out a slightly wide passage.

Then a large number of cavalry followed, and after escaping, they continued to widen the passage, and finally the remaining infantry who lost their mounts could only rely on their own meat legs to step into the fire.

In the end, they managed to escape a third of the way, and although they were all covered in smoke, their hair, eyebrows, and beards burned clean, they still escaped alive.

The girls of the Maga regiment were a step too late, and only captured the infantry who had no mounts, and killed them all on the spot to vent their anger.

Interestingly, however, when the battlefield was cleaned up afterwards, the escaped unit somehow split into two parts.

Part of them fled to the east, nowhere to be found, but the other road was panicked in the dark, a little northerly, blocked by a cliff hundreds of meters high, fell and killed thousands of people, and when Queen Cang retreated, she trampled on a thousand people and died, and finally survived less than one-fifth of what was before the attack.

In addition to the casualties of more than 200 Rubo warriors on Philip's side, not a single person from the Chinese army and the Maga regiment died, only 100 minor burns and arrow wounds.

The attacking steppe people and wolves, the entire 60,000 people were almost wiped out, and only less than 4,000 people fled back, and only the infection and respiratory damage caused by burns awaited them, and they completely lost their combat effectiveness.

Such a disparity in victory brought Philip's prestige to a climax, and it was a sudden snowfall in the early morning that brought it to a climax.

When the sky showed a white color, Chand, who was in the process of setting up a fire barrier, suddenly straightened up, threw down the plate axe, and held his hands flat in the air to grasp something.

"Look, it's snowing!" someone shouted.

Immediately after that, more and more people stopped what they were doing and looked at the goose-featherlike snow floating in the sky.

Everyone was overjoyed, hugging each other in celebration, and the Maga Tuan and the Lubo people looked at the tall figure standing on the hill, and they all showed awe-inspiring expressions.

At this moment, in their hearts, Philip is like a legendary son blessed by the gods, and this heavy snow is the best proof of this.

Heavy snow descended on the fire, melted into water droplets by the transpiring heat wave, and the heavy snow turned into a drizzle.

Although it was not immediately extinguished, the fire was brought under control, and it was unlikely that the remaining ones would continue to expand beyond the damp forest.

On the first day of the Crusade, Philip led them to create a miracle that was not small or small, as long as they crossed the tributaries of the great river a few kilometers away tomorrow morning and established a rallying point on the east bank, they would be regarded as opening the door to the Red Moon Pass.

In the Lion Castle in Gokan City, Catherine was counting the supplies in the warehouse with Jane and Stephanie, and the elder Barton felt less energetic since the assassination, so Catherine volunteered to take on a lot of tedious work.

The situation on the front line was too tense, and the carriages carrying the wounded and fallen were constantly plying the streets.

The heart-rending cries of family members, the smell of blood, and the increasingly rare presence of guards patrolling the streets have immersed the entire city of Gokan in an oppressive atmosphere of wind and rain.

Stephanie had been brought back to the castle by Jane and Catherine fifteen days earlier, and the vast Viscount's Mansion was now more like a psychic cave, leaving Stephanie in it tormented and wept all day long.

Although she married Francis and became an imperial military dependent, Stephanie, who was born in a merchant family, even though her mother's family had a nationwide business network and rich property, still could not bring her inner strength and courage to face the sudden crisis.

Even though twenty years have passed, she still hasn't really adapted to the role of being the wife and mother of an imperial soldier.

The news of Bruce's fall behind enemy lines was concealed from her for a long time, until the news of the wounding of Francis, the commander of the 1st Brigade of the Mad Lion Division, came fifteen days ago, and this truth could no longer be hidden.

Stephanie was struck down by this terrible news that day, and she started a fever, and almost talked nonsense all night, and in her dreams she seemed to see her husband covered in blood and her son covered in arrows.

If it weren't for the timely rescue of the medical priest, who calmed her mind, she might even burn into more serious pneumonia.

Even so, when she woke up on the third day, looking at Catherine in front of the hospital bed, the two women who were sympathetic to the same illness hugged their heads and cried for a whole hour, and then she fell into a deep sleep again.

However, it's good to vent it, both Jane and Catherine have long understood this, and have matured and strengthened in the torment again and again.

The men fought bloody battles on the frontline battlefields, while the women guarded their homes, warming each other with hugs.

Even if they were a little unaccustomed to Stephanie's vanity and philistine, Jane and Catherine didn't care about anything at this moment, but took her back to the castle and took care of her.

The same scene happened in every corner of countless Gaokan cities and even the three major military cities on the southeast border, regardless of origin, money, or even character and character.

The young men put down their paintbrushes, kitchen utensils, and farm tools, and walked into the barracks with two diametrically opposed emotions, apprehension and bravery, and picked up swords and shields.

And the women took care of the elderly, children, and even picked up their husbands' tools, went into the factory, and rushed to make military supplies for the soldiers on the front line, and the entire city of Gaokan became a huge arsenal, and all the materials had begun to be centrally controlled and distributed as needed.

There was no sad look on their faces, and only in the dead of night would they secretly cover the quilt and cry a few times, and then the next day they would repeat everything of yesterday as if nothing had happened.

Since the empire can't count on it, since the southeastern provinces can't count on it, then they need to rely on themselves, only on their own.

There are even many people who still don't know, or don't care at all, that His Majesty the Emperor of this empire has changed, and as for who the new emperor is, when will the enthronement celebration be held, and what does it have to do with them.

If there is one of the only people in the royal family who can be remembered by them, it is the rumored imperial princess Sophia who embarked on a journey for love and traveled thousands of miles to help, and I don't know where she is now.

Stephanie finally recovered, even if she was not in good spirits, but she still insisted on working with Jane and Catherine to take care of the castle's housekeeping and allocate materials to organize production.

Not to mention, she was born in a big merchant family, she is really talented in this area, and she organizes production activities in an orderly manner and is extremely efficient.

took off the luxurious jewelry on her body, and her temperament was much calmer and more introverted, which really impressed Jane and Catherine, and they became much closer.

"What? really?" Catherine hugged the intercom and sat down in her chair, tears streaming down her eyes as she repeatedly confirmed the voice of her husband Matthew inside.

After being strong for more than half a month, she finally lost her temper after learning that Philip was safe and sound, and led the army to pacify the steppe people outside Tieyan Pass.

Emma sensibly gave her mother a warm hug, and then took the opportunity to whisper a few words to her father, whom she hadn't seen for a long time, and comforted her sister Isabella, who was infected by the atmosphere and cried quietly, as a decent eldest daughter.

"Congratulations, Philip is safe and sound, it's great. Stephanie stepped forward to congratulate heartily, looking at Catherine in front of her, she felt that this concubine was more real, but there was still a trace of sourness in her heart.

Looking at her sister-in-law, who is the same as herself, who always unconsciously stays in front of the intercom, Catherine embarrassedly tidied up her clothes, hugged each other, and said in her ear: "Your Bruce will be back too, trust me." ”

Stephanie's eyes turned red, and she hugged Catherine's not-so-athletic body back, and replied affirmatively, "Well, I'm sure he'll be back." ”

Bruce was walking in a dark cave, with a rushing river at his feet, and no one could have imagined that there was such a wide underground river inside this dark mountain.

Thanks to this dark river, they were spared the danger of dying of thirst and starvation, even if they ate fish with little salt and tasteless meat for many days in a row, it was much better than having an empty stomach.

Fortunately, although it is dark, it is not closed, the space is large and the air circulation is good, and the only remaining torches are proudly burning, releasing a warm light.

Finally lost, Bruce kicked the gravel under his feet in annoyance.

The unexpected small landslide three days ago dashed their hopes of finding an exit, and they had to continue walking upstream along the dark river.

Rub wiped a thick and dense beard on his face, Bruce always felt a fishy smell on it, and to be honest, he decided not to eat fish again for the rest of his life.

I don't know where I've been now, and even the compass on my body has lost its effect due to some magnetic fields, so I can only roughly judge that my group is trekking all the way to the southwest, in this labyrinthine underground world.

In order not to leave one behind, they were all connected to each other with ropes.

There is no hardship that people can't endure, although his life was not arrogant and luxurious before, but the brocade clothes and jade food are not gone.

The bitter cold of the border military village taught him a good lesson, and the journey of life and death in this more than half a month of displacement made him really transform from a noble young master to an iron-clad imperial soldier, and at the same time he also had a deeper understanding of the profession he was engaged in.

People are not born mature, of course, like Philip, who is an exception, and he always has to go through something before he grows.

Maybe outsiders can't see it, but Bruce knows very well in his heart that it's just that he covered it up well.

At the beginning, he took the initiative to ask to enter the scout brigade of the outpost military village, he had the purpose of training his body and mind, and he was also a little curious and unconvinced.

But when this novelty was worn out in the repetition of day after day, he missed Gaokan City a little, even if he was not afraid of hardship, bloodshed, and his personality was not squeamish, but he still felt that he was a little unprepared.

Just when he wanted to go back, talk to his father or grandfather, and settle his heart, war quietly came when everyone was not ready.

The days that followed, he was desperately trying to run, fight, run away, and fight again, each day tired and fulfilling, and he had no time or energy to think about the questions that had puzzled him in the past.

When he ventured into this dark world, he thought he would soon collapse, because few people knew that he was actually afraid of the dark.

But the strange thing is that many days have passed, even if they are lost, collapsed, lack of food and clothing, and are full of injuries, but there is no fear in his heart, but he is more and more confident to go out and get a new life.

This is because as soon as he closes his eyes, or has a fearful thought, he will see Anger's bloody face appear in front of him, and countless faces that he has just become familiar with and said goodbye, and even Herman, who is always biting.

They all seemed to be saying something to him, telling him to go on, to go home, to lead his brothers home.

He always thought that if it weren't for his special identity, maybe he wouldn't be able to get here, and Aang and some of the warriors wouldn't have died, so he couldn't die, he couldn't be afraid, and he couldn't expose the fragile side of his heart.

He's Bruce O. Snape, heir to the Wild Lions, and an Imperial soldier, who not only wants to get out alive, but also kills more steppe wolves, even if it takes him a lifetime.

"Bruce. Milady, who was exploring the path ahead, shouted, waking him up from his thoughts.

Pointing to a fork in the road, Milady said to him: "From here the structure of the rock stratification changes, and the smell of the air is different, and we can go out further south in this direction." ”

Bruce tapped an axe on the rock, listened to the echo and said, "Fix it in place for half a day, prepare enough water and fish, and then we will go home." ”

When Yun'er opened her eyes again, she saw Alexandra's concerned eyes, and she rubbed her shoulders, which were a little stiff from lying down, and sat up.