"Your Majesty, we are ready to go at any time. ”

In the afternoon of the same day, at the town hall of Changhe Town, the general walked in briskly and asked the king.

Benjamin, on the other hand, stood aside early. Their preparations were relatively simple, and the mages and apprentices had already gathered outside, patiently waiting for the time to go.

"Good. The king nodded and said, "We will set off first, and the rest of the army will meet us halfway." ”

There are probably more than 30,000 soldiers stationed in Changhe Town, plus General Hawke, who surrendered a few days ago, the final number can reach more than 40,000. These days, many parts of Caritus also showed their loyalty to the king, and with the support of the wealthy merchants everywhere, they were no longer short of food and weapons.

As for the route of the march, they had already agreed on it.

They don't plan to do a surprise attack - it's hard to operate, and it's impossible to hide from someone else's eyes with an army that has reached this number. They all knew in their hearts that they might have just set off from Changhe Town on the front foot, and there was news from the church on the back foot.

Therefore, they intend to take the nearest main road and attack Glory directly!

The towns and villages along the road are also not so directly controlled by the church. The king sent people to communicate with those places, and although they were still waiting, they would not intervene in the dispute between the king and the church. Therefore, they do not have to worry about local forces getting involved.

In short, the current situation is simple - take Glori, defeat the church. That's the only thing they need to think about.

And just like that, an order was given, and the horn sounded.

Under the eyes of countless people in Changhe Town, the army set off in a majestic manner.

The soldiers, dressed in armor and dragging weapons, went out along the streets. Looking down from the sky, the long line looks like a black line on the earth. The man at the front carried a flag, and the king was escorted in the middle on horseback. The logistic at the end of the team pulled the cart and escorted the supplies that accompanied them.

Benjamin's apprentices were also in the logistics team.

There were probably more than fifty apprentices to participate in this operation, and Benjamin carefully selected them for this purpose. The king was very moved when he heard this, but after all, they were only some apprentices, and no one dared to expect them to have strong combat effectiveness, so it was still arranged in a relatively safe position after the break.

As for Benjamin himself and the two dozen mages he carried, they flew in the sky, had a bird's-eye view of the entire area, and temporarily assumed the role of a sentinel.

From River to Glori, even if Benjamin could use magic to speed up, it would take nearly a week to march in between. There is no way to do this, all Benjamin can do is to turn on the water elemental perception method throughout the whole process to avoid them being attacked by people on the road.

Several mages were sent to the front to find out the news, but for now, Glori's side was quiet. The whole city should have been sealed off again, and the death of the bishop did not cause much shock.

This worries Benjamin a little.

"You've been lurking in Glorey for so long, there shouldn't be any more bishops, right?" he couldn't help but ask Miles after about three days of marching.

"No, I'm the last one I'll kill. "But before I killed Bishop Cameron, he seemed to be trying to contact the church in the Kingdom of Horry with something. There may be new reinforcements coming, I'm not sure. ”

Benjamin nodded, and didn't ask anything more.

Don't worry about reinforcements or anything. The kingdom of Horry is so far away, and there is Ikor in between, even if it is a full flight, Benjamin and the others can get to Glory before the reinforcements arrive. What's more, he was more worried about having a bishop-level person preside over the overall situation, rather than the bishop's combat effectiveness.

One or two new bishops, who don't know about Caritus' situation, don't have much impact on the situation of the battle.

"Well, that's the intersection ahead. At this time, the king spoke, saying, "At the next junction, General Hawke's army will meet us there." ”

"General Hawke...... "Benjamin came back to his senses, and suddenly asked, "what about him, was he involved in the plan to capture Glory?"

The king sighed with a somewhat regretful expression.

After handing over his duties to a major general, he chose to end his life and disappeared into the flames along with the cross on his body. ”

Benjamin couldn't help but shake his head.

...... Although I want to complain about the character of these generals, but if you think about it carefully, General Hawke has been planted with a cross, and even if he hides, it is actually no different from death.

It is better to commit suicide than to die under the torture of the church.

With that in mind, he took to the skies again.

Not far ahead of the marching route, Benjamin saw a large camp. It was supposed to be General Hawke's army, encamped at the agreed junction, waiting to join the king's army.

"Hmm...... Wait a minute. ”

However, flying a little closer, he suddenly realized that something was wrong with the place.

It was an empty campsite.

Benjamin in the sky was slightly startled, and immediately flew over there. Soon, the whole camp came into view. The camp was empty, and a few campfires were already cold, as if no one had touched them a few days ago.

On the flat ground, some dried black blood stains could be seen.

When he saw these bloodstains, Benjamin's face changed at that time.

He immediately flew back towards the large group.

"Your Majesty, tell everyone to stop, something is wrong!" he landed beside the king and said with a solemn face, "The camp ahead is empty, and there is no one in it. ”

The king was also stunned.

"How, how can this be...... Did you read that right?"

"Of course that's right. Judging from the traces of the bonfire, there may have been no one inside since yesterday. There was still some blood on the ground, something must have happened here. ”

The king frowned, and was silent for a moment.

There are traces of blood...... Could it be that these soldiers were killed?

He immediately thought of the church.

Truth be told, the church must have been alert when they set out these times. But in their expectation, the church would either concentrate its forces and fight them to the death, or it would be an ambush and take them by surprise. On the contrary, they didn't expect this situation at the moment.

How could it be? The church ambushed the reinforcements that came to rendezvous?

It always felt like something was wrong.

"Do you see corpses in the camp, or any signs of fighting?" asked the king.

Benjamin shook his head.

"There was only blood, and an empty camp. ”

At that moment, the king even had a creepy feeling.

If there are no signs of a fight, then it is not an ambush. Can...... Where have all the people gone?

It is impossible for a whole camp of tens of thousands of soldiers to disappear from the world, right? No matter what happens, even if there is only one alive, it is possible to escape to their team and pass the news to them.

Don't...... What is the unknown Warcraft attack?

He looked around him. Although it is not an endless plain, it is still on the main road, and there is very little activity of Warcraft. Their march in the past few days has also been smooth, and they only encountered two small demonic beast attacks in total, and they repelled casually without causing much trouble.

At this moment, the smooth road ahead suddenly became dangerous in his eyes.

"We ...... Be careful and go over and see what is going on first. After thinking about it, the king spoke, and said.