Chapter 19: Declaration of War

Nado was an upright knight, and he had to be upright every time he went into battle, which he had learned as a servant. The knight he was waiting for at that time was nowhere near as powerful as he was now, just an ordinary undead knight. But from that knight he learned the virtues that should be due. Even though his boss was a famously cunning army commander like Gomez, he still maintained his own style – the battle was won, but it was to be won with dignity.

"Lieutenant Commander, ahead is the village of Sulfur Lake. An undead infantry ran over and reported, "We've caught a couple of humans mining in the mines near the lake. They all covered their faces with strange masks, and there could be some treacherous reason. ”

Known as the deputy commander, Nado was still stunned, and he led the team alone for the first time as the deputy commander. In the past, when he went out with the Legion Commander Gomez, every time there was something, he would report it directly to the Legion Commander, and this was the first time that a Scout had reported something directly to him.

"My lord?" the scout called again inquiringly, calling Nado back from his thoughts.

"Bring them here, and I'm going to see them for myself. Nadol grabbed the undead mount and stopped where it was. The infantry captain who followed behind his mount waved his hand, and the twenty or so infantrymen, auxiliaries, and human slaves behind him stopped.

The three minering villagers were brought to Nado by the auxiliaries, wearing black masks over their faces. As soon as Nado raised his hand on his horse, two human slaves came up and removed the masks of the three villagers. Nado glanced at the three men and knew that they were the villagers of Sulphur Lake. Over the years, he has followed the commander of the army to go around on a campaign, and he has not often come to the village of Sulfur Lake on the border. The stripped mask was thrown on the ground, and Nadori ignored it. As long as he doesn't see a threat, there's nothing to pay attention to.

"My lord, it's us, we're the villagers who have been paying for the sulfur mine for you. One of the villagers said boldly to Nado. Not only did Nado recognize him, he also recognized him, and he remembered Nado more because of his armor and warhorses. In addition, these ghost riders came from the other side of the sulfur lake, and they should be under the command of Lord Ados.

Nado has no ill feelings towards these villagers and even has a desire to protect them. Since the end of the war between humans and the undead more than a thousand years ago, human beings have actually been dependent on the undead. For the dependents, the knights were obliged to protect them. However, these villagers are attached not only to Lord Ados's castle, but also to Lord Windsor, which makes it a bit difficult for him to deal with it. Even so, he still doesn't see the villagers as enemies - his chivalry makes it impossible to bully those who show deference to him, and the real enemy is the Windsor army who oppress them.

"Let them go back to the village, and let them tell the pigs in Wensha that we are coming, and let them wait for us to fight. "Nado told these villagers to go first, otherwise no matter how much the villagers run, they won't be faster than the zombie auxiliaries. 'We're resting here and we're going to be at our best. Nado jumped off the mount of the undead, and he was going to give the horse a rest.

After resting for about half an hour, Nado, seeing that the villagers had already reached the halfway point, got on his horse again and led the army towards the village of Sulphur Lake.

The three villagers, one of whom ran faster, first went to report to Lu Jingzhi to the police, and then returned to the village to report to the village chief, and the other two followed, Nado's was always unwilling to lead the team to overtake these two villagers, in his opinion, the villagers must go to the village, is the best time to declare war. The smoke and dust that Lu Jingzhi saw on the road was made by Nado's soldiers and horses.

Halfway through, he suddenly saw the two villagers in front of him slow down, and Nado was a little impatient. From time to time, the two villagers bent down and stuffed something into their pockets, which looked like yellow-colored stones. Nadeau drove his horse closer, and suddenly smelled a familiar scent.

It's sulfur.

It's not a lake of sulfur, but there is sulfur on the ground, scattered on the ground for people to pick up. Could it be that the Duke of Winsha's garrison at Lake Brimstone had fled, and had accidentally lost the brimstone as he left? Nado ordered his infantry to expel the two villagers, leaving them behind their ranks and not allowed to pick up the brimstone ore on the road. Although some of these sulphur ores are scattered, there are quite a few of them. Picking up three or five pieces is enough for a zombie to serve as an auxiliary soldier for a year.

Listening to the excited roar of his infantry and auxiliaries, Nado sent half of his auxiliaries to pick up the sulfur ore scattered along the way.

Nadeau made a mistake.

He didn't expect to pick up more and more sulfur on the road, and all the way to the village of Sulfur Lake, there were more and more sulfur ores on the road, getting bigger and bigger, and even in the farther places on the road, there were fist-sized sulfur mines. Nadeau is not a new undead who has not seen the world, but it is against chivalry to abandon such a strategic material as sulfur. He ordered the other half of his auxiliaries to help the squad in front of him pick up the sulphur ore on the ground. He took the remaining undead and humans and rushed to the village of Sulfur Lake.

Just looking at the brimstone thrown everywhere, it should be that the pigs under the Duke of Windsor have fled from the village. Just go to the village and declare your sovereignty, and stay in the village for the same amount of time, it will be enough to respond to the Duke of Windsor. Taking a step back, even if those pigs haven't run away yet, but are fortifying and resisting in the village, the strength of the six infantry they lead is far superior to the two infantry and four auxiliaries of the other party, plus their own knight-level undead, they still have an overwhelming advantage.

If it were Gomez, he wouldn't have done it. Because Gomez, as a great undead, an evolved high-ranking knight, is very wary of human cunning. But Nado hadn't evolved yet, just a knight, an ordinary undead. He only has upright chivalry in his heart, but lacks trickery.

Soldier, treacherous.

Lu Jingzhi remembers this sentence very well. When he was a child, his father took him to play a strategy game. The planes and tanks on it can be made of wood to attract enemy forces or deter enemy troops. At that time, his father told him that a man with a plan can hide an army of 100,000 in his chest.

As early as on the way back to the village, Lu Jingzhi was using tricks. If the enemy army is desperate to collect brimstone, then it can play the role of delay; if the enemy army sends some troops to collect sulfur and some soldiers chase after the village entrance, it can play the role of dividing the troops; if the enemy army ignores the reason and directly waves the army to kill, then it has no choice but to surrender directly. In some cases, surrender is also a ploy, or a ruse.

The sky became darker, and a black horse carried a tall figure with a gun, followed by a dozen figures who were also black, each holding a weapon, and walking on the ground to follow. When they arrived a hundred meters away from the entrance of the village, these uninvited guests with the breath of death stopped, and a light-armed soldier with a human appearance laid down his weapon and walked to the entrance of the village.

"My master, Lord Nado, has come to conquer the garrison of the disobedient Duke of Windsor on the orders of the former Prime Minister of Ados. He shouted loudly in human language. As they approached the village, they saw Lu Jingzhi and the six undead standing beside him, so they decided to fight here.

Lu Jingzhi saw that it was a human who came to shout, and knew that he was a slave who acted as cannon fodder, so he immediately replied in human language: "I am the tax collector of the Duke of Wensha, and we have no intention of provoking a war." But if you want to fight, we'll be there for you. After all, he was still young and lacked energy, and he couldn't shout much, but fortunately, the human slave was still close enough to hear him.

"Prepare the tax collector, we will attack the village in a quarter of an hour. Please expel the villagers to avoid accidental injuries during the attack. The human slave shouted again. Lord Nado believes that war is the business of warriors, and that warless villagers should not be harmed.

"Got it, I wish your family a prosperous martial arts. Lu Jingzhi replied that he responded completely in accordance with the tradition of knights. He knew that if he used the etiquette of a warrior on this battlefield, he would still be treated equally if he was unfortunately captured in war. At least I left myself a way back.

The human slave went to report to Nado with the answer, and Lu Jingzhi called the carpenter and the charcoal maker and told them to carry out the predetermined plan. The plan was made on the way back, and while the villagers and the Silly brothers were digging the pit, they arranged for the carpenters and charcoalmakers.

The human slave claimed that a quarter of an hour was not just reserved for the villagers to evacuate the village, after a quarter of an hour, the auxiliaries had collected the brimstone from the ground and were about to return to the team, so that they could join in the attack on the village. A threefold superiority in forces must not be wasted.

Nado's strategy also brought considerable trouble to Lu Jingzhi, the bait he planted only temporarily delayed the enemy, and the enemy knights came to the village entrance with infantry to monitor themselves, and then waited for the bait to be eaten up by the auxiliaries, and then came over to attack together. Let yourself not have the advantage of time, nor do you achieve the goal of weakening the opponent's strength.

After the zombie auxiliaries arrived, Nadeau simply assigned his strategy, ordering four infantry with eight auxiliaries to attack with twice the strength of the enemy. Nadeau himself led two infantry and four auxiliaries, as well as human slave soldiers, to sweep behind.

Nado's four undead infantry men ran, and the auxiliaries followed. Although the undead auxiliaries usually march crookedly, they have no effect on running and attacking. These soldiers had only one purpose, that is, Lu Jingzhi, who was standing in the middle of the village, and the Wensha tax collection team behind him. As for the low fence in front of the entrance to the village, it was not in their eyes at all - it only took a light step to cross it.

Seeing the infantry on the opposite side coming over, Lu Jingzhi not only did not give the order to meet the enemy, but sat down leisurely, and the two infantry and four auxiliaries behind him also stood still. When the infantry on the opposite side was about to cross the fence, suddenly the undead knights who swept the formation shouted, and all the attacking troops stopped.

"Don't touch the fence, cunning humans, there must be traps. Nado said in the language of the Oni Clan.

If you want to know what happens next, let's see the next breakdown.