Chapter 368: The Kingdom's Troops (4)

On the plain in front of the mountain pass of the Divine Realm, a simple wooden fortress stands in the middle of it, and there are three kinds of soldiers: the imperial army in black armor, the noble private soldiers and knights in silver armor, and the militia dressed casually in chain mail. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The scene is seen by a cloaked ranger hiding in the nearby mountains and forests, his eyes glowing with the unique light of "Eagle Eye".

"The average level of chain mail is thirty, and it's completely a miscellaneous fish. The average level of silver armor is forty, ten levels higher, but it is still a miscellaneous fish. The black armor has an average of sixty levels, which is a little tricky. ”

The Ranger said as he watched, as his ears suddenly caught some movement coming from behind him.

"Rub. ”

Hearing a strange noise in the forest, the ranger quickly stood up from a half-kneeling and half-crouching position, and then turned back to be on guard. But then, he relaxed his tense body and sighed.

"Alas, I was startled, and I thought it was a strange thing. However, you are really capable, and with that little ability, you can get here safely through the monster horde. ”

As the words fell, a figure stepped out from behind the trees. It was none other than the black-armored soldiers of the Imperial Army, five in all.

"You're surrounded, surrender at once, and tell you what you know, and then save your life. The leader of the black-armored soldiers said to the ranger.

"Alas!" sighed, the Ranger drew his dagger back, then raised his left hand and scratched his head, "It's a bit of a hassle, but if I catch one alive, I'll be paid more." So, I'm sorry to you. ”

After the words were closed, the ranger suddenly melted into the shadows of the forest, and then appeared behind the leader of the black-armored soldiers in the next second, back to back with him.

"Have you ever heard of the 'assassin' profession?" "Ranger, no, the assassin asked, and his right hand hooked back and gently stabbed the leader of the black-armored soldier with a dagger.

Immediately, the latter felt numb all over his body and fell to the ground.

“ok。 The assassin spoke in a language that the black-armored soldiers did not understand, and at the same time looked at them with his eyes, "Although I am a little sorry, only one living mouth is enough, and as an invader, you should also be conscious." Now, please be here and die. ”

The words were closed, and the assassin stepped forward again.

"Your Excellency!"

Inside the tent of the Imperial Army base, Dylan broke in in a rage. So, Marshal Miridrian, who was looking at the map behind his desk, looked up.

"How?"

"That ......," Dilan said again, "the squad that went to ambush the enemy scouts didn't come back. ”

Hearing this, Miridrian bowed his head in silence.

"This is the third time. ”

"Yes. ”

"This kind of action will not be repeated in the future. As for the nobles, it doesn't matter. ”

"However, Your Excellency, we have ...... of the enemy's intelligence."

"There's no way around it, Dilan. Being able to freely enter and exit the forest where the monsters inhabit is a monster in itself. I shouldn't have expected to catch them in the first place. ”

"So, Your Excellency, are we going to engage the enemy with our eyes closed and our ears closed?"

"That's a pretty good description, Dylan. But that's all there is to it for now. Thanks to the blessings of those bastard nobles, the women who were captured were no longer usable, not to mention that they didn't know much. ”

Hearing Miridrian mention this, Dylan couldn't help but grit his teeth. Seeing this, the marshal stepped out from behind the desk, came to him and patted him on the shoulder.

"Dilan, we're here to plunder. Justice has never been with us from the beginning. ”

"But, no, that's why we have to be more disciplined, aren't we?"

"That's a good point. But we can't care about the aristocracy, we just need to be optimistic about ourselves. ”

"But, I ......"

"Dilan, you immediately go back to the mountains and oversee the construction of the first temporary stronghold. ”

"Your Excellency!"

"Don't get me wrong, I'm not driving you away because I'm in trouble. This is the necessary arrangement. ”

"Necessary?" After pondering for a moment, Dilan's face changed greatly, "Could it be that your Excellency, we will be defeated!"

"Probably would. Didn't you just say it yourself, we are now in a state of no eyes and no ears. Is this a war won with the other side? Therefore, the purpose of this war is to test the strength of the other side's forces and not to win. ”

"But, Your Excellency, the loss of Yamaguchi will not be good for our future advances. If the other side builds a fortress here, our army wants to pass through it as it does now......"

"Dilan, you have doubts about the idea of this war, but you are obsessed with victory. ”

"This ...... Because, since the war has already begun, as a soldier, it is natural to strive for victory. ”

"If the decision to go to war was a mistake in itself, how can we ensure victory? ”

"Are you saying that the unrighteous are likely to be defeated?"

"No, the unrighteous will not necessarily be defeated. Because, in the final analysis, war is not a collision of ideas, but a collision of forces. Using things like justice and injustice to weaken the morale of the other side is a good strategy, but it is not an inevitable factor in determining victory or defeat. The only thing that can play a decisive role is the disparity in strength. That is, the weak will lose. ”

"The weak will be defeated?" Your Excellency, do you think that our empire is now weak?"

"Isn't it? I always say that the nobles' private soldiers are waste, but they are not really waste. However, they can't even beat the other party's garrison regiment. Then the military strength of the other side can be imagined. And, there's one more thing that cares about me. ”

"The nobles of the South?"

"Not bad. Although the nobles here are also nobles, they seem to be very different from our nobles. ”

"Nobles or something, in the end they are just moths!"

"Our nobles certainly do. But the nobility here is difficult to say. 'The words of the nobles can be defeated even by the apostles of God,' the phrase ......"

"It's just the beautification of themselves by the southern aristocracy. Aren't these nobles on our side also using this method? ”

"But 'down the apostles of God' is such an exaggeration...... No, I really don't know where to take the wrong medicine if I want to believe this nonsense. In short, Dilan, maybe our strategic purpose has changed. ”

"Changed?"

"That's right, from plundering, to preventing being plundered. In this case, those checkpoint fortresses in the mountains are very important. That's why I want you to be my spokesperson to oversee the construction, or at least to complete the first fortress the day after tomorrow. Otherwise, we might retreat back to the Empire in one fell swoop. ”

"I see!

"Hmm. You go and clean up first, and then come over and get the official paperwork later. ”

"Yes!" replied loudly, and Dylan turned and walked out of the tent.

Immediately, Miridrian turned around and walked towards his desk, smiling wryly and shaking his head as he went.

He laughed at himself that he was still thinking about whether to deliberately defeat at the beginning, but he didn't know that even if he didn't deliberately defeat now, he would probably be defeated!