Chapter 363: The Gun Shoots the First Bird

Under the deliberate instigation and indulgence of Miridrian, the marshal of the Imperial Army and the supreme commander of the Imperial Coalition Army who launched the southern invasion, the nobles of the Coalition Army on the night when the rainbow wall disappeared hurriedly advanced into the Divine Realm Mountain Range and marched towards the opposite side of the mountain. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

However, it seems that for them this trip is not a war but a race, and what they have to do is not to plunder but to collect taxes in their respective territories, and if they move their mouths to threaten them, they will give their harvests, their finances, and even their daughters and wives with trepidation.

As a result, almost all of the nobles marched lightly with only the knights of the guard, apparently only thinking about how to get to the south more quickly, and not about attacking and defending. Presumably, for them who are spoiled, it is an incredible thing for someone to resist.

Then, in the early hours of the next morning, Miridrian led the real vanguard in an orderly manner while verifying the accuracy of the maps handed down from ancient times.

"Click! Click!"

The sound of hurried horses' hooves came from the other side of the valley, and Miridian reined in his horse once more and halted his advance. At the same time, the figure of a silver-armored green-robed knight galloping on a horse also entered the eyes of everyone in the vanguard force.

Immediately, Dylan drove the horse close to the marshal and said helplessly: "Your Excellency, shouldn't you be lost again?"

"It's hard to say. Miridrian also pouted rather helplessly.

He had hoped that the nobles would help him test the enemy's reality, but in fact, many of them were lost in the Divine Realm Mountains, and it was only when Miridrian and the others marched that they met the savior.

Then, when Miridrian invited them to go along, all the lost nobles they met along the way chose to return the same way.

After the preliminary reconnaissance is completed, it is imperative to mobilize a large army to come.

Naturally, there is nothing wrong with this reason, but it is more reasonable. But the words that come out of the mouths of those nobles can only make one doubt their resilience.

Really, how much do those idiots want to be disappointed before they give up!

Just as Miridrian was grumbling in his heart again, the green-robed knight came to them.

"Your Excellency, Marshal!" said the knight in an eager voice as he reined in his horse, "and it was a pleasure to see you here. His subordinates came to ask for help on the orders of Count Bazaner!"

That's a ...... It's finally kind of interesting.

Thinking so excitedly in his heart, Miridrian frowned on his face.

"Help, is Count Bazanl in trouble?"

"No! not the Count of Bazanl, but the crisis of all the nobles who are in the vanguard!"

That's even more interesting!

However, Miridrian still had the opposite worried expression on his face.

"What the hell is going on?"

"This ...... The specific situation is not very clear. Therefore, I would like to ask your Excellency the Marshal to march quickly and join the Earl, and then the Earl himself will explain it to you. ”

"Ridiculous!" Miridrian shouted angrily, "I have the duty to be responsible to the officers and men of the whole army as the supreme commander of the three armed forces! Since I have heard the word 'crisis' in your mouth, how can you rush to a dangerous place without knowing anything! If you want to rush to help, explain to me the situation at the front immediately!"

"However, the subordinates are really ......"

"I'm not asking you for a scout-like detailed report, I'm just asking you to explain what's going on. Can't you even do that?"

"If that's all there is to it, my subordinates will gladly answer!"

"Hmm. Miridrian nodded in satisfaction.

Immediately, the knight began to talk about what had happened to them, who were still in the vanguard.

Although they are incompetent aristocrats of the prime minister's faction, not all of them are waste. While most of the brainless people were lost in the mountains, the other half of the nobles, represented by the owner of the green-robed knight, Count Bazan, managed to cross the mountains and invade the southern land.

Although these people were lightly armed, they still got about 2,000 troops after a little assembly.

So far, it's been pretty good, but what happened next was a big surprise.

Is 2,000 cavalry a small number? It shouldn't be? But it's not so big that it can run amok on enemy territory, is it? Not to mention an unknown land, an unknown enemy.

Therefore, the reasonable policy should be to maintain the assembly and huddle together for warmth. But what did these nobles do?

After a little exchange of opinions, they scattered to find a populated place to plunder.

Such aristocrats also tasted a little sweetness at the beginning. They ransacked several villages they had encountered for the first time and were unable to resist. While rejoicing and being shocked by the wealth of the southern continent, a small village of only a few dozen people with a large amount of gold and silver and other valuables would be unimaginable within the empire.

The joy of the first victory and the greedy desire made them let down their last bit of guard, thinking that "sure enough, the apostate of the south is vulnerable." Immediately, they were all ready to do a big job, and from the captured women, they asked the location of larger villages and even towns, and launched a new round of plunder.

In this regard, Miridrian's evaluation can only be the word "idiot".

Villages with only a few dozen people in remote areas have no defenses, which is the same in the Empire, at most there are self-police regiments. It's a fool's dream to think that the other party is completely incapable of fighting on his own!

They even dared to disperse their forces to attack large strongholds, even at the village level, attacking towns is definitely suicidal!

Sure enough, according to the Green Knight, the nobles engaged in encounters with enemy garrisons in various large villages and towns. Initially, relying on the surprise attack and the abnormal self-confidence of the other party, combined with the lack of clarity about the situation of the other party, they were able to cause some trouble to the other side at the beginning of the fight, but after the opponent's regrouping, they were immediately beaten by the organization, and most of the nobles were in the army, no, that number can only be said to be the total annihilation, and then they were captured and captured, or they retreated in a panic and did not know where to run.

And the cautious ones like the Count Bazaner were spared the hardship and did not dare to act recklessly, so they could only retreat to the mountain pass for the time being. Then, because they didn't know if the other party would organize a large army to attack, they sent the green-robed knight to rush to Miridian for help.

"That's all?" asked Miridrian, somewhat dissatisfied, after listening to the knight's words.

"So, the more specific thing is that the subordinates have been following the garrison of Count Bazaner......"

"I said. According to you, the enemy has a complete armament system. In this case, it means that there is a political power in the south, at least in the local area where you invaded. Have you not even asked who you have been fighting with so far?

"Ah......h