Chapter 70: The Palace Garden, Good News.
Darni's death became the last straw that crushed the Phillip army.
When the news of his death spread rapidly around with the roar of Solan's soldiers, the Ferrets, who were already in a state of extreme chaos, finally collapsed. Hundreds of Fijian soldiers scattered and fled, and those who could not escape threw down their weapons and fell to their knees on the blood-dripping mud in surrender.
No one wants to die in such a situation. While it is to be honored to persist in resisting the heroic death, there is no shame in surrendering, whether for a civilian soldier or a noble knight.
When the battle enters this stage, there is no suspense.
The soldiers of the Ubi, under the command of the officers, dispersed, and part pursued the remnants of the enemy...... Some of the Fijian soldiers who had surrendered in droves were put under the watchful eye of the Knights of Valia, while their great mobility was used to make a detour farther away, chasing the remnants of the fleeing soldiers.
Originally, the time when the Knights entered the battle was already the last critical moment of the battle. Waiting for work, planning calmly, and making timely arrangements at the right time, the knights achieved far more results in this pursuit than they had fought in a year and a half.
More than 3,000 Fijian soldiers, non-commissioned officers and more than 300 knights were captured, and a large number of weapons and horses were captured.
There are not even a few fish that have slipped through the net.
The falcons that bypassed the battlefield and made a detour into the depths formed a large net to cover the perimeter of the battlefield. The fast horses they sat on, their cold eyes, and the arrows in their hands made the fleeing Fijian martyrs stop in despair.
As more and more Fijian soldiers laid down their weapons, the sound of swords colliding, footsteps, shouts and horses' hooves on the battlefield finally faded down.
On the hillside, the handsome flag hunts in the wind, and under the hillside, billowing black smoke rushes into the sky.
As far as the eye could see, there were dishevelled weapons and banners scattered across the field, the corpses of the warriors strewn across the ground, the ownerless horses roamed around, the neighing sounds, and the large groups of captives gathered together at the shouting of Soran's soldiers.
The people who survived the catastrophe quietly looked at the one in front of them. His eyes flashed with celebration, sadness, surprise, fear, tiredness, or confusion.
A gust of wind blew, and the huge handsome flag shook violently in the wind, making a loud sound.
This voice woke up the nobles on the hill who were already dizzy.
Grand Duke Adolf strode down the hill towards the center of the battlefield.
Looking at Adolf's thin and tall figure under the big black squirt swaying in the wind, the entire battlefield fell into a mysterious silence at this moment.
Grand Duke Adolf walked faster and faster. Straight through the messy battlefield and towards the location of Sophia and the others.
In the cold moonlight, Sophia and the inky blue unicorn seated were like silent sculptures. The long satin silver hair and the silky streamer of light emanating from the unicorn fluttered in the night breeze, like a dream, floating like a fairy.
Beside her, the soldiers of the four squads, scarred and covered in blood, their armor and weapons were covered in blood. Knives, red wine, greyhounds, and prawns were carrying the stretcher, and Old Bear and Tang Xiaoben were carrying Roy onto the stretcher. The rest of the team gathered around a therapist with concerned eyes.
The armor on the stretcher had been torn to pieces. The exposed skin was covered with bloody wounds. His eyes were closed and his black hair was messy. His face was covered with mud and blood.
Many of the rabble soldiers saw Roy's face for the first time. But they knew that the back of the man who rushed in front of the crowd and led everyone and stood in front of the Ferry cavalry at the critical moment was this young man.
Perhaps, from the perspective of the entire Lulian and even the Solan Empire, the total annihilation of more than 5,000 regular troops, including an elite knight order, was a brilliant and dazzling victory. But the important thing for everyone is that he saved everyone's lives! If it weren't for him, no one would have survived tonight!
So at this moment of cheering, this black-haired teenager can't die, never dies!
Crowds of people swirled around from all sides. Adolf walked over to the stretcher, stared into Roy's face, and asked the question that everyone was most concerned about.
"How'......"
There was silence all around, and the knights, nobles, and ordinary rabble soldiers present held their breath.
The healer carefully examined Roy's injuries and said, "There are three broken bones, and there are sixty-three large and small wounds on the body, and the injuries are severe. But ......",
In the midst of countless nervous eyes, he raised his head and said with a smile: "I can't die!"
As soon as the words fell, cheers swept around like thunder.
The men who put down a big stone in their hearts waved their fists, raised their swords in their hands, laughed, roared, and high-fived each other.
The whole battlefield was boiling.
"Feed him this. In the crowd, Sophia handed the healer a turquoise elixir in a clear crystal bottle.
"This is Sword Saint Xue Lan's" The healer took the pill and looked at it, his eyes widening in surprise.
Just as he was about to exclaim, Sophia turned the unicorn coldly, leaned over and whispered a few words in the ear of Karn, the old knight in charge of the military record, and sped away.
Archduke Adolf, who had been paying attention to Sophia, looked at the medicine bottle in the healer's hand, with a smile on his face, turned his head to look at Karn, and asked curiously, "What did the girl say?"
"Miss said that the merit of killing Dalny was hers. Karn smiled wryly and glanced at Roy and said, "It has nothing to do with this guy who ended up with an axe in the face of a dead man, idiot. ”
"Meritorious?" the smile on Adolf's face froze, and his expression was strange, "She needs to fight for this?"
One by one, the prisoners of the first team were escorted towards the city of Medin. One by one, the heralds galloped around on fast horses. Distance
There were also constant pursuing cavalry returning prisoners. All the weapons scattered on the ground were loaded onto the wagon, and the ownerless warhorses scattered around were also brought back.
"He's not as old as us, is he?" a red-haired young man in the busy crowd looked at Roy, who was being carried on a stretcher in the direction of Medin City, and asked his companion sideways. Hearing his question, the other three young men who were about the same age as him looked at each other and couldn't help but shrug their shoulders.
The red-haired young man's name is Diego. He and the three companions beside him were all third-year students of the Muuni City Branch of the First Training Camp. Half a month ago, after they received the Youyong solicitation order issued by the royal family, they resolutely signed up to join the rabble army at the first time. He followed Lu to the front line of An Dagong.
This feat caused a sensation throughout the Chamber.
Diego and the others were originally quite famous in the academy, so they became the only ones in the limelight in the minds of all the students.
After joining the rabble, they have good strength, and they have also attracted much attention and attention. Therefore, from Diego's heart, it is inevitable that some young people are immature and proud. On weekdays, he only regarded the trainees who joined the second and third training camps of the rabble as his competitors.
It was only now, when they saw the dark-haired boy on the stretcher who was younger than themselves, that they knew that there were always people in this world who were beyond their reach.
For Roy, they have no jealousy, only admiration and curiosity.
Where did this kid come from?
"You say, could he be from the second training camp?" Diego turned his head to look at the few students from the second training camp not far away.
"Probably not," one of his companions said, staring at the trainees of the second training camp, "you see the way they look at him, they are more dazed than we are." A magic student who can unleash seventh-level magic is a celebrity in any academy, let alone a magical genius at such a young age......"
As he spoke, he turned his head to look to the other side and muttered, "It's strange that the people in the third training camp don't seem to know him either." ”
Several students looked at each other in surprise, and suddenly at the same time, they turned their eyes to Tang Xiaoben, who was walking next to the stretcher.
They knew the little fat guy who was fifth in last year's first-year cadet. When you return to the academy, you must catch him and ask him!
In March 320 of the Redemption Calendar, the Lulian Legion annihilated the advance of the Third Legion of the Silver Order of the Leek Empire on the front line of Miding City in the southwest of the province, relieving the danger of Miding City and regaining the strategic initiative.
Immediately, the main force of the legion marched rapidly under the command of Sophia, and rushed to the Barony Canyon of Burgess, thirty kilometers south of Maidin, to ambush the main force of the Phillips army.
In the early hours of the morning, the first echelon of the main force of the Phillips army, 3,000 men, entered the ambush circle, Sophia spared it, and the infantry of the Lulian regiment, led by Fano later, attacked.
The battle begins.
Half an hour later, the second echelon of 2,000 infantry, 1,000 cavalry and more than 300 knights of the main force of Ferry, who urgently reinforced the front army, were ambushed by the Bavarian Knights and the Coastal Mercenary Regiment led by Sophia as they passed through the gorge. Caught off guard, the battle quickly turned into a one-sided massacre. ,
By the time the third, fourth, and fifth echelons of Feilie's main force arrived, the entire canyon had been blocked by the Solan Army. The Ferrets launched several strong attacks, but they were unable to break through the canyon, and in the end they could only watch as more than 6,000 people from the two echelons in front of them were completely wiped out in the heavy encirclement of the Lulian legion.
By noon, as more Lu'an troops arrived on the battlefield and news came that Solan's Fifth Army was attacking Pattin, Commander Philip understood that the plan to storm the city of Medin had failed. In desperation, he ordered more than 20,000 main forces to hold down the position and slowly retreat to the south.
In the face of the retreating enemy, Sophia led the Bavarian Knights in hot pursuit, using the speed of the wind to launch three attacks, achieving the result of annihilating more than 600 people, capturing more than 300 people, and capturing a large number of weapons, grain and siege equipment of the rear army.
It was not until nightfall the next day that the forces of the two sides completely disengaged.
In this battle, the Lulian army annihilated or captured more than 12,000 of the Filiet army. It accounted for a quarter of the total military strength of its invasion of the province of Lulian. At the same time, the defensive line was pushed to a position sixty kilometers south of the city of Medin and a large number of lost ground was recovered. Its own casualties were less than 3,000.
The results were brilliant.
The gardens of the Imperial Palace of St. Solan.
There was a crisp sound, and the long scissors were closed, cutting through a messy foliage of firethorn and a bright ray of sunshine.
Dressed in a plain cloth dress, Eretia took two steps back and turned her head to look at her masterpiece.
A year and a half has passed since Bollabelle. Such a long time is enough for a girl to completely take off her green cocoon and turn into charming and moving wings.
"How's it going?" Ellethia bit her lip embarrassedly, her beautiful face flushing slightly.
"In terms of horticultural talent, Your Highness, you are obviously much worse than me. Hugo, who was standing on the ladder, twitched the corners of his mouth and turned his head in disbelief, scissors flew in his hands, and the broken branches and leaves were sprinkled like rain.
"Okay", Eretia looked at the firethorn that had been trimmed messily by herself, and then at the beautiful branches and leaves that had been smoothed under Hugo's scissors, and Punk, who was still laughing with the scissors, punched him in the shoulder, and then warned Susan, who was snickering on the side, "I'm going to be angry." ”
"Whatever you want. Susan wasn't afraid of her and smiled.
Glaring at Susan, Elethia couldn't help but laugh herself.
She walked to the small round table bathed in the sun and sat down, picked up the teacup, and said depressedly: "No wonder when I was a child, my esteemed flower arranger Countess Merlin would sigh every time she saw me. Gas. Of all the girls in the royal family, I'm really the worst one. ”
"I thought you had forgotten about ......," Susan smiled as she sat next to Elethea
"Do you know what Mrs. Merlin told me after passing the flower arrangement exam?"
"Say what?" Elethea's eyes widened in surprise.
She said, ...... Susan, good insertion. ", Susan said in a tone imitating the unsmiling Lady Merlin.
Before he finished speaking, he couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"Oh my God", Elesia whispered, her face feverish, and laughed with Susan, "she knows you helped me cheat?"
The girl's laughter rippled through the garden, making this sunny afternoon seem especially pleasant.
Hugo and Cyberpunk pruning the flowers...... While smiling, she looked at Ellethia and Susan, who kept talking and laughing like little girls, and talked to them from time to time, and her heart was full of warmth and gratitude.
A year and a half ago, the two were injured in Bolabel one after the other. Hugo was stabbed in the chest with a sword during a battle with the Fredet, and Punk was mortally wounded while trying to stop the Templars from pursuing Roy. Although the two of them saved their lives, they both lost their fighting spirit and became invalids.
After leaving the Royal Order, the two became royal gardeners under the arrangement of Elethea. Receiving a good salary and doing an idle job.
Although Hugo and Punk are in a much better situation than the many knights of the Empire who have ruined their fighting spirit due to injuries, for a proud knight who once rode a horse and a gun and galloped in the field, such a day is like eating and waiting for death, no matter how pleasant it is.
Therefore, every time Eretia returned to the palace from the Temple of the Virgin, she would always find a little time to work with them, drink tea and chat.
In Solan's aristocratic circles, almost every noble child knows that Princess Eretia has a quiet temperament and does not like to socialize. It always gives a sense of nobility and alienation. Therefore, I am afraid no one would have thought that she would sit here and laugh and chat with two other people who are considered to be wasted like friends. ,
This is not hypocritical sympathy and pity, it is kindness and sincerity.
It is precisely because of this that Hugo and Cyberpunk are sincerely grateful.
While laughing, a group of nobles walked along the path next to the garden, looking at this side with some surprise. A few knights who knew Hugo and Cyberpunk glanced across the guards, their eyes pointing at each other, and suddenly burst into a low laugh, laughing and walking away.
Faintly, there were words such as "Bollabbel", "self-defeating", "injured", and "vindictive".
The cheerful atmosphere of the garden disappeared at once, and when the chattering nobles were gone, Susan looked at the gloomy Hugo and Punk and said, "Ignore them. A bunch of rude guys. ”
"What are they doing here?" said Elecia without even looking back, a faint smile on her lips, and poured tea for the three of them with her own hands.
"Participate in the same military conference. Susan said, "I heard that the situation in Lulian is not very good, and the Philip Empire has gathered heavy troops to prepare to attack the city of Medding, but our troops are still slowly grinding on the road. If it weren't for Philip's boy slaughtering a Prince of Philip, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to command them now. ”
Oh, Elesia nodded, putting down the teapot.
The Basilica of the Holy Virgin is located on the Wanling Peak in the northwest of the Holy See Hill and is inaccessible. She came back from the Holy Maiden Temple every three months, and had just arrived in the imperial capital on a sky demon ship yesterday, and she didn't know much about many things.
"Is Philip still in the Imperial Capital?" asked Ellethia.
"Rushed back to Lulian. By the way," said Susan, suddenly laughing, her eyes sparkling, "there's a piece of news, Philipto, I'll tell you." ”
"Philip?" said Elethea looked at Susan in confusion, wondering what news from Philip, who hadn't seen her for a long time, could make Susan so excited.
Suddenly, a thought flashed through her mind, and Elethea opened her pink lips slightly and her eyes widened.
"Roy!" Susan said excitedly, grabbing Elethea's arm. The name in her mouth made everyone's hearts jump suddenly.
"He's alive?!" both Ellecia and Hugo Punk asked in unison.
"Look!" said Susan with a smile, "not only did she live, but she also saved Philip's life!"
"What's going on, tell me about it. Hugo and Punk urged.
"I heard Philip say that he almost couldn't escape after killing Prince Philip...... "As she spoke, Susan explained how Roy appeared in front of Philip's team, how he acted with a group of students, and how he turned things around with a seventh-level [Spring Bamboo Shoot Anger].
For a while, the three of them were only dazzled.
The thin boy's stupid face from a year and a half ago reappeared in front of him. No one expected that this little handyman of Bollabel would not only live, but also become a mage who could cast seventh-level magic, and even saved Philip's life.
It's incredible!
"Where is he now?" asked Eretia impatiently when Susan had finished.
"Listen to Philip, it seems to be in the city of Medin," said Susan, when suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves rushed down the main road in front of the garden to the palace.
The faces of the people changed, and they all stood up and looked in the direction from which the sound of horses' hooves had come.
I saw a knight carrying a messenger flag, escorted by dozens of royal knights, like the wind swept into the palace where the gate was urgently opened.
"What's wrong?" asked Elethea.
"Lurien's victory!" the cavalry swept by, and several excited replies were heard from afar.
As the messenger dismounted at the front of the steps and rushed into the palace, the same voice echoed through the corridors of the palace, farther and farther away.
"Lulian Victory......"
"Great victory..."
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