Chapter 337: Preparing for Battle
A month didn't pass very slowly, at least in the Minglong fiefdom, these civilians had spent more than a month unconsciously.
Yes, the news about the undead is only spread among the high-level, so these civilians don't know about it, so they still live without scruples every day.
But that's fine, maybe this place can't be defended after all, at least the rest of these civilians are still living well. At least they didn't have many regrets, and Zhao Yulong didn't think they would die like this.
It's just that for Zhao Yulong, it is indeed strange that he has not been able to receive news about Walker for so long, but the country is about to die, and his government is also good, so I think there is nothing wrong with thinking about it.
Now that Silver Amber had been cured of his illness, many of the commoners were delighted, chanting and cheering, and praising the king for the blessings of God.
But almost all the lords had gloomy faces, and they were not happy that the king was able to get out of the bed. In fact, in their eyes, the king is already a dispensable person, who doesn't care about it, doesn't care about it.
So in fact, it is the same thing whether the king's illness is cured or not, and the most important thing now is the attack from the undead army. In fact, some of the lords' fiefdoms had already been attacked, and although they didn't have much information, they knew it had happened.
So now, almost all the lords are worried, worried that the undead's next target is here. Only now did they feel that there were too few strong people under them, too few.
Although these lords have been recruiting troops over the years in order to expand their power, now these soldiers are not only unable to defend this place, but will also become a burden to them. Yes, cumbersome.
These soldiers simply can't inflict much casualties on the enemy, but instead, once they're dead, they'll become part of the Skeleton Army. The vanguard of the most undead, although they are vulnerable, they are also a formidable enemy.
What's more, their skeletons can be reassembled, and as long as the magic remains in their skulls, they can still be reassembled even after they fall apart.
Although sometimes these guys have pieced together some very strange things for themselves, it cannot be denied that they are indeed very dangerous existences.
So, in the face of this situation. One thing that almost all the lords could think of was to disarm and train more. Call all those who are weak to go home and farm, and then stay strong to make them stronger quickly.
Yes, only if they are strong enough to kill the skeletons, as well as the ghouls, will they be able to keep the whole army from holding back. Otherwise, the war will be bigger and longer, but the enemy will kill more and more.
So although this month seems to be peaceful, in fact he is not peaceful. Almost all the armies have fought within a month, and they used to train only once in a few years, but now they train more than a dozen times a day, not for anything else, just to be able to make themselves stronger.
And among these armies, there is one of the craziest. That was the group army that Zhao Yulong trained. In this month's time, Zhao Yulong increased the number of troops in his hands to more than 100,000.
Yes, while others are constantly cutting their troops, Zhao Yulong is still increasing his troops.
It is not that he is unaware of this truth, but in his view, even disarmament does not make a difference. After all, other necromancers are all dead who will be resurrected, and they are not just soldiers.
Therefore, even if he is a farmer, he will still be controlled by the necromancer after he dies. So how much difference is there between letting them join the army and farming? The answer is that there is not much difference.
But at least they still have some weapons in the army, and some faint armor. Although these are not very powerful, they are more or less powerful than the plough in the farmer's hand, so the success rate of victory in the battle will be greater.
Of course, the most important thing is that Zhao Yulong believes that he has the ability to train them, although it is a little troublesome for these hundreds of thousands of people to train collectively, but after some division of labor, they are still trained.
And more importantly, because Zhao Yulong's strength is much stronger, the refining aspect has also improved a little. Nowadays, it is not enough to refine the Star Picking Pill, even the Companion Moon Pill has also refined a lot.
Of course, because of the limited materials, this companion Yue Dan Zhao Yulong was only given to officers above the captain. In this way, the strength of the entire team is a lot stronger, but no matter how Zhao Yulong looks at it, he still feels a little dissatisfied.
At this time, outside Liaoyuan City, the sound of hurried horses' hooves broke the tranquility of Liaoyuan City, making the entire Liaoyuan City feel a little battlefield atmosphere.
This is a group of Terran troops dressed in battle armor, and the commander led by it is Jing Rui. I saw that the silver armor on his body was shining at this time, and this light shone on the thousands of people behind him, making the whole team look a little sacred and majestic.
The guards guarding the city naturally knew who it was, and now they opened the city gate without asking anything: "His Royal Highness Lord is in the barracks, if the general wants to find him......"
"Thanks, I see. As he spoke, Jing Rui had already passed by his side on horseback, and now he was running towards the barracks.
At this time, Zhao Yulong was parading the army, and he heard the sound of horses' hooves. But he didn't turn his head, but said directly: "I really think that this team is missing something, it turns out that there is one less general, and you came back just in time." How's the Magic Guide Stone mined over there?"
"It's okay, basically every mage can be equipped with a better staff, but we don't have a forging master in the army, so the staff made is relatively basic. Although you can meet some dwarven craftsmen from time to time, they are not very skilled and can't make much at one time, so those good staffs can only be used by those mages above the moon realm. ”
"Well, that's not bad. Do you remember when we only had a hundred weapons in our entire army?" Zhao Yulong said, turning his head to look at Jing Rui.
"Naturally, I remember, how could I forget such an important memory. I remember that at that time, you and I had just taken over the army of 3,000 people, and it was really a mess! Not only was the strength poor, but the people's hearts were also scattered, and there were no weapons, but later. ”
But later, no one could have imagined that this army would gradually become stronger by robbing the weapons of the enemy army all the way, and become an army that everyone feared. Taking advantage of Jingrui's pause, Zhao Yulong picked up the words.
"Yes, no one would have thought that it would be like this, and to be honest, I don't think anyone but you would believe that such a team would become such a powerful existence. Anyway, Zhao Yulong, are you saying this now?"
"No, it's just that I see these hundreds of thousands of people nostalgic. We brought out the 3,000 soldiers, and now there are not many left in this ranks. Coupled with the battle with Bailuo, there are less than a few dozen people left in this team, maybe this is a change of fate!"
"Maybe, but to be honest, now these soldiers are more powerful, and our equipment is better than before, and we will win this war!" Jing Rui said, glancing at the entire army.
This is indeed a perfect army, and almost no army can match them. Whether it is neatness or killing intent, they are incomparable to other armies.
The most important thing is that among the army of more than 100,000 people, there is not a single person under the Star Picking Realm, and such a terrifying strength really makes people feel chilling.
"Yes, we will win, and it seems that we have not lost yet, except that we have done it deliberately. It's not always a good thing to keep winning like this. And this undead invasion is not likely, although we are not as good as we were back then. But our enemies are definitely not comparable to those back then!"
Speaking of this, Zhao Yulong sighed, and then looked at Jingrui: "By the way, how is the Baria region?"
"It's okay, Meng Liang and I have already established the city. From time to time, the armies of enemy countries come to attack, but they are not our opponents after all. By the way, Walker's old immortal sent tens of thousands of troops, but I put them all to rest, and now it's basically gone. I just heard that the undead are going to attack Catlea, so I'll take my troops to take a look. As long as Brother Long, you give an order, I will go back immediately and ask Meng Lianghuyun to come with a large army. ”
"No need, it's not clear what the enemy is doing, and no matter how many people go there, they will be killed. After all, you can't have no generals in the army, you stay here first, I feel that in just a few days, we will have a fight with the undead. ”
As he spoke, he saw a soldier hurrying towards here. Judging from his outfit, it was obviously not a soldier of Zhao Yulong's legion, but it should be Katerea's.
At this time, when he saw Zhao Yulong, he hurriedly got off his horse and knelt in front of Zhao Yulong: "Your Royal Highness, Your Royal Highness Lord Zhao Yulong, there is ...... There's something urgent!"
"Don't worry, drink saliva and sort out your thoughts. Saying that, Zhao Yulong didn't care whether he wanted to or not, so he threw the water bag to him.
He took a few sips of it, and within a few moments, the water bag was already shriveled. At this time, he wiped his mouth with his sleeve that was already covered with mud to show a satisfied look, and then looked at Zhao Yulong and said, "Your Royal Highness, the master asked me to bring a message to Your Highness." Said that no matter what, His Highness must agree. ”
"I must say yes, what is it? Tell me about it?"
"This, the master has commanded, you must agree before you can speak, if you do not agree, I will not say. ”
"Is there such a thing, who is your master?" Hearing the soldier's words, Zhao Yulong felt a little ridiculous. There is no one in the world who acts like this?
"The master didn't let him say anything, saying that he could only say anything else if you agreed. Your Royal Highness, just say yes! This is really important, and we can't delay it for a moment. ”
"Yes, you asked me to say yes to such an urgent matter. This is really interesting, I want to hear what this is all about?" As he spoke, Zhao Yulong had already handed over the arrow in his hand to Jing Rui.
"So, Your Highness the Lord, have you agreed?" Hearing Zhao Yulong's tone, the soldier was a little pleased, and now he looked at Zhao Yulong.
"Yes, it doesn't, it depends on what you're talking about. Zhao Yulong smiled and looked at the soldier, now he was basically sure that this was definitely not the person next to Walker.
"We, our territory, have been invaded by the undead. I am a slave of the Count of Karatok, and my master is the lord of the Brest fiefdom. Now that the undead army has entered Brest, Valesi Fort is in danger. My lord has heard that His Highness has a large army under his command, so he asked me to come and ask His Highness to send troops. Saying that, the soldier looked at Zhao Yulong with a pleading look.
At this time, Zhao Yulong turned his head to look at Jing Rui: "It's really like what I just said, we will soon fight against the undead." Now here's your chance, and I'm sure the enemy will not be easy. ”
After speaking, Zhao Yulong turned his head to look at the soldier again: "Go back and tell your earl, we promised to send 10,000 troops, but because of the march, we will definitely arrive at some time later, let him hold on for a while." ”
"Thank you, Your Highness!" said the soldier, who saluted, then turned and mounted his horse and galloped out.
Valasi Fort, which is an ancient castle that has been around for a certain period of time. It has been a thousand years since the Carter family was knighted. Although they experienced a lot of ups and downs during this period, they still came along the way.
And now in this hall, as a descendant of the Carter family, Count Karatok Carter, his heart has not been able to calm down for a long time.
Yes, the family business that has been inherited for thousands of years was defeated in his hands, how can this make him willing. The most important thing is not that he didn't work hard, but that he tried everything he could to make this family brilliant, but now he is only facing destruction.
It's really not to blame him, it's not to blame anyone else. Over the years, he has been cautious step by step, almost taking one step at a time, so that his family has today's glory. But now, God played a little joke on him.
It's just that this joke is not funny, and it even makes him feel a little bleak. At the peak of his life, just when his family was about to rise, the news of a large-scale attack by the undead came from the border city.
In fact, he had barely slept the day before receiving the news, because Duke Walker, whom he had been loyal to, had promised him a big gift in a few days. And now he really can't sleep, because this news is really a "big gift".
When he felt that he was going to be taken seriously, such a play appeared, which ruined his life. However, what he didn't know, and could not possibly know, was that Duke Walker was the mastermind of this undead invasion.
And now, it doesn't make much difference to know or not know. After all, no matter what, this situation is now a foregone conclusion. It didn't take the undead army a month before they were about to kill his Valasy Fort.
During this time, he sent more than one person to ask for help. But none of them were rejected by the lords on the grounds that they could not protect themselves, and now the slaves have returned, leaving only the last slave.
Although he had not returned, Count Karatok knew he did not have to wait. Because that slave went to Zhao Yulong, and the relationship between him and Zhao Yulong, there is absolutely no need to think about it.
Although the two had no contact, he knew that Zhao Yulong, as a lord, had always been at odds with Duke Walker Tork. And he was on the side of Duke Walker, but at the critical moment he ran to the Lord's side to ask for help, which must be impossible.
Besides, even if he agreed, he still didn't give much hope. The distance between Biblest and the Ringing Dragon fiefdom was not unknown to him, and it was at least two months according to the distance traveled by his soldiers.
Two months is enough time for the undead to wipe out here, and it is estimated that Zhao Yulong will come with a large army to collect his corpse at most.
No, you don't even need to collect the corpse. Because the ghouls will clean up the fresh corpses, which will save a lot of land for Catlea.
Even if there are not many ghouls, they can't clean up so many corpses at once. Necromancers will also resurrect them, but in this resurrection, they become walking dead, without their own consciousness, and naturally only have the fate of being manipulated.
Thinking of this, Count Karatok unnaturally took out a bottle of potion from the ring, put it in his hand and looked at it. Then I put it in the ring.
It was his last resort, a bottle of poison that wasn't considered poison. In fact, he is not very toxic to normal people, but he has a very strong corrosive effect, especially for corpses, he can make them rot from flesh to bone.
So what Count Karatok had in mind at this time was if these undead broke through Valasi Fort. He committed suicide by taking the potion, and the ghouls who ate his flesh were also injured by the potion, which was only a small contribution of his own making.
Even if the ghouls don't eat him, it doesn't matter. After all, after taking this potion, his corpse will decay faster than the necromancer's chant. At least he doesn't have to become the disgusting undead when he dies, so that he can at least lighten the burden on the living warriors.
It's just that with his character, he really doesn't dare to drink this kind of thing now. Although he didn't know if he would feel pain after drinking it, he just didn't dare to take a mouthful.
I bet on the dignity of the Carter family, and I can't disgrace my blood. So now I want to live strongly, until that moment, and drink him bravely.
Just as he was thinking, the Count heard the sound of horses' hoofs in a hurry. This made him a little happy, for no one but his apparent servant could ride a horse with such impatience. Now that he was back, it was useless, but the Count felt that it would be a good thing to have one more person by his side.
(End of chapter)