The war between Roland and Baron Donte was in full swing, although the army led by Siegfried had the upper hand in terms of morale.

But the stubborn resistance of the enemy also made it difficult for them, after all, they were twice as numerous as their own side.

All the soldiers were under tremendous pressure.

On the other side, a scout cavalry at the Baria Pass hurried back from outside the pass, and rode straight into Atum's house on horseback with a token in hand.

"Urgent military situation! Emergency military situation! Urgent military situation! Everyone get out of the way! Get out of the way!"

He held up the token in his hand and shouted, and as soon as he arrived outside Atum's house, the war horse under his crotch fell to the ground and foamed at the mouth, and the long gallop caused it to be unable to support it.

Even if he can save his life, he can only spend the rest of his life in the stable, and this war horse is gone.

Atum's guards looked at it, and sure enough, it was Master Atum's token, and they immediately couldn't stop this person, so they got out of the way.

Atum inside had already heard the movement outside and walked out of his room.

He had already guessed what was going on.

"Don't panic, speak slowly. He looked at the scout, his eyes red and his face tired, and said in a deep voice.

"Yes, sir. ”

The scout cavalry eased his emotions, and then said in a deep voice: "My lord, the enemy has reached the southern part of the Barya Pass less than a hundred miles, and they will be able to reach the bottom of the Barya Pass by the morning after tomorrow at the latest. ”

"Where's the quantity?"

Atum's eyes narrowed slightly, and he asked solemnly, the number of troops they attacked this time must not be less.

"The subordinates are incompetent and do not dare to approach the enemy's military formation, but a rough estimate is no less than 40,000 people!"

The scout replied.

Because the enemy's army had cavalry to open the way, and there were an unknown number of scouts patrolling nearby, they did not dare to approach them at all, and could only observe from a distance and come to a rough estimate.

Atum took a deep breath when he heard this, although he had already guessed, he still felt a shock when he actually heard this amount.

However, on the surface, he still forced calm and said to the scout: "Thank you for your hard work, go and get a bounty, and then go back and have a good rest." ”

"Thank you, sir!"

After the scout left, Atum stood still and thought for a while, it was still very difficult for the thousands of soldiers at the Baria Pass to block the army that was several times his size.

Basically, he was sure that if he defended the Barya Pass with only his own troops, the result would probably be the same as when Cecil fought against him.

"Inform all the senior generals at the pass to assemble in the council hall in half an hour. ”

He looked up at the guards and said that he couldn't think of a way out at this time, so he had to turn to his colleagues for help.

Especially the commander of Ani from the province of Lucca, Atum has always felt that this young general with a low official rank is a bit unfathomable.

The scout said that the enemy would arrive the day after tomorrow, but in the afternoon the next day Count Hicks came with his army to the Balia Pass, and set up camp less than five miles from the Barya Pass.

The charming Hetty also put on a piece of armor and stood beside him at this time, but even if she put on the armor, she had to show off her figure.

The convex and backward hot body looks even more attractive after putting on a light armor.

"My lord, with the height of the wall of this pass, I think we will be able to break through it in less than a day. ”

Her boneless body was lightly pressed against Earl Hicks's arm, but neither of them felt anything in armor.

"It's easy to attack and hard to defend, but His Royal Highness the Prince has left me with a big problem. Hicks' gloomy eyes scanned the Barria Pass shrouded in smoke and dust in the distance, and said calmly.

"Yes, it won't be too difficult to break through this pass, it's rare to have to hold it until the follow-up reinforcements arrive. ”

Hetty nodded thoughtfully, in order to prevent Hicks from being greedy for merit, Phil was surrounded and suppressed by Jason's gathered forces alone, so he gave a death order, after breaking through the Barria Pass, he must stay here, waiting for the upcoming Third Heavy Armor Legion and other local armies.

Otherwise, Hicks might really take his army of 50,000 to sweep away the three northern provinces, and even if he added another province of Zhelun, he would be sure to defeat them in one fell swoop.

It's a pity that his highness is really making a little fuss, and in his opinion, that's the case.

"Why don't I sneak in and kill that Atum tonight, so that this pass will not be breached?"

Hetty's eyes rolled, although her strength was only in the realm of a great knight, she was very confident in her stealth assassination skills.

"No way!"

Hicks immediately rejected her offer without hesitation, and while the plan was tempting, they didn't know what was going on inside Barria Pass.

"I absolutely disagree!" he said again.

"Order the whole army to rest and recuperate, and launch an attack on the Barya Pass at once tomorrow morning, and let the group of slaves have something good to eat tonight. ”

Then Earl Hicks turned around and left, not giving Hetty a chance to continue persuading, and gave orders to the guards who had been following him with their heads bowed as he went.

"They will surely thank you for your kindness. The guard immediately sent a sycophant.

"Kindness?"

Earl Hicks sneered, "They may thank me for my kindness, but I think they won't feel that way tomorrow." ”

Because of a siege battle, less than 400 of these 4,000 slaves survived, but in order to be able to get out of slavery, they must not mind using them as cannon fodder.

Hettie behind him also followed him, but he didn't mention the previous topic, and judging by the tone of his answer, she knew that Hicks wouldn't agree, but she was quite happy.

Compared to the chaos in the north, the Marquis of Asa did not have so many worries, because he was already standing on the walls of the Dragon Fortress.

After a night of surprise attacks last night, the defenders of the Dragon Fortress finally surrendered to him this afternoon.

A total of 3,000 troops were collected by him, and they may be scattered and incorporated into his own army in the future.

"Lord Marquis, this is a battle report from the north. ”

At this time, the Marquis of Asa was resting on the city wall with his spear and watching the sunset, when one of his men handed him a scroll of animal skin.