Located on the border between Lopez and Susin, the Dragon Fortress is built in the Bam Mountains, which become gentle as you climb over them.

Therefore, the soldiers of the Susin Kingdom are better at horse warfare than the soldiers of the Lopez Kingdom.

On the other hand, the terrain of the Lopez Kingdom is mainly mountainous, and the soldiers are better at bows and arrows, so the Susin Kingdom has been defeated repeatedly in the hands of the Lopez Kingdom.

So that the national strength of the Suxin Kingdom has weakened over the years, and after so many years of recuperation, he only dared to lead troops to raid the Lion Kingdom, in the eyes of King Susin, this country that had just been founded not long ago and had experienced several large-scale battles was easier to bully.

He didn't expect to be able to eat the entire lion kingdom with just one war, but he had to bite off a piece of meat anyway.

But what caught King Susin off guard was that the Lion Kingdom was in trouble, and Lopez would actually send troops to intervene, shouldn't they be mortal enemies?

At this time, the Marquis of Asa, who led his troops to the Susin Kingdom without declaring war, was carefully watching the information in his hand, which recorded almost all of Jason's recent battles in the north.

And then there's a series of analyses to follow.

Ever since Marquis Asa had rejected Jason's order to retreat, Jason had not been very concerned about the situation on his side, unless there was some big plan that required Marquis Asa's involvement.

But Marquis Asa has been keeping an eye on the situation in the north, and even a small detail of Jason's actions will be pondered by him repeatedly.

In the end, he had to admit that there were indeed too many talented people around his nephew, and it didn't matter if he had his own influence or not.

"Your Excellency, your Highness, his situation is very bad. His subordinate was a little worried and said that these people were all in favor of Jason, and if Jason lost, they would not be much better

Marquis Asa didn't answer him immediately, but read the information again, and finally stood up and patted the dust on his body, and sighed leisurely: "Yes, it's not optimistic. ”

The subordinate looked at his unworried expression and asked again, "Then are we still going to invade the Susin Kingdom according to the previous plan?"

What he meant was that he wanted to lead troops to counterattack the kingdom of Lopez, because in his opinion, Jason was provoking trouble in order to relieve them.

"The main legion of the Susin Kingdom is now being dragged in the Lion Kingdom, and it will take a long time for the legions stationed in other regions to rush to help, and this time is enough for us to kill their royal capital, so why do we play to retreat and go back?"

The Marquis of Asa asked rhetorically, and finally added: "Don't you want to achieve such a brilliant record as you did more than ten years ago?"

More than ten years ago, the Marquis of Asa led an army of 200,000 to break through more than ten cities of the Suxin Kingdom, and finally arrived at the royal capital of the Suxin Kingdom.

It was also that war that caused the vitality of the Suxin Kingdom to be greatly damaged, so miserable that in recent years, it has not even been able to make up a few decent armies.

This is also the reason why Marquis Asa dared to take tens of thousands of troops and planned to attack the hinterland of the Susin Kingdom, otherwise how could he dare to play so big without 100,000 troops before.

"Everybody wants that glory, but ......" the subordinate tried to defend himself, but he didn't know what to say.

"Isn't the main reason why Your Highness took the initiative to attract malice from within the kingdom so that we can smoothly attack the Susin Kingdom and relieve the siege of the Lion Kingdom?"

After saying this, the Marquis of Asa turned to look at the setting sun in the distance, and by this moment the whole sun had already set on the other side of the mountain, and half of the sky seemed to be burned red by flames.

"But we really should have picked up the pace, and I don't want to wait until we're done with the task and the Iron Tooth is down," he said. ”

"I see, Lord Marquis. The subordinates instinctively felt that what the Marquis of Asa said was wrong, but they did not know how to continue to refute it, and finally had to confess and retreat.

"The kingdom of Lopez has decayed, like the afterglow of this setting sun, dazzling but about to fade away. ”

The Marquis of Asa stood on the rampart and watched Sunset fade into his sight before he muttered to himself, "I still need someone to add to the fire." ”

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A few days later.

Jason walked quietly on the gravel road of Dede Town, where there were no other people nearby except the soldiers, and the civilians were transferred to Lucca Province by Jason after the battle.

And also gave a "settling-in fee", because no matter what the outcome of this war is, it is impossible for Dede Town to continue to live, and it will become a military camp or a transit point for resources.

So there was silence throughout the town, and there was no movement except for the footsteps of the patrolling soldiers as they walked and the grinding of their armor.

Even the sound of insects had disappeared, and the whole town was filled with a solemn atmosphere.

Because Jason got the news a few days ago, the Third Heavy Armor Legion of the Lopez Kingdom did not march towards the Baria Pass as they had received before, but suddenly changed course after reaching the north and began to move towards their side.

So Jason is under a lot of pressure now, because Lopez's heavily armored army is not comparable to this kind of aristocratic private army and local garrison.

They are true warriors, and they have always followed Jason's father, the old king of Lopez, who fought in the north and south of the continent, and made a great name in the north of the continent.

On the other hand, the army on Jason's side is not only inferior in numbers, but also lacks a lot of combat experience, and the only thing that can be used is that it is well-equipped.

He could only pin his hopes on the 6,000 sailors who had blockaded the Morning River now.

After all, if they want to attack Jason's military formation, they can only cross the river, and Jason is now out to relax his tense heartstrings, and it is best to think of a way to let this heavy armored army die first before crossing the morning river.

But he had been wandering for half a night, but he had not had the slightest thought, and it was not enough to defeat the enemy with these hurried ballistas mounted on ships.

This modified scorpion-shaped ballista is good enough for man, but it still lacks some power to sink enemy warships.

Just as Jason's mind was tumbling, there was a commotion from the city gate in the distance.

He frowned, and was about to send someone over to arrest all the troublesome soldiers when he came back when he suddenly heard a voice that surprised him.

This made him can't help but raise his hand to stop the law enforcement team who was about to rush over to deal with it in the shadows, and walked over with his legs raised.