The crows hovered over the heads of the dead men, screaming and refusing to leave, until at last Stannis could not bear the stench of the dead corpses and led them back.

But when he returned to the camp in fear, an even more unfortunate news came:

Although he had tried his best to warn his allies to beware of the scab monsters, the southern coalition army marching from the south was still ambushed, and as he passed through the abandoned mine, tens of thousands of scabs poured out of the mine and cut off the human army that was marching in the middle with the most terrifying speed.

A total of 10,000 people were killed in the valley, not even a single survivor, and even if some were able to escape the ambush at first, they were quickly overtaken by monsters who could move freely down the ground and were killed instantly.

After receiving this sad news, Stannis did not say a word for half an hour, and the only thing on his mind now was: how could it be so fast?

He had communicated with the commander of that army the day before, but it was only noon that he had received the news that the whole army had been wiped out, that was to say, so in just one night, so how terrible were the number of scabs? They were so powerful that they could wipe out a five-figure human army without much effort! This was far more powerful than Stannis had estimated.

"How can this be!" Stannis muttered in disbelief, he didn't expect that the monsters also knew how to break them one by one, and if they wanted to blame that group of southerners were too arrogant, if they followed their advice and moved forward cautiously, even if they were surrounded by enemies several times their size, they would not be defeated so badly as long as they held on and waited for reinforcements.

But no matter how much you frustrate now, the most important thing now is to think about what to do next. The Southern Route Army has been completely wiped out, and its right flank is now empty, and if the northern coalition forces are lost again, Stannis will be completely surrounded.

However, since he could think of this, it was impossible for the enemy not to think that if the opposite side could destroy the army in the south, then the north was definitely in danger.

Thinking of this, Stannis hurriedly raised his head and shouted loudly: "North, where is the Northern Coalition Army now!"

Cortana, who had been waiting for a long time, hurriedly walked in when she heard his call, she motioned to Robert and Korodov to hurry up and bring the map in, and then she pointed to the green arrow on the map and hurriedly said: " Your Majesty, please do not worry, for upon learning of the surprise attack on the troops in the South, I immediately sent a letter to His Excellency Patkins, who commanded the Allied Forces in the North, to report to him the situation here, and he wrote back to me two hours ago that he had now strengthened his guard, and that he was only fifteen miles away from our own formation, and that it would only take three hours to reach it if we had increased my speed. ”

Stannis breathed a sigh of relief, as long as they could join them, the northern army had 20,000 men, so that the total Stannis had an army of 50,000 men, and even if the enemy poured out, it would definitely not be easy to defeat them.

"And where are they now?" Stannis asked casually.

Cortana pointed her finger at her chin and stood in front of the map and thought carefully for a moment, "Hmm...... They should be here now!"

Stannis followed her fingers and saw that Patkins' troops had reached a large plain, where the terrain was flat and suitable for the march of large troops, and there was nothing of special note other than a few dry rivers. Stannis touched his chin and thought seriously for a while, according to the information provided by Cortana, although those dark rivers have dried up and the soft channels can be marched, but they are too narrow and definitely not conducive to large-scale troops, so even if those scab monsters want to launch a sneak attack, it is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, so Stannis is relieved and waiting for Patkins to bring someone to meet.

After finally coming out of the predicament of the annihilation of the southern army, Stannis felt that it was not irreparable, since the enemy was so crazy to destroy them in advance, it meant that the king of the labyrinth was also afraid of them to gather, because with their strength they could definitely pose enough threat to it!

"Okay, Cortana has worked hard for you, you can go down and rest first. ”

Cortana saluted him and quietly retreated. At this time, Stannis was left with only Robert and Korodov. Both of them stood silently beside him, knowing that Stannis was most disgusted by someone disturbing him while he was thinking.

Finally, it was Stannis who spoke first, "Alright, let's almost stop here today, we just need to wait quietly for Patkins and her men to join us, by the way, the big man will give me orders, double the number of sentry stints, and at the same time increase the number of patrols in the camp to prevent the enemy from attacking the camp in the dark." ”

"Yes, sir!" Korodov nodded and followed Stannis's orders and went out.

Stannis yawned too, he hadn't had a break since he heard the news of the annihilation of the Southern Army, and now that he had arranged a series of things, he could finally find time for dinner.

"Radish, you go and call Chef Cook over! and ask him to get me some roast rabbit legs, I don't know if I have one less time to eat now!"

Robert gave him a blank look, "Why do you always like to say such frustrating things! I'll go to the chef for you, you can squint for a while! I haven't slept for a day!"

Indeed, after Stannis came back from scouting Baili City yesterday, he didn't even have time to squint his eyes to get the bad news, coupled with the previous days of marching, Stannis's physical strength has reached a critical point, and if he doesn't rest, he will indeed collapse.

"Okay, excuse me!" Stannis didn't immediately go to bed with his clothes wide after sending him away, but went out to get some fresh air while his brain was still excited, and now he couldn't stop his brain even for a minute.

Stannis began to bend in the camp, because he was dressed in civilian clothes, so most of the people in the camp did not recognize him as the king of Tanis, and Stennis enjoyed the feeling of being on a private tour.

Inadvertently, he heard two soldiers chatting beside him, and the content caught his attention.

"This hellish place is very evil, the dark rivers in other places are buried in the ground to meet other rivers, but the dark rivers here go straight to the ground, like a cave next to each other. ”

When they had finished, they found a man standing there like a statue: Stannis.

Hell, the Northern Route Army is going to be wiped out!