Stannis counted the casualties, for he had brought with him all foot archers, and as had been assumed, there were not a single casualty.

But the other families were not so lucky, and 9 families were wiped out in the previous avalanche, including Baron Fatace, who bought his sword. Before the battle began, four more lords led their men to flee into the forest, but none of them survived. Even those who survived suffered heavy losses, except for the Stannis accident, the troops of all the other families suffered heavy losses in this battle, especially the Mitage family, because they brought the most people and suffered the most casualties.

Although they did not all die, Duke Garcia's conspiracy was largely achieved, and the strength of the lords in the Duchy of Tanis, who were dissatisfied with him, were greatly weakened.

But none of them could match Rhodok's losses, with 120 flags covered in the snow, and only about 20 of the remaining were able to stand up. What kind of army is this? It can withstand such a terrible rate of battle losses and still fight to the death!

Stannis's curiosity grows stronger, and he must find out the secret.

Romulo commanded the cremation of the fallen soldiers in turn, and Stannis pretended to be casual as he walked over.

"What are you going to do next?"

The corps commander turned his head, he obviously didn't think about the careful thinking hidden under Stanis.

"This is the largest group of Chaos people in your territory, and I believe that after they are eliminated, there will only be a few scattered monsters left, which you Erathia can handle on your own. And our operation here is over, ready to go back with the bones of our comrades. ”

"Are you going back to your V Legion station?" asked Stannis hurriedly.

Viren nodded, "Of course, this time even our legion commander personally led the guerrillas out to stop the enemy, I don't know if they have returned to the camp safely now." ”

Stannis was overjoyed, and he suddenly pointed to his nose and said, "Then can you bring me back to your station, I want to meet the commander of the legion named Hamilson." ”

"What, boss, it is treason to meet the high-ranking of the enemy country privately, and you will be hanged!" Robert, as soon as he heard his thoughts, immediately jumped out and said alarmistly.

Stannis waved his hand indifferently, "How can it be so exaggerated, isn't there a truce between us and Rhodok now, and now it's just a customary diplomatic meeting." ”

Robert leaned up and covered his mouth with his hand and whispered: "It's okay for the old man emperor to say it, but if you really do this, it will cause the lords to be angry, and someone will see that you are unhappy and send someone to kill you." ”

The lord was frightened by his words, and he embarrassedly touched his head with his hand and discussed with Romulo with a smile, "You see, the situation is not so safe, can you secretly send a diplomat over to contact the relationship." ”

"Why are you in contact with my chief?" Romulo said politely, and Stannis's words also alerted him, after all, the two sides had only been fighting for a long time, and they could become enemies again at any time.

"Didn't you just say that? A great shadow of doom is about to fall on us, and we need to be fully prepared for the end of the world. Since you want to share the same hatred with Erathia, you can't always do these good deeds of silently saving people without leaving a name, and I hope that the conscience of these elm-headed lords will be found and show favor to you. Do you always need an inside person to liaise with!hahaha!"

"Boss, you don't want to be a traitor, do you?" said Robert, seeing his thoughts, with a look of disdain.

"I am willing to sacrifice myself for the sake of human unity!" Stannis said with a righteous awe-inspiring patting on his chest. In fact, his real purpose was to see that these Rhodoks were so capable of fighting, so he admired the people who trained them, and hoped that the commander of the legion named Hamilson would send a few instructors to help him train the army, as long as half of them could fight.

As for this kind of political matter, as a soldier, Viren obviously can't play it, he only thinks that this is indeed a good thing, in line with the essence of the legion commander's speech, so he nodded, "I will go back and report this situation to the commander, but this matter must be kept secret." ”

"Of course, of course, only the three of us know about it, and if anyone leaks it, I'll ...... it myself," Stannis said as he bared his teeth as he stared at Robert, his little brother shuddering at him.

Soon, after reaching a consensus, Rhodok's army left the battlefield. And only half an hour later, the expeditionary force also headed south with the wounded, and almost all of them did not want to stay on the snowfield covered with black water for a second longer.

And the corpses, most of them, except for a few lords, were abandoned on the battlefield, and they had to come back and bury them at the beginning of spring next year, if the corpses could be found by then.

It is said that in the spring of the following year, the flowers of this grassland bloom exceptionally luxuriantly, and the bright colors seem to be watered by blood.

In this expedition, although nine deaths and one catastrophe were experienced, Stannis was like a new life, he almost died at the hands of monsters, but he also awakened his strength, learned that he was betrayed by his closest people, and gained many allies.

He believed that after knowing the true face of Duke Garcia, those surviving lords might later contribute to their own rebellion against the Garcia family's ascension to the throne of duke, even if they were neutral and did not make trouble.

On the way back, they passed by the village where they had camped on the first day, and by this time, there was no one alive in it, and the villagers had long since turned into monsters and had been wiped out in the previous battle on the snowfield.

Stannis stood in front of the ruins of the warehouse for a long time, unwilling to leave, knowing that the girl who had snuggled up to his shoulder would never return.

"Don't be sentimental there, Boss, let's go, we're going to enter Wolf's territory before dark!" Robert urged in a loud voice in the distance.

Stannis shook his head and turned to walk towards the crowd, but the moment he turned back, he had a sad smile on his face, for he saw that in the corner of the warehouse, a beautiful butterfly was perched on the back of a praying mantis, and the two were as still as statues, as if they would never be separated.

Only a third of the expeditionary force parted ways after entering the territory of the House of Wolf, and before parting, Stannis and Seaworth met briefly again, and Vane, Fibbos, and Tulania knew that he was making another alliance, and they all gladly joined in, knowing that they must now unite if they were to have any hope of survival, as they were regarded as a thorn in the side of the Duke.

"Then let's find another time to meet next time. When Seaworth said this, it meant that the adventure was coming to an end.

"Hmm. Stannis nodded, and he suddenly laughed, and said in a joking tone: "You don't want to die until the next meeting! Because the Duke's ultimate goal is to cut us all off, and if any of us are killed by the Duke in advance, we living people will not let you go as a traitor!"

Everyone laughed, they would not have thought that with the small power of these few people, they were going to turn the entire principality upside down.