Chapter 112: Playing with Fire
Although the Governor's Office of the Southwest Province reacted quickly enough to organize reinforcements to rescue Metro City as soon as it received the enemy's situation, limited by the speed of message transmission and the limitation of transportation methods, when the reinforcements came outside Metro City, it was already four days after the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce escort team conquered Metro City.
This batch of reinforcements was a mixture of the three imperial legions stationed in the southwest province for a long time, and the total number of troops exceeded 50,000, which shows that the governor's office of the southwest province attached great importance to this invasion.
The 50,000-strong army was able to rush here from the provincial capital of the southwestern province, which was more than 300 kilometers away from Metro City, and it was also strictly ordered by the Governor's Office to recapture Metro City from the enemy as soon as possible.
After all, the entire Candela Empire has not been invaded by foreign enemies other than the Maro Empire for hundreds of years, and even a city has been breached, but now there is such a serious case in the Southwest Province, and the Governor's Mansion of the Southwest Province is under very heavy pressure.
However, when the more than 50,000 reinforcements arrived outside the city of Melo, they could not even get close to the city wall of Metro City, so they were forced to be forced three kilometers away from the city wall by extremely dense artillery fire, and they could not advance an inch.
"What the hell is this fighting!" the commander of the reinforcements, Marquis Di Natale, looked at the huge pits scattered across the land in front of him, and then at the city of Mero, which could only be seen faintly in the distance, and angrily threw the sword in his hand directly to the ground.
After arriving here with reinforcements, he had already organized four attacks on the city of Mero.
However, every time they first sorted, they would be attacked by an overwhelming and extremely fierce magic artillery attack from the direction of Metro City, and after paying a lot of casualties. Still unable to break through this tight blockade. Break under the city of Melo.
Throughout the course of the war. Not to mention a head-on battle with the enemy, they have not even seen the shadow of the enemy!
As for achieving the goal of retaking Metro City as soon as possible, as explained by the Governor before departure, it is simply a fantasy.
"My lord, it seems that it is not advisable to rush in this direction. According to the intelligence, the escort team sent by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce this time is only 5,000 people, and we should use the superior forces to launch an attack on Metro City in several ways. As long as they rush into Metro City, the powerful military magic machinery of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce Escort will not be effective. The staff officer of the army suggested to the Marquis di Natale.
The Marquis de Dinata pondered for a moment. Nodding in agreement.
Then he summoned the other commanders of the reinforcements, and discussed the battle plan, and then the 50,000 reinforcements were divided into four groups, of which 20,000 remained, and continued to be led by the Marquis di Natale to put pressure on the city of Mero in the north of the city.
The remaining three groups were divided into three routes, detouring through Metro City and attacking from three other directions at the same time.
With the strength of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce's escort team, it will be difficult to deal with attacks from four directions at the same time.
As long as reinforcements can enter Metro City, it will be difficult for the New Flying Chamber of Commerce escorts to take advantage of the military magic machinery they possess in the midst of street fighting. So that the strength advantage of the reinforcements can be fully utilized.
However...... The plan is beautiful, but the reality is cruel.
The Marquis de Dinata was still leading the remaining 20,000 reinforcements to stay where he was. While waiting for the signal from the other three reinforcements to attack at the same time, a dark cloud suddenly flew into the sky in the southwest, covering almost the entire sky.
When the Marquis of Di Natale and the other reinforcement leaders looked up, Qi Qi's faces changed drastically.
The dark clouds in that sky are clearly composed of another magic airship!
To be able to form such a large shadow in the sky, at a cursory glance, it is at least more than fifty ships!
The Marquis of Di Natale didn't have time to think about where these magic airships came from, and immediately ordered the magicians accompanying the army to come forward to meet them.
Everyone knows that the magic airships of the New Flyers can always stay flying at high altitude, and they can be condescending and attack them as much as they want.
And the only ones who can threaten the magic airship are the magicians who can also fly into the sky.
However, the magicians who accompanied the army had only halfway to fly when they saw several dazzling beams of light shoot out from several magical airships.
These beams of light were extremely thick and fast, and the magicians who were still struggling to fly upwards had no time to dodge, so they could only resist.
However, under everyone's attention, the magic shields stretched out by these high-level magicians who accompanied the army died in an instant like bubbles under the shroud of light one by one.
Watching the magicians flying up in the sky fall down one by one like kites with broken strings, the heart of the Marquis of Dinatary also sank little by little.
Even magicians can't do anything with those magic airships, don't they only have to be beaten passively?
However, to the surprise of the Marquis di Natale, these dozens of magic airships did not move when they shot down those magicians and flew above the heads of the reinforcements, just floating quietly in mid-air, as if watching a play.
The Marquis of Di Natale and the other generals of the reinforcements were somewhat baffled.
With the absolute air superiority of these magic airships, if you want to deal with them, it will be effortless, but now these magic airships are putting on such a posture, what do they want to do?
Marquis Di Natale took a pair of binoculars, looked up and looked closely, and made sure that the magic airships above his head were indeed from the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, and his heart was even more strange.
After thinking for a while, he turned his head to look at Metro City in the distance, and suddenly a glimmer of realization was born in his heart.
After tucking the binoculars in his adjutant's arms, the Marquis de Dinatare turned over and mounted his beloved warhorse, signaling all his men not to follow, and then slowly walked towards the distant city of Mero.
Sure enough, seeing that he was only riding alone, there was no magic cannon shooting out from the side of Metro City, and he was allowed to gallop quickly to the foot of Metro City.
"Is there the leader of the escort of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, can you come down and talk?" said Marquis Di Natale, looking up above the tall walls of Metro City.
A moment later, three figures jumped down from the city walls and landed directly in front of the Marquis di Natale.
The two figures descended with such a light gesture that they were as silent as the leaves falling.
The other figure was like a boulder falling, causing a loud "bang" sound, and the momentum was amazing.
The Marquis of Di Natale froze, turned over and dismounted, and his eyes swept over the faces of the three figures, and found that the two light figures were two elven men, but the voice was amazing, but it was a strong human man.
"Introduce myself, I'm Marquis Deweyne Di Natale, commander of this reinforcement, which of you is the head of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce here?" asked Marquis Di Natale.
"Oh, I didn't expect a marquis to come in person, what a surprise to me. The strong human man laughed, then pointed at himself. "I'm the person in charge here, and I'm also the captain of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce's escort team, Hart. ”
"Captain Hart, is it?" Marquis Dinatare glanced at the two elven men who were also wearing the uniforms of the guards of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, and did not ask, but paused, and continued, "I want to ask, what is the purpose of your operation this time?"
"Lord Marquis, this is a strange question. Isn't what we're doing now, obvious? Invading your Candela Empire. You see, Metro City behind us is the first city we conquered, and we will conquer one city after another, and finally conquer your imperial capital, Wimbledon. ”
"You're lying!" the Marquis de Natal glanced at Captain Hart with a calm face, then turned his head to point at the dozens of magical airships in the sky in the distance. "If that's your purpose, why are those guys standing still? ”
Captain Hart shrugged, "No, you're mistaken. Marquis, we just don't want to waste precious ammunition on your worthless adversaries. Of course, if you're stupid enough, Lord Marquis, we don't mind teaching you and your men a profound lesson. ”
The Marquis di Natale took a hard breath, and with great difficulty was able to suppress the raging anger that had risen in his heart.
The 50,000 elite army he personally led was actually an unworthy opponent in the eyes of these guys?
This is simply the greatest insult to him!
However, he was forced to admit this fact.
Whether it was the repeated setbacks of their attack on Metro City just now, or the appearance of the magic airship that made him helpless, it fully reflects that although the army he led has a huge advantage in strength, it does not even have the power to parry in the actual battle.
As Captain Hart said, if they really wanted to, the fifty magic airships floating in the sky alone would be enough for them to resist at all, and in the end, they would not even be able to escape.
And the reason why the other party did not do this is obviously for another purpose.
Or as Captain Hart vaguely implied, these reinforcements are just worthless opponents, so who are the real opponents they are looking forward to?
"Lord Marquis, you can go back. We have no interest in annihilating you, whether you are willing to retreat now, or whether you are willing to stay outside Metro City and watch the play, you like. But I must warn you not to try to get near Metro City, or I won't mind teaching you any more lessons. Captain Hart suddenly said with a cold face.
The Marquis de Di Natale was stunned, then took another deep breath and looked at Captain Hart with a gloomy face.
"I don't know what you're trying to do, but I warn you, you're playing with fire!"
"Playing with fire?" Captain Hart laughed, "Maybe you're right." But playing with fire doesn't always mean self-immolation, does it?"
With that, Captain Hart made a gesture of please.
The Marquis di Natale gave him a deep look, snorted, turned and mounted his horse, and walked away quickly. (To be continued......)