Chapter 739: Confrontation
"Your Excellency, urgent military order from the Imperial Capital!" a herald strode into the office of William, Grand Duke of the Southern Waru Empire, without knocking on the door. Hearing that it was a military order from the imperial capital, William's brows furrowed, and then he frowned tightly again.
What tricks does the damned Gavin XIII want to play? Since Leo rebelled against the Varu Empire, William, who was close to Leo, was harassed by Gavin XIII in every way. Although the three southern provinces are rich in products and powerful, and the Southern Grand Duke is intertwined and has complex relationships within the empire, so that Gavin XIII does not dare to be ruthless to Archduke William, but from time to time it will be difficult for Archduke William, and if you can't kill you, you will be disgusted to death, which makes William with a straightforward personality irritable.
After receiving the emergency military order handed over by the herald, William opened it casually and looked at it, but at this glance, his heart was turbulent. Gavin XIII strictly ordered the three southern provinces to prepare the logistics and materials of the Green Wolf Legion to meet all the combat requirements of the Blue Wolf Legion against the Kingdom of Pritz.
"The Harvest Goddess Temple has also sent a group of priests, it seems that this time Leo this kid may be in trouble!" William's fingers tapped rhythmically on the desk, his eyes slightly closed, and his mind kept thinking about what he should do.
If you cooperate with the Blue Wolf Army, the Pritz Kingdom that Leo has built with great difficulty may be in danger, but if you don't cooperate, you will offend Gavin XIII again, and it is such a military event, I am afraid that it will be difficult for the Wagner family to gain a foothold in the Valu Empire in the future.
William also fell into the same dilemma as Randall's Legion Commander, but unlike Randall, a pure soldier, William considered not only himself personally, but also the position of the entire Wagner family and the three southern provinces. In the position of Grand Duke of the South, it was sometimes difficult for William to act according to his own wishes.
William's hesitation continued to hesitate until the time when the Blue Wolf Legion passed through the three southern provinces. Archduke William has never been an indecisive person, but this time he knew that he could not do anything to betray his family and the empire, even if he valued his affection, he could not risk his family and hundreds of thousands of people in the three southern provinces in vain, so he could only sacrifice Leo as a friend.
Under the constant urging of the Hofmann Pontifical Crown, the commander of Randall's legion only ordered the Wolf Legion to stay in the three southern provinces for one day to replenish supplies, and then immediately crossed the three provinces and killed the Lorraine Province of the Kingdom of Plitz in the past.
On the border between the two countries, the Senta checkpoint on the border between Lorraine and the southern province of Varu is the same checkpoint that Leo passed through when he led King Fairman and the people of Lorraine to evacuate. It has long been taken over by the Spartan Heavy Legion, and tens of thousands of Spartan warriors have been waiting for the arrival of the Blue Wolf Legion.
Joan of Arc, who assisted the Spartan legions in battle, temporarily recruited some of the college's mages at the Lorraine Academy of Magic and Wizardry when she passed through Lorraine. Although they were dissatisfied with Pritz's annexation of Lorraine, when the mages learned of the invasion of the Varu Empire, they temporarily put aside their prejudices and actively participated in the battle to defend their homeland.
Unfortunately, for the Spartan warriors, there was no need for these mages at all, they only believed in the round shields and spears in their hands. Therefore, the Spartan military governor Asnod arranged for the mages and the defenders of the Senta checkpoint to continue to defend the city, while the Spartan legion went out of the city to take the initiative to meet the Blue Wolf Legion.
In the eyes of the Spartans, offense was the only means of war, and passive defense was never the style of the Spartans. Moreover, this time, the strength of the Spartan Legion obviously has the upper hand, and it would be a shame to still retreat to defend in the checkpoint with a multiple-fold superiority in strength.
Just at the other end of the kingdom of Pritz, when the war between the bear warriors and the army of the undead began, the Spartan Legion finally welcomed their opponents, the Valu Empire's Blue Wolf Legion and the Harvest Goddess Temple Priests.
Before leaving, although Captain Randall had heard many times about the prestige of several elite legions in the Kingdom of Pritz, he did not think so, because rumors on the mainland like to exaggerate the facts, and a skirmish of a few hundred people might be exaggerated into a shocking war. How could a small Pridz afford to raise so many elite legions? Even the extremely powerful Varu Empire only had four large legions.
But when the Green Wolf Legion came to the Senta level and saw the neatly arrayed Spartan Legion in front of the level, Captain Randall's heart twitched.
Oh my God, did the Kingdom of Pritz send out all their troops......? I'm afraid there must be tens of thousands of people, which is already many times the size of the Blue Wolf Legion. Captain Randall looked at the huge legion formation that stretched for several miles, and couldn't help but complain wildly in his heart.
Where did the Pritz Kingdom get so many soldiers? How many people did the entire Pritz Kingdom have? Could it be that they dragged all the men into battle?
Although Captain Randall tried his best to look far away to find out the indiscriminate people in the opposite formation, he could see that all the soldiers in the opposite formation were in full formation, without the slightest hint of panic, panic or excitement, and each soldier was as calm as a veteran of a battle.
"Stop advancing, line up and garrison!Camp with heavy baggage!" the commander of the legion commanded an order that was quickly transmitted by the herald throughout the Blue Wolf Legion. Like a well-oiled machine, the soldiers of the Blue Wolf Legion quickly lined up and prepared for battle, while the baggage soldiers in the rear, who were responsible for transporting supplies, began to deploy their wagons and horses, digging pits and piles to build camps.
Now that the enemy army has been prepared, Captain Randall will naturally not attack rashly, and only by fighting steadily can he be invincible. But this was just wishful thinking on the part of Captain Randall, and before he could order the Wolf Legion to retreat slowly, His Majesty Hofmann of the Temple of the Goddess of Harvest came over with great momentum.
"Captain Randall, why did you stop advancing? Why didn't your Blue Wolf Legion attack the enemy? Did the enemy troops on the other side make you timid? Did you give up your belief in the Goddess of the Harvest because you were afraid?"
This Hofmann pope is a standard clergyman, who does not understand any military knowledge, but likes to meddle in command. Such accusations made Randall a little crying and laughing, and he hurriedly explained to Pope Hoffmann: "Your Majesty, it's not that I'm greedy for life and afraid of death, but that the strength of the other party is several times that of the Blue Wolf Legion, and I have already raised enough spirit to be ready for battle, we have come from afar, and the soldiers are tired, so we have to let them rest and rest, replenish their strength, and meet the enemy in the best condition!"
Pope Hoffman pursed his mouth and said: "Then I don't care, I don't understand what you said, I only know that the oracle of the great goddess of harvest is to clear out all heresies that believe in evil gods as soon as possible, and I believe that those soldiers who sincerely believe in the goddess will also follow the oracle." Conquering heresies under the blessing of the goddess of harvest is an incomparably noble act, and no matter how tired they may be, they should overcome it!"