Chapter 538: The Covenant War

Lorist was already impatient to wait, he had long wanted to end everything here and return to the family territory, live a happy little life with his wife and children, and casually watch how His Second Highness did his death to toss his new Clesan Empire. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info He didn't pay much attention to the challenge of the Storm Sword Master, this old man was much worse than he thought, he thought that the old man who was seriously injured last time would only need two or three years to recover, but he didn't expect it to drag on for so long, and it took an extra year to heal.

Although the old man of the Storm Sword Master has a larger scope and more experience in the field of cultivation than himself, Lorist has also learned a lot from the last duel and understands a lot of experience in fighting the Sword Master. The overlap of the two realms makes both Storm Sword Master and Lorist feel as if they have fallen into a big pot of sticky rice porridge, and neither of them can control their own realm. In Lorlist's understanding, it is as if entering a space with several times the force of gravity, making any activity of oneself and the enemy a suppressed slow motion.

This comeback challenge of the Storm Juggernaut gave Lorist a good chance, and the last time the two of them lost each other, it made Lorist see a possibility to defeat the enemy. The overlapping realms made the Storm Sword Saint and himself only slowly compare swordsmanship moves, but this could not change the internal strength contained in his fist. He can completely defeat the Storm Sword Master with melee and close attacks, instead of fighting with the old man with any sword.

On August 33, the convoy from the Northland arrived at Zangjin Bay, and the Knights of the Angry Bear, who had been on the ship for more than half a month, disembarked with weak legs. In the sequence of the Norton family's armament, the Knights of the Angry Bear is a small formation, with a full strength of only 10,000 people, the main force really responsible for charging into battle is only 3,000 people, 1,000 silver knights with 2,000 black iron knight attendants, and the remaining 7,000 people are all servants in charge of logistics, grooms and guards. However, the military expenditure of the 10,000-strong Angry Bear Knights is equivalent to a 48,000-strong Rock Legion, which is also unique among the Norton family's armed forces.

This time, the Knights of the Furious Bear escorted 500 Marine-type bronze cannons, 800 Thunderbolt Catapults, and countless family-owned gunpowder to the city of Moriente, ready to participate in the Armageddon with the forces of the Mercantile Alliance. Shi Fatzi once suggested that Lorist recruit the Rock Legion back, but Lorist considered that the Angry Bear Knights would be more impactful if they won the field battle, and although the Rock Legion was famous, it was good at defensive operations, and if the field battle was decisive, it would still be less effective than the Angry Bear Knights.

In June, the Schward Fortress was officially completed, which took more than a year, more than 100,000 young captive laborers, and more than 1 million gold fords. At such a large cost, the Norton family's North Sea Fleet had a solid and well-established sortie base, controlling the choke point of the sea route from the golden coastline of the Sunshine Sea to the Golden Bay, so that the lightning strike fleet led by Sambarwood did not need to return to the island of Hilowas, so that it could be fully resupplied and rested.

Schward, who had completed the task of building the fortress castle, immediately received a second order from Lorist, asking him to select suitable people from the guard battalion he led and the sea stormtroopers of the northbound fleet to form three artillery firing battalions, and spend more than a month using the dozens of bronze guns arranged at the head of the fortress to urgently train a group of artillery firing groups that could reach the passing line, and then return to the city of Morente.

This will Schward led three artillery battalions on board to take over the five hundred marine bronze guns transported, plus the original more than 100, so that each artillery battalion has a full number of 200 guns, after a little familiarity, they will accompany the Flying Tiger Legion to the front line, and they will become dazzling battlefield protagonists in this decisive battle with the commercial alliance forces.

Due to the discomfort caused by the long voyage, the Knights of the Furious Bear spent another three days resting, and on September 2 they left the city of Moldente, and under the leadership of Lorist, together with the Flying Tigers and three artillery battalions, they headed for the front line to the city of Bruvia.

At this time, the city of Bluvia was already surrounded by military camps, and standing at the head of the city, looking at the distance, there was an endless sea of tents and countless fluttering flags. Only the east, south, and west directions are the territory of the Merchant Alliance's forces, and only the north is the four city defense regiments of the Norton Family Armed and the Freedom Alliance, as well as the camp of the White Lion Legion that the Kingdom of Andinac came to support.

In the big tent of the Chinese army armed by the business alliance, the high-level members of the chamber of commerce have been arguing for three days. Archduke Cumberlet had a great headache. The reason is very simple, at the moment when the commercial alliance forces arrived in Bruvia City, the Norton family forces sent a messenger and handed over the letter of engagement written by Lorist himself, this time the Norton family forces did not want to engage in any offensive and defensive battles with the commercial alliance, but to conduct a field battle to decide the winner, and the time of the appointment was the same as the date of the duel between the Storm Sword Saint and Lorlist, which was October 10.

Now the high-level of the business alliance armed forces are arguing whether to agree to the Norton family armed forces' covenant to fight, and the current city of Bruvia and the military camp under the city have not set up any defensive positions, and the Norton family armed forces seem to be very sure that the commercial alliance armed forces will agree to this covenant, and they have not done anything to strengthen their defenses at all.

Many of the high-ranking members of the Chamber of Commerce's armed forces suggested taking the city of Bruvia first when the Norton family's armed forces were defenseless, annihilating the enemy forces under the city, and giving the enemy a blow to the head. Anyway, we can completely ignore the proposal of the Norton family's armed forces, in front of the more than 300,000 strong soldiers and horses of our business alliance, the hundreds of thousands of horses gathered by the Norton family's armed forces are just a piece of cake, just take them first. Why promise any contract to let the enemy delay for a month to gather more troops, just fight all the way to the city of Moriente.

Archduke Cumberlet smiled wryly, waving a letter of letter to tell everyone that this was a letter from Archduke Norton, not a letter from an unknown junior. He followed the traditional custom of the aristocratic war in the Gallinthia continent for nearly a thousand years, and even if the business alliance did not agree to the battle, it must leave enough time for the other party to arrange defenses before launching an attack on the agreed date......

If it is a no-name junior's war agreement, then the business alliance armed can be the other party farting, whoever has the big fist is polite, fight first and then say, the winner has the right to speak, and no one will pay attention to the wailing of the defeated dog. But Grand Duke Norton is different, don't forget that he also has an identity as a new Sword Master, if our Business Alliance forces break the rules first, then Lord Norton will find an excuse to attack us, the high-ranking members of the Business Alliance Army. He doesn't even need to carry out any assassination, he can take the lead in launching a night attack or something, and no one will be able to escape as long as he is targeted.

And what is the matter? The high-ranking members of the merchant alliance in the big tent are all looking at each other, and only a few people who know the customs and rules of these aristocratic wars are telling those who have not yet understood the powerful relationship. As a sword saint, it is impossible for him to attack the neat array of battle formations alone in broad daylight, that is to find death, and even if the sword saint is in a few battle formations, it will be impossible to escape. But if a Juggernaut leads his own battle array to assault the enemy's battle array, the effect is not as simple as one plus one, and no one can resist it.

If it's night, then the night has become the home of the Sword Saint, and it's not too simple to launch a night attack or something, the general military camp garrison can't stop the assault launched by the Sword Saint at all, whoever goes up and who dies can't run away. So that's why the Sword Saint is called the Sword Saint of the Zhen Kingdom. If the Business Alliance didn't have the Storm Sword Saint, no matter how many troops there were, they wouldn't dare to be hostile to the Norton family, let alone attack any Free Alliance.

That's right, we also have the Tempest Swordmaster, please come to the front line, then we can ignore the Grand Duke Norton's request for battle...... Some of the high-ranking members of the Business Alliance's armed forces suddenly realized that they immediately thought of the usefulness of the Storm Sword Saint.

It turns out that the traditional customs and rules of the noble war that the Grand Duke of Norton is talking to us about now, is because our Business Alliance also has a Sword Saint in charge, otherwise he would not have waited for the army of our Business Alliance to kill in Bruvia City, maybe he would have raised his troops to kill the territory of the Business Alliance. Without the Storm Sword Saint, the business alliance will not say anything to attack, and if you want to defend, it depends on whether the enemy agrees or not, and the only way out is to sign an armistice agreement with the Kingdom of Andinac as soon as possible to reach peace in order to save your life.

I really didn't expect the Storm Sword Saint to be so important to us! At this moment, many of the high-level leaders of the Chamber of Commerce who understood it were asking, "Where is the Storm Sword Saint?"

"That, that Master Magroot is still behind, he said that he should prepare for a duel with the Blood Sword Saint Grand Duke Norton, and he will not be able to reach Mana Mould before October 10......" The president of the Chikde Chamber of Commerce, Grand Duke Chikold, told everyone a sad face.

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"Why? Doesn't that Archduke of the Blood Sword Saint Norton need to prepare for a duel with the Storm Sword Saint Master Magroot? Didn't the news from the city of Morient say that he was swaggering to lead the Flying Tiger Legion and other troops to the front line? If we don't take Bruvia City now and eliminate the Norton family forces in front of us, when the Grand Duke of Norton arrives, we will have to pay an even greater price in casualties to defeat the enemy...... The deputy commander of the Chamber of Commerce exclaimed in annoyance, he was a mercenary, and he didn't know what these bullshit nobles represented.

Archduke Peterson stood up: "Don't be stupid, Archduke Norton has sent us a letter of covenant, which represents his recognition of the nobility canonized by our business alliance, and he treats and respects us as nobles. But if we do not abide by the traditional customs and rules of aristocratic warfare, ignore this letter as this brainless fool said, take the city of Bruvia first, and destroy those enemies in front of us, then it is equivalent to admitting that we are not nobles, and we do not need to pay attention to the traditional customs and rules of aristocratic warfare. The consequence is that Grand Duke Norton doesn't need to care about his identity as a sword master, he can directly attack us and treat us as robbers and horse bandits, and you can imagine for yourself, and no one will complain for us, because everything is our own death......"

"Then, don't we still have the Storm Sword Saint, isn't the Grand Duke of Norton worried about Master Magroot's treatment of the Norton family's armament the same?"

"Fool, we broke the rules first, why did Master Magroot stand up for us, not to mention that we were already finished at that time, even if the Storm Sword Saint was willing to help us avenge, what was the point to us who were already dead......"

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Archduke Cumberlet finally slapped the table angrily, why did the business alliance adopt an expansion policy, use war to open trade routes and fight for the interests of the chamber of commerce, and in the central and southern parts of the continent, those kingdoms and principalities were invincible, but when they turned to the north, everything went wrong? Obviously, the Antinac kingdom had only one breath left, but a Norton family popped up, and the business alliance forces suffered one after another, until now they have fostered a free alliance.

Perhaps the peace talks should have been promised a long time ago and would not have come to this point, and the Archduke Cumberlet was a little remorseful. To tell the truth, the current business alliance is difficult to ride a tiger, and it has been forced to no way back. If this war is lost, it means that the Freedom Alliance has successfully replaced the commercial alliance, and the commercial alliance will be torn apart because of the defeat of this war, and it will no longer be able to gather these hundreds of thousands of troops.

The big tent was quiet, and the Grand Duke of Cumberlet sighed and said slowly: "This letter from the Grand Duke of Norton is both a war and a warning, if you look at the date of the battle, you should understand that October 10 is the day when Master Magroot will face off against the Blood Sword Saint Grand Duke Norton, and the date of the battle between the Grand Duke of Norton and our business alliance is also set on October 10, which means that if we abide by the rules, he will not attack us." And after October 10th, no matter who wins or loses, he will not trouble us......"

"But, can our business alliance arm these 300,000 horses and horses to stay in the barracks for a month like this?" someone said unwillingly. It is a bit embarrassing to have to confront the enemy on the front line for a month, even though the soldiers are strong and strong, and the troops are far superior to the enemy.

Archduke Cumberlet shook his head helplessly: "Ladies and gentlemen, what I want to tell you is that we are now nobles, and we should learn some aristocratic rules. It is also good for us to follow the rules, at least we can be treated as nobles when we fall into the hands of our enemies on the battlefield, and we can return after the war by paying a ransom, instead of being hung on the gallows like robbers and bandits. The enemy we are facing now is not the weaker countries in the south-central region, where we can be free from the rules. But the Norton family is armed with different enemies than our previous enemies, Grand Duke Norton is a new sword master, and it is a very unwise decision to provoke a sword master by breaking the rules in front of him, and angering a sword master. ”

"If only Master Magroot of the Storm Sword Saint could come to the front line sooner......"

Grand Duke Cumberlet smiled bitterly: "Ladies and gentlemen, although Master Magroot is the Sword Saint enshrined in our Business Alliance, he is not very reliable, we had better not pin our hopes on him......"

"No, our business alliance's annual enshrinement gold is nearly one million gold merit, does Master Magroot ask for more?"

"Alas......" Archduke Cumberlet sighed again, "I won't hide it from you, this time we asked Master Magroot to challenge Archduke Norton, but he refused our request. In the end, under our persuasion, Master Magroot finally nodded in agreement, but he made new conditions. That is, whether he challenges the Grand Duke of Norton, whether he wins or loses, as long as the Grand Duke of Norton is involved and has no time to take care of the battlefield, his mission will be completed, and we will cede a province from the Alliance territory to him after the war and give it to him to become his territory......"

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"How dare he make such a request, is it possible that our offering money has been thrown into the water?" said someone indignantly. As a sword master, no one cares if it is enshrined and hung high, but as a sword master and as a lord, this makes many people psychologically unbalanced. It's not an equal or something, but it's clearly pressed on the heads of fellow lords, because he's still a sword master.

"We have no other way, otherwise if he doesn't agree, we won't be able to attack the Plains of Mana Hill and recover the city of Moriente. Archduke Peterson took the initiative to stand up for Archduke Cumberlet: "This is the joint decision of our seven chambers of commerce, with Master Magroot's involvement and suppression of Archduke Norton, we don't need to worry about the threat of Archduke Norton, the new Sword Master." Let's make an appointment to fight, our forces have the upper hand, and the high-end combat power exceeds the enemy by several times. If the enemy fights with us in an offensive and defensive war, perhaps our commercial alliance forces will suffer a lot of casualties, but the field battle, that is a clear thing, and defeating the enemy in a dignified manner can make those rebels in Morent City panic and uneasy, and can make these rebels fear and regret. ”

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