Chapter 32: Surprise Attack
After arranging the Blue Water Oasis, Richard gathered all his forces in his territory and regrouped.
Richard's camp also included royal nobles, but there were no more than ten of them. Among them, there are only four people who are really powerful. The addition of Baron Fontaine was not unexpected by Reilly, and he was surprised that Viscount Chim, in addition to Baron Chucett, was also firmly on Richard's side. The unicorn viscount was like a little bull in heat, clamoring to send those mage masters of the Mage Association to the abyss to feed the demons, and he looked even more excited than Richard.
Chim didn't shout empty slogans, he directly brought out all the fighters who could be mobilized in the territory, and did not even leave a minimum of guard forces. Not only that, but he also detained a hundred Eagle Banner knights belonging to the Duke of Glasburg, and used his own safety as a bargaining chip to blackmail them into participating in this war.
With the exception of Sim, the Marquis of Power, Enlek, although he did not openly join Richard's camp, acquiesced in Luofu's participation in the war in his private name, and handed over all his forces in the Bloodstained Land to Richard.
Most unexpectedly, Countess Catherine openly sided with Richard, and personally led five thousand elite warriors armed to the teeth to Richard's station. The Countess went to war in the name of protecting the father of her future child, a woman who hoped to have a child with unicorn blood anyway. What made Richard feel depressed was that she even claimed that she admired Richard's bloodline, and she didn't mind letting Richard take advantage of her future child's excellence.
"I don't mind. Reilly said with a smile.
"You can do it!" Richard rolled his eyes.
"It has nothing to do with me. Reilly spread his hands.
"That's because others don't know your bloodline abilities!" Richard shrugged his shoulders and said, "Otherwise, the princess of the Holy Alliance royal family will also crawl on your bed." ”
"Don't talk about this, you hurry up and reorganize the army. Reilly looked at him.
Thanks to the addition of Countess Caterina, the armies of the nobles' allies outnumbered the forces of Richard and Reilly combined, which was not what they wanted. If these people don't listen to the command, then they might as well be in a double row of Richard and Reilly.
This reorganization was very simple, that is, the noble private army was divided into several units of 2,000 men, and each was equipped with a knight wearing scarlet armor. Whether it's marching or fighting, just follow this knight.
Reilly set off first, leading his puppet army to rush towards Lausanne!
At this time, the Mage Guild was still gathering troops. The war came so suddenly, and there were so many members of the coalition that there were less than twenty nobles who could reach the assembly area at this time, and the logistics troops and sappers did not keep up.
Richard's territory was less than 400 kilometers from Lausanne, and Reilly first took the Dawn Knight to a forest near Lausanne to settle down, and then used his own kingdom as a transit point to teleport all the puppet knights.
The next day, while the elders of the Mage Guild were still arguing with a group of nobles over the leadership of the coalition forces, Reilly had already begun to dismantle the house!
By the time the Coalition learned of the fire in their rear, Reilly had swept through one viscounty and two baronies, and slaughtered a total of five thousand defenders!
At this time, the coalition forces finally put aside their disputes and made a decision quickly. The Mage Guild sent the golden-robed mage Zaku as its commander, assisted by two other golden-robed mages. On the aristocratic side, the deputy head of the Kingdom Knights was elected as the deputy commander to assist Zaku. In addition to this, the Mage Guild also sent dozens of military mages, and the Temple of the God of Courage also sent a group of priests with up to twenty people. However, except for the fourteenth-level Grand Priest who led the team, the rest were priests who were less than level six, and in a war of this scale, their role could only be said to be better than nothing.
The coalition forces hurriedly gathered 30,000 troops to pursue and intercept Rayleigh, hoping to destroy the guerrillas before Richard's main force arrived.
For the next three days, Reilly flew like a kite and led the coalition forces around. His army is made up entirely of cavalry, and even the spellcasters ride on the backs of Kodomon, and the coalition forces have no choice but to fall behind and eat ashes.
Richard, on the other hand, advanced very quickly, covering a hundred and fifty kilometers during this time, passing the territories of six nobles and nobles along the way. After receiving Richard's transit notice, four nobles accepted a symbolic toll. The other two nobles close to the Mage Guild refused to give way, and Richard unceremoniously routed their army.
The reason why the nobles showed such an attitude had a lot to do with Reilly's surprise attack. The Mage Guild was beaten to the doorstep by others without realizing it, and then pursued Rayleigh's 1,000 cavalry with an army of 30,000, but was tricked by the other party. This made the nobles feel that the advantages of the Mage Association were not as great as originally thought, so some people changed their positions and chose to wait and see.
Richard's actions have put the Mage Guild in a dilemma, and if they choose to meet them, Reilly will continue to destroy the nobles' territories and keep them in their sleep. In fact, the three nobles who had been attacked earlier had repeatedly stated that they wanted to return to the territory, and although Zaku had forcefully suppressed their voices, this was already the limit. If anyone's territory is attacked in the future, the coalition forces will soon fall apart.
On the other hand, if the coalition continued to pursue Reilly, then Richard would be able to drive straight in and deal them a greater blow. As a result, Zaku decided to let the cavalry break away from the brigade to pursue Reilly, and he himself led the infantry to a decisive battle with Richard.
However, this proposal caused another heated quarrel at the top of the coalition forces. Samon, the deputy commander of the Knights of the Kingdom, was adamantly opposed to the division of troops: "That cavalry could have thrown us so that we couldn't even see a shadow, but they kept dangling unhurriedly in front, obviously trying to divide our troops!"
Zaku sneered and said, "Our cavalry together is seven thousand! Among them, there are two thousand elite knights of the kingdom! The knights who are scurrying like rats are only a thousand! Don't you dare to fight?"
As a seventeenth-level powerhouse, how could Samon have ever been insulted like this? He tried his best to suppress his anger, but his voice trembled uncontrollably: "It's not a matter of the comparison of forces! The commander of that cavalry is Reilly! Do you know that he is a sixteenth-level archmage? What's more, that person also has a Sacred Realm assassin under him! Do you dare to say that you can avoid the assassination of the other party?"
Zaku's face changed, and he said, "Even if you can't defeat Reilly, you can always hold him back, right? ”
Samon thought for a moment and said, "If it's just to hold him back, that's fine. But can you beat Richard?"
Zaku laughed exaggeratedly, "You really think of him as a god of war!
Samon picked up the paper Zaku had thrown over and looked at it carefully. This piece of paper lists all of Richard's current forces in detail, with the exception of the new batch of humanoid knights created by the brood, all of his troops are recorded in detail. After that, Richard's followers were also listed, with detailed notes on rank and occupation. Finally, there are the mage and the priesthood, since their individual ranks are not outstanding, so only the number of people at each level is marked.
Looking at this information alone, Richard is indeed not afraid. And most of his army are from slaves, and the nobles of the Sequoia Kingdom have long been determined by the fighting power of those guys.
"See, my Vice-Master of the Sanctuary, that's only five thousand slaves!" Zaku slammed the table and shouted, "And we have more than 20,000 soldiers! Do you think that the elite of the kingdom will not be able to wipe out those slaves? We have four times the strength of the enemy!"
Samon couldn't say no, but he knew that wars could never be won with a few pieces of intelligence and a few deductions. However, he knew very well why he would participate in this war as a "private", his own side had such a large advantage in troops, if he did not fight, there would be no way to explain to the person behind him.
Watching the aristocratic generals who attended the meeting kept cheering, as if they had won the battle. Samon knew he had no choice.