Three days passed. Orlando led his men to break through the three lines of defense of the Clay tribe, but due to the interception of the Clay cavalry, it also slowed down the return of Orlando and others, and at this moment Orlando's location was still a day and a night away from the imperial capital.

At the beginning, the Clay tribe mobilized a team of 10,000 people to snipe Orlando and the others, but they soon found that in the face of the charge of the Holy Knights, those Clay cavalry were basically useless, and the feathered arrows shot could not hurt the Holy Knights, and the strange acceleration when the Holy Knights attacked became a nightmare for these warriors who had lived on horseback since childhood.

Later, these cavalry of the Clay tribe finally changed their methods, and under the command of the leader Kairim, they divided the 10,000 people into groups of hundreds of people, and then harassed the holy knights in the distance day and night, relying on their mobility ability to interfere with the rest of the holy knights with bows and arrows in the distance, and once the holy knights attacked, they immediately fled in all directions.

In this way, because the number of targets is too small, the use of "common hatred and hatred" will inevitably outweigh the losses, but if it is not a full-speed charge, the Holy Knight and the Clay cavalry are both cavalry, the former wears an extra set of armor than the latter, and is naturally slower than the latter in speed, but it can't catch up with the opponent, so it can only be beaten passively.

Kailim's method did have an effect, in three consecutive days of marching and fighting, Orlando's men did not suffer much damage, but due to the repeated use of "common hatred" for charging, each of the holy knights' bodies was quite tired, many people were riding on horses, their bodies were constantly trembling, but all the holy knights were in high spirits, high morale, ready to fight at any time.

The situation had improved the evening the day before, when 1,000 Holy Knights led by Captain Bacon had finally broken through the Clay blockade and joined Orlando before dark. The 1,000 men led by Bacon set out a day later than Orlando, but like Orlando, they were sniped by the Clay people on the way.

Captain Bacon adopted a relatively stupid method, that is, he completely ignored the cavalry of the Clay tribe, and went straight to the south of the South Talon steppe, that is, to return to the direction of the imperial capital, and let the Clay warriors pursue behind him, Bacon and they relied on their good protection to resist the feathered arrows shot by the Clay warriors, but there were no casualties, but it was indeed embarrassing.

But this stupid method was very effective for the sniping and harassment of the Clay tribe, and Bacon and his men marched for three days in a row, breaking through, marching, breaking through, marching again, and finally breaking through the layers of the opponent's defense line and catching up with Orlando and his party.

With Bacon's 1,000 men, Orlando was much more relaxed in his arrangement, and he divided the 1,500 men into three teams, one to drive away the harassing cavalry of the Clay tribe on the periphery, and one to be ready to join the battlefield at any time under the leadership of Orlando, to crush everything in front of him with a powerful charge, while the remaining team rested in place.

As a result, except for Orlando himself, who could not rest, the other holy knights could not recover much of their strength. Using this method, the Holy Knights, led by Orlando, slowly retreated in the direction of the imperial capital. And the hardest of this tactic is Orlando, every time he charges with his subordinates, he will greatly consume physical strength, when his subordinates are resting, Orlando still has to concentrate on the surroundings with another team silently, looking for an opportunity to assault, as long as the warriors of the Clay clan are a little careless, Orlando will decisively charge, even if the opponent is only a few hundred, Orlando will directly take 500 subordinates to crush the opponent.

Orlando, who fought the Holy Knight, was so tired that his whole body was weak, but on the surface, he still looked as usual, and others could not see the joy, anger and sadness on his face at all, which strengthened the confidence of the other Holy Knights.

Orlando's mind had been thinking about the Clay's intention to snipe at him, and he didn't understand what the meaning of it was, but the Clay cavalry did delay Orlando's return to the imperial capital, because Orlando couldn't have ignored the lives of his subordinates and forcibly rushed to the imperial capital. He can only use the rotation method now, and slowly go back.

After another two full days, Orlando and his 1,500 men finally stepped into the area of Fernando. Fernando City claims to have a population of 10 million, in fact, there are not so many in its city, 200 years ago, when the ** Shi Jiexi presided over the construction of this city, those who lived in the north of the continent, suffered from the kingdom war and the invasion of the undead, etc., have regarded this place as their home, and have lived for generations.

The population of the imperial capital is actually less than 1 million, but most of them are nobles, and most of those civilians live in manors, farms, and pastures outside the city, originally these commoners have their own land or pastures, but in the past 200 years, the land annexation outside the imperial capital is very fierce, and the farmers who used to have their own land have now almost become vassals of those nobles, working hard every day in exchange for subsistence food.

It is precisely because of this that the area to which the imperial capital belongs can accommodate a large number of people, because the vast majority of people in it live a life of lack of food and clothing, and the demand for living materials is of course very small. However, due to the slow development and the slow reclamation of many civilians, a large number of manors, farms and pastures are scattered within a radius of thousands of miles around the imperial capital, and more than 100,000 people will send food, water and other materials to the residents living in the imperial capital every day.

Although they entered the area of the imperial capital, even without the sniping of the Clay tribe, Orlando would have to gallop for a whole day to see the walls of the imperial capital, of course, the roads on both sides are no longer as boundless as the South Tallon grassland, usually farms, manors, and the population is much thicker than on the prairie.

"Captain Orlando, we're finally back!" said Bacon, in a slightly excited tone. The experience of the past few days has made this captain quite breathless, even if he was besieged by Senate's heavy troops at the beginning, he would not be beaten passively everywhere like this time.

Orlando was far south, whispering, "yes, back." But what is the purpose of the Clay tribe desperately intercepting us along the way?"

Bacon didn't hear Orlando clearly, and he asked, "What did you say, commander?"

Orlando did not answer, for in the distance a large group of cavalry galloped towards them, and the warriors on horseback were armed with scimitars, which looked like the cavalry of the Clay tribe.

Orlando nodded and said, "Everyone, prepare, this should be the last battle." ”

A familiar voice came from afar: "Haha, General Orlando came to our hometown, why didn't he stay for a few more days and leave in such a hurry?"

Bacon immediately remembered that the owner of this voice was none other than the captain of the Clay clan who participated in last year's Golden Athletic Tournament, and he shouted: "Kairim, it's you!"

Kairim laughed and said, "Yes, it's me, of course." ”

Bacon angrily rebuked Kairim and said, "Why, you Clay want to betray the Empire?"

"We Klein people have their own ancestors and glory, and everything now is already imposed, so how can we talk about betrayal?"

Bacon wanted to reprimand him, but Orlando's few faint words dispelled his thoughts: "Since ancient times, careerists have always been everywhere, and excuses have always been high-sounding, but they and everything they have done have finally disappeared into the long river of history." ”

Although the voice was small, Kairim also heard it, and he laughed and said, "History is always written by the victors!"

Orlando shook his head and said, "As long as I am here, victory will always belong to the Empire." ”

Kairim was stunned, and then shouted: "I don't believe it." After saying this, Kairim turned his head and shouted: "Come on, don't stop for the slightest, we will drag them down!"

When they were still about 300 meters away from Orlando, they drew their feather arrows and put them on the bowstring to shoot them, all of which were done in the running of the horses under the seats, and after shooting this arrow, the Clay warriors pulled the reins and manipulated the horses to run around Orlando.

Kairim only brought 3,000 Clay cavalry this time, but these were the most elite archers of the Clay tribe, and their riding and archery skills were almost the best in the clan, and these 3,000 people formed a loose circle around about 300 meters outside Orlando, constantly running on horseback, and then shooting feathered arrows in the process of running.

As a result, no matter which direction Orlando and his men charged, they would only be able to attack less than a tenth of the enemy at a time, and the fatigue after the charge would greatly reduce their speed and eventually become a target.

Orlando immediately gave the order to retreat at full speed, Captain Bacon personally led the charge, and Orlando walked last. The 1,500 Holy Knights easily broke through the encirclement formed by the Clay archers and quickly withdrew in the direction of the Imperial Capital, and Kairim did not force it, he took his 3,000 men and hung far behind Orlando, constantly shooting with bows and arrows, as if he was driving away the Holy Knights.

After several hours of continuous pursuit, Kairim gave the order to stop the pursuit, and Rugman, who had participated in the athletic tournament with him, said fiercely behind Kairim: "Finally, we have the same evil spirit as we fled in confusion last year." And Kairim had an intriguing smile on his face.