Vladimir looked coldly ahead, the words that Rhodes said to him yesterday still lingered in his ears, however, as the general of the Kislev Snow Eagle Legion, he could not hand over the legion to outsiders. Caterina is, after all, the orthodox tsar of Kislev. No one can guarantee that the new king's replacement of her will lead Kislev down a better path, and perhaps, the new king will lead the country down a worse path?

Rod...... King of the North. Now it seems to be good, but no one knows what it will be like when he sits on the throne, and no one is immune to the corruption of power and desire. Although he kept saying that he did not want the throne, he ...... No one does not want the throne...... Vladimir fought for the country all his life, participated in politics for decades, and never saw anyone who voluntarily renounced royal power. Kislev didn't, and the empire next door didn't. In this world, there is no saint who is absolutely pure.

Although he was willing to believe Rhodes, he was Kislev's general after all...... Katerina's father was kind to his family...... Traitor, this is not his name.

Vladimir's eyes swept over the steppe, where gray clouds were thick. He knew that the enemy was coming, and the Northern Coalition was coming.

"You leave me with no choice, Vladimir. ”

On the other side of the battlefield, Rhodes sighed under his breath.

Behind him, 20,000 northern soldiers rubbed their hands and let out a low roar like a beast. They had never experienced such a high morale, and along the way, they were confident that their leader would lead the legion to victory. Having survived Grimug Ironhide's invasion, what is there to fear?

The wind blew the banners, the spears beat the shields, and the battle was about to begin.

"Repeat artillery preparation. ”

One last glance at the black Snow Eagle Legion in front of him, Rod calmly ordered.

Those bulky and huge repeating guns were slowly pushed to the front line, and Rhodes knew that there were also artillery and long-range weapons on the other side, but at this time and that time, the tsar did not pay attention to technology, and now, let them feel the power of technology.

The gunners constantly adjusted the angle of the muzzle according to the direction of the wind and the direction of the enemy, and they had 10,000 degrees of certainty to blast the enemy to slag. At the same time, Rhodes drove his horse to the left flank, stood with the twenty-four bear knights, and cheered them up.

On the right flank, the Knights of the Black Rose were on standby, with a hundred heavily armed knights and three hundred horsemen on horseback forming a cavalry phalanx, standing on the hillside, majestic. In the cold air, the breath exhaled by the centaurs rose and mingled into white mist. They are small in number, but elite knights, bearing the scars of their battles with the undead and vampires, and their armor and shields have accompanied them through countless bloody battlefields. Everyone has their own weapon, whether it is a spear, or a sword, or a sickle, or a battle axe. The armor of the heavily armed war horse is tattooed with the emblem of death, inlaid with terrifying skulls. At first glance, they may seem no different from the Death Knights, but they are experts at hunting the undead. Some of those skulls were "trophies" cut off from the enemy.

"Boris, my son, lead the cavalry on the left flank, remember, don't attack on your own, just cover the central phalanx. ”

As the battle between the Snow Eagle Legion and the Northern Coalition was about to break out, Vladimir rode across the line and explained his tactics to his son one last time. Although only sixteen years old, Boris was already able to take on the burden of being a cavalry captain. His courage, his sagit and calmness, were no worse than those of the average officer. Vladimir's only concern was his opponent, and he heard that a cavalry unit from the Empire had joined Rhodes' Northern Legion. The Moorish Order of the Black Rose Knights. This is a unit that is in no way inferior in combat effectiveness to the regular Imperial cavalry. Although there were as many as 800 cavalry under the command of Boris, as Rhodes said before the war, the combat effectiveness of an army is not measured by numbers.

However, the young Boris did not look at his opponent, he nodded to his father with confidence, and drove his horse to the left flank.

A thunderous roar came from afar, and Vladimir knew that the Northern Coalition had begun to bombard...... Reading nests

But what I didn't expect was such a dense shelling ...... Whistling projectiles swept overhead, and as soon as Vladimir turned his head, he saw countless shells falling on the positions of the Snow Eagle Regiment. In an instant, the sound of the steel impact was deafening, and the severed limbs and blood that were blown up rose into the air, and the shelling shattered the human body, and the strong impact force generated after landing set off a wave of air to rush towards the face.

Vladimir raised his right hand, covered with iron armor, but blood and dust splattered all over him.

Not only the commander-in-chief was stunned, but everyone was stunned. In their impression, the Northerners were dressed in tatters and should not have such advanced equipment...... But the truth is that everyone misunderstood. It's not that you have good equipment when you dress well, some equipment you can't see or touch, that is, the power of technology.

Vladimir was shocked by the sight in front of him, and he couldn't help but wave his sword and give a loud order - "All attack!"

The shortcomings of ranged weapons left him with no choice but to bite the bullet.

The defensive battle turned into an offensive one.

Watching the dense Southern Army charge, Rhodes knew that the fish had taken the bait. The Knights of the Black Rose sprang around the flanks as originally planned. At the same time, the Knights of the Sons of Ersun, who had only twenty-four bear knights, were in no hurry to charge. In the cold wind, Rhodes took off the heavy ancient book on his waist, the Book of Ten Thousand Beasts, and the familiar words came into view.

"Vladimir, if you're lucky, dodge this charge. ”

Rhodes read it in his heart, and then began the ancient summoning technique.

The bombardment ceased, and the Snow Eagle Legion rushed halfway through and was glad to have escaped the shelling, however, after a moment of silence, an even wilder onslaught.

Those who rushed to the front instinctively felt the danger coming, and almost everyone stopped without obeying the order, along with Vladimir himself, who led the charge, also felt the danger coming. The horses neighed and jumped uneasily. The earth began to tremble.

Looking up into the distance, I saw that a sky of dust appeared on the position of the original northern coalition army. Like a sandstorm, it swept towards the Snow Eagle Legion.

Gradually, Vladimir heard the roar of the wolf, the neighing of the bison, the screeching of the goshawk......

"No ......"

He cried out inwardly, but he was overwhelmed. Yes, overwhelmed. After twenty years in the army, fighting in the north and south, Vladimir considered himself already an outstanding marshal, a general. However, he never encountered such a situation...... Herds, herds of beasts under the command of humans rush towards the enemy...... Are you a wizard?!

Vladimir shouted angrily, but no matter how angry he scolded, it didn't help.

Hundreds of bulls and wild wolves, under a primitive summoning, rushed out and rushed towards the Snow Eagle Legion. The soldiers were in a mess of terror.