It was almost dawn, and the camp of the Satya Expeditionary Force was brightly lit with the marshal's tent. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoA heavily armed middle-aged general was sitting at a table in the center, and next to him sat several other people.

The person closest to the general was dressed in a golden magic robe, his gray beard extending to his chest, and his wrinkled face was showing an extremely excited look at this time. The other person sitting next to him, dressed in a black magic robe, sat in the direction of the torch, unable to see his appearance or age. It's just that from his chest, you can see that he is a magus of the same status as the golden-robed magician. He had been silent, just listening quietly to the conversation between the golden-robed magician and the general in the middle seat.

In addition, there were three military attachés sitting directly across from the magician, one was a magic archer who had just participated in the ambush, and judging by the rank on his shoulder, he was a squadron leader. Because of the scarcity of the number of magic archers, the highest position in terms of military rank is only the position of squadron leader, but in terms of status and importance, it is far beyond the captain of the ordinary regular army. This is also the reason why there is a place for his squadron leader in the meeting of the six.

The other two military attachés were the two dragon knights who were dispatched during the siege of the city, and the defeat in the afternoon battle could not reduce the status of the dragon knights in the army, at this time, the Ying dragon knight was dressed in a dragon knight leather armor, with a young face, short golden hair, and equally golden pupils staring at the black-robed magician sitting in front of him.

The Blue Dragon Knight rested with his eyes closed, his short gray hair indicating his age, and he was no longer as energetic as a young man, and he was slightly tired after staying up all night. Although the dragon knight was not dispatched during the ambush battle, he and Ying Dragon Knight were always in the camp in order to guard against the dragon knights from Tallinnburg.

"Your Excellency Marshal, do you think what I just proposed is feasible?" The golden-robed magician was older than everyone present, and it was still a little difficult to come to the emergency meeting in the middle of the night, and there was an unwashed eye in the corner of his cloudy eye. If it weren't for the special status of the Magister, Marshal Maxim, who had always loved cleanliness, would not want to sit so close to him.

Maxim fell into deep thought, the siege soldiers suffered many casualties for several days, and nearly 20,000 soldiers were consumed just by conquering the fortress of the western city. Moreover, the injury of one dragon knight's mount, the dragon, and the death of two high-level magicians and several low-level magicians are all great setbacks. This time, although the empire issued a clear combat order to seize Tallinn Fort, there were only more than 200,000 soldiers in his hands, and only 300,000 horsemen and logistics personnel. How many of them are really capable of siege battles? Heavy cavalry and heavy infantry, such expensive troops, simply can't wear heavy armor to the clouds, let them take off their armor and become light infantry? Then he, the marshal of the empire, does not need to be a marshal, and as soon as he returns to China, he will have to be jointly reported by the low-ranking nobles of the empire. Therefore, although the number of soldiers of the Satya Expeditionary Force is more than double that of the defending city, if it is said that it is necessary to attack the city, it is really more than enough and not enough.

"I don't understand this kind of magic, does Marquis Lin have any opinions?" Maxim then asked the captain of the magic archer beside him.

Marquis Zimu Lin is currently the captain of the magic archers of the Satya Expeditionary Force and the deputy captain of the Longbow Brigade. At only in his early forties, he was able to climb to this position, of course, because of more than just relationships.

Marquis Lin secretly glanced at the Blue Dragon Knight, who was still with his eyes closed, and pondered for a moment, "This ancient magic is too unstable, and it is difficult to guarantee that nothing will go wrong." Personally, I would recommend not using it as a last resort. ”

The golden-robed magician immediately said, "But if we don't use it, let alone take Tallinn Fort, it will be difficult to even take the remaining three outer cities, and when the reinforcements from Oslan arrive, we will lose all our efforts." ”

"What do you think about this, Duke Kira?" Maxim held a very high level of respect for the older dragon knight.

The Green Dragon Knight slowly opened his eyes and said lightly: "We are all serving the empire, and we have long been disregarding life and death, so why care about the consequences." With that, he closed his eyes again.

Maxim understood what he meant, and Kira loved the lives of his soldiers more than he did. The sharpest war machine on the battlefield has a benevolent heart, and I don't know if it's the luck of the empire or the misfortune of the empire. If there is anything that can be done to reduce the casualties of the soldiers, he will definitely do it at any cost.

In the end, Maxim made up his mind to recuperate for the day tomorrow, and when the next wave of Satya's forces arrived the day after tomorrow, he would launch a siege on the main city of Tallinnburg. Whether or not to use forbidden magic depends on the siege situation.

"Then let's dismiss the meeting first, everyone has worked hard tonight, go back early to rest, and you will have to work the day after tomorrow." Maxim stood up and saluted everyone.

Everyone got up and saluted, and then left one after another, during which the black-robed mage didn't say a word, and no one asked, as if it had never existed.

Watching the others leave, the Ying Dragon Knight Ksma had doubts on his face, "Father, why did you agree with the Archmage's decision? ”

Yukira smiled at the corner of her mouth and reached out to touch her son's hair. Quesma tried to dodge in annoyance: "I'm almost thirty, don't treat me like a child." ”

"My sons are out of breath, and I can see through their minds. Yukira was not angry with Kersma's attitude, but with pride. "Actually, there are some things that we can't decide, and the people above have already decided. Instead of jumping out and objecting, you should do what you can to do things better. ”

"Then what did the marshal ask you for?" asked Kersma.

Yukira sighed, "That's because the marshal doesn't want to do that." ”

"That'...... Why?" Kersma was a little confused.

Because the king's order is difficult to disobey, he also wants someone to support him and oppose it. If everyone objected, he could prevaricate on the grounds that he would not be subject to military orders abroad. ”

"Then father, shouldn't we offend the marshal?"

From Kira overlooking the white sky, "That's better than offending the king, the troubled waters of politics are too difficult, you'd better not get involved." Don't even mess with that dark magister. ”

"Who is that mage? I haven't seen it in the imperial capital before. ”

"Whoever he is, it's not something we can provoke. Don't probe, listen less, see less, and do more. ”

At this time, many soldiers have already gotten up and started exercising, although they experienced a big battle last night, but in order to survive on the battlefield, no one wants to die on the battlefield in order to sleep lazily, after all, nearly a thousand people were burned into roast suckling pigs when they slept last night.

Although the explanation given above is that the soldiers of that squadron were caused by their own negligence, there are many things that cannot be explained. After all, sending heavy troops to surround the outermost camp and digging traps in the camp doesn't seem like a normal thing to do.

However, these things can only be circulated among the soldiers, and if they are known by the people above, they will be arrested for disturbing the morale of the army.

There was nothing to do that day, and the warring sides were licking their wounds, waiting for each other to make the next move. During this period, Maxim also launched two sieges of the northern and southern cities of Tallinnburg, leaving a total of several thousand corpses.

The next day, Tallinnburg in the middle of the continent ushered in the spring sunshine, and the weather was gradually starting to get hotter. Both the Satya army and the Oslan army were burning corpses intensively. If you wait until the rainy season comes, the speed of bacteria multiply and spread will become very fast, and if the plague is caused at that time, the two sides will not have to fight, just dig a big pit together and jump in and bury it. Every major plague kills millions of people, and that's the aftermath of war.

A drum beat came from the barracks, and the fence of the heavy infantry camp closest to Tallinnburg was opened. Ever since the night attack, Satya has placed the heavy infantry on the front line, digging a two-meter trap and a one-meter-high horse-repellent formation.

The steel armor of the heavy infantry reflected a snow-white glow in the rising sun, and hundreds of battle shields were carried by two men in a slow march. At this time, the three-meter-long steel spear was set up to the sky, and thousands of heavy infantry stepped in orderly steps to open the first sound of the siege battle.

When the phalanx of heavy infantry was halfway through, the gates on both sides opened at the same time, and the sound of messy horses' hooves sounded on the left and right at the same time. Chain mail, face guards, knights' guns, the fastest marching hussars on the battlefield whistled and rushed out of the camp. Those who did not know thought that this group of light cavalry was not a regular army but robbers and horse bandits, which was completely different from the orderly appearance of the heavy infantry, and the light cavalry of two whole brigades rushed out of the two camps without any organization and discipline.

Because Satya borders Carthage, many tribes in the desert have gradually turned to the Satya Empire in the battles over the years. And the fierceness of the desert people is famous for the pan-continent, and their light cavalry is the fastest blade on the battlefield. Because the desert light cavalry is difficult to discipline, Maxim also uses their characteristics when using them, fighting if he can't fight, leaving them alone, and waiting for the right opportunity to disrupt the enemy line.

The light cavalry was followed by the regular Knights of Satya, and a large group of knights in heavy armor stepped out of the camp with neat steps. Satya's heavy knights are on a par with the "Red Panther Knights", and whether a group of cavalry is strong depends on their level of joint charge. And to look at a brigade of cavalry, you have to look at the level of their mounts. The front leg that took almost the same horizontal line and the back foot that fell almost at the same time. In contrast to the chaotic hussars, none of the 10,000 heavy cavalry said a word, not even the horses neighed.

From the beginning to the present, none of the classes that appear are actually the protagonists of today's battles, whether it is fast light cavalry or expensive heavy cavalry heavy infantry. They are all protagonists on another battlefield. The next one to appear is the tragic and only protagonist of the siege - light infantry.