After the lion man put the purple stone in his hiding place, his heart calmed down, and he immediately sent the guard at the gate to inform his small leader to discuss the important matter of meeting the human army.

According to the information told by the kobold before, this group of human soldiers is about a few hundred people larger, and the kobold can't determine the specific number of human troops, maybe there are a thousand troops!

In comparison, the number of thieves here is less than 400, and because they were pursued by the Guardian Knights some time ago, about dozens of thieves were seriously injured and could only rest in the camp for a few days, and could not go out to fight the human soldiers at all.

When the small leaders present heard that the disparity between friend and foe was so great, they couldn't help but feel a trace of fear in their hearts, and some of them suggested that it would be better for everyone to leave this camp and advance towards the interior of the mountains farther away, and the human army would continue to pursue their team there?

The lion man thought for a moment, but still rejected the suggestion of these people, "You want the team to continue to escape into the mountains, not to mention the various fierce beasts lurking in the mountains, we can't stand the swamp poisonous miasma on the border of the kingdom alone.

Besides, even if we manage to dodge this wave of human troops, what should we do with the Church's army of Guardian Knights after that? The royal family and the Church have always acted in retribution, and we have killed so many of them, how long do you think we can hide? It is better to go up and kill this group of soldiers!"

The small leaders present began to talk about it when they heard this, and after discussing for a long time, they still felt that what the leader said made sense, and their voices gradually weakened, and everyone sat upright, waiting for the lionman's final decision.

The lionman pondered for a moment, then stood up and announced his plan,

"From what we have learned about the nearby terrain recently, we know that there is a narrow mountain stream on the path that humans must pass, where only two or three people are allowed to walk side by side, and if we can ambush humans there, we can win the final victory with less!

After the human army is severely damaged by us, it will definitely flee far away, so we will pursue the whole team out of the mountains, and then we can take a detour to other kingdoms to take refuge!"

Everyone present was excited when they heard the words of the lion leader, this plan could indeed be tried, and they could also take the opportunity to leave the Heka Kingdom.

They were tired of the boring life here, and they were immediately energized at the thought of being able to live happily again.

Although the human army is not marching very fast, they are already on the way, and they cannot delay for too long. So the returning little bosses immediately gathered their thieves and urged them to wake up from their drunkenness and hurry up to take up arms to ambush the approaching human army.

By this time, Baron Albert's army had driven into the dense woods, which were full of dense trees, and even hunters who hunted wild beasts would not easily come to this place.

If the soldiers had not captured a hunter who was familiar with the area, the army might have lost its way through the deep forest.

At this time, Sister Marlene had used the detective magic technique many times in order to reconnoiter the surrounding situation, but still did not find any special clues, Russell saw that Sister Marlene was already a little sluggish, and hurriedly persuaded her to stop praying for the divine technique.

Russell reluctantly said to everyone: "Seeing the appearance of the baron's army on the march now, it is basically certain that the enemy will be able to detect us a long time ago.

After all, the enemy is not stupid, they will also arrange a few reconnaissance posts, so let's be ready for battle, if the baron is in danger, we will decide whether to rescue the baron according to our own situation. ”

Sister Marlene and several mercenaries nodded and agreed to Russell's request, if Baron Albert suddenly died in this battle, it would definitely cause a violent political storm.

Therefore, in order to avoid some accidents, the church team still decided whether to save the baron's life or not depending on the situation.

After Russell had made his plan, the team marched for about an hour, and according to the guide's description, they would reach a mountain stream, and then the border of the empire, a swamp full of poisonous mist.

The baron nodded slightly, it seems that the camp of this gang of thieves is in the middle of these two places, and this is indeed an easy place to defend and difficult to attack.

The consul rode leisurely from behind and asked, "Lord Baron, there is a very narrow mountain stream ahead, and if the enemy ambushes us there, the consequences will be unimaginable!"

Baron Albert waved his hand casually, and said lightly: "You don't have to worry about this matter, I have sent a lot of scouts to explore that place, they have all gone back and forth a few times, and they have not seen a single hair of the orcs, it seems that they have not noticed that they are about to be in trouble!"

By the way, you should immediately go and tell the generals to restrain their soldiers when crossing the mountain stream, and we will surprise them with a heavy attack. ”

The consul hurriedly complied, and drove his horses to the rear of the procession, and was about to reach a thrilling mountain stream, after which he was about to have a battle with the thieves.

The baron's order was still very effective, and the soldiers who were still loud and noisy just now were suddenly silent, of course, this was all the credit of the soldiers' commanders, and the commanders knew very well that if they ruined the baron's plan, they would be severely punished if they went back!

After a while, the soldiers finally reached the narrow mountain stream, which was surprisingly uneven and covered with unknown plants.

The scouts who had gone to investigate the information also returned to the group, and none of them found anything suspicious, and the baron was confident that he could confirm that the thieves had not noticed their arrival at all.

Baron Albert rode to the front of the line on a magnificent horse in a magnificent horse coat, and he looked at the soldiers and said loudly: "Ahead is the camp of the orc thieves, and now it is time for you to show your courage, and whoever kills the leader of the bandits will be rewarded with a hundred gold coins!"

The morale of the army suddenly rose up, and the soldiers ignored the nonsense of the baron in the first half, this military exploit was definitely not theirs, but the reward after that was really good, such a rich reward is enough to make a person a rich man!

Stimulated by the reward, the soldiers were enthusiastic one by one, wanting to be the first to rush forward and kill the enemy's bandits, but because of the constraints of the non-commissioned officers, the soldiers had to wait patiently for the baron's orders.

Baron Albert had a heart at this time, as a commander, although he also wanted to rush to the front to show his demeanor, but at the front was also the strongest attack by the enemy.

So Baron Albert didn't think long about it, he decided to be careful, pushed to the rear of the line, waited until the battle was over, and then rushed into the ranks of the enemy and killed them.

So Baron Albert sent the consul and several of his subordinates to the front of the line, and he was at the back of the line to guard the tail.

In order to make the consul more like his own image, the baron deliberately exchanged his war horse with the consul's war horse, which made the consul complain.

The consul had a complaint in his heart, but his commander could not disobey him, so the consul had to go to the front and pray that the enemy would not suddenly appear and attack them.

Baron Albert and a few guards quickly came to the rear of the line, and at a glance he saw the ranks of the church in the rear, as well as the familiar Sister Marlene.

Baron Albert smiled and bowed to Sister Marlene's side and asked, "Dear Sister Marlene, can you let me act with you?"

Sister Marlene actually didn't like the baron very much, but she also considered the safety of the baron, and thought of the serious consequences that Russell just said, so she still agreed to the baron's request,

"Please!"

The baron smiled slightly at Sister Marlene, and then led his guards to the ranks of the church.

As the baron inquired, the front of the group had already entered the mountain stream, where the potholed road was indeed a little difficult to walk, and the speed of the army suddenly slowed down a lot.

At the same time, the lions and kobolds hiding above the mountain stream are spying on this huge army,

The lion man pointed to the archon below and asked, "Is this human the commander of this army? He is too confident, isn't he? Isn't it a bit stupid to dare to walk at the forefront of the army here?"

The kobold stared at the archon below, and only replied after a long time: "Report to the leader, this person should be the commander of the human race, I remember that he rode a war horse in bright clothes, I can't be wrong with his war horse, I confirmed that it was him!"

"Very good!" the lion-man leader was very satisfied with the current situation, the human army had exposed their important weaknesses, "pass my order, put together a small leader and prepare rolling stones and bows and arrows, as soon as the front commander of the human race walks to the center of the mountain stream, immediately launch your maximum attack!"

The poor consul did not yet know that his death was near, and he was still muttering about the Baron's wrongs.

He had collected a lot of wealth for the baron before he set out on the expedition, but he didn't expect to push him out of the bag at this dangerous time, which made him feel a little unbalanced.

Why don't you just obey your wife's arrangement and go to her family to be an archon?

As soon as the consul came back to his senses, he heard an unusual movement in his head, and he looked up in confusion, but was shocked to find that several large stones had rolled down from the mountain stream, and he wanted to avoid them, but the war horse under his seat did not have the speed of his reaction.

Seconds later, the Archon and several of the Baron's subordinates were brutally smashed to pulp by the rolling stones.

The soldiers who followed behind were stunned when they saw that the archon was buried by the stone, and some of the fast-reacting commanders saw this scene and reacted and wanted to shout at the soldiers to withdraw from the mountain stream.

However, it was too late, and countless rains of arrows poured down from both sides of the mountain stream, shooting the soldiers on both sides of the team into hedgehogs.

At such a close distance, the orc thieves on the mountain stream didn't need to aim, they only needed to shoot the arrow from the bowstring, and then they could replace it with another arrow and continue firing.

Only a few minutes later, hundreds of soldiers who entered the mountain stream were killed by bows and arrows, and after such a fierce long-range attack, the soldiers had already lost their previous strong morale, and they threw down their weapons and armor to escape from this slaughterhouse as soon as possible.

Now the lionman leader above has seen that the human "commander" has died, and has confirmed that he can win the battle.

The leader of the lion men stood up excitedly, commanded his thieves and said, "Shoot all the arrows in your hands, and we will immediately go down the mountain and kill these daring human soldiers!"