The Venian Pass is named after Venian, the creator god of all things. Pen~Fun~Pavilion www.biquge.info This is the widest pass connecting the east and west in the Dragonclaw Mountains in the middle of the Veniante Continent, although this pass is only more than fifty meters wide.

On both sides are reddish-brown rocky cliffs that are 100 meters high, and you can't climb them with your hands or feet. It can be said that this is a husband's gate, and it is impossible to open it. The Venian Pass, on the other hand, is nominally controlled by the Magical Kingdom of Misherington under the Sacred Lake Agreement. But in fact, it is controlled by the Kingdom of Normanland, except that the human kingdoms are here, and both friends and foes have the right of free passage.

Lance waited quietly at the Vignian Pass at this time, and when the appointed time came, there were still no reinforcements. Veronica asked worriedly, "Princess Miranda shouldn't be dishonest." ”

Lance said: "Don't worry, I don't think she'll be left untrue." ”

At this time, in the distance, the sound of rumbling horses' hooves and running could be faintly heard. A puff of smoke and dust poured from the bend in the valley, and then a cavalry and a knight with a sword and shield on foot in a black rose robe on a white background rushed towards him. And the leader is none other than Princess Miranda, who rides a white horse.

Princess Miranda came to Lance, stopped the horses, and said breathlessly, "I'm sorry, I'm late, something is delayed." ”

"It's okay, it's only 30 minutes late, it's no big deal, Your Royal Highness Princess, how many people have you brought. ”

Princess Miranda said, "Three-quarters of my own army is here, 50 knights, 500 cavalry, and 4,000 infantry. And I've brought all of my most elite walking rose knights. How's that, am I interesting enough?"

"Interesting. Lance looked at this army, and he was already unexpected. I thought that a princess could have as many private soldiers, but I didn't expect there to be so many.

Princess Miranda jumped off her horse and said to Lance with deep meaning, "Come here, Lance, I have something to say to you." ”

"Okay. ”

Lance followed Princess Miranda to a secluded place. Princess Miranda took off her gloves and said with a solemn expression: "I feel that something big is going to happen, a few days ago I found a suspicious mission in our capital city of Hitivite Elis. They deliberately avoided my people, and had secret contact with the Chud family and my father. I watched and listened in many ways, and finally found out that they were actually one of the death lords of the demon race, the demon mission led by the "mourning lord" Astana. ”

"Demon Mission?" Hearing this, a layer of dark clouds also shrouded Lance's head, could it be that the demon clan had some tricks, he didn't expect it: "Your Royal Highness Princess, have you inquired about what they talked about?"

"I inquired, and even questioned my father, but they all denied it, saying that there was no demon mission. But my scouts saw Astana enter the castle of the kings. So I think this must have something to do with Idris, and you better be careful. ”

"Thanks for reminding me, understood. ”

Princess Miranda called a knight and said, "This is the Suffolk knight known as 'Smiley', he is now in charge of this army, you just have to give him the order." ”

The 'smiling' Suffolk knight showed his bright white teeth and said with a smile: "Count Reims, I have long admired the great name, and I have a lot of advice. ”

Princess Mirada also remounted her horse and said, "Lance, since I have sent the soldiers, I also hope that you will be good and do not forget the agreement between us. Farewell!"

With that, Princess Miranda left along the Venian Pass with a few of her own soldiers. Lance decided to take his army to the city of Idris first, and then decide on the next step to see how the battle was going on Joseph's side.

Just as Reims was walking back, a messenger came galloping on horseback: "Count Reims!

Lance let the troops move on, and greeted himself and asked, "Are you?"

"I am a messenger from Clay City. The messenger took a letter from the package and handed it to Lance, with the unicorn insignia of the Rostol family on it.

"Is it Eve's letter?" Lance opened the letter and read it, and his face suddenly changed: "What?"

Veronica saw that Lance was looking like this, so she asked, "What's wrong?"

Lance said with annoyance, "My letter to Joseph was seen by that old bastard of Count Gavin. So Aceh relieved Joseph of military power. Then, at the instigation of Count Gavin, the lone army went deeper. As a result, they were ambushed in the heart of the Dark Forest. All 5,000 cavalry were killed, except for George the Big Nose who fled to Hisvoy with the Duke of Aceh. But Heathvoy had already been surrounded by the 50,000 army of the demons, and Joseph had to abandon the city and retreat, being ambushed by several ambushes along the way, and the infantry had also suffered more than 10,000 casualties, leaving only a few more than 1,000 people. ”

Veronica anxiously asked, "So Eve didn't go to the rescue?"

"Eve has no soldiers, Clay City only has 2,000 soldiers left, and it would be good for her to be able to defend Clay City now. Sure enough, the demons still have hidden forces!"

"So what do we do now?"

Lance scratched his head irritably and said, "There's no way around it now." The Duke of Aceh doesn't have to worry about it, as long as Joseph follows the route of defeat I have planned, they can be guaranteed to escape back to Idiris. It's just that now all the main forces of our army have been lost, and the defeat has been decided. I'm afraid there's no point in trapping Clay City any longer. Winnie, do you have a pen?"

"Yes. ”

Lance took Veronica's pen and wrote a letter to the messenger, asking him to deliver it to Eve immediately.

After the messenger left, Veronica asked, "What did you write to Eve?"

"I told her not to worry about his father, and told her to immediately retreat to the city of Idris and build a defensive line along the River Clay. The current forces can only barely rely on the Clay River to defend itself. Let's go, let's go to Idiris, the original sunny day is no longer there at this time, and an even more cruel storm is coming. ”

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Because the demons were deliberately defeated all the way and lured the Duke of Aceh to go deeper, the Duke of Aceh's army was stretched by a long dragon of dozens of kilometers. As a result, the demon army took the opportunity to pinch the head and tail and cut off the middle. Divide and encircle the troops of tens of thousands of people in Idilis on a front of tens of kilometers from Menice to Hisvoy. Almost all the troops were wiped out, and only Joseph led the army to withdraw ahead of schedule, so that the demons pounced.

And the Duke of Aceh drove straight into the recovered Clay Plains, and in just one day, it was recaptured by the demon army that attacked from all directions and from three sides. The army of Idris was defeated. Everywhere there were routing soldiers. Joseph fled with more than a thousand soldiers and the collapsed Duke of Aceh.

However, they did not flee directly north to Clay City. Because Lance's strategic map says that if you join the defeat, the demons will definitely set up an ambush on the road to the north, and such a direct retreat will only wipe out the entire army. So take a detour back.

And the retreat road that Lance planned for them was the road that Lance once marched on - the forest trail to the west. (To be continued.) )