Chapter 501: Betrayal?
Samuel's dream didn't last long, and he was awakened by the noise of the night. It seems that someone in the city has set fire, and Samoel frowned, it must be those undead guys of Dark Moon again, is it really endless? Do you really think that you can retake Mordor Town under the garrison of the army?
"General!" Adjutant General Lils hurriedly reported: "There are fires in many important places in the town, and a large amount of poisonous fog has appeared near the barracks, and many soldiers have been poisoned. ”
"Damn!" Samuel knew that it must have been Darkmoon's enemies, who were no match for the Great Army, but the harassment tactics were irritating, and it seemed that there were still a number of enemy spies left in the town.
"I've sent people to extinguish the fire and strengthen the guards, but those poisoned soldiers are very troublesome, and the general antidote doesn't work! Only magic can barely contain it, but we have very few magicians, and most of these poisoned people are soldiers from two territories......"
"Let the magicians save the soldiers of our own legion first!" Samoel was slightly relieved when he heard that few of the Snake Legion had been poisoned, and as for the two guys who followed to make credit, he originally looked down on them in his heart.
"Understood, General!"
Lils answered, and was about to leave, when suddenly a soldier hurriedly reported: "General, a large group of men and horses have been found in the area of the wasteland south of Zhennan, which seems to be the main force of the enemy army!"
In the past few days, Samuel has been angered by the harassment tactics of Dark Moon, and he is worried that he can't hit the sore spot of the other party, and when he heard that the enemy's main force is coming, he immediately waved his fist: "Prepare to meet the enemy immediately!"
Samuel urgently gathered his army and rushed to the southern wasteland, and sure enough, the enemy army was far from being comparable to the original sporadic squads, and it was clear from the dense torches that there were at least tens of thousands of people. It's just that compared with Samoel's military strength, it is still far inferior.
The Darkmoon Army was clearly prepared, and when they saw Samoel's army arriving, they didn't wait to get closer. The rain of arrows broke through the sky. Samuel had seen the ultra-long range of the enemy's bow and arrow a few times before, and he was not unprepared, and at the sound of an order, several huge shields in the front row were propped up, and the infantry behind also raised their round shields in unison. Of course, the coverage of this defense is limited after all, and it is difficult to see the arrows in the dark night, after a rain of arrows. There were still a lot of fallen soldiers, but the damage was much weaker than the previous raids.
The high-level archers of the Demon Realm have a three-stage burst of tactics, and the archers are divided into three teams to take turns to design, and this rain of arrows is continuous for a while, forcing the Snake Legion to not get close. Samuel silently counted the gaps between the arrows being fired. Without waiting for the start of the opponent's next round of three-stage shooting, he immediately ordered the front army to assault.
However, when the soldiers braved the rain of arrows to bravely rush towards the enemy, there was a sudden deafening explosion on the ground, and the soldiers in the range were broken limbs and flew over, which was terrible to see.
"Damn! it's a magical dark mine!" Samoel couldn't help but curse, and finally understood that the enemy army had come to the wilderness early in the morning, but it had not been attacked for a long time, and it should have been a dark mine that had been arranged not long ago.
After this pause, the rain of arrows began to pour down again.
"The Serpent Legion. Don't mess around!"Stay in formation!" Samuel yelled, "The Second Legion and the Third Legion attack!"
The Second Legion and the Third Legion were the armies of two lords, and one of the lords couldn't help but speak: "General, that magic dark thunder is too powerful, I think it's better to find another way......
Before he finished speaking, he was shrouded in a murderous aura, and there was a trace of blood red in Samoel's eyes: "If you dare to be cowardly, Lao Tzu will cut off your head now!"
The two lords had no choice but to drive their troops forward. After paying a certain price. Finally filled the magic dark thunder with cannon fodder, and the Dark Moon Army did not fight. Attack with a bow and arrow while retreating. It's just that the lethality is no longer as strong as before, and the Snake Legion, which has closed the distance, has also begun to fire arrows, causing certain casualties. ...,
Samuel drew his long knife and was about to give the order for the whole army to assault, when suddenly a soldier came to report on horseback: "No! General, suddenly there are a large number of enemy cavalry in the town of Mordor, the military camp has been attacked, and all the military rations have been burned!"
"What?" Samuel was shocked and angry, "you shit!"
The adjutant general Lils was also full of horror: "Didn't the Darkmoon Army be driven out of Mordor Town by us before, where did this large number of cavalry come from?"
Samoel didn't know that in the days that Mordor Town had been occupied, various mechanisms and secret teleportation points had been arranged, and it was with these things that the Darkmoon Army had used to launch a surprise attack to burn the grain and grass while Samoel led the main force to the southern wilderness.
Logistics supply is an indispensable factor for the army, although there are still some emergency food placed in a batch of space equipment of the quartermaster, but for the army of nearly 100,000, it is only a drop in the bucket, and the soldiers have been in an uproar when they hear the news.
At this time, there was a sudden commotion in the rear of the imperial capital's army, and it seemed that it had been attacked by some kind of surprise.
"It's the enemy's cavalry!"
"Be careful!"
I saw a group of fast-marching men and horses appear in the flank and rear of the imperial capital army, and the strong mobility and impact of the cavalry were vividly demonstrated on the terrain of this plain, and the rear formation was dashed to pieces.
"Surround them for me!" cried Samuel, "all the cavalry, follow me!"
The Serpent Legion, which is dominated by infantry and also has thousands of cavalry, under the leadership of Samoel, rushed towards the Darkmoon Cavalry.
Samoel, who took the lead, showed great strength, the long knife in his hand was like the wind, and every time he made a mistake, the enemy cavalry was cut into two pieces with men and horses.
However, there are only a few who were killed by Samoel, the quality of this group of Dark Moon cavalry is quite high, and they did not fall in love with the battle, but made full use of the speed advantage of the mount and the geographical advantage, and the formation of the front and rear armies was scattered, even with the cavalry of the Dark Snake, it was still impossible to intercept.
Darkmoon's cavalry is so strong!
Samuel was secretly frightened, and soon found that although these cavalrymen were wrapped in cloak-like disguise, the scimitars and round shields in their hands were somewhat familiar, as if they were exclusive to some kind of formation.
Samuel didn't think much of it, though, because the leader of the Darkmoon Troopers, a masked man who was also wearing a cloak, had already rushed towards him.
With a wave of the long sword in the cloaked man's hand, a black flame roared out, and the Serpent Legion soldiers along the way turned to ashes in an instant before they could get close.
"Black Flame!" Samoel felt that the other party's Liliang was the same class as himself, and flew up from the horse, his purple eyes suddenly turned black and white, and the long knife was also wrapped in a layer of black flames, slashing towards the opponent's Black Flame, and his shot was very fast. The black flame was split into several pieces in the blink of an eye, and dissipated without a trace.
With this leap, Samuel had already narrowed the distance between himself and the man, and the other party did not show weakness, and also flew up from his horse and met him.
At the moment when the two figures were about to stagger, Samoel's hand suddenly tripled, turning into a long-handled broadsword. The change was sudden. It means that the man automatically sent the blade to the neck, and Samuel had defeated many strong opponents with this move, and he had the intention to cut his opponent off the horse as quickly as possible, which greatly boosted morale.
To Samoel's surprise, the man seemed to be extremely familiar with him, and had already understood this trick. A large square shield appeared in his hand. This "lengthened" knife swept over the square shield, drawing a black spark, leaving a shallow scratch on the shield, unable to cause damage, but the long sword slashed up like lightning.
Samuel was horrified, trying to dodge, but he was still half a beat slower, and the armor of his arm was cut into a deep blood groove. The nearby armor melted from the heat of the black flame, sinking into flesh and blood, and couldn't help but let out a roar of pain. ..., Samoel's heart shook violently, this move was very familiar to him, in the competition in front of the palace of the fallen angel king, under the gaze of the obsidian regent, he was taken advantage of by an opponent with the same move, Zuihou was defeated.
Not only in individual competitions, but also in the subsequent clan martial arts competitions. He was again defeated at the hands of this man. Since then, he has held a grudge against this opponent. Leave it difficult everywhere.
"It's you!"
Thinking of this, Samuel suddenly reacted - the Lucifer royal family in the middle of the Demon Emperor, those powerful cavalry, the familiar round shield and scimitar...... It's that person!
In this stunned moment, the other party's long sword with black flames had already hit his chest, but before the long sword touched Samoel, his figure suddenly retreated violently, and vigilantly pulled away. It turned out that there was already an extra person in the air in front of Samoel, and it was the Demon Emperor Zeta, the patriarchal family who accompanied him to protect him.
Zeta's Liliang firmly locked onto the cloak leader, and a chilling murderous aura swept away. Under normal circumstances, Zeta is only responsible for protecting Samuel's personal safety, and is not assigned by him, but at the moment Zeta wants to take action - the cavalry of the Dark Moon has exerted a very powerful attack, and the Serpent Legion cannot take it for a while, and if this cloak leader is killed, it should have the effect of deterring the enemy.
"Nesta!"
Samuel roared, his red-eyed eyes fixed on the cloaked leader.
Zeta couldn't help but be taken aback, this enemy was Nesta, the leader of the Demon Shadow Legion?Wasn't Nesta trapped in the Valley of Blood Mist by the Dark Moon army waiting to be rescued?How could it be......
The cloaked man was slightly shocked, without words, Zeta was about to take off the cloaked man to take a look, and when he frowned, he saw the fire in full bloom, and a figure wrapped in flames appeared out of thin air and punched.
Zeta felt the horror of the strength of the opponent's fist, and did not dare to slack off, and there was an extra swarthy wand in his hand, which emitted a trace of cold air, condensed into an ice fist, and volleyed into the air.
The intersection of the two was not as earth-shattering as imagined, it just made a muffled sound, but the powerful force field that spread out made everything around it be frantically repelled, even the two Demon Emperor-level powerhouses of Samoel and the cloak leader were no exception, some of the poor strength turned into ashes, and some were scattered into ice crystals and dissipated.
"Waim Toro!" Zeta snorted coldly as she looked at the figure in the flames, "You have indeed taken refuge in the Dark Moon!
Waum was one of the Demon Emperor Assassins who snatched the Devil Fruit at the Darkmoon Auction, and was subdued after being captured, and now he is recognized by the Demon Emperor Zeta, who is also a member of the Patriarchal Family.
"Let's go!" Vaim ignored Zeta's questioning, and only gave a shout to the cloaked leader behind him.
The leader immediately turned on his horse and blew a kind of horn, and many of the cavalry suddenly had a dark red light on their bodies, and their speed suddenly increased, and they quickly opened up the distance from the pursuers, and broke through the blockade of the front army of the imperial capital, merged with the Dark Moon army, and quickly withdrew.
"Shadow Charge!" Samoel said through gritted teeth, his knuckles turning white as he clenched his long knife.
Zeta was about to stop it, the fire on Vium's body was great, and a large area of meteor-like flames sprayed towards Zeta, if Zeta dodged, Samoel behind him would be affected by this terrifying attack, and in desperation, he had to dance his wand, and several intertwined cold qi were woven into a large net, and the flames crashed into the black net, making a sizzling sound, and soon, the power of the two sides canceled each other out.
Whumyi and Zeta exchanged several blows, then flew backwards in a flash, and soon disappeared into the night sky. Zeta didn't chase after him, his face was contemplative, Vaum's original strength was inferior to him, but now he is on par, it seems that Liliang has improved a lot after defecting to Dark Moon for some reason. On the other side, Samuel led his troops to pursue the Dark Moon Army for a while, seeing that the enemy was getting farther and farther away, and he didn't know if there were other ambushes in the night, so he had to stop stupidly.
This time, the imperial capital army suffered a big loss, far higher than the enemy's casualties, and even the military rations were burned by the enemy's cavalry raids, and Samoel, who returned to Mordor Town, was furious.
"Are you sure it's Nesta who is leading the cavalry?"
"Lord Zeta, I'm sure!" Samuel said with some certainty, "Despite wearing a cloak, I'm all too familiar with his sword skills, as well as the Shadow Charge skill unique to the Shadow Legion and the equipment left behind by the corpses of the enemy...... The cry for help in the Valley of Blood Mist must be a huge conspiracy. ”
Zeta muttered: "This matter is not trivial, we should not act rashly for the time being, we must immediately report to His Royal Highness the Regent, and His Highness will make a decision." ”
Samoel nodded, and Deputy General Lils spoke: "Now that the army is in short supply, even if the troops do not move, I am afraid that it will be difficult to maintain." ”
"It's okay, we can levy it from Mordor Town!" Samoel sneered, "We helped these townsfolk drive out the invaders of Darkmoon, and it stands to reason that they should also be paid! You go to that old guy Mayor now, and ask him to hand over the food, if it is not enough, take the soldiers from house to house and collect it from all the townspeople! Those who dare to resist will be punished as Darkmoon spies!"
"Yes!"
In the next few days, the town of Mordor was full of complaints, in addition to forcibly requisitioning food, many soldiers also committed a lot of rape, robbery and other atrocities, this is because Samoel deliberately did not restrict, and it is also his so-called method of improving morale, as for the people's livelihood and people's hearts in the Red Shadow Territory, it is none of his business.
Compared with these Imperial Capital soldiers who came to "help", the previous Dark Moon Army was not guilty of any crimes, and in the hearts of the townspeople, the former was more like an invader.
The days of fear were finally over temporarily, as Samoel had received an order from Obsidian to attack the Bloodmist Valley in the Black Mountain Forest and wipe out all the Darkmoon Army in the Red Shadows. As for Nesta, who is suspected of defecting to the enemy, Obsidian's request is to be captured alive!
Samuel immediately left the town of Mordor with his army and headed south towards the Black Mountain Forest.
ps: I have to work overtime for four days on National Day, and there are many things at home, so I'm too busy these days, and the number of chapters in the first two chapters is wrong...... Before I knew it, it was already five hundred chapters, thanks to the book friends who accompanied me all the way.