Twenty kilometers south from Sword Castle through the mountain pass, continuing south is the endless Great Plains. A thousand years ago, the ancestors of Oakland pioneered this place, relying on the fertile land of the southern Great Plains, and accumulated enough capital to establish a country in just ten years. So for a long time, most people regarded the Southern Plains as the root of the Oakland Kingdom.

However, it is not only the heritage that has accumulated over the millennium of time, but also the equally rigid and rotten power class. The southern nobles who followed the ancestors to raise troops gradually degenerated while enjoying the glory and wealth, and now it has become a stubborn disease within the kingdom that cannot be solved.

Compared to the elite soldiers on the northern border, the private soldiers of the southern aristocracy had hardly experienced real wars in these years, and perhaps sometimes disputes arose over the uneven distribution of interests, or there were big fights within the family over the inheritance rights, but that was all.

Objectively speaking, with the exception of the Marquis of Kemal, who bordered the territory of Isttalen, the private soldiers of the other southern nobles had absolutely nothing of the kind that could be called combat effectiveness.

But the southern aristocracy, who had not experienced war for generations, did not have an intuitive understanding of this. Some of them even believe in the theory that money is power, and do not hesitate to spend a lot of money to equip their troops with the best weapons and equipment, believing that in this way they can create an invincible army.

The Kingdom Guard is one of the products created by this idea.

Romus, the third son of the Grand Duke of Menia, spent ten years of his fiefdom tax to build the strongest force for His Majesty. The large army of 4,500 men, including 300 knights, 500 royal light cavalry, and 2,000 ironclad shields, and the rest of the ranks were sent by the southern nobles loyal to the royal family, and their private soldiers.

It is said that after His Majesty inspected the army, he was so pleased that he made Romus the Prince of the Iron Guard and appointed him as the supreme commander of the army.

The unit was now stationed outside the mountain pass to the south of the Sword Castle, where a temporary pass had been established with wood and stone. They declared that they would follow the king's will to keep the plague out of the southern plains.

The Kingdom Guard lived up to expectations, and now the corpses of the refugees were piled up at the pass, and they strictly obeyed the order not to spare any northern untouchables who might carry the plague.

Romus looks like a very rational man, which is one of the most important reasons why he is able to lead a large army. Unlike the other noble children who had not yet gotten out of bed, he had finished his morning exercise and returned to his command post to start breakfast.

Homs is proud of his habit of morning exercise over the years, and this is not his personal delusion, even the soldiers under his command are proud of it. Compared with 99% of the other southern aristocrats, he is definitely qualified to claim to be the best military commander in the south after he has developed a good figure and can still persevere.

Putting down the knife and fork and wiping the corners of his mouth with a napkin, Romus took the report from the adjutant's hand and glanced at it roughly, frowned slightly, and asked in a deep voice, "What happened to the Sword Castle last night?

"Your Royal Highness, according to your orders, we have not sent any scouts to the north, so we know nothing about the situation at Sword Castle. The adjutant bowed his head and said, "The dollmaster has never contacted us, it may be that there was an accident in the plan." But under that adult's control, there shouldn't be any trouble that can't be solved. ”

In Isttalen's army, if any adjutant dared to say the words 'ignorance', 'may', 'should' to his commander, he would have been beheaded eight times. But this is the Kingdom Guard, Romus is very satisfied with this, at least this new lieutenant is not like his predecessor, except for corruption and bribery, there is only a bubble left in his head ****, and he can't understand a word.

"Continue to monitor movements in the north, and whatever happens, our duty is to guard this line. Romans said in a deep voice with a straight face.

"Our defence has been impregnable. The adjutant said, "But there was a little accident yesterday." Two young masters on duty reported that they had discovered the enemy, and it was said that a cavalry unit appeared outside the pass in the evening and made a tentative provocation. The two young masters insisted on going into battle and annihilating the cavalry. ”

"Why?" Romus asked, disapproving. The only people who can be called young masters by the adjutant are the children of the southern nobles who are inserted in the relationship. These bastards are greedy for life and afraid of death and ruthless, and they usually take people to kill refugees, but if they really meet the troops in the north, can they have this guts?

"I heard that the commander of that cavalry is a little beauty...... "The adjutant hesitated for a moment, and whispered into Romus's ear.

"I knew that...... Turning back to the two bastards, they would be put on the list of the plague-infected if they dared to take a step out of the pass. Romus snorted coldly and said, "Brainless fool, how can there be cavalry in Sword Fort, maybe the regular army escaped from some province further north. If the leader is still a woman, it will be even more difficult to deal with. Women who can lead soldiers are more dangerous than men in these years. ”

Before he could finish his words, he heard a commotion coming from the pass ahead. Romus's face changed, and he said in a deep voice: "Go out and see what's going on? If it's another made by those bunny cubs, don't blame me for not being merciful." ”

Suddenly, the sound of a warning horn resounded throughout the camp.

On the makeshift pass at the mountain pass, two richly dressed aristocratic young men lay at the head of the city, even though the stench of the corpses outside the city made them cry through their masks, these two guys refused to retreat, staring at the road at the other end of the valley.

"I said she wouldn't be here today. One of the aristocratic youths couldn't help but say.

"She's definitely coming today, there is no other way south near here other than this mountain road, she has no choice. Another aristocratic young man laughed and said, "When that little beauty comes, I must give my name, and if her beautiful little head is a little smarter, she should kneel before me and ask for my protection." ”

"You think women want to go crazy, they have been in the barracks for a month, and they can be regarded as beauties when they see sows. ”

"Don't say that you don't have this mind, His Royal Highness the Prince doesn't allow us to go to the Sword Castle to have fun, isn't the little girl who sent it to the door not allowed us to touch it? ”

"Do we brothers still need to be so clear? Why don't you owe me a favor, let me make a second ......."

"A word is a certainty......"

As soon as the two guys with lewd smiles had reached the negotiation, they heard the sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and their faces couldn't help but show joy. I didn't expect that there is such a good thing as a beautiful woman falling from the sky, and it makes people's hearts ripple when they think about it.

Sounds like a little more horses' hooves, though?

The aristocratic young man who shouted that his brother had nothing to do didn't think much about it at all, couldn't wait to tear off the mask on his face, poked his head out and shouted: "Beauty, where are you......"

A foul smell wafting from the wind poured into his throat and eyes, and suddenly made him turn purple. But at this time, the aristocratic young man could no longer care about his disgust, and the look of joy on his face had turned into horror.

A flying arrow pierced through the fog and ran through his skull along his eye sockets, bringing out red and white brains, and the aristocratic young man fell on his back. His friend didn't realize what was going on, so he looked back and smiled, "What's wrong?

The moment he turned around, he suddenly heard the exclamation of the soldiers at the pass, and then he felt the sky behind him suddenly darken.

A dense rain of arrows descended from the sky, bringing down the defenders standing guard at the pass, and then hordes of black-clad knights emerged from the light mist at the other end of the valley and swept down the city like dark clouds.

The three-meter-high walls were enough to withstand the onslaught of the outcasts, but for the black knights, they were flat on the ground. They jumped up from their horses, grabbed the cracks in the wall, and swooped upward, and swooped down on the top of the city with ease. The glow of colored gems bloomed everywhere on the city walls, and in an instant, flesh flew and swept away a large clearing.

"Enemy attack!"

The massacre lasted a full three minutes in broad daylight before a desperate alarm was sounded by a fish that slipped through the net. After another long time, it seemed that the sentry post in the rear finally confirmed the fact of the enemy attack, and then the alarm horn was sounded in a panic. And by this time, the unilateral killing had ended on the walls.

This made the black knight, who was all on guard against the other party's counterattack, suddenly have a deep sense of powerlessness.

"Actually, we should have just killed them last night. A black-clothed knight couldn't help but say as he looked at the empty position in front of him.

With a loud bang, the makeshift gate was directly kicked and shattered, and Palanti led a large group of cavalry to rush in from the outside, looking at the deserted scene inside the city wall and couldn't help but be stunned.

Palanti subconsciously glanced back at the colorful flags on the city wall, and asked the black knight who was close to him, "Where is the enemy?"

"Maybe it's still ...... Sleep?" The black knight replied with some uncertainty as he looked at the huge military camp five hundred meters south of the city walls.

He saw a group of bare-bottomed white fat men rushing out of the camp, screaming and fleeing towards the wheat fields in the distance. The picture was so beautiful that he hated his natural dog eyes for the first time in his life

(Jiangsu.com)