In the distance, a large number of birds were startled, and they kept hovering in the sky, and they never landed.

There were rare shouts, all of them chaotic and indiscriminate, sounding crazy and weird.

Indeed, a large group of Serpent worshippers came after Sigismund.

There are quite a few people, and the black pressure is overwhelming.

But these snake worshippers certainly didn't look like regular troops, and although it was true that some snake worshippers were chasing after them at the front, the regular troops would certainly not chase after them when they saw a large number of troops lined up......

"Array! Spread out left and right, and let the scouts in!"

Jocelyn obviously understood this, so he was not too nervous, and calmly commanded the front army to prepare for the enemy.

Sigismund led dozens of gladiators to quickly penetrate the gap in the force after the troops had dispersed, and then the army closed again, waiting for the enemy to approach.

"Commander, we might be annoyed...... My scouts couldn't get close to the Emperor's Harbor, and the Snake Cult had gathered tens of thousands of troops in front of it, and the boundless expanse was full of people...... And they seem to be marching on us!"

Sigismund rushed to the lord and quickly explained, "I noticed that they were marching on this side, so I tried to get closer to find out what was going on with the enemy, but we were discovered. And then, they kept chasing us, as if they were ready to fight us in an encounter!"

"Is the Serpent Cult going to besiege the city for reinforcements? It shouldn't be...... It stands to reason that it is in their interest that the Snake Worship Sect should capture Emperor Lingang as soon as possible, and they can't fight so far by besieging the city, right?"

Justes frowned in disunderstanding.

He and the lord came to support with great fanfare, of course the Snake Worship Sect knew their movements, and they would indeed take the initiative to meet the battle, but even if they besieged the city to send reinforcements, they would not be so far away from the Emperor's Landing Port for dozens of miles......

"This is not a siege for reinforcements...... They look as if they have given up the siege of the Imperial Harbor! Almost all of the Serpent Cult armies are coming in our direction!"

Sigismund hurriedly said, "I swear, there aren't many Serpent Worshippers besieging Emperor Lingang, and it's their main force that comes from our side!"

The gladiators beside him also nodded their heads again and again, pointing to their eyes to indicate that they had seen it with their own eyes.

"If all of them are such farmers, there is nothing to be afraid of no matter how many there are...... But they are obviously vulnerable, why do they dare to pursue when they see the military formation?"

Alina seemed bold.

"No...... They're not farmers! They want to force a scuffle with us! Give Jocelyn an order not to get entangled with the enemy and break through the enemy quickly! Then disengage from the enemy and retreat to the village of Buyurin!"

Leon looked at the front army, the shouts of killing had already sounded, and Qiao Celin and his troops had already engaged those snake worshippers.

So he reacted immediately and directly ordered to retreat.

"Leon...... Those are just Serpent warriors and followers, and our troops can kill them all in half an hour at most......

Justus, who was next to him, looked at the snake worshippers in front of him and didn't understand.

"No, we can't afford to delay for half an hour...... If we don't retreat, we will most likely get into a melee with tens of thousands of people, and their followers will definitely continue to join the battlefield! Maybe their combat ability is really not strong, but we absolutely can't fight with them in numbers...... Lord Governor, you should know that those who worship the Serpent Cult are not afraid of death!"

Those snake worshippers Li Ang had dealt with them, and the equipment was indeed good, but the strength was not very good.

The scale of the snake worshippers who followed Sigismund here didn't seem to be too big, just over a thousand, and most of the thousands of snake worshippers were made up.

Although everyone was armed with javelins, they were pure peasants, and they were dressed only in tattered cloth clothes—most of them were Snake Worshippers.

If nothing else, it would take only one or two charges for this rabble to be wiped out.

However, the lord was aware of the considerable danger......

Most worship snakes

Although the cultists seem to be peasants, they are completely different from pure peasants - when the lord killed that small group of snake worshippers in Buyulin Village half a year ago, he already knew that snake worshippers are not afraid of death!

Serpentarians are also heretics, and although they worship different gods, they follow the same evil god as those under the Three Prophets, who can bring people back from the dead...... Or demons.

The dark goddess Ereda and the serpent Azi Dahaka developed their followers in much the same way.

And the fighting method of the Serpent Worshippers seems to be very similar to the thinking of the Three Prophets - since they do not have the ability to fight in formation, they will forcibly fight in a melee.

The Three Prophets will use their followers as cannon fodder to create opportunities for melee, so I'm afraid the same is true of the Snake Worship Sect!

Leon didn't know if there was a connection between the Dark Goddess Sect to which the Three Prophets belonged and the Snake Worship Cult, but at least one thing was certain, that is, the leader of the Snake Worship Cult's army must be the same as the Three Prophets, and would not care about the lives of these followers.

Perhaps in their eyes, dying on the battlefield was equivalent to sacrificing to their serpent god......

After all, they had always sacrificed the living.

This is surrounded by the territory of the Snake Worship Sect, and the number of followers of the Snake Worship Sect is bound to be terrifyingly large, although these followers are all peasants with low combat effectiveness, but being trapped by the peasants will also be fatal!

These peasants who joined the Serpent Cult must not have received any training in battle formations, and they are certainly no match for the combined army of Leon when they fight in formation.

But if the Snake Worshippers rushed into the military formation with a cannon fodder tail and followed the scouts and dragged Leon's troops, then tens of thousands of Snake Worshippers continued to join the battlefield and turned the battle into a melee......

Under this tactic of crowds, it is difficult for the troops with strong combat effectiveness to escape.

No matter how strong the gladiators are, they will be tired, and the arrows of the Noldor are also limited, if they are dragged by these cannon fodder and have not been repaired in the continuous melee, then no matter how strong the troops are, they will be dragged down by the sea of people.

"Trumpet! The whole army is in line and retreat!"

The lord gave the order again: "Your Excellency Justus, take your troops back to the village of Buyulin as quickly as possible...... Don't kill the enemy along the way, don't stop, go back to the village to set up defenses to meet us!"

Justes nodded and complied, for he had already seen that there was even more smoke and dust rising behind the first group of Serpent worshippers who had chased after them.

The birds that were so startled that the sky kept hovering never fell.

This means that there are people coming here in the direction of Dilingang all the time, and there are huge numbers!

As the governor of the empire, Justes has led troops to participate in the encirclement and suppression of many snake worshippers, and he has also seen the attitude of snake worshippers who are not afraid of death, so he now understands Leon's concerns.

He hadn't directly faced more Serpent worshippers than his own army before, but he could imagine how terrifying it would be for such an undaunted human to form tens of thousands......

Justus had a large number of Imperial Guards, and these young men were the sons and nephews of the members of the Immortal Legion under the command of Emperor Marius, and they were also the reserve force of the Immortal Legion.

The guards are all young, most of them are unskilled, and they cannot be selected into the Immortal Legion for the time being, so each of them will be given a large shield to enhance the survival rate on the battlefield.

At the same time, they are very good at forming dense shield formations, and they are also very good at defending in formations.

Therefore, Leon asked Justus to take these young and strong imperial guards back to the village of Buyulin to set up defenses first.

The horns of the retreating troops continued to sound, and the Freikorps, under the restraint of the non-commissioned officers, stabilized their positions, did not rush out to engage the enemy, but lined up to cover each other and retreat while fighting.

And Leon himself is leading the Noldor Elves to the queen, and he wants to disengage the army from the snake worshippers who are the first to chase after him in the shortest possible time.

In other words, he wants to kill all the enemies he is already engaged in as soon as possible.

The Noldor Elves are undoubtedly the strongest.

Maybe using the Noldor Ranger against the followers of the Serpent Cult is indeed a chicken killing, and those farmer-like enemies are not vulnerable at all,

Only ten minutes later, the corpses fell to the ground on the battlefield, and most of the snake worshippers who were initially chased had already been killed.

However, more Serpent worshippers have also arrived here, and the number of enemies has multiplied several times after they were killed or wounded......

At present, the snake worshippers that Li Ang could see were boundless, and the crowds were innumerable.

Moreover, no matter how heavy the casualties were, the Serpent Cultists did not retreat, and no matter how many people died, they continued to charge forward.

Enemies who are not afraid of death can be difficult to deal with, especially when they are numerous.

Luckily, the Noldor rangers were on horseback, so they weren't trapped.

Leon and the Noldor rangers fought and retreated, pulling to the side as best they could, slowing down the enemy's footsteps, but the large number of farmers continued to come from the south under the leadership of a few Serpent Cult soldiers, and their numbers were increasing.

From time to time, you can see some Cobra warriors riding crimson red horses, they are roughly the equivalent of centurions in the Snake Cult, and each Cobra warrior probably carries a dozen or so snake warriors and hundreds of peasant followers.

Obviously, there is a strict and clear hierarchy within the Snake Worshippers, and this is not a chaotic peasant army, they have a well-organized structure.

The lord's judgment was right, the Snake Worship Sect really wanted to fight a melee, and it was purely a fight for the number of people regardless of casualties.

Moreover, those Cobra warriors were clearly sending their samurai and farmers to death as cannon fodder.

They really don't care about the lives of their men, maybe they don't even care about their own.

Fortunately, Li Ang let the army disengage in time, and if he hadn't retreated at the first time, he probably wouldn't have been able to leave now.

"Everyone, follow me! Get ready to ride and shoot!"

Seeing that the army had left the battlefield for at least two miles, and that there were more and more enemies in front of him, the lord took the Noldos around the flank and began to shoot from the flank as he retreated.

It may seem wasteful to spend precious arrows on these farmers, but it has to be.

The sea of Serpent worshippers were still chasing, but the Noldor's ever-changing position and the damage caused by their precise bows and arrows still played a major role in hindering them.

The Serpent Cult army is getting farther and farther away from the Freikorps.

"Alright, let's retreat!"

From the discovery of the enemy to the present, it only adds up to about half an hour.

The Lord estimated that in this half hour, his troops had brought at least a thousand casualties to the Snake Cult.

Such a casualty rate, if placed in an ordinary army, would probably directly lead to the panic collapse of the whole army.

But the Serpent worshippers did not.

The serpent worshippers who were shouting indiscriminately showed no sign of fear.

They seem to have a strange madness, and it doesn't look much like it's bloodlust or belligerence.

At the same time, the lord still had some doubts in his heart - if it was just to meet his own support army, the Snake Worship Sect could wait until he arrived near the Emperor's Harbor before making a move.

Isn't it good to work at ease?

His own army has already made a big show that it wants to reinforce Emperor Lingang, no matter how strong the Snake Worship Sect is, he will definitely go.

Why would the Snake Cult rather give up the siege of Emperor Lingang than travel so far to attack their own troops with all their might?

Could it be that in the eyes of the Snake Worship Sect, his own reinforcement is more important than Emperor Lingang?

Or did the Serpent Cult have other intentions?

If you don't understand the reason, you won't be able to retreat from the enemy in a targeted manner. If you go head-to-head with such an enemy, even if you can win, you will lose a lot!

This time, the support of Emperor Lingang was very thorough, and he actually attracted the enemy's main force to his side......

With a stomach full of questions, Leon returned to the village of Buyulin.

The Imperial Guards under Justus had formed a solid array, and there were still some corpses of Serpent worshippers at the entrance of the village.

Obviously, the village of Buyulin was also worshipped by snakes

The attack of the cultists, fortunately, the lord left Risadilan to intercept the scouts of the Serpent Cult near the village.

"My lord, less than half an hour after you left with your army in the morning, a group of Snake Worship warriors appeared near the village......

Seeing that Leon was leading the team back, Risa Dilan stepped forward and began to report the situation.

"There must be snake worshippers everywhere around here, but luckily we didn't have much to lose...... Prepare to meet the enemy, tens of thousands of enemies are only ten minutes away from us! This time it's probably a tough battle, and I don't know what is special about us, so that the Snake Worship Sect will not attack the Emperor Lingang, but instead attack us with all its might......

Leon nodded and began to set up defenses.

Since they were camped in the village of Buyulin, it was natural that the enemy would attack the village, and this was also the reason why Leon had Risadiran intercept the enemy's scouts around.

"Wait, my lord, maybe you should meet this person...... Maybe she'll be able to tell you something."

Risa Dilan did not leave, but led Leon into the village and brought out a woman.

It was a young girl wearing a pointed shahi helmet and holding a black iron spear.

This girl has a very outstanding appearance, with an extremely delicate face, and although she is wearing a leather coat that does not fit at all, the whole person still exudes a bewitching style.

The combination of long eyelashes, turquoise eyes, and seductive red lips is breathtaking.

"Who is she?"

The lord looked at Risadilan and then at the woman, frowning.

"She claimed to have fled here, and when I found her, she was being hunted by a group of Serpent Cult warriors......

Risa Dilan paused and lowered her voice, "She's a snake worshipper."

"Hiss...... I'm not ...... Commander, my name is Elisa...... Hiss ......"

As soon as the girl spoke, the whole bewitching style was immediately destroyed......

The hissing sound was exactly the sound of a poisonous snake spitting out a letter, and the girl named Alyssa was not imitating this sound, but the hissing sound caused by sticking out her tongue before each speech and exhaling as she spoke.

Moreover, the tip of her tongue is forked! It's exactly the same as the serpent's letter!