Since Leon had been stabbed before, his most loyal companions had been close to the lord all the way, and they remained armed to the gums.

The armor of the Great Swordsmen of Metenheim was already extremely thick, and now that they were members of the Silver Hand, Leon provided them with a set of glittering silver gauntlets.

It was an enchanted piece of equipment from Noldor, a plate armor gauntlet forged from stainless steel with mittens embedded with Mithril runes, a wider and thicker forearm part of the gauntlet, and a few spikes on the elbows and gauntlets.

In fact, this kind of gauntlet itself is also a weapon, and the thickened forearm can be used as both a wrist shield and an arm hammer, and both fists and elbows can kill.

And when used as a wrist shield, it is also quite reliable, although the protective area is relatively small, but the curved forearm plate armor is quite solid, unless it is a hard axe, otherwise ordinary swords are basically unable to break the defense.

This kind of silver gauntlet that integrates attack and defense is even the symbol equipment of the core members of the Silver Hand, at least it looks like a veritable 'Silver Hand', which is much more reliable than the Ebony Gauntlet Knights who are not equipped with ebony gauntlets at all......

It's just that this kind of gauntlet can't be produced in large quantities, and Li Ang doesn't dare to equip it in large quantities, only real cronies can get it - this thing costs a lot, and the cost is more expensive than the same volume of silver, and it is a real silver hand.

The one-foot-wide gauntlet made up for the lack of shields for the great swordsmen of Metenheim, and also made the big men look like iron men with thorns, full of intimidation.

And the female explorers brought by Salad are the best of Amy's men, eight female warriors who have been given the status of reserve knights.

Amy asked Sarah to take them with the army, not only to 'protect' Leon from being 'violated' by an underage elf girl, but also to allow them to contribute to the country's military exploits.

This is also a declaration that 'Griffontal' is a regular servant loyal to Amy, a guard of the princess of the kingdom, not a mercenary.

In this way, Amy will be able to legitimately canonize these women as regular knights as the lord of White Hart Castle, and will not be considered illegal - no matter where you are, in order to become a recognized legal knight, fighting for the country is a necessary process.

These female soldiers are the top fighters under Amy, and their equipment is naturally the best, and Amy is now a rich woman who has made a lot of good things for her subordinates.

Ten men dressed like steel plates, eight heavily armed female knights, and two best of the Noldor elves.

Such twenty bodyguards are not something that ordinary people can deal with.

In addition, Li Ang himself is not a weak chicken, in fact, even if there are no guards by his side, these Gazi people probably can't catch the lord......

The hundred or so nomads had not prepared much before, they were poorly equipped, and they were not very skillful, and even if they fought more or less, they were no match for them - besides, they had to be captured alive, and they could not fight at all.

So Ikram's plan naturally fell short, not only did it fail, but it also caused a large number of casualties among the Ghazi in a very short period of time - in the face of the attack, Leon and his guards would not spare their hands.

It was a lackluster battle, with the Metenheim blocking the perimeter to attract firepower, two Noldor elves shooting arrows in the middle, and a few female explorers filling in the gap—all of them had a lot of experience in combat, and they all knew how to work together in such skirmishes.

Li Ang didn't need to make a move at all when he stood in the inner circle, and he didn't need to say anything to command, he just needed to guard against the hidden arrow.

Within minutes, dozens of the nomads had died, and the rest scattered on horseback, with only Samer and two female warriors on Leon's side slightly wounded—only because the Ghazi had thrown a few waves of shoddy spears as they ran.

This kind of crooked and tattered inferior weapon is indeed quite threatening to throw - the curved spear flying trajectory is really unpredictable, and these people were originally guarding in front of Li Ang, they did not dare to avoid it, lest the lord who was blocked from sight behind him unfortunately attacked.

So they intercepted the spears with their swords, and they suffered some abrasions—there were even unshaved spines on the shafts.

This attack failed to do anything to Leon, and Klose and the others didn't care much about this kind of attack that happened in enemy territory, after all, it was normal to encounter this kind of thing when sending troops to fight.

But Leon was very unhappy.

On the one hand, because his plans were affected, and on the other hand, because Ikram was gone.

In the minutes that the herdsmen attacked Leon, or ratherd, in the minute or two that Leon was obscured from view by the tall Metenheim, Ikram vanished without a trace.

There are unsheltered grasslands all around, and the only places where people can hide are a few large dilapidated tents and a few fences for horses.

But the ikram was still gone, and it was clear that the ikram had run away with the nomads.

These nomads are very fast and light, and Leon is not familiar with the terrain, so he will definitely not be able to catch up. Mount Gazi is surrounded by grasslands, the place is quite large, and I don't know where they will go.

"My lord, what do you think he said to the herdsmen that caused them to attack you? Could he have done so as Bahaman meant? ”

At the moment, only Sarah can discuss countermeasures with Leon, but neither of them has figured out Ikram's intention to do this - if Leon is really killed, Ikram himself and his whole family will be finished, which is easy to understand, and the army of the Lion Realm can't kill without a marshal.

In fact, without Leon's restraint, the army of the Lion Realm would have already scooped Eichkoman into ruins.

"I don't think Bahaman is stupid...... Actually, I don't care what Ikram says, it's already happening anyway. The problem now is that if Ikram does this, the Dexia herdsmen in this area will become my enemies completely. And it's hard for us to communicate with them......"

Li Ang looked at the corpses on the ground and sighed: "I originally just wanted to do business well, and I didn't want to kill people...... But now, I'm probably going to have to kill a lot of people. ”

- After all, dozens of them have already been killed, and it is difficult to calm down this kind of conflict of human lives, coupled with the language barrier and the inability to communicate, it is impossible to resolve it peacefully in a short period of time, so you can only continue to kill.

Sarah also sighed: "It's a pity that I can't speak the old language of Dexia......"

It is true that she does not speak the Deshagu language, and her father, Shalafan Sheikh, was not yet born when he left the Holy Mountain.

And after Sarah was born, Shalafan never cared about her, and it was her mother who brought her up - Sarah's mother was a noblewoman of the Chelez tribe in the north of Dexia, and she had no contact with the ancient language.

"It's impossible for me to show kindness to them anymore, and they won't believe me, huh...... Since they have chosen to be my enemy, I must destroy them......"

Leon looked to the east, but in Fondal there was no Mount Ghazi in sight, only a grassland.

"They should be destroyed too! In fact, this is also a good thing for the people of Dexia - that holy mountain is simply the root of all evil! However, adults ......"

Sarah agreed with Leon's decision, but at the same time had some concerns: "But after all, it is the sacred mountain of the Dexia people, and if you kill in the holy mountain, the Dexia people may regard you as a devil, and you will be hunted down by the assassins for the rest of your life...... There were many Assassin groups in Descha. ”。

"I know, Eichkoman has a Scorpio Assassin Brotherhood...... It was because I didn't want to provoke them that I wanted to take Eichkoman peacefully. ”

Li Ang sighed and shook his head: "But this place is different, I don't need to do anything to destroy this place...... Sarah, go back to Eichkoman with Sigismund, and tell General Agathon that there are plenty of horses under Mount Ghazi that Emperor Marius wants......

In fact, Li Ang didn't expect that in the end, he would have to let Agathon scrape the ground in Dexia......

“…… My lord, you want General Agathon to come over and do this dirty work, I understand...... But those herdsmen don't keep their horses at the foot of Mount Ghazi, and General Agathon can't see the horses when he comes, so where can he go to find those enemies? ”

Sarah frowned and said she didn't understand, Mount Ghazi was surrounded by grasslands, and who knew where those herders were gathered now?

"Don't see, Sarah, go tell Agathon - if he burns down the temple of Vata, there will be countless unowned wild horses under the mountain......"

Leon pouted: "By the way, tell Agathon that in order to ensure that the horse can be taken away, it is best for him to bring more men and weapons...... I'll have Sigismund and the gladiators come to the aid of Agathon, lest that fellow die on the hill and still owe me a great debt!" ”

Leon wasn't going to change his plan, and if there was a chance that something might go wrong, he would get rid of those who, no matter how many, might be causing the problem.

But the lord still has to do business, and doing business is about harmony and wealth - so you can't do things like killing people and setting fires, because they are too hateful and will affect your business.

But Agathon is different, this imperial general must not care whether the Dexia people hate him or not, the more the Dexia people hate him, maybe the more satisfied he will be - for a general, the hatred from the enemy country is actually equivalent to his own prestige.

Sarah understood, and she saluted the lord with pleasure, and then mounted her horse to find Sigismund.

Three days later, the temple of Watta on Mount Ghazi unfortunately caught fire.

The fire brought in all the traditional herders who were devout in Vata, and they all came at a gallop to put out the fire.

But Mount Gazi is steep and steep, and horses can't go up, so there are indeed countless 'ownerless war horses' under the mountain.

The Dexia herdsmen rushed desperately up the hill like crazy, while Agathon condescendingly guarded the mountain, turning an invasion into a defensive battle.

In fact, the temple was burned by Sigismund, and he always lit a fire at the top of the mountain, ensuring that all the temples on the mountain were burning - this was to illuminate the whole mountain to prevent Agathon from being attacked by night.

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Sigismund was very unaccustomed to this kind of thing like collecting money in the name of the gods and engaging in women, and in his opinion, destroying this evil ritual was tantamount to saving the common people.

And Agathon also knew that Leon really didn't fool him, as long as he could hold it and kill all the Dexia people who attacked the mountain, the horses at the foot of the mountain would naturally become real ownerless war horses......

But how long this battle will be fought, and how long he will have to defend the mountain, it is not clear......

Fortunately, the snow on the top of the mountain has ensured the water source, and the food that has been brought out of Sigismund in the temple is also piled up, and even the dinar for rewarding the soldiers is piled up—these temples are really rich, and I am afraid that Leon will be greedy for it.

The only problem is manpower.

Agathon brought only a thousand men with him - half of the fleet he brought to Descha, and the other half in Eichkoman.

And the Dexia people at the foot of the mountain are already countable, anyway, there are heads everywhere, and a throwing spear can cause casualties to two enemies......

Moreover, these Dexia people were extremely crazy after the temple was burned, even crazier than digging their ancestral graves.

It looks like it's going to turn into a protracted war.

……

While Agathon was fighting a difficult battle to defend the temple, Leon had successfully arrived at the city of Toba.

At this time, the gates of Toba City were closed, and there seemed to be several cantilevers sticking out of the city walls, probably because the city had arranged large catapults and other equipment.

From afar, you can see the Dexia soldiers standing at the head of the city moving on the city walls.

Leon's troops were stationed about five miles north of Toba City, which was the junction between the green space and the desert outside Toba, and it was also the hardest position on the land.

In the distance, a thin layer of yellow sand was blown up by the wind, bringing up a fine dust like a veil of silk, which shimmered golden in the reflection of the setting sun.

The defenders of Toba had apparently discovered Leon's army a long time ago, but having closed the gates and begun to fiddle with catapults from such a distance, the defenders of the city were probably quite cautious men.

Of course, this is also a sign of low confidence.

"My lord, would you like to send a scout over to investigate?"

Leon came by his side with a Lion Realm knight, who was one of Forsette's subordinates - Forsette, like Amy, didn't come himself, but sent a few representatives.

Leon didn't let Forsette go with the army, he had already taken Eric with him, so Forsette had to stay within the confines of Long River Town, because Forsette had a great deterrent effect on rogue nobles or bandits who hid in the mountains.

Now Forsette is busy in the eastern region of the Lion Kingdom and is regarded as a 'butcher', everyone knows that he is ruthless, and some discerning people know that he is the murderous knife in the hands of Leon - but in any case, when this knife exists, no bull, ghost, snake or god dares to come forward.

The knight under Forsette only brought thirty soldiers with him, but all of them were light cavalrymen with quite good skills, and they were the elite of Forsette.

This was the attitude that Fawsett showed towards Leon - his troops were willing to take on the hardest jobs, such as serving as scouts with the greatest risks.

"There should be a lot of Dexia Wind Resistors in the city, and their archery skills are quite powerful, so don't go over...... It won't be long before someone comes and tells us about the situation in Toba, and maybe we can even bring a plan of the city's defenses......"

Li Ang didn't let the knight move, but patted the knight on the shoulder and gave him another task: "You take people to the north about thirty miles to patrol around, I am more concerned about whether there will be enemies in the desert behind, and the Dexia cavalry trapped in the city in front is not to worry at all." ”

Then the army began to camp in place, lighting fires and cooking.

Leon was going to rest here for the night, waiting for Ramon's men to come looking for him.