The Gondor's troops numbered more than a thousand, all of which were Fieldsway's axemen or guerrillas of sorts—pirates and smugglers who had just been converted into the regular army.

But now, these infantry, who had left the sea, were being blocked by a cavalry that was by no means inferior to theirs.

People who have lived on the sea for a long time can easily lose their balance on land, and they will definitely not be able to outrun and defeat the cavalry of the Lion Realm, so these infantry dare not move at this time.

"Thank you, Your Excellency, for your trust and attention, and I am indeed eager to become the captain of the ironclad...... But you may not know it, but King Vidis is my only friend. ”

The first thing Gondor the Doomer said when he saw Leon was to refuse: "I can't betray him." ”

Leon smiled and nodded, "I know, Inna told me that you once saved Vidis's life." Moreover, not betraying one's oath is the most basic work ethic of a lord......"

"And you're still coming to me to talk about this?"

Gondor turned his head to look at his troops, "I admit that I am no match for you on land...... But I'm not going to throw down my weapons and surrender. ”

"I didn't ask you to surrender...... I'm not going to let you betray Vidis, and in fact I don't want Inna to betray Fieldsway - I promise you, neither you nor Inna will betray Vidis. ”

Leon shook his head and said, "Gondor, Vides is not my enemy. ”

"What do you mean? The Lion Kingdom declared war on Fieldsway, but you, as the Marshal of the Lion Kingdom, said that Lord Vidis was not your enemy? ”

Gondor did look a little confused.

"Fieldway is my enemy, but Vidis is not my enemy. Declare war on Fieldsway, and only because the Lion Kingdom has to declare war...... I didn't plan to attack Fieldsway at all. In fact, I'm going to save Vidis's life - I want you to save your only friend one more time. ”

Leon looked at Inna next to him: "Tell your father about the current situation." ”

Inna nodded, and walked up and spread out the map.

The current situation is actually a bit peculiar, the troops of the Lion Kingdom did not attack Fieldsway's territory, but Fields Miles was attacking the Lion Realm......

Count Leofrick withdrew from the Cliff Castle and turned to the Castle of Kainie, southeast of the Cliff.

The attack was so sudden that no one expected Leofrick to do it.

King Vidis had a lot of battlefield experience and political experience, and he soon realized that Leofric might have to solve the problems within the Lion Kingdom first.

Any king can realize that after Ulrik's death, Amy, the queen, ascended the throne, and there must be people in the Lion Kingdom who are not convinced, especially those who originally belonged to the Lion Knights.

This is indeed a fact, Leofwan of Fort Kenne, Eldefried of Fort Kyledan, and others did not owe allegiance to Amy.

Coupled with the fact that Leon has not been in the legions of the Lion Kingdom, Vidis has come to the conclusion that Leon is solving the hidden dangers inside.

And Leofrick gave up the siege of Fort High Cliff, left Fieldsway's army alone, and turned to attack Fort Kenne, which originally belonged to the Lion Kingdom, which was the most obvious signal.

Of course, this is a good opportunity, and King Vidis will naturally not let go of this good opportunity to take advantage of the fire.

So, while Leofric was fighting Leofevine east of Fort Kenne, Vidis led his troops to launch a surprise attack from the western slopes and occupy Fort Kenevan.

It looked like a surprise attack full of intelligence, and Vides didn't lose much of a man.

When Leofric found out about this, he took the initiative to evacuate Fort Kennei and retreated in the direction of Fort Haringosburg - his legion had more cavalry, and after Vidis occupied Fort Kaine, he really shouldn't have attacked the city, which was the right judgment in anyone's opinion.

Originally, King Vidis also planned to accept it as soon as he saw it, so he waited cautiously for two days at Fort Kenne, and only tentatively sent some people to the surrounding villages and towns to reconnoiter the situation.

But the result of this trial made him think more - most of the villages and towns around Fort Kennie were uninhabited!

No one can be seen in the village, and there has been a civil war in Fox Town before, and most of the residents have fled.

At present, the journey from Fort Kengie to Lion Lake City is almost smooth.

At the same time, the scout reported that there was a fierce battle in Lion Lake City, and the entire city was currently defenseless!

Subsequently, Vidis received the initiative of a Lion Kingdom Lord to take refuge - Forsette.

Vidis knew Forsette, and Duke Alma was a friend of Vidis, and of course he knew the friend's eldest son.

And Forsette says he has recaptured the Lion Lake City that rightfully belongs to him.

To that end, he wanted King Vidis to march on Lion Lake City, which Fawcett claimed he just couldn't defend alone, and in fact Lion Lake City had now been conquered by him.

Defected to Fieldsway, just to ensure that he could repel the Lion Kingdom's counterattack.

In Viddes' opinion, Lion Lake City should indeed belong to Forsette, and Forsette does have a reason to defect from the Lion Kingdom - Ulrik is dead, and since Forsette has lost the king he is loyal to, it makes sense to switch to anyone now.

Especially if he switched to his father's friend, it would also allow him to regain the territory that belonged to the Horton family......

At the same time, Vidis also understood the decision made by Leofric before.

It's no wonder that Leofrick had abandoned the Fort of High Cliffs and turned to attack Fort Kenne, apparently because Forcette had caused a mess in Lion Lake City.

If Lionlake City is conquered, then Leofrick's back road may be problematic, so he will attack Fort Kennie, not to solve the rebellion of disobeying the queen, but to secure his own retreat;

Later, Leofrick retreated to Haringosburg, which was actually to defend the Lion City......

At this time, the Raven Kingdom is attacking Crag Bay, and Godric's forces are cooperating with the Ravens in Swamp Castle.

Of course, Vidis does not intend to be involved in the war in Crag Bay, at least not until the battle is clear.

Most of Fieldsway's army was infantry, and Vidis only had more than 2,000 people around him, after all, the most powerful lords were not here.

If you help the Ravens, it means fighting a field battle with the Lion Knights of Brennus—the last thing Vides is happy to do.

If Brenus were helped, then the Raven Army and Godric would probably work together to destroy Fieldsway's forces first.

At the same time, Vidis also knew that it was impossible for him to capture Lion City, after all, Leofrick's troops and Leon's troops should be around Lion City.

But what if you take advantage of the current chaos and occupy Lion Lake City?

Vidis, of course, was tempted.

If Fort High Cliffs, Fort Kenne, Foxtown, and Lionlake City were all part of Fieldsway's territory, it would make Rocky Bay completely surrounded by Fieldsway - whoever wins the battle in Rocky Bay will only be swallowed by Fieldsway!

And it won't be long before Count Aydin and Gondor will be able to complete the reorganization of the female warriors from Van Skeree in Howling Castle, and they can calmly take the Lost Swamp Castle.

The fighting of several forces in Cragy Rock Bay is so fierce that they may not be able to fight anymore by then, and Vidis only needs to stick to the city and sit on the mountain to watch the tiger fight, waiting for the fisherman to make a profit.

If Fox, Lionlake, and Crag Rock Cove were purely inland towns, then Vidis might not have made that decision.

But these places are not inland towns......

They all live by the sea – although the Lion Lake is called a lake, it is not a lake, but an inland sea, formed by the water flowing into the hinterland of the continent along the bays around the Bay of Falling and Raven City.

In other words, these places, including Nagako Port and Raven City in the Raven Kingdom, are actually coastal towns.

As long as he can control these places first, Vidis will be confident that he will hold these coastal towns - and when the battlefield turns to the sea and coastline that pirates and smugglers are most familiar with, Fields will not fear any enemies!

In addition, Forsette said that he would be stationed in Payne and personally block the lords in the eastern part of the Lion Kingdom......

There's nothing to say, people have such a good attitude......

But in this case, the efficiency must be high, because Leofrick has retreated to Haringosburg, which means that Lion City will get news soon, and it is estimated that it will not be long before the troops of the Lion Kingdom will rush to Lion Lake City.

Gotta compete with the Lion Kingdom for speed!

So King Vidis quickly advanced his troops from Fort Kengie to Fox, and encountered no resistance along the way.

He then sent the leader of the 'Shield' Haakon to Lion Lake City to monitor Forcett's movements by the way.

Forsette was very trustworthy, he did not let his troops enter Lion Lake City, but only sent someone to help the leader of Haakon open the gates of Lion Lake City, and then led his troops to garrison Payne Village.

The leader of Haakon made it to Lion Lake - which obviously meant that Forsett was not deceiving, and that he was really going to defect to Fieldsway.

Forsette himself did not enter the city, but handed over the castle to Haakon's troops, which naturally would not have been a fraudulent surrender.

So King Vidis sent troops to garrison Fox Town, and then came to Lion Lake City himself.

There was indeed infighting in Lion Lake City, and there were traces of battle everywhere.

Moreover, those residents who stayed in Lion Lake City and did not have time to escape said that Grandon led the First Banner Guard of Lion Lake City to fight with some heretics before, and it was almost a defeat for both sides, and Grandon was killed in the battle.

Vidis felt that this was a lot of things that Forcett had done before, and it was no wonder that Forcette was able to take Lion Lake City.

So Vidis promised Forcette that if he could hold Lion Lake City this time and finally get Crag Rock Bay, then Forsette would become the Lord of Lion Lake City, the Duke of Fieldsway.

- If you can get this rich town on the shore of the Lion Lake Inland Sea, then Ferzway will soon become the most powerful kingdom in the Pander continent, and indeed he should be divided into several dukes.

"If only that's all there is to it...... Then King Vidis will have a big victory, and the Lion Kingdom will most likely lose half of its territory...... Your Excellency Leon, since you can tell me this with such calmness......"

Gondor the Doom Seeker probably realized something, "Tell me straight, what's going on in Lionlake?" How is Vidis doing now? ”

"He met an army of heretics and fallen people in Lion Lake City...... Countless degenerates. ”

Leon drew three circles on the map: "I came to you, in fact, I planned to let you join forces with me to rescue Vidis, otherwise he would probably die at the hands of the 'Devourer', and he might even be devoured soul......"

"Devourer? What do you mean...... Devil?! ”

Gondor asked, surprised.

He had heard the name, thirty years ago.

At that time, a demon known as the 'Devourer' appeared in the Lion Realm and destroyed Gondor's homeland.

But at that time, the Mad King was busy capturing the rebels, and he didn't care about the lives of the people under his rule.

"Yes. I knew Earl Aydin wouldn't believe me, so I asked Inna to come to you...... I promise it's true, Gondor, you should know that I don't have to lie to you about this situation. ”

Leon nodded.

Indeed, more than a thousand cavalry in the field could have charged directly against the infantry who had fewer troops than themselves.

"Well, Inna told me before that you wanted me to leave Fieldsway...... What does that mean? ”

Gondor had believed it for a long time—no lord would tell his enemies about it.

"It's the price, the price you need to pay to save your friends. I know your reputation and don't want to be your enemy, so I want you to leave Fieldsway. If you promise, I'll take you to save Vidis - isn't that a betrayal for you? ”

Leon pointed to the cavalry behind him: "But if you are not happy, then I have to destroy your troops here, and then think about how to solve the problem of Lion Lake City...... Of course, Vidis wasn't my friend, and I wouldn't think about how to save him......"

There was nothing to be unhappy about, Gondor knew that now he could only go to Lionlake City with Leon, his enemy.

……

King Vidis now understood why Forsette did not enter the city, but retreated to the village of Payne.

This is not to show the sincerity of defecting to Fieldsway, but because there are so many degenerates around Lion Lake City......

Yes, there are too many to count.

As a well-informed pirate king, Viddes had seen the Fallen, but this was indeed the first time he had seen such a large number.

It was as if they had suddenly appeared overnight, encircling the city of Lion Lake.

It is impossible to count, and it is estimated that there should be tens of thousands of degenerates.

Vidis immediately realized that this was probably the reason why there were no residents at all in Crow Village, Fox Town, and other places......

Probably the only good news is that these degenerates are outside the city.

No major problems were found in the city, except for a handful of ruffians who took advantage of the panic caused by the army of the Fallen to commit adultery—something that happens in any city during war.

Vidis had already cleaned them up as soon as he could—he threw the rogue knights out of the city, into the midst of the Fallen.

There were currently only 1,600 men in the city, all skilled Fields warriors.

There were only three lords, the leader of Haakon 'Shield', Count Airy 'Fork', and Vidis himself.

The other lords were stationed in Fort High Cliff, Fort Kenne, and Foxtown......

If you want to defend Lion Lake City, I'm afraid you'll have to find some reinforcements.

However, there is no way out of the city at the moment.

Instead, he could see a Raven Realm troop near Lion Lake City, and that force was Ursula's rebels, which Vidis recognized.

But the rebels, as soon as they discovered the Fallen, retreated to the village of Biglen.

At the same time, in the direction of Eagle Claw Fort, from time to time, some people will come to reconnoitre, but they look like Misty Mountain people.

Except for Forsette in Payne Village, there seems to be no reliable reinforcements?

But Forsette, the sinister villain...... If he had tricked himself into coming to Lion Lake City to face the heretic army, how could he support him?

It wasn't long before Vidis met the leader of the Fallen.

An extremely terrifying monster.

(End of chapter)