More than ten miles west of the town of Barranley, the camp of Fields Group's Army.

"Lord Vidis, we should attack the Lion City as soon as possible - Amy's little girl has indeed completely abandoned the capital of the Lion Kingdom! Now there are only a few stupid and greedy nobles and a bunch of untouchables in the Lion City! Godric's absence, we're sure we'll be able to break the city in one fell swoop! ”

Earl 'Forkbeard' Airy brandished his battle axe, his eyes shining with excitement.

"I don't really want to fight with the Lion Kingdom any longer...... It's been a long time since the war took place, the brothers haven't had a break for more than a year, and since the Harbor was looted by the Bacchus last year, there have been riots all over the country, and there have been many fugitives in my Howling Bay...... Moreover, other nations will also take the opportunity to attack the Lion City, which will be an extremely difficult battlefield, not as easy as you think! ”

Earl 'Red Sword' Aydin was opposed.

"That's why we need to do it as soon as possible! As long as we can preempt all the forces, we will be able to repel all our enemies with the strong walls that rely on the Lion City! As for the riots in the country...... The whole family of the rebellion drowned together, and those who wanted to escape were captured and enslaved, they would be scared ......"

Chahuairi is still persuasing.

"Fork Hu, there are riots in the country because we have been raising taxes...... For the sake of this war, we have raised taxes four times! Not to mention civilians, now even our fighters are already living in difficulty...... This war only fattened the Bacchus Empire, but dragged all the countries into the quagmire! We can't let the war go on any longer......"

Earl Aydin still shook his head.

"But the war can't end, does it? We tried to quit, but the result? As long as we retreat, the Bacchus will unite with the Lion Kingdom and the Dexia to attack us! As long as the Bacchus are still here, no one will be able to leave the battlefield...... Only by taking the Lion City, cutting off the back road of the Bacchus, and forcing the Bacchus to retreat first, can the war be ended! ”

Fork Hu said hatefully with a glare.

"Alright...... Stop arguing! Adin, fork nonsense is right, as long as the Bacchus are still around, then this war will never end. I guess that's what Amy's girl thinks too, she deliberately ceded the Lion City - but we must take the Lion City or the Bacchus will take it...... If the Bacchus get the Lion City, we'll be in a deeper quagmire. ”

King Vidis plucked his beard and said with some anxiety.

That's exactly what Amy's intention was to abandon Lion City - now that the four nations were fighting to the west of the Lion City, the Bacchus Empire had the initiative, and no country could get out of it if they couldn't force Agathon and Creon to retreat.

On the contrary, if the Lion Kingdom, which had been resisting hard, could not only get room for maneuver if it was willing to abandon the capital away from the battlefield, but also make other countries have to rob the Lion City.

Moreover, it is not necessary to grab it, and it may face a big scuffle.

But if they don't, the losses are likely to be even greater, and the Bacchus Empire, which has obtained the Lion City, is likely to launch a full-scale conquest directly to the west, which the Lion Kingdom must have liked to see, and most of them still provide money and food for the Bacchus Empire.

"Perhaps, it is not a bad thing for us that this war has lasted so long...... At least we succeeded in getting the brethren to identify with our own Valhalla and Valkyries! Of course, it is really time to let this war end......"

Vidis made up his mind: "But the only way to end the war is indeed to take the Lion City!" This is the only way to restrain the Bacchus...... And, after all, that's the center of the entire continent! If we can get Lion City, we will be recognized by most of the nobles in the Lion Realm! ”

Fields then began to advance towards the Lion City.

……

South of Barranli, Dexia Camp.

"Lord Tahir, I suggest you turn around and attack Nudabao...... The Fieldswie would definitely target the Lion City as well, and Nudaburg should be empty at this time. We should now conquer Nudaburg, retake Singar, and kill that bastard Ramon...... The Lion City is tempting, but even if we attack the Lion City, we will only be trapped inside......"

A knight in black armor was trying to persuade Tahir.

"Take Nudaburg? Recapture Singar? Scold! …… You're trying to retake the station, aren't you? But that place in Singal doesn't mean anything to me! If I can take possession of the Lion City, I will no longer be subservient to anyone...... And it's an empty city now! Godric is not there, and no one can stop my cavalry...... As long as I'm one step ahead of everyone else......"

Tahirpi looked at the knight in black armor with a smile: "If you Knights of Dusk don't dare to go, then you can leave by yourself......"

The Dexia army began to line up, and some cavalry were already galloping towards the Lion City.

The knight in black armor stood in the camp, took off his helmet, looked at the Dexia warriors who were moving around him, and spat contemptuously: "Brainless fools, I can't tell the difference between good and bad...... I have to die! ”

This is a Knight of Twilight.

It was Alisthai who was slashed by Leon with a sword in Toba City.

"Aren't we going to Lion City?"

Another Twilight Knight asked Alistay.

"Of course not! Most of these stupid donkeys will die in the Lion City! ”

Alisthai replied in a low voice, "Let's go to Long River...... Go to Queen Sonard, who abandoned the Lion City......"

"Huh? Why? She's not going to accept us, is she? ”

The Twilight Knight didn't understand.

"She'll take it...... She can even give up on Lion City, so much smarter than these Dexia fools! Such smart people should become our allies! And...... The forces of the Lion Kingdom crippled the Knights of the Dawn last year! They were supposed to be our allies......"

Alisthai shook his head and led his horse.

"But...... But that Leon ......"

The Dusk Knight stumbled, probably not wanting to provoke Alistay.

Alistai smiled calmly: "He's no longer here...... It's just an accident on the battlefield, and I don't see the Lion Kingdom as an enemy...... I just want to find a promising king to make a career now! ”

"Wouldn't it be better to go to the Bacchus Empire? They're stronger now! ”

The Dusk Knight asked, confused.

"It's because they're stronger that we should defect to the Lion Kingdom - we're only a mercenary at best when we go to Bacchus, but if we go to Rivertown, we're likely to become lords......"

Alisthai turned over and got on his horse: "Moreover, I have in my hand what the Lion Kingdom wants most...... Three Prophetic Secrets! ”

A group of Twilight Knights headed in the direction of Long River.

……

Under the Lion City.

The two Bacchus armies converged and camped northwest of Lion City.

"Agathon, we may be in trouble...... There are tens of thousands of mobs in Lion City, and it's hard for us to take the city quickly. ”

Creon fiddled with the fire in front of him with a stick.

"I know...... And, if nothing else, both the Fields and the Desians will try to rob the Lion City......"

Agathon did not sit beside Creon, but at the fire.

"yes...... If we ignore them, they will probably force the mob into slave army or auxiliaries, and drive the mob to attack everything in the vicinity...... But if we attack Lion City first, it is likely that the Descha and Fields will take advantage of it......"

Creon shook his head as he spoke: "Give up tens of thousands of disobedient people and the entire Lion City, Amy's little girl is very ruthless." ”

"This is no different from what His Majesty Marius used to do, and she is forced to do it. In my opinion, we can ignore the Lion City and let the Fieldswie and Descha fight for it...... Let them face the mob, and while they are besieging the city, we will first go around to Yalagar and set up camp, and then try to besiege and stop them. ”

Agathon plans to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight to see if he can reap the benefits of the fisherman.

"But if we don't care about Lion City, once the Fields or Descha take over Lion City, we will lose our original strategic advantage...... Deer Heart Village and Bemon Falai will definitely be conquered. Add to that the fact that Amy has taken everything from Lion City and Yargar, and we may not be able to find supplies! ”

Creon sighed.

"I know, but it's also much better than being directly involved in the big dogfight...... Our troops were more disciplined and better suited to battle in formation, and the Descha and Fieldsway were better suited to this kind of messy melee...... Besides, even if we run out of supplies, we'll definitely last longer than in the Lion City - there are tens of thousands of people in there now, and it only takes two days for them to eat everything they can! ”

Agathon said helplessly.

"Agathon, you probably haven't seen what happens after tens of thousands of civilians revolt, and you don't understand what the Dexia do when they're hungry...... I tell you, I saw it with my own eyes when I fought in the territory of Dexia! That was the case last year...... I besieged the city, there were five or six thousand men in the city, and there was a great consumption of food, and I thought they would surrender because of lack of food......"

Creon shook his head and said, "But they didn't!" Those Dexia people...... After they had eaten up everything they could eat in the city, they began to use the civilians in the city as military rations! ”

"How can such a thing happen...... If that's the case, perhaps it will be more beneficial for the Empire to rule the place in the future...... I want to force them to do this, it will make the people of the Lion Realm identify with the Empire!" ”

Agathon frowned, and his words were a little vicious.

"Agathon, that's why I've always disliked you - you're a good general, but you don't always take people from other countries seriously...... In fact, if no one deliberately fanned it, those so-called mobs would have been good citizens - that were tens of thousands of lives! If we take Lion City, those people will become the people of Bacchus! I don't want to see that brutal atrocity happen again...... I don't think His Majesty the Emperor wants to ...... either."

Creon whispered, he wasn't accusing Agathon - if you look at it purely from the tactical thinking of a general, Agathon's strategy is actually the most beneficial option for the Bacchus Empire.

But Creon didn't like this option, as it would inevitably lead to terrible tragedies for tens of thousands of refugees in and around the Lion City.

"General Creon, you are a respectable man, but we are generals, and it is our duty to conquer cities and win wars. As for how the people are going to live...... That's His Majesty's duty, and he's certainly going to do a better job than we do. ”

Agathon was actually very polite to Creon, although he didn't like it very much either.

In fact, both of them are generals with good character, but their ideologies are indeed different.

Creon was born as a civilian, and since he was a child, he has lived a hard life in a place where there is constant war, and he has seen a lot of people's livelihood and suffering, and often thinks about problems from the perspective of a civilian.

Agathon, on the other hand, was born in a wealthy family, and more often used the honor system of this era to consider problems, and when he was not fighting, he would help the poor and help the weak, but he would never go among the farmers like Creon.

"Alas...... So be it, Agathon, and we leave the choice to Providence...... I'll go and storm the Lion City, and you stand at the head of the bridge to stop the enemy. You only need to block for a day to retreat and find me in the Lion City. If I hadn't taken Lion City this day, then we would have withdrawn to the Seven Forks Fortress together to avoid falling into a senseless war of attrition. ”

Creon began to draw a tactical map on the ground with a stick: "I think we should try to give those civilians a way to live, that's the only thing we can do." ”

Agathon sighed and nodded, "Then let's do it, I hope the Lion City can be conquered by you in one fell swoop!" ”

……

The next day, Lion City.

At this time, the area around Lion City has become a cruel battlefield.

There were two battlefields, one under the Lion City, and the other at the bridgehead forty miles west of the Lion City.

Creon had tried to launch a quick assault on the Lion City, but he did not expect to reach the Lion City with Descha's cavalry.

And Agatson was at the bridgehead, but he just stopped Fieldsway's troops.

With some of the elite of the First Legion of the Empire and the newly formed Third Legion, it was no problem for Agasson to hold back the Fields at the bridgehead.

But Creon was a little helpless, he took the main force of the Second Legion of the Bacchus Empire, and completely defeated the Dexia people, but the Second Legion was infantry, and it was definitely impossible to annihilate the Dexia cavalry.

In other words, even if Creon wins, it will be impossible to capture Lion City again - the Dexia cavalry will be constantly harassed, and it will be impossible to attack the city with peace of mind.

Just when the Bacchus and the Descha were fighting in the Lion City, something suddenly happened in the Lion City.

The gates of the city suddenly opened, and countless refugees rushed out of the city in a frenzy.

Creon originally thought that the mob in Lion City was planning to come out to fight, and quickly ordered the troops to be gathered and lined up to prepare for defense.

And the caliph al-Tahir reacted in the same way.

But the refugees who rushed out of the Lion City did not pay attention to the two troops, but ran away like frightened birds and beasts......

Afterwards, Creon and Tahir looked at the open gates of the Lion City and reacted the same way again - "Charge!" Take the city! ”

Speaking of which, when the city gate is opened, the cavalry must have run faster than the infantry.

But the Dexia cavalry, who rushed the fastest, immediately reined in their horses after rushing into the city gates......

As a result, the city gate was blocked by the Dexia people!

And General Creon suddenly stopped: "Stop! Stop it...... The whole army is on standby! ”

There are actually benefits to running slowly, and Creon sees that the tallest tower in Lion City seems to be leaning constantly?

What's going on in the city?

Creon didn't know, but in any case, it was the right choice for the whole army to be on standby to see the situation.

The seasoned veteran saved his troops by feeling......

The Dexia people did not stop, they were still rushing into the city in a hurry.

But the Dexia people of the advanced city have encountered an unimaginable enemy - countless degenerates have poured out of the streets of the Lion City!

At the same time, the Lion City House of Lords tower......

Collapsed with a bang!