The arsonist will eventually die in the fire, and the gambler will eventually lose.

Gaul's troops were engulfed in fire at the Shieldwind Fortress.

Occasionally, attempts to climb out of the walls will be shot back into the city by Wendy's bow and arrows or the Scorpio Assassin's throwing knives.

Until the Shield Wind Fortress turned into a charred black wall again.

The fire in the Shieldwind Fortress was planted by Wendy herself.

Gauls set fire to the Noldor Forest, and Wendy will let him die in the fire.

While this revenge doesn't solve any real problems, it can at least make Wendy's heart ache a little.

Sometimes it's important to feel good, especially for a people whose sanity has been destroyed by anger and hatred.

After seeing the Shield Wind Fortress burst into flames, the First Legion of the Empire dispersed.

The castle was burned, so the military rations naturally didn't matter, and the centurions were worried about the assassin's throwing knives that appeared at home, and they didn't have the heart to delay here.

They split into squads, leaving behind all their baggage and some of their heavy armor, intending to go home.

People are really interesting, if it is an army of more than 4,000 people, to march more than 600 miles, at least 100,000 pounds of grain is needed.

But if this army is no longer in formation, and no longer carries heavy armor and all kinds of weapons of war; More than 4,000 people were scattered into hundreds of small teams, each of which moved lightly, and they no longer needed food......

But the grain in the Shieldwind Fortress had not been burned—Ramon's men had already moved it.

Now Leon cherishes food so much that he knows what he is up against.

"Lord Leon, I have done everything you have told, can I release my family?"

Rimusk asked Leon tremblingly.

"Yes. But, Rimusk, you can't go back to the Bacchus Empire. The First Legion has fled, and they will see you as a traitor. You can take your men back to Fort Walwin now, but if you don't want to die, let Fort Wolfyn play my banner, otherwise Fort Wolfyn will inevitably be slaughtered by Israndir - Israndir is in the vicinity of Fort Amera, and now that the fire in the Noldor Forest cannot be saved, what will Israndir do, you should think about it. ”

Leon patted Rimuske on the shoulder and gave him a way to live.

“…… I see, you can take my son to Fort White Deer as a hostage......"

Rimusk was silent for a while, then nodded helplessly.

He is not a fool, and he offered to make his son a hostage in exchange for Leon's trust, which is the only way out for him now.

"I don't need your son, you don't have any other way to choose now, just send the grain from Wolfyn to Fort White Deer. Give you ten days to send 200,000 pounds of grain to White Deer Fort. ”

Leon shook his head and refused, he didn't need hostages now, he just needed food.

Rimusk has betrayed the Kairos father and son, and offended Justes, and Emperor Marius will definitely not tolerate him, he can't return to the Bacchus Empire, and now he can only rely on Leon.

Only Leon's banner can save him from being attacked by Israndel or other Noldor elves.

Although Rimusk is a money-hungry and lascivious man with little guts, he is in his right mind, at least he didn't follow the Kairos father and son to the dark.

……

Half a month later, Siyuan City.

"Your Majesty is awake?!"

"Miss Elena, go and call the doctor......"

Hurried footsteps departed.

Emperor Marius slowly opened his eyes.

"Your Majesty, are you awake?"

General Sulla was surprised to hold Emperor Marius and brought a bowl of medicine from the table beside him: "This is the medicine prescribed by the doctor who came from the Knights of the Radiant Cross in Bozhi City, and now they are the only ones who can be trusted." ”

"I'm ...... What's wrong? Am I poisoned? ”

Emperor Marius covered his head, closed his eyes in some pain and opened them again: "I'm a little dazzled." ”

"The doctor said you were weak and had lost too much blood...... Keros bought off your imperial doctor some time ago, took a lot of your blood in the name of phlebotomy, and then used the snake heart stone on you...... I'm sorry, Your Majesty, I violated the law by not going through the legal process to investigate and collect evidence, but directly tortured the imperial doctor to confess......"

General Sulla apologized, but there was no uneasiness on his face, and he obviously did not think that it was a mistake for him to break the law in order to save people.

Emperor Marius sat up on the edge of the bed, drank the medicine in one gulp, and showed a painful expression on his face: "It's too bitter...... I've got a glass of mulled wine......"

"Don't think about wine, if you drink again, I'm afraid you won't wake up again......"

General Sulla shook his head resolutely: "It's a fluke that you can wake up this time!" If it weren't for the doctor in the city of knowledge who saved your life with coconut water, I'm afraid ......"

"Coconut water? What do you mean? ”

Emperor Marius bared his teeth and turned his head to look at the simple action he had done quite hard, and then he saw a few coconuts hanging from the top of the bed, and a few sheep intestine tubes stuck in the coconuts.

"It is said that he learned the method from Anson, one of Leon's men, that fresh coconut water can be directly infused into the bloodstream to hang unconscious people...... I don't know the specifics, but it does work, you've been in a coma for many days, I thought ......"

General Sulla sighed and shook his head.

"I won't say any thanks, Sura...... By the way, where's Keros? What does he want my blood for? …… Is he planning to rebel? ”

Marius asked, leaning back on his pillow.

"He was there to save his son...... But what he did was probably worse than rebellion. I got the news that Kairos had gone to the area of Long River, and that he was attacking Leon's territory, and that he was ......"

Sulla looked at Marius cautiously, probably for fear of irritating the patient, and did not dare to continue.

"And what?"

Marius frowned.

“…… Moreover, they set fire to the Noldor Forest...... Fort White Hart and Fort Amera, where fires were set at both ends, and it is said that the fires in the Noldor Forest are completely out of control. ”

Sulla hesitated, but decided to tell Marius everything, after all, the emperor needed to decide where the Bacchus Empire would go now.

"Ahem, ahem, ahem......"

Emperor Marius was stunned, then coughed violently.

"Take a deep breath, Your Majesty, take a deep breath!"

Sulla hurriedly stepped forward to stroke Marius's back, but the cough was still violent, as if he had lost his breath.

"Poof......

Mario took a deep breath, then spurted out a mouthful of bright red bloody phlegm.

"I shouldn't have told you this, you should be cultivating now...... Stop talking, Your Majesty. ”

Sulla's face showed self-reproach.

"It's okay...... I'm fine......"

Marlo waved his hand, and after coughing up the phlegm, he was much more energetic: "The Noldor Forest has been burned? …… Where's Justus? Didn't he stop Kyros? ”

"Your Majesty......"

General Sulla shook his head and tried to tell Marius not to speak again.

But Marius kept looking at him with a determined look: "Tell me everything......"

“…… Justus was kidnapped by Antonius, and he took the First Legion of the Empire to Fort White Hart...... Kairos and the Shadow Legion's cavalry destroyed Leon's Mai Xiang Collar before attempting to attack Long River......"

Sulla sighed: "When I got the news, the First Legion had already encountered the joint attack of Leon and the Noldor Elves, the legion was scattered, Rimusk surrendered to Leon, and Gauls died in the Shield Wind Fortress...... Leon detained Lord Justus and declared all-out war on Bacchus. ”

Emperor Marius closed his eyes and was silent for a while, not angry, but calmly accepted the reality.

After opening his eyes again, he asked about Leon's movements: "...... Did Leon launch an attack on the Empire? ”

"No, instead, he stopped the Noldor Elves from attacking the Empire...... According to the news that came back last night, Leon was leading a large number of Noldor Elves to intercept Kairos in Long River Town. ”

General Sula shook his head: "Li Ang may want to ensure the safety of Changhe Town first. ”

"Alas...... He didn't do it for the safety of Long River Town, he wanted the Noldor Elves not to fight on their own, he wanted all the Noldor Elves to listen to his arrangement...... Sula, go and give the order, call up all the reservists in the country, concentrate all the forces in the area around Karen Deerburg, and appoint Agathon as the Marshal of the Empire......"

Emperor Marius said with a frown.

"If the forces are concentrated at Karen Deer Fort, most places in the east, including Ameraburg and Baproun, will be lost......"

General Sulla reminded.

"The Noldor elves will pour out, and the eastern part of the empire will not be able to keep it...... The only thing that can be done now is to hold the city of knowledge until Leon retreats. Don't think that the empire is strong, Sulla, without the Noldor Forest, all the Noldor elves would become outlaws. In this situation, we are the weaker side......"

Emperor Marius shook his head weakly: "If Kairos is still near Changhe Town now, then he will definitely not be able to escape Leon's pursuit, perhaps, we should try to rescue Kairos......"

"Why? Your Majesty, he has already committed treason! He also murdered you! ”

Marius asked the Empire to be on the defensive, and Sulla understandably because no one wanted to fight against thousands of crazy Noldor elves.

But Marius said that he wanted to rescue Keros, and Sulla really didn't understand.

"I'm not trying to save Keros himself...... I just want to save the Shadow Legion. They don't like me, but they're all the elite of the Empire......"

Emperor Marius sighed: "Sulla, where is Antonios?" Can you catch him? ”

"He should be in Dilingang, I can't guarantee it, but I'll do my best...... Do you want to capture Antonius and give him to Leon in exchange for the Shadow Legion's cavalry? ”

Sulla still knew Marius very well.

"This is the only way to save the Shadow Legion...... Go and give the order, before Leon marches to the city of knowledge......"

Emperor Marius nodded, and gently stroked his hand and motioned for Sulla to hurry up.

"Why are you so sure that Leon will march towards the city of knowledge?"

Sura turned to the desk and began to write some orders.

"Justus and Alina are in his hands, of course he will attack the city of Bozhi, as long as he can reach the city of Bozhi, the whole city may fall without a fight...... So deploy troops to Karen Deer Fort...... But he shouldn't attack right away, we still have some time. ”

Mario briefly explained, and then asked, "How is the Lion City doing?" Are the Knights of the Radiant Cross still there? ”

"Lion City has been attacked by Fieldsway, and the Knights of the Radiant Cross and General Creon are on their way back to Siyuan City......"

General Sulla looked back: "It is said that there are no more inhabitants in Lion City, and I don't know why Fields launched this attack. ”

"Taking advantage of the danger of the people, Fields has always been like this, they probably think that in this case, Leon will gather all his troops to attack the empire with all his strength, and will not entangle with them......"

Emperor Marius said softly, "But Leon will definitely not do this, and the Fields will probably be struck by a thunderbolt...... Leon will probably claim the throne in Lion City before attacking the Empire......"

Perhaps Emperor Marius was indeed the one who knew Leon best, and his judgments were all correct.

Leon did not immediately attack the Bacchus Empire.

He also did not recall the troops of the Lion City.

After burning the Shield Wind Fortress, Leon returned to Whitedeer Fort as fast as he could, and together with Wendy and Vendatier, he led the Noldor warriors to besiege and intercept Keros.

After destroying the Mai Xiang Ling, Kairos originally tried to harass the town of Long River, but he brought all the cavalry with him, and could not cause substantial damage to the town, and after discovering a large number of Noldor elves coming from the area of White Hart Castle, Keros began to retreat south.

But when he retreated to the area around Trubrunn, he was entangled in two small forces.

These two small forces, one is the Owl Knights, and the other is the army of the 'farmers' of the Mai Xiang Collar.

The farmers of Mai Xiangling were actually all the first troops under Li Ang.

That is, the original 'non-commissioned officer unit'.

These people are all minority shareholders of Maixiang International, and they also serve as the heads of each farm.

They have always retained the mechanism of internal competition, not only to ensure food production, but also to maintain the security and stability of Mai Xiangling and the area around Changhe Town.

When Kairos arrived with his army, they did not receive orders and did not foolishly resist on their own, but instead gathered their own pawns separately and avoided Kairos's army.

They were either from the original El-Deig or had been relocated from Serrumis by Sir Roland, and they had all experienced the destruction of their homes and had witnessed the establishment of the Mai Collar firsthand.

So they knew that the best option in the face of the army's deliberate destruction of the village was not direct resistance or helpless crying, but to try to preserve vitality and hope for future reconstruction.

So they separately took all the grain and supplies from the various farms of Mai Xiangling to Bailu Fort - the road between Mai Xiangling and Bailu Fort was well maintained, and as long as there was a carriage, they could run away.

It's the right choice.

Grain, saltpeter and other important materials stored in the farm, seeds of various high-yield crops, and human lives.

These are the hopes for the future.

It doesn't matter if the houses and defenses are destroyed, it doesn't matter if the Mai Xiangling wholesale market is destroyed, as long as the people are still there and the seeds are still there, everything will be there.

After moving supplies, they rallied again to Trubrun – this time to concentrate their forces to resist.

Because they have no worries......

They once again donned the white griffon coat of arms on a black background, and re-raised their spears and swords.

Although their old burqas did not have gold coats of arms, the loyalty and honor of the first generation of non-commissioned officers were full of real gold.

With the help of the Knights of the Owl, they used the chariot formation taught to them by Lesli and the riding skills trained by Sarah, and with the assistance of the Knights of the Owl, they dragged Keros's cavalry of more than 2,000 men alive with a scale of more than 300 men, until Leon arrived with a large army of Noldor.