Chapter 51, The First Province

If the enemy wants to run, Hudson will naturally not look at it, and will intercept it when he raises his broadsword.

Bear Stearns' sneak attack had worked, and the enemy's sanctuary had been depleted, and now was the perfect time to beat the Reservoir Dogs.

The chase and escape battle began, and seeing this scene, the centipede marshal in the rear hurriedly ordered the masters in the army to respond.

The powerhouses of the Sanctuary are much more valuable than the powerhouses of the eighth order, and the death of one of them is enough to make the Giantfoot Centipede clan feel painful.

If all three of them were lost in this battle, even if they broke through the defense line in front of them, it would be a blood loss.

In an instant, a group of centipede powerhouses joined the battle, and without the slightest hesitation, Maxim's dragon tail had already swept out.

The containment of the Holy Domain by an eighth-order powerhouse is itself full of danger, and when encountering a second-order dragon king of the Holy Domain, the difference in strength between the two sides is even greater.

Anyone who is swept by the dragon's tail is seriously injured if he does not die.

The holy sword in Hudson's hand was also full of firepower, and the holy light in the sky was scattered outside without money.

The forces of the opposite attributes collided together, and the injured centipede powerhouses let out piercing screams one after another.

"Mending the knife!"

Everyone who saw this scene instantly understood Hudson's purpose.

The dark eighth-order powerhouses who followed behind him stopped one after another, and it had nothing to do with the enemy's fighting, if they were killed by mistake by their own people, it would be a big loss.

Marshal Hudson's Light Purification is aimed at all dark forces. Even if he is not injured, his strength will be greatly reduced under the light of the Holy Light.

The close cooperation of the human dragon made the strong centipede clan who participated in the battle calm down.

It's important to keep the Sanctuary powerhouse in the clan, but your own life is also very important!

When they encountered the second-order dragon king of the Holy Domain, they were already intercepting it, and now there was another Holy Domain holding an artifact, and they couldn't fight at all.

After a brief hesitation, a huge bear paw appeared on the battlefield, looming towards their position.

Obviously, the unlucky guy who was the first to succeed in the sneak attack by Bear Stearns has already paid for his own life.

It's all empiricism that causes trouble, and the strong people in the Holy Domain hold their own identities, even if they make a move, they are just right.

A few of them can pull down their faces to participate in secular wars, and they are already considered to be an alternative in the holy realm, and they will be laughed at if they spread it.

never thought that someone would be more shameless than them, and be able to play a sneak attack under the cover of light and darkness in full view.

If that's all there is to it, what is worse is that they misjudged the strength of the enemy.

The outside world knew that Hudson and his dragon bear were the Sanctuary, but no one had ever told them that these three had the combat power of the top Sanctuary.

Although the previous breakthrough of the dragon and bear caused a stir among the major forces, it was limited to the high-level.

The few captives captured by the centipede clan are all low-level officers and soldiers, and they can be regarded as knowledgeable to know that Lord Hudson is a holy area.

A series of miscalculations were superimposed, and finally caused the tragedy in front of us.

No matter what the enemy thinks, if he appears in front of him, it is a word kill!

The high-end forces are on the counteroffensive, and the defenders are not idle.

Hudson's order was not needed, and the commanders of the front-line ground forces ordered a counteroffensive one after another.

The knights, who were originally the back-up and were ready to fill the enemy's holy domain with their lives, also joined the battlefield at this moment.

The addition of new forces made the stalemate situation clear all of a sudden.

The officers and soldiers of the defenders, who were full of morale, burst out with more ferocious combat effectiveness than the previous defense of the city.

The earth-shattering changes made the centipede marshal who was watching the battle in the rear dumbfounded!

The Terran army in front of him is too strong, even the most elite legion of the Giant Foot Centipede Clan has a certain gap with these Terran elites.

Even if the Giantfoot Centipede has stronger individual combat effectiveness, Marshal Centipede dares to assert: as long as the strength of both sides exceeds 10,000, there will be no suspense about the outcome of the battle.

"The legions alternately cover the retreat!"

The order to retreat was given, and Marshal Centipede's heart was dripping blood frantically, and this battle was too aggrieved.

From the beginning to the end, it didn't go smoothly once.

I thought that I could rely on the superiority of troops to tear through the defense line in front of me and frighten the enemy.

With the threat of a great victory, they waited for an opportunity to negotiate with the Alpha Kingdom and forced the enemy to give them a living space.

Now that it is not said that it is to open up the living space of the race, how to withdraw the main force is a difficult problem.

What's even more troublesome is that they started a war, but there is no way to decide when the war will end!

The failed temptation has pushed the two forces to the opposite side.

The horn of retreat sounded, and the centipede army, which was already at a disadvantage, quickly fell into chaos.

Countless centipede soldiers rushed back, and a stampede was inevitable in a panic, and the screams were constant for a while.

The benefits of having more legs are reflected at this moment, and breaking one or two legs is just a pain in the flesh, and it does not affect running at all.

"Alternate cover for retreat", that's just the wishful thinking of Marshal Centipede.

Fly separately when disaster comes!

Living in the inner world all year round, the Giantfoot Centipede clan pursues the law of the jungle.

The law of the jungle enhances the combat effectiveness of the race, but it also indifferentiates the emotions between centipedes.

"The Big Picture", "The Future of Race...... It's not as good as your own life.

Once order is broken, there is no going back. The centipede army that fled for their lives in a panic quickly lost order, and the soldiers on the battlefield did not know who would be the soldiers.

Marshal Centipede, who led the camp backwards, looked back at the chaos behind him, and the whole person became abnormal.

In a voice that only he could hear, he kept saying:

"It's over!"

"It's over!"

……

The defeat was like a mountain.

A tentative battle was forced by him to fight a battle for the survival of the race.

Deep down, Marshal Centipede was constantly annoyed. Knowing that the enemy was so powerful, he would never come to gnaw on this hard bone.

The centipede officers who followed the action together were all hurrying with their heads buried at this moment, obviously shocked by the battle just now.

The Terrans are so powerful, what is the future of the Giantfoot Centipede Clan?

If given the choice, they would rather not have this war. Even if you nest in the Blackstone Mountains and join the monsters, you won't start this big war with no future in sight.

Compared to the barren Inner World, the Blackstone Mountains are rich.

There are game, wild vegetables, wild fruits, flowers and trees and other animals and plants, which can be used to satisfy hunger.

Even if they only occupy a hundred miles of corridor, the materials they obtain can catch up with the output of tens of thousands of square kilometers in the inner world.

The main thing is that the giant-footed centipede is not picky eaters, and as long as the animals and plants that enter the eyes are not poisonous and easy to digest, they are their food.

The hunt continues, and Hudson has stopped shooting, or there are no worthy targets on the battlefield.

In the battle just now, he had killed at least twenty eighth-order powerhouses of the enemy army, and of course, most of them were achieved with the results of the Dragon Bear.

The unlucky guy who was hacked to death by Hudson alone had only four warriors.

There's nothing to say, it's all the enemy himself who is sending him to his death. Knowing that he was not easy to mess with, some people took the initiative to rush over in a vain attempt to die with him.

It's a pity that these guys are unlucky, Hudson, who is holding an artifact, is not a crispy law saint at all.

Just now he released magic in the middle of the battle, just to mean that he can do magic.

In hand-to-hand combat, he can also be a paladin.

The end of a misjudgment is naturally the separation of the corpses.

I have to admit that the artifact slashing is extraordinary, no matter how strong the defense of the giant foot centipede is, it will be able to penetrate it with a sword.

If you add in the results of other people's battles, the enemy's loss of high-end forces, it will be even more.

Hudson himself couldn't believe such a record.

An eighth-order powerhouse is not a cabbage, and under normal circumstances, even if he loses the battle, there is a high probability that he will leave alive.

Tonight's battle was different, these guys did not mix in the army, but took the initiative to stand up and delay in order to cover the retreat of their own holy domain.

The effect was not in vain, even if Hudson had premeditated, he only left the sanctuary of two enemy troops.

In the previous battle, if the enemy army, these eighth-order powerhouses, also ventured deeper, the powerhouses of the southeastern province might not be able to hold them back.

Of course, there are two sides to everything.

If you really follow the powerhouse of the Holy Realm to go deeper, the rain of arrows from the magic crossbow can take away a lot of centipedes.

Originally, the combat effectiveness of the front-line troops was slightly inferior, and if it weren't for their help, let alone a siege, it was unknown whether they could rush to the city wall.

Without the support of the army, it is to take the initiative to jump into the encirclement.

The strong in the Sacred Domain can still run away, but the eighth-order powerhouse does not have the ability to kill seven in and seven out of the army when there is a strong person of the same level.

……

As the night receded, a red sun rose in the sky. The morning glow spreads to the earth, and a new day begins.

The necromancers were busy cleaning up the battlefield, their tired eyes mixed with joy. The corpses of the enemy soldiers in front of them are all their magic materials.

All the great wars have been a carnival of necromancers!

Relying on his own strength to kill, he has long become a wanted criminal who is famous in the mainland, how can he follow the kingdom army to pick up ready-made clothes.

Today the situation is a little different, in addition to necromancers, there are also wizards and arcanists who also come to grab "business".

Fortunately, the enemy died enough, and there were tens of thousands of corpses left on the battlefield alone.

For research freaks, these mutant centipedes that live in the inner world are the best dark materials.

Whether it's refining puppets, researching the inner world, or crafting magical equipment, they all play an important role.

On the surface, Hudson was also a research maniac, and the mage group accompanying the army also reserved a large portion for him, but Hudson politely declined.

Just fool people with the name, if you really let him deal with these corpses every day, it will be crazy.

If you don't have a little willpower and don't have a lot of nerves, you don't deserve to study magic.

With the provincial high-level officials, patrolling the battlefield all the way, Hudson's mouth showed a satisfied smile.

It seems that involution still works!

Since he took the lead in reforming the military and strengthening the training of the troops, his neighbors have inevitably been affected.

Judging from the performance in last night's battle, the combat effectiveness of this aristocratic coalition army in the southeastern province is not much worse than the standing army of the kingdom.

If you practice more coordination in normal times, it is only a matter of time before you catch up with the kingdom's standing army.

If this news spreads, I am afraid that it will shake the entire kingdom.

The combat effectiveness of the aristocratic private army of the Alpha Kingdom can be regarded as capable of fighting on the whole continent, but there is still a big gap compared with the standing army.

The biggest problem is that the standing army is completely out of production, only a small number of the aristocratic private army can be completely out of production, and the rest of the troops are semi-full.

When it comes to the busy farming season, you still have to work in the fields.

The consumption of the kingdom's standing army is paid for by the entire kingdom. Military spending has been allocated from the financial budget at an early stage, and various strategic materials have a fixed share.

The logistical support of the noble private army depends entirely on the investment of the noble lord.

In a country like the Alpha Kingdom, which is reckless in military force, those who are reluctant to spend money on the military have long been eliminated.

What remains now are the Lords who value armaments. This kind of attention is engraved in the bones.

Being able to train the private army to this level can only prove that the noble lords of the southeastern provinces have given their own private army the logistical treatment comparable to the standing army of the kingdom.

Some lords may even set a standard of logistics supply that exceeds the kingdom's standing army.

Hudson was the first to raise the standard of private army materials, and from the day the army was founded, the treatment of the soldiers under Master Ha was higher than that of his peers.

As the finances continued to increase, Hudson's investment in the army was also increasing.

The level of logistical support of several main army corps has long exceeded that of the kingdom's standing army.

It's not that the other noble lords haven't followed suit, but the main reason is that they can't afford to hurt their financial resources.

Compared to the other provinces of the kingdom, the wealthy southeastern provinces were still in a much better financial situation.

Not only is the territory fertile enough, but there are also dividends from the magic crystal mine.

There is no doubt that after these guys got the money, they did not use it to eat, drink and have fun, but invested it in the army.

After several years of continuous investment, there are these elites in front of me.

Thinking of this, Hudson could only sigh that the centipedes were not well-fated. There are soft persimmons not to pinch, but to pick the southeast province with the fastest growth in military strength.

"Your Excellency the Governor, last night's battle was good.

If it weren't for the special circumstances that made it inconvenient to make the battle process public, now would be the time for our southeastern province to shock the whole country! ”

Hudson said with a pretended regret.

Fame and fortune cannot be both!

Last night's battle, there were still a lot of loopholes.

The artillery battles that spared no expense, and the magic crossbows that appeared in large quantities, were all very eye-catching existences.

As long as you check carefully, it is easy to find that the magic crystals that the southeastern province has claimed from the kingdom do not match the ones consumed in the Great War.

On the bright side, good things can turn into bad things.

In order to make a splash, giving up the income of the magic crystal mine in hand is obviously not the work of a wise man.

"Haha......

Marshal, this kind of limelight is not out of the limelight!

Ten years ago, my southeastern province had an empty body of economic strength, but it did not have the matching military strength, and it was forcibly robbed of a piece of meat by the nobles of the Northland.

Unexpectedly, only ten years have passed, and the Northland Group, which was once known as the Banbi Kingdom, has actually declined.

How arrogant they were back then, how embarrassed the five of them are now......"

Governor Pierce couldn't help but sigh.

Strength determines the right to speak!

The status of the governor in the kingdom depends entirely on the overall strength of the province in which he is located.

The current southeastern province is the first province of the kingdom.

With the improvement of the strength of the province, the voice of Governor Pierce in the court has also risen.

The most important thing is that everyone rolls up together, and the military strength of the Dalton family is rolled up at once.

Strong economic strength has been transformed into military strength at this moment.

When he met the five major families in the Northland again, he Pierce didn't have any cowardice.

(End of chapter)