When this storm against the No. 19 military station of the Rick Imperial Expeditionary Force was about to begin, the military station on the grassland was also solemn and orderly. A small and brief celebration had already ended before dawn, and now the entire station was on high alert. The gate of the garrison was closed, and the back was firmly held up with logs and horses, and hundreds of torches were blazing twenty to eighty paces outside the trench, illuminating the nearby grasslands and small rivers. On the ground between the trench and the wooden wall, there was a small fire every ten steps, which reflected the ten-foot-high wall red. But there was not a single fire on the battlements of the wooden wall, and only a large number of figures and spears could be seen lined up between the battlements.

"In this way, we can clearly see the attacking enemy from outside, and accurately fire artillery fire and crossbow arrows at the enemy, but the enemy cannot see our movements, my noble Highness Hyde, this is a little skill of our night defense. ”

The owner of the voice on the tower was none other than the fat Director Mount, who was introducing Hyde to him how to set up the night defenses, and in fact, the figures standing between the battlements were almost all straw men, with sticks posing as spears. As for the actual defenders, the wooden wall of the entire station was only arranged with thirty men at a density of twenty paces, and only one head was exposed between the battlements for observation. Most of the soldiers on the night watch rested in their huts under the walls. After all, there is no enemy siege at the moment, and there is no need to make the soldiers overly tired.

"Thank you, Your Excellency Mount, for your kind advice. That's a good idea, I'll keep that strategy in mind. ”

Hyde shook his cloak and politely replied to the fat director's words. There are a lot of people in the station, and it doesn't take much effort to get these straw men, but they can only be used at night, but it is enough to scare the Chaos beasts with low IQs. When the enemy gathers at the foot of the city wall, this kind of straw man can also be lit and pushed down, as a weapon to defend the city, and the wooden wall is wrapped with more than three feet of mud, which is not afraid of fire.

"Don't dare to be, my noble Highness Hyde, if it weren't for you rescuing His Excellency the Marshal's wife, I really don't know what to do. Ah, I can't imagine my midday stupidity!"

The chubby station supervisor smacked himself on the head, but this was not a gesture. Hyde remembered the look of astonishment on the superintendent's face when he returned triumphantly with Loren Sr. in the afternoon and told him that there was the wife of Marshal Young, the current commander of the front. Of course, this is indeed a surprising thing.

"I didn't expect this either, who could have known that the marshal's wife was in this convoy? It's an amazing coincidence. But it shows that doing good deeds can be worthy not only of one's own conscience, but also of one's own destiny, and your Excellency Mount, do you agree with me?"

Hyde smiled, a smile of accomplishment. The fact that he had made the right decision made the young knight felt an irrepressible sense of pride. He is a straightforward person who does not hide his feelings.

"I deeply agree with you, noble Highness Hyde. ”

The fat supervisor named Mount took off his hat and saluted Hyde, then continued with a humble smile as he explained his defensive strategy to the young knight.

"Your Highness Hyde, after you have left, I have sent messengers and pigeons to the adjacent military station, and sent messenger eagles to the nearest royal court and Kislev army garrison. The presence of a large number of Chaos Beasts behind the supply line is a big deal, and I believe that our cavalry will be here in two days, find their hiding places, and deal them a hard blow. But tonight and tomorrow are dangerous times, and the Chaos Beasts may seize this time to launch a surprise attack on us or adjacent stations, so we need to be on guard. ”

"You are right, Your Excellency Mount. But from my encounters today, there is nothing to fear about the Chaos Beasts, I killed seven alone in the morning encounter, and I cut off the heads of twenty-two horns in the afternoon battle, and I felt like I was slaying them like rotten. Of course, I was also slightly injured, but thanks to Goddess Sharya, the wound has been healed by her kind devotees. In a sense, I'm looking forward to their coming, and I'm going to use my hand to punish them more severely. ”

Hyde confidently looked at the torch outside the wooden wall, and he involuntarily pressed the sword at his waist. Torches jumped and changed in the cold wind of the autumn night, illuminating a small patch of grass around them, while the wider grassland was silent, and the occasional shrill chirping of wild birds swept across the black sky, adding a touch of life to the silent cold night, and he paused to continue his emotion.

"During the midday battle, the leader of these Chaos Beasts fled without a fight, which made me feel so bad that I wanted to take off its head. If it comes tonight, I will give its head to your garrison as a greeting gift, and its four great horns are a nice decoration to hang on the head of the city. The greatest value of the Chaos Beast is nothing more than that. ”

Hyde's proud voice echoed in the tower, and it was from his heart. When the Chaos Beast crumbled, the blonde young knight almost jumped on his horse and chased him into the middle of the Chaos Beast, but it was old Loren who stopped him, telling him not to chase too hard when there were too few people, and to miss the big event of covering the convoy into the station. Hyde intellectually agreed with old Loren, but there was always a feeling that he was not yet emotionally satisfied, because his hatred for those sheep-headed beasts was too deep.

"I will be honored to receive the gift of His Highness Hyde, a gift from a divine servant is worth looking forward to. But I must also point out that we must not take the enemy too lightly. There are also powerful beings like Minotaur in the Chaos Beasts, they are strong opponents, and they are definitely not easy to deal with. Moreover, behind these Chaos Beasts may be the warriors of the real Chaos Legion, these opponents have terrifying strength, strange magic, amazing skills, and are not at all comparable to the Chaos Beasts. I have fought against them many times in my thirty years of military career, and the horror of facing them makes people feel involuntarily tremble. A hundred Chaos beasts on top of a Chaos Knight, this is not my lie, and they are likely to appear here. ”

The fat supervisor named Mount pressed his leather-gloved hand against a bronze snake cannon and replied to Hyde's words without humility. The short and fat middle-aged soldier keenly felt the pride in Hyde's words, so he poured cold water on the young knight at the right time, this was not to find fault, but a war-hardened elder to remind the junior, maybe he would not do this to other nobles, but he really felt that Hyde was worthy of saying so.

"I understand that the Chaos Legions are by no means comparable to the Chaos Beasts, but I am not afraid of them. Of course, I won't be too trivial, and I would like to thank you for your valuable reminder, Your Excellency Mount. ”

There was a hint of displeasure in Hyde's voice, and his heart swelled a little from today's two victories. But he still replied politely to Director Mount. After all, he is a man who knows etiquette.

"Your Highness Hyde, please look at my legs, which record the mark brought by the Chaos Army. ”

The chubby supervisor pulled open his fat trousers and shone it with the oil lamp in his hand, and his voice grew a little heavier than his knees, except for his wooden calves stuck in his shoes.

"This wound was sustained in a battle ten years ago, when I was the commander of the Light Artillery Brigade of Rick's Ninth Regiment in the Imperial Court. In that battle, we gathered more than 30,000 soldiers from two and a half legions to deal with a Chaos Legion of only more than 8,000 people who believed in the evil god of annihilation. Our army has more than 10,000 cavalry and more than 100 cannons, while the Chaos army has only 3,000 cavalry and seven hell cannons. Your Highness, you might think it was an easy battle, but it wasn't. ”;