Under the neck of all dragons there is a white scale the size of a palm, which is crescent-shaped, commonly known as reverse scale. Anatomically, blood gushes from the main veins of the dragon's heart and disperses through the white scales to the various blood vessels. No matter how good-tempered a dragon is, once it touches the scales, it will immediately exude infinite dragon power like a volcanic eruption.

In the War of the Gods, there are several human heroes who are ultimately believed to also possess "Scales and Dragons". Legend has it that these heroes exude anger and evil aura that even terrifies dragons from the bottom of their hearts.

And the most famous of these characters is Chi Aotian, who has the title of Grim Reaper.

-- "The King of Kings" Chapter 53 Compared with the high-ranking clergy of the Holy See and the more than 60,000 second-line troops, the performance of the Western Emperor's Staff Headquarters in Scambrai is much more dedicated.

When His Majesty Reynolds calmly brought the Pope's encyclical to the General Staff Headquarters, the Chief of Staff, Greenland Meister, raised his encyclical slowly, and the old man's eyes were already squinting, and he raised the encyclical into the distance. Renaud admired these bearded grandfathers in the family very much, no matter what happened, these old grandfathers were all panicked one by one, and they were as steady as a holy snow-capped mountain.

This time it was exactly the same. The old man slowly placed the oracle on the table again, and motioned for a small staff officer below to take it and circulate it.

Most of the staff headquarters are young people, and a considerable number of them are related to Reynolds. A young man who was not yet 20 years old secretly stuck out his tongue at Reynolds, picked up the edict and looked at it as he walked, and just took two steps, a burst of cheers came out of the young man's mouth. More staff officers gathered from all corners of the room.

Renaud shook his head slightly, a wry smile on his face. It's really a teenager who doesn't know what it's like to be sad, it's also the next generation of the family, Xiuda and the two cousins who have already become the captain of the Fanos Legion, and of course, himself, who is on the front line of war and state affairs, is under tremendous pressure every day, how many times he has been almost defeated and died in the war, and his sister now lives and dies. And these children of the same age in the staff headquarters laughed happily one by one when they saw such grim news. Reynolds couldn't help but want to rub his temples, he could guess what the staff headquarters was going to do next, it must be to lift the combat state of the Jielin Theater, divide the troops into two routes, one way south and the Sanggan River Theater to encircle and annihilate Amy's army, while the other one will go north to build a defensive belt north of Ulu City, if time comes, it is best to block Chi Aotian's expeditionary force on the north bank of the Mississixi River.

Alas...... I can come up with such an idea myself, but ...... Can you give orders like these little staff officers?

Of course not.

For the Battle of the Boundary, all the cities around Scambray will be pooled with food, and this winter and next spring, there will definitely be people starving to death because of lack of food. If the boundary forest is laid, this sacrifice is worth it and necessary. But if it can't be defeated, it means that the empire's long-lasting combat power will be hit hard. Therefore, how can a major battle of this scale be said to be stopped? It's not the twilight of heroes, it's really a long way to go and have to look ahead and be in a dilemma.

Sometimes, Reynolds is quite envious of Amy, Chi Aotian, and Daqingshan, and he never has to worry about the country's finances, let alone carefully maintain the balance between national strength and combat power. It's really not in his position and not in his politics.

The final decision of the General Staff Headquarters was exactly as Reynolds had expected, and the young King's heart was bleeding when he stamped the jade seal of the country on the 100,000 urgent order.

The young staff officers believed that the ordinary inhabitants of the Huayu Plain were already frightened birds, and that the second-line corps was almost entirely recruited from the homeless people, who became homeless because of Chi Aotian's bloody massacre along the way. Therefore, it is not surprising that there has been a large-scale rout or even a rout.

Regarding the current combat strength of the Chi Aotian Expeditionary Force, the young staff officers of the General Staff Headquarters are quite optimistic.

The national strength of the Desert Empire is the weakest among the original five empires of Eminole, and the key reason why it has been able to survive and even repeatedly attack other countries for hundreds of years is that it has used the vast sand sea as its base camp, and every time it fights, it is to hide in the desert after taking a handful. If they leave the desert, the sand lizards and camel riders may not be able to compete head-on with the regular armies of other empires. As for the other rumors, the young staff officers scoffed, if Chi Aotian really had such a powerful combat power, then he would have fought back a long time ago, and he still needed the Sacred Desert Empire's national mobilization?

Attached to the 100,000 urgent transfer of troops, is a short message from the General Staff Headquarters, telling the Fanos Double Shield to arrange the troops of the Holy See in the second line, with the Fanos Legion or the Sweat and Blood Iron Cavalry Mercenary Regiment as the main force to fight one or two victories, even if it is a small-scale conflict, as long as it wins, it can stabilize the morale of the army. After that, the instructor can really come in handy.

At this time, Norton had officially been promoted to the position of commander-in-chief of the Flower Plains Front - and the position of Lord Monton had just dropped. But fortunately, Monton is not a childish person, and Norton is certainly not small-minded, and the two of them are quite happy to work together. The high-ranking officers such as the Iron Hand Railer under the command of Norton were also quite cooperative.

For the urgent dispatch of 100,000 people from the staff headquarters, Norton and Monton just briefly discussed, and immediately arranged for each battalion to set off immediately, and the front station was still the Norton Legion - the Fanos Double Shield was too impressed by the Chi Aotian Expeditionary Force, and the two corps commanders firmly believed that if the Chi Aotian Expeditionary Force, which had increased in strength, could not be stopped immediately, in another ten days and half a month, perhaps...... Thousands of miles north of the Flower Language Plain will be empty. In that case, there would be little point in winning the Battle of the Boundary Forest.

It is precisely because of this that the Imperial Boundary Forest War Zone will make a windfall out of thin air.

The long river of history has turned a slight turn here, if ...... Please allow me to make an assumption here, assuming that this bend was not turned, but that the advance force led by Chi Aotian was able to set off on the day of assembly, then, with the movement speed of Chi Aotian's army, it is very likely that the troops have now arrived under Ulu City. If that was the case, even if the flying general Norton had wings, it would be impossible to prevent the Chi Aotian Expeditionary Force from conquering Ulu City in one fell swoop. However, because many chieftains of the Desert Empire wanted to get a piece of the advance force, the departure date of the Chi Aotian Expeditionary Force was delayed by a full 12 days. It was these precious 12 days that gave the General Staff Headquarters of the Western Emperor enough time to deploy troops, and it was also these precious 12 days that gave His Excellency General Norton the opportunity to stage a thousand-mile march again.

After the Norton Legion has been repaired and replenished, the number of people has officially broken through the 10,000 mark, consisting of one bear-man thousand-man team, two half-orc thousand-person teams, three werewolf thousand-person teams, two centaur thousand-person teams, two human infantry thousand-man teams, two human knight thousand-person teams, and General Norton's direct guard.

According to the custom of Lord Norton, whether marching or fighting, the direct guards must be at the forefront. The second son of the late Du Qilie, the second son of the thousand-man chief, led more than 50 soldiers under his command to rush to the front of the direct guard.

Originally, according to Norton's idea, after the end of the war, he immediately arranged for Sticky Bour to go to the account of Marshal Dahaino to listen to the order. The plan could not keep up with the changes, and after the end of the First World War, just after 20 days of repairs, I received the latest appointment letter from the General Staff Headquarters, and the Nutcracker battle plan was sent along with the appointment.

Norton considered that the first battle of Jielin would definitely meet with Marshal Dahaino, and if he came to see it like this, there was no need to arrange a separate itinerary, so the matter was delayed. However, this did not delay Sticky's promotion - with his excellent performance in the night raid, the boy was officially promoted to the rank of Chief.

As time went on, Norton grew to like the little guy more and more. Compared to his father, the Sticky Bear also has the character of a fox hidden under his nature - in several training sessions within the Legion, Slim Bull has repeatedly performed well, of course, not like his father, but more like an agile and cunning fox, no matter how strong the opponent is, always keep a close eye on it, once he finds an opportunity, he will pounce on it and bite it hard, and after biting it will run immediately, and then bite and run again...... Until the enemy is dragged to death.

In this case, Norton was relieved to let Sticky Bull take charge of the five leaders of the 100-man team.

On the third day after the departure of the Norton Legion, they encountered fugitives from northern Ulu, not only refugees, but also deserters from the Second Line Legion. Sticky's black-haired face tightened, and he rushed forward with more than 40 half-orcs, all of whom were wearing military uniforms, and all of them were taken down on the spot, without any distinction or judgment, and pushed directly to the edge of the drainage ditch on both sides of the continental highway, and the snow-bright saber flashed, and the blood rose to the sky...... A headless corpse fell in a ditch.

The faces of the people who fled with them were pale with fright, and they had no idea why these soldiers, who looked more fierce than wild beasts, were so cruel. Immediately afterwards, the refugees found that these soldiers were coming at them, and they were so frightened that they were weak. The orc soldiers pushed and shoved all the refugees off the mainland road, and the refugee vehicles and horses were requisitioned on the spot, and the carts were lifted into the drainage ditch, and the food, bedding, and furniture on the carts were all covered in blood. As soon as several of the refugees argued, they were pushed to the side of the gutter and their heads were cut off.

The brutal crackdown frightened the subsequent refugees into leaving the mainland road.

Such a brutal order had been given by the Commander of the Norton Legion before he set out. A soldier is more valuable than speed. There were only a few mainland highways, and Norton guessed that the roads must be crowded with scattered refugees and deserters, and at this time, even the best soldiers could only wave their butcher knives.

As for the summary execution of deserters, even if Marshal Dahaino is exchanged, it is the same means. If the Great Rout is allowed to spread like this, at most a month, the entire Holy See and all the cities will be left without troops, and there will be no need to fight the battle at all.

According to incomplete statistics, during the thirteen-day rapid march, no less than 20,000 deserters were executed by the Norton Legion, and nearly half of the refugees were also executed because they were unwilling to give up the mainland road.

Thirteen days later, the Norton Legion, which had lost 10% of its troops, drank the Mississippy River again, and at this time, the Chi Aotian Legion was crossing the river in a twisted town!

It's not that enemies don't get together!

Chi Aotian and Norton, the two enemies met again almost in the same place after a few months. What is slightly different is that this time there has been a fundamental shift in the relationship between attack and defense......