March to the Hurek Forest and reclaim the lands that belong to our Cormiers.

Aaron's call was immediately answered by everyone, and everyone in the castle hall was eager to fight except for the dwarves, including the peace-loving and kind-hearted priests of Sauron, who were also under Eleanor's call to bestow the punishment of the Dark Moon on their enemies in the name of Sauron.

Under Aaron's call, the army quickly assembled, and the entire Ninth Shepherd's Legion was dispatched, and all the main forces attacked, only the fairy princess Buyer stayed behind to guard Sunset Town.

Under the fierce autumn wind, the recruitment order was issued at the same time, and Aaron's black vulture guard plastered the recruitment order for the upcoming exploration war all over every village in Sunset Territory.

It turns out that Aaron greatly underestimated the enthusiasm of the people for war, and when he heard that the lord wanted to open up the Hurek Forest, everyone enthusiastically signed up, especially the farmers who had completed the harvest and started to enter the slack season, and they all achieved an unimaginable harvest under the guidance of Isha by Buyer this year, and Aaron's grain tax rate was not high, even if he had to pay a tithe of thirty-five taxes and one tithe to the goddess of the earth, the mother earth goddess, the farmers also admitted it.

Who made the harvest fourfold?

The merchants began to go to the countryside to collect grain, and the peasants sold their surplus grain, and after they had a few more golden lion coins in their arms, they naturally began to have other ideas.

I heard that a peasant named Douglas went to the city to serve in labor, and not only did he not starve to death, but he was also rewarded for his hard work, and he was promoted all the way to the official soldier of the Shepherd's Legion? Awakened pro talent?

We also want to awaken the talent of professionals!

The peasants began to stir, and just then, the lord's conscription order came down.

The scene was frenzied, and the peasants surrounded the soldiers who had come to give the order, their greedy eyes barely controllable.

Adventurers throughout Cormier are gathering towards Sunset Town.

Raise one to get ten, raise ten to get hundreds, raise hundreds to get thousands.

Aaron ordered the dismissal of the old and weak and those who were not suitable for war near Sunset Town, and still got more than a thousand high-quality soldiers, plus Aaron's own 1,000 shepherd army and dwarven army, Egil's army of Hu, Suren priest's group and some small organizations, this wave he gathered a pioneer army of 3,000 people!

The solemn autumn wind blew across the Feilong Water Lake, and the sky was clear on the increasingly cold sky.

After more than a week of concentration and training, Aaron officially announced the start of the army in mid-October.

There is only one goal: to wipe out all the ghosts, demons and monsters in the Hurek Forest, and bring the land back into the arms of Cormier.

Adhering to Suren Mama's edict, any enemy and any force can get two chances to surrender, the first is the opportunity to surrender when they first come into contact, and the second is the opportunity to surrender after being defeated.

The 3,000 pioneer army assembled in the square in front of the castle, and they watched with great longing and fear as they watched the Viscount on the stage give orders, and they only felt a fire surging in their hearts.

Of course, in addition to Aaron's great fame and strength, there is also the legendary dragon dragon who is entrenched on the castle and proudly patrols his territory.

A Legendary Power Dragon!

This can't be won yet, it's really unreasonable!

As the soldiers and the improvised adventurers assembled with confidence, there was a murmur of noise in the corners of the town.

"Three thousand? Aaron Salian was able to muster an army of three thousand men? This is already a force comparable to the level of a duke, right? ”

"What does Her Royal Highness the Regent want to do? Does she really want to watch the Salian family dominate northeast Cormier? ”

"A viscount can actually assemble an army of three thousand people, and the influence of Salian is terrifying."

"It's Lord Aaron, after all."

Spies, spies, and intelligence agents from many secret organizations in the city discuss Aaron's pioneering war.

At this time, there was a tall and thin man who usually pretended to be a vegetable vendor, and his face was very ugly after getting the news that Aaron was about to be pulled.

It's finally here.

I knew there would be such a day, and the Bishop knew that there would be such a day.

This news must be reported to the Bishop immediately!

The man found an excuse to leave and disappeared outside the city.

…………

The official march of the Salian Pioneer Army took place on October 25, the day when the army left the city with the welcome of the people.

Aaron divided the army into three armies: front, middle, and rear.

The front army was composed of a large number of adventurers, Aaron divided them into dozens of squads, each team was equipped with at least one or two wanderers or rangers, who were responsible for scouting and scouting, and if they encountered the enemy, they would be eliminated if they were small groups, and large groups of enemies or strong enemies would wait for the arrival of the Chinese army.

The middle army is the Shepherd Legion led by Aaron himself, they are responsible for the main combat mission, and many of the Purple Dragon Knights and Shepherd Legion soldiers can't wait, especially the orc Sword Saint Doherty, if it weren't for Aaron's permission, he intends to take his Great Sword Battalion as a pioneer.

The rear army was mainly composed of baggage troops and spellcaster troops, among which Eleanor's Sullen Priesthood, Anna's medical regiment under Buyer, Barrell Moonflower and others were small groups and a small number of palace troops, among which the rear army also had a huge number of merchants, army vendors, army prostitutes, miscellaneous servants, transport laborers and a large group of baggage teams, this group also numbered more than 3,000 people.

Don't think it's too much, this is already because of the war on the edge of Aaron's territory, so it seems that there are fewer of them, and judging from the current organizational structure of the kingdom, under normal circumstances, the ratio of soldiers to accompanying personnel in the army will be more than 1:2 or even 1:3.

Aaron's most vivid memory is the Battle of Fujikawa in the Battle of Genpei in Kohi, when according to the Tale of the Heike Family, the Kanto Genji army led by Minamoto Yoritomo had 50,000 troops, and the Taira Expedition army of Taira Weisheng had 70,000.

From this point of view, an army of 120,000 people would have been an out-and-out war at any time in history.

However, according to the records of some high-ranking samurai, Genji had an army of "two thousand horsemen" and Taira also had an army of "about two thousand horsemen", which means that there were only a total of more than 4,000 soldiers on both sides.

Compared with 4,000 and 120,000, the gap is too big.

Many people's reaction is that small days can be blown.

But in fact, 120,000 is true, and 4,000 is also true.

There are really 120,000 people on both sides of the Fuji River, and only 4,000 people are really fighting in earnest! It just depends on how it is written.

That's how ancient wars were.

As soon as the cannon sounded, there were 10,000 taels of gold, and in any era, once the army was dispatched, it would have to face an astonishing amount of expenses, 3,000 people would have to consume mountains of grain every day when they ate horses, and soldiers would have to pay extra salaries when they participated in battle, and they needed sufficient rewards for their military achievements, and they needed a lot of pensions for the dead.

It is no wonder that in Aaron's previous life, many countries would even outsource their military, for example, let their cooks form a mercenary army to fight instead of the regular army, because the cost of the regular army was too great.

Of course, there is a slight problem with this army: there are not enough real mages.

This is also the trouble of the fantasy world, the masters are rarely willing to join the army, they usually do everything more than joining the army, the masters are also very reluctant to live in the military camp, as long as they are out of the apprenticeship, few of them are willing to be lined up as ordinary soldiers to obey orders, if they want to contribute to Aaron, they have to pay at least five times the salary of normal soldiers.

Aaron had asked about the price of hiring a team of war mages from Susar, and even the friendship price offered by the eldest lady would be enough for Aaron to pay the salary of an entire army of shepherds during the same period.

The crux of the matter is that the salary of the Shepherds' Legion is still paid in full by the royal family of Oberszir.

Luckily, Aaron himself is a powerful spellcaster, as well as Eleanor's priesthood and Barrell's small group of Moonflower, and if necessary, the great dragon dragon Egir will also intervene.

Two days after the army had been marching out, news of some sporadic exchanges of fire gradually came from the front.

At the beginning of the edge of the Hurek Forest, the scout troops in front began to exchange fire with the goblins and gnolls, the number of enemies was not very large, and the scout troops formed by the adventurers were only slaughtered, they scattered like a net, immersed in the deep and dark forest, annihilated small groups of enemies, and transmitted information back to the rear.

Aaron's Chinese army was constantly receiving intelligence from the front.

Everything looks going well.

The first day of the war passed in peace, and according to the rules of the kingdom, all the spoils of this type of scout battle belonged to the individual.

The next day was also peaceful, except for an unlucky man who accidentally fell into the trap of the jackal in the forest and broke his leg, the army gradually went about five kilometers into the forest.

It wasn't until the third day that news finally came from the front.

"Discover the Gnoll Tribe!"

"Discover a horde of lizardmen! Among them are lizardmen druids! ”

"Discover the Goblin Warband, the bear goblin killed several adventurers!"

"Your Excellency, we seem to be close to the Druid's Sacred Grove, may I ask if it is a negotiation or a ......?"

"Your Excellency, we have found no trace of Huimin, nor have we found Huimin's monastery."

One news after another came, and Aaron sat on the Tzeentch Sky Survey chariot and scanned the news coming from the front one by one, and officially announced his entry into the regular army.

"The Gnoll tribe, kill it or not, the Lizardman tribe is mainly to drive them, tell them that this is our territory, and we can give them a chance to move away."

"Don't attack the druids' sacred grove for the time being, send emissaries to negotiate with them, promise to protect their interests, we can give them citizenship, and we can also promise not to harm the forest at will."

"Hui Min...... Keep searching, send more men, must find their monastery! ”

"Once you find the monastery, don't rush near it, come back and report back to me."

"Yes!"

Maximian went down, and Aaron frowned at the Hurek Forest in the distance, where his Chinese tent stood in the clearing at the edge of the forest.

Miss Pastor walked up to him: "It looks like it's going well at the moment, but ...... Aaron, I have a gut feeling that there is something else in the forest. ”

"Of course, there must be something else." Aaron showed a sneer: "If everything is really that simple, then how can the previous development be frequently blocked, and what about the ghost and supernatural incidents frequently reported by the villagers before?" ”

"I think we'll find out soon, though."

Aaron calmly looked at Lin Hai in late autumn, he clasped his hands on his chest, and like Miss Pastor, he also faintly felt the strangeness coming from the depths of the forest.

Around him, fifty black vulture guards in serpentine steel armor and armed with chaos enchanted weapons were on standby.

Not far away, the Snow Elf Demon Archer Battalion and the Orc Great Sword Battalion were also ready.

What's in the forest? Aaron thinks he'll find out soon.

…………

Deep in the Hurek Forest, Huimin, the Holy King's Hall, a hidden place of monasticism.

A Hui Min with a rune ring on his head is praying to his god.

Long known as the "Bishop", he had a huge build, pale skin, and blue eyes.

His most striking feature is his smooth, almost flat face, which makes his features look more like a stone statue than a living person.

His dress was simple but magnificent, a white robe trimmed with gold, the red cloth on his chest was stamped with the stigma of the Hui people, and he prayed to the vague icon, with a pious expression on his face that was devotional and devoid of distractions.

"My God, do you hear?"

"Mortals need salvation, and every mortal who now inhabits the mortal world needs salvation."

"I have never been so eager to win, I have never been so eager to seek the truth, I have never been so ...... Longing to purify the heart. ”

The tall Hui people continued to bow down: "Please give us the strength to fight, my God." ”

At this time, the door of the prayer room was opened, and there was a noise outside, and the sound of shouting and killing could be faintly heard.

A Hui Min rushed in from outside: "Mr. Bishop! Oh no, the Cormiers are here! ”

"Killed?" The tall Hui Min turned around, he looked at his servant, his expression was very kind: "Tell me, what is going on?" ”

Hui Min looked at "his bishop" with adoring eyes.

He still remembers how he was abandoned in the wild to die in the midst of hunger and cold, only to be saved by the bishop himself, and how he treated himself with his physical disability, not only healing his wounds, but also transforming him into a Huimin, giving him the coveted talent of a professional.

Once, when they were holding communion, someone curiously asked, "Which of you has been saved by the Bishop?" ”

Each of the hundreds of people present raised their hands.

They were like a big family, bathed in the light of "God" together, and the bishop himself taught them how to worship "God", worship "God", and purify people's hearts in the name of "God".

The bishop did not answer as to who this "god" was, but he simply said that God is God, and God has no name, nor can he refer to God in a specific image or name.

They have always lived in this secluded monastery, and since they have been transformed into Hui people, they do not need food, so naturally they have no quarrel with the world.

Until now.

"It's Aaron Salian! Lord Viscount of Sunset Lord! Hui Min said, "He came with an army to kill, and there is news from the Master of Thorns that he is looking for our monastery. ”

"Oh, really?" The Bishop was still so kind, and he spoke softly: "So...... So, you disobeyed my orders and came into contact with those who believed in false gods outside? ”

"Forehead......" Hui Min was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered the bishop's warning - in order to maintain his own purity, no one in the monastery should come into contact with mortals who believed in other false gods in the outside world.

"You...... No, again, pure, pure, more! The bishop's face suddenly became bruised, he opened his mouth, and it took less than a second for the change from amiable to furious and hideous, and the staff in his hand was raised high and fell fiercely: "Death, heretic!" ”

"Smack!" Hui Min's head was smashed on the spot, and his brain mixed with blood splattered out, staining the white carpet red, and he died on the spot.

Hui Min's eyes bulged out of their sockets, and he still had an unbelievable look on his face before he died, as if he couldn't understand why the Bishop wanted to kill him.

His life was saved by the Bishop!

"Woooooooooooo Killing his own disciple with his own hands, the Bishop could not help but weep bitterly, he threw down his cane and carried his disciple's headshot corpse into his arms, not caring about the blood and brains staining his robes.

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry! Dravi, I'm sorry, I don't want to do that either, but I can't help it! The only thing I can do is to purify your soul that has been polluted. ”

"Ahhhh After weeping bitterly for a few seconds, the Bishop wiped the tears from his face with his sleeve.

"You're all wrong! Aaron Salian! It's all you!! Picking up his cane, the bishop strode out of the prayer room, his face distorted to the extreme: "Heresy, it's all heresy!" ”

"Breaking this peace, I will purify you in the name of God!"

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