The thirteenth day of March in the autumn of the 5th year of the magic calendar.

Yesterday on the autumn equinox, it rained at noon, and it rained until the beginning of the night. The rain stopped and the wind rose, and the leaves of the trees swayed after the rain fell to the ground, and the residents of Dìdū once again felt that the cold winter was coming.

The sky is bright, and the black pressure in the military field of the colonel outside the West Gate is already full of soldiers, and the Marquis of Chi is extremely strict in governing the army, with more than 30,000 soldiers and nearly 10,000 war horses, but they are silent. Even if His Majesty the Emperor did not come in person, the officials of the Imperial Ministry, the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Criminals and other ministries were all absent in Beijing.

"Knock...... Boom...... Boom...... Knock! knock! knock!"

"Woo-woo-woo-"

The two wrestlers raised a 1.2-meter-long drum with both hands, and the two faced each other, making every effort to beat the war drum more than one person high. Dozens of giant trumpeters blew their horns at the same time.

Chi Hanfeng fell to the ground in black clothes, his face was blue, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he walked slowly to the handsome stage with heavy steps, and General Jin Sè trembled in the wind.

One minute, two minutes, three minutes...... His Excellency stood on a platform more than two people tall for ten minutes without speaking, and the northwest wind carried the heat from the armor of the soldiers with the cold air that had arrived early.

"I ...... I really don't know what to say to you. His Excellency the General spoke with difficulty: "A few days ago, we were embarrassed to learn that in the five hundred years of the Empire's history, the Dìdū Defense District, the great and sacrosanct capital area of the Empire, was invaded by the Phanos Legion in one fell swoop. ”

Ninety-nine percent of the soldiers didn't know such news, there was a faint movement in the audience, and the soldiers tried to restrain their emotions.

The general raised his hand and ordered the officers below: "Take ...... The flags of the units were taken off. The white gloves slashed through the air.

Colorful Battle Dragon Flag, Double Phoenix Feather Praetorian Flag, Black Sè Tyrannosaurus Flag, White Sè Long Sword Flag...... Four flags fell in the cold wind.

The flag-bearers folded the flags with great skill, and stood in front of the Marquis with respectful hands holding the running platform.

The white gloves were gently pressed together and trembled slightly, and the soldiers in the front row saw a wisp of green smoke rising up, and blue flames jumped on the fire medium, passing over the four flags in turn!

"No!"

"No!"

"Why!?"

......

The first standing officers at the front of each unit were the squad leader and above, seeing the knight flag being engulfed in flames, seeing the chess players in surprise with their mouths wide open and slapping the raging flames on the ground, blue sè, green sè, red sè, hairpin helmets representing different military ranks gathered together and rushed to the main stand, under the helmet were a pair of angry, surprised eyes.

Chi Hanfeng coldly glanced at the officers who were pushed away by the guards in the audience, and slowly paced back and forth on the handsome platform, the steel nails under the riding boots kept tearing at the granite floor, one by one, and there was a rhythmic harsh sound.

In the Amy Empire, a unit was killed and wounded in battle, as long as the flag was not lost, the banner was pulled up and it was an iron-clad army, and the fallen robe immediately became the most sacred patron saint on this military flag. In the 500-year history of the empire, there have been several times when an army has been ambushed by the enemy and has fallen into a dilemma of no hope of breaking through, and the most important thing the supreme commander of the army did before the last battle was to concentrate all the jīng sharp armor soldiers in the army, break out of the siege and return the military flag to the emperor's ** department - any commander who lost the military flag, regardless of the rank or department, there were only two military rules waiting for him: all military ranks and titles were taken to the end;

Looking at the flames that were about to be dyed on the stage, most of the officers and soldiers in the audience were already in tears.

"Shame!" the general suddenly burst into a shout.

"This is my shame and the shame of the Gyeonggi Theater of Operations. The Knights of the Colorful Dragon, known as the Ace Legion of the Empire's four ace legions, are the Ace Legion that never falls; the Praetorian Guard, which often boasts of being the uncrowned king, synonymous with honor, loyalty, and supreme strength, and thinks that 'once the Praetorian Guard comes out, it is like the emperor himself coming'; the Duke's Palace Guard, known as the most dazzling diamond in the Black Dragon Knights, has never been defeated in three hundred years; and the Gyeonggi Swordsman Corps always thinks that its combat strength surpasses that of the regular armies of other theaters of the Empire! Now, these glories that we boasted about have been transformed into four small jewels in the crown of the beasts from the wilderness, adorning the demeanor of the enemy. ”

Chi Hanfeng paused for a moment.

"As a general of Gyeonggi, I feel ashamed! The regular establishment of the 140,000 empires in the Gyeonggi region is no match for a small mercenary regiment that has only been established for five years, and a few young men under the age of 20 in 2,000 have defeated tens of thousands of beasts twice in a row to defend their homes and protect the country! And what about the ace army of the Gyeonggi Theater? Everyone still has to be shameless!"

The marquis's face was blue: "I, I want face." I, as an Imperial nobleman, as an Imperial supremely glorious soldier, promise the Empire that every inch of land lost in my hands, I will take it back, and I will take it back now. What about you, do you have the confidence to take it back!" The Marquis's voice instantly covered the entire school military field.

The black-pressed soldiers and officers were stunned, and no one answered.

"Soldiers of Gyeonggi, tell me now, do you have the confidence to recover the lost ground?"

"Yes!" roared 30,000 soldiers at the same time, tears splashing everywhere.

"I! Give everyone one last chance! Which unit can be the first to take the lost territory, I will embroider a crown on the banner of this unit. All civilian warriors in this unit are promoted to Imperial Noble Knights, and all nobles in this unit are allowed to pierce this battle into the family crest. If ......" Chi Hanfeng spoke out from between his teeth: "If any unit fails to fight effectively, it will immediately revoke the number and disappear forever from the emperor's ** team." If all the soldiers rush up and can't take it down, I, as the emperor's **, will lead the personal guard regiment to launch the last charge. ”

The marquis paused again: "Originally, I wanted to arrange the small mercenary group in the forward force, but, considering that it would be too embarrassing, the small mercenary group set off last." Now, as the supreme commander of this campaign, I give the first and probably the last order: 'If the small mercenary group finds out that I and the regular soldiers of the empire are all killed in battle, step on my corpse, and fight all the enemies', all of them will be killed in battle, this is the honor of all the soldiers in the imperial Gyeonggi theater!"

The soldiers turned their heads to look at the small mercenary group in unison, and they didn't know which one took the lead and shouted: "Victory belongs to the regular army of the empire, and it surpasses the mercenary group in an all-round way." The overwhelming shouts boiled over in the school military field.

"Wine—" Chi Hanfeng shouted. This is the custom, and when a large army goes on an expedition, there must be a royal wine.

Two officers came up carrying a large jar of fine wine, and when they pulled off the cloth of the jar, the smell of wine immediately spread, and a sea bowl was placed on the table, and the crisp wine was poured up.

A white sè glove was taken off and landed lightly on the stage, Chi Hanfeng picked up the wine, took a big sip, and then put it down, drew a long sword from the left side and cut it fiercely on his wrist, and the bright red blood dripped down the sea bowl like a chain. The tens of thousands of soldiers in the audience didn't know what the general was going to do, so they held their breath.

The bowl was lifted again, and the fragrant wine was poured into the jar again—and all the soldiers saw the wine turn red.

"Pour the wine into the well outside the school yard!" the general commanded softly.

"Soldiers, robes, the wine of His Majesty the Emperor, I did not drink it alone, but poured it into the well water outside, and when all the troops passed by the well, each soldier drank a bowl of the sea to strengthen the journey. ”

"Smack-" Chi Hanfeng smashed the sea bowl in his hand: "Soldiers will send to Fantao City, join forces with Viscount Fan, conquer Fantao, and cut off the enemy's rear road!"

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In the early days of the War of the Gods, among the three major forces, the Phanos Legion had the advantage in intelligence - after all, it had continuously infiltrated the empires for hundreds of years, and had invested huge financial and human resources, and achieved remarkable results. And the worst intelligence effect is the Eminole Continent Emperors ** team, although they occupy the best geographical location, the intelligence provinces of the Emperor ** have always hoped to infiltrate the enemy army, and even do not hesitate to use the model of high-level mercenary group mutiny to penetrate the enemy, but the real results are lackluster, the mercenary group that has betrayed the past and the human beings who have successively entered Fanos and Alcatraz Island cannot be reused at all, and it is too difficult to transmit useful information in a low-level position.

In fact, a few days after the departure of Chi Hanfeng's army, the two commanders of the Phanos Legion: Merlin and Yemoda Wanst received secret reports in succession.

For the Fanos Legion, the past few months have not been sad, although it is located in the territory of the empire, with the protection of the snow-capped mountains of Messis Peak stretching for hundreds of miles, coupled with the strong protection of many internal lines, it is not difficult to avoid the search of the Emperor ** team.

Merlin led his legion to conquer Flood City, and the dragon knight Yemoda East's legion conquered Hamburg, an important town at the western foot of the Snowy Mountains of the Empire's Messith Peak. Norton, who had set out with them, had to return to Silin Island two months ago with the Third Legion and two other seriously wounded soldiers on a sea-going ship due to more than a month of fatigue and the wounds on his broken arm several times.

According to the established plan, after taking the city, Norton and Yemoda built high walls while leading iron cavalry to attack everywhere, plundering the inhabitants around the two cities into the city and accumulating more food and grass.

The two cities are not far apart, only 215 miles, and can be reached in a day by horse. After receiving the information, Yemoda immediately rode the golden dragon to Fantao Town to negotiate with Merlin.

Merlin also received the express report, and it was a big problem for the two legion commanders to face him.

Although after months of cultivation, even with the newly recruited human mercenaries, the total number of legionnaires of the two Phanos was only 14,000. The city of Hamburg is relatively large, and it is located on the edge of the mountain, on both sides of the abyss on one side of the skyscraper high cliff, only the front can be attacked, and it is the capital of steel, all kinds of city defense equipment and weapons and arrows are extremely rich, known as the city in the north of the continent, if it is not for the internal response, the Phanos army is impossible to conquer. Again, it's easier to defend.

Although Floodwater City has 100,000 inhabitants, three-foot high walls, and a small port, it is difficult to compare with Hamburg in terms of defense. In terms of troops, it is at least 1:6, and with such a gap in strength, it is still quite difficult to defend the city. According to another report, the afternoon before yesterday, the bone dragon knight Chi Aotian landed in the camp of the west coast defense area of the empire with more than 10 wild vulture knights, and Viscount Fan gathered nearly 30,000 soldiers in his hands to encircle the two in Fantao City. In this way, the ratio of forces will reach 1:8.

Yemoda's idea was simple: abandon the city of Floodwaters and retreat all his army to Hamburg. Wait for the rest of your work and put away the burger.

Merlin, who was dressed as a Confucian general, asked softly: "The city of Flooding is lost, we are guarding a dead place, if the Western Expeditionary Corps sends reinforcements again, do we still need to carry out a landing battle?

"......," Yemoda couldn't answer.

"When do you think our reinforcements will arrive?" Merlin folded the bulletin in his hand into squares and toyed with it.

"It takes about 30 days to go back and forth by boat, counting the rest of the time, I think it's fast, the last time the express said that the mercenary empire war has come to an end, and only 50,000 soldiers are ready to be left for garrison, and the rest of the army will all go to the west coast of the empire. In the past few battles, Yemoda has also gained a new understanding of Merlin and Norton, and his words have long since lost the arrogance of the past.

"yes, that's what I do. If we stick to this place and attract all the troops in this theater of the Empire, it will still be of great benefit to our plan, and besides, there is a small port here, which can be supported as soon as reinforcements arrive. Merlin asked for Yemoda's opinion.

"So, let's give up Hamburg?" Yemoda was a little anxious, he stayed in Hamburg for less than a month, and as a soldier, he immediately fell in love with this ironware city, and hundreds of blacksmith shops kept changing new equipment for the soldiers of the Fanos Legion, and the current Yemoda Legion was far superior to Tongji in terms of combat power, at least in terms of equipment.

"No, I don't have to. "Merlin has also been to Hamburg, and knows Yemoda's heart better, such a city is too important for any empire, and besides, it's easy to give up, and want to get it back, hehe, normal estimates, it's impossible to shed blood under the city without 10,000 soldiers. "Send more weapons over to strengthen the combat effectiveness of Pan Tao City, I think, with such a strong city wall, the 2,000 people of the small mercenary group Your Excellency Amy can still defend the city for more than a dozen people, we, can't a legion compare to Your Excellency Amy? That would be too embarrassing." ”

The two legion commanders immediately wrote a letter to General Dahaino of the Western Expeditionary Army, and Yemoda used the dragon flute to summon a third-order golden dragon and send it to Xilin Island.

The young golden dragon is a native of the earth, and the speed of its flight cannot be compared with that of a natural dragon, and it takes a day and a half to travel from the Imperial Gyeonggi Theater to Xilin Island. In the night, the golden dragon roared to Xilin Island. Dahaino, Norton, Mora Beast and other commanders did not rest, and when they heard the wind and thunder outside, they had already guessed that the dragon had arrived, and hurriedly came out, respectfully gave the dragon a labor fee (a large piece of gold), and returned to the tent with the letter.

Under the oil lamp, the three chief officers gathered around to read the letter hastily, and Dahaino and Norton slapped their palms on the table at the same time, looking at the two colleagues with surprised faces, and Mora Beast had a strange expression on his face.

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