Chapter 64: The Prairie Elves
Name: Jianhong.Qu Gender: MaleRace: HumanTitle: Bloody Night Beauty, Murderous Maniac Black-faced Dragon King Chi Aotian's Eight Fierce Generals, Seventh.
Most people will have a wrong idea of her gender when they hear the name "Pretty in the Bloody Night" for the first time or see a real person.
The southern Xinjiang of the Eminole Continent is full of rain, and the air is always full of light moisture, not only raising beautiful women who are as graceful as water, but even the male disciples of aristocratic families have white and tender skin and good faces, and Qu Jianhong is one of the "leaders".
The elders of the family are very fond of girls, and this generation has given birth to six children, and the elders jokingly give the youngest and most beautiful boy in the family a very feminine name. His Excellency Qu Jianhong is like an ordinary aristocratic boy, after graduating from the knight school, he joined the ordinary army in the southern Xinjiang of the empire as a knight guard and became the lowest-ranking officer.
Three years later, the 23-year-old, who had become a junior officer of the Black Dragon Knights, finished in the top four at the triennial tournament, but lost in the semi-finals to a 36-year-old captain who would since win the championship. Although he was defeated in this battle, the young man successfully became the youngest squadron leader and first-class officer of the Black Dragon Knights. In order to give his subordinates and enemies enough shock, Her Excellency Bloody Night Lady likes to wear a mask with a white sketch on a black background, which looks like a ghost from a distance.
His Excellency the Grand Duke was the most particular about his dress, and at all times, in any place, even in his private bedroom, he maintained the proper temperament and neat clothing of a nobleman, and even the children of the four ancient nobles had to admit that the youth was born with aristocratic characteristics.
In the northern expedition of His Excellency Chi Aotian, the black-faced dragon king, His Excellency Qu Jianhong participated in more than 70 battles, and the biggest difference from other senior officers was that the beauty of the bloody night would charge forward in every battle, and she was injured in more than 40 places, and even fell into a near-death state three times.
The Bloody Night Lady is 33 years old, and the official worships the deputy general of the Black Dragon Knights under the command of the mercenary king Amy, and is the Grand Duke.
- "The Eight Mighty Generals of the Black-Faced Dragon King" Chapter 64 The Prairie Elves Turn Back Time, and the Magic Calendar Takes the First Day of March in the Fifth Year of Winter.
Watching the last firelight of Gifu Castle disappear into the night sky, there was a strong smell of roasted human flesh around him, and after staying in such an air for a long time, his body and clothes were all the same stench. Among the military, there is a faint uneasiness - not everyone is comfortable with large-scale massacres, especially civilians.
Fortunately, the warriors of the Black Dragon Knights do not yearn for life as much as the elves, and as selected soldiers, it is not good to be deserters because they don't like to kill; The above vulture swordsmen are all from the frozen continent and have experienced the three major battles of the small mercenary group, the heavy losses suffered by the small mercenary group over the past and the respect for Chi Hanfeng, which have caused them to become the most iron-clad part of the entire legion; 。 So I'm trying my best to suppress the extra feelings of the elves.
In short, due to the above reasons, the Chi Aotian Northern Expeditionary Corps survived the embarrassing period that they had to face after the first battle, and there were no deserters in the camp for several days, such unimaginable good news made the three captains of the Black Dragon Knights let out a long breath, and for His Excellency the Second Young Master Chi Aotian because he had little military experience, he did not have an intuitive understanding of the desertion of the army at all.
The Northern Expeditionary Corps repaired on the spot for two days, and Chi Aotian often watched the fire in Gifu City from a distance alone, and did not say a word for a whole day. In the legion, no one was willing to approach him, even the mercenary cadres of the small mercenary group hid far away, at any time, this jade-like handsome young man was more like carved with ice, always exuding an icy aura, making everyone around him feel completely cold.
Two days later, the Black Dragon Knights stood in front of the smoke-shrouded Qifu City for the last time, and it was hard to say whether it was hanging this century-old city or something else, in short, in the rotation squadron leader simply reported the number of people, more than 5,000 soldiers threw off the mainland highway and plunged headlong to the east coast.
For the expeditionary army of the Black Dragon Knights, whether they are marching on the mainland highway or not does not affect the speed - this is the Flower Language Plain, the fertile field is flat and flat, and it is most suitable for war horses to gallop.
On the Huayu Plain, the population is quite sparse, and often within dozens of miles, you will not see a village. The dense and tenacious pasture grass almost drains the last drop of nutrients in the soil year after year, and there have been immigrants from farming areas who have tried to set fire to the barren land to grow food, but unfortunately...... The grain that was brought up was not even as much as the seeds that were sown. It is impossible to feed too many people by herding alone. Carnivores such as wolves, small dragons, and steppe leopards in the steppe are constantly threatening the safety of humans, so most of the residents of the Holy See live near the city, and there are only scattered herdsmen in the hinterland of the grassland.
In this area, there is a natural country with a total number of no more than 100,000 people-the Steppe Elf Kingdom. The steppe elves slowly evolved from the forest elves, and although they had their own kingdoms, they did not have a real king of their own - out of respect for their ancestors, they generally regarded the forest elf king as the king of the elven union - although this distant king did not exercise any authority over the steppe elves. The day-to-day management body of the Steppe Elf Kingdom is a joint organization of tribal chiefs. The steppe elf kingdom is quite independent in diplomacy and maintains a strict neutral stance in any human kingdom war. Individually, steppe elves are adventurous and wandering, and at least forty percent of the bards have steppe elf blood, and their long lives, superb archery skills, and graceful temperament make them capable of being silent observers and recorders of most events.
Seeing the mighty and murderous human army roaring on the grassland, the warriors of the nearby steppe elf tribe gathered in the shortest possible time, and more than 100 adult elves stood in a horizontal line, the brown-green elf longbow was slanted on their backs, and the arrows that applied magic were scattered in the black fertile soil in front of them.
Chi Aotian would not be hostile to the steppe elves, after all, the steppe elf kingdom had never officially joined the Holy See, and moreover, the elves did not believe in the gods of the Holy See. There is also a grassland elf archer battalion in the small mercenary group, starting from the battle of Xilin Island, the grassland elves accompanied the ice and snow boys to the east and west to block the blood and scatter the earth, with the gradual growth of the small mercenary group, the combat power at this time has been close to 700 people, and it has become a force to be reckoned with in the pattern of the small mercenary group. Even, a respected deputy head is from the steppe elves.
His Excellency Qingluo was given carte blanche to negotiate and pull the vultures whirling and falling from the sky.
Forest elves?
The steppe elf archers immediately relaxed, and the same sharp eyes had clearly seen that it was an elven elder who was falling rapidly in the sky, as an elven branch, they had a lot of respect for the rare forest elf elder, and they didn't believe that the elven elder would do anything unfavorable to the grassland elves.
Qingluo explained to the chief of the small tribe about Chi Aotian's northern expedition to the Huayu Plain, and of course, His Excellency Qingluo kindly hid the story of what happened in Qifu City. The young elven warriors immediately showed obvious likes and dislikes - it was well known that the status of the steppe elves in the small mercenary group was well known, and it had been reported that the leader of the little mercenary group, His Excellency Amy, had become the companion of Her Majesty the Elven Queen and even the regent of the forest elf kingdom, and in a broad sense, His Excellency Amy was also the regent of the steppe elves. Of course, the plural news is enough to sway the hearts of the steppe elves, and if it were not for a large number of heavily armored warriors in front of them, the steppe elves would even want to go over and receive them warmly.
The chief asked Qingluo to wait, immediately wrote a briefing on the matter, and then tied it to a ringing arrow, and then applied the wind magic that the steppe elves are best at on the tail of the arrow, cut off the arrow, and shot it violently at the arrow platform hundreds of meters away. An agile figure heard the sound of arrows, immediately jumped down from the embarrassment, picked up the long arrow and cast the magic again, and immediately shot to the next embarrassment - this is the method of transmitting the message of the steppe elves, each of which is 800 meters apart, and can convey the message 1,000 miles away in one day and one night.
The soldiers in the distance dismounted their horses and waited, the horses quietly gnawed on the green grass underground, and the vulture knights continued to rise and fall and patrol the surrounding area within 40 miles.
After two bags of dry tobacco, the sound of chirp-chirp-chirp came from a distance, and the green arrow drove the faint tail smoke to fall in front of Qingluo after a few breaths.
The letterhead tied to the arrow was simple: the steppe elves remained neutral, providing the necessary help to guests from afar, but were not allowed to join in the name of the tribe.
The meaning of this is quite simple.
Qingluo smiled and thanked his distant relatives, and then, 5,000 iron horsemen entered the camp specially provided for guests by the grassland tribe, and the young steppe elves gave the guests the best forage in carts, and by the way, they provided the guests with a batch of excellent quality arrows with wind magic at a very low price, and this was already the most that the masters could do without disobeying the orders of the Chiefs' United.
Early the next morning, Chi Aotian led a large group of men and horses to leave quietly. The hospitable elves found that they had left a considerable amount of human equipment in the camp - as for the way it came...... Since there is no problem with the host, of course the guest army will not take the initiative to explain, anyway, it is given to others for free, of course, it is also for nothing. This gift of thanks was quite in line with the host's wishes, and even some other tribes even felt great regret that they did not have the opportunity to receive such a kind and generous guest. This is also one of the reasons why Chi Aotian later had two completely different evaluations in the minds of the two closely related races of grassland elves and forest elves.
It's just that the blessing depends on the woe, and the blessing lurks the evil......
On the night of the second day after leaving the steppe elf tribe, something embarrassing happened to Qingluo - maybe it was because he had spent a day in the steppe elf tribe, maybe it was because his inner uneasiness broke out on this day, or maybe it was because he could see the traces of the fairy forest in the distance......
In short, whatever the reason, the two forest elf girl archers rode the night without saying goodbye. Their vulture mounts were washed and cleaned, and they were comfortably curled up in their master's bed and fell asleep.
Early the next morning, the officers on duty reported the incident to Chi Aotian and Qingluo, who were having breakfast together, and the surprised expressions on their faces were completely different.
The atmosphere in the officer's seat instantly froze.
The importance of the elves was vividly demonstrated in the battle of Gifu Castle! If it were not for the elven archers constantly echoing in the sky and shooting the enemy with unimaginable accuracy, the soldiers with more than four times the combat power would not have completely collapsed in a very short time!
Walking two forest elves is not scary in itself, what is scary is whether the other elves will ...... when they learn about it What about the other warriors when they learned of this? The actions of the great army, once the discipline collapsed, were rarely not defeated.
The words "discouraged military" fluttered in everyone's minds.
Chi Aotian's black eyes became colder: "Your Excellency Elder, Chang Qing, please gather the Elven Vulture Camp and the Great Swordsman Vulture Camp. ”
"Yes. The elven warrior tried to control his hands not to tremble, and got up and left the table with the graceful movements characteristic of elves.
After counting the breath, the assembly number sounded outside, and the number was long and short, which was the separate assembly number of the two teams.
After counting enough 100 breaths, Chi Aotian got up and walked out, and the other officers stood up one after another. "You don't have to go. The boy threw down a sentence at the door.
Most of the elves didn't know what was going on, and were ordered to come out and gather while they were eating breakfast, and a significant number of the elves thought that there was another war.
"In the first battle of Gifu, many people died. Standing at the front of the team, Chi Aotian's words were surprisingly flat, and Qingluo even felt incomprehensible.
The young man in black changed his words: "There is no way." This is the bloodshed of war, and my principle is to fight violence with violence. War is like that. You are elves, as far as I know, you love life, I asked Elder Qingluo, if you faced the night elves, would you let them live? Can you tell me?"
The wind drove Chi Aotian's black cloak to make a row, and the elves and humans on the grassland were as silent as death, and no one knew what the young general in front of him wanted to say.
"In this northern expedition, if we are soft on any enemy, we will inevitably be annihilated in the face of our army. If there are elves who don't want to continue fighting like this, now, please stand up, and those who stand up can leave. Chi Aotian looked indifferently at the soldiers in front of him.
There was clearly a hint of wavering among the elves.
Finally, four or five girls timidly stood up: "We can't disobey Her Majesty's orders, but...... We also don't want to kill civilians. The girl at the front said boldly.
The corners of Chi Aotian's cold mouth moved slightly, as if he was laughing, as if he understood: "Human nature." You can now return to the Fairy Forest, and as for Her Majesty's punishment, that's her business. It is recommended that you return west to the steppe elf village and return with their help. ”
I didn't expect that this young man, who was as cold as eternity, would say such a thing. The girls simply packed up their things and left the camp westward. Qingluo's tense heart finally let go, since His Excellency Chi Aotian allowed these girls to leave, I think it would not be a big deal for the other two girls to leave.
In this process, Chi Aotian didn't say anything until the girls left completely, and suddenly, a cold breath seemed to fall straight down from the nine heavens, and all the people and elves felt the coldness to the bone, and Chi Aotian ...... I don't know when, his face became dark, and a powerful death-like aura gradually dispersed along the young man's breath, and the lifeless words pierced everyone's heart: "Last night, two elf girls left here and became deserters. ”
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