Chapter 222
If it is an ordinary ruler, it is absolutely impossible to appoint talents as much as Moeller wants, and he must always consider various factors, and he must also carry out checks and balances such as co-opting and suppressing his courtiers.
But Moeller doesn't have to think about these at all, there is no related household in Sayou City that is worthy of his more look, no family is qualified to let him win over or suppress, only look at personal talent, and the capable are mediocre!
Just like choosing a judicial consul, in the end, it is precisely a clerk who is the best. From the young clerk's proposal, Moeller could see that he was well acquainted with the existing law, and that he was well aware of the loopholes in it, and that he had given very practical ways to improve it, and that he was bold in his ideas but not radical, and that he was much better than the officials who could only speak empty words, clichés, or speculate on his mind.
Thus Moeller made clear his public appreciation of the plan, and subsequently announced the appointment of the young clerk, and warned others that it would be a provocation to Moeller if anyone maliciously obstructed the new officials, and that there would be a rule in the new law that would be happy to attack them.
As a result, no one dared to hit the muzzle of the gun and go against him, not even those who played behind their backs.
In fact, even Mole himself probably did not know how formidable he was in the eyes of the nobles of Zayo, even if he had never been angry with anyone, and those who spoke in front of him were cautious.
Not to mention anything else, just look at a high-level magician like Hughes, who used to be invincible and invincible in their eyes, but now he has been rectified by Moeller, and as a result, he can only honestly command his transformation beast to repair the tower as a mason.
As long as these people compare the gap between themselves and high-level magicians, they will naturally know how to be honest and responsible.
On the Moeller side, they are repairing the magical defense system of Sayo City, and at the same time making drastic reforms, while Rex and they are constantly reporting good news, none of the defenders in the territory of Dongfeng Ridge are their opponents, and many of them have chosen to surrender before they even fight, which makes Rex and their team continue to grow.
However, when the army of the Kingdom of Searle came, it was not so smooth sailing.
The Kingdom of Serre prepared for a month before raising troops, so it naturally made sufficient preparations in advance, and also collected a lot of information about Rex, Ereba and Brandon, so they were caught off guard at the beginning.
Eriba rode the black-armored rhinoceros and black treasure, walking in front of the team, behind him was a team of nearly five hundred people, much more than when he left Sayo City, but the momentum of the whole team has changed completely, the soldiers naturally condensed a sense of iron and blood in their actions, and the snow-bright blades contain evil energy, and at a glance they know that they are elite soldiers who have experienced fighting and blood baptism.
After leaving the city of Sayo, Eriba not only subdued the defenders of several towns and fortresses, but also exterminated many robbers along the way, and now the mainland is in turmoil, and there are many bandit gangs, he took his soldiers all the way to exterminate, not only can he train the troops, but also get the robbers' reserves of materials and accumulated gold coins, he used the materials as food and grass supplies, and the gold coins were rewarded to the brave soldiers, so after a month, the soldiers with bulging pockets not only did not have the slightest fatigue, but looked forward to the battle with hunger and thirst.
This way of fighting to raise war, Moller emphasized, now that Eriba has practiced it, he has a deeper understanding, and this time he is preparing to face the regular army of the Serre Kingdom, and Eriba secretly warned himself in his heart that he must be cautious and not treat the other party as easy to deal with as those robbers before.
However, just as Eriba was thinking about the enemy army of the Ser Kingdom, the enemy army was already in front of him.
In the blink of an eye, two hundred shield-armed and spear-wielding enemies suddenly appeared from the ground in all directions, less than fifty meters away from their ranks, and these enemy troops threw their spears at Eriba and his troops as soon as they appeared.
The spear roared, although Eriba's men all had shields and armor, but in the face of the extremely powerful spear, it was still difficult to resist, and many people failed to defend, and were beaten by the spear to distort the shield, penetrate the armor, and stab directly on the horse's back.
Frightened, Eriba hurriedly commanded his men to form a defensive formation, and at the same time set up three blasting arrows in his hand and shot at the enemy.
"Bang bang bang!" blasting arrows slammed into enemy shields, knocking three enemies tumbling out, but not killing them.
Ereba then discovered that the shields held by these enemies were very special, different from the round shields used by his cavalry, which were large diamond-shaped shields of one man high, very heavy, and seemed to be the product of enchantment, and were extremely defensive, even with his archery skills, it was difficult to effectively inflict damage on soldiers with such shields.
"These people and shields are specifically aimed at me!" Eriba glanced at him, reacting that these attacks on the enemy were probably premeditated, and most of his soldiers were archers and crossbowmen, and these shields just happened to restrain their abilities. Feeling that the enemy was invincible, Eriba immediately made a plan to break through.
I saw that he took out three magic silk arrows and shot them at three directions at a very fast speed, and the magic silk arrows pierced the enemy's shield, quickly giving birth to many tentacles, not only strangling the enemy who shot the shield, but even the dozen or so people next to him fell into the attack range of this 7th-order magic arrow in the blink of an eye.
The three arrows created chaos in three directions, but Eriba led his soldiers to rush in the direction that was not attacked by him, intending to break through from here.
Spears were still being shot from all directions, and his soldiers were constantly falling to the ground, and Eriba felt that his heart was bleeding, and his hands holding bows and arrows were white, and he wanted to stop and fight these enemies, but in order to protect the lives of most of the soldiers, he had to flee with everyone.
"Boom, boom!" The ironclad rhinoceros black treasure stepped heavily on the ground, like a speeding steel train, it pressed against the sharp corners, and continued to shoot out thousands of pounds of boulders, knocking the shield-wielding enemy troops away.
Ereba with hatred in his heart kept shooting, shooting all the enemy soldiers who showed their flaws, and with the combined efforts of one man and one beast, he forcibly tore a hole in the encirclement, and quickly broke through the encirclement with the remnants of his army.
After breaking out of the encirclement, Ereba did not run away with his men, but reorganized the team from a hundred meters away, staring coldly at those enemy soldiers, although their shields restrained arrows, but because they were too heavy, they could not move quickly, he stared at the sidelines, as long as these people showed flaws, it was the time for him to kill!
However, the shield-wielding enemy troops quickly assembled, and in just a few seconds they formed a circular shield array, the defense was impenetrable, and then the shield array continued to shrink, as if the shield was disappearing, and in the blink of an eye, the two hundred shields were reduced to fifty, and about one hundred and fifty soldiers had no shields in their hands, and quickly withdrew under the cover of another fifty shield-wielding soldiers.
During this time, Eriba commanded his men to shoot a round of arrows, but they were basically blocked by the fifty shield-wielding soldiers, whose shields seemed to have no weight, and reacted extremely quickly when they flipped and blocked.
These fifty people must all be practitioners, Eriba judged in his heart, but what worries him the most is that there must be a commander among them. But after an attack, the mysterious commander did not appear, and he had no idea what his strength was. This is also one of the reasons why Eriba watched them retreat and did not dare to rashly counterattack.
After an attack, Eriba counted nearly 100 soldiers under his command, which was a heavy casualty that he had never led so far, many of whom he was very familiar with, but now he had to bury their bodies with his own hands, and the frustration and sadness in his heart can be imagined.
After his grief, Eriba swore to his soldiers that he would avenge the death of his fellow soldiers—in fact, he did have a plan.
After the attack, Ari contacted Rex and Brandon to ask about them. As a result, Rex and Brandon, without exception, also encountered enemies at the same time.
Rex was confronted by a team of three magicians, one of whom was a high-level magician, one was a high-level magician, and one was an intermediate magician.
As soon as the three of them appeared, the mid-level mage released a large cloud of mist, obscuring the entire team's view, and then the high-level mage entangled Rex, and the high-level mage rushed into the soldiers and slaughtered.
The only thing to be thankful for is that Rex's strength has grown rapidly since he broke through to the advanced level, so they miscalculated Rex's strength, and the mist that the intermediate magician released that combined water magic and illusion magic was difficult to deal with, but it happened to be ineffective against dragons who could see through illusions.
Therefore, after a fight, although more than 30 soldiers under Rex were killed, the senior magician of the other three was seriously injured by Moeller, and the intermediate magician who used the mist magic was also injured by the cry of the soul crow Xiaofei, and the only demon warrior who was still intact could only support his companion wolf Bèi to retreat.
As for Brandon's side, it is a little tricky, his opponent is the same Transfiguration mage as him, and I don't know how many people there are, always hiding in the shadows, harassing and attacking him, although he has tried his best to resist, but he can't find any trace of the opponent, his soldiers will die if they are not careful, and the whole team is panicked.
The three of them reported each other's situation in the magic communicator, discussed it, and decided on a countermeasure, and acted on it that night.
Early the next morning, smoke rose in Brandon's camp, and the soldiers were busy packing up, although after a night's rest, many people were still in low spirits, their eyes were bloodshot, and there was no attack that night, but the shadow of death was still shrouded in the hearts of the soldiers, and few people could sleep and rest peacefully, and the momentum of the whole team seemed very low.
Brandon looked at the soldiers' appearances, he knew that this was what Moeller was talking about, yesterday's attack was indeed tricky, and they did kill dozens of people, but panic did not solve the problem, it only made the situation worse, and the psychological elements of these soldiers obviously needed to be strengthened.
Breakfast was ready, and the soldiers ate in batches, but just then, several red-haired claws reached out from the ground, grabbed one of the soldiers, and dragged him into the dirt with all his might.
The screams pierced the quiet of the morning, and Brandon was alarmed and immediately released the Earth Beast to stop it. The opponent also has a shape-shifting beast that can burrow into the ground, although it is not as good as his ground beast, but every time he attacks, he can always take the lead, as if the other party always controls his every move, which makes him fall into passivity.
Sure enough, after the Earth Wandering Beasts were dispatched, the shapeshifters retreated non-slippery, leaving only a few dead or wounded soldiers in place, and the other soldiers began to look around nervously with their weapons in their hands.
At this moment, an arrow shot out of nowhere, which seemed to penetrate many layers of branches, hit a living creature, and the living creature let out a scream of "quack", and the next moment there was a muffled snort in the forest not far away, which was so small that it was almost impossible to hear in the chaotic camp, but almost at the same time, another arrow was fired.
After the arrow was fired, although no screams were heard, the sound of the arrow hitting the target was obviously unusual.
"Found it!" Brandon's eyes lit up, and he instantly released his shapeshifter, and a cyan kite flew in the direction of the arrow.
The author has something to say: Hey~ There will inevitably be deaths and injuries in war!