In just a few breaths, Jennings, Sophia, Richard, and Soros joined forces to kill a sixth-order warrior on the battlefield.

Although Viscount York is very strong in combat, in just a few breaths, he has injured Loster and got rid of Loester's entanglement, but he knows in his heart that although Roster is injured, he still has the strength to fight. After all, Roster is already a fourth-order knight, and there are many professional officers around him.

If you continue to entangle and let Lloster hold back for a few breaths, you will also be surrounded by the enemy.

Seeing that the enemy infantry had broken through the gap in the shield formation, Viscount York held back his grief and immediately turned around and fled. He is extremely fast and very decisive in his choices.

Richard, Sophia, Soros and other masters mainly focused on breaking through the enemy formation, and did not stop them at the first time, and successfully let Viscount York escape into the wilderness.

The flight of the Viscount of York brought great confusion to the defenders.

Originally, there was a gap in the formation, but now the main general fled, and the soldiers almost scattered.

Seeing that the enemy was scattered, the Warcraft cavalry in Haaland's territory immediately slapped their horses and chased after the defeated soldiers.

The encounter was victorious, and the intervention forces of the three provinces successfully crossed the Felaman Mountains and broke through the second line of defense.

In this battle, Richard lost less than 200 soldiers, and completely annihilated 2,000 defenders, and Viscount York was only spared.

Viscount York was lucky enough to pick up a life from the battlefield, and fled back to Nero Castle in a panic, where he met Viscount Nero, the commander of the noble coalition in central Starnik.

Although there were no big nobles in the central region of Starnik, the strength was not weak, and the three viscounts and sixteen barons combined, a total of 12,000 nobles' private army.

Among these dozen or so nobles, many of them have good talents.

Viscount Nero is the strongest, with 3,000 elite soldiers in the territory, and Viscount Nero is still a powerful epic knight, not far from the legend. His two assistants, Baron Solawan and Viscount York, are both seventh-order silver knights, and the soldiers under his command are not weak brigades, and they can be regarded as capable of fighting in the Grand Duchy of Starnik.

At the time of the orc invasion, Viscount Nero also led the noble coalition army to make many achievements, and was a famous commander of Starnik.

Listening to the information brought back by Viscount York, Viscount Nero chuckled in his heart, he never thought that the alliance of nobles from the three provinces of the Grant Kingdom would be so good at fighting?

Less than ten days after entering the Grand Duchy of Starnik, Richard led the intervention forces of the three provinces to win two battles and two victories, annihilated five thousand enemies one after another, took Bulsen Castle, and broke through the Felaman Line.

Such a majesty instantly made Viscount Nero chill.

Viscount Nero carefully inquired about the information on the battlefield of Viscount York, paid special attention to many details, and then summoned the main officers, and invited the clergy of the Church of Fortune by the way.

Because of Duke Jonathan, the two countries have not been particularly close in the past hundred years. As for the opponent's intelligence, Viscount Nero was blinded, but he didn't know much about it.

"Bishop Elman, the Church of the Goddess of Fortune has been active in the Grant Kingdom for many years, how much do you know about the noble alliance of the three northern provinces of the Grant Kingdom?"

A battle for the throne broke out between the two countries, and the clergy negotiated and would not get involved in the civil war between the two sides. However, Bishop Elman and Viscount Nero have known each other for many years, and there can be some exchange of information.

"In recent years, a new great nobleman has risen in the kingdom of Grant, and this person is Count Haaland of the province of Geda. Earl Haaland is less than thirty years old, and he is already an important commander in the three northern provinces of the Grant Kingdom, and has repeatedly made achievements in the war against the orcs, and was made an earl last year.

It is rumored that this earl is not only good at war, but also good at managing the territory, and has also contributed to the study of magic, and is a count of magic. ”

After listening to Bishop Elman's introduction, Viscount Nero nodded and continued to ask: "This Count of Harland, which great nobleman's bloodline?" ”

Elman shook his head and said, "Count Haaland was born in a family of officers in Northern Xinjiang, and his father was just a first-generation baron?" ”

As soon as he heard this, Viscount Nero's face changed greatly: "From an ordinary background, he can be promoted to an earl before the age of thirty?" ”

Viscount Nero is over sixty years old, has been an epic knight for more than ten years, has participated in many wars in the Northern Frontier, and has not yet been promoted to earl after accumulating merits.

He knew very well in his heart how difficult it was to be promoted to earl?

"Lord Viscount, it seems that our opponent is indeed shrewd and capable. According to the Viscount of York, there are also mages in the enemy army to help in the battle. The mage regiment plays a great role in the battle array, if we are not completely sure, we should not fight with the enemy, my opinion is still to clear the field, and when the enemy runs out of food, it will naturally collapse. ”

In the first two battles, three barons had been killed, and three barons had wiped out their army, and the five nobles including the Viscount of York had lost more than half.

Now the central Stagnik aristocratic army is united, and only 7,000 soldiers remain.

Seeing that the situation was so dangerous, Viscount Nero suddenly regretted it, he carefully analyzed the battlefield, and found that his biggest mistake was to divide his troops to fight.

However, the special situation made it necessary for the noble coalition army in central Starnik to divide their troops to fight.

The quality of the soldiers of the aristocratic coalition army is good, and there are many professional officers among them, according to common sense, the combat effectiveness should be second only to the main army.

But on the real battlefield, the aristocratic coalition often behaves very ordinarily, and the biggest factor is serious internal friction. The armies of the nobles were their lifeblood, and the neighboring nobles were often full of contradictions, and it was difficult to unify opinions on the battlefield.

When the situation did not seem so dangerous, Baron Solawan and other border nobles were not willing to give up their territory at all and gather in the rear. And the nobles in the rear were slow, the soldiers had not yet been assembled, and the castle of Bulsen had already been lost. As a last resort, the Viscount of York could only lead the vanguard to defend and fight in the Felaman Mountains. As a result, the troops were divided in succession, which was broken by Richard individually, with the loss of 5,000 soldiers, and the situation also fell into passivity. If the forces continue to disperse, the central aristocratic coalition is in danger of being defeated.

Viscount Nero stared at the map and said solemnly: "The situation is like this now, the day after tomorrow the enemy will cross the Felaman Mountains, and we only have one day to assemble and carry out the clearing of the wall. ”

Viscount York said: "A day is simply not enough, whether it is the population, livestock, or food, a day is simply not enough time to transfer, it is good to be able to convey the order to the village." ”

"Ordinary serfs don't care. When you return, you will immediately take your soldiers and their families to Nero's Castle, take away all your weapons and equipment, and take as much food as you can, and burn the rest. The families of the soldiers are basically concentrated near the castle, and one day is enough time for you to assemble. ”

"Abandoning the serfs in the village, our losses are too great, besides, if we concentrate the soldiers in Nero's Castle, when the time comes, the number of soldiers' families will be increased by tens of thousands, how long can Nero's Castle hold on?"

Listening to Viscount Nero's decision, one of the barons immediately raised objections.

Although it is easy to say, it is particularly difficult to implement.

Especially for the hereditary aristocracy, such an order was almost to cut their flesh.

Many aristocrats do not have a sense of the overall situation, and it is particularly difficult to use knives against themselves, and many people do not agree with the strong wall and clear field.

Although Viscount Nero is strong, he is not a great nobleman after all, and he does not have nominal command.

In recent months, Linus Castle has been in shambles, with several owners in mind, ignoring the central frontier and appointing a single commander of a noble coalition.

The reason why everyone is united is basically to organize spontaneously to deal with external threats.

Without the name of the central government, it is more difficult to unify command, and they will only carry out orders that are in line with their own interests, and the nobles will inevitably delay in carrying out orders that are not in their own interests.

But in the current situation, if Viscount Nero wants to fight, he can only continue to carry out the strong wall clearing.

The nobles of central Starnik are all distant members of the Linus family, and they are related to the royal family. With such a background, they did not dare to surrender easily at all, unless Duke Jonathan was willing to sign a soul oath and not hold them accountable.

Viscount Nero originally planned to use Bulsen Castle to consume the enemy's spirit, wait for the siege of Fang Dun to fortify the city, and then gather a large army, join forces with the Bulsen defenders, defeat the alliance of the nobles of the three provinces in one fell swoop, take advantage of the situation to counterattack the Duke of Fox, seize some castles, and expand the border to the east.

Unexpectedly, Baron Solawan with 3,000 soldiers held out in Bulsen Castle for a few days.

The enemy's offensive was so fierce that Viscount Nero did not dare to fight Richard at all. After thinking about it, the best thing he could think of was to clear the wilderness.

At present, the only weakness exposed by the coalition forces of the three provinces is the shortage of food, and the situation may change if the walls are cleared and the situation may change if it is delayed for a while.

Viscount Nero expressed his opinion, and seeing that many people were unimpressed, he continued to persuade: "We have the blood of the Linus family in our blood, and once the Jonathan family usurps the throne, it is impossible for each family to be spared. More than a hundred years ago, our ancestors slaughtered all the nobles who had the blood of the Jonathan family in their bodies, and now the Jonathan family will definitely retaliate with a tooth for a tooth, and it is impossible to pardon us.

If we want to keep our position, we have to fight bloodily. As long as you hold out until the enemy runs out of food and retreats, no matter how great the losses are, you should not hesitate to delay.

Defeated Count Haaland, even if life is harder, we are still nobles. If we don't carry out the fortified wall and clear the wilderness, let Count Haaland grab the grain, everything we have will be taken from us. Your wives and daughters can only rejoice in the body of the enemy.

The Jonathan family has a blood feud with us, and you don't have to think about any aristocratic treatment. I would like to say for the record, that you will take into account the overall situation, carry out the orders of the fortified walls, burn the grain, fill the wells, and assemble the soldiers at Nero's castle, and please remember that we have only one and a half days to spare. ”

After grinding for a long time, more than a dozen hereditary nobles finally agreed on their opinions, seeing that the efficiency was so low, Viscount Nero was worried, feeling that even if the execution of the strong wall clearing, there was not much chance of winning this battle.

Just as the coalition of nobles in central Stanik was carrying out the order to clear the wall, Richard led a large army over the mountains. He carried only enough food for about twenty days, and the rest of the food was hoarded in the castle of Bursen, and some was left in the camp of the Felaman Mountains.

After crossing the mountains, Richard immediately released the scouts.

There are a squadron of magical hot air balloon scouts and a lion cavalry squad in Haaland's territory, and these flying classes are basically incomprehensible to the aristocratic coalition forces in central Starnik.

Audrey flew around the neighborhood on a lion and immediately sensed that the enemy was in the clear field.

With aerial reconnaissance forces, the enemy's activities were immediately exposed to Richard's eyes, and the nearby nobles almost burned the grain in the castle, although there was still some grain in the villages below, which was basically the rations and growing grain of agriculture and animal husbandry, even if Richard snatched all the rations of tens of thousands of people, he would be able to hold out for two or three months at most.

After discovering the enemy's strong walls, Richard immediately strengthened his reconnaissance force, and the Warcraft cavalry, together with the reconnaissance team, scattered in all directions to suppress the enemy's scouts, and attacked nearby villages to collect food and straw.

The Magic Balloon Squadron flew over Nero's Castle and stared at the enemy's main force.

The magic hot air balloon appeared in the sky above Nero's castle, and was immediately discovered by the officers and soldiers defending the city, Viscount Nero has extraordinary vision, even if the magic hot air balloon flies high, the inside of the magic hot air balloon is still clearly seen by him.

In an instant, Viscount Nero saw the magic flame lamp, and he instantly understood that it was a magical creation. Seeing that the enemy had a strange flying class, Viscount Nero suddenly had a gloomy face.

As expatriate scouts continued to die in battle, Viscount Nero knew in his heart that there was a brutal scout strangulation outside the castle.

The two armies fought, and the first thing that began was the strangulation of the scouts.

Every army must strive for the priority of intelligence.

This kind of strangulation of scouts is very brutal and will not end until one side can no longer bear it. Once a scout loses an engagement, it means that he loses the right to battlefield intelligence. When the situation develops to this extent, it will become like a blind and deaf person.

Although the scouts of the noble coalition army in central Starnik are not weak brigades, they are still far from the monster cavalry in Haaland's territory.

Moreover, there are also a large number of scouts in the coalition army of the three provinces, even if it is a fight for attrition, Richard now has a large number of generals, and he still has a chance of winning.

The brutal scout strangulation lasted for two days, and the noble coalition army in central Starnik could not bear the losses, and in just two days, more than half of their scouts were lost, and more than two hundred scouts died in the wilderness.

And the three-province coalition army commanded by Richard only killed seven or eight Warcraft cavalry and dozens of ordinary scouts. The scout cavalry are all elite in the army, and Viscount Nero simply can't bear such heavy casualties, so he can only give up the initiative on the battlefield.

Viscount Nero gathered the scouts to the castle, and Richard immediately sent the cavalry of the allied forces of the three provinces to gather food and plunder the surrounding areas. Because the speed of the march was too fast, it did not give too long to the nobles of central Starnik, and the fortified wall was not completed at all, and there were still a lot of food and people left in the nearby villages, which were precious resources for the allied forces of the three provinces.

(End of chapter)