Chapter 292: The Dilemma (I)
The time has entered the cold November, especially since the Via Peninsula is located in the northernmost part of the entire Europa continent, this cold is especially violent, and the wind blows like a knife in the face, beating the already numb face to pain, as if being punched in the face by a strong man.
Normal people would not travel in this damn weather, and normal military commanders would try to avoid marching in this weather, but at this moment, on the back border of the Principality of Iron Mountain, in the midst of the snowstorm, a huge army is winding forward, like an incomparably slender long snake, this is the three million army led by the third prince of the Scott Kingdom, Rogie.
To be honest, Prince Rogie didn't want to march in this weather, but he had to do so: first, the little prince of the Scott Kingdom was killed, and they had to make a high-profile, Swift gesture to take the most violent revenge on the forces that dare to provoke the kingdom of Scott, and secondly, this is related to the identity of Prince Rogie, although he is also a prince, and he is a prince with both talents and virtues, but his mother's status is not high, just the daughter of an honorary knight, in other words, Prince Rogie's maternal family can not give him any powerful help, so Prince Rogie must work hard to prove himself, and pay ten or a hundred times more effort than other princes!
"Damn, this kind of weather, it's terrible!" Prince Rogie, who was wearing a thick cloak, rode a tall war horse, and a gust of wind blew, but it seemed to insert a cold air directly into his heart, so that the always gentle and elegant him couldn't help but burst out of his foul mouth.
A tall middle-aged man in the general's armor next to him saw this scene, but shook his head. "O noble prince. Although I know that it is a bit disrespectful to say this. But I'm still advising you to get off your horse and walk, riding a horse in this kind of weather is just a sin!"
"Oh, General Hajin, why didn't you say it earlier, there are still many things that Luo Ji doesn't understand, and I need to ask you more! Oh, it's really much better!" Prince Luo Ji listened to General Ha Jin's words and looked back. Sure enough, the entire army, except for him alone stupidly riding on a horse, there was no one else, at first Luo Ji thought that they were deliberately polite to themselves, but he didn't think that others were smart, Luo Ji immediately quickly got off the horse, the knife-like cold suddenly alleviated a lot, and he couldn't help but thank General Ha Jin again and again.
General Hakin was the deputy commander of the First Army of the Scott Kingdom. This time, Prince Rogie went on an expedition and mobilized 500,000 elite soldiers of the First Army. It was General Hajin who was in charge at the head, and in addition to that, there were parts of the Second Army, the Third Army, and the Fourth Army, which formed this army of three million men.
General Hakin listened to Prince Roji's modest words, nodded slightly, felt that it was very useful, and also acquiesced to Prince Roji in his heart, although he also knew that Prince Roji's mother family was not very good, but compared with other princes in the Scott Kingdom, General Hakin felt that it was better to let the third prince take over the kingdom, at least, Prince Roggie respected his soldiers very much, and the eldest prince Senge and the second prince Smith just regarded them as subordinates who were driven at will, so General Hakin did not treat these two princes very well.
"Your Highness, look, we have arrived in the territory of the Principality of Iron Mountain, although the Principality of Iron Mountain has no good scenery except for the black iron ore lumps or black iron ore lumps, but, I think some hot food is still available, well, there should be villages and towns ahead, we can go in and rest!" General Ha Jin looked at the terrain in the distance, and suddenly said happily, Prince Luo Ji immediately laughed, anyone who has walked in the harsh cold environment for a long time, what he wants to do most is to go into a warm house and drink a sip of hot soup to keep out the cold!
Although Prince Luo Ji is the strength of the fourth-order peak golden knight, this does not mean that he is not afraid of the cold, and it is not possible to use the golden fighting qi to keep out the cold all the time, what if there is an emergency that requires the use of force and his fighting qi is consumed? Therefore, Prince Luo Ji basically relies on the clothes on his body to keep warm, and only occasionally uses his fighting qi to keep out the cold.
Now that he knew that there were villages and towns in front of him, Prince Rogie immediately sent more than a dozen scouts to inform the local villages and towns to prepare for the work of welcoming the army, although a small village and town could not receive three million troops, but it was okay to let the senior officers have a good rest, Prince Rogie also had to use some small means to win the hearts of these senior officers, so that they gradually became loyal to him, and even supported himself wholeheartedly, although Prince Rogie had the supreme order given by King Scott, but forced transfer and resources to obey the command are two concepts, fortunately, Prince Rogie has always been quite polite and virtuous, and the officers and soldiers have a good impression of him。
Soon, one of the scouts returned, but Prince Rogie didn't see any joy on his face, and he couldn't help but sink his heart, and hurriedly asked the scout to report the situation.
"Report to His Royal Highness the Prince, there is indeed a village and town ahead, the scale is about five or six thousand people, but, when I arrived, this village and town had been destroyed, and the residents of the village and town were also killed and wounded, and the rest of my colleagues are currently looking for whether there are survivors, looking at the scene, it should be a small-scale army attack to destroy this village and town!" the scout said what he saw, and Prince Luo Ji and General Hajin looked at each other, and their faces were a little heavy.
The folk customs of the Principality of Iron Mountain are extremely strong, and its ordinary residents also have the plain of ordinary warriors from other countries, like this kind of village and town of five or six thousand people, if you want to destroy it, I am afraid that you will have to have tens of thousands of troops, but in the territory of the Principality of Iron Mountain, where can there be as many as tens of thousands of foreign troops? Could it be that the Principality of Wiki has actually captured the Principality of Iron Mountain? Prince Luo Ji and General Hajin suddenly thought of a shocking possibility in their hearts, but the two shook their heads again.
Not to mention the Principality of Wiki, even if it is their Scott Kingdom, it is not possible to completely conquer a country with a strong military and civilian force like the Principality of Iron Mountain, and there must be some reason for this.
"Let's go, let's take a look!" Prince Luo Ji didn't care about the cold, mounted his war horse and hurried to the village and town in front, General Hajin and a large group of guards immediately followed, and at the same time, the first army of the First Army also moved quickly, moving quickly to the flanks of the village and town, in case there was an enemy ambush and sneak attack.
Galloping close to the village and town, it can be seen that the low wall made of stones of only five or six meters has collapsed, and there is a fierce fighting aura on it, and Prince Luo Ji quickly deduced that this is a master who directly destroyed the city wall of the village and town with his fighting spirit, and then led the army to rush directly into it. After passing the ruined city wall, Prince Rogie saw that the houses on both sides of the main road of the village and town had already collapsed in large areas, and among the stones and wooden planks, you could see the hands and feet of the townspeople, and a strong smell of blood did not disperse, even in such a windy weather, it is conceivable that there must have been a fierce battle in this village and town.
After walking around, Prince Rogie had to dismount, and General Hajin leaned against a fairly intact wall, and the guards did it, picked up some wood on the spot to make a fire, and then took out dry food to roast hot, mixed with boiling snow water and ate it, although Prince Rogie personally had a space ring, which contained delicious delicacies to eat, but Prince Rogie did not eat even a little bit, but like ordinary soldiers, he ate hard dry food all the way, he knew the importance of sharing weal and woe with the soldiers, which was also a reason why he was respected by the soldiers。
A popping sound sounded, and in a ruin not far from Prince Rogie and General Hakin, those stones and planks suddenly scattered in all directions, and a young man with a big knife suddenly burst out with a dark cyan fighting spirit, and killed Prince Rogie, his eyes were about to split his angry face, and he regarded Prince Rogie as an enemy who did not share the sky.
"Thieves are bold!" Prince Luo Ji and General Ha Jin did not move, the guards guarding their side had already greeted them, as the personal guards of the prince and the deputy commander of the group army, these personal guards were all masters who had at least the strength of the third-order high-level silver knight, why did they need too much strength to deal with a young man who was at most a second-order peak bronze knight?
"Why do you want to kill me?" Prince Luo Ji swallowed the dry food in his mouth, and after licking the dry food grains from the corners of his mouth, he said to the young man with a smile, I have to admit that Prince Luo Ji's smile was very sunny, making the guards around him feel a clean warmth.
"Phew, you damned green devils, ruined our town, killed our relatives, you dare to come back, even if I die, I will not let you go, God, open your eyes, send down divine punishment to kill these sinners!" Unexpectedly, the young man did not buy Prince Rogie's kind question, but instead spat at his face, cursed and cursed in his mouth, and finally cried bitterly.
The guards next to him saw that their prince was spitted on, and they paid it back? Immediately, a fierce guard like a tiger and wolf held down the young man's head and wanted to kill him.
"Wait!" Prince Rogie spoke in time to stop the guards, and then picked up a ball of snow and wiped it on his face, wiped the foam away, and then asked again: "I don't know what the green devil you are talking about, but we are definitely not green devils, we are the army of the Scott Kingdom, and this time we came to attack the Wiki Principality through the Principality of Iron Mountain." Here, why is this happening, please talk about it, don't get excited, okay?" (To be continued......)