Volume III, Chapter 13
The magician's spell was still chanting unhurriedly, and in the sky, the black bubbles were getting bigger and bigger, and faintly revealing red light, damn, you can fall down quickly!
Finally, a huge, blazing fireball broke free from the black cloud and dragged the black smoke towards the city! followed by a second, then a third......
The first meteor crashed into the middle of the barrier, and the force of the impact caused the barrier to sink in. After dropping a layer of debris, the meteor is bounced up a bit, changing direction and smashing to the side. I heard a loud noise in the city, and a pillar of smoke rose up, and God knows where the meteor hit......
"Hurry up!" Seeing that meteors kept falling from the sky, and the barrier in the city was still rising, I felt that this thing was not very good, and hurriedly beckoned the magician to retreat: "Hurry up and go, if you don't leave, you will be baked!"
Before he finished speaking, there were several loud bangs, and it seemed that many meteors had hit the enchantment.
I panicked, grabbed an elven magician and put it in the saddle, and as soon as my legs clamped my legs, I rushed backwards, and the other guards did the same, grabbing the magicians and soldiers under the horse, and quickly retreating......
It took me two or three miles to put the magician down. Looking back, obediently, countless meteors smashed on the rising barrier, red meteor fragments flew in all directions, and Maple Leaf City seemed to be wearing a hat on fire. Because the barrier was rising, the meteor could no longer fall into the city, so it hit the inner side of the city wall instead......
The upper part of the city wall was shattered, and there was another loud noise, and the tower of the gate facing me was smashed by a meteor, and scattered bricks and stones fell into the moat. Stir up the waves of the old high.
The rest of the meteors fell straight out of the city. The exploding meteor ignites something qiΔ combustible on the ground. A wave of heat is coming.
"That's amazing!" I sighed, "If their enchantment had been a little slower, we would have taken Maple Leaf City...... Well, even if only a few of them go in, it's enough for them to drink a pot. β
Rock leaned over and asked, "Sir, what do we do now?"
"Set up camp. I spat on the ground: "Sleep!"
The next day, the Governor got up early in the morning, summoned dozens of elven magicians, and helped me copy a proclamation until my hands were numb. More than a thousand announcements have finally been completed.
Call a star officer and ask him to have these documents tied to arrows and shot into the city.
"Sir, do you want to take the arrow off? The young officer looked at me and said, "If you shoot an announcement, it's not good to hurt people." β
"Do you know how much an arrow costs?" I pointed at his nose angrily: "Loser! Hurt people is a fart, sue them, shoot as much as you can!"
"Yes!" the star officer trotted away. Anyway, it's okay, I'll ride a horse to see the excitement.
An elven archer picked up a longbow, stretched the string of the arrow, and shot an arrow towards the city wall, and I put my hand on my forehead. His eyes followed the trail of the feather arrow - on the city wall, a black dot shook slightly. Then he fell backwards.
"Good, good. I nodded approvingly: "All the army is out!"
Maple Leaf City is a mess, and since the two magical attacks yesterday evening until now, the cries and screams in the city have been endless.
There were originally more than a hundred magicians in Maple Leaf City, and the magic array was supposed to be awakened soon, but these magicians didn't know what evil they had fallen into, and they actually fell ill collectively at noon yesterday!
Their hands and feet twitched and their mouths foamed, and although the temple priests were busy, there were less than thirty of them who could stand up before the enemy attacked!
The first series of lightning made the governor of Du Feng Province, General Khalik, furious. Everyone knows that lightning is not fun, and whoever has the highest house will be the first to be unlucky, and the tallest building in the city is the Governor's Palace...... As a result, the governor's palace of Khalik was struck by lightning and there was not a good wall left. The aristocratic residences in the city are even more miserable, these once splendid buildings have all become dilapidated houses after being patronized by lightning, and if it weren't for the basement, these nobles would have finished playing long ago.
Not to mention the 400-year-old temple, the glorious main hall used to worship the god of light was rolled over by a meteor, and more than half of it was burned down, half of the main hall collapsed, the jade podium was gone, the colorful fountain was plugged, and the statue of the god of light was also crooked...... The High Priest of the Maple City Temple immediately went crazy, he brandished his staff, unkempt rushed into the basement where Halik was hiding, pointed at his nose and cursed, Halik didn't dare to fight back.
After sacrificing more than 2,000 cavalry, the barrier was finally propped up, but several fires in the city were not extinguished until midnight. The streets were crowded with people who had lost their homes, and even the trees on the street walkways were almost destroyedβit was a great sight in Maple City, a "verdant corridor" that was sung by countless poets and admired by the cardinal priests of the temple!
Those incompetent border garrisons! those incompetent spies! and the incompetent left minister!
Yesterday morning, there was also information coming back, saying that the troops in the Dark Province had not finished their training, that the war supplies in the Dark Moon Province had not yet been shipped, and that Cohen had not yet been shipped. Kaida's ruffian is now in Wanpu, and he is busy scraping the ground and taking out the night songs...... Why is it that in the blink of an eye, other people's troops are chasing after the ass who sent intelligence!
Anyway, this night, General Khalik did not have an easy time.
The next morning, after not sleeping all night, Khalik arranged the city defense and went to see his former residence. Walking on the "ruins" of the Governor's Palace, he felt that his heart was dripping blood, thinking of his original golden utensils, thinking of the big bed that could accommodate ten concubines, and thinking of the hundreds of sets of various sets that he had ordered at a great price...... His heart was already spurting blood.
"Your Excellency the Governor, it's an announcement from the enemy. An officer came running nervously with a feathered arrow.
"What......" Halik looked at the smudge on the arrow, "wipe it clean!"
The officer took the arrow and immediately grabbed the placket to wipe the blood from the arrow, and Halik took the arrow and untied the paper wrapped around it.
After only a few glances, Halik was trembling with anger, and the flesh on his face was already twisted.
'Proclamation from the Blessed Knight and Governor of the Dark Province to all the noble families in Maple Leaf City: The national thief Luman Holy Capital has rebelled. The governor of Du Feng Province - the lackey Halik shamelessly followed. It is inevitable that Du Feng Province will be involved in the war!
The Governor of Ben was fed Fischet. The life of Xia Mai XiΓ . led the army to recover the entire territory of the Sibia Empire, and Du Feng Province bore the brunt. Whoever dares to obstruct the great cause of the Emperor's restoration will be ruthlessly annihilated by this governor like the 500,000 miscellaneous fish in the second and fifth war zones of the Demon Alliance!
The Governor is wise and invincible, and yesterday's battle is a warning. Gentlemen know very well that once the war officially begins. No matter how high or low, family and property are no longer guaranteed to be safe under the fires of war.
But Fichette. Xia Mai has an order: The nobles in Maple Leaf City are not the nobles of one province or one city, but the nobles of our Sbia Empire, the pillars of the country, and they must not be destroyed by war.
In view of this, the Governor decided to withdraw his troops a hundred miles away, and attack again three days later. Within three days, you gentlemen can leave calmly and go wherever you want. Those who are willing to go to see His Majesty. The Governor shall be courteous, and he shall not be embarrassed if he wants to go elsewhere. In all the territories that have been recovered by this Governor. Your property will be protected.
All nobles who leave Maple Leaf City and encounter the army of the Dark Province can be unimpeded by simply showing this announcement and their family badge.
Three days later, the Governor will besiege Maple Leaf City again, and all the nobles who remain in the city will be regarded as fellow rebels.
It's up to you to decide where to go from here.
This is the Knight of God's Blessing, Third Earl, Governor of the Dark Province, Cohen. Al Qaeda'" this rascal...... This is blackmail...... It's a threat!" Halik threw the announcement on the ground and scolded as he stepped on it, "How many such announcements are there?"
"Near, nearly a thousand. β
"You damn fool!" Halik slapped the officer to the ground.
Several officers around the "Governor ......" froze, and General Khalik had always had a bad temper.
"What are you doing here? Don't you go and collect this damn proclamation!" Halik gasped and his eyes reddened, "We can't let this proclamation be picked up by the nobles!"
Just as he was giving the order, another officer rushed from the city wall.
"Your Excellency the Governor......" the officer said with a face full of joy: "The enemy is retreating. β
"Really withdrawn?" Halik was taken aback, and hurriedly followed up the wall.
Outside the city walls, the besieging enemy troops had already packed up their tents for the night and were evacuating. Of the enemy forces besieging the city, two have been withdrawn.
"Your Excellency the Governor, you are so calm and calm, and you are like a god in your army!" an officer leaned over with a smile: "Under your command, the enemy army has retreated. β
"yes, yes......"
"I already knew that the Governor was powerful......
"Shall we pursue?"
Halik's face turned red and white as he watched the retreating enemy troops, his eyes spewing fire, and he was almost squeezing water out of his clenched fists.
As if sensing that Halik was on the city wall, several groups of light horsemen of about three or four hundred men rushed out of the enemy camp, one of which approached the city wall where Halik and the others were standing.
"Ahh......h Governor, be careful!" An officer who had seen it was so good immediately threw Halik to the ground. Before Halik could react, a row of feathered arrows flew overhead, and an unlucky egg-faced door that had just been shouting for pursuit fell next to Halik with a "bang...... Frightened, Halik swallowed back a foul word that came to his lips.
These groups of cavalry circled the city wall and fired thousands of feathered arrows into the city from other directions, and then they hurried back to join the enemy's large army.
Halik pointed to the arrow that was still stuck in the face of some of the hapless guys: "Announcement, announcement again...... Give it to me!"
This announcement is written to the defenders and civilians of Maple Leaf City, and unlike the announcement written to the nobles, this announcement is full of crude swear words such as "miscellaneous, shit", etc., and the rogue governor threatens the soldiers and civilians with an extremely bad attitude: in the days when Maple Leaf City is attacked, they must not work for Halik, and they must supervise each other, and anyone who reports and verifies one person will be rewarded with a silver coin. If there is a violation, the day of the city will be "played to death", and dozens of ways to passively sabotage are also noted after the announcement......
Halik finally read the announcement, and then forced himself down the wall...... No one said anything about chasing again.
As for the announcements that were shot into the city, where could they be collected? But at noon on the same day. Several nobles came to meet with Halik. Asked to get out of town.
In the face of these nobles who are rich and powerful, and even Lu Man has to give three points, Halik naturally said all the good things, what is the safety after leaving, there is no guarantee of safety, and the nobles leave the army...... It was until the skin of the mouth cracked, but these nobles still did not change their original intentions.
"General Khaliq. A nobleman stood up impatiently: "I've been in Maple Leaf City for a while, my brother, Du Lang, the governor of Baisha Province. The Count of Sisoka has written several times urging me to take my two nieces to my brother. I hope you understand this. β
"Yes! Another old nobleman also stood up: "My old bones, it doesn't seem to be of much help to your city defense, Lu Man has written many times to invite me to the Holy Capital, I have already agreed this time, I will take my granddaughter to the Holy Capital to play, you have no reason to insist on letting me stay, right?"
"General Khalik, the High Priest of the Maple City Temple has allowed me to leave the city......"
"General Khalik, it is your duty to protect the lives and property of the nobles, and since Maple Leaf City is no longer safe, you should let us leave......"
Halik sat back in his chair feebly. With a splitting headache, he finally nodded: "Okay...... Everybody. I'll let it go. β
In the afternoon of the same day, the west gate of Maple Leaf City was opened, and several teams of light cavalry were rushed out to reconnoiter outside the city. So, the nobles who had been waiting for a long time began to leave, and the carriages of more than a dozen nobles drove out of the west gate first, and some of the nobles did not pack up the soft at a very fast pace, and they left when it was close to midnight.
But they didn't expect that from the moment they left the city, they would be targeted.
Scouts and liaison officers of the Dark Province are hiding in caves or in the shade of trees on both sides of the road, picture books in hand, comparing the noble insignia on the carriages one by one. Once a noble family with a suitable woman for marriage is identified as leaving the city, this information will be transmitted back to the command of Operation Secret Garden at a very fast pace.
"The Secret Garden", can anyone else think of such a strange name as Governor Cohen with empty eyes?
And the commander in this command is Amaterasu in civilian clothes, because Amaterasu's subordinates are not enough to complete such a large-scale operation, so there are officers from the Dark Province Liaison Office and a civilian reconnaissance battalion to join...... This is the first cooperation between the three parties.
"Boss. Because he was commanded by Amaterasu, everyone called Amaterasu the boss: "There is information coming back again." β
Amaterasu, who was expressionless, took the information, and after reading it, said to his subordinates: "Inform the No. 1 Hotel, pay attention to the carriage of the Hisoka family, there are two daisies in it. β
"Okay boss. As he was about to leave, he turned his head and asked, "Do you pick both?"
"Nonsense. Amaterasu glanced at the subordinate with a cold look, and spat out a few words on his thin lips: "Next time, don't ask such a stupid question again." β
"Yes!" his subordinates felt that Amaterasu could see that their backs were cold, and they hurriedly ran out.
Amaterasu flipped through the long list in his hand, and there was also a trace of anxiety in his heart, but this was what the young master had explained...... No matter how difficult it is, it has to be done!
He walked to the window and looked through a small gap in the curtain at the hotel on the other side of the road, which was a very important location in the operation, the No. 3 hotel...... After a night of preparation, the lodge in this small country town was ready to receive VIPs.
At this time, the noble carriage traveling on the road encountered the cavalry of the Guards of the Dark Province for the first time.
Because of the poor road conditions, after dawn, the noble convoys that had originally set off in the same place had distanced themselves from each other. Of course, this dilapidated road is man-made.
When a battalion of cavalry approached, the nobles were frightened by the black-clad and black-armoured, sparkling army...... The guards outside the carriage clenched their weapons and looked at each other, their palms covered with sweat.
A Guards officer with a cloak dragging behind him, with a dozen guards, rushed directly from the side of the road to the front, then turned his horse's head and signaled the first carriage to stop.
"Old, old, old, old man......" The coachman was frightened: "How, what should I do?"
"Stop!" Although his heart was uneasy, the middle-aged nobleman in the carriage spoke fluently.
The carriage came to a slow stop, and the middle-aged nobleman tried to calm himself, then clutched the proclamation and his family's badge in his hand. Got out of the carriage.
"Good morning. The officer paid no attention to the guards by the carriage. After urging the horse to get closer, he removed his gloves. A knightly salute in wartime: "What shall I call you, dear sir?"
"Good morning, Mr. Officer. After the middle-aged nobleman returned the salute, he raised his head and said, "You can call me Viscount Faria, Faria." 1st Viscount of Aydin. β
"Yes, Mr. Viscount. It seems that the officer of the Guards does not intend to dismount: "In order to prevent someone from impersonating a nobleman from leaving the city, I need to check your family coat of arms as well as the proclamation." Also check the carriage, I think you can understand. β
"Yes. I understand. Faria handed over the proclamation and badge in his hand.
"Don't forget to ask, is there a lady in the carriage behind you? We'll check it too. β
"Mr. Officer, pay attention to your words, don't you see the sign on the carriage?" said Faria, whose face turned pale and angry, "That's my mother's and wife's carriage!
The young guard officer smiled: "You have misunderstood what I meant, in the army of the Dark Province, not only men are serving, I will arrange for female officers to inspect the carriages of female dependents. β
As he spoke, the officer beckoned, and all the soldiers behind him dismounted and began to check. Faria stared at the two soldiers who approached his mother and wife in the car. Until the two elven soldiers got impatient and pulled down their hoods and masks. Until the pretty face of the flower is revealed.
"You don't have to worry, Mr. Viscount. The Guards officer comforted him and said, "As long as you don't break the rules, we will definitely not be embarrassed." β
"I hope so. Faria muttered, "Your announcement says ......"
In just a few moments, the inspection was completed.
"I regret the inconvenience caused. The Guards officer apologized as he took out an envelope from his saddle pocket and handed it to Viscount Faria: "Take this letter, Mr. Viscount, you will have a smooth journey." β
"Well, goodbye. Viscount Faria took the letter, hesitated for a moment, but thanked him: "Thank you, young officer. β
"Have a nice trip. The officer was still smiling as he watched the carriage leave.
"Sir......" Seeing the carriage leave, the officer's adjutant leaned over and asked, "Have you really memorized all the conversations?"
"Isn't it nonsense? It's really hard to learn from these nobles to speak, and Lao Tzu's whole face is numb. The young officer rubbed his chin: "If it weren't for the boss's order, would the battalion commander do such a thing?"
"Sir, bear with me!" the adjutant looked at the end of the road: "Another noble carriage is coming." β
The young officer moved his jaw quickly and uttered a barrage of foul words to adjust his state, until a female elven archer next to him glanced at him, and he immediately shut up.
"What's the matter, battalion commander?" the adjutant asked, "Who is this elf?"
"It's an officer in the boss's guard, called ...... Call Dinah, to oversee us. The battalion commander replied in a whisper.
These elven ladies possess powerful magical powers in their own right, even in their eyes, and all the male soldiers have a heartfelt respect for them. I don't understand? The boss of these officers' mouths -- Cohen. Governor Al Aeda, everyone in the army has been scolded by him, but Chief Cohen has never spoken rudely to any elven lady.
"Sir. The adjutant reminded: "The goal has arrived." β
Several more carriages, accompanied by a group of guards, drove up, and the officers who needed to speak were recalling the conversations over and over again in their minds.
The carriage approached slowly, and the adjutant raised his arm: "Dark Province army routine inspection, please get out of the car." β
The male nobles in the carriage got out of the carriage, straightened their robes, and waited for the officer to speak first.
"Good morning, what shall I call you, dear sir?"
"Good morning, Mr. Officer. I'm CuarΓ³n. Baron Siso. The nobleman cleared his throat and replied gracefully.
"Yes, Mr. Baron, I will check your proclamation and family crest, and check your carriage. The guard officer had already scolded the nobleman in front of him a hundred times in his heart: "Is there a female dependant in the carriage behind you? (To be continued......)