"No, I can't. Du Liniang's mention was firmly rejected by Caroline, "At this time, we can't back down, otherwise we won't be laughed at by that bastard of Noko?"

Listening to Caroline's obvious words, Du Liniang couldn't help but smile and stretched out her hand, gently smoothed Caroline's tightly locked brows and said, "Okay, some things may not necessarily be won, besides, we really can't break the city right now." ”

Christine, who had been holding back for a long time, finally couldn't help but speak: "The magic barrier that my brother has arranged is based on the entire city, gathering the magic power of the four directions, I'm afraid that even the aunt of the Holy Rank can't blast it away lightly, right?"

Du Liniang nodded and admitted: "Yes, that magic barrier obviously gathers the power of nature, and it is impossible for me to blast it open." ”

Under the persuasion of everyone, Caroline finally sighed and said: "I am really unwilling to be able to break through that city and trample Norco under my feet." ”

After complaining, Caroline gave an order to Beludi: "Belloti, you tell the mechs of the Mechs to prepare for a retreat, continue to feint until we have all retreated, and then let the mechs leave." ”

Seeing Caroline give the order to leave, everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, knowing that Caroline had finally compromised and did not forcibly attack the city because of her will.

Beludi didn't say much, but smiled evilly and said, "Since they are all leaving, then I will leave them some good things." ”

Yukisai Tahara and Nobumitsu Oda were eager to wait for reinforcements, but suddenly received an order to retreat from Caroline, and both of them were almost stunned on the spot.

Taiyuan Xuezhai also asked with some annoyance, what happened, why did he suddenly choose to retreat?

This time, the robot in charge of the order told Taiyuan Xuezhai the truth, Taiyuan Xuezhai lowered his head and thought about it when he heard this, and finally could only sigh unwillingly. directly commanded the ronin under his command to retreat into pieces.

Oda Nobumitsu's is even more direct, that is, all the ronin samurai retreat directly, and there is almost no mud and water.

Standing at the head of the city, Noko was planning to deal Caroline and the others with some blows, so that Caroline and the others could retreat.

After all, the magic barrier seems to be very powerful, but in fact, the barrier is used once, and there is a time limit, if it exceeds the time, it will naturally disintegrate, and if it is removed before the time is up, then the barrier will naturally disintegrate.

So anyway. Noko's magical barrier might never get used to it again, so he wanted to use it once.

It's a pity that when Noko was looking for Caroline, he found that Caroline and the others had long since disappeared, and the mechanical warriors who attacked outside the barrier gradually dispersed with the passage of time.

Seeing that Caroline and the others had retreated, Noko hurriedly used his own power to urge the magic to flatten, intending to disintegrate the barrier at the moment. Absorb enough magical elements to strengthen your power with the help of those magical elements.

However, before Norko could fully gather the magical elements, he watched as the magical barrier collapsed. The remnants of the magical elements drifted in the wind, leaving almost nothing behind.

Norke said to himself with a wry smile on his face: "I really can't imagine that even if I leave, don't you want me to feel better?"

Then a fierce look appeared on Noko's face. Secretly decided: "Hmph, even if you don't want me to have a good time, I will try to surpass you." Lucius, I'll prove my strength. ”

At the shrine in the village, No. 3 and No. 4 have returned, accompanied by Soga Inamome and Koji Takeda, who has a severed hand.

Lucius quietly listened to Koji Takeda talk about the strength of the Takeda family, and learned that Norco, Oliver and Psius had already taken refuge in the Takeda family.

And this time, Takeda Koji led his troops to attack a small seaside village, and it was actually Takeda Tsuyoshi who was given by Norko to Takeda Koji's father, a daimyo in Chiba Prefecture, and the current head of the Takeda family, Takeda Tsuyoshi, who was then in charge of the attack.

learned that Norko was in the Takeda family, and became Takeda Koji's father, a trusted servant under Takeda Tsuyoshi.

Lucius couldn't help but shake his head and sighed: "Hey, it seems that this time I am afraid that I will not be able to succeed, but I am afraid that Caroline and they can only retreat in the end." ”

Hearing Lucius's sigh, Number Three asked with some puzzlement: "Your Highness, Lord Beludi is going together, do you have to retreat even like this?"

Hearing this, Lucius couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "Although Beluti followed, but Noko's means are not weak, and there are six guys from Oliver and Pwcis, Caroline is impossible for them to break through the city, rather than delay the attack for a long time, it is better to withdraw the troops as soon as possible." ”

At this time, Koji Takeda immediately answered: "Lord, in fact, Chiba Castle, where the Daimyo's mansion is located, is all made of stones, and it is definitely impregnable. ”

Lucius nodded and said, "I know, but no matter how strong the city wall is, it can still be broken by my mechanical corps in the end, and if Norko uses the magic barrier, I am afraid it will not be so easy to breach." ”

When Koji Takeda heard this, he asked with some surprise: "Lord, do you mean that Noko is a very powerful guy?"

"Of course, he's a very powerful magician, and he's a very knowledgeable person in Potions. ”

Hearing what Lucius said, Koji Takeda couldn't help but feel a little regretful in his heart, in fact, Koji Takeda had humiliated the other party in front of him when Norco had just gone to Takeda's house and was not welcomed.

Now that he knows the true origin of Noko's relic strength, Takeda Koji can't help but feel that he is really a little too discerning.

Thinking of this, Koji Takeda had to admit that his father's eyes were very vicious at the beginning, and when Norko and they were almost cornered, Takeda Gang met Norco as the head of the family, and tried his best to keep Norko and them.

Now that Koji Takeda thinks about it, he feels that his father is indeed a very discerning person, and from the perspective of knowing people and judging people, there is a big gap between Koji Takeda and his father.

Just as Koji Takeda was secretly pondering, there was a commotion outside, and soon the door of the shrine was opened, and Caroline and others walked in from the outside one after another.

It can be clearly seen that there is almost no joy on everyone's face, and they all have a lonely look.

When they saw that Takeda had just died while kneeling in the shrine, everyone was stunned, not knowing who Koji Takeda was?

But when they remembered that someone had attacked the village before, everyone immediately recognized each other, knowing that the other party was probably the leader who led the army to attack the village.

It's just that, judging from the other party's severed hand, it seems that he did not succeed in attacking the village, but instead put one of his own hands into it, which made everyone look at Lucius even more suspiciously.

Instead of answering everyone's questions, Lucius asked everyone to sit down first.

He smiled and said to everyone, "It seems that you didn't succeed this time, and you were in a bit of a hurry when you retreated, because of Norko?"

When Caroline heard the word "Noko", she immediately roared angrily: "Damn bastard, don't let me see him again, if I meet him again, I will definitely break him to pieces." ”

Knowing that Caroline was probably really angry, Lucius hurriedly relieved: "Victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, and besides, it is already very good that you can come back gloomily." ”

"But we didn't break through the castle, nor did we break through the daimyo's mansion, because we were afraid that your side would not be able to withstand the attack, so we had to retreat. ”

Seeing that Caroline seemed to be a little unconvinced, Lucius could only continue to persuade: "Don't worry, even if it doesn't work out this time, there will always be a time when it can succeed." ”

After Lucius's continuous persuasion, Caroline finally calmed down temporarily, and also dispelled the anger of the others about failure.

Then Lucius introduced Takeda Koji to everyone, and when he heard that Takeda Koji was the eldest son of the Takeda family, Taiyuan Yukisai and Oda Nobumitsu were immediately dumbfounded.

After a long time, Taiyuan Xuezhai said to Lucius in surprise: "Lord, you are really amazing, with this person in our hands, I believe that Chiba City will soon be broken by us." ”

Lucius knew what Taiyuan Xuezhai meant, and he wanted to use Takeda Koji as a bait to force Takeda to surrender Chiba Castle.

Takeda Koji also understood what Taiyuan Xuezhai meant, and said with a sneer: "Hmph, you are simply whimsical, how could Takeda Gang, that desperate and determined guy, compromise for me? Not to mention that I also broke a hand." ”

Glancing at Takeda Koji's wrist and seeing the hand that was cut off by Qi Wrist, Taiyuan Xuezhai couldn't help frowning, thought about it, and felt that what the other party said seemed to be very reasonable.

For the samurai of Fuso Kingdom, especially in the traditional daimyo family such as the Takeda family, strength represents this qiē.

Once the strength decreases and falls into the hands of the enemy, then the Takeda family will definitely abandon it without hesitation.

The current Takeda Koji is worthless at all, and if Takeda Gang sees that he is missing a hand, the Takeda family will already be merciful if he does not remove him.

Lucius could see that everyone was tired from hurrying for days, so he said to everyone: "Okay, let's all go back and rest, as for the attack on Chiba City, let's think about it in the long run." ”

Then most of them got up and left, leaving only Du Liniang, Constantine, Caroline, and Christine to flow.

When the door to the shrine was closed, Christine immediately spoke: "I'm sorry everyone, it's all because of my brother, otherwise we wouldn't have returned in vain this time." ”

Hearing this, everyone opened their mouths to comfort: "This matter is actually none of your business, you are you, and your brother is your brother, these are completely different things." ”

And Lucius smiled and said: "Christine, we have known each other for many years, and we have been through so much together, do we still need to be so polite before? ”

Christine pushed her eyes on the bridge of her nose, held back the tears rolling down, and said with a little choked up: "Thank you, really thank you." (To be continued......)