Early in the morning, coming out of the barracks, all the members of the Knights of the Holy Sword stood there straight, like pine trees covered in metal, neatly aligned. Walking head-on, the sun greeted him, sprinkled on Gehr's body, and covered him with a film of hot golden light.

At that moment, he was almost like a god.

"Get on the horse. ”

Gehr flipped over, and with a simple order, all the members of the Order followed and sat on their horses.

"Victory! Victory! Long live Her Royal Highness Princess! Long live Haysting!"

Trumpets sounded in the distance, and frenzied cheers swept in, not for the Knights of the Holy Sword, whose military camp was outside the city, but for another army that was holding a pledge meeting, an expeditionary force led by Princess Sylvia herself, who would set off in a day's time.

Although the cheers were not for themselves, the soldiers of the Order were still so excited that they could not help themselves.

"Let's go. ”

There was no noise, no frenzy, the torrent of metal began to move forward, only the sound of dense horses' hooves shook people's hearts, and a mighty aura of slaughter arose.

The continuous metal armor stomach is like a mirror with a good face, and in the morning light, it forms a huge spot of light, and the light seems to obscure the sky.

Gehr didn't move with the cavalry, but rode his horse and stood quietly on the side of the road, looking back in the direction of Eeriblock.

"Your Excellency......" Alwal and Duff, who had been waiting on either side of Gehr, spoke at the same time.

Gehr looked back and saw that the cavalry in front of him had run far away, and the three were the only ones still here.

Nodding, Gell kicked the horse in the belly. The war horse ran knowingly.

"Let's go. ”

......

And at this time, in a room on the third floor of the Delta Hotel. Lucarine stood against the window.

Although the streets were full of excited people, these did not interest her in the slightest. Her gaze was just fixed in the opposite direction of the flow of the crowd. Although all she could see was the buildings of Eeribrock, she knew that the way was in the direction she was looking, and that her lover was about to enter the battlefield.

Suddenly, a palpitation inexplicably appeared in her heart, which was very uncomfortable.

This feeling is unreasonable, but it is very real, as if something most precious is about to be lost, and I almost want to cry.

"Be sure to come back, I'll surprise you then......"

Stroking her lower abdomen, Lucarine muttered to herself. Tell the story of what you didn't have time to say.

......

The Seventeenth Princess, who had escaped from Bern, took control of Elibrock and used it as a base to launch an active attack on the Waynes entrenched in Merzai, vowing to reclaim the land of the Haysting.

Unsurprisingly, this situation alarmed the Slavna coalition forces. After the previous two invasions of Eleblock, they had realized that the nascent regime was not a bone to gnaw on, and had been preparing for the attack of the Sylvia army.

As the Sylvia Army began to move towards the Rio Pass, the most important node connecting Elriblock and Merzai, the Slacna coalition had sent their corresponding legions to prepare for a decisive battle with the fledgling force, not only to wash away the humiliation of two defeats at their hands, but also to win the battle, and to cut off Merzai's last hope. Reach their ultimate goal - to become the master of this land.

Upon hearing the news, Merzai also began to move, but due to several previous failures, Count Swanka, who now leads Merzai, does not dare to rush out of the city again. Just hiding behind the walls and waiting for the outcome of the battle between the two sides.

At the same time, when the news of Sylvia's troops was delivered to the Gantt Empire. The Marquis Nevelet, the commander-in-chief of the border garrison between the two countries, also voiced his voice, expressing great concern for what was happening in the neighboring country. It is better to think that war will not solve the problem, and it is better to sit down and negotiate. Everything is easy to say. However, the Marquis, who is known for his love of luxury, was still urging the country to speed up the build-up of recruits and equipment at the time of his statement, and the frequent presence of spies in the Merzai region made the credibility of his statement truly unreassuring.

In addition to these directly related forces, Sylvia's dispatch of troops also drew attention from other quarters.

For example, after the Bern Rebellion, the itinerant parliament that entered the capital of Haysting, after seizing the capital of a country, the internal instability of the multi-factional problem began to erupt, and even began to fight in addition to the quarrels, one, three, five, small fights, two, four, six gathered enough strength to be ruthless, and on July they stopped fighting and rested for a day.

Thanks to their tireless efforts, the capital of this beautiful country was reduced to a miasma, and the fire on the night of the Bern Rebellion left the city in ruins, which had been painstakingly run by generations of Ansling families.

However, as soon as the news of Sylvia's expedition came, those who were struggling for the reign of Bern found that Sylvia, a weak princess, had made such a big move under their noses, and the threat suddenly surpassed that of the Anslin children who had fled to various places and became kings.

Sylvia's siblings, on the other hand, watched what was happening here from afar and didn't make any moves, but they must have mixed feelings.

Strangely, however, on the night of the Bernese Rebellion, Hiawatha, which declared independence, solemnly issued a statement in support of Sylvia's legitimacy and was ready to send troops to support Sylvia. For a time, this local government, which had always been very low-key, suddenly became the focus of the eyes of many powerful forces.

In a short period of time, the situation in the Merzai area of Haysting has changed again and again, which is simply unacceptable. The dazzling changes make it impossible for people in the whirlpool to grasp their own position and the torrent of history, and only when they deduce the events of the year from various consequences many years later, will they sigh "There is such a thing".

Just when everyone's eyes were on the imminent war between the Sylvia Army and the Slarkna Alliance, on the distant border of the Gantt Empire, an army that was about to stir up the entire Haythsburgh was moving forward rapidly.

......

The sound of horses' hooves trampling on the gray wasteland tore through the howling cold wind. A group of cavalry with no end in sight was galloping north.

Iron hooves crushed the frozen ground and cracked the ice. The debris was brought up to form small columns of smoke. I saw that everyone in this cavalry group was wearing a sturdy armor stomach and a gray cloak. He also covered his mouth and nose with a thick cloth, revealing only a pair of shining eyes, which looked extremely elite and abnormal, not at all comparable to those wilderness bandits.

This is the Knights of the Holy Sword who are on a mission to cross the borders of the Gantt Empire and raid the rear of the Slavna army.

This is already the fifth day of entering the Jitai steppe.

The Knights of the Holy Sword encountered no obstacles along the way, and it was not the Gantt border guards who were worried about slowing down the cavalry's advance, but the natural environment of the place.

Suddenly, the leading knight made a gesture, and the entire cavalry group began to slow down slowly under his leadership. The horse's steps became smaller and smaller, and the last one stopped after continuing to run for more than thirty steps.

At this time, several reconnaissance cavalry were running towards the large force.

"My lord, the front has been cleared, and we have found a good campsite according to Miss Carmerita's words, and the water source there is also very good, and we can lead the way with a little filtering. The scout cavalry came to a halt in front of the leading horseman, dismounted and reported respectfully.

"Very good, lead the way ahead. The Leader Knights nodded. He removed the scarf he had used to ward off the strong winds that were mixed with too much sand and gravel, revealing a young face, none other than Gehr, who had led the raid.

"Thanks to you this time. Gehr motioned for the scout cavalry to mount and lead the way, then turned to one of the cavalrymen in the flank.

"Nothing. I've been here once, and I've been here for a long time. A cold voice came out from under the veil of the cavalryman's face, and it was a female voice.

"Hmm. Gehr said no more. Commanding the cavalry to continue to advance.

About an hour later, the Knights reached the leeward side of a hill and set up camp.

The fire soon went up. The expedition was to ensure logistics. Reducing the non-combat attrition in the march not only concentrated the vast majority of the horses that Elibrock was able to provide. They also brought a lot of necessary materials, such as various gastrointestinal medicines, anti-frostbite ointments, linen, ropes, etc., and charcoal was also one of the important marching materials that could not only make fires but also filter water, so it was not difficult for them to make fires in this desolate land.

"My lord, we have lost a total of seven horses today, including the supplies on horseback, which have fallen into the swamp and cannot be recovered, one dead and three injured, but it is not a big problem; the frostbite situation is better today than the previous days, as long as we maintain this speed, our medicine will have no problem until we leave this place......" Duff, the former tavern owner and now a knight's squire, reported to Gehr, who was sitting on a boulder, about the current situation of the team.

This is also a problem that causes some headaches for the entire Knights.

Originally, Geer thought that the gray mist hills that almost couldn't grow anything but weeds were bad enough, but he didn't expect that the environment of this grassland was several times worse, and it was no wonder that no one would come to live here, and as for the Gantt border guards, they would not run this place where birds don't to hang out in this season.

This is more like a grassland than a wasteland, not to mention barren vegetation, and there are rivers and lakes and marshes all along the way, and a cavalry with bad luck will swallow it up. Luckily, the coldest part of the day was when the rivers and lakes had frozen in the cold, allowing the cavalry to walk through the ice.

Of course, not all places are completely frozen, and there will always be some unlucky cavalry who will encounter this kind of trouble, resulting in attrition and material losses.

But fortunately, most of the distance has been passed, and in a few days they will completely cross this place, and these days, with the increase of experience and the guidance of the goddess officials who have traveled here, this kind of unnecessary attrition has been significantly reduced, and Geer does not have to worry about the possibility of less than half of the troops left in his hands after passing through here. (To be continued......)