Seeing that Oni and Vanessa were silent, Ellens smiled and comforted: "Don't worry, as long as the other party doesn't resist, I won't embarrass them." After all, we don't need to have an unresolvable grudge against Western Rome......"

At this moment, the leader of the orc alliance, Laikaon, came up from downstairs. This red-blooded wolf rider has followed Ellens for many years, has a more reserved personality and has little interest in wealth. In addition, he was not accustomed to water by nature, so he did not participate in the looting, but stayed by Elrenth's side to liaise with the various teams.

Lekaon walked up to the dragon and said, "Your Excellency Dmitry, my lord, has received news that their Scout Puppet has spotted an army coming from the direction of the city of Rome. ”

Dmitry was in charge of commanding the floating fleet, and due to his air superiority, the task of detecting the movement of enemy reinforcements also fell on him. Originally, they expected that enemy reinforcements would arrive soon, so they sent a large number of Knights of Parthenon to closely monitor the flying puppets around Pescarrasi, so that they could prepare for a quick retreat before the main enemy army arrived.

Unexpectedly, half a day passed, but the city of Rome, which was not far away, did not send reinforcements for a long time. As a result, the Merfolk Kingdom and the Illyrian coalition continued to strengthen their reconnaissance and continued to plunder Pescara. Now the Holy See has finally sent reinforcements, but they have almost grabbed it.

Elrence sneered and said: "It's just in time, send the order to each team to prepare to collect troops, let them pounce!"

The leader of the wolf clan nodded, but he looked like he wanted to say something. Evil Dragon Qi said: "What, you don't agree to withdraw troops?"

Laikaon nodded and said, "Great King." According to our observations, this batch of reinforcements is only 20,000 in total, and the strength of the coordinated floating fleet is not strong. With our elite troops, they are more than capable of defeating them. There is no need to rush to collect troops. ”

"Only 20,000 people?" Elrens couldn't help but pinch his chin in thought when he heard the news.

Vanessa on the side advised: "According to our previous plan, we should retreat as soon as the enemy sends reinforcements. Now that we have achieved more results than expected in this operation, we should take it as soon as we see it, so why continue to fight?"

The mermaid princess's words are not unreasonable, although the other party is only 20,000 people, but if the pope of the Holy See of Light and the twelve cardinals pour out. That's not easy to deal with. In the event of a defeat in the battle, I am afraid that the loot obtained before will be wiped out, and even a fiasco may end in a fiasco!

But then Ernie also chimed in: "I think the loot is secondary. It's not a pity to lose it. Don't forget that the real purpose of our operation is to prevent the Western Romans from entering the war, and there must be big men in the reinforcements, and if we can capture one or two cardinals, it will be even more contempting for the Holy See. Don't dare to enter the war easily. ”

Elrens frowned and thought about it. Then he said to Lecaon: "Send for the three Generals Dmitry, Paros and Nisias, and to come back to discuss the next move, and order the troops to stop plundering at once, and assemble to prepare for battle or retreat......

Not long after, Dmitry and the others hurried in, among whom Omia and Paros were holding a middle-aged nobleman dressed in an Apennineian-style robe. His expression was both frustrated and frightened, forced by Paros with his sword in hand. Had to follow him here.

Elrence asked curiously, "Your Highness Princess, who is this person?"

Onomia gently stroked her fluttering blonde hair and replied, "He is a captive we have captured in the East City, named Busilis, and the head of the noble council of the port of Pescara!"

"Oh, I didn't expect to catch such a big fish!"

Elrens glanced at the middle-aged man and said with a smile: "Bu Siris, you are too stupid, we have been attacking Pescara for a long time, why don't you run away as soon as possible, why are you grinding until now?"

Poor Busilis kept a bitter face and did not speak. Onomia smiled and said, "This council elder has too many belongings at home, and he is reluctant to leave them behind, so he has to spend a lot of time packing up a large number of belongings. When we arrived in a dinghy to the northern part of Pescara, we encountered him leading a group of private soldiers out of the city, and we killed them with a single charge. He mixed in with the private soldiers and tried to run, but the clothes on his body were very conspicuous, and he was soon discovered and captured. After a little interrogation, he did all the tricks. ”

Everyone laughed, this Siris is interesting, as the speaker of the parliament, he is so greedy for money, and he has to run away with his belongings in the chaos, and he is to blame for being caught.

Elrens stared at him with a smile and asked, "What did this guy do?"

The Latin princess raised her sword and patted Siris on the neck, threatening, "Repeat what you just said." ”

Faced with the sharp sword edge that was close at hand, Bu Siris shuddered with fright, and had no choice but to hang his head and say, "Everyone...... That's the case, our Western Rome originally did not have many standing troops, and they were basically concentrated in three locations, one was the northern border, the second was Naples in the south, and the third was the Roman city in the center. But since the decision was made to participate in the Balkan War, the whole country has mobilized its forces to Naples to cross the sea from there to attack the southern Balkans. The main force of the city of Rome was almost completely drained, and only 30,000 men remained, and we did not expect that the enemy army would attack Western Rome first, so there was almost no preparation, and we did not expect you to suddenly appear in Pescara. If troops were to be transferred from the north and south at this time, only part of the floating fleet would be brought in at most in a short period of time, and the rest of the main force would take a day at the earliest. ”

Elrens nodded: "I see, I didn't expect that there were only 30,000 people in the city of Rome, no wonder they could only send 20,000 reinforcements!"

When Jole heard the news, he rolled his eyes and said excitedly: "In that case, let's just stop doing it and knock down the city of Rome!!"

Dmitry, Paros and Nicias were startled, and hurriedly objected: "The Roman defense is extremely strong, plus there are the pope and twelve cardinals in charge, it will definitely not be easy to break through, and if the time drags on, once the enemy reinforcements arrive, I am afraid it will be difficult to get out!"

(To be continued......)