The early summer nights are cool, with the chirping of the grass coming and going, mixed with the strange sounds of night owls or two, and the mountain road at night makes people feel a different kind of tranquility. , the starlight poured down overhead, and every qiē was shrouded in the soft white light of the moon,

The heavy marching footsteps came from far and near, the horses' hooves raised the debris in the forest, breaking the tranquility of the mountain forest, the mountain birds flew up in a panic, flapping their wings, and looked fearfully at the torches marching towards the north below, which were the torches raised in the hands of countless human beings, these human beings wore armor like the night, and under the reflection of the torches, it was like the color of the rumored netherworld, and many uncountable torches were dragged from this end of the mountain road to the invisible distance, and even overshadowed the color of the starlight overhead, like a huge monster rolling in the night, and there were a large number of horse-drawn carriages full of heavy loads in the marching columns, and the healthy horses pulling the carts snorted outwards with mist, the horse's hooves stepped on the soft ground and stepped on a deep horse's hoof print,

"What's going on?"

Varisien came up from behind, and saw that at a bend in the mountain road, a carriage carrying Thor was once again stuck on the dirt road in the mountain, the wheels were slipping in the muddy water, and the horse-drawn people pushed it, but it didn't get out for a long time, but the whole queue was in chaos

"My lord, the mountain road is too wet, and it's a night march, and many of our carriages are stuck in it," replied a Falcon General with an embarrassed expression

Varisien's eyebrows furrowed slightly, he raised his head and glanced at the sky, his face was pale, no one thought that the rainy season had passed, and there would be so much water on the mountain road, and the carriage carrying Thor was largely trapped in it, although it was already full force. When the horizon on the horizon was slightly white, he was still fifteen miles away from his target, Berlindel, "If the Gallic rout army in the mountains arrives in advance, Berlindel will fall into a bitter battle!"

"Tell the troops, leave the last five thousand men in charge of the carriage, and everyone else will speed up with all their might, even if we climb, we must reach Berlin del at dawn before the army breaks out in the mountains!"

"Yes!" the herald nodded. Immediately turned around and conveyed Valisian's order to the troops, and upon hearing Valisian's order, the soldiers abandoned the heavy wagons stuck in the mud roads in the mountains, leaving behind a logistics force of five thousand men, and the special flag regiment quickly advanced towards Berlin del,

At dawn, the mountains began to flatten, and a plain appeared before Walision's eyes

"My lord, ahead is the range of Berlin del"

The scout cavalry came galloping from the front. Turning over and dismounting in front of Varisian, the news brought with him brightened Varisian's eyes, and Varision rode up a protruding cliff in front of him, covered with a white cloak. Dressed in black armor, he looked out at some hazy towns in the great plains below, and the fog was very thick in the morning, especially in the dense forests of the mountains. Condescendingly, only a sea of clouds rolled in the white expanse, just when Varisian was annoyed by this. A stirring mountain wind blew, blowing Varisien's hair scattered, and his eyes narrowed slightly into a line,

As the mountain wind blew away the mist, a straight post road across the plain appeared in Varisian's sight, and the scene below became clear, and in the gentle plain, a large city could be seen, a beautiful silver river passed by it, and to the right of the city was a lush green forest. To the left of the city is a sparse and tall wooded forest with a dark shadow in the hazy woods, most likely the garrison of the army.

"Berlin del!" Varisian looked at the silhouette of the city in the distance, silent, and a strange glint in his eyes. His eyes seemed to want to see not only the city, but also the rich and vast land of the Gallic Empire behind it, and he turned his head and asked, "Do you know what the other party has set up?"

The scout cavalry responded, "The vigilance of the enemy is very high, and the sky is getting brighter, we don't dare to get too close, but we can be sure that there must be a large army of the enemy in Berlindel and the surrounding area, because we have found heavy rut marks and a large number of horseshoe prints on the dirt road outside the city, and it is preliminarily estimated that there should be more than 10,000 cavalry in Delpenberg, and it seems that there are still heavy cavalry in existence!

"Arrived last night. Heavy cavalry ......"

Valisian's face sank, according to intelligence, the defenders of Berlin Del only had about fifteen thousand people, and they were all infantry, and there was absolutely no large-scale cavalry as the scouts said,

"It should be the new reinforcements of the Gauls! It's really ......" Varisian, who made such a judgment, took a deep breath, the situation in front of him began to complicate, the enemy's new arrival in the force is unknown, if he continues to launch a strong attack on Berlindel according to the previous plan, it is simply gambling with the 50,000 Falcon Army in this assault, and the 200,000 Imperial army that is still fighting fiercely in the middle line

"I can't afford such a bet!" Varisian raised his head and looked at the sky, the cloudless sky, the tile was blue, almost even the clouds were hidden, Varisian's face was cloudy, and finally withdrew his gaze from the sky, and ordered the herald heavily, "Stop the march!

The situation is unknown, this one, he can't afford to gamble, Varisian took a deep breath, this decision almost made him feel exhausted, as the fat man said, he is a very gambling person, but the battle on the outskirts of Kyoto almost suffered a total annihilation, so that Varisian's consistent luck heart suffered a heavy blow, it turned out, it is not necessarily good luck to be able to be able to go smoothly, properly judge the situation, make the most favorable judgment, should fight, retreat when it should be defeated, their own mistakes, the proof of pay, is the blood and lives of thousands of soldiers。

"What's going on, why did it stop all of a sudden!"

An old figure rode a horse, coming up from behind, it was Hutu Emma, who had been appointed as an adjutant, his slightly dissatisfied face swept over Varisian with a very unhappy gaze, that kind of appearance that seemed to see nothing, indicating that the relationship between the two was indeed very bad, Varisian was the brightest new star in the imperial military circles, the most trusted general of the Falcon Majesty, and was even rumored to be in the position of the five pillars of the empire at one time.

For Hutu Emma, who transferred to the Falcon Army halfway, Varisian is definitely qualified to be his son-in-law, but unfortunately, Varisian has a family, and for his proud baby daughter, he likes this married man, which is really embarrassing for Huttu Emma. There was even a sense of humiliation, but his daughter was so determined that she even pulled out, "Doesn't His Majesty also have ten wives, and there is no decree in the empire that says that a man can only marry one woman in his life!"

As a physician in the palace, her daughter does have the right to enter and exit the harem, and Hutu Emma was also a little scared, so she simply made a happy slash, "If you want to come and propose." Let's take a gift of 2 million gold coins!"

2 million gold coins is not a small amount, even for a newcomer in the imperial military world like Varisian, it is an unbearable increase, and Varisian is only a deputy commander after all. The Governor of the Empire, who is not in power like the Five Pillars of the Empire, spends most of his military spending on armaments, pacifying soldiers, and replacing weapons. In order to achieve more victories and glory, the generals of the Falcon Empire, who regard military merit as the supreme thing, have always been unsparing in the armament of the army. Because they know that only when the army is well equipped can they obtain more military merit rewards than others, and the same is true for Varisian, if it were not for the strength of his own army, he would have a single legion, and he would want to carry the confidence of the main army of more than 100,000 in Wode. "Lord Emma, the target has changed, the scouts have found a large number of cavalry horseshoe prints outside the city, and if you don't find out the situation straight, take a break for a while, which can be regarded as a supplement to the body!" Varisien's embarrassed face smiled, Hutu Emma could ignore him, he didn't dare to ignore his beloved's father, "Cavalry!

Hutu Emma's eyes glanced up and down at him, his face was a little disdainful, and the corners of his mouth were full of contempt, at the time of Rui Erdian, his Fifth Legion was famous for being the first in defensive combat power, and Marshal Berrant severely damaged the Battle of Aichemore in Xiting, which was to use the Fifth Legion as a bait to suck the hundreds of thousands of steppe cavalry of the King of Xiting Khan, of course, he said this now, mainly because he wanted to kill the arrogance of this prospective son-in-law, and His Majesty Falcon forcibly pulled himself and this bastard together, basically he had already expressed his support for this matter, and in this case, he Hutu Emma had no matter how much he had an opinion, what else could he say！

"Since it's a situation that is already in the boat, you can't watch this bastard lose, and it won't be good for your daughter's future!" Hutu Emma sighed secretly in her heart, before the matter was completely clear, she had to let this self-righteous bastard know that when it came to fighting, he, a person who had been on the battlefield all his life, was no worse than him, and before the rise of the Falcon Majesty, it was himself who had the name of the first defense on the mainland.

"Since there is no way to know the exact situation, it is useless to continue to speculate, so why not use force to confirm. ”

Hutu Emma said lightly, "Our army is in the dark, the enemy army is in the light, as long as you send a bait, won't everything be clear?"

"Master Emma is right, I'm too cautious, always thinking about the concealment of the surprise attack, but now it seems that the surprise attack is obviously impossible to carry out, so let's fight in the open!" Valisian looked at a Falcon general next to him and said, "Morris, you lead a squadron of cavalry to launch a tentative attack on Berlindel, don't be too reluctant, if the enemy attacks, you can retreat at your own discretion." "Yes, my subordinates understand!" the Falcon General replied energetically, turning the blades of his armor with a clang. Mounted on a war horse and galloped away,

Valisian stood on the top of the hill on a high place, looking at a black line galloping towards Berlindel, his face became more and more solemn, the cavalry of the Gauls has always been scarce, and those with heavy cavalry are even more scarce and pitiful in Gaul, Murphy's dragoons were forced to the north of the side wall by His Majesty, in the name of letting him open up his territory and expand his territory, in fact, it is obviously in His Majesty's vigilance against it,

The only thing that still has a heavy cavalry establishment on the Gallic side is the Praetorian Guard, which has always been deep in Gaul Kyoto and is known as the first army of Gaul, "Could it be the Gallic Praetorian Guard!" Varisien frowned together, he guessed right, at this time, in Berlin del City, it was indeed the 20,000 Kyoto Janissaries who had only arrived last night.

This was all at the request of Algernon Giulia, and the Gallic Kyoto side gritted its teeth and sent reinforcements again, because in the report submitted by Algernon Giulia to the emperor, it was written that "the central and eastern fronts have been lost in succession, and although a strong defensive belt has been established, the warships are still full of contradictions, especially the generals' distrust of Hasenlimbo is becoming more and more obvious, and this state of centrifugal generals, there must be a force sufficient to suppress it." Although I know that the duty of the Praetorian Guard is the safety of Kyoto, please be able to mobilize the Praetorian Guard to reinforce the Rusti area and stabilize Rusti is to stabilize Kyoto!"

The 20,000 Janissaries who rushed to Berlin Del this time were all elite cavalry, including six squadrons of heavy cavalry, and the leader was an old acquaintance of the fat man, who had been in the Battle of the Southwest, along with the entire legion, Algernon Katya, the once high-spirited commander of the Southwest. After a period of weakness after being captured and attacked, there was a rare solemn aura at this time, if it were not for the encounter with the luckiest "Artifact of the Dead Country" in the Falcon Empire, the famous Gallic general who had experienced great ups and downs, or there would have been a chance to leave a figure in history that was more than just mockery

"Your Excellency. Cavalry of the Falcon Army found outside the city!" An attendant ran in in a panic, and Algernonkatya, who had received the report, was tidying up the saddle of his war horse, carefully brushing off the dust from his beloved war horse with a brush, as if a trace of dust on it was intolerable. In just half a year, a lot of white appeared in his hair, and spots like snow. Cleaning and tidying up the war horse, this is a way he uses to dissipate the anxiety in his heart, during the lowest time, he does not want to see anyone, only the war horse that can't speak, it seems that he can make his depressed feelings recover,

At the beginning, Algernon Julia also wanted to persuade him to regain his life, and after knowing his behavior, he said with a dull head, "War horses are indeed more suitable to be friends than some people, but no matter how good a war horse is, it needs to appear on the battlefield to be called a war horse, and only a horse hides at home!"

This time he led the army to the western battlefield of the empire again, in addition to the desire for revenge, he could feel how disdainful those eyes from behind his back were, and those who could enter the imperial janissaries were all real children of Kyoto nobles, or the elite of the army drawn from all over the country, and many of these people were full of desire to be able to fight in the northwest.

Everyone knows that the Empire's greatest enemy is launching a fierce attack in the west, the Empire's army is fighting fiercely and bleeding, and as the most powerful army of the Empire, it can only stand in the magnificent palace corridor every day, stupidly in a daze, or when a certain big man passes by, the spirit of holding his head high is more like a decorative vase

The Praetorian Guards were not allowed to leave Beijing, which used to be the iron law of the Gallic Empire, so there was also an atmosphere of inaction in the Praetorian Guards.

But the turnaround came from the Battle of the Southwest,

Miss Algernon Julia, who became the first person in decades to bring out the Praetorian Guard from Kyoto,

Although all the Janissaries who went to the northwest to fight were killed, and for the southwesterners, these Janissaries were cold-blooded butchers, murderers who provoked wars, and despicable villains who drove civilians to resist the iron hooves of heavy cavalry, but in Gaul Kyoto, these Janissaries who died in the southwest had a completely different view.

The people of Kyoto consider these Praetorian Guards to be heroes, they are worthy of their identity, with bravery and blood, to defend the northwest of the empire without retreating, even in the face of the rebellion of the Molong armored cavalry that swept the eastern battlefield, they still launched a decisive counterattack with weak troops, in the face of more than 100,000 fierce and fierce Falcon Imperial Army, they used their scarred bodies to hold on to the mutilated southwest capital for a month, their blood melted into the land of the southwest, but their spirit, but let everyone remember them, whether it was their enemies or friends, because of this, the entire Praetorian Guard was like being beaten with chicken blood, eager to fight, even if it was a bloody battle！

"How many enemies are there?" Algernonkatya asked, stopping what he was doing, bending down to pick up the saddle of his war horse, and turning around a little out of shape,

"A squadron or so!"

"Don't dare to care about him, it may just be a scout or a lure troop!" Algernonkatya patted the grass clippings on the saddle with a calm expression, he had suffered a loss, he had a full understanding of the cunning of the falconry, especially for the fat man named Vikia Falcon, he was simply a despicable and shameless guy, but such a guy, merciless, and perfectly defeated himself, since that moment, Algernonkatya has decisively abandoned his pride, reputation and pride, this kind of thing, is no longer what people like themselves need to be attached to,

"But my lord, Captain Bird, the leader of the second squadron, has led the attack!" said the man who came to report with a strange face

"Bird, that idiot! if he wants to die, let him go, sue the others, and anyone who goes out of the city to meet the enemy without permission will be punished according to military law!"

Algernon Katya's fingers holding the saddle creaked, his face was slightly cold, and the dissatisfaction of these arrogant soldiers was almost not written on his face, especially this Bird, relying on an old father who was the deputy minister of the empire's internal affairs, he was against himself in everything, and he endured it all the way, did he really think that he was a soft persimmon and could be handled casually!(To be continued......)