Chapter 19: Perfecting Them
Hicks Amber Light rode a white wildebeest and stood on a hill beside the trade road, watching the army march along the trade road.
"The speed is too slow! The march must be accelerated! This king must rush to Manchuan Pass as soon as possible. Hicks said to the herald beside him, who quickly drove his horse down the mountain and towards the front of the army, shouting loudly: "Prince's order, the whole army hastens......"
"Your Royal Highness, the main reason is that the magic crystal cannon is too heavy, and it takes five or six wildebeest to pull a cannon. If the road is not good, it will take ten soldiers to push and shove before you can move forward. Duke Isaia Darkleaf followed the prince's side and said.
"Hmph, your younger brother is really too disappointed for this king!Not only did he fail to incite a rebellion, but he put himself in it, and he also caused the empire to lose a great magician and ten high-level magicians! You Darkleaf family had better think clearly, how to explain to the royal family?" Hicks glared at Isaiah dissatisfied.
"Howard is indeed too incompetent, but he has already paid with his life for his mistakes!and ask His Royal Highness the Prince to turn the circle for the Darkleaf family, and the Darkleaf family will always remember His Highness's kindness!" Isaiah rolled off his horse, walked over to Hicks and bowed.
This Dark Leaf family is still very influential within the empire, and it really can't be suppressed too much. I can help in exchange for the friendship of the Dark Leaf Family. Thinking in his heart, Hicks rubbed his chin, squinted at Isaiah Darkleaf and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is about to arrive with the second fleet, and this King will talk to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince about your brother!"
"Thank you, Your Royal Highness!" said Isaiah Darkleaf as he walked over and took Hicks's left hand in both hands, kissing him on the heraldic ring on his finger and gratefully.
Hicks nodded in satisfaction, Isaiah's actions showed that the Darkleaf family would obey their orders.
Duke Simpson Darksong stood aside and looked at Isaiah's watch coldly, the corners of his mouth pulled disdainfully, it was indeed a sadness that Howard's useless things were on the stall in the family.
Simpson Darksong's First Imperial Army, with nearly 300,000 soldiers, was the absolute workhorse under Prince Hicks.
"Your Royal Highness, isn't the spatial fluctuation more strict?Otherwise, not long after our first fleet came ashore, why would the Empire and the Divine Temple send out the second fleet in such a hurry!"
"Well, it is estimated that the situation is getting stricter and stricter, and the empire and the temple have to speed up the northward migration! Ladies and gentlemen, we are the vanguard of the empire, and behind us are the lives and deaths of 20,000 people of the empire! So please, everyone, we must speed up the speed, break through the Manchuan Pass, and occupy more land!" Hicks Amber Light said in a heavy tone, all personal interests must be put aside first when the life and death of the whole clan are at stake.
"Your Highness, don't worry, the Baiyue County of the Qinling people has no ability to resist in front of the imperial army, they just saw our banner, and they didn't even dare to give up Nanyue City. Hehe, I'm afraid that our army can take it at Manchuan Pass with one blow!" Simpson Dark Song sneered at the Qinling Empire's army at the thought of his bizarre encounter in Nanyue City.
"General Simpson, please put away your slack heart of the enemy! If you go to attack Manchuan Pass with this mentality, then the king is afraid that he will have to change generals in battle!" Prince Hicks is not a fool, he has already investigated the Seventh Army in Nanyue City, and the commander of the army, Zhao Ti, is the younger brother of the Emperor of the Qinling Empire.
It is not surprising that such a person fled under the pressure of his own army! But this Manchuan Pass not only has Zhao Ti's Seventh Legion, but also the Ninth Legion of Huangfu Lesheng, the first master of martial arts in the Qinling Empire.
This Huangfu Lesheng has been in the army all the year round, and he doesn't know how to lead the army to fight, and he doesn't know how to throw off Zhao Ti a few streets. If you underestimate the enemy, I am afraid that this battle will not be optimistic.
Prince Hicks was therefore deeply dissatisfied with Admiral Simpson's remarks about his contempt, and at the same time deeply worried. From Simpson's body, we can see the mentality of underestimating the enemy spread throughout the First Army, and even the entire Imperial Northern Expeditionary Army. If this continues, the empire will definitely suffer a great loss.
Although Simpson did not care about His Royal Highness's reprimand, he still pretended to be respectful and submissive. Hicks could tell that he wasn't listening, and unless he suffered a setback, the guys who had never seen the world on the island would always think they were the number one army on the mainland.
"Your Highness, most of the Manchuan Pass garrison of about 160,000 people has left the city and is coming towards our army, and is now camped eighty miles ahead. An elven scout rode up the hill on a wildebeest, turned over and dismounted, galloped to Prince Hicks, and knelt down to pay his respect.
"Can you see the commander of the department?" Prince Hicks was greatly surprised, he didn't understand what this Emperor Fu Le Sheng was doing, he vaguely felt that this was not a stupid thing that the Emperor Fu Le Sheng would do.
"Back to His Royal Highness, the ministry is waving the banners of the seventh and ninth legions, among which there are the royal banner of Prince Yue of the Qinling Empire and the banner of Huangfu Le Shengshuai. The head coach of the department should be Zhao Ti and Huangfu Lesheng!" the scout replied with great certainty.
The scouts of the first army generally choose elite soldiers who know the enemy army very well, and the Kunya Elf Empire has also sent the military intelligence of the Qinling Empire obtained from years of investigation to all armies during the northern expedition, and Prince Hicks even requires the scout teams of each army to remember the information of the Qinling people and each legion.
"Go down! keep an eye on the enemy!" Hicks waved his hand, and the scout saluted and walked away quickly.
"Your Highness, this Emperor Fu Lesheng is nothing more than that! With this level of command, the name of the number one master of Qinling martial arts can be praised, how can a single force in the military array determine victory or defeat?!" Hearing the movements of the two major armies in Qinling, especially the famous Huangfu Lesheng, who was actually far away from Jiancheng and wanted to attack the strong with weakness, General Simpson still couldn't help but despise the people of Qinling.
This time even Prince Hicks did not bother to reprimand, and he was now in a state of confusion.
Judging from the information collected by the empire, Huangfu Lesheng is not such an unwise person, he will not make such a decision at all, is there any conspiracy here?
"I'm afraid this matter is not so simple! The Emperor Fu Lesheng that this king knows is not such an unwise person, and these actions of the Qinling people must have a deep meaning!" Thinking in his heart, Prince Hicks couldn't help but express the doubts in his heart.
"Your Highness, how can it be so complicated! The lower official thinks that Zhao Ti's pustule should be the commander of the ministry, and Huangfu Lesheng is just acting according to orders!
That Zhao Ti smeared oil on the soles of Nanyue City and ran away, and the emperor of the Qinling people would definitely not be able to spare him. In order to atone for his crimes, he now feels that there is Huangfu Lesheng, and he can't help but want to come out and win the battle!
Besides, even if this is not the case, if the Emperor Le Sheng dares to come out, we will surround and annihilate them! Our army has an absolute advantage, no matter what conspiracy he has, just run over them, and everything will be over!" Isaiah Darkleaf reminded softly from the side.
Prince Hicks couldn't help but suddenly realize that he was actually confused by the achievements of the Emperor Fu Lesheng in the information, and forgot the most important point. Zhao Ti is the Prince Yue of the Qinling Empire, the emperor's younger brother, and unless there is an explicit order from the Qinling Imperial Court, he will be superior wherever he goes.
Isaiah Dark Leaf is somewhat similar to Zhao Ti because of his identity, so he didn't say this explicitly, but thinking about his own experience, it is not difficult to find that Zhao Ti and Huangfu Lesheng are together, I am afraid that it can only be Zhao Ti who is in charge.
So this time, this Zhao Ti is the commander of the two major legions of the Qinling Empire! Encountering such a superb person who is eager to make meritorious contributions is the gospel of the Elven Empire, and it is also the sorrow of the Emperor Fu Lesheng!
He is not afraid of god-like opponents, but only pig-like teammates! And this pig-like teammate is still his superior! Prince Hicks couldn't help but mourn in silence for the emperor.
However, Prince Hicks and Duke Isaiah Darkleaf obviously still looked up at Zhao Ti, where did this superb want to defeat them and atone for his crimes!
"Hmph! Since the people of Qinling want to find death, then this king naturally wants to fulfill them! Passing on the military order of this king, the army accelerated forward, and went to the village five miles away from the camp of the Qinling people to rest!" Prince Hicks couldn't help but smile at this time, he was still worried that he would not be able to break through the Manchuan Pass quickly.
The vanguard army is trapped in Manchuan Pass, and it will create time for the Qinling Empire to mobilize reinforcements, so that the Nu River will not be able to cross and the situation will not be opened, and the war will develop towards erosion. The elven army is trapped in a county, and it is simply impossible to support a million army, and it is even more unrealistic to expect the country, which is a drop in the bucket. Moreover, a mere county cannot accommodate the entire Elven Empire.
If the more than 200,000 troops of Huangfu Lesheng were to stick to Manchuan Pass, then his fears would become a reality, and the situation would become bad. That's why he reprimanded General Simpson for his optimism at the beginning, and used the danger of the empire to force all the generals to work together, which was also his good intentions for the salvation and survival of the Kunya Elf Empire! Unfortunately, not many people understood, and even Simpson, a heavy general in the army, couldn't help but say it, which made him feel disappointed.
As for the present! Prince Hicks suddenly felt refreshed, and all his resentment and worries were swept away! This must be the miracle of Her Royal Highness the Goddess of Life, and the people of Qinling actually let the Manchuan Pass not defend it, and ran out to fight a decisive battle with his own army! This is looking for death!
"Your Highness, Xia Guan thinks that he can also send a partial division with a small number of magic crystal cannons to bypass and attack Manchuan Pass! The main force of the Qinling people is here, and there are two divisions guarding Manchuan Pass!
As long as the main force of our army drags them down, then if there is no fight ahead, the defenders of Manchuan Pass will inevitably slack, and they can go down in one fell swoop when they are caught off guard!
When the news of the loss of Manchuan Pass is heard, I am afraid that this army of the Qinling people will be defeated without a fight!" Isaiah Darkleaf's voice sounded again, and his strategy could be described as a fatal blow, hitting the weakness of Huangfu Lesheng fiercely, that is Manchuan Pass!
Prince Hicks looked at him approvingly, and the smile on his lips became even more pronounced.
"Duke Isaiah, this king really didn't misunderstand you, the third duke of the Darkleaf family, you are the most outstanding one!" Prince Hicks said as he pointed at Isaiah with a horsewhip, and the Simpsons Darksong general next to him nodded in approval of his plan this time.