Vol 5 Chapter 72

The confidential mail from Hillat House was sealed in a thick envelope and sent to Her Majesty's desk overnight. The flame-shaped emblem on the surface of the envelope indicates that it is a military-related secret, but the seven-layer flame pattern indicates that it is not very important. Constance asked the maid to open the envelope and took a look at the stationery. , And then handed it over to the little Nederman prime minister. Hillat Villa is one of the secret eyeliners of the royal family in the Fuyun Hills. The magical secrets from there are naturally related to the Earl of Eruin.

The Prime Minister of Nederman Jr. looked and shook his head gently. "It's endless."

But Her Majesty herself didn't seem to care much, and she replied, "Darus' grandson forced them, but it was also self-serving."

On the stationery, written in Cruz words: ‘Her Majesty, the nobles have prepared their troops here to meet the Earl from the kingdom of Eruin. The commander of this army is also served by Earl Jinn, who is now resting in Hemlock Town, Vargus Town, or the area around it. It is reported that three more Lords and dozens of knights have responded to the call

By the time this letter was sent, they should be on their way. ’

This news was a day ago--

Cloudy Hills——

The eastern sky was tingling and white at this time, and the stars were fading, marking the arrival of a new day in the morning. The red pine woodland bathed in the morning light, the Earl was now anxiously looking at the direction of the western horizon, as if it was true As Her Majesty said, he did now begin to feel a bit cocooned. Count Kean, with a sense of anxiety, turned to his

The scout rider asked, "You've traveled east, west, and north, and you're sure you haven't seen the Moore and Cooper family, nor the Walker family, anyone?"

Scout riders are a few experienced knights. Most of these people are from various legions. They leave the army due to brawls, injuries, injuries, old age, or other problems. They are experienced and after entering the army, they will either enter the mercenary regiment , Or become noble family members, but at this moment, these veterans are also looking at each other, shaking their heads and saying: "Master, no

Yes, we didn't see any of them. "

"Damn, have you ever been to Hemlock Town?" Count Jien gritted her teeth, almost rubbing her gloves into a ball.

"Sir, we have also been there, but the place is calm, and the local residents don't know what happened yet." The riders immediately answered.

"So have you seen the signals from the Moore and Cooper families, or the Walker family?"

"No, sir." The riders shook their heads together.

Count Ji En took a breath.

...

"Only one flag?"

Brando and Nimesis returned to their positions after simply investigating the battlefield. In the war theory of the major empires and surrounding princes of this era, the task of investigating the battlefield was mostly given to the cavalry. The commander would The high ground overlooks the entire battlefield-in smaller battles, the entire battlefield width of a battle will not exceed ten miles, so it is easy to

In order to see the entire battlefield.

But Brando and Nimesis chose the player's method, which is to use air units to map the battlefield to make sandboxes. As commanders, they only need to have an intuitive understanding of the entire battlefield. The advantage of this method is that it is more conducive to concealing your own intentions, especially the direction of your own army's entry into the battlefield. This kind of combat concept was controlled by the Second Black Rose War.

Madara took the lead, but was carried forward by players, and in this era, it is still very advanced tactical thinking.

But the news that the gargoyle brought back surprised him.

In the direction where he and Nimesis previously discovered the movement of the Cruz aristocratic private army, the army hidden between the red pine woodlands was quickly found from the air. Its main body was composed of aristocratic spearmen and some crossbowmen. , Also found a small number of cavalry, these aristocratic private troops are very well equipped, especially the spears in the hands of the spear reflect the degree of reflection are basically all equipped with iron

Even the standard Imperial spear with a steel spear tip has a high penetration rate of armor in the army, reaching almost 80% or more. Except for crossbowmen, even spearmen are equipped with locks, The knights are almost all-in-one armors. This equipment is not inferior to Eruin's first-line corps such as the White Lion and the Black Blade. As a private aristocracy, even

It is not everywhere in the empire, they are most likely the guarding army of the great lords.

And here, the lord can be called either Count Alcons or Count Gyne. After all, this is the south, not in the Bankel area near the center of the empire, or by the military nobility like Ludwig in the north. area.

But it was very strange for Brando that there was only this army in the forest, and he repeatedly asked the gargoyle to confirm the emblem on the banner, and only distinguished one.

"That emblem is the emblem of Count Ji En. He came here himself, but what about the others, ambush?"

Brando couldn't help looking at the horsewoman on his side inconceivably.

Nimesis shook his head gently, and it was basically impossible to ambush. Gargoyles had a very wide field of vision. When they passed through the sky, they could almost see the entire hilly sac nearby. After the battle of the Black Sword Barriers, the Cruzs realized that there were gargoyles in their army. Although the imperial nobles were arrogant, they were not stupid. On the contrary, most of them

Knowledgeable, it is impossible to have not heard of the gargoyle's ability, so they are unlikely to let their army ambush in vain.

Unless it is ambush to the periphery of the entire battlefield, but in that case, it would not be too late to support it. Wouldn't it be an idiot if they were so brazen?

Will Count Ji En pull a thousand people to Malay to fight them? Even if you think with your knees, although the Summer Solstice Knights who were defeated at that time were almost the same number, as the local Knights of the Empire, they were more powerful than the aristocratic private army. I do n’t know how many grades.

Because the Horsewoman instinctively thought that this possibility did not exist.

Brando naturally also knew this. The only thing left was that the opponent's army was obscured by spells. This kind of warfare history would not appear until the third Black Rose war. The earliest use was Faenzan. Then it gradually spread-and if the Earl really came up with such a wonderful idea in this era, it would be a tactical talent. It's just that the prerequisite to achieve this is to have an independent, centralized use of wizard groups. The size of this wizard group is far from even the wizards of Brando, let alone whether Cruz people can Having such a wizard group in such a short period of time, even if they do exist, their hidden army may be too much.

He patted his brain, but for a moment he was a little confused.

"What exactly does the Cruz want?"

Nimesis also shook her head in confusion. She had never seen a similar case in her dreams, and the military knowledge and tactical skills learned in this life did not seem to explain what the Cruzers were doing at the moment.

Unable to detect the enemy ’s movements, Brando did not dare to act lightly. Although he knew that he had overwhelming power, he did not want to cause unnecessary losses in the small fight with these imperial nobles. In the second place, he didn't want to use it in such low-level conflicts. He thought about it a little bit and decided to put the White Lion Guard queue on standby, and then secretly

An iron golem provided by the Bugatti wizard was used as a backup in the wings. He has not used these secret weapons that have been hidden in previous battles, but the situation is a bit weird and he has to be careful.

Fortunately, the only advantage now is that he has found the enemy, but the enemy has not found them. He has time to wait for the further action of the Earl to see if the other party will reveal any flaws.

The time passed by this minute and a second, and the early morning mist gradually faded from the hilly area, starting with the open hills, and then the light in the forest gradually became brighter. The sun moved a little bit into the mid-air directly above, and the visibility in the hilly area was getting higher and higher. Brando was standing behind the bushes, and he could gradually see the outside of the forest with the naked eye, the other side of the rolling hills.

A few sparse flags in the forest, but what puzzled him was:

After almost two or three hours, the other party remained motionless.

"Did they find us?" Brando thought of breaking his head for a while and couldn't explain what happened now. This is the only way to the Evergreen Walkway. It is forgiven that the Count stayed here. However, the problem is that the squat guard is not such a squat guard, he has not seen any scout sent in the direction so far. Count Jien seems to be mad to make the whole

The army crouched in a forest. It didn't look like it was ambushing, it was more like trying to hide at all.

But the problem is.

If the other party were to hide, wouldn't it be better if he didn't leave his castle, or would he have to come to this wilderness to suffer?

Brando was puzzled, but Count Jinn was actually more anxious at this time.

The Count of Empires is really going crazy--

This resentment between the southern aristocracy and that countryman from Eruin has now attracted the attention of the entire empire, from the kingdom aristocracy to the ordinary people, and even those who truly control the supreme power of the empire from The two holy wars that were happening and temporarily silent turned their eyes to see their good show. It is for this reason, whether it is

He, or the Count of Alcons, must not retreat in half a step, otherwise it will become a laughingstock of not knowing how many people are behind them, the Parut family, the Duke of Parut will also lose a lot of prestige and Face, this account, of course, will eventually be counted on them.

That's why he made an agreement with Count Alcons. He must stop this Earl Earl from the clouds and hills, and do not seek to completely defeat the other party-they have a sense of self-knowledge, understand that the combat effectiveness of their army after all Not as good as the Imperial Frontier Corps, or even the opponent of the Summer Solstice Knights-but at least it must make the opponent feel tricky, if you can save the opponent

Those aristocratic hostages at hand are happy endings.

To this end, they convened almost all the local nobles who stood on the side of the Parut family, including four long-established families and countless lords and knights of all sizes. However, there are tens of thousands of people gathered together. In their view, it should be enough to deal with an envoy with a few hundred people.

More than enough.

However, when everything is ready, only the last moment due to Dongfeng, that morning, he encountered a problem that he never expected.

Count Ji En seems to have suddenly lost contact with all the other allies, who should have been stationed near settlements or towns near the area, and even apparently the day before, he sent them one by one They contacted.

But now, as if these people had evaporated out of thin air, they disappeared for no reason.

The Earl is now sweating with perseverance. He first thought whether he was betrayed by these **** guys, but the idea only existed for a moment like instinct, and then he was rejected by himself. He understood that it was possible for anyone else to contradict him, but Count Alcons was absolutely impossible. They were both standing on a boat.

If he accidentally capsizes, it is definitely not just him who is facing the thunder of the Duke of Parut.

Then the next possibility is only that his allies have been unknowingly killed by the terrible Eruin opposite him.

The idea was ridiculous. Hundreds of ambassadors had to quietly kill the tens of thousands of noble private troops stationed within tens of miles. They also had to keep them unaware of each other. thing. But now the Lord Earl thinks more and more that it is possible. He didn't really deal with Brando before, although Brando caught

Many of his nobles, even one was his nephew, but the previous conflict was actually a private conflict between these local nobles and Brando. If Brando had to hold these hostages, come He didn't want to deal with this lunatic if he and the count of Alcons, or even the big man behind them.

But although he hadn't seen the Earl of that kingdom, the rumors about Brando were much more audible. The most obvious one was that part of his attack on the empire fortress, which was a whole army, all of which were The ruler was obedient, neither was defeated nor defeated, but he was completely taken in, and he had to do what the other party wanted.

work.

Count Kean thought of this and suddenly realized that he might have done something stupid. He even felt that he might be able to defeat such a terrible character. Even if he had tens of thousands of men, he might be better than the Rogerians. Frontier Corps?

At this time, the Earl had a lot of thoughts in his head, while sending his men to continue in the direction of his allies, to investigate what happened. If they can't be met on the road, then at least go to their previous camp, if they are really not there, or find traces after the battle, Count Jinn thinks about it, as if he were still

How to arrange a safe back road for yourself.

But not long after, the scout riders he sent out finally rushed back on horseback.

Although these riders looked dusty and tired, they were breathless and exhausted, but there was no blood on their bodies, and no one showed signs of injury. This shows that they were not intercepted. The discovery made Earl Jien a little relieved, and quickly asked: "What about the Moors, Walker, and Coopers? And Earl Alcons? Did you find them? "

He asked the questions in his heart like a renju gun, but before he said anything, he stopped suddenly.

Because he saw his subordinates, looking at him with a weird look, seeing him creepy.

"What's wrong?" He subconsciously felt that the problem might be serious, even beyond his expectations.

The oldest of the scout riders, licking his lips, could not help but answer with a dry voice: "Master Lord, Count Alcons, they ..."

"What's wrong with them, can't you be as if you've seen ghosts alive, okay, even if you really have undead, haven't you dealt with those things?" Count Jien frowned, dissatisfied. Looking at their subordinates, they kept them precisely because they fancy the experience of these veterans, but these people have never behaved so eloquently in the past, even if they climbed out of the dead, they did not show Such a look.

But it was at this time that suddenly a messenger ran back tremblingly from the front. His face was pale, and he ran and shouted, "God, my lord, the Eruin, they are coming!"

Count Ji En was startled. What he was most afraid of now was this, and he quickly turned back and looked at the guy: "What are you talking about, what Eruin came, is it the Eruin envoy?"

But the messenger shook his head constantly: "No, those dragons! Blue, cyan, a lot, all over the sky, come and see, lord!"

The guy's voice was almost mourning.

...

After waiting another long hour, Brando finally found that the weird imperial noble army opposite him still didn't seem to plan to move, but at this time, he had finally lost his last patience.

Although he had envisioned a variety of possible situations for a long time, this one is clearly the exception now.

Obviously, it is impossible for him to spend the endlessly with the Earl here. If the Earl did this to provoke him to take the initiative, then he would have to say that he did.

Fortunately, this problem is not particularly complicated for Brando.

Whether to attack or not to attack does not depend on him, but how to choose the attack is in his hands. Of course, it is impossible for him to expose his intentions to the opponent's eyes first. Since the opponent wants to see what he has, the best There is no better way to let Shire direct the Ether Dragon to try the depth.

So he did.

But the end result was greatly unexpected.

In fact, it also exceeded the expectations of Nimesis, Shire and even Little Princess Metisha.

Charles had just let Ethereum enter the battlefield, and the Count Jien's army ran out alone.

Brando was convinced that if he read correctly, that person was holding a white flag--

At that moment, even he couldn't help but be deeply confused.

"Is this Lord Earl here to surrender to him?"

"Is the Cruzs fighting like this?"