The Amber Sword - 917. Chapter 917 Act 72

The secret letter sent from Hillit Villa was sealed in a thick envelope and was delivered to Her Majesty’s desk overnight. The flame-shaped emblem on the surface of the envelope indicates that this is a confidential document related to military affairs, but the seven-layer flame pattern shows that its importance is not high. Constance asked the maid to open the envelope, and then took a look at the letterhead. , And then hand it over to the little Nedervin on the side

. Hirat Mountain Villa is one of the royal family’s secret eyeliners in the Floating Cloud Hill Region, and the magic secrets that came from there are naturally related to the Lord Earl from Eruin.

Prime Minister Nidevon looked at it and shook his head slightly: “It’s really endless.”

But Her Majesty herself didn’t seem to care too much. She replied: “Darus’ grandson forced them, but this is also self-inflicted.”

On the letterhead, it was written in Cruz text: “Your Majesty, the nobles have prepared their troops here, ready to meet the Lord Earl from the Kingdom of Eruin. The commander of this army is concurrently served by Earl Jean. They are now resting in Hemlock Town, Vargos Town or the nearby area. It is reported that there are three Lords and dozens of knights who have responded to the call.

, When this letter was sent, they should have been on the way. ‘

This news, one day ago-

Hill of Floating Clouds——

At this time, the eastern sky was tingling white and the stars were fading, marking the dawn of a new day. In the red pine forest bathed in the morning light, Lord Earl was looking anxiously at the direction of the western horizon, as if truly sincere. As Her Majesty said, he is indeed beginning to feel a little cocooned now. Earl Jean, with a kind of restless mood, for the third time to his own

The scout rider asked, “You have ran east, west, and north. You are sure you haven’t seen the Moore and Cooper family, and the Walker family, and no one?”

The scout riders are a few experienced knights. Most of these people come from various legions. They leave the army because of fights, wounds, injuries, old age, or other problems. They have rich experience. After leaving the army, they either enter the mercenary group. , Or become the servants of the nobles, but at this moment, these veterans also looked at each other and shook their heads and said: “My lord, no

Yes, we haven’t seen any of them. ”

“Damn it, have you ever been to Hemlock Town?” Earl Jinn gritted his teeth, almost rubbing the gloves in his hands.

“My lord, we have been there too, but the place is peaceful, and the local residents don’t know what happened.” The riders replied immediately.

“Then have you seen the signals from the Moore and Coopers, or from the Walkers?”

“No, sir.” The riders shook their heads together.

Count Jean took a breath.

…

“Only one flag?”

Brando and Nimesis simply surveyed the battlefield and then returned to their positions. In the war theory of the major empires and surrounding duchy kingdoms of this era, most of the battlefield reconnaissance tasks were completed by the cavalry, and the commander would be there. The high ground overlooks the entire battlefield-in a smaller battle, the entire battlefield of a battle will not exceed ten miles in width, so it is easy to do

In order to have a panoramic view of the entire battlefield.

However, Brando and Nimesis chose the player’s approach, that is, using air units to survey and map the battlefield to make sand tables, and as commanders they only need to have an intuitive understanding of the entire battlefield. The advantage of this approach is that it is more conducive to concealing one’s own intentions, especially the direction in which one’s army enters the battlefield. This combat concept was changed in the Second Black Rose War.

Madara was the first to use it, but it was carried forward by the players. In this era, it is still extremely advanced tactical thinking.

But the news that the gargoyle brought back surprised him.

Before he and Nimesis discovered the direction of the private army of the Cruz people, they soon found this army hidden in the red pine forest from the air. Its main body is composed of noble spearmen and some crossbowmen. , And found a small number of cavalry, these noble private armies are very well equipped, especially the spears in the hands of the pikemen are basically equipped with iron

Even the standard imperial spear with a steel tip, the armor penetration rate in the army is also very high, almost reaching more than 80%. Except for crossbowmen, even spearmen are equipped with lock armor. The knights are almost all one-piece armors, and the level of equipment is no less than that of Elu because of the first-line legions such as the White Lion and the Black Blade Legion, and as a noble private army, even if

It is not everywhere in the empire, they are likely to be the guard army of those high lords.

And here, the one who can be called the great lord is either the Earl of Alcons or the Earl of Jean. After all, this is the south, not the Banker area near the center of the empire, or the northern Ludwig controlled by military nobles like this. area.

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

“That emblem is the emblem of Earl Jinn, he himself has come here, so what about the others, are they lying in ambush?”

Brando couldn’t help looking at the female knight beside him in a somewhat unbelievable way.

Nimesis gently shook his head, it was basically impossible to lie in ambush. The gargoyles had a very wide field of vision, and when they passed high in the sky, they could almost see the entire hilly pouch nearby. After the Battle of the Black Sword Barrier, the Cruz people understood that there were gargoyles in their army. Although the imperial nobles were arrogant, they were not fools. On the contrary, most of them

Well-informed, it is impossible not to have heard of the abilities of gargoyles, so it is unlikely that they will let their army ambush in vain.

Unless it is to ambush to the periphery of the entire battlefield, but in that case, there is no time to support it, so blatantly ambush, don’t you think they are fools?

Will Earl Jin bring a thousand people to fight them to the death? Even if you think about it with your knees, although the summer solstice knights that were defeated by them at that time were almost the same number, as the empire’s local knights, their combat effectiveness was much higher than that of the noble private armies.

Because the female knight instinctively believes that there is no such possibility.

Brando naturally knew this. The only thing left was that the opponent’s army was obscured by spells. This kind of battle would not appear until the third Black Rose War in history. The first use was the Faenza. Later, it gradually spread-and if this Count Lord really came up with such a brilliant idea in this era, it would be a brilliant tactical talent.

. It’s just that the prerequisite for this is to have an independent and centralized wizard group. The size of this wizard group is far smaller than even the wizards under Brando, and let’s not say whether the Cruz people can be in In such a short period of time, such a wizard group had been assembled, even if it were there, their hidden army would be too much.

He patted his forehead, and suddenly became a little confused.

“What exactly do the Cruz people want to do?”

Nimesis also shook her head in confusion. In her dream, she had never seen a similar battle, and the military knowledge and tactical skills she had learned in this life did not seem to explain what the Cruzians were doing at the moment.

Unable to detect the enemy’s movements, Brando did not dare to act rashly. Although he understood that he had overwhelming power in his hands, he did not want to cause unnecessary losses in the small fight with these imperial nobles. Secondly, he didn’t want to use some hole cards in this kind of low-level conflict. He considered for a moment, decided to put the White Lion Guards on standby, and then secretly

The iron golems provided by the Buga wizard were arranged in the ground to serve as back-ups on the two wings. He has not used these secret weapons that have been hidden in previous battles, but the current situation is a bit weird, and he has to be more cautious.

Fortunately, the only advantage now is that he has discovered the enemy, but the enemy has not yet discovered them. He has time to wait for the further action of the Lord Earl to see if the opponent reveals any flaws.

The time passed in this minute, and the fog in the early morning gradually faded from the hilly areas, at first 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. Standing behind the bushes, Brando could gradually see the outside of the forest and the other side of the undulating hills with the naked eye.

There are a few sparse flags in the forest, but what makes him very puzzled is:

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

“Did they find us?” Brando tried to break his head for a moment and couldn’t explain what happened right now. This is the only way to the evergreen aisle. This Lord Earl is also forgiven for staying here. , But the problem is that squatting is not such a squatting law-abiding. He hasn’t seen any scouts sent in this direction so far. Earl Jien seems to be crazy.

The army was huddled in a forest. It didn’t look like it was lying in ambush, but it was more like it was going to hide.

But the problem is.

If the other party wants to hide, wouldn’t it be better for him not to leave his castle, he must go to the wilderness to suffer?

Brando was puzzled, but Earl Jean was actually more anxious than him at this time.

This empire count has really gone crazy–

The grievances between the southern aristocracy and the hillbilly from Eruin have attracted the attention of the entire empire today, from the nobles of the kingdom to the common people, and even those who really hold the supreme power in the empire. Look away from the two jihads that are happening but temporarily silent to watch their good show. It is for this reason, whether it is

He, or the Earl of Alcons, must not back down, otherwise he will become a laughingstock for not knowing how many people. Behind them is the Parut family, and the Duke of Parut will also lose a lot of prestige and Face, this account, will naturally be counted on them in the end.

Therefore, he and Count Alcons made an agreement that he must stop the Lord Eruin from the Floating Cloud Hills, without asking for a complete defeat of the opponent-they are still self-aware and understand the combat effectiveness of their troops. Not as good as the Imperial Frontier Legion, and it’s not even the opponent of the Knights of the Summer Solstice-but at least it has to make the opponent feel tricky, if it can save the opponent

Those noble hostages in hand are a happy ending for everyone.

For this reason, they gathered almost all the local nobles who stood on the side of the Palut family in the entire southern border, including four long-standing families and countless lords and knights. Although this army has mixed good and bad, However, there are tens of thousands of people who gather together. In their view, it should be enough to deal with an envoy of only a few hundred people.

More than enough.

However, as soon as everything was ready and the last moment owed to Dongfeng, on this morning, he encountered a problem that he had never anticipated.

Earl Jien seemed to have suddenly lost contact with all the other allies. These allies should have been stationed in various settlements or near towns in this area. He had even sent people to make peace with him one by one, apparently the day before. They contacted.

But right now, these people seem to have evaporated out of thin air, disappearing for no reason.

This Lord Earl was already in a cold sweat on his forehead. The first thing he thought was whether he was betrayed by these damned guys, but this idea only existed for a moment like instinct, and then he was vetoed by himself. He knew that anyone else could turn back to him, but Count Alcons was absolutely impossible. They were both in the same boat.

, If he accidentally capsizes, he is definitely not the only one facing the thunderous anger of Duke Parut.

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

Originally, this idea was very absurd. The envoy of a few hundred people would quietly kill the tens of thousands of private noble troops stationed within a radius of tens of miles, and they had to keep them ignorant of each other. This sounds like a fantasy. matter. But at this moment, the Lord Earl thought about it, the more he felt it was possible. He hadn’t really had any dealings with Brando before, although Brando caught

There are many nobles under him, and even one is his nephew, but the previous conflicts were actually private conflicts between the local nobles and Brando. If it weren’t for Brando’s insistence on holding these hostages, come. He didn’t want to deal with such a lunatic if he hit him and Count Alcons in the face, and even hit the big man behind them in the face.

But although he has never seen the Lord Earl of the kingdom, there are many rumors about Brando. The most clearly understood part is about the part of his attack on the imperial fortress. That is, the entire legion was destroyed by the opponent. Those who are subdued and submissive are not even defeated or defeated, but are taken into custody completely, and they have to follow the other party’s wishes.

work.

Count Jien thought of this, and suddenly realized that he might have done a stupid thing. He actually felt that he might defeat such a terrible figure. Even if he had tens of thousands of horses under his hand, he might be comparable to the Rogerian’s. Frontier Legion?

At this time, the Lord Earl was already full of wild thoughts, and he sent his men to continue in the direction where his allies were stationed, to find out what happened. If you can’t meet them on the road, then at least go to their previous camp. If they are really not there, or if they find traces after the battle, Earl Jien thought for a while, as if he was still there.

How can Yu arrange a safe back road for himself.

But before long, the scout riders he sent out finally rushed back on their horses.

Although these riders looked desperate and breathless and exhausted, there was no blood stain on their bodies, and no one showed any signs of injury. This shows that they were not intercepted. This discovery made Earl Jean a sigh of relief and quickly asked: “Where are the people from Moore, Walker, and Cooper? And Earl Alcons? Did you find them? ”

He asked the question in his mind like a gun, but before he could say a few words, he stopped suddenly.

Because he saw his subordinates, looking at him with a weird gaze, he looked terrified.

“What’s wrong?” He subconsciously felt that the problem might be a bit serious, even beyond his expectations.

The eldest one of the scout riders licked his lips and couldn’t help but replied with a dry voice: “Lord Lord, Count Alcons and the others…”

“What’s wrong with them, can you stop it as if you have seen a ghost alive, well, even if there are real undead, haven’t you never dealt with those things?” Earl Jin frowned, extremely dissatisfied Looking at their subordinates, the reason why they took them in was because they fancy the experience of these veterans, but these people have never acted so hesitantly in the past, even if they crawled out of the dead, they did not show Such a look.

But at this time, suddenly a messenger came back tremblingly from the front. His face was pale, and he yelled as he ran: “Oh my God, it’s an Eruin, they are here!”

Count Jien was startled. What he was most afraid of right now was this. He quickly turned around and looked at the guy: “What are you talking about, what are the Eruins here? Are they the envoy of the Eruins?”

But the messenger kept shook his head: “No, those dragons! Blue, cyan, many, all over the sky, come and take a look, my lord!”

The guy’s voice was almost wailing.

…

After waiting for another long hour, Brando finally found that the weird imperial aristocratic army opposite him still seemed not to move, but at this time, he had finally lost his last patience.

Although he had envisaged various possible situations for a long time, this one is obviously an exception at the moment.

And he obviously can’t be here endlessly with the Lord Earl to consume it, if the Lord Earl did this to provoke him to take the initiative, then he has to say that the other party did it.

Fortunately, this issue is not particularly complicated for Brando.

Whether to attack or not to attack Although it does not depend on him, the choice of how to attack is in his hands. Of course, he cannot expose his intentions to the opponent in the first place. Since the opponent wants to see what means he has, it is best. There is nothing better than to let Charles command the ether dragon to try the depth.

So he did that too.

But the final result greatly exceeded his expectations.

In fact, it was beyond the expectations of Nimes, Shire, and even the little princess Medissa.

As soon as Shire let the ether dragon into the battlefield, a person from the army of Count Jinn on the opposite side quickly ran out.

Brando was convinced that if he read it right, that person was holding a white flag in his hand—

At that moment, even he couldn’t help being deeply confused.

“Could this Lord Earl come here to surrender to him?”

“Do the Cruz people fight like this?”