Who says knights can't backstab

Chapter 691 The Speculation of the Ostem Emma People
November fourteenth.The second day of the invasion of La Rochelle by Sainte-Emma.

In the Adelaide Sea, on the surface of the lake near Hailia, the dense fog in the morning has not yet dissipated, but there are giant black birds hovering in the fog.

Their wingspan was close to five meters, and they were astonishingly large when opened. Their black, shiny feathers were as sharp as blades, and their sharp beaks had exaggerated arcs, like a sickle.

These giant birds hovered in the dense fog for a moment, and then fell vertically like prey.They broke through the fog, and a pitch-black deck suddenly appeared below, stretching across the water.

"Guiding Dragon Eagle is back!"

From the mast came the loud shouts of soldiers. Standing like a statue at the bow of the ship, a strong, white-haired, long-bearded veteran in gray-black heavy armor twisted his body like a spring, and strode off the ship. He raised his head, raised his arm, and firmly caught the crescent-like eagle claw, letting it land on his arm.

He stared at the hawk for a moment, and an angry expression appeared on that solemn face:

"I lost track of Murphy and the others? How is it possible? Oswald, is it the same situation on your side?"

"General." Another general who also caught Dao Longying came over quickly, bowed and said, "Guo Longying failed to find Lieutenant Colonel Murphy and the others."

Guilongying, the companion creature of the earth dragon.

In the era when the earth dragon tribe had not signed a contract with the Aoshengemma people, this kind of creature would follow the earth dragon forward-although they have sharp "weapons", they like to eat carrion and follow the earth dragon to eat the leftovers. Soup is their hobby.

In order to obtain food more efficiently, they often serve as guides for earth dragons, leading them to areas where prey gather.

After the Aoshengemma people established the Earth Dragon Legion, the Dragon Guide Eagle became the best link between the Earth Dragon Army and the headquarters, and the commander-in-chief gave instructions to the Earth Dragon Army on the front line through the Dragon Guide Eagle.

However, at this moment, the guide dragon eagle can't find any trace of the earth dragon, so it means...

Their conversation was not loud, but the surrounding soldiers could hear it clearly, and there was an uproar on the deck for a while:
"Lieutenant Colonel Murphy? Didn't he just landed at noon yesterday? Why did he disappear?"

"Could it be that the guide dragon eagle got lost because he was not familiar with the terrain of La Rochelle?"

"Are you kidding? That's the Guilongying, which can scout areas of hundreds of kilometers! How could the Earth Dragon Army not find such an obvious target?"

"That can't be given by the people of La Rochelle..."

"Shut your stinky mouth and think about it with your pig's brain. How could the barbarians of La Rochelle stop the invincible earth dragon? If you don't even have the ability to think like this, I'll kill you with a knife Make a hole in your butthole to help you breathe!"

The irritable soldiers began to quarrel, while the old general kept staring at the Daolongying resting on his arm, his brows almost raised from frown.

If the young Marquis of La Rochelle were here, he would definitely be able to recognize the identity of the old general who was thinking at a glance:

Or St. Emma, ​​Illyrian Legion, Admiral "Fingerless" Rowell O'Brien.

Austrian Saint Emma has no shortage of generals, let alone famous generals.Especially since the current Emperor Uriel of St. Emma, ​​who ascended the throne in 1422, made great military reforms, breaking the old system of aristocratic rule over the military, and opening up the military academy, so that civilians can also have the opportunity to study military affairs ——

Although the tuition fees are still beyond the affordability of ordinary people, the military academy has a much wider student base than before.

A poor family produces noble sons, and adversity produces talents. Because of Emperor Uriel's move, the strict hierarchical system of Ao Shengemma has given the lower class people the hope of climbing upwards.

Under such impetus, the people of Ao San Emma set off a wave of military frenzy. In the past 40 years, the Military Academy has produced countless generals. Any squad, the people in it are generals who command thousands of troops.

These generals from the common people are collectively called "new generals" in Ao San Emma.

And "Broken Finger" Rowell O'Brien was a powerful promoter of this policy and the earliest teacher of the "New Generals" group.Leaving aside the identity of the head of the Hilaria Legion, 80.00% of the entire Osan Emma's troops had to respectfully call him "Sir" when they saw him.

But this does not mean that he is an elegant and gentle person who is a good teacher. On the contrary, his temperament is just like his military style, aggressive like fire-the title "broken finger" is not his finger, he even Can "hold up a dragon gun with one hand, and stab through the mountains with one stroke".

This severed finger, of course, was the enemy's finger——

Some say that this is because the Hilaria Legion counted meritorious deeds with the hands of the enemy in the early years, and some people say that this is to describe Rowell's fighting style. There are different opinions, and it is Rowell O'Brien's absolute reputation that was established.

He frowned, and suddenly let out a loud cough. The next moment, the noisy deck immediately fell into dead silence.

Those soldiers who were still arguing just now held their heads high, their legs tightly together, facing Rowell O'Brien, they should not move at all.The generals raised their hands in salute one after another, but they didn't dare to make unnecessary movements.

He scanned his surroundings in satisfaction, his eyes were as sharp as the guide dragon eagle on his arm, and then an irresistible voice sounded in his hoarse voice:
"For two hours, I want to know if Murphy brought the earth dragon to attack Pakri and sent it under the city defense equipment of the La Rochelle people."

"Yes!"

The general in charge of this aspect immediately turned around and rushed into the cabin at a trot.

"in the case of……"

He stretched out his hand to caress Dao Longying's feathers, his rough fingers stroked the hard feathers, but Dao Longying raised his head comfortably.

But this seemingly warm treatment of "pets" made all the generals feel cold.

"The whole family of Murphy's family was killed. Murphy's body was exposed in the wilderness, and the guide dragon eagle pecked at it."

This calm "judgment" made the generals couldn't help but take a breath in their hearts, but they could only hold back without saying a word.

"Our Hilaria Legion doesn't need such waste. How many times have I said what kind of battlefield the Earth Dragon Legion will be used in and how to exert its greatest power—Alva, Norton, you should all know Bar?"

"Clear, clear!" The generals who were named immediately responded loudly, and they were also responsible for commanding the Earth Dragon troops.

But at this moment, a hesitant voice sounded after the two generals responded:
"But what if the people of La Rochelle intercepted and wiped out the Earth Dragon Legion?"

The generals all stared wide-eyed, peeping at each other in disbelief, as if they were looking for who had raised such a question - how dare they say such rebellious words when the general was angry, wasn't he courting death?
And the voice of Rowell Oberian also sounded when they looked at each other:
"Who is it, stand up and say."

In the sound of his voice, the queue of soldiers suddenly parted, revealing a soldier with an ordinary appearance and an ordinary figure.

Rowell's eyes fell on him, and after just a glance, he made the soldier fight with both hands.

"Stand over."

The soldier didn't dare to say much, so he did so tremblingly, and walked up to the veteran, bowing his head and not daring to look directly.

"name?"

"G, Griffiths..."

"Say it again, what's on your mind."

The generals turned their eyes to the soldier Griffiths in surprise, and the latter did not expect Rowell to say such a thing. He raised his head in surprise, then opened his mouth and stammered:
"I, I think that Lieutenant Colonel Murphy will not make a low-level move to attack the city alone, and the Dragon Eagle will definitely be able to capture the battle situation in Parkli, which is not far away, and will report it to the general in time instead of dragging it to Now……"

"So I think, it should be that La Rochelle's troops launched an ambush against Lieutenant Colonel Murphy..."

After he finished speaking tremblingly, he looked at the veteran's complexion, and what caught his eye was a serious expression without anger.

"Griffiths, where are you from?"

"Milson Military Academy, General."

"From today, if you are promoted to be a centurion, you will bring your original team with you."

Griffiths looked at Rowell in disbelief, then bowed deeply, and said ecstatically, "Thank you General!"

He hastily retreated to his original position, and the surrounding soldiers looked at him enviously, but before he could stand still, he heard a roar like thunder in front of him:
"They're all a bunch of trash! Idiots! Such a simple idea, why didn't anyone come up with it!"

Those generals buried their heads low, and obediently endured the sudden scolding.And Rowell didn't intend to reprimand him, he turned his head and shouted: "Bring me the map!"

"Yes!"

Within a few seconds, several soldiers were holding a thick, nearly three-meter-wide long scroll rolled up like a magic scroll.The generals retreated one after another to clear a space, and then the scrolls were spread out on the deck.

It is made of gray-black wool. As the scroll unfolds, magical phantoms gradually appear on the chests of the generals, presenting a topographical map of the Amasir region——

"The road that Murphy is taking is between Pakri and Hylia, and there are scout cavalry troops passing by on the road ahead - when was the last time the light cavalry of the road 'attacking sand' made contact?"

"It was before nightfall, at four o'clock in the afternoon, General." Someone reported, "At that time, he had already cleaned up all the villages we marked on the map."

"So the only place where they might fight is this wasteland—" Rowell pointed to the area on the map where "Canglan Wilderness" was written.

"Is this a place where people can hide and ambush?"

"Our attack was very sudden, and Hylia didn't have any reinforcements to arrive. There... there can be no La Rochelle troops here." A general boldly replied, "Unless there is a La Rochelle ghost among us. "

But this statement is obviously nonsense.

"There is no material strategic point that needs to be contested, and there is no important terrain to defend. It is impossible for them to garrison troops in this wilderness in advance."

"So this is an encounter." Rowell glanced appreciatively at the general who answered, "Your name is Joey?"

"Yes, General."

"Go ahead, what's on your mind."

Joey swallowed his saliva and continued boldly: "I think the light cavalry regiment that opened the way was attacked first, and the target of attacking them should be the cavalry of La Rochelle. After receiving the news that our army might sneak in, Start from Parker to intercept the cavalry."

"It's nothing to brag about annihilating a scouting light cavalry unit. But the question is how they took down the Earth Dragon Legion."

Joey's voice became softer as he spoke, and this question puzzled him.

"The Earth Dragon Army led by Lieutenant Colonel Murphy has more than forty earth dragons, and can easily defeat a heavy armored knight order of at least 200 people. A knight order with such a size should be quite famous in La Rochelle... and such a Troops, just for an invading group of hussars? I can't understand."

He glanced at the veteran, saw that the latter had no intention of speaking, and continued: "Unless, unless the people of La Rochelle have mastered a method of large-scale transmission of troops, and the cost is extremely low, and it can be widely used in the army." .They have at least mobilized more than a thousand heavy armored troops to encircle and suppress the Earth Dragon Army, and they should have a lot of spells and equipment to assist them—I think this is necessary to wipe out an Earth Dragon Army.”

Finally, a general behind him spoke up: "Large-scale teleportation of troops can be widely used at an extremely low cost? Joey, even if your young people's imagination is unconstrained, you must at least have a limit. How much did our ship cost to teleport? It should be clear..."

"But can you have any other explanations?" Joey didn't listen to the objections of the generals behind him, and directly argued with him, "How about you find a way to easily defeat the Earth Dragon Army? Clean up everything, not even the corpse of the earth dragon, to escape the sight of the dragon guide eagle, do you have any?"

"Yes!" The general shouted loudly: "Chaofan, wouldn't it be enough to be Chaofan!"

As soon as he said this, the crowd suddenly fell into silence. They all looked at the general who spoke with weird eyes, and then they all burst into laughter:
"Extraordinary? Can the people of La Rochelle be so rich that Chaofan can roam the wasteland instead of guarding important cities? Are you kidding me!"

The general also realized that he had said something wrong, stepped back in shame, and lowered his head.

"Quiet." Rowell finally spoke after the generals taunted him.

"It's hard to believe, but we have to include Joey's thoughts in our assessment of the people of La Rochelle."

"If they really master that technology, this war will become very strong-gentlemen, don't forget what we declared before Marshal Veros."

"Take Amasir in three months, General."

"That's right, three months to capture Amasir—so, everyone, do you understand what we should do?"

His eyes swept across the faces of the generals, causing the generals to panic again. They saluted one after another, and then retreated quickly, returning to their own troops.

Then, in the early morning of this day, O'Santa Emma's huge fleet split into several and sailed to the coast of the Adlai Sea.

(End of this chapter)