Riding and Slashing

Chapter 163 The Prestige of the Monster General
Livius did see with his own eyes the troops carrying the Three Lions Banner chasing Li Ang's troops.

Out of some nasty little thoughts, Levius didn't intend to help Li Ang out of the siege - he actually preferred to see Li Ang killed by the chasing army...

But when he was about to watch the play, he saw that the army holding the Three Lions flag turned around and stopped chasing, probably seeing his civilian army...

Livius was shocked, and quickly asked his subordinates to fly high the banner of the 'Empire Second Legion'.

Then White Hart Castle's 400-man army stopped.

Seems to scare them off?
And Li Ang's small army went around in a circle, quickly came to the 'Empire Second Army', entered the formation of Levius, and began to confront the troops of White Hart Castle.

Levius felt a little regretful that Li Ang didn't die here.

Then he saw thick yellow smoke over White Hart Castle—it seemed that Fabius succeeded, and White Hart Castle was captured!
Levius was excited for a while, and then began to slowly march towards White Hart Castle with the civilian army.

But then, his smile froze on his face.

Because the troops of White Hart Castle began to march towards him!

Does this mean that the 2000 people on his side have no fighting power?

Yes, it is really easy to see at a close distance.

Fortunately, there are about a hundred shadow infantry soldiers around him, and Li Ang also has about a hundred people under him. If the two sides work together, they should be able to withstand it for a while.

It won't be long before Fabius will send troops to meet him. It's only a few dozen miles away from White Hart Castle...

Levius thought.

He didn't worry too much, but let the men around him line up to defend.

Li Ang also seemed to be very cooperative, and he also dispersed his troops into Levius' lineup to assist in the defense. It seemed that he was making up for the defect that the shadow infantry was easy to target as a single unit.

The current terrain is mountainous, which is very suitable for defense. As long as two hundred people don't mess up, they can defend for a long time.

As long as you can control those civilian husbands and stop chaos.

Livius had a lot of experience in fighting, and he didn't panic at all. He also deliberately told those civilians to back off and not participate in the battle, lest they disturb the situation.

The folks are actually not messed up at all.

Li Ang was 'actively cooperating' with Levius directing the civilians to retreat.

It can even be said that Li Ang is directing the civilian husbands to retreat...

"As long as you obey, no one will die. But if anyone dares to run, I will kill everyone..."

The lord yelled with a big trumpet made of improvised leather.

Since Baron Leon, the "monster general" who was brilliantly praised by Bacchus, is currently on his side, the peasants are not only not afraid, but also have some expectation of how powerful this "monster general" will be on the battlefield, so it is very Following Li Ang's command in an orderly manner, he left the combat team and went to the back to watch the battle.

But after 1 minute, Levius and the civilians basically collapsed at the same time...

Because, just when Li Ang finished 'arming' and came to Levius, Li Ang was about to talk to him, and Li Ang suddenly attacked him!

Whether it was Levius himself or his subordinates, no one expected that Li Ang would make a surprise attack at this time...

And following the lord's "hands-on", Li Ang deliberately dispersed the 'defense personnel' in the Levius lineup, and all of them raised their swords and slashed at the most convenient shadow infantry beside them...

Half of the hundred or so shadow infantry soldiers under Levius were killed or injured almost instantly.

The troops of White Hart Castle also rushed into the chaotic battlefield at this time.

And before the two thousand civilian husbands had time to turn around and run for their lives, they heard Li Ang shouting again.

"Stop! I just said that as long as you listen to me, no one will die... But if anyone dares to run, I will kill everyone. You can't run away from the cavalry..."

The lord is still holding that piece of leather rolled into a horn...

Only then did the folks realize what they meant by what they said just now?

But now really no one dares to run away, this fierce monster general is said to be the number one swordsman in the mainland, 'he can kill anyone he wants'...

No, isn't a big man like Levius easily tied up by him?
Levius is indeed a flexible minded person, quite good at adapting to changing situations - he knew that he was not Li Ang's opponent, so he surrendered again and became a prisoner without any resistance.

And these two thousand civilian husbands were also coerced by Li Ang to go to White Deer Castle.

Only Li Ang can control these civilians with a small number of people. The prestige of the monster general is actually very useful.

Amy continued south with 400 troops to carry out her real mission.

Li Ang's strategies were indeed all successful. Amy arrived at the Shieldwind Fortress smoothly, and it didn't take much effort to put the castle in flames.

In fact, Amy's mission is the most important thing—everything is for Amy to set the fire smoothly, and everyone else, including Li Ang, is just a part of the process.

In order to ensure success, the lord also asked Amy to bring in enough people to avoid accidents.

However, due to the lord's acting skills and some coincidences, Levius didn't have any manpower in the Shieldwind Fortress at all, and Amy easily succeeded in the Shieldwind Fortress without encountering any decent obstacles at all.

There were less than thirty people in Shieldwind Fortress, all of them were servants of Levius.

The governor had just taken office not long ago, and he didn't plan to live in this border fortress for a long time, so his family didn't bring him here.

When these servants saw Amy's troops approaching, they immediately raised the white flag and surrendered in the city. Amy didn't even have time to verify her musket skills, and the city gate was already opened...

When Amy returned to the army, she also said that this mission was too simple, and she had no chance to perform.

But in fact, it is the best situation if there is no opportunity to perform!
The lord now feels that many things will suddenly become easy as long as Amy is present...

The last time I went to the Bacchus Empire to help the people of Mettenheim to solve the famine problem, Amy seemed to be blessed by a goddess. She easily got corn and potatoes, and even kidnapped an agricultural and water conservancy expert...

Think about Amy’s musket skills again—the accuracy of muskets these days really depends on character. The barrel has no rifling, and the charge is not fixed. The trajectory of the spherical lead ejected from the chamber sometimes flies into an S shape!

But Amy was stunned to be able to hit accurately, and said that it was based on feeling...

If there is such an attribute as 'lucky value', Amy should have full value, right?

Another guy with a high lucky value is probably Fabius.

He stood at the front when he entered White Hart Castle, facing countless arrows and crossbow bolts, but miraculously he was not shot to death on the spot.

You know, the more than 300 shadow infantry soldiers who followed him into the city were basically wiped out in White Hart Castle. After several rounds of arrow rain, less than 100 people surrendered alive.

Of course, Fabius was still badly wounded, stabbed like a hedgehog all over his body, but he was lucky—no arrow hit his vitals.

The 400 people outside the city originally planned to retreat and run away, but they encountered Li Ang who threatened [-] civilians to intercept them. Sir Roland from White Hart Castle chased them out with soldiers and horses, and they were attacked from both sides.

Coupled with the outstanding scouting ability of the Owl Knights, these 400 people could not escape, and they couldn't fight. After losing about a hundred people, Li Ang asked Levius to come forward and order them to surrender.

With Amy's smooth return to the army, White Hart Castle will no longer have to face the threat of the Bacchus Empire for a long time.

The only problem is that there are not enough prisons - the original prison has been converted into a cellar to store potatoes, and it is not easy to accommodate more than 400 shadow infantry prisoners...

Fortunately, Li Ang's "prestige" is quite effective, the two thousand civilian husbands are still obedient, and the lord even allows them to do some work - such as building a new temporary prison.

After cleaning the battlefield, the lord released several wounded shadow infantry soldiers and asked them to bring the letter written by Levius back to the Bacchus Empire to demand a ransom.

This time, he asked for a higher ransom...

The wholesale price is 15 dinars.

Who made so many prisoners this time? This is a [-]% discount, which can be called a jumping price.

Moreover, the payment is only valid within one month, and there is no waiting for expiration!
In terms of retail price, a shadow infantry soldier is five hundred dinars, a total of more than 400.

Fabius listed the price at [-] dinars.

Levius... I'm sorry, the governor will sell it last.

In other words, until the others are redeemed, the Governor-General will have to stay in prison.

The lord has always been "voluntary" when doing business - so Governor Levius wrote a letter voluntarily, asking the shadow infantry to bring back to his family to raise money...

As for the two thousand civilian husbands, after the lord knew that they were forcibly recruited by Levius, he did not intend to release them for the time being. He was going to try to see if he could influence them...

These peasants are all descendants of the natives of Pendor, and they don't even have any land in the Bacchus Empire. They are all tenant farmers——Levius would not dare to forcibly conscript people from the Bacchus nation.

The lord felt that as long as he gave these peasants a little land, he might be able to add two thousand more young and strong under his rule, and he might even let them bring their family members here...

So, he asked Sir Roland to take these peasants to Maixiangling, and asked him to try to persuade these peasants to become his subjects.

The reason why Sir Roland was asked to come forward was mainly because the current image of the lord himself is at the level of a 'demon and ghost' in the eyes of the peasants, and it is estimated that the affinity is not enough.

Besides, Li Ang actually thinks this image is good, and it will probably be useful in the future, so he doesn't plan to change the character design for the time being...

Emperor Marius probably didn't expect that after he exaggerated the lord into a monster-like general, the people of the Bacchus Empire would have a strange sense of trust in Li Ang...

Since the monster of Lie Lion Kingdom is so powerful, no one is his opponent, even the governor was easily captured by him, wouldn't it be safer to join him?
Yes, the psychology of ordinary people is so simple...

After all, the big guys don't seem to be living very well in the Bacchus Empire. The governors and generals of the empire usually either recruit young men or collect taxes, and they don't have a good life all year round.

On the contrary, this so-called 'Ayrshire devil' is willing to let them farm, and also provides rations and seeds...

Coupled with the fact that Sir Roland brought a group of old people from Mai Xiangling to show up, and learned that this terrible lord never harassed the common people, many civilians were indeed a little tempted.

And within a few days, the lord asked Roland to erect two other statues of goddesses in Maixiangling - the statue of the goddess of justice was placed next to the goddess of order, and the goddess of harvest, Damia, was placed in a place surrounded by wheat fields. In a small open space.

These three goddesses each represent several different beautiful values ​​created by human beings, and it is possible for the leaders to become followers of any of these goddesses.

In fact, in Li Ang's view, the best way to keep his territory from being controlled by religion is to introduce a variety of gods—as long as the teachings are good and orderly.

When there is only a single god worshiped in a place, there will inevitably be fanatics, such as the Knights of the Dawn.And there will definitely be organizations that seek self-interest in the name of religion.

Because this is a monopoly—and it is a monopoly of worldview and ideology, which is more terrifying than monopolizing the market.

But in the case of multiple gods, even if there are religious organizations, there will be continuous competition between the organizations. Just make sure that no one can completely occupy the market. Before completely occupying the market, everyone will only try their best to use various This benefit attracts 'clients'.

Of course, having said that, the lord's installation of the statues of the Goddess of Justice and the Goddess of Harvest is mainly due to the fact that there are already many beliefs in the territory.

And the statue of Damia actually played a big role. After the statue was completed, some folks tried to find Sir Roland—they were willing to stay here to farm, but they hoped that Sir Roland would agree to make the other part unwilling to stay. The rest of the people go back to Bacchus, so that their families can also move here.

Roland didn't know how to deal with it at the time - in his heart, he certainly hoped to meet the demands of these peasants.

But he also knows that many Bacchus will not come back after they go back. These people are considered captives at present, and they can listen to Li Ang's opinion whether they let go...

But what Sir Roland didn't expect was that the lord agreed to the request without hesitation, and asked Roland to distribute some food to the peasants who planned to go back as money.

In other words, those who are willing to go back to Bacchus can go back, and send a letter to the homes of those who stayed in Maixiangling, asking their families to move here.

In order to maintain the character design, the lord also added a threat - you can go back if you want to, but if you catch them next time, you have to kill them all...

As a result, under the prestige of General Monster, only one third of them finally decided to return to Bacchus.

More than 300 people stayed in Maixiangling.

Nearly [-] civilians were sent back to their hometowns. They walked together without any danger, and soon passed the camp that Levius asked them to cut wood to build.

It's just that these peasants didn't know that they had just passed the danger - not long after they passed the camp, a team appeared in the nearby forest.

It was a company of the Noldor.

"Your Highness Islandil, why don't you let us launch an attack? There are many humans in the north who have entered the forest, including that nasty ebony gauntlet knights. And these people in the south have built a camp here, which is obviously a Humanity is about to launch an all-out attack on us..."

A Noldor who was dressed almost the same as Lysadilan was speaking to another tall Noldor Elf.

That tall Noldor looked valiant--of course, every Noldor looked handsome, but this one looked more temperamental.

In other words, there is a kind of nobility.

His whole body is very gorgeously dressed, with all kinds of mysterious runes all over the armor, and a huge square sapphire embedded in the brow of the helmet, which looks like a crown that can only be used by kings.

Armor and boots are also equipped with silver runes, a special scimitar is worn on the waist, and a bow inlaid with gems is carried on the back. The gems are still shining faintly, like living things generally.

Standing beside him were several Noldor knights in silver and white equipment, which also looked extraordinary.

The plate armor on his body looks ancient and mysterious, and the shield, sword, bow and other weapons seem to be better than Lisa Dilan's - it just looks more lethal.

These were the Knights of the Twilight, chief of the nobles of the Noldor, and leaders of the hosts of the Noldor.

A powerful knight like them would appear behind others as an entourage, so the leading one would naturally be the great lord of the Noldor elves.

"Maybe humans are indeed going to attack...but the people who just passed by seem to be just some farmers. We shouldn't attack a group of unarmed people, even if they are our enemies."

The Noldor lord known as Islandil narrowed his eyes slightly and spoke indifferently, probably thinking about something.

"Your Highness, we should warn these lifeless humans."

Said a twilight knight.

"If you want to warn humans, you can't kill civilians... Has Ardalian gone to the north?"

Islanduil shook his head and asked back.

"Lord Aldalian said he wanted to kill those stupid ebony gauntlets. He organized a large army to wipe out the humans who entered the forest from the north."

The twilight knight nodded.

"Since he has already gone, then we don't need to worry about it. The Knights of the Ebony Gauntlets should be taught a lesson... But I would like to ask a human lord, why did humans suddenly attack aggressively?"

Islandil does not seem to be as arrogant as the other Noldor, and he is probably considered to be more friendly among the Noldor.

"Hmph... What else can human beings do? For their own desires, they can do anything..."

A Noldor shook his head with a disdainful look.

"But this time it looks different. Humans have assembled an army of more than 3000 people between White Hart Castle and Valiant Shield... They haven't done this in 300 years. There must be a reason for this. I must find out The crux. If we can’t coexist peacefully with humans and keep fighting like this, we will eventually become weaker and weaker. Over the years, we have lost too many people..."

Islanduil sighed: "There are tens of millions of human beings, but our people are less than ten thousand... We can't afford to die."

All the Twilight Knights fell silent.

After a long time, a twilight knight said: "Your Highness, do you still remember Lisa Dilan who was exiled by you?"

(End of this chapter)