Riding and Slashing

More than ten miles west of Barranley Town, the camp of the Fieldsway Army.

"Lord Vidis, we should attack Sarleon City as soon as possible - that little girl Amy has indeed completely abandoned the capital of Sarleon Kingdom! Now there are only some stupid and greedy nobles and a group of uncompromising pariahs in Sarleon City ! Godric is not here, we will definitely break the city in one fell swoop!"

'Chahu' Earl Airy brandished his tomahawk, his eyes glowing with excitement.

"In fact, I don't want to continue fighting with the Sarleon Kingdom... The war has been too long, and the brothers have not been able to rest for more than a year. Since Fengyu Port was robbed by the Bacchus last year, riots have occurred everywhere in the country , There have also been many refugees in my Guangxiao Bay... Moreover, other countries will also take the opportunity to attack the Lion City, it will be an extremely difficult battlefield, not as easy as you imagined!"

'Red Sword' Earl Aidin objected.

"That's why we need to be as fast as possible! As long as we can seize Sarleon City before all the forces, we can repel all enemies with the strong walls of Sarleon City! As for the riots in the country... the whole family of the rioters drowned together, I think It’s fine if you escape and catch the whole family as slaves, they will be afraid..."

Chahoueri is still persuading.

"Chahu, the riots in the country are because we have been raising taxes... For this war, we have raised taxes four times! Let alone civilians, even our soldiers are already living hard... this war It only fattened up the Bacchus Empire, but dragged all the countries into the quagmire! The war cannot be allowed to continue..."

Earl Edin still shook his head.

"But the war can't end, right? We tried to retreat, but what happened? As long as we retreat, the Bacchus will unite with the Sarleon Kingdom and the D'Shar to attack us! As long as the Bacchus are still here, no matter who they are They can't even leave the battlefield... Only by capturing Sarleon City, cutting off the Bacchus' retreat, and forcing the Bacchus to retreat first, can the war end!"

Chahu stared bitterly and said.

"Okay... stop arguing! Aidin, what you said is right, as long as the Bacchus are still there, this war will never end. I guess that girl Amy thinks the same way, she did it on purpose Sarleon was given up—but we must take Sarleon, or it will be taken by the Bacchus... If the Bacchus get Sarleon, we will be in a deeper quagmire."

King Vidis pulled his beard and spoke a little anxiously.

Amy's intention of abandoning Sarleon City is indeed the case-now the four countries are fighting in the west of Sarleon City, and the Bacchus Empire has the initiative. If Agathon and Kryon cannot be forced to retreat, then no country can escape .

On the contrary, the Sarleon Kingdom, which had been struggling to resist, could not only gain room for maneuver, but also make other countries have to rob Sarleon City if they were willing to leave the capital and stay away from the battlefield.

Moreover, if you go to grab it, you may not be able to grab it, and you may face a big melee.

But if you don't go, the loss may be even greater. The Bacchus Empire, which has acquired Sarleon City, is likely to go directly to the west to start a full-scale conquest.

"Perhaps, it's not a bad thing for us that this war has lasted so long...at least we have succeeded in making the brothers agree with our own 'Hall of Valkyrie' and 'Valkyrie'! Of course, this war should really end now ..."

Vidis made up his mind: "But the only way to end the war is indeed to capture Sarleon City! This is the only way to restrict the Bacchus... and, after all, it is the center of the entire continent! If you can get Sarleon City, we will be recognized by most of the nobles in Sarleon Land!"

Subsequently, Fieldsway's army group began to march towards Sarleon City.

……

South of Baranley, De'Shar Camp.

"My lord Tahir, I suggest you turn around and attack Fort Nuda... The Fierzwe will definitely target Sarleon City, and Fort Nuda should be relatively empty at this time. We should conquer Fort Nuda now, Take back Singal, kill that bastard Ramon... Although Sarleon City is very attractive, even if we attack Sarleon City, we will only be trapped inside..."

A knight in black helmet and black armor is persuading Tahir.

"Take Nudabao? Retake Singal? Oh!... You want to take back the garrison, right? But the broken place of Singal has no meaning to me! If I can occupy Sarleon City, I can no longer submit to anyone Under the people... and there is now an empty city! Godric is not here, no one can stop my cavalry... as long as I am one step ahead of the others..."

Tahir looked at the knight in black armor with a nonchalant smile: "If your Twilight Knights dare not go, you can leave by yourself..."

The D'Shar army began to line up, and some cavalry were already galloping towards Sarleon City.

The knight in black armor stood in the camp, took off his helmet, looked at the De'Sha fighters who were moving around, and spat contemptuously: "Idiot with no brains, can't tell good from bad...you have to die !"

This is a dusk knight.

It was Alistair who had been slashed by Li Ang's sword in Toba City.

"Aren't we going to Sarleon?"

another Dusk Knight asked Alistair.

"Of course not! These D'Shar jackasses will probably die in Sarleon!"

Alistair replied in a low voice: "Let's go to Long River Town...to join the Queen Sonnard who abandoned Sarleon City..."

"Ah? Why? She won't accept us, will she?"

The Dusk Knight didn't understand.

"She'll accept it... She can even give up Sarleon City, she's smarter than these D'Shar idiots! Such a smart person should be our ally! And... the Sarleon Kingdom's troops smashed the Dawn Knights last year Already! They should have been our allies..."

Alistair shook his head and led his horse.

"But...but that Leon..."

The Dusk Knight spoke hesitantly, probably because he didn't want to provoke Alistair.

Alistair smiled calmly: "He's gone...it's just an accident on the battlefield. I don't regard the Sarleon Kingdom as an enemy...I just want to find a promising king to make achievements!"

"Then, wouldn't it be better to join the Bacchus Empire? They are stronger now!"

Dusk Knight asked suspiciously.

"It is precisely because they are stronger that we should defect to the Sarleon Kingdom - to Bacchus, we can only be regarded as a mercenary at best, but to Longhe Town, we are very likely to become lords..."

Alistair got on his horse and said, "Besides, I have what the Sarleon Kingdom most wants... the secret of the Three Prophets!"

A group of dusk knights headed towards Changhe Town.

……

Under the Lion City.

The two Bacchus armies joined together and camped northwest of Sarleon City.

"Agathon, we may be in trouble... There are tens of thousands of mobs in Sarleon City, and it will be difficult for us to take the city quickly."

Kryon fiddled with the fire in front of him with a stick.

"I know...and, if nothing else, the Filtsweans and D'Shar will try to take Sarleon..."

Agathon did not sit beside Kryon, but stood in front of the fire.

"Yeah... If we don't care about them, they are likely to force those mobs into slaves or auxiliary soldiers, and drive those mobs to attack everything nearby... But if we attack Sarleon City first, it is very likely that we will be killed The D'Shar and Filtsweans took advantage of it..."

Kryon shook his head while talking: "Give up tens of thousands of disobedient people and the entire Sarleon City, that little girl Amy is very cruel."

"This is no different from what His Majesty Mario used to do, and she was forced to do so. In my opinion, we can ignore Sarleon City and let the Filtsway and D'Shar people fight for it... let them face it Those mobs, while they are attacking the city, we will go around to Yaragal to camp first, and then try to besiege the city to stop them."

Ajiasong intends to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, to see if he can reap the benefits of the fisherman.

"But if we don't care about Sarleon City, once the Filtsway or D'Shar occupy Sarleon City, we will lose our original strategic advantage... Deerheart Village and Belmont Farley will definitely be conquered. Then And with Amy taking everything from Sarleon and Yarragar, we might not be able to find supplies!"

Kryon sighed.

"I know, but it's much better than directly participating in a melee...Our troops are more disciplined and more suitable for formation combat. The D'Shar and Fierzwei are suitable for this kind of chaotic melee... Besides, Even if we run out of supplies, we will definitely last longer than Sarleon City—there are tens of thousands of people there, and they can eat up everything they can eat in just two days!"

Agathon said somewhat helplessly.

"Agathon, you may not have seen what happens after tens of thousands of civilians riot, and you don't understand what the D'Shar people will do when they are hungry... Let me tell you, I saw it with my own eyes when I was fighting in the D'Shar territory Last year, the important city of Saidu was like this... I surrounded that city. There were 6000 to [-] people in the city, and the food consumption was huge. I thought they would surrender because of lack of food..."

Kryon shook his head and said, "But they didn't! Those D'Shars... After they ate up all the edible things in the city, they started using the civilians in the city as military rations!"

"There is such a thing... If this is the case, maybe it will be more beneficial for the empire to rule this place in the future... I want to force them to do this, which will make people in the Sarleon Realm recognize the empire!"

Agason frowned, and what he said was a bit vicious.

"Agathon, this is why I don't like you very much all the time—you are an excellent general, but you always don't treat people from other countries as human beings... In fact, if no one deliberately incites you, those so-called The mob was originally a good citizen—that’s tens of thousands of lives! If we capture Sarleon City, those people will become the people of Bacchus! I don’t want to see that kind of cruel atrocities happen again... I think, Your Majesty the Emperor I don't want to..."

Kryon said softly, he wasn't accusing Agathon—if you simply look at it from a general's tactical thinking, Agathon's strategy is actually the most beneficial choice for the Bacchus Empire.

But Kryon didn't like this choice, because it would inevitably lead to terrible tragedies in the tens of thousands of refugees in and around Sarleon City.

"General Kryon, you are a respectable person, but we are generals, and it is our responsibility to conquer the city and win the war. As for how the people live...that is the responsibility of His Majesty the Emperor, and he can definitely do better than us good."

Agathon was actually very polite to Kryon, although he didn't like Kryon very much either.

In fact, both of them are generals with good character, but their ideologies are indeed different.

Kryon was born as a commoner. He lived a hard life in a place where wars continued since he was a child. He has seen a lot of hardships in people's lives, and he often thinks about problems from the perspective of a commoner.

As for Agathon, who was born in a wealthy family, he will use the honor system of this era to consider issues more often. When he is not fighting, he will help the weak and the weak, but he will never walk among the farmers like Kryon. .

"Well... let's do this, Agathon, we leave the choice to God's will... I will attack Sarleon City, and you stand at the bridge to block the enemy. You only need to block for a day before you can retreat, and come to Sarleon City to find me. If I don't take down Sarleon City within this day, then we will evacuate to Qicha Fortress together to avoid falling into a unnecessary war of attrition."

Kryon began to draw a tactical map on the ground with a wooden stick: "I think we should try to give those civilians a way out, and that's the only thing we can do."

Agathon sighed and nodded: "Then let's do this, I hope Sarleon City can be conquered by you in one fell swoop!"

……

The next day, Sarleon City.

At this time, the surrounding area of ​​Lion City has become a cruel battlefield.

There are two battlefields, one is under Sarleon City, and the other is at the bridgehead forty miles west of Sarleon City.

Kryon originally tried to launch a quick attack on Sarleon City, but unexpectedly he and the D'Shar cavalry reached Sarleon City.

And Agathon was at the bridgehead, which happened to block Fieldsway's troops.

It would be no problem for Agathon to take part of the elite of the Empire's First Army Corps and the newly formed Third Army Corps to block the Filtsweans at the bridgehead.

But Kryon was a little helpless. With the main force of the Bacchus Second Army, he could completely beat the D'Shars, but the Second Army was infantry, so it would definitely not be able to annihilate the D'Shar cavalry.

In other words, even if Kryon wins, it is impossible to capture Sarleon City - the D'Shar cavalry will continue to harass the city, and it is impossible to attack the city with peace of mind.

Just as the Bacchus and the D'Shar were in a diplomatic war in Sarleon City, something happened suddenly in Sarleon City.

The city gate suddenly opened, and countless refugees rushed out of the city frantically.

Kryon originally thought that the mob in Sarleon City was planning to come out to join the battle, so he quickly ordered the troops to withdraw and line up for defense.

And Khalifa Tahir responded in the same way.

But those refugees who rushed out from Sarleon City ignored the two troops, and ran away like frightened birds and beasts...

Afterwards, Kryon and Tahir looked at Sarleon City with its gates open, and made the same reaction again—"Charge! Take the city!"

Speaking of which, when the city gates were opened, the cavalry must have been able to capture the city faster than the infantry.

But the fastest D'Shar cavalrymen reined in their horses immediately after rushing into the city gate...

As a result, the city gate was blocked by the Dexia people!

However, General Kryon suddenly stopped in his tracks: "Stop! Stop...the whole army is on standby!"

Running slowly is actually beneficial. Kryon saw that the tallest tower in Sarleon City seemed to be constantly tilting?

What happened in the city?

Kryon didn't know, but in any case, it was the right thing to do with the whole army standing by to see what was going on.

The seasoned veteran saves his troops by feeling...

The Dexia didn't stop, they were still rushing towards the city in a chaotic manner.

But the D'Shar who advanced into the city encountered their unimaginable enemies—countless fallen people poured out from the streets of Sarleon City!
At the same time, the tower of the House of Nobility in Sarleon...

It collapsed!