Riding and Slashing

Those who set fire will eventually die in the fire, and those who love to gamble will eventually lose cleanly.

Gallus' forces are consumed by fire at Shieldwind Keep.

Occasionally, those who tried to climb out of the city wall would be shot back into the city by Wendy's bow and arrow or the Scorpion Assassin's throwing knife.

Until the Shieldwind Fortress turned into a scorched black wall again.

The fire in Shieldwind Citadel was set by Wendy herself.

Gaulus set fire to the Noldor Forest, and Wendy let him die in the fire.

Although this kind of revenge can't solve any substantive problems, it can at least make Wendy feel better.

Sometimes it is important to be happy, especially for a group whose sanity has been destroyed by rage and hatred.

After seeing the shieldwind fortress ablaze, the Imperial First Legion scattered.

The castle was burnt down, so there was no need to count on the military rations. The centurions were all thinking about the assassin's throwing knives that appeared at home, so they had no intention of delaying here.

They divided into small groups, dropped all their luggage and some of their heavy armor, and planned to go home individually.

People are really interesting. If it is an army of more than 4000 people, it needs at least [-] pounds of food to march for more than [-] miles.

But if this large army no longer maintains the organizational system, and no longer carries heavy armor and various war equipment; more than 4000 people are all dispersed, and become hundreds of small teams, each of which is divided into lightly armed operations, and they will no longer need food. up...

But the grain in Shieldwind Keep wasn't burned—Ramon's men had moved the grain away.

Now Li Ang cherishes food very much, he knows what he is going to face.

"Master Li Ang, I have followed your instructions, can you let my family go?"

Rimuske asked Li Ang tremblingly.

"Yes. But, Rimusk, you can no longer return to the Bacchus Empire. The First Legion has fled, and they will regard you as a traitor. You can take your people back to Wolfenburg now, but if you If you don’t want to die, let Wolverenburg play my banner, otherwise Wolverenburg will be killed by Islandil——Islandil is in the area of ​​Almera Fort, and the fire in the Noldor Forest can’t stop now. To save, you should be able to figure out what Islandil will do."

Li Ang patted Rimusk on the shoulder and gave him a way out.

"...I understand, you can take my son to White Hart Castle as a hostage..."

Rimuske was silent for a while, then nodded helplessly.

He is not a fool, he offered to let his son be a hostage in exchange for Li Ang's trust, this is his only way out now.

"I don't need your son. You don't have any other options now. Just send Wolverine's grain to White Hart Castle. I'll give you ten days to send 20 pounds of grain to White Hart Castle."

Li Ang shook his head and refused. He doesn't need hostages now, only food.

Rimusk had already betrayed Kairos and his son, and offended Justus. Emperor Marius would definitely not tolerate him. He could not return to the Bacchus Empire, and now he could only rely on Leon.

Only Leon's banner can save him from being attacked by Islandil or other Noldor.

Although Rimusk was a greedy, lustful and courageous person, he was clear-headed anyway, at least he didn't follow Kailos and his son all the way to the dark.

……

Half a month later, Siyuan City.

"Your Majesty is awake?!"

"Miss Elena, hurry up and call the doctor..."

Hasty footsteps left.

Emperor Marius slowly opened his eyes.

"Your Majesty, are you awake?"

General Sura supported Emperor Marius in surprise, and brought a bowl of medicine from the table next to him: "This is the medicine prescribed by the doctors who came from the Knights of the Glorious Cross of Boshi City. Now they are the only ones who are trustworthy. .”

"What's wrong with me? Am I poisoned?"

Emperor Marius covered his head, closed his eyes in pain and opened them again: "I'm a little dazzled."

"The doctor said that you are weak and have lost too much blood...Kelos bribed your imperial doctor some time ago, took a lot of your blood in the name of bloodletting therapy, and then used the snake heart stone on you...Sorry, Your Majesty, I violated the law, did not investigate and collect evidence through legal procedures, but directly tortured the imperial doctor..."

General Su La apologized, but there was no sign of uneasiness on his face, obviously he didn't think it was a mistake for him to break the law in order to save people.

Emperor Marius sat up on the edge of the bed, drank the medicine in one gulp, with a painful expression on his face: "It's too bitter...I need a glass of sweet wine..."

"Don't even think about drinking, if you drink again, I'm afraid you won't be able to wake up again..."

General Su La shook his head resolutely: "You are lucky to wake up this time! If the doctor in Boshi City didn't save your life with coconut water, I'm afraid..."

"Coconut water? What do you mean?"

Emperor Marius grinned and turned his head to look—he did this simple action quite hard, and then he saw a few coconuts hanging from the top of the bed, and a few sheep gut pipes inserted in the coconuts.

"It is said that I learned the method from An Sen, Li Ang's subordinate. It is said that fresh coconut water can be directly injected into the blood to hang the unconscious person... I don't know the specifics, but it does work. You are in a coma. For many days, I thought..."

General Sura sighed and shook his head.

"I won't say thank you, Sura...by the way, where is Kailos? What does he want my blood for?...Is he planning to rebel?"

Marius leaned back on the pillow and asked.

"He did it to save his son... But what he did is probably more serious than treason. The news I got is that Kailos went to Changhe Town and he is attacking Leon's territory, and..."

Su La looked at Mario carefully, probably because she was worried about irritating the patient, so she didn't dare to continue.

"And what?"

Mario frowned.

"...And they set fire to the Forest of Noldor...White Hart Keep and Almera Keep were set on fire at both ends. It is said that the fire in the Forest of Noldor is completely out of control."

Su La hesitated for a moment, but decided to tell Mario everything. After all, it was up to the emperor to decide what to do with the Bacchus Empire.

"Cough cough cough..."

Emperor Marius froze for a moment, then coughed violently.

"Take a deep breath, Your Majesty, take a deep breath!"

Su La hurried forward to caress Mario's back, but the cough was still severe, as if he had lost his breath.

"puff……"

Ma Lue took a deep breath, and then spat out a mouthful of bright red bloody phlegm.

"I shouldn't have told you these things. You should cultivate yourself now...don't talk anymore, Your Majesty."

A remorse appeared on Sura's face.

"It's fine...I'm fine..."

Marius waved his hand, and after coughing up the phlegm, he became much more energetic: "The Noldor Forest was burned?... Where is Justus? Did he not stop Kailos?"

"His Majesty……"

General Sulla shook his head, intending to tell Mario not to speak again.

But Mario kept staring at him with firm eyes: "Tell me everything..."

"...Justus was kidnapped by Antonius, and the First Imperial Army was taken to White Hart Castle by him...Kelos led the cavalry of the Shadow Legion to destroy Li Ang's Maixiang collar, and then tried to attack Changhe Town ..."

Sura sighed: "When I got the news, the First Legion had already encountered Leon and the Noldor elves to block it, the legion was broken up, Limusk surrendered to Li Ang, and Gaulus died in the Shieldwind Fortress... Li Ang detained Lord Justus and declared full-scale war on Bacchus."

Emperor Marius closed his eyes and remained silent for a while, instead of getting angry, he calmly accepted the reality.

After opening his eyes again, he asked about Li Ang's movements: "... Has Li Ang launched an attack on the empire?"

"No, on the contrary, he prevented the Noldor elves from attacking the empire... According to the news from last night, Li Ang is leading a large number of Noldor elves to intercept Kailos in Changhe Town."

General Su La shook his head: "Li Ang may want to ensure the safety of Changhe Town first."

"Hey...he is not for the safety of Changhe Town, he is for the Noldor elves not to fight on their own, he wants all the Noldor elves to obey his arrangement...Sura, go and send an order to recruit all the reserve soldiers in the country, All the forces are concentrated in the area of ​​Karen Lulu Castle, and Agathon is appointed as the Marshal of the Empire..."

Emperor Marius frowned and said.

"If you concentrate your forces on Karen Lulu Castle, most places in the east, including Fort Al Merah and Bapulun, will fall..."

General Sura reminded.

"The Noldor elves will come out in force, and the eastern part of the empire cannot be kept... the only thing we can do now is to defend Boshi City until Leon retreats. Don't think that the empire is very powerful, Sura, without the Noldor Forest, all the Noldor elves They will all become outlaws. In this situation, we are on the weak side..."

Emperor Marius shook his head weakly: "If Kailos is still near Changhe Town, then he will definitely not be able to escape Li Ang's pursuit. Maybe we should try to rescue Kailos..."

"Why? Your Majesty, he has already committed treason! He even murdered you!"

Marius asked the empire to take a defensive position, and Sura could understand that, after all, no one wanted to fight against thousands of crazy Noldor elves.

But when Mario said he wanted to rescue Kailos, Sura really didn't understand.

"I'm not trying to save Kailos himself... I just want to save the Shadow Legion. Although they don't like me, they are the elite of the empire..."

Emperor Marius sighed: "Sura, where is Antonyus? Can you catch him?"

"He should be in Emperor Lingang, I can't guarantee it, but I will do my best... Do you want to capture Antonius and hand him over to Li Ang in exchange for the cavalry of the Shadow Legion?"

Su La still knew Mario very well.

"This is the only way to save the Shadow Legion... Hurry up and send the order, before Li Ang marches towards Boshi City..."

Emperor Marius nodded, and lightly stroked his hands to signal Sura to hurry up.

"Why are you so sure that Li Ang will march to Boshi City?"

Sura turned around and went to the desk, and began to write some orders.

"Justus and Alina are in his hands. Of course he will attack Boshi City. As long as he can reach Boshi City, the whole city may surrender without a fight...so deploy troops to Karen Lulu Castle ...but he probably won't attack right away, we still have some time."

Marius briefly explained a few words, and then asked: "How is the Lion City? Is the Knights of the Glorious Cross still there?"

"Sarleon City has been attacked by Fieldsway, and the Knights of the Glorious Cross and General Kryon are on their way back to Siyuan City..."

General Sura turned his head: "It is said that there are no residents in Sarleon City, and I don't know why Fieldsway launched this attack."

"It's just taking advantage of people's dangers. Fieldsway has always been like this. They probably think that under such circumstances, Li Ang will gather all the troops to attack the empire and will not entangle with them..."

Emperor Marius said softly: "But Li Ang will definitely not do this. I am afraid that the people of Fieldsville will be hit by a thunderbolt... Li Ang will probably become king in Sarleon City first, and then attack the empire..."

Perhaps Emperor Mario was indeed the person who knew Li Ang best, and his judgments were all correct.

Li Ang did not immediately attack the Bacchus Empire.

Nor did he recall the troops of Sarleon.

After burning the Shieldwind Fortress, Li Ang returned to White Hart Castle as fast as he could, and together with Wendy and Vendatil, led the Noldor warriors to chase and intercept Kailos.

Kairos originally tried to harass Changhe Town after destroying the Maixiang collar, but all he brought was cavalry, which could not cause substantial damage to Changhe Town. After discovering that a large number of Noldor elves came from White Hart Castle, Kairos began Evacuate south.

But when he retreated to the Troubrun area, he was entangled by two small troops.

These two small forces, one is the Owl Knights, and the other is a force composed of those 'farmers' from Maixiangling.

The farmers led by Mai Xiang were actually all the first troops under Li Ang's command.

That is the original 'non-commissioned officer unit'.

These people are all small shareholders of Maixiang International, and they are also responsible for each farm.

They have always maintained the mechanism of internal competition, not only guaranteeing food production, but also maintaining the law and order and stability in Maixiangling and Changhe Town.

When Kairos came with the army, they didn't get an order, and they didn't resist on their own foolishly. Instead, they gathered farmers separately and avoided Kairos' army.

They either came from the original Alderge, or were moved from Serrummeath by Sir Roland. They all experienced the scene of the destruction of their homes, and they also witnessed the establishment of Maixiangling.

So they know that when faced with the deliberate destruction of the village by the army, the best choice is not to resist directly, nor to cry helplessly, but to try to preserve vitality and hope for future reconstruction.

So they split up and took all the grain and supplies from each farm in Mai Xiangling to White Hart Castle - the road between Mai Xiangling and White Hart Castle was well maintained, as long as there was a carriage, they could run away.

This is the right choice.

Important materials such as grain and saltpeter stored in the farm, seeds of various high-yielding crops, and human lives.

These are the hopes for the future.

It doesn't matter if the houses and defense facilities are destroyed, it doesn't matter if the Maixiangling wholesale market is destroyed, as long as the people and seeds are still there, everything will be there.

After transferring supplies, they assembled again at Troubrun—this time, to concentrate their forces for resistance.

Because they have no worries...

Again they put on their black-and-white griffin burqas, and once again brought up their spears and swords.

Although their old burqas do not have a golden coat of arms, the loyalty and honor of the first generation of non-commissioned officers are pure gold.

They used the chariot formation taught by Leslie and the riding skills trained by Sarah. With the assistance of the Owl Knights, they dragged Kairos' cavalry army of more than 300 people with a scale of more than 2000 people. , until Li Ang arrived with Nuoduo troops.