The guests were naturally Brando's acquaintances, the Grey Fin Nagas. The pearl in his hand was given to him by the Naga Queen, Colddew, through Sani. It was a magical tool for communication between Nagas. It was a pity that there was a limited production of it, otherwise he could give one to each of his important people.
As soon as the black pearl glowed, Brando immediately knew that Sani had arrived. But the first to react were the sentries set up by the White Lion Guards. The youths from Tónigel naturally recognized the Nagas and led them over.
The first thing Brando saw was the burly Sani, who was a head taller than the average person. Beside him was a female Naga. The female Naga was charming, but they did not look human. They had pointed webbed ears, smooth skin, and three thin cheeks above their collarbones. Like the male Nagas, they had a snake body below their navel.
Brando was a little surprised that Sani did not meet up with Amandina and go to Tónigel by sea. But when he saw the female Naga, he understood. He happened to know the female Naga, the great Siren Bridget, one of the main priestesses of the Colddew Queen.
In the Naga Clan, the ones who presided over sacrifices and wars were all women. Sani, for example, was a warrior, but he was only a frontline warrior. Although he later led the Grey Fin Nagas by chance, that was a special case. Normally, the Nagas were still a matriarchal society.
A female Naga like Bridget, who was of noble birth, would mostly appear in the army as a follower of the priests. In fact, their role was similar to that of an army supervisor.
Brando immediately understood that the other party was here to form an alliance with him. This also explained why Ampere Seale's Port Guards were sent to the port. It seemed like the Nagas were determined to participate in this war from the very beginning.
And when the other party spoke, his guess was confirmed.
"My Lord, we are under the orders of the Queen, in accordance with the ancient sacred covenant, to fight side by side with the human allies." Bridget spoke the Cruz language very well. It was almost impossible to tell that it was a Naga, and it did not have Sani's low and hoarse voice.
When she mentioned Her Majesty, she lowered her head slightly and bowed to Brando. This bow was not so much for Brando as it was to show respect to his queen.
Brando's eyes flashed. As a player, he was very sensitive, and he was very familiar with the customs of the Nagas. It seemed that the Frost Dew Queen intended to treat him as an equal. Otherwise, she wouldn't have stopped here. However, he didn't believe in the nonsense of a Sacred Covenant. If a Sacred Covenant was really useful, there wouldn't have been any Holy War between the Four Great Temples.
What a powerful method. Under the high-sounding excuse, it was obviously a blatant political investment. But what did the Queen see in him? On the surface, he was just the Lord of Tónigel.
Bridget fell silent after that. Clearly, she wasn't going to give him a chance to satisfy his curiosity. Sani probably wouldn't know either. With his status, he wasn't considered a big shot in the Grey Fin Naga.
However, Brando was never one to get to the bottom of things. It was good to have reinforcements, and he would accept them with a clear conscience. Anyway, he would just treat it as owing the Queen a favour. This was probably her goal, and with his ability, he wasn't worried about not being able to pay her back.
The arrival of the Grey Fin Naga caused quite a commotion among the other people. After hearing that they were allies, the commotion quickly spread among the young people. Oberwei couldn't help but tease Brando that he was a bandit lord, and his subordinates were all bandits and pirates. This was obviously a joke, because the Wolf Knight only had admiration in his eyes.
Only knowing how to raise his own private army and making friends with various tyrants was a huge difference. Erouine, most of the nobles, including Graudin, would raise their own private army. This was a natural instinct of the nobles, as if they didn't need to learn to do it. To be able to make friends with various tyrants, other than one's own strength, one also needed to have a certain amount of charisma.
The problem was that Brando had made friends with too many forces, such as the Druids and the Nagas. These were all forces that ordinary people would never be able to come into contact with. In front of these people, the identity of a human was useless. In the eyes of the Druids, there was no difference between nobles and commoners, and to the Nagas, nobles were like fat sheep.
However, Brando was able to gain their recognition, which could only be described as a freak.
The others were fine, but the princess's gaze was a little complicated when she looked at him. Brando could even clearly feel that the half-elf princess's gaze had both recognition and a trace of vigilance. He knew very well where this vigilance came from.
With the addition of the Grey Fin Naga, the army gathered around Her Royal Highness had expanded to six thousand people, which was barely enough to form a regiment of guards. Everyone seemed to have seen a glimmer of hope, especially Count Audine's private army. They were no longer in a panic. Originally, Brando was really afraid that these guys would be defeated and become deserters.
Brendel asked Sani how they managed to catch up to them, and he finally understood that Sani and his Grey Fins Naga Guards had followed Ampere Seale's sea route to catch up to them. According to Sani's description, after they defeated the Coast Guards, they found that Brando had already retreated from Ampere Seale. At that time, the Black Blade Squad had already finished gathering in the south of Ampere Seale. Sani made a prompt decision and ordered all the Nagas to retreat along the river in the city, entering the bay outside Ampere Seale, and then disembarking from Deng Gang Bay. Only then did they intercept Brando and his party.
Ampere Seale's terrain was very special. The north and south converged to form a crescent-shaped bay, with the Ampere Seale Strait in the middle. The terrain in the north was flat, and the south was full of cliffs. This unique landscape could be seen by taking a boat out to sea. The southern line of Ampere Seale's port was almost all knife-cut cliffs, and the reef below was dense, making it difficult for even a sail to get close.
There were two landing points in the south. Deng Gang Bay was actually a shallow beach, and only the Nagas could disembark from there. Not to mention that there was a turbulent reef outside, and Brando was very clear about that, so he dismissed the idea of going out to sea from there. Further south was St. White Bay, which was far from Ampere Seale's port, and was also the only anchorage in this area.
Brando estimated the time. It seemed impossible to reach St. White Bay before the Black Blade Squad caught up with them, but the Grey Fin Naga's participation made him think of another plan.
Brando immediately rolled up the parchment map, and the surrounding officers of the Royal Knight Academy knew that their 'commander' was about to make a plan, so they all gathered around. Oberwei and Count Audine also stood beside Brando, one on the left and one on the right.
"Have you thought of a plan?" Wolf Knight asked.
"Yes," Brando nodded, "I have a concept, but I still need to test it out."
"Could it be that Sir has a plan to get rid of those annoying fellows in the sky?" Enrique asked with a grin.
"Brando, can we delay it until night time, and use the darkness to get rid of the Dragon Riders in the sky?" Freya asked.
"Impossible," Count Audine replied. He had served in the Black Blade Squad and the Southern Legion before, and was the most familiar general of the Dragon Riders. "The Dragon Riders' scientific name is Erouine Drake, and they mainly live in the northern highlands. They are actually a type of nocturnal creature, and the trained Dragon Riders have no problem tracking them at night."
"How annoying, and it's an all-weather troop." Brando cursed in his heart, but he was also aware of this point. Speaking of which, he had also been a Dragon Rider in the game, and he was quite familiar with the Erouine Drake, so he did not have such delusions from the beginning. "Well, unless it rains knives from the sky, we can't get rid of them. After all, they fly, and we walk."
He said it wittily, and everyone could not help but smile.
"We'll die even if it rains knives from the sky, Brando." Only Freya glared at him.
"That's why we have to face the Black Blade Squad. At this speed, they will catch up with us as early as tomorrow afternoon." Rouka, the leader of the Three Heroes, reacted quickly. He said calmly, "No, we don't even need to wait until then. Even earlier, the Black Blade Squad's light cavalry will catch up with us. "
"Light cavalry is not good at fighting in the forest, maybe we can bite them back." Bretton pondered for a moment and replied.
"Then we'll lose time." Maynild said quietly, and she glanced at Brando. She had always been the commander of this troop, but her calm face did not seem to show any dissatisfaction with Brando.
Brando also realized that this female Knight had a quality that he admired very much, and that was the obedience of a soldier. She was calm, steady, and absolutely obedient to orders. This was something that even he could not do. This was a truly excellent soldier.
However, the fact that the other party was a woman, and she looked exactly like his senior sister, was something that he could not accept.
Oberwei did not speak. He seemed to be waiting for these young people to speak. Brando had the same thought. He wanted to take this opportunity to see the true strength of the Three Heroes of Erouine.
Rouka thought for a moment and replied, "The advantage of time will be lost sooner or later. At least before that happens, we can decide where and how to fight the Black Blade Squad."
That's right.
Turning the time into the place. Brando praised in his heart. This leader of the Three Heroes of Erouine was indeed worthy of his reputation in the past. His thoughts were actually the same as his. However, he had premeditated it long ago, while Rouka had made a decision in an instant. The difference between them was huge.
Fortunately, he never thought of himself as a genius commander. The only reason he was here was because he had far more knowledge than anyone else in this period of history. That was enough.
"What is the goal of the battle?"
"It's obvious. Defend and wait for reinforcements," Enrique replied.
"Then where are we going to choose the battlefield?" Everyone's eyes were on the map, and Brendel's gaze was the same. They had actually left the port of Ampere Seale and headed east into the Marchenko Mountains. Now, they were already south of Rangdin's Foothill Manor.
Rangdin's Foothill Manor was a famous landmark near Ampere Seale. Although it was called a manor, it was actually a mountain inn that was built like a fortress. This manor was about ten miles east of the port of Ampere Seale. It was surrounded by mountains and forests, and was located on the mountain road that Ampere Seale had to pass through to reach the Arreck Province.
This was because it was the only road in the vicinity. They had deviated from this road because they were already in the mountains southeast of Ampere Seale. There was another road south of Ampere Seale. This road led to the territory of Vlada Pace, and they were in between these two roads.
This area was a level 25-30 adventuring area that Brando was familiar with. Further south, there was a citadel of Ampere Seale. There was a sawmill nearby, which was the main source of charcoal for Ampere Seale. Brando had done many quests there before.
There was also a small iron mine nearby. Due to the availability of charcoal, a large number of manors operated by blacksmiths had sprung up around the time of the Year of Harvest (first year 360). With the citadel as the center, one would enter the mountains to the east, and the coast to the west. It was densely populated.
Brando's gaze drew a line in this area.
The young men were arguing.
Carglise thought that they should use their advantage of having fewer troops but more elites to stop the Black Blade Squad at the Fama Valley. This valley was deep in the Northern Arreck Province, and the terrain was dangerous. It was one of the best places for an ambush.
However, Enrique thought that they should have already entered the Fama Mountain Range and entered the Northern Arreck Mountain Range. They would also use their advantage of having fewer troops and elites to fight and retreat at the same time, circling the Northern Alliance Army in the mountains. [Isn't this the prototype of guerrilla warfare? This can be a backup plan.] Brendel thought to himself, [Isn't this the prototype of guerrilla warfare?
However, just as he was stunned, the argument had reached its climax. Enrique mocked Carglise for his rigid thinking and military dogmatism. Carglise did not back down and retorted that Enrique was a bandit with the mindset of a mountain king.
The two sides could not reach a conclusion. Bretton supported Carglise's view, while Moko thought that Enrique was better. Only Freya, Rouka and Maynild looked at Brando.
Brando smiled and pointed at the map. "Let's hold a grand banquet for the Black Blade Squad here."
Everyone looked in the direction he was pointing at. In fact, the place that Brando was pointing at was not far from here. He drew a line that led to a place called the Mar Highlands.
Where is this place?
Everyone could see that the place drawn on the map was clearly not the most suitable place for an ambush. The Marle Highlands was a plateau, and although it was also the intersection of three mountains, the open surface was a flat alluvial plain, which was very suitable for an army to spread out. If Brendel did not lead them out of the encirclement, everyone, including Carglise, would have suspected that he was a spy from the Northern Alliance. … …
"Mr. Brando …?"
"Believe me, this is the best choice." Brando smiled. "I won't play with my life, right?"
"But why?" Freya could not help but ask.
The reason was simple. Brando laughed in his heart. This place called the Mar Highlands was the nightmare of countless players. In the Mar Highlands, there was a dungeon called the 'Ruins of the Temple of Afeja'. Afeja was a famous demon in Wohnde. It was said that his original form was a demon. Of course, the temple had nothing to do with him. It was just that it was occupied by a group of wind elementals from the Mountain of Quelled Storms. The temple was buried deep underground and had not been discovered by anyone before this era.
The temple was announced in a later patch. There was also a small quest to open the door. Brando could imagine how much trouble the Black Blade Squad would face if he managed to get the temple out. Back then, the players were beaten to a pulp. It was not until five years later that someone managed to clear the dungeon.
Not to mention, in front of the Mar Highlands was a colony of Red-Backed Boars. If they did not know the correct route, these monsters that lived in groups of over level 20 would be enough to give them a hard time.
Brando wanted to laugh out loud when he thought about it. Moreover, he chose to fight on the plains not only to let the enemy lower their guard, but also for a deeper reason. However, there were some things that could not be said yet. Although the students of the Royal Knight Academy were trustworthy, the same could not be said for Count Audine's private soldiers.
He waved his hand to signal the others to stop discussing. Brando's prestige had been established. Although the young people were more or less doubtful, they still chose to believe in the commander who had led them all the way.
"This place is actually an inverted triangle. If we defend two of the hills, it is not impossible to defend. I think the Lord may have other considerations, but isn't this place too close to the Acropolis of Ampere Seale? "Rouka asked with a frown.
"No, it's the opposite. We have to follow this line and kill our way through." Brando pointed at the manor.
"Ah, what? Are you serious? " Enrique almost jumped up. "My Lord, this doesn't seem necessary. If you want to show off your military might to scare those Northerners … Well, I admit that we are already very powerful."
"No, it is very necessary." Brando smiled at him. Then he turned around and said to Sani, "Sani, you and your men have sensed your Demon Whale?"
Sani was slightly stunned, then nodded.
"Then I'll have to trouble you to bring them there immediately. Make sure Miss Amandina appears before me before tonight."
"No problem."
Brando rolled up the parchment and said to the others, "You guys go prepare and come up with a battle plan. Also, don't forget, we have to beat up the vanguard cavalry of the Black Blade Squad and let them know that we are here. "
Everyone looked at each other, but they could only stand up and salute.
… …
Noun Explanation:
(1) The Fama Valley is located at the intersection of the southern section of the Marchenko Mountains and the Fama Mountains. A stream passes through this valley, connecting to the Frada Forest area and finally flowing into the St. White Bay. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to qidian.com to vote for me. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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