The secret letter from Hillat Manor was sealed in a thick envelope and sent to the Queen's desk overnight. The flame-shaped emblem on the surface of the envelope indicated that it was a secret letter related to the military, but seven layers of flame patterns indicated that it was not very important. Constance asked the maid to open the envelope, then took a look at the letter and handed it to Prime Minister Nidevan Junior.
。 Hillat Manor was one of the Royal Family's secret informants in the Floating Cloud Hill area. The secret magic letter from there was naturally related to the Earl of Erouine.
Prime Minister Nidevan Junior looked at it and shook his head gently. "There's no end to it."
But the Queen herself did not seem to care too much. She replied, "Darius' grandson forced them, but this is what they deserve."
On the letter was written in Kirrlutz's language: 'Your Majesty, the nobles have already prepared their troops to meet the Count from the Kingdom of Aouine. The commander of this army is Earl Jean. They are now resting in Hemlock Town, Valgus Town, or the nearby areas. It is reported that there are three other Earls and dozens of Knights who have responded to the call.
When this letter was sent, they should be on their way. "
This message was sent a day ago.
Floating Cloud Hill.
The sky in the east was turning white, and the stars were fading away, marking the dawn of a new day. In the red pine forest bathed in the morning light, the count was anxiously looking at the western horizon. It was as if what Her Majesty had said was true. He was beginning to feel that he had been caught in a trap of his own making. For the third time the Earl of Gideon, in a state of agitation,
The scout asked, "You went to the east, west, and north. Are you sure you didn't see anyone from the Moore and Cooper families or the Walker family? Not a single person?"
The scouts were a few experienced knights. Most of them came from various legions and left the army because of fights, injuries, old age, or other problems. They were very experienced. After leaving the army, they either joined a mercenary group or became a retainer of a noble. But at this moment, these old soldiers looked at each other and shook their heads. "Sir, no." They said, "Sir, no."
Yes, we didn't see anyone. "
"Damn it! Have you ever been to Ironwood Town?" Count Jean clenched his teeth, almost crumpling his gloves into a ball.
"Sir, we've been there as well, but the place is peaceful. The local residents don't know what's going on." The riders immediately replied.
"Then, did you see any signals from the Moore and Cooper families, or the Walker family?"
"No, sir." The riders shook their heads in unison.
Earl Jean sucked in a breath of cold air.
…
"Only one flag?"
Brendel and Maynild returned to the encampment after a simple investigation of the battlefield. In the war theories of the empires and the neighboring kingdoms, the task of scouting the battlefield was mostly left to the cavalry, and the commander would overlook the entire battlefield from a high vantage point. In a small-scale battle, the entire battlefield would not be more than ten miles wide, so it was easy for them to scout it.
It was easy to have a panoramic view of the entire battlefield.
However, Brando and Maynild chose to use the players' method. Even if they used aerial units to map the battlefield and make a sand table, as the commander, they only needed to have an intuitive understanding of the entire battlefield. The advantage of this method was that it was more conducive to hiding one's intentions, especially the direction of one's troops entering the battlefield.
In the Second Dark War of the Second Dark War, Madara was the first to use this method, but it was carried forward by the players. In this era, it was an extremely advanced tactical idea.
However, the news that the gargoyle brought back gave him a huge shock.
In the direction where he and Maynild had previously discovered the movement of the aristocratic private army of the Cruz people, they quickly found the army hidden between the red pine forest from the air. Its main body was composed of aristocratic spearmen and some crossbowmen, and they also found a small number of cavalry. These aristocratic private armies were very well-equipped, especially the way the spears in the hands of the spearmen reflected light. Basically, all of them were equipped with iron.
Even the standard imperial spears with steel tips were very popular in the army, almost reaching more than 80% of them. In addition to the crossbowmen, even the spearmen were equipped with chain mail. The Knight was almost all in full armor. This level of equipment was not inferior to Erouine's frontline legions such as the White Lion Legion and the Black Blade Squad. As for the aristocratic private army, even if it was not common in the empire, it was not uncommon.
Even in the Empire, they were not common. They were most likely the personal guards of the Great Lords.
And here, those who could be called great lords were either Earl Alcorn or Earl Jean. After all, this was the south, not the Bank area near the center of the empire, or the northern area controlled by military aristocrats like Ludwig.
But what made Brando feel very strange was that there was only one army in the forest. He repeatedly asked the gargoyle to confirm the emblem on the flag, but it could only distinguish one kind.
"That emblem is the emblem of Earl Jean. He came here himself, then what about the others? Are they lying in ambush?"
Brando couldn't help but look at the female Knight beside him with some disbelief.
Maynild shook her head gently. It was basically impossible to ambush. The gargoyle's vision was very wide. When they swept across the sky, they could almost see the whole surrounding hills. After the battle of the Black Sword Fortress, the Cruz people understood the existence of gargoyles in their army. Although the aristocrats of the empire were arrogant, they were not stupid.
On the contrary, it was impossible for them not to have heard of the gargoyle's ability. Therefore, it was unlikely that they would let their army lie in ambush in vain.
Unless they were lying in ambush on the periphery of the battlefield, but in that case, they would not be able to support in time. If they were to lie in ambush so blatantly, wouldn't they be treated as fools?
Would Earl Jean bring a thousand men to fight them to the death? It was impossible even if one used their knees to think. Although the Summer Solstice Knight Regiment that was defeated by them at that time was about the same number of Knights, but as a local knight regiment of the empire, they were much more powerful than the private army of the aristocrats.
Because the female Knight instinctively thought that there was no such possibility.
Brando naturally knew this point. The only remaining possibility was that the enemy's army was covered by magic. Such a case only appeared in history after the Third War of the Black Rose. The first to use it was the Fanzin, and then it gradually spread. If the Earl really came up with such a brilliant idea in this era, he could be considered an outstanding tactical talent.
。 However, the prerequisite for this was to have an independent and centralized wizard group. The size of this wizard group was far beyond the wizards under Brendel's command. Not to mention whether the Kirrlutz people could assemble such a wizard group in such a short time, even if they did, their hidden army was a little too much.
He patted his forehead, and for a moment, he was confused.
"What are Cruz's people trying to do?"
Maynild also shook her head in confusion. She had never seen such a battle in her dream, and the military knowledge and tactical skills she had learned in this life did not seem to be able to explain what Cruz's people were trying to do at this moment.
Unable to detect the enemy's movements, Brando did not dare to act rashly. Although he knew that he had overwhelming power in his hands, he did not want to cause unnecessary losses in a small fight with the nobles of the empire. Secondly, he did not want to use some of his trump cards in such a low-level conflict. He thought about it for a moment and decided to let the White Lion Guards stand by.
In the ground, he arranged for the iron puppets provided by the Buga wizards to be backup on both sides. He had not used these secret weapons in previous battles, but the current situation was a bit strange, and he had to be careful.
Fortunately, the only advantage he had now was that he had discovered the enemy, but the enemy had not yet discovered them. He had time to wait for the earl's next move to see if the other party would reveal any flaws.
Time passed by slowly, and the morning fog gradually faded from the hilly area. At first, it was the open hills, and then the light in the forest gradually became brighter. The sun moved a little bit to the middle of the sky, and the visibility in the hilly area was getting better and better. Brando stood behind the bush and gradually could see the outside of the forest with his naked eyes.
There were a few flags scattered in the forest, but what made him very confused was:
Almost two or three hours had passed, and the enemy still did not move.
"Did they discover us?" Brando thought for a while, but he could not explain what was happening at the moment. This was the only way to the Evergreen Corridor, so it was reasonable for the earl to stay here, but the problem was that he had not seen the other party send any scouts in this direction. Earl Jean seemed to have gone crazy.
The army was holed up in the forest, and it did not look like an ambush, but more like they were simply hiding.
But the problem was.
If the other party wanted to hide, wouldn't it be better if he did not leave his castle? Why did he have to come to the wilderness to suffer?
Brando was puzzled, but at this time, Earl Jean was actually more anxious than him.
The Earl of the Empire was really going crazy.
The feud between the southern nobles and the country bumpkin from Erouine had attracted the attention of the entire Empire. From the nobles of the kingdom to the commoners, even the people who really held the highest power in the Empire moved their eyes away from the two ongoing and temporarily silent holy wars to watch the show. It was precisely because of this reason that no matter who it was,
He, or Earl Alcorn, absolutely could not retreat half a step. Otherwise, they would become the laughingstock of countless people. Behind them was the Palut family, and Duke Palut would also lose a lot of prestige and face because of this. This account would naturally be counted on them in the end.
Therefore, he made an agreement with Earl Alcorn that they must stop the Earl from Erouine in the Floating Cloud Hills. They did not expect to completely defeat the other party. They still had self-awareness and understood that the combat strength of their troops was not as good as the Empire's Border Legion. They were not even a match for the Solstice Knight Regiment. But at least they had to make the other party feel troubled.
If they could save the noble hostages in their hands, then it would be a happy ending.
For this reason, they gathered almost all the local nobles in the southern territory who stood on the side of the Palut family, including four long-established families and countless lords and Knight of all sizes. Although this army was mixed, there were at least tens of thousands of people gathered together. In their opinion, it should be more than enough to deal with an envoy group of only a few hundred people.
There was more than enough.
However, at the last moment when everything was ready and only the east wind was missing, on this morning, he encountered an unexpected problem.
Earl Jean seemed to have suddenly lost contact with all his other allies. These allies should have been stationed near the various settlements or towns in this area. He had even sent people to contact them one by one the day before.
But now, these people seemed to have evaporated into thin air and disappeared for no reason.
The Earl's forehead was drenched in cold sweat. The first thought that popped into his mind was whether he had been betrayed by those damned bastards. But this thought only existed instinctively for a split second before it was rejected by him. He understood that anyone else could go back on their word against him, but it was absolutely impossible for Earl Alcorn to do so. The two of them were on the same boat.
However, if he accidentally capsized, then he would definitely not be the only one who would have to face Duke Palut's thunderous anger.
Then the only possibility was that his allies had been unknowingly killed off by the terrifying Aouine man in front of him.
Originally, this idea was very absurd. It sounded like a fantasy for an envoy group of a few hundred people to quietly get rid of tens of thousands of nobles' private armies within a radius of dozens of miles without alerting each other. But now, the more the Earl thought about it, the more he felt that it was possible. He had not really had any dealings with Brando before, although Brando had captured some of his subordinates.
He had many nobles under his command, and one of them was even his nephew, but the previous conflicts were actually private conflicts between these local nobles and Brando. If not for Brando's insistence on holding these hostages and slapping him and Earl Alcorn's face, and even slapping the face of the big shot behind them, he would not have wanted to deal with such a lunatic.
But although he had never met the Earl of the kingdom, he had heard a lot of rumors about Brando. The most clear one was the part where he attacked the Imperial Fortress. It was an entire legion that was completely subdued by him. They were neither defeated nor defeated, but were completely captured and forced to do as he wished.
Do things.
Earl Gien suddenly realized that he might have done something stupid. He actually thought that he could defeat such a terrifying person. Even if he had tens of thousands of men under his command, how could he compare to the Rogerian Border Legion?
At this time, the Earl's mind was full of nonsense. He sent his men to continue to the direction of his allies' camp to find out what happened. If he could not meet them on the road, then at least go to their previous camp. If they were not there, or if they found traces of the battle, Earl Gien thought for a moment.
How could he arrange a safe escape route for himself?
But not long after, the scouts he sent out finally came back on horseback.
Although these riders looked travel-worn and exhausted, there were no bloodstains on their bodies, and no one showed any signs of injury. This meant that they were not intercepted. This discovery made Earl Gien a little relieved. He quickly asked, "What about Moore, Walker, and the Cooper family? And what about Count Alcorn? Did you find them? "
He asked the questions in his heart like a machine gun, but before he said two sentences, he suddenly stopped.
Because he saw that his men were looking at him with a very strange look, which made his hair stand on end.
"What's going on?" He subconsciously felt that the problem might be a little serious, even beyond his expectations.
The oldest of the scouts licked his lips and could not help but answer with a somewhat dry voice, "My Lord, Earl Alcorn and the others …"
"What's wrong with them? Can you not look like you've seen a ghost? Well, even if there are really undead, it's not like you haven't dealt with those things before?" Earl Gien frowned and looked at his subordinates with great dissatisfaction. The reason why he took them in was because of the experience of these veterans, but these people had never behaved like this in the past. Even when they climbed out of a pile of corpses, they did not behave like this.
But at this time, suddenly, a messenger ran back from the front, trembling. His face was pale, and he ran while shouting, "My Lord, it's Erouine's people, they're here!"
Earl Gien was shocked. This was what he was most afraid of now. He quickly turned around and looked at the guy, "What did you say, Erouine's people are here? Is it Erouine's envoy group?"
But the messenger kept shaking his head, "No, it's those dragons! Blue, green, so many of them, they're all over the sky. Come and take a look, my Lord! "
The guy's voice was almost wailing.
… …
After waiting for another long hour, Brando finally found that the strange noble army in front of him did not seem to intend to move, but at this time, he finally lost his last bit of patience.
Although he had already imagined all kinds of possible situations, this was obviously an exception.
Obviously, he could not endlessly waste time here with the Earl. If the Earl did this to provoke him to take the initiative to attack, he had to admit that he did it.
Fortunately, this was not a particularly complicated problem for Brando.
Although it was not up to him to attack or not, the choice of how to attack was in his hands. Of course, he could not expose his intentions to the other side first. Since the other side wanted to see what he had, the best way was to let The Shire command the Aether Dragons to test the waters.
And so, he did.
But the final result was far beyond his expectations.
In fact, it was also beyond the expectations of Maynild, The Shire, and even the little princess Metisha.
The Shire had just let the Aether Dragons enter the battlefield when a person ran out from Earl Gien's army.
Brando was sure that if he was not mistaken, that person was holding a white flag in his hand.
At that moment, even he could not help but be deeply confused.
"Could it be that the Earl came here to surrender to him?"
"Is this how the people of Cruz fight?"
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