Calendar of the Empire, May 2515, New World, Luscia, Luscia Isthmus, Luscia, Luscia, Luscia (formerly Marauder's Port), the luxurious stables of the Ashes Legion (limited to elven horses).
The first successor of the Brittany Knight King Kingdom and the Winford Duchy, the eldest son of Duke François, and the elder brother of Queen Suria, Julius Kumani Antrel de Winford had woken up.
This expeditionary knight was now the commander of the Hunt Cavalry of Ashes Corps and was in charge of commanding most of the cavalries of Ashes Corps. He himself had many military exploits. In the dangerous and mysterious rainforest of Lucia, Julius had won the title of "Holy Knight Julius" with his incomparable bravery, perseverance, tenacity, and outstanding commanding ability. His outstanding tactical ability had earned him the title of "Holy Knight Julius".
Similarly, Fulgen also took great care of this relative of his. He took him to participate in several war opportunities. Fulgen also gave him advice and taught him his rich knowledge and experience. However, he had not agreed to let Julius join his personal guard, the Phoenix Guards. Fulgen's reason for this was that "it was not the right time" (in fact, Fulgen did not have any more gene seeds).
This made Julius very depressed.
However, there were more depressing things to come.
Originally, Julius thought that he had made so many contributions and accomplished so many great feats. Just the number of Skaven warlords and engineering sorcerers that had died in his hands was more than enough to count with one hand. In addition, there were also many green-skinned shamans and undead pirate captains. When there was no war, he should be given a more important position, right?
No. When he returned from the expedition outside, Laing's brother-in-law became a groom in the Ashes Legion again. He was in charge of taking care of those irritable and arrogant pure-blooded elven horses.
Through Julius's efforts, the two pure-blooded elven warhorses that Forgan had obtained from Wizard Arabien finally gave birth to a few foals (Julius still had to help push them from behind during mating). What was worse was that from then on, the family of pure-blooded elven warhorses only recognized Julius and only allowed him to serve them. Other grooms would be chased away as soon as they entered the stable. If they went in with a straight face, it was very likely that they would receive a hoof. A hoof from a pure-blooded elven warhorse was not pleasant. Although the prideful pure-blooded elven warhorse would not directly kick a person to death like a wild horse without intelligence and unable to control its strength, being kicked like this was really unbearable.
The pure-blooded elven horse would kick a person to death, but it would not be at the level of being kicked to death or being disabled on the spot.
So in the end, Fulgen took advantage of the situation and continued to let Julius be a groom. Julius had no choice but to agree.
After getting out of bed, he washed up a little and ate breakfast. Julius once again changed into a dirt-resistant groom's uniform. He carried two buckets of water and fresh milk and entered the stable to work.
A few pure-blooded elven horses saw Julius come in and neighed excitedly. They came over to lick his face and rub his neck, and began to enjoy their breakfast. Among them, two pure-blooded elven horses even came over and placed their hooves in front of Julius.
Hey, breeder, it's time to help me fix my horse's hooves!
Although Julius felt very helpless in his heart, the Holy Knight had always been a very dedicated person. He immediately expressed his understanding and then took the iron pincers and removed the fine iron horseshoes from the hooves of the pure-blooded elven horses. After that, the pincers were thrown to the ground. A small iron hook was skillfully grasped in Julius's hand. Very quickly, he helped the horses clean up the mud, weeds, and attachments that had accumulated in the hooves of the horses.
"Neigh ~ ~ ~" The horses neighed excitedly. Having their hooves cleaned, they felt very good!
After cleaning the horse's hooves, Julius's forehead was covered in sweat. However, he didn't stop. He threw the small iron hook onto the ground and picked up the tongs once again. This time, Julius cut off all the black and aged cuticles on the horse's hooves with the tongs. After that, he took out a small brush and took out a brand new horseshoe and nailed it onto the horse's hooves.
"Neigh ~ ~" After changing the horseshoes, the pure-blooded elven horses all cried out happily. Julius's spa was still the most comfortable.
After finishing this round of work, it was already ten o 'clock in the morning. Julius was so hot that his forehead was covered in sweat. Just as he sat down to rest for a while, he found a person standing outside the stable.
"I have to say, Yuri, you're already a qualified groom." Forgen, who had just rushed back from Hestita, smiled meaningfully and said to his brother-in-law, "I announce that I will confer you the title of the Advanced Groom of the Year in the Ashes Corps."
"…" Julius had been with Forgen for a long time, and now he was more and more silent (because he felt that many of his ideas were childish and many of his actions were stupid). Although he regarded Forgen as a leader, a mentor, and a brother in his heart, Julius subconsciously exhaled a turbid breath and just made a gesture, indicating that if there was anything to say, he could just say it.
"What, are you not satisfied?" Forgen was still teasing his relative. He smiled very sincerely and even showed his teeth. The Emperor's son's eyes, which were as handsome as the stars, were filled with endless pride and wildness, as well as extraordinary charm. Even the sun in Lucia lost its light in Forgen's smile. "Or, I'll give you a title. What do you think of 'Evading the Horse Plague'?"
Julius was still unable to look directly at Forgen's brilliant smile. He always felt that his heart would involuntarily speed up, and the blood circulation in his face would accelerate. "If there's anything to say, Commander, just say it."
"Quickly settle the matters here. I have new news." Forgen's expression became serious. "We'll gather at my villa at noon."
Julius nodded.
There was another war!
At noon, in Forgen's villa, all the higher-ups of the Ashes Corps sat together to discuss the new threat of war.
Participating in the meeting were: Commander Forgen, Deputy Commander and Captain of the Phoenix Guards Pilazzo, Commander of the Jaeger Cavalry Julius, Chief Magic Advisor Mage Kim, Chief Engineer Jarek Grimm, Princess Karolina of the Wood Elves, Chief Political Commissar Harlan Sanders (formerly known as Lev Davidovich), former General of the Estalian Empire Pedro, former General of the Empire Weidenfeller, former Marshal of the Kislöw Yegorov, Commander of the Winged Cavalry Cheka Special Forces Felix of the Steel, Master Demon Hunter Hetwich, Halfling Expedition Captain Habi, and so on.
The Ashes Corps now had an army of 40,000. Forgen had used his charm, powerful personal ability, and prestige to gather these people from all over the world. They had gathered together and firmly united together.
However, what they were about to face now was a huge crisis.
"According to the information we received from the leader of the Lizardmen of Hesota, the Great Demon Toad Lord Mazda Moody, there are three evil armies rapidly approaching us." Fogen explained the situation to everyone. The commander of the Ashes Corps was really troubled this time.
A huge map was hung behind Forgen. He took out a baton and pointed to the north. "In the north, a large group of Army of Chaos is gathering and forming an army of more than 10,000 people. They came from the wastelands in the north, but they killed their way through Nagaros until the Dark Elves reached an agreement with them. The Dark Elves made way for them to continue to attack us in the south. These cunning Dark Elves also announced an alliance with Chaos, acting as the guides, scouts, and backbone of this army. Every Dark Elf was promised a hundred slaves.
"The leader of this wandering army is called Vashner, the Destroyer. He rides a black dragon, the Midnight Shadow. They only have one goal, and that is to burn the whole of Luscia to ashes."
After hearing this news, everyone started cursing, cursing the Dark Elves and the Army of Chaos to die a horrible death. The Dwarf Engineer Jarek Grimm of Haimen Pass even started spewing out words in Dwarf language after saying, "Gremnir above!". He spoke so quickly that no one understood what he was saying.
"The Lizardmen have promised to help us deal with this army, and the second army is our old rival. It is the Skaven Plague Clan's Warlord Skook. After the previous failure, it has returned." Forgen calmly continued, "They will come from the south and attack us. We don't know how many enemies there will be. The Snake God of the Lizardmen, Tehenhoin, has promised to help us block most of the Skaven Rat Men. However, we still have to face a considerable Skaven army. Be prepared, the Skaven Rat Men will not even take any prisoners."
"Why do bad things always appear together?" Pilazzo said with dark humor. "Is there something wrong with my beard today?"
"All rats deserve to die." Political Commissar Lev stroked his beard. "I will use the New Orleans barbecue method that I recently invented to roast these rats into dried rats."
"In addition to these two armies, I have received news that another army will also participate in this siege. That is Luther Haken, the Undead Pirate King, whom we have fought before." Forgen pointed directly at the sea. "Obviously, he will still try to find the stone slab that we stole."
"Very good, very good. Now, all our enemies are gathered together. Let's get rid of all the threats once and for all." Julius could feel his blood surging all over his body. He couldn't wait any longer.
"If that is the case, our 40,000 men may not be enough to defend Constantinople at all." Mage Kim was not optimistic about this battle. "If the other side attacks at the same time, we will have to divide into three defenses. Then, our 40,000 troops will be largely scattered, and facing three attacks at the same time will also make our defense line suffer the most severe test."
"Yes, that's right." Forgen nodded lightly. "Therefore, we must have a plan."
"Legion Commander, what wonderful plan do you have? Tell Hubby, Hubby wants to hear it! "The Halfling jumped up and down excitedly." Can you tell Hubby? "
"I don't have a specific plan yet. I only have a few rough ideas." Forgen shook his head. "But Karim is right. We can't sit in Constantinople and wait for the three armies to come. My opinion is that we must act in advance."
"Act? You mean, Legion Commander, we should get rid of the enemies first? " Political Commissar Harlan Sanders looked carefully at the map. "But if we send troops in advance, how can we guarantee the defense of Constantinople?"
"That depends on the speed of the three armies and some of our methods." Fulgen placed his gaze on the map. "It seems that the three sides have reached an agreement to launch an attack together. But if our small army and lizardmen allies temporarily help us hold back a portion of the enemies, we can focus our efforts on dealing with one side first."
"How we choose the enemy will be the key to our victory." Forgen suddenly laughed. "Chooseyou renemies!"
When everyone saw this, they immediately began to discuss who to deal with first. Most of them were still thinking about Chaos or the undead pirates. It seemed that everyone was troubled by the plague of the Skaven Ratmen.
"Don't rush to make a decision now." Forgen shook his head. "We still have time. What we should do now is to collect more information. The information we have is too little."
After arranging for everyone to send out people to strengthen the investigation and begin to strengthen the fortifications outside the stronghold and prepare for war, everyone temporarily adjourned the meeting.
Wood Elf Princess Carolina seemed to want to stay. After everyone left, she stayed in Forgen's villa. She seemed to have something to say. Forgen smiled and shook his head. "No, at least not now. I still have things to do. Carolina, you take people to the south to investigate. Meet with Sotigo's Chosen God, Tehenhoin's Snake God Army, and learn about the Skaven Ratmen's movements."
"Okay." Carolina knew that now was not the time to be stubborn. She hummed sadly and walked out.
Only Forgen was left in the villa. The king's son gene prototype stood where it was and looked at the map without saying a word.
Forgen knew that the situation he was facing was very serious.
The deal between the king and the demon toad did not include protecting St. Giles. The lizardmen would only assist in this battle. They would not fight to the death for the survival of Costantinye. The real battle had to be fought by the Ash Army.
What was worse was that Fu Gen had a vague feeling that there was definitely a group of enemies who were hidden even deeper outside of these three forces. They were the ones who were secretly directing everything. However, Fu Gen was in the light while they were in the dark. This meant that Fu Gen was destined to be passive.
How was he going to gather his forces to gain an advantage? How was he going to turn passive into active?
Fu Gen couldn't help but frown. He had too little information on hand.
At this moment, the room lit up with a golden light, and a pair of holy wings spread out, pointing straight to the sky. The golden image of Saint Giles appeared, and he looked at his brother with a smile. "You seem to be troubled, brother. I may have to apologize to you. I've caused you trouble."
"It is not your problem, St. Giles." Only then did Fu Gen realize that the Yang Fire Talisman hanging on his waist had lit up. Seeing Saint Giles' smile, Fu Gen squeezed out a smile, "This is destined. Even if it doesn't come now, it will come sooner or later."
"You are able to manage all these messy people of different races, cultures, and faiths. That is very impressive." St. Giles' expression was sincere. "At least, I could not do it. Back then, it was Killiman who managed all of this."
"It is actually not difficult." Forgen shook his head. "It just requires a little bit of skill. You wait, St. Giles. I will use the most beautiful battle to celebrate your resurrection."
Now, it was St. Giles who shook his head. "Do not think that you can solve this problem by fighting a beautiful and perfect battle. Brother, you have to be prepared for a very difficult battle. I have a feeling that it will be very difficult. Are you prepared to put the Ash Army on the line?"
"A feeling?" Forgen's heart jumped. "What feeling? Can you explain everything? Brother? "
"I saw a blurry image. In the image, he was fighting you."
"Him?"
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