It was dark at night, and a warrior was prostrate on the ground, the chill of late autumn seeping through his robes and burrowing deep into his limbs.General Aldrich had tried his best to ensure that everyone's clothes were in place, but supplies were so scarce that he did not even add another garment of his own.He was carrying a spear with an old wooden handle, which had been brought by the people around him who had dismantled their farming tools.Several pieces of iron were attached to the chest to form a simple protection.And the knife hanging from his waist was brought from home by himself.Although this equipment is rudimentary, it is already rare and complete.The soldier had been lurking here for a long time, and even his breath had to melt into the scent of the earth.He was motionless, like a stone statue.At that moment, he felt a tingling sensation in his calf, and the soldier glanced at it and saw a black snake winding its way on his calf.The soldier's scalp was numb, and the snake's whole body was attached to him, and the cold body temperature and scales filled the soldier with fear.But he remained motionless, maintaining his original position.Because just a few days ago, the army of the Shilan Empire had already been stationed on the opposite side, and they were constantly sending scouts to Apra Peak to investigate.The snake crawled down his calves, climbed up to his thighs, and snaked to his waist and back, the slimy touch was very vivid.The soldier's eyes widened, and he thought to himself that if you want to bite me, bite me quickly!
I'm dead, and you can't live!
At that moment, he heard a brisk and swift sound of breaking through the air, and with a slight sound the snake fell on top of him, completely dead.A wooden stick pierced the snake's body, and the man next to it smiled triumphantly at the soldier and stuck out his tongue.This man's nickname is Bee, because he has the ability to spit out spikes with his tongue with one hand, and he is extremely fast and powerful, and can easily penetrate flesh and blood.This attack requires no weapons, sharpened wooden clubs, and better iron needles, and is unleashed silently and chillingly.The soldier breathed a sigh of relief and expressed gratitude with his eyes.Bee has a more extroverted personality, and after staying here for a long time, he said to the soldiers with his mouth: When will they come?
I can't wait to smash their heads.The soldier blinked, but did not reply.The bee continued: Have you heard, the Shilan Empire now has an army of 700,000, I calculated, each of us can win the battle if we kill ten.For the sake of our brothers, I can help you kill two more A white light in the darkness interrupted the bee's words, and I saw that a large number of troops gradually appeared on the road below the Apra Peak, and they did not hold torches, and there was no moonlight tonight, and they walked forward quietly.If Aldrich hadn't ambushed these soldiers on the mountain in advance, he might have been quietly touched by the army of the Shilan Empire to the edge of the fortress.The commander of the Shilan Empire was very proud, and he thought that today was an excellent time to fight, and without the moon, the entire Apra Mountains were sunk into darkness.They sent their army to sneak in, and Aldrich's soldiers might still be sleeping.He rode his horse and walked in the middle of the group, and just as they were halfway through the march, the scout said to the commander: something is wrong.The commander asked impatiently: What's wrong?
□□ quiet.The scout said: The mountains shouldn't be so quiet.He listened intently for a moment, then looked around again, and the whole army was surrounded by darkness, which gave him a sense of foreboding.You have too much heart.The commander scoffed: cowards shouldn't go to war.They continued to walk a little further, and faintly saw the towers of the fortress standing silently in the darkness, and the commander raised his horsewhip and shouted: "Charge!
Just as he finished speaking, countless boulders fell from the mountain, and those soldiers were rushing forward, but they didn't have time to dodge around, and their heads were suddenly smashed and bleeding.Moreover, the road was so narrow that they had no way to avoid it, so they could only turn into mud under the boulders.Seeing this, the Commander did not hesitate to turn around and run back.The other soldiers were even more panicked when they saw the commander running away, and the scout hid in a gap in a boulder, looked up at the mountain, and a steady stream of boulders fell down, and the mighty army of the Shilan Empire collapsed.You have to deal with those people on the mountain and occupy the high position first!
But the commander did not listen to him at that time, and the scout gritted his teeth and stood up and began to direct the remaining soldiers to retreat, and as for the commander, he had already run away.The commander was very lucky, and escaped from Apra Peak alive, leaving only a few people with him left.The commander returned to the camp and was furious, and called a meeting of all the generals.Daniel is among them.The commander sat at the front and was furious, and Daniel stood in the last row and looked at him coldly.The commander's main position was not that of a general, but of a close minister who climbed up the king's lap.His Majesty asked the General to immediately send troops to attack the Northern Alliance, but the General himself was not happy to go.So the close minister stepped up and took the initiative to ask for help.He did this for several purposes, firstly, to save face for the king, and secondly, because, in the Southern War, those generals made a lot of money, and he naturally wanted to profit from it.And after winning the war, the king will value him even more, he has actual achievements in his hands, and he has more power to speak, who would dare to look down on him.All this is based on victory in the war.This commander thinks that he has a clear mind, and that wars are often determined by numbers, and he has a total of 700,000 troops in his hands, and he can drown the Northern Alliance with man.Aldrich had an army of 70,000 men in his hands, which had already terrified the kingdoms of the Northern Alliance, and such an army was unimaginable for the Northern Alliance.This is also the reason why the Suha Kingdom first thought of suing for peace after knowing that the Shilan Empire would come over.They also didn't think they could resist the Shilan Empire, so they sent envoys to the Shilan Empire with exquisite gifts and sincerity.It was Daniel who had everything to talk about, and His Majesty said to him, "I want money, and this battle must be fought, and it must be won."
Daniel said, no problem.Since the king must fight, there is no need for him to bother to stop him any longer.The Suha Kingdom's initiative is like a food delivery in Daniel's eyes.He lured the envoy into his favor with demagogic language, and finally signed the sinister and vicious agreement.With only a few hundred thousand gold coins, the envoy decided to betray the entire Northern Alliance.Although the king was not happy that the money in front of him flew away, Daniel accepted the agreement with reason.After Daniel explained in kind words, he wondered why they were so short-sighted, the envoy was like this, the Suha kingdom was like this, and the king of the Shilan Empire was like this.Although Daniel has seen many inactive kings in the history books, some of whom have not even appeared in the council chamber in their entire lives, he still feels surprised when he actually faces them.Under the current system, some people can become kings, not because they are excellent, but because they are born in the royal family.And this king has an excellent elder brother on his head, and no one has ever raised him as a king.In strong contrast, he is even more distorted and narrow-minded and jealous than the average person.At that time, although he and Aldrich were on different sides, they felt powerless for the same reason.Daniel then told the king that he wanted to go to the Northern Alliance with the army, hoping to make a contribution, and that His Majesty only needed to give him a small position.The author has something to say: the second more!
Chapter 142 Daniel is going to the front, not out of fear of war, but because of the growing hostility of the archbishop's faction towards him.He needs to get out of here and stay on top of the battlefield by the way.That main commander is really unreliable, Daniel thinks that the advantage is already obvious, there is absolute numerical suppression, there is a strong desire to fight, there is sufficient war preparation materials to provide, there is a Suha kingdom to cooperate with the outside, and on the opposite side is a private army without the support of the kingdom.After the main commander finished firing, the other commanders below began to express their opinions.Daniel was just a retinue commander, and it wasn't his turn to speak here.We have 700,000 people, and there is a steady stream of support behind us, so we should rush over directly, and they can't play any tricks.The quantitative theory is indeed very important, but it is said in the context of the fact that the strength of the two armies is not much different.When a wolf breaks into a flock, it is certainly not a wolf that escapes.The loss this time is actually not big, the enemy army is just a surprise, tomorrow we will go up the mountain to investigate, we must catch all the rats!
If you go up the mountain tomorrow, can they still wait for you?
It's okay to pounce on the air, but the opposite side is probably ready to sink again.I didn't expect them to be so despicable, our scouts searched for days and nights, but they didn't find it!
Yes, I can't imagine that they can guarantee their combat effectiveness in the middle of the night, how can they be like you, and they have to sleep first when the sky falls.By the way, who is the commander on the other side?
Daniel clenched his fist in front of his mouth, coughed lowly, and said, "Aldrich."
A few people looked at him, and they kept a respectful attitude towards the bishop who had landed in the air, but they certainly didn't want him to participate in the decision-making of the war.The main commander asks: Who is Aldrich?
He is a close minister who takes hugging his thighs as his own responsibility, so he naturally doesn't need to know about the upstarts who resist the beast tide in the Northern Alliance and have heavy troops.Fortunately, someone still knew who they were fighting against, so they briefly introduced Aldrich to the main commander.However, after listening to this, the main commander disdained it, a field team that was not supported by the alliance, and even the weapons were made by himself, what strength could he have.This time it was also the scout's improper reconnaissance.The main commander made a reason, the scouts must have died anyway.He then boosted his morale and said: Take a short rest, go up the mountain tomorrow to investigate, and then attack again.Then soldiers came in to report that a team had escaped from the Apra Peak, led by scouts.The main commander's face darkened visibly, and Daniel shrugged his shoulders and withdrew from the tent.For the next half month, he did not attend any more combat meetings, but the battle was still ongoing.The main commander really sent people to the mountains to investigate, but he fell into a trap and encountered an ambush by the enemy, and fled back in a hurry.After that, the main commander tried to force his way across the mountain, but was blocked in a dilemma, and finally broke the encirclement with difficulty and escaped.In the end, he decided to clear the enemy on the mountain peak first, and this time he sent a large number of troops, step by step, walking extremely carefully.If something goes wrong, call for help.This time, however, they did not encounter Aldrich's army again, and the mountain peaks were empty and empty.After tossing back and forth several times and losing a large number of soldiers, the army of the Shilan Empire finally occupied the commanding heights of the mountain.The commander wrote down this achievement in the report, he has not been on the battlefield recently, and the last time he was ambushed in the dark, he left a serious psychological shadow.He didn't expect that directing a battle was also dangerous.But this time they have taken the Peak of Arap, that is, they have taken the initiative, and the next thing they need to do is to rush towards the hateful fortress, seize the sinister and cunning Aldrich, cut off his head and present it to the king, and the battle is over.The main commander led the army through the air, and a day later, only the remnants of the defeated army had fled, their morale dripping like never before, and they brought back bad news.The main commander died, he was shot through the head with an arrow and died as easily as a skewer of roasted meat.There was a mutiny in the army.They were originally believers gathered by the church to fight for the church and money.In previous battles, there had never been such a defeat.Morale became impetuous, and they drank at night and had the courage to kill the remaining commanders.They believe that the current defeat is caused by these commanders.Seeing that the situation was getting more and more chaotic, Daniel stood up in time and suppressed the mutiny as both bishop and commander of the church.He showed unprecedented leadership and determination, praying for his dead compatriots and promising his soldiers victory to come.Daniel took over the command of this army as a matter of course.He didn't actually have such a plan before, but the plan couldn't catch up with the changes, and these commanders took turns to compare and match, and he was afraid that he would really consume this army.If this war is lost, it will be a huge blow to the prestige of the Chaos Church.Daniel doesn't care what happens to the Chaos Church, and it doesn't matter if the Chaos Church disappears if secular power is secured.But I'm afraid that a Chaos Church will die, and a new church will come back to power.Daniel didn't have the heart to do it again, so why not make things simpler.He first counted the previous losses, counted the remaining supplies and troops, and found that after the main commander did so, the army still had more than 500,000 men.Aldrich's army was too small in number after all, and even if it could take advantage of the terrain and information gap, it would only consume more than 200,000.The corpses of those men were buried beneath the Apra Peak, and the smell of corpses and rotting blood wafted day and night.He reorganized the rest of the army, reorganized it, read the military regulations in the name of the bishop, severely punished those who violated the military regulations, and rejuvenated the whole army.He also led some troops back, plundering several cities of food and weapons to ensure the combat effectiveness of the army.He has never had any burden in doing these things.How can those civilians survive without food, he will not worry about it for the time being.In order to achieve his goal, Daniel is able to use everything without hesitation and abandon everything.There is a desperate stubbornness and madness in him, which is often hidden in his charming language and gentle smile.Daniel also used his influence to rally a group of clergy from the Chaos Church, and then he asked the soldiers to collect some materials and make a large frame that could hold dozens of people, with a large balloon attached to it.However, this thing is not so easy to fly, and this is where the clergy come in handy, using a magical power that allows the balloon to fly with a basket and move forward under the influence of the wind.He then had his soldiers work day and night on the river, building dikes so that the boats could move quickly.The easiest way to get through the Apra is to take the narrow road in the middle.Daniel was about to rush through the air, over the river.Aldrich is receiving the mages sent by the White Tower.According to the agreement of various countries, magicians of the magister level and above are not allowed to participate in war, just like they cannot throw nuclear bombs in the first battle.The Archmage and Legendary Mages are primarily a deterrent.Just a few days ago, the Kingdom of Suha sent a magician to assassinate Aldrich, although that magician was powerful and only one step away from the archmage, he definitely did not expect Aldrich to master the power of time.Although Aldridge succeeded in killing the magician, the incident caused an uproar.The situation in the kingdom of Suha became more chaotic, and after a denunciation, Croft sent several cronies to the fortress to support.This is a team of more than 20 magicians, basically all of them are great magicians, and there are only a few magicians, who are also experienced in combat.This team is rare everywhere, and after Aldrich solemnly received them, he asked in passing: How is Julian doing?
The head magician is said to be a disciple of Krotave, and they are also very polite to Aldrich: the younger brother of the tower master was taken away by Lord Noah, as if he had gone to a place called the Ark.Aldrich was stunned for a moment, and after a moment of distraction, he smiled and skipped the topic.That night, with a long roar, the army was on standby.They had already seen strange objects floating from high in the sky, just small black dots from a distance, because they couldn't see clearly at night.But as the frame got closer, they saw the soldiers inside.Aldrich did not panic, and after he gave the order, the soldiers below fired rockets into the air as originally planned.When Aldrich was standing on the Apra Peak, he knew that the Apra Peak would be occupied sooner or later, so he could only delay this time as much as possible.He had imagined how the army of the Shilan Empire would come, and had taken corresponding defensive measures.What had happened was still in his sight, as the rockets hit the baskets, and the soldiers inside fell one after another.At this time, the army of the Shilan Empire also appeared on the river, and the soldiers were still dealing with the enemy army in the sky, seeing that the army floating down from the river was about to arrive, all the boats suddenly fell straight into the river, and the soldiers on the boat were all spared, which was Aldrich let the Kraken do the trap.