Chapter 125: Counterattack, Seize the City(1/2)
Leni Tros is a blond, blue-eyed, elegant noble son, the eldest son of Duke Ector Tros, the lord of the river bench. He also has a hidden identity: the wizard.
In this era, the path of professions has not yet emerged: warriors, knights, rangers, and mages are still in the early stages. They rely more on the research and development of talented people and the heavenly masters, especially those of mages and witches. Until now, they are particularly discriminated against and rejected, and are considered to be the endorsement of the devil. Once discovered, they are expelled and dealt with very gentle treatment. Most of them will be arrested by the locals and burned to death with a stolen rack.
"I am not a God-given person. My enlightenment tutor is my uncle. Because my mother passed away early, my uncle has been secretly teaching me magic, hoping that I can protect myself." In the conference hall, Leni Tros spoke very calmly about his life experience.
Although it is a very lucky thing to be the eldest son of the Duke, if you have a powerful stepmother and younger brothers and sisters, it will be a headache. In particular, Duke Ector does not like his son, and the father and son are incompatible, resulting in Duke Ector never knowing that his eldest son is a mage. Although the people generally reject mages, it is a long time for raising mages among the powerful nobles to secretly raise mages.
"I master spider web technique, greasy technique, burning hand and ranged attack protection. If I attacked with all my strength just now, although I still couldn't stop you from winning, you would at least lose one general." While saying this, the young man also glanced at the silly big tank next to him. Olmedo saw it and was discovered by this silly big guy, and he was so dissatisfied that he yelled.
(Is this trying to show your own value? I deliberately provoked the tank and realized so quickly that there was no future trouble in this room. My mind was really fast.) Sitting on the throne, Shi Yi looked at the subordinates below, judging the most suitable position for everyone in his heart.
"Tank, stop yelling, let him perform, if it doesn't satisfy me? I'll allow you to blow his head."
With his hands folded in front of him, Shi Yi said this. Because of his eyes and the sense of oppression, Leni Tros's face paled a little. But he quickly recovered. After all, this young man has real talents and knowledge.
When I came to the archery range outside the big house, the tank? Olmedo pointed to a target in the distance and signaled to Leni Tros to launch an attack. If it was just an ordinary arrow attack power? The tanks today may not die even if they carry dozens of arrows. People like him, like beasts, are very terrible on the battlefield of this era.
However, after closing his eyes and silently chanting the spell for a moment, Master Renee suddenly reached out to the target. Then, a large piece of black liquid suddenly spewed out of his sleeve. When the liquid was still in mid-air, a small tongue of flame ignited the liquid.
Crackly, when they were staring at the sea of fire and watching the targets burned into scum in the sea of fire, whether it was Temu, Yanos or tanks, they were all scared.
Only Shi Yi's expression remains unchanged. The mages of this era still need various auxiliary materials to cast spells? Compared with the truly formed mage profession in the future, it is undoubtedly weak.
Leni Tros was also very satisfied with his spell casting effect. But when he saw the Frost Wolf Lord's face, he couldn't help but feel nervous. He immediately stepped forward and said respectfully: "Lord of Frost Wolf? I am willing to recruit captured soldiers from the Tros family as the eldest son of the Tros family for you. At the same time, I can also help you greatly reduce the difficulty of appeasement of the people in the river bay."
"So, what do you want?"
"I hope to be your royal wizard."
"Well? You don't want territory or official positions?" Shi Yi was a little surprised when he heard this request.
"I am willing to study the secret method with my whole life, but I also ask you to provide me with sufficient funds and materials when the territory is rich."
"I will give you part of the territory gains from Hewan. As for how much it is, it depends on your next performance."
"I will not disappoint you." Hearing this, Leni Tros stroked his right hand with his left chest and bent down to salute.
The battle last night... was indeed a battle. In Shi Yi's cognitive philosophy, this scale is really not a war, although its definition in this world is indeed war.
The Frost Wolf's leader captured more than 240 Kaiyan and Hewan coalition forces, one hundred of whom were directly tied into boxes, so they were not injured and were captured without war. The coalition forces of 180 were killed and injured and disabled, and the remaining one hundred and forty people were led by Leni Tros, led by Leni Tros, who put down his weapons and surrendered.
Among them, there were fifty leaders of Kaiyan and ninety leaders of Hewan. Because of Seplin Simpson's command error, the crossbow soldiers of Kaiyan suffered a lot of losses.
No one died in battle on the side of the Frost Wolf's Corps. Only two infantrymen were seriously injured and needed to temporarily withdraw from the battle sequence.
"Even before the plan was launched, the Kaiyan Corps had already recruited troops urgently. Now there will be no more than fifty soldiers in their territory. They are new recruits who lack veterans. Let that guy Leni recruit the fifty elite infantrymen of the River Bay Corps who had not taken action, and cooperate with my Frost Wolf Spearheader's personal guard to capture the Kaiyan Corps."
"Wolf Lord, then who are you going to send as a general?" Military general Yanos asked nervously. After seeing the bloodthirsty beast-like combat power of the tank last night, he also felt threatened. Before, although the giant man was also loyal and brave, he seemed to be far from such a terrible one.
"I'll go in person and chew off this most famous hard bone among the five major territories. Don't worry, you'll be well guarded at home this time. There are countless battles that you need to fight in the future. Remember to take good care of the prisoners, don't abuse them too much, but don't let them unite with each other."
"Yes." Yanos felt the comforting intention in the monarch's words and finally felt relieved. At the same time, he also understood Shi Yi's meaning. Even if the captives of 240 were surrendered, there were still 190 people. The troops of 120 people in the Frost Wolf's leadership were drawn away. The strongest Frost Wolf Spearhead was not injured, and there were only eighty people left. There were more than twice as many prisoners than the army. Once the captives were allowed to unite to seize the weapons, they would directly turn the enemy.
"Tem."
"My honorable master, your servant is waiting for your order." Because he has always been responsible for the trade, Temu has been very nervous this night, afraid that Shi Yi will directly call someone to push him out and cut it off.
Fortunately, Shi Yi didn't mean this. Because the person in front of him was still loyal, he failed to find out in time that the problem was not because he betrayed him, but because his talent was not enough. However, the entire Frost Wolf leader was not as strong as Temu in government and finances. Cutting him off and changing him to another person will only make it more ugly and need to be re-trained.
"Using the private warehouse, we will recruit sixty adult men, and we will all train them to become Frost Wolf Spearheads. I hope that when I capture the leader of Kaiyan, these people have entered the training stage."
"Yes...Master, but, your people cannot support so many soldiers? The burden on the people is already very heavy."
"Then let's suffer a little more. When I take down the Kaiyan Corps and the Hewan Corps, the private possessions of these two families are enough to fill the military expenses, but I think our neighbors in the north will not allow us to easily occupy the three cities. If we survive this bet, we can establish a country, and you will also be the founding fathers of the Frost Wolf Kingdom. We are all working hard now." He didn't care and directly drew a big cake on the faces of his subordinates.
Looking at Temu, Yanos and the two looked at each other, with ecstasy expressions, Shi Yi suddenly understood why the bosses on earth love to draw big cakes so much. This method that can directly fill the morale of subordinates without paying any price is really affordable.
There were only tanks in the room? The guy Olmedo was still scratching his head stupidly. He didn't seem to understand the meaning of the Lord's words just now.
The strategic decision of the Frost Wolf Leader was established overnight. The next day, after Rene Tros successfully surrendered the 50 elite infantry soldiers of the Hewan Leader, Shi Yi brought tanks, Olmedo and Rene Tros as deputy generals to expedition the lord of Kaiyan.
In fact, if possible, it would be even more cost-effective to recruit the ninety defeated soldiers of the Hewan Corps. The Kaiyan Corps is known as the strongest defense construction and the most difficult to fight the Rock Corps. Even though the territory is now seriously insufficient, most of the soldiers are recruits, but it is still difficult to crack the army of ninety (fifty infantry and forty frost wolf spearmen) to fight.
The guy Seplin Simpson was very tough. He committed suicide in prison last night. The Simpson family was famous in the old era, stubborn, stubborn and hard. Of course, if it were not for such a tenacity, this family with only the title of Viscount would probably be difficult to climb out of the catastrophe of the old era and gradually grow and grow. It can only be said that there are pros and cons.
The reason why Shi Yi did not allow Leni? Tros first went to recruit the ninety infantrymen under the river bells because he was worried that the other party would take the lead. Forty frost wolf spearheads could not defeat ninety infantrymen in the wilderness and at close distance from the flat ground, even if Shi Yi and the tank led them.
These ninety people are not civilians, but professional soldiers, and there are also the help of Leni Tros. If he attacks, he can directly kill the tank with a greasy technique and a burning hand, and even pose a great threat to agile warriors like Shi Yi.
But if there were fifty people, forty frost wolf spearheads, led by Shi Yi and Tank, could forcefully chew off their opponents and suppress the rebellion. Therefore, Shi Yi would rather attack the Kaiyan Leader than let the army have problems.
During the march for several consecutive days, Shi Yi fought with fifty infantry wrestlers from the Hewan leader. These fifty professional soldiers were broken by the generals and became prisoners. They were somewhat dissatisfied. When camping at night, Shi Yi arranged for the Hewan infantry and the Frost Wolf Spearheader to wrestle and entertain. Shi Yi was the first to end up. He fell down twenty-five Hewan infantry with his upper body naked and bare hands.
At the beginning, the Hewan Infantry was really a little afraid and intentionally gave in. However, when Shi Yi won ten consecutive battles, the morale of the Hewan Infantry exploded. He could not stand such humiliation and grievances. One by one, the strong men took all their strength, and then they were rolled in hell by Shi Yi (Basic Love), pressing on the ground with passion and repeated friction.
In martial arts, the method of falling is the easiest and most practical. When you use fists and feet to hit people and kill people, you need to have a deep foundation and great strength to do it. On the contrary, the method of falling is a method of falling. With the help of the earth as a weapon, ordinary people have certain skills and then they will fall down one after another. Especially on the battlefield, it is a very useful melee killer weapon, because when there is a distance, they use swords, guns and weapons. Once they are bullied to fight in close combat, the method of using it must be a method of falling, and boxing is not practical.
Human beings are all about strength, especially soldiers, because only the strong on the battlefield can lead their subordinates to have more and greater chances to survive and win. Therefore, five days later, Leni Tros was shocked to find that he had completely lost his control over the entire army. Almost all soldiers looked at Yano Afar with admiration, which was a worship of power, and a worship of the strong. Compared with Leni, who was weak and gentle, they recognized Yano Afar more.
What's more, Shi Yi's body itself is not low, but it's not the gentle and handsome style, but it is more similar to the medieval tough guy appearance of the male protagonist Aragon in the Lord of the Rings. This appearance undoubtedly fits the character and identity of a talented and strategic monarch.
After five consecutive days and nights, the army finally arrived near the territory of the Kaiyan Territory. At this time, Shi Yi asked the army to station and rest first, while he took the young mage Leni Tros to reconnaissance.
"As a tank, Is it better for me to do such things? Is it better for Lord Olmedo? My Lord, why do you like to take me and take risks with you?" In the mountains and streams, the mage in cloth robe reluctantly followed Shi Yi. He was reluctant to do such reconnaissance. I don't know if this guy is really lazy or intentionally showing it in front of Shi Yi. In short, he can lie down and never sit, sit down and never stand, and if he can be fine, it's fine. It's best to just make money and not work, that's best for him.
"If the tank is asked to come out to reconnaissance with me, if he encounters an enemy, he will fight to the end. I am quite safe, but the tank is dead. Come out with you, even if the enemy discovers it, I think you have a way to take us to escape together. In addition to spider webs, greasy techniques, protective spells and burning hands, you can at least have a gust of wind? Even if you can't take us to fly, you can still escape at a very fast speed."
While saying this, Shi Yi was walking in front, while Leni Tros was suddenly stunned behind him. He swallowed his saliva and looked at the back of the man in front, and instantly felt like he was seen through.
"How did you...how did you know?"
"Leni, I have a better understanding of the profession of mage than you imagined. People like you regard their lives as more important than anything else. How could you choose a spider web technique that slightly overlaps with the greasy Technique instead of learning a life-saving spell? There is only one possibility, either you don't have that spell model, or you hide your life-saving trump card. Compared to the former, I prefer the latter because on the day I caught you, you were too calm."
The rapid wind technique accelerated, plus the war horse, the burning hand was used to open the way, and the long-range attack protection, these spells were enough for a mage with sufficient mana to escape from the chaos. Therefore, when facing Shi Yi that night, Leni Tros was so calm. On the contrary, when he was in the big house, he was not so calm, because at that distance, in front of the tank and the unfathomable Lord of Frost Wolf, he did not have enough self-protection ability.
"………Huh.” After hearing Shi Yi's words, Leni was silent for a while, then let out a long breath and speeded up to follow.
"That night, you obviously had a considerable chance to escape, so why did you stay and be a prisoner for me?"
"Escape? Where to escape? My father doesn't like me. My stepmother and younger brothers and sisters wish I could die immediately. After such a big defeat, I will run back to the Hewan Corps and there will be no good results. Instead of being imprisoned by my father for the rest of my life, I choose to surrender to you, at least I can freely study the secret methods I am interested in in the future."
At this time, both wizards and witches called magic a secret technique. They were very taboo about the word "magic". However, in later generations, as the caster became more and more powerful, the secret technique became magic, because it doesn't matter what it calls it. If the mages don't send civilians to the dissection table, the laboratory table is already full of compassion, and no one can send the caster to the tent. Oh, of course, I'm afraid that the period when the empty demons were eliminated.
When passing through a shade of trees, soldiers in a guard post found two people. Because there were only two people, and one of them was wearing a scholar's robe, the soldiers in the guard post did not sound the alarm bell at the first time, but cursed and surrounded them with their dogs.
There were five soldiers from the Kaiyan Leader in this sentry tower, one of which was holding a big dog. They mistakenly thought Shi Yi and Leni Tros were deserters or merchants from other territories. The infantry captain led by the army was cursing and saying something. Seeing his attitude, Shi Yi knew that this guy was used to extortion.
"Where are you from? Are you a spy from the enemy country? Well, this knife looks good." Just as two spearmen and two crossbowmen surrounded the two, and the captain thought the overall situation was decided, he touched his fat hand at the hilt of the knife around Shi Yi's waist.
The next moment, his arm fell off.
Before the painful shout could be heard, Shi Yi's knife had already split the knife from the middle.
"Poor that guy Sepulin would rather die than hand over his family, but he didn't expect his country to be destroyed by these miscellaneous hands."
It is indeed a foolish way to ring the alarm bell blindly because of two people, but the team captain can at least arrange for one person to be on the tower and beside the alarm bell, so that even if Shi Yi can kill everyone, the alarm will be passed on.
However, the team leader may have received any information that the leader of the Kaiyan would conquer the leader of the Frost Wolf, so there is no warning at all. Such team leader positions are often held by relatives of senior officials in the territory, or even relatives of the lord. In this era, most people are generally illiterate and have insufficient knowledge, so it is difficult to talk about the concept of talents. Then it is not wrong to be nepotist, at least there is a natural trust and loyalty among relatives.
Overall, there are more benefits than disadvantages. However, sometimes those few disadvantages are often fatal.
There were only five people in total, and Shi Yi's sword technique was too fast and too sharp. The mage behind him only felt the cold light and blood light flashing in front of him, and the people around him fell one after another. The five people only slashed out six swords. Except for killing the team captain, everyone else killed them with one sword, which was terrifyingly clean and neat!
Looking at the surprised expressions on the faces of the dead around them, Leni only felt that they were likely to not even feel the pain of death.
(So strong, I have seen famous swordsmen, but even those great swordsmen seem to be far from that strong. If he wants to kill me, he only needs to blink his eyes.) Although he thought so in his mind, Leni still smiled and said:
"Master, since the place has been cleaned up, I'll call the tanks and the others over?"
"Okay, be careful on the road. If you encounter a strange beast in the void, don't worry. Use spells. At worst, we can attack next."
"I understand." Hearing this, Leni felt warm in his heart, no matter whether the other party was sincere or false. He bowed and left.
Shi Yi, wearing casual clothes, put his knife back into the sheath. Before he came to the guard post, he walked directly into the guard post. On the first floor of the post, there were wooden tables and gambling tools, and there were some coins on the table. They were gambling before, and Shi Yi walked up step by step and finally arrived at the top of the post post. The bell was a far view from here, with a vast view. Not far away was a stone city: the Collar of Kaiyan.
This stone city has not been broken even in the previous disaster of strange beasts. Of course, this is more because of its remoteness, but even so, the solidity of its city defense is amazing.
"If you can attack and attack wisdom, it is great, even if you fight head-on, it may be a good thing." He pressed the stone with his palm and looked down. As the battle approached, the blood in his body was surging faster, and at the same time, the basic quality of the body's body was constantly improving. Qi and blood martial arts have been upgraded to the level of Huajin, which is easy to cleanse the muscles and marrow.
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As the evening approached that day, five more soldiers from Kaiyan led the army came to change their defenses. After being surrounded by large troops, they could only choose to surrender wisely.
Then Shi Yi asked the team leader to open the city gate for him. Four infantry soldiers from the Hewan leader changed into armor and equipment of the soldiers from the Kaiyan leader, and then six people took off their armor and wore cloth clothes. Such a number would not make the city defense troops too nervous.
"Master, take me there!" Tank Olmedo had already been itchy, but his body was too intimidating, so he was rejected by Shi Yi.
"No, tanks, you will lead the army. This time, I will still go with Leni. After you see the fire, you will lead the troops to start rushing to the city. You must be quick, and my life will be handed over to your hands."
"Okay, the tank will definitely save the Lord." As soon as Shi Yi fooled this, the silly man immediately thought he was carrying a heavy mission and nodded vigorously and said.
Make all the arrangements and repeatedly deduce the details of the plan until it is dark and you can no longer see the people clearly. Shi Yi let the plan start.
In front was a traitor from the Kaiyan Corps and four disguised infantrymen, behind them were Shi Yi, Leni, and four disguised as deserters. Shi Yi and six others also tied their wrists with ropes, of course, they were tied virtually.
When he arrived at the towering stone city, the traitor began to call the door.
"Tao Ma, why are you back again? And who are the people tied behind you?" Such inquiries came from above the city wall.
"That guy Vicci has a stomachache. He can't come back anymore. He stayed at the mail tower for a night and discussed with me that he had changed shifts. As for these guys, they were the discrete business trips that Vicci and the others happened to catch. That guy is really lucky. He can make a fortune when he is on duty. Open the door quickly and freeze to death." Because the knife was pressed against the back of the waist, the traitor's voice trembled a little. Fortunately, in the bitter wind, this tremor was not abnormal.
"Tao Ma, it's not that I'm not a brother, I'm not righteous. Lord Bradley just came to patrol. He said that it's a special period recently. You're back a little late. You can't open the city gate, you can only come in with ropes."
"…..." The team leader named Tao Ma's face was green at this moment. Fortunately, no one could see it in this night.
To be continued...