"What? Baron Dior led the army alone and went to ambush in advance?"


    Prince Nicholas was surprised. He thought for a moment and said, "the remnant coalition has run away a lot of elite, and the leader Kelman''s strength still exists. It''s too rash to ambush Kelman with Baron Dior''s team of hundreds of people."


    Julien: "yes, I advised him too..."


    Prince Nicholas added: "however, this is indeed a genius''s idea. When I made the battle plan, I only wanted to defeat the vanguard army and give them a downfall, but I didn''t consider setting up an ambush to annihilate them in advance. Baron Dior is a military genius."


    Julian wiped his sweat: "yes, yes, in fact, I also believe in his judgment and give him the most elite cavalry..."


    "Why didn''t you go with him?" asked Prince Nicholas.


    Julian said quickly, "we... Were worried about the safety of the prince."


    During the battle, Prince Nicholas didn''t ask much, just nodded slightly, and then rode on.


    Originally, Nicholas only planned to stop after more than ten miles and return to BlackRock fortress. Now he has changed his mind and wants to pursue all the way. Even if he arrives at the battlefield half an hour late, he can also play a role in supporting Bai Xiaowen.


    Julian, who followed Prince Nicholas''s horse, whispered, "Dior is going to develop."


    Cecilia''s expression had returned to her initial Indifference: "he must survive first." with that, she threw her horse''s belly and jumped out like a sharp arrow.


    ……


    Heitie gorge.


    Bai Xiaowen took the lead. In fact, it took only about an hour.


    In other words, he set out an hour earlier than the remnant coalition. Taking into account the speed advantage of the remnant coalition, the time will be reduced by less than half in one hour.


    Only half an hour, not much can be done.


    Fortunately, the terrain of Heitie gorge is dangerous. It is a natural ambush site. Bai Xiaowen ordered his soldiers to dig stones from the middle of the valley and make a pit on the left and a ditch on the right in the second half of the valley.


    Another group of soldiers cut down trees, transported them to the north exit of the valley, piled them up and poured oil on them.


    As for the extra stones, except for some roadblocks, others were transported to both sides of the mountain.


    "Coming! Lord boss, they''re coming!" cried Harvey, who was watching the wind in the distance.


    Bai Xiaowen, who was directing the soldiers to sprinkle oil on the dead grass on the ground, nodded at the speech: "everyone goes up the mountain. The veterans are in the first half of the valley mouth and the recruits are in the second half. Go quickly!"


    There are about two or three hundred veterans. Except for some elites, most of them are ordinary template soldiers above level 4. They still have a certain combat effectiveness. These people are also the support Bai Xiaowen used to deal with the routed troops of the remnant coalition army.


    As for the recruits, their strength is weak. If they fight against the elite soldiers of the remnant, they will flee in a few rounds. Therefore, Bai Xiaowen arranged them on the mountains on both sides of Heitie gorge as an auxiliary.


    A few minutes later, the disordered footsteps sounded. Several wolf cavalry with obvious burns were in front, followed by Troll Headhunters and lizard knights, all in a disorderly array, scrambling to run into the canyon.


    "Well, God helps me too." Bai Xiaowen looked at several wounded soldiers with insight skills. These elite survivors have a negative state of halving their all attributes! I don''t know what kind of backhand Nicholas used to turn the war around.


    Kelman, the vanguard commander and the giant mallet warrior, rode the giant lizard to the end. The leaders of several survivors who had followed him had disappeared, either dead or scattered among the chaotic army.


    However, only the elite have the negative state of "halving all attributes". As the leader, Kelman''s state is basically intact, and his attributes are not deducted.


    Bai Xiaowen sighed. If Kelman also won the debuff with half of all attributes, the battle would be much easier. However, if we can kill Kelman in good condition, the combat score should be much higher. After all, he is a senior leader.


    Soon, several people in front of the routed soldiers ran to the middle of the destroyed Canyon and found an anomaly.


    Normally, this abnormality will be fed back to Kelman within ten breaths. But now, the remnant vanguard army is in chaos. When word of mouth finds an abnormality, the broken Kelman has come to the middle of the canyon.


    Kelman looked dignified when he saw the holes with different depths dug on the ground. He jumped off his horse, his nose twitched, and soon smelled a smell of grease.


    Kelman squatted down and touched a handful of dead grass on the ground.


    His face changed, he suddenly stood up and shouted out the classic three words that many generals had said and more generals would say in the future:


    "... there''s an ambush!"


    As soon as the red flag with white background was displayed, two rows of human soldiers suddenly stood out on the canyons on both sides, shouting and throwing torches and stones downward. Some soldiers who are good at archery shot Rockets!


    With a bang, the fire fell on the withered grass and burned brightly.


    It is worth mentioning that these oils and fats are the materials searched by Bai Xiaowen through the plague killer industry in hongyeling.


    The residents of Hongye city have met such a temporary manager. They don''t know whether they are lucky or unlucky. At least in the next few months, they will have to live with a nest in their hands and no oil in the dishes - if there are any dishes.


    It''s hard to feel burned by fire, not to mention the falling stones like raindrops? Many of the routed soldiers, regardless of the March 21, rushed to the north exit.


    "Commander, the canyon exit is not far ahead. Let''s rush!" several guard orcs around Kelman shouted in the language of the remnant.


    "Can''t rush! Since the enemy has set up an ambush, the road ahead must be blocked. Let''s go back, the rear army will change into the front army, and rush out from the south entrance!" Kelman shouted, "go and pass my order!"


    "Commander, in the current situation, it is impossible to give orders..." an orc guard said helplessly.


    The survivors who have just been defeated and burned by mountain fires collide like headless flies in a black smoke environment. Where can they recoil?


    Kelman sighed: "it''s my fault... I didn''t expect that in this remote frontier, humans have arranged mages who can use forbidden spells! Your injuries can''t recover in a short time."


    Several Orc guards were at a loss.


    "Fortunately, governor, you have the treasure given by the great shaman and temporarily cured your injury. As long as you are here, we have hope!" an orc guard obviously regarded Kelman as a straw.


    Kelman nodded and said solemnly, "call everyone you can tell to come with me!" after that, he jumped on the lizard, turned his head and rushed to the entrance of the South Valley.