Anson ZAD has had a hard time recently.
After receiving Loren Turin''s information, the elf Prince immediately had a bad feeling, so on the one hand, he continued to summon troops and on the other hand, he stepped up the preparations for the siege of the imperial capital.
Although it was later learned that there was no large-scale army near West sakran, I should have been cheated by the Duke of Byrne, who had less than 2000 cavalry around him - even if only Loren Turin himself was a great threat that needed to be completely strangled.
So Anson ZAD, the chief Wizard of the imperial court, changed his work from rectifying the occupied area to encircling and suppressing Duke Bain.
This is not an easy and pleasant job - the enemy is equipped with full cavalry. Unless they take the initiative to attack the strongholds within the blockade or concentrate on breaking through the occupied area, there is no way to judge their specific location, or they can''t catch up with them.
Moreover, as the elf Prince worried, even if Loren was alone, there was still a threat; He has the record of killing the chief of the governor''s court and knows the tactics of the Azores very well. It''s much harder to defeat him than it seems.
Even in the battle of eboden, which had a great advantage, the Elven prince with trumps was still blocked on the coast for 20 days. He had to fight the attack and defense war in the city for more than 10 days and paid quite heavy casualties. Finally, he let the Duke of Byrne and the army and people in the city leave safely before he occupied the city.
Even after a long time, the shadow left by the eboden war on Anson ZAD is still vivid and unforgettable
So the chief Wizard of the royal court decided to wait for Duke Byrne to do it first, and then consider his next plan - but what he didn''t expect was that he had already done it for convenience that night.
Four strongholds were broken, six patrols were missing, a large number of imperialists rioted and escaped from the stronghold, and an imperial cavalry was marching across the occupied area
Anson Zadeh was stunned when a lot of earth shattering news fell like hail - in a short night, the seemingly solid blockade was torn like paper in front of Duke Byrne!
Panicked, he immediately began to organize new blockades and sieges, and sent scouts to search for the exact location of Duke Bain; Then a lot of more "scary" news came one after another.
In the morning, Loren Turin led his army to attack the stronghold. At noon, it came that he was ambushing the elf warrior patrol with a group of survivors. In the evening, Duke Bain was leading his army through the blockade line under the cover of cavalry and close to the imperial capital. At midnight, he suddenly withdrew the information on the Bank of the gem River
After confirming that the Duke would not move in an instant and reprimanding the scouts, Anson ZAD, who was full of confusion, began to mobilize troops from all around to block the positions transmitted by various intelligence points.
Anyway, even if Duke Byrne really knows the art of separation, his army is still very limited. Multi line combat means that his small army is divided into very few parts.
In that case, don''t judge at all. Press the whole line - form an encirclement net with tens of times his strength and sweep all the places he may be!
Then he found that he seemed to have been fooled by Loren Turin again
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The southern section of the valley directly under the imperial capital has just ended an encounter.
Hundreds of survivors holding the Golden Lion Flag on a black background, equipped with a small number of Azores weapons (captured and picked up) and simple equipment such as machetes, pitchfork and wooden Dun, prepared to bypass the mainland and take the path to the imperial capital, and collided with the entourage of Anson ZAD, the chief Wizard of the imperial court.
There was no omen at all - at the moment of perceiving the enemy, nearly 100 Elven warriors launched a frontal charge in the form of scattered lines. In the face of fierce and fast Elven warriors, the survivors were defeated on the spot, throwing luggage, weapons, armor and flags everywhere, and fled around the surrounding mountains and dense forests.
But they failed.
The Elven warriors twice as many as the front had already opened the siege around them and hunted and killed every survivor who dared to escape like hunting;
Except for a few fugitives, most of the captured survivors immediately surrendered, were surrounded by ELF warriors and executed on the spot.
Survivors, none - under the sword of Elven warriors, these people have no chance to escape.
The thick smell of blood filled the valley, and the blood penetrated into the soil, making the path that was not easy to walk under your feet more muddy.
The Elven warriors who have been indoctrinated with the "great righteousness of life and death" have no resistance to this kind of Slaughter - and after the rebellion and riots, the last bit of "compassion" has been replaced by extreme disgust and contempt.
Sure enough, his Majesty the eagle is very wise. The Azores and the empire can only exist one, and there is no possibility of harmonious coexistence at all; Only by killing all the imperialists and completely razing their land and cities can we exchange the future of the Azores
"I''ve made it all clear."
Lori Zadeh, the chief of the royal court with long white hair and silk blindfolded, walked to Anson Zadeh''s side with small steps: "the imperial people just defeated by us are the local aborigines gathered by Duke Byrne five days ago - just the day when the nearby Valley stronghold was broken."
"Oh, by the way, they call themselves the ''advance army of the black Duke'', and it is said that there is also a battle flag given by Duke Byrne - I just heard it, and I don''t know whether it is useful or not." the fairy girl added Yiyi.
"Elder sister, it''s really hard for you." Anson Zade smiled bitterly, with a trace of helplessness in his words.
And fatigue.
In the past few days, he has successively eliminated the "black Duke glory battle regiment", the "black Duke pioneer infantry regiment", the "black Duke battle Gang", the "black Duke Dalian team", the "black Duke flag regiment", and
As for the titles, there are many kinds, from "honorary Byrne Knight", to "black Duke''s first attendant", "black Duke''s honorary flag bearer", "grand count of Byrne Knight", "noble member of the imperial parliament"... They are all made up anyway!
Even a young man who was captured alive with a bag of gold coins on his back insisted that he had seen the black Duke himself, but refused to say the direction of his march... Anson ZAD had to kill him.
Black Duke, black Duke... There are black Dukes everywhere. Almost all the guys who were hit by themselves are under the banner of a golden lion on a black background. They simply can''t judge which is Duke Byrne''s army before contact, which makes Anson feel nervous and confused.
The most troublesome thing is that he still dare not let these guys go, so as to avoid more miscellaneous soldiers under the banner of "black Duke" disturbing his vision.
This battle like a headless fly lasted for three days. In order to pursue all possible targets, there were fewer and fewer troops around Anson ZAD. The army of nearly 10000 people had been reduced to about 1000, chasing one direction.
The reason is very simple: the army around Duke Byrne is dominated by knights. Cavalry can''t go through mountain roads and forests, but can only move in roads and paths; So as long as you follow one way, you can certainly find clues to his Duke Byrne''s action.
This idea is right, because yesterday morning, he did find traces of large-scale cavalry action; After judging that he was on the periphery of the blockade, Anson ZAD immediately judged that it was likely to be the main force of Duke Byrne!
So after a day''s March, the panting Anson ZAD finally found the abandoned camp where Loren Turin had stayed; Before he got excited, a new news suddenly came:
A large number of elite cavalry suspected of Duke Byrne are about to break through the blockade and go to the imperial capital. They are in urgent need of reinforcements!
The direction of breakthrough was behind Anson ZAD. It was almost three days'' journey for the Elven warriors to March quickly - if converted into cavalry, it was almost the day when they found the trace. Loren duling had thrown them away and turned around to break through in the direction of the imperial capital.
Anson ZAD finally collapsed.
Southeast and northwest, valley plain, river bank dense forest, Avenue and path... The banner of the black Duke is everywhere, as if it were all Duke Byrne or not; He may appear outside the blockade area today, or he may be besieging the stronghold, or he may be forcibly breaking through, or sneaking through
Anyway, no matter how huge the encirclement network organized by Anson ZAD and how many troops are mobilized to encircle, pursue and intercept, Loren Turin seems to have a way to find a route he doesn''t know at all and slip away calmly in front of his eyes.
And more than once!
This kind of fighting style, which is completely inconsistent with the way of samurai and the fighting style of the Imperial Army, makes Anson ZAD in a confused dilemma - Duke Byrne has 1500 elite knights. If he fights head-on, even if there are nearly 10000 people on his side, he is not without the power of a war.
Theoretically, forced breakout is not impossible, or even very likely to succeed; But Loren Turin did not. Instead, he set fire everywhere in the area controlled by the Azores, making the airtight siege full of smoke.
But it is this strange way of fighting that has plunged the entire blockade into a chaotic situation. Combat power and supplies are rapidly losing, and like headless flies, they don''t know what they are doing and what to do.
Anson ZAD is now even eager to fail his mission. Loren Turin has fled the blockade and entered the Imperial City - at least the goal is clear, and he doesn''t have to think about the fatal problem of "where is Duke Byrne". He has had enough these days.
"Tired?"
The blindfolded fairy girl suddenly said.
Anson ZAD raised his head and looked at her blankly: "elder sister..."
"It''s nothing. It''s just that for the first time in so many years, I feel a little tired from Anson." Lori said and gently sat on her brother''s side: "if you insist, it seems that there is still some fear in it."
"Ah... Have you been noticed by your elder sister?" Anson showed a wry smile: "I''m so sorry, I..."
Before she finished, Lori raised her right hand, pressed her brother''s mouth and shook her head slightly.
"No, it''s nothing to be ashamed of or... Anson, you really should be afraid." the elf girl said seriously:
"Because the imperial man you want to be the enemy has the power to kill the chief of the court and block his highness rodriya in eboden - I don''t know the latter, but the former... I... Don''t have that confidence."
"So you must fear, and then use all your strength after fear; if necessary, you even need to break the bottom line and use all you can to defeat him - otherwise we will never defeat Loren Turin, and his existence will become the biggest obstacle on the road of righteousness."
"Fear him and defeat him, Anson... In the name of ZAD, in the name of a wizard, in the name of... Righteousness."
High sounding words are uttered in a childish and lovely tone from the closest population.
But Anson ZAD''s face was dignified as never before.
"I see." he nodded slightly, and a smile appeared on Anson''s mouth: "thank you, elder sister. Your way of comfort is still the same as before."
"Is that... Better?"
"Well, much better."
"In that case, where are we going next... Continue to follow the trail?"
"No, we''re going back." Anson shook his head and said flatly:
"Because of my incompetence, Loren Turin is like no one in the whole blockade, but it also reveals his purpose - what he has done these days is not only fighting us, but also fighting the people in the city. All his movements are for the people trapped in the imperial city."
"This is a battle of confidence. He wants to use the name of ''black Duke'' to boost the morale of the imperial garrison. Maybe he has the idea of competing for the control of the garrison, but in any case, he is trying to take the opportunity to muddy the battlefield and let the rhythm and initiative fall into his hands."
"Then there''s only one thing we have to do - let his ideas fail."
The fairy girl tilted her head to show that she didn''t understand.
"The purpose of Loren Turin is to use these riots to destroy the control around our imperial capital, so we simply go the opposite way and completely abandon these areas." Anson ZAD explained:
"Plunder all the supplies, burn all the strongholds, withdraw all the strongholds, take away all the prisoners - in short, give him nothing but scorched earth, then retreat to a position close to the siege camp and re-establish a blockade."
"With this narrowed blockade, if Loren Turin just wants to go to the imperial capital, his goal will be achieved - the enemy hiding in the dark will have to fight with his Highness''s army in the light."
"But if his purpose is more than that..." the elf boy turned his words:
"The 20000 troops who are regrouped and ready will become a nightmare for Loren Turin!"