Xiao Chen stood on the wall on the side of the empire, watching the imperial army withdraw from the gate. Although the gambling fight between saints seemed a bit childish to him, this was the law of this world where strength was respected.
The agreement made by the saints must be followed by everyone from Emperor Alfred down. After Morales failed, he asked Emperor Alfred to fulfill his promise and then left Blackwood Pass. Xiao Chen didn't know what Morales talked about with the emperor. But judging from the fact that Emperor Alfred didn't show up later, he must have been extremely dissatisfied. But in the end, he still began to arrange for the imperial army to retreat. As soon as the imperial army retreated, Wang Jiyuan commanded the army to quickly occupy the key points in Blackwood Pass.
The beast soldiers of the empire, under the joint supervision of the spirit warriors and ghost warriors, began to evacuate the fortifications and houses one by one. Wang Jiyuan's regiment even blocked several material warehouses close to the Chinese army, expelled the people guarding these warehouses, and refused to allow the imperial people to transport these materials.
Xiao Chen, several masters and high-level mages flew over the battlefield and came to the city wall on the other side of Heimu Pass. They could observe the retreat of the imperial people and prevent any accidents from happening to them.
The soldiers of the empire had experienced a series of failures, and their morale had fallen to the bottom. The soldiers who walked out of Heimu Pass at this time and the imperial soldiers who had attacked Heimu Pass before felt like they came from two completely different armies. One was full of fighting spirit, while the other was dejected.
The soldiers' formation was loose and their flags were crooked. From the top of the city wall, they looked more like flies flying around than ants marching in a line.
"In fact, I've always felt it was a pity. If we continue fighting like this, the enemy's strength will suffer a great blow, which will be of great help to our future actions." Lorenzo leaned on the battlement, looking down, as if he wanted to throw a fireball down from here.
"We achieved our tactical goal at the lowest cost, what's wrong with that?" Huang Zheng said, "Don't look at the previous battles, we have gained a considerable advantage, but this is also inseparable from our preparation and luck. When we really fight the final offensive, the losses will continue to increase. Apart from anything else, at least those Sky Spider Golems are now more than half damaged. Nearly one-third of the spirit servants have also retired, and some have even lost their souls. Later on, we will face a large number of the emperor's black guards and guards. They will probably fight with all their strength to defend the palace. Those soldiers have no way to retreat, which is different from the elite families of the nobles."
"I just feel it's a pity. The foundation of any war is people. As long as all the people die, the Empire will never recover. You know, I like big scenes." Lorenzo smiled.
Xiao Chen said, "If we want to kill their manpower, we don't have to do it in Blackwood Pass, right? We promised Saint Morales that we won't clash with them near Blackwood Pass again, but we didn't promise not to teach them a lesson on the Empire's land, right?"
"You mean..." Lorenzo raised his eyebrows and said, "I've always wondered where Luo Ling and Mao Kai went. Now it seems that you have already made arrangements?"
Xiao Chen nodded and said, "After they jointly cast a spell to break through the city gate, I asked them to prepare for the next wave of attacks. I just didn't expect the Imperials to retreat so quickly. I hope they have enough time."
Luo Ling and Mao Kai arrived at a canyon about ten kilometers away from Heimu Pass long ago.
According to their judgment, if the Imperials failed, they would not stay in their strongholds or Dazhai. Because the Chinese had no reason not to take these two places at the same time. Therefore, if they wanted to ambush them, they had to do it on the road.
This nameless canyon is the only passage to the north that can accommodate a large army. The narrowest part is less than ten meters wide, and the cliffs on both sides are more than seventy or eighty meters high. The terrain is very dangerous and is a good place for an ambush.
However, the imperialists would not leave such a dangerous place unattended. There was a small fortress on the cliff of the canyon, where a garrison was stationed. However, since the imperialists had a large camp and a fortress further south, this place had been behind the battle line for many years. The garrison here was not strong, the number of people was small, and the defense had always been lax.
Ever since the Imperials took over Heimu Pass, the value of this place has become even lower. The number of guards has been reduced to half of the original number. Later, because the Black Water Disease also spread here, three-quarters of the guarding soldiers died of the disease or left. The previous 250 people in an Imperial detachment were reduced to only more than 30 people.
The enemy forces in such a small stronghold were not worth mentioning to Luo Ling and Mao Kai. Luo Ling used an illusion magic to block the sight of several sentinels in the stronghold. While the magic was in effect, these sentinels would feel a little dazed, and their observations of the surrounding scenes would not change. However, what they saw was actually an illusion created by Luo Ling, so they naturally could not see the magician who was drawing the magic circle nearby.
After making preparations, Luo Ling began to arrange measures to ambush the enemy in this canyon.
Generally speaking, due to the large number of troops in the Empire, the team would be very long, so Luo Ling and Mao Kai began to set up magic arrays in a one-kilometer range before and after the outpost. Of course, it was not just the two of them who were doing this big project. They each brought four spirit servant mages. Although most of these mages were low-level, they could also help in setting up simple magic arrays. The magic arrays brought by Luo Ling and others were all ready-made on scrolls. As long as they were fixed, activated and camouflaged, they would be able to play a role in the next battle. Luo Ling and others continued to set up the magic arrays until the sun set, and they basically completed the arrangement of the magic arrays along the way.
In order to avoid being noticed by the enemy, most of these traps were set up on the cliffs on both sides. The magic arrays that made up the traps were modified by Lorenzo of the Tower of Runes to enhance their concealment performance, able to converge magic fluctuations, able to disguise themselves as the surrounding environment like a chameleon, and can be triggered from a distance by mental power. In addition to the conventional types such as explosions, lightning, freezing, deceleration and weakening curses, there are also many illusion arrays that create a terrifying environment, or space interference arrays that prevent teleportation. For an army of tens of thousands of people, creating direct casualties is a drop in the bucket, but if it can cause panic in the entire army, those beast soldiers will destroy their own weapons.
When Luo Ling and the others finished their arrangements, they saw a long dragon of torches in the distance moving towards them. (To be continued)