A few days later, the coalition forces from the imperial capital finally arrived at Chiyou's territory.
The news of the disastrous raid of the Shadow Cavalry Legion undoubtedly gave Hei Yao, the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, a resounding slap in the face. The worse news is yet to come. Valley, and took advantage of the opportunity to occupy the important town of Mordor in the north of the Bloodmist Valley.
This battle report surprised the coalition forces. They did not expect that Dark Moon would be so "violent" in the face of the arrival of millions of coalition troops.
The coalition forces were stationed in the temporary barracks outside Chiyou City. Hei Yao did not accept Zhuo Qie's request to enter the City Lord's Mansion, but set up a temporary command center in the barracks, and called all the lords to participate in the battle meeting.
"Everyone, we have only one goal this time, to conquer the Dark Moon Territory and wipe out all the rebels!" Hei Yao said, and a huge sand table with a magical imitation appeared in the center of the big tent, which was the map of Chi You and Dark Moon , there are texts marking various important positions, "The rebels are very arrogant. After ambushing the Phantom Legion, they dared to counterattack into the Chiyou territory and occupied the town of Mordor. What do you think?"
"Destroy these arrogant guys!"
"Let them know the fate of disobeying His Royal Highness the Prince Regent!"
"Kill all the rebels!"
"..."
The voices of the lords came one after another. Anyway, they have already come here. Even if they follow the main force of the imperial capital to play soy sauce, they must at least show their determination.
Of course, Black Yao understood the thoughts of these lords, and his face still showed a satisfied look: "I have seen everyone's determination and fighting spirit, Zhuoqie, what do you think?"
Hei Yao still trusts Zhuoqie, the lord of Chiyou, and since this is Chiyou's "home court", he must first listen to his opinion.
Zhuoqie stood up, bowed slightly, and said: "Your Highness, although our military strength has an absolute advantage, we must not underestimate the enemy. With the strength of the coalition forces, there is no suspense in destroying the dark moon. The key is how to reduce our own strength. Under the premise of losing as much as possible, maximize the victory."
These few words won the approval of Hei Yao and all the lords, especially the lords. Black Yao had promised in advance that everyone would have a share in the benefits of Dark Moon. Although this "share" must be the leftovers of Black Moon, but judging from Dark Moon's financial resources, even "a piece of the pie" is quite considerable. Everyone wants the benefits, but if the hard-working army (which is actually a lot of black crystal coins) is reduced to cannon fodder, the gains will outweigh the losses.
"I got the latest information that Dark Moon has dispatched a large number of troops into the territory of Chiyou, at least the number of a legion. But not all of them are concentrated in Mordor Town, and a considerable part is attacking the Blood Mist Valley. It is the imperial capital that sticks to the Blood Mist Valley. General Nesta of the Phantom Legion and my son, Carnita, who is also the heir of the territory."
As he said that, a ray of ice crystals appeared in Zhuoqie's hand, pointing to the corresponding position in the sand table: "Blood Mist Valley is located in the Black Mountain Forest. Ask Carnita to build fortifications in Bloodmist Valley, hoard military supplies, and prepare to counterattack Dark Moon as an important strategic stronghold. After General Nesta's raid failed, Carnita went to respond and retreated from Darkmoon Territory to Bloodmist Valley, but I didn’t expect that Dark Moon would invade Chiyou, and now I’m in a bitter battle. I sent reinforcements twice, but due to the wrong estimate of the number of Dark Moon’s troops, and my own lack of troops, I suffered a failure. Now is the most critical time When the time comes, I implore Your Highness to send troops to rescue."
"Geraint, I want to hear your opinion." Hei Yao didn't reply, and his eyes fell on the deputy commander of the coalition forces, Geraint.
The Demon Realm Empire all implemented the traditional three-general organization, that is, the three most outstanding generals in the empire held the most important military power. The first general of the Fallen Angel Empire is George who was appointed by Emperor Bai Ye. Wells, Athena's father, not only can strategize and win thousands of miles, but also has a high reputation and is deeply loved by the army. Even after Obsidian came to power, he could not shake the position of General George.
Second General Doron. Russ, originally the third general of the empire, was the first military representative to fall to Obsidian. The former second general was promoted to the second general by Obsidian after following Emperor Bai Ye in the human world. And prestige is much inferior, currently staying in the imperial capital.
This Geraint in front of him. Brann is a newcomer who was single-handedly picked up by Obsidian. He has outstanding talents and has been guarding the Tekura Fortress in the northwest of the empire adjacent to the Shadow Empire. This time, he was appointed by Obsidian as the deputy commander of the Rebel Alliance.
"The strength of the dark moon is very different from that of our army. According to common sense, we should hide in the moonlight fortress and stick to it. This time, it is definitely not that simple to go the other way and take the initiative. I think there are three purposes. First, I want to take advantage of the victory to wipe out the ghosts The legion probably set up some kind of trick to ambush our reinforcements. They want to use some victories to inspire the soldiers and civilians of Dark Moon, and at the same time hurt our morale. Second, pull the battlefield to the territory of Chiyou and reduce the number of local troops in Dark Moon. Third, use tricks such as harassment warfare to disrupt our army's deployment, delay our army's pace, and buy further time for Dark Moon's staunch deployment."
This analysis was very incisive, and many lords nodded their heads one after another. Hei Yao showed admiration: "Then what do you think we should do now?"
"The biggest purpose of the dark moon is to delay time and temporarily divert our attention. We should not be fooled by this method. We should crush the enemy's conspiracy with absolute strength. Currently, the coalition forces have traveled long distances and are exhausted. I suggest that the army rest for a while Time, arrange all kinds of resources and supplies, adjust the state to the best, and then dispatch the whole army to attack the Moonlight Fortress with a thunderous force, and take the Dark Moon in one go! As for the enemies entrenched in Mordor Town, for our To a million-strong army, it's just dust along the way, which will disappear without a trace with one breath, so there's nothing to fear at all."
Zhuoqie, the lord of Chiyou, immediately expressed his objection: "General Geraint means to give up General Nesta and Carnita? The imperial army and my Chiyou soldiers are currently gritting their teeth and supporting them in the Blood Mist Valley, while we There are millions of troops who dare not go to the rescue? What is the prestige of the regent? What is the morale of the coalition forces? Has the blood of the soldiers been shed in vain? "
Seeing Zhuoqie's excited appearance, Geraint replied indifferently: "The ultimate goal of war is to win."
The lord below whispered for a while, Black Yao frowned slightly, Nesta is his direct confidant, the failure of the raid plan is certainly irritating, but being able to hold on to the present under the onslaught of the dark moon has shown some tenacity Fighting spirit, especially the heir of Lord Chiyou is in it. If you ignore it, it will chill the hearts of the lords below.
As the controller of an empire, besides military affairs, politics is also a factor that cannot be ignored. Hei Yao pondered for a long time, and said: "Who is willing to lead the army to Mordor Town, conquer Chiyou's lost land, and rescue Nesta in Bloodmist Valley?" , make this first achievement?"
A tall royal immediately stood up: "Your Highness! Samuel is willing to lead the Hades Army to go!"
Seeing that the Imperial Capital Corps took the lead, the lords of two medium-sized territories also expressed their willingness to go. Anyway, with the Hades Corps as the main force, it shouldn't be a problem to share the first contribution.
Hei Yao nodded, and ordered Samoel to be the leader, with two lords as assistants, to lead the Hades Snake Legion and the two territories with a total of more than 90,000 soldiers and horses, and immediately set out to rescue the Specter Legion in the Bloodmist Valley and crusade against Chi You The Darkmoon rebels in the territory. The rest of the army is fully rested and ready to attack Dark Moon.
Seeing Hei Yao's decision, Geraint was silent for a moment, and did not raise any objection, but suggested sending the elder family Demon Emperor to accompany Samuel to protect him.
Soon, Samoel led an army of 90,000 troops from Chiyou City and marched southward.
"General, my lords, there are two roads to get to Magic Bell Town from this location. One is the main road. At our speed, it will take about five days. The other is the mountain road. It takes about three days to get there after crossing the Tarot Mountains. But the danger is high, Master Zhuoqie's reinforcements were ambushed on this road and forced to retreat." It was the accompanying guide of the Chiyou territory who spoke.
Samoel opened the map, looked at it carefully for a while, and said, "Take the mountain road! I want to appear in front of those rebels as soon as possible!"
One of the lords, Rudy, persuaded: "General, we must take into account possible ambushes set by the enemy."
"Don't worry!" Samoel said with confidence: "That kind of terrain can only fight for a small number of troops to set up an ambush. Facing our army, the enemy's ambush is nothing more than death. I can't wait to face the Dark Moon Army head-on. Some credit, just let them see what the real strength of the Imperial Army is! Lao Tzu's Hades Legion is not those self-righteous cavalry!"
Samoel and Nesta have always been at odds. This time he took the initiative to ask for the battle not only for the first achievement, but also to take the opportunity to improve himself and humiliate Nesta. The two lords originally came here to gain credit. Seeing that Samoel was so confident, he naturally had no objection.
The army started to turn to the mountain road, and sure enough, they encountered An Yue's ambushes along the way. Facing an army of nearly 100,000 people, without an absolute advantage in location, the ambush soldiers of about a thousand people had no choice but to flee.
The two lords praised Samuel for predicting the enemy like a god, and Samuel, proud of himself, led his army across the Tarot Mountains and finally came to the border of Mordor Town.
It was almost dusk at this time, considering the exhaustion of the soldiers from the long march, Samuel did not issue an attack order recklessly, but ordered the army to camp on the spot to rest and sent out scouts to investigate the situation in Mordor town.
At night, most of the lights in the barracks were extinguished, leaving only the torches of the camp sentries.
Suddenly, there was a scream, and then the siren of the enemy attack woke up the soldiers who had just fallen asleep.
Rows of rockets flew over, the outer tents were already on fire, and thick smoke rose from the sky above the barracks.
Samoel and the two lords got up in a hurry, organized to put out the fire, and at the same time sent the deputy general to lead the troops to meet them.
However, to Samoel's dismay, the enemy's purpose was not to rob the camp or set fire to it, but to harass them. Before the lieutenant general led his troops approached, they had already retreated far away. The bow, with a shooting range far superior to ordinary crossbows, should have been specially modified.
After the pursuit was fruitless, Samoel who returned doubled the guards and expanded the defense range.
Not long after the sneak attack subsided, the soldiers who had just put down their guards and slept peacefully were awakened again by loud noises. This time the enemy used magic bombs, and they actually threw them from the sky riding a flying monster. Since Samoel's army was stationed temporarily, only a certain amount of protective magic was installed near the main tent, and the rest of the tents could not resist this kind of "airborne bomb". After dozens of mines exploded, the damage caused was second. The deafening sound made all the soldiers startled again.
What's even more hateful is that those throwing sneak attackers were very cunning and not greedy for merit. They threw a round of monsters and ran away without giving Samoel a chance to catch up.
Soon after, the harassment came again...
The soldiers didn't get a good night's sleep all night, and even Samoel's eyes were full of red eyes. Those sneak attackers were not only cunning but also fearless of death. intrusion.
"Soldiers, I know that everyone didn't have a good rest last night. The enemy's methods are quite despicable, but at the same time, it also reflects the enemy's cowardice in strength. They only dare to interfere with us with this low-level trick!" Samoel was able to control A legion is not a mediocrity, and he spared no effort to encourage loudly: "The enemy is in the town of Mordor ahead, let the bastards of Dark Moon experience the wrath of the strongest legion in the imperial capital!"
This encouragement was still effective. Although the soldiers were mentally and physically exhausted, they still showed high fighting spirit. Under the command of Samoel, they geared up to march towards the town of Mordor.
As Samoel expected, he also encountered some harassment and ambushes along the way, but none of them could stop the army.
Soon, the army arrived in the town of Mordor. This time, Dark Moon seemed to have concentrated his strength and planned to stand firm in the town of Mordor, especially those magic circles and defense facilities that were fully activated, which caused the Hades Legion to encounter tenacious resistance. This is due to Joseph, the former operator of Mordor Town, but Joseph, who has always been secretly taking refuge in the imperial capital, must not have imagined that after his death, all these painstakingly managed equipment would be used to deal with the imperial army.
The soldiers of the Hades Snake Legion also took a deep breath. Under the fierce offensive, the magic circle and defense facilities were breached one by one. The Dark Moon Army finally couldn't hold on, so they had to evacuate from Mordor Town.
Hearing the cheers of the soldiers, Samoel, who had successfully recaptured the town of Mordor, felt elated and high-spirited. While quickly ordering the soldiers to occupy various key points in the town of Mordor, he sent someone to report the battle situation to Hei Yao, which was actually a show of merit.
The next step is to support the Bloodmist Valley, but although the soldiers' morale is high after the victory, they are already quite tired physically and mentally, and must rest immediately.
Samoel's idea is to "recuperate" here for a few days, so he doesn't want to rescue Nesta, the enemy, regardless of sacrifice. Besides, he already has the credit for recovering the town of Mordor, which is tantamount to an important first contribution to boosting morale , Even if it is "too late" to rescue, you will not be blamed.
After negotiating with the two lords, Samuel settled down and arranged for soldiers to be stationed in Mordor Town for defense, and repaired the defense tower and other facilities to prepare for defense.
Should be able to sleep well tonight.