While the army was victorious one after another, Jose sat in the rear, never letting down his vigilance, and felt a little worried.
Everything was going so well, it was unreal.
[Church of Salvation] is a cult that is qualified to become the partner of the Red Nest Mistress, and has survived for decades under the suppression of the Church of the Gods headed by [Justice Church]. Judging from these records, this cult must have two brush.
However, [Church of Salvation] took the initiative to launch an offensive, and the Red Dragon side launched a counterattack, but they did not encounter any resistance, and so far no traces of cultists have been found, all of which are contrary to common sense.
Jose can be sure that [Church of Salvation] is definitely preparing secretly, accumulating strength, and preparing to launch a fatal blow, just like a retracted fist, for a better attack.
Even though he understands all this, but he hasn't even seen the shadow of the enemy so far, he can only do what he can, and then adapt to the situation and see what happens.
With the passage of time, the front line is getting longer and longer, and supplies are struggling. If something happens, the support will not be able to keep up.
Jose noticed this hidden danger and summoned the leaders of the various ministries in the rear.
[Red Dagger] Leader - Van Cleef, Wolf Cavalry Leader - Grom Stonehammer, Stonefang Wildboar Chief - Udi Stonefang, Harpie Leader - Luna Bloodfeather The four members stood respectfully in the In front of the red dragon.
Jose glanced at the four of them, and ordered in a deep voice.
"Luna Bloodfeather, call all the Harpy soldiers here, increase the search area and surveillance efforts, and inspect the indigenous tribes. I want to know the situation of all the indigenous tribes around the army."
"Obey! Master!"
"You three, send the order down, order the team to slow down the pace of marching, and don't get out of touch with the big army."
"Understood!" x3
"The rear also needs to send people to patrol..."
After making a series of arrangements, the four chiefs of the family members left, and Jose looked to the north quietly with the dragon alone, and the vertical dragon eyes were uncertain.
The harpies used their flying advantage to conduct a large-scale survey of the prairie. In addition, the prairie is flat and not as easy to hide as the mountains and forests. However, they still haven't found the hiding place of the cultists.
Jose has three theories about where the cultists are hiding.
1. The cultists have set up a large magic barrier somewhere, and use the barrier to hide themselves. The level of Harpy scouts is too low to see through the barrier.
2. The cultists bewitched a certain prairie tribe and hid in the tribe with the help of the prairie tribe. After all, it was impossible for the harpies to search every tent.
3. The cultists are not on the surface at all, but hiding underground, hiding in underground caves, so the harpies in the sky can't find them naturally.
But no matter where the enemy is hiding, Jose only needs to be steady, not make mistakes, and not give the enemy a chance to severely damage the family army.
As the army advances, sooner or later the enemy will be found, or the enemy will emerge on its own initiative.
Shrinking the front, the cleanup of the undead continued.
During the process of cleaning up the undead, Jose found that the closer he walked to the middle of the prairie, the fewer indigenous tribes were massacred, and the smoother the cleaning work, he ordered to increase the search efforts and shrink the front line again.
He had a premonition that the enemy's ultimate move was coming.
One day, Jose was sitting in the rear as usual, when a communication request from the harpy family suddenly sounded in his heart.
"Master! We may have found our target! Something is wrong with the Icehoof tauren tribe!"
"I'll be right there!" Jose stood up suddenly, flapped his wings and flew north, listening to the detailed story of the harpies as he flew.
"Master, the harpy patrol found a group of stray tauren during the patrol. Through conversation, they learned that these tauren came from the Icehoof tauren tribe, and asked them why they left the tribe."
Luna Bloodfeather continued: "The leader of the wanderers provided a piece of information. Chief Icehoof is crazy and has betrayed the belief of Mother Earth. Therefore, we have listed the Icehoof tauren tribe as a key surveillance target. I went invisible and personally investigated After a while, more suspicious things were discovered. The cattle and sheep in the Icehoof tauren tribe were restless, but they were forcibly appeased... "
After hearing what happened from the Harpies family, Jose was almost certain that there was something wrong with the Icehoof Tauren tribe, so he immediately notified the family army, [Windtalker Alliance], and [Justice Church] to rush to the Icehoof Tauren tribe. go.
While flying, he recalled information about the Icehoof tauren tribe.
The tauren's reproductive ability is weak, which makes it difficult for the tauren group to survive on the prairie, and there are not many medium-sized tribes.
The Icehoof tauren tribe is a rare medium-sized tauren tribe with a population of about 1,500. They live in the middle of the prairie on the north side. This land is the junction of the prairie and the tundra. But very poor.
The harsh environment created the icehoof tauren's tenacious will and strong physique. Their combat effectiveness is among the best in the tauren tribe, and they are quite prestigious. Even the red dragon has heard of the name of the icehoof warrior.
Once, the Red Dragon offered an olive branch to the Icehoof Tauren tribe through the Stonehoof Tauren tribe, but was rejected.
At that time, he only thought that the Icehoof tauren were unwilling to give up their traditional life, but now it seemed that the Icehoof tauren tribe might not simply want to abandon their traditions.
Jose's eyes were cold, his aim was clear, and he flew at full speed.
Half an hour later, according to the coordinates provided by the family contract, he found the Harpy family resting on the grassland.
Jose landed on the grassland and further communicated with the Harpy family about the situation of the Icehoof Tauren tribe.
"Master, if I were the cult leader who controlled the Icehoof tauren tribe, I would never let those homeless people who might leak information leave just like that," Luna Bloodfeather looked at the red dragon, and said her inference: "All, I suspect it's a trap."
"My servant, this is of course a trap," Jose said calmly.
[Church of Salvation] This kind of cult is best at "hide and seek". Otherwise, they would not be able to survive under the hunt of the big cat, the Church of the Gods. How could they show their feet so easily.
He went on to say: "The Icehoof Tauren is one of the indigenous tribes closest to the Great Glacier. [The Church of Salvation] has very likely already controlled the Icehoof Tauren tribe, and even the scene where you meet the Tauren wanderers may be in advance. It was planned and the purpose was to lure us into the bait."
"So, master, since this is a trap, shall we continue to go?"
"Go! How can you not go? If you miss this opportunity, you are not sure what kind of moths those cult lunatics will make. Instead of taking uncertain risks in the future, it is better to take advantage of the controllable situation now and kill the danger in the cradle. inside."
Jose sensed the location of Graeme Stonehammer and other dependents, and found that they were not far away.
He stopped talking and waited patiently.
In order to facilitate the search, the family members who went to battle this time were all cavalry, and their speed on the road was much faster than that of infantry, and the army of family members arrived one after another.
Not long after, the army of dependents gathered,
The wild boar cavalry has big shoulders, wears armor, holds a mace, and rides a war pig covered in hard mud. These special wild boars for riding have a complete set of methods from breeding and growth, and they are extremely explosive. It's a small tank.
If the boar cavalry is heavy cavalry, the orc wolf cavalry is light cavalry. They wear standard leather armor, all of them are well-trained and have rich combat experience. Connected minds play the role of one plus one greater than two.
The last is the harpies. The harpies have been used as scouts in the family army under the Red Dragon, but they are not useless on the battlefield.
Each of the harpies carries twelve wooden spears on their backs. These wooden spears are specially customized. The spears are short and light in weight. The harpies only need to fly into the air instead of throwing them. , Free fall can exert powerful lethality. Although the accuracy is lacking, it can achieve firepower coverage on the battlefield.
In addition to the army of dependents under the command of the Red Dragon, there are also two major helpers of [Justice Church] and [Windtalker Alliance]. Elite, the master level is the leader, the high level is the backbone, and the middle level is the backbone.
Jose looked up at the sun in the sky, and it was almost noon when he gave an order.
"Set off!"
The orc horn player took off the horn from his waist, raised his head to his mouth, and blew it. The vast sound of the horn reached everyone's ears and echoed beside them.
The army stepped on their mounts, and under the leadership of their respective leaders, they rode their "horses" and rushed towards the direction of the ice hoof tauren tribe.
Knowing that this was a trap set up by the [Church of Salvation], Jose didn't plan to play any sneak attack. He just flapped his wings and flew into the sky, and flew forward together above the heads of the army of the harpy, followed by the harpies flapping their wings.
Under the blue sky and white clouds, a majestic red dragon spread its wings, and a huge dragon-shaped shadow enveloped the army of monsters galloping on horseback. Wolves and wild boars trampled on the grassland.
Being shrouded in the shadow of the red dragon, not only did it not cause strong psychological pressure on everyone, but it was exciting. The monster army had a sense of pride in being with the real dragon.
Behind the red dragon, the harpies followed closely behind the red dragon, and they cleverly took advantage of the airflow channel opened by the red dragon's huge size to fly more effortlessly.
Half an hour later, Jose saw the Icehoof tauren tribe on the ground in the sky.
It was a huge tribe surrounded by earthen walls. There were colorful giant bull-head totem poles erected in the tribe. The horns on the totem poles were wrapped with bright red cloth. The red cloth was flying in the wind, giving it an exotic feel .
"Unfortunately, I was bewitched by a cult."
Jose originally liked the fighting power of the Icehoof Tauren Tribe and wanted to take it under his command, but he never thought that the Icehoof Tauren Tribe would fall into the hands of the cult.
A flash of regret flashed in his heart, and he quickly adjusted his mentality, feeling indifferent.
The enemy took the initiative to seduce himself and others to come, and he must have been prepared, and he didn't know what the enemy's preparation was. Under such circumstances, he wanted to show mercy, which is absolutely not advisable.
"Army attack!"
Hearing the order from the red dragon, the monster army brandished their whips and charged.
"Drive, drive, drive!"
At the same time, from the distant Icehoof Tauren tribe, Tauren warriors carrying totem poles came out one after another. These Tauren warriors were tall, muscular, and had long hairs to keep out the cold. These hairs not only Not only can it keep out the cold, but it can also provide good defense.
They silently lined up in a row, roared, and slammed the totem pole on their shoulders in front of them.
Boom!
The ground moved accordingly, and the totem poles sank 20 centimeters into the ground, forming small pits.
You know, this is an area close to the tundra, and the ground is frozen hard by the low temperature. If it is in the warmer southern area, the totem pole will sink deeper into the ground, which shows the strength of the Tauren warriors.
The tauren warriors are very strong, but the army of dependents under the Red Dragon is not weak, and they have a firm will to fight and are not afraid of strong enemies.
On the battlefield below, the leader of the orcs, Graeme Stonehammer, held his sledgehammer high and let out a frenzied battle roar.
In all honesty, in terms of individual strength, the orcs and wild boars are inferior to tauren warriors, even with wild boar mounts or warg mounts. Anyone who gets rubbed is either dead or injured.
But the army of dependents is not without advantages. They are more numerous, well-equipped, have received professional military training, and know how to cover and cooperate with each other.
When the two collide, it is not certain who will win.
Jose paid more attention to the tribe behind the tauren warriors than to the monster army of the tauren warriors.
The tribe behind the tauren was quiet. It wasn't that there were no people in the tribe. On the contrary, the gate of the tribe was full of tauren. The old tauren and the half-grown calf stood silently at the gate of the tribe, looking at the backs of their soldiers, and at the same time Looking at the army of monsters attacking from afar, his eyes were filled with hatred and fanaticism.
This scene made Jose feel dignified. Sure enough, these tauren were brainwashed by the [Church of Salvation], and their mental state was already abnormal.
However, where are those fellows from the Church of Salvation hiding
Jose looked at the tauren huts. Compared to the three-meter-high tauren, these mud-based huts are much larger than ordinary human houses, and there is no problem in hiding some cult members.
In the sky, Jose thought in his heart, hesitating.
He was a little hesitant about whether to get close, and directly destroyed the Icehoof tauren tribe with a spell, and buried the cult members who were most likely hiding in the tauren house with the entire tribe.
After thinking about it, he gave up this plan.
The enemy's hole cards are unknown, if you just go up like this, you are very likely to put yourself in danger.
He didn't need to take this risk, it was safer to believe that the army of dependents could win, and then force out the enemy's cards.
(end of this chapter)