Heart of Empire

Chapter 543: Death of Duke Vashaled

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The coalition forces of Duke Vashared and Lieutenant General Wymir are fighting fiercely with those undead in the northwest of Pudri.

In fact, before September, the army of the Holy Alliance fought quite well with the army of the undead. After the Church of the Damned captured the Silver City, although it also threw out some troops, the main force still stayed in the Silver City. After the death of Admiral Proudmoore, the two legendary powerhouses who cursed the church have never shown up.

According to intelligence, the main force of the Church of the Damned should be the silver capital where the cat is, preparing for a new round of troops. After all, the Silver City is a metropolis with a large population, and due to the sudden breach, the people in the city have no time to escape. Except for some refugees whom Proudmoore sacrificed his life to survive, most of them were murdered.

And these populations, including the eastern and southern borders of the Pudley Kingdom, which were almost completely controlled by the Church of the Damned after the fall of the Silver City, had a total of almost one million people falling into their hands.

This is a potential power for the Church of the Damned!

The Holy Alliance Army tried to attack the Silver City in the northwest direction of the Silver City before September. At the beginning, the momentum was not bad. After gradually adapting to the rhythm of fighting against the undead army, and with the legendary knight Vasareid sitting in charge, he still won a few pretty good battles.

But when the time entered September, the situation changed.

The interior of the Holy Empire has gradually begun to pay attention to the catastrophe that broke out in the east of the empire. The demise of the entire Pudley Kingdom is already a loud enough alarm.

After General Wymere, another army came to support. The army of the Holy Empire has expanded to 30,000, and with the addition of the soldiers of Duke Vashared, the total strength of the Holy Alliance has exceeded 50,000.

In addition, it is said that there are 2,000 knights of the Templar Knights, and they are rushing to the Pudli Kingdom under the leadership of two deputy commanders. At the same time, there was also an elite army of 30,000 people led by the Lord Joberdin of the Holy Empire.

Lord Joberdin is a famous general of the Holy Empire. He is powerful and has the title of 'Lord of the Iron Cross'. He is a legendary paladin.

The invigorated coalition forces tried to press further towards the Silver City. Their purpose is also very simple, that is, they hope that before the main army led by the great lord Joberdin arrives, they can clear the way first, press down to the silver capital, and then gather the main force, striving to be able to win in one battle.

Then something went wrong.

In the process of pushing the front line back again, the battle was more difficult, but after all, it was still moving forward step by step. But when the coalition army advanced to a place about 30 kilometers away from the Silver City, the Holy Alliance encountered a powerful surprise attack.

On the front, an undead army composed of 70,000 to 80,000 skeletons and zombies came out of the silver capital. These undead are probably the newly converted troops of the Church of the Damned. Although the quality is relatively poor, the number of undead seas is too much.

After fighting head-on for two days, many undead were eliminated, but the coalition forces also suffered a lot of losses. Moreover, in the silver and white capital, there are still all kinds of undead coming out continuously.

This is too much to fight, and the coalition forces can only be forced to withdraw.

Then, he bumped into an elite undead army who did not know when, escaped the detection of the Holy Alliance Army, and went around to the side.

A great defeat came.

Under the joint siege of Cleostraz and Michaud, Vasarede was injured and retreated, and General Wymeer died in battle. The casualties of the coalition forces reached about 10,000 on the spot, and during the subsequent retreat, when they were chased by the undead, almost 10,000 troops were caught up and wiped out, or they ran and didn't know where to go. And scattered.

After Duke Vasarede reappeared and gathered the troops together, only half of the original 40,000 coalition forces remained. And before, the Allied forces pushed forward, and after this defeat, they were pushed back, and pushed even further.

At this moment, the Duke of Vasarede is leading the remnants, regrouping in Longlu County, the westernmost territory of the Pudley Kingdom. At the same time, the army of the undead has also approached Changlu County.

The number of the undead army that came out of the silver capital has expanded again. According to various sources, the number of this undead army has exceeded 100,000. Most of them are of course ordinary low-level undead, but the main force of the group is conservatively estimated to be more than 30,000.

Including a legendary death dragon and a legendary dark wizard, this is not something that the remnants of Vashared can fight against.

He originally planned to continue retreating, however, an order from the Holy Empire got him into trouble.

This order came from Lord Joberdin. He asked the Duke of Vasarede to lead the existing coalition troops to guard Changlu County for at least five days, waiting for support.

It stands to reason that Vasareid is the Duke of the Kingdom of Victoria. Although he belongs to the Holy Spirit, he really has no obligation to obey the orders of a great lord of the Holy Empire.

But in the end, Vashared chose to obey the order.

From his point of view, it was very helpless for him to make such a choice. Not to mention the forces that cursed the Church that the Kingdom of Schindler resisted, but the army of undead gathered in Pudley, it is not known whether the Kingdom of Victoria can deal with it with all the power of the whole country. What else can I do if I don't hug the thigh of the Holy Empire

For this reason, he, Vasarede, risked his life, and had to stand in Changlu County, waiting for the arrival of the army of the great lord Joberdin.

Thus, a real life-and-death battle began between the Holy Alliance and the undead. The soldiers defended every village and every town, almost fighting for every inch of land, blocking the advance of the undead.

However, despite this, the army of the undead still approached the city on the third day.

Vasareid led the last remnants of the Holy Alliance in the last defensive battle in Changlu County. After two days of fierce fighting, the five-day defense mission of the Holy Alliance Army was finally completed. At the cost of his own life, Vasarede injured the death dragon Cleostrasz, and finally blocked the undead army from attacking Changlu County.

However, reinforcements did not arrive.

Due to the arrangement of the legendary dark wizard, Joberdin's legion was delayed. In the end, the Holy Alliance Army, which had defended Changlu Town for five days, had to retreat after Vashared died in battle. It was not until the seventh day that the remnant army received the support of Lord Joberdin.