When Li Junwei's mind was attracted by the Royal Guard Knights, the two tyrannical demons who were protected by the Royal Guard Knights with "magic helmets" turned into demons for the warriors.
The 'Magic Helmet' does not just improve the defense of the Tyrannical Demons, but it improves all aspects, including their strength and abilities.
As a result, the two tyrannical demons were almost rampant on the battlefield, and they specifically targeted heavy artillery and chariots. The soldiers desperately poured firepower on the two tyrannical demons, causing large patches of sparks to splash on their bodies. The star element beams bombarded them like a rainstorm, but most of them were absorbed by the "magic helmets". A few penetrated the thick purple light and hit the tyrannical demons' armor, leaving only a few dents, without even scratching the monsters' skin.
The tyrannical demons didn't care about this level of attack at all and didn't even bother to look at it. Only when heavy artillery shells came at them would they raise their halberds and use heavy weapons burning with black and blue flames to explode the shells.
In a blink of an eye, several more heavy artillery tanks were smashed by the Tyrannical Demons. The Tyrannical Demons ignored those who escaped from the vehicles in time and only focused on destroying the tanks.
The most expensive tanks were destroyed, and soon Li Junwei's armored command vehicle was turned into a pile of scrap metal.
At this time, Li Junwei had no time to pay attention to his chariot, and even the Tyrannical Demon could not distract him. He transformed the star essence into fighting spirit. The fairly condensed fighting spirit formed a piece of armor with unclear outlines on Li Junwei's body. After he put on the fighting spirit armor, he rushed towards the guard knight in front.
The Royal Guard Knight also started running, dragging the rune broadsword blessed with "Divine Edge" towards Li Junwei.
The distance between the two sides continued to shorten, and at the moment of intersection, they drew their swords at the same time!
Li Junwei's long sword was gushing with fighting spirit as it slashed across the chest of the Royal Guard Knight, moving diagonally upwards. The tip of the sword swept through the opponent's shoulder armor, leaving a deep mark on the Royal Guard Knight's armor.
This sword almost cut through the heavy armor of the Royal Guard Knight, but it still fell short by a little bit.
The broadsword of the Royal Knight that was dragging on the ground was raised at the moment of intersection, and slashed across Li Junwei's arm from bottom to top. The fighting spirit armor on Li Junwei's hand was like paper and was easily scattered, and then a wave of blood spurted out from Li Junwei's arm.
Li Junwei's face changed, and his scratched hand suddenly lost all strength and could no longer be lifted.
Beads of sweat appeared on his face. He watched the Royal Guard Knight raise the rune broadsword high in the air. When he chopped it down, the sky was filled with red light...
Chizhou Fort.
Wei Qingning raised his hand and knocked on the door. Lin Zhengnan's voice rang out in the office: "Come in."
When Wei Qingning opened the door, he saw Lin Zhengnan with his hands behind his back, looking at a map on the wall.
This is a map of the area around Chizhou Fort, which includes the nearest Tiebing Fort, as well as three or four other forts. In one corner of the map, there is a fort circled in red.
It was a large fort with a bastion of Krav Gate.
Lin Zhengnan looked back, then smiled and said, "Old Wei is here, why don't you go and recuperate? Your injury should not be healed yet. You should rest more. I will have someone send you some healing holy items to replenish blood and qi. You and I need to take good care of yourself."
Wei Qingning clenched his fist and coughed dryly, then replied, "Thank you for your concern, City Lord. This time I came..."
"Mr. Wei
Come over here and take a look." Lin Zhengnan ignored what Wei Qingning was going to say, waved his hand and called him over, then pointed at the large fortress and said calmly: "Ten years later, we will stand at the highest point of the fortress and overlook this entire area!"
Wei Qingning was shocked and couldn't believe his ears. In the past, Lin Zhengnan did have ambitions, but he would never be as wishful as he is now.
He actually wanted to take over several fortresses on this map in ten years, and one of them was a large fortress!
Aren’t you afraid of bursting your stomach
Wei Qingning said quickly: "City Lord, we can't rush into this kind of thing. We should take it step by step. Ten years... Ten years is too short."
Lin Zhengnan laughed and said, “Mr. Wei, ten years is not a short time. I have already thought about it. Now my sublimation progress has reached its maximum. Next, I will spend one to two years collecting the materials needed for the sublimation medium.”
"During this time, we can first take down Iron Fort. Iron Fort is the largest weapons supplier in the surrounding area. Their fortress is like a giant weapons warehouse."
"As long as we take it, we can expand our army and no longer worry about not having enough weapons to equip our soldiers."
Lin Zhengnan pointed to another fortress and said, "Qingtian Fort, their grain production is very high. If we take down Tiebing Fort, we can attack Qingtian Fort. If we take over Qingtian Fort, we won't have to worry about food. In this way, our logistics will be guaranteed."
"By then, if our Chizhou Fort, Tiebing Fort, and Qingtian Fort are connected for a year, we will be able to firmly occupy this area. I plan to complete this task within three years."
"Within three years, I will be promoted to Rank 7 and take control of three small fortresses, which will be considered the completion of a phased layout of the ten-year plan."
Lin Zhengnan said with great enthusiasm: "In three years, I will be at rank 7. By then, we will establish diplomatic relations with the large fortress while continuing to plot against several other fortresses in the surrounding area. When we have taken control of these fortresses, we will be qualified to negotiate with the large fortress."
"When the time comes, we will use a series of methods such as division, alienation, bribery and rumor-mongering to split them from within. When the time is right, we will attack in one fell swoop and establish our dominance in this area."
"By that time, you, Mr. Wei, will be my trusted minister, and Jun Wei will be my great general. If the three of us work together, there is no need to worry about not accomplishing great things, haha..."
At this moment, Lin Zhengnan became a stranger in Wei Qingning's eyes.
After talking about his grand plans, Lin Zhengnan turned around and looked at Wei Qingning: "By the way, Mr. Wei, do you want to talk to me about something?"
Wei Qingning nodded: "I heard that Jun Wei led his troops out of the city today?"
"Yes, there is a group of thugs causing trouble near our fortress. I asked Jun Wei to eliminate this threat. He should be back soon." Lin Zhengnan said disapprovingly.
Wei Qingning said in a deep voice: "City Lord, this group of villains could have been non-existent."
Lin Zhengnan was smiling one second, but his expression turned gloomy the next: "Mr. Wei, what do you mean?"
Wei Qingning sighed, "City Lord, you know I never beat around the bush. I'll be frank. I can understand you stealing Mr. Su's power. I know you are also considering the expansion of Chizhou Fort, but City Lord, this kind of expansion is not justified after all. Even if we can really expand like this, there is no reason behind it.
I know how much blame I have to bear. "
Lin Zhengnan said sternly: "So what? Elder Wei, the winner is the king. As long as we can finally reach the top, do you think many people will care how we climbed up?"
Wei Qingning shook his head and said, "City Lord, you can't say that. Even if we use such means to gain the status of overlord of a place, we can't win the support of the people. In that case, even if we can dominate, it won't last long."
"I think it would be best for the city lord to return Mr. Su's power before he makes a big mistake. There is still time to save him."
"City Lord, even without this power, Jun Wei and I will assist you. It may take us more time, but the foundation we gain will last forever."
"Wei Qingning!"
Lin Zhengnan pointed in the direction of the gate: "Are you getting old and confused? You are actually helping outsiders. Get out. I don't want to see you. Go home and recover."
"City Lord..."
"go out!"
Seeing that Lin Zhengnan refused to change his mind, Wei Qingning sighed and had to say goodbye.
After Wei Qingning left, Lin Zhengnan panted and clenched his fists, saying, "One or two of you, your knowledge is so shallow. What public opinion? Bah, whoever has the bigger fist can win the public opinion. If I can't win, I will kill them. As long as I spread the word, there will be countless wild dogs in the wilderness scrambling to get the protection of the fortress."
"When the time comes, I will have as many people's support as I want!"
Lin Zhengnan just breathed a sigh of relief when there was another knock on the door, and then the secretary's voice rang out from outside the door: "City Lord, General Li and the others are back."
Lin Zhengnan was cheered up after hearing this and said, "Okay, where are they? I'll give them a good reward."
The door opened, and the thirty-something female secretary hesitated for a moment before saying, "General Li was injured and has been sent for treatment. He asked me to tell you that they, they..."
"What's wrong?" Lin Zhengnan's face changed. "What happened to them?"
The female secretary lowered her head and dared not look at him: "General Li said that they failed and suffered heavy losses."
"What?"
Lin Zhengnan thought he had heard wrongly: "How is this possible? Although Junwei did not take all the troops out, he also took two-thirds of the troops to fight. How is it possible..."
"Where's the damage report?"
The female secretary wiped her sweat and said, "We are counting..."
“Are you still counting? Hurry up and bring me the loss report. I want it now!” Lin Zhengnan slammed his fist on the table angrily.
The female secretary nodded and said, "I'll go and destroy it."
A moment later, Li Junwei, Wei Qingning, and several officers came over with the damage report. In the city lord's office, Lin Zhengnan looked at the report in his hand, and the more he read, the more frightened he became.
Not only did more than half of the troops Li Junwei led out today suffer casualties, but almost all of the chariots in Chizhou Fort were scrapped. Especially those heavy artillery chariots, none of them returned, and each soldier represented a long string of numbers.
The loss of these chariots alone was enough to cause great trouble to Chizhou Fort. Moreover, Chizhou Fort had just finished a war, and the outer city was almost completely destroyed. How could it afford such a loss at this moment when everything was in ruins
After reading the report, Lin Zhengnan looked at the crowd and asked, "Can anyone give me an explanation?"