The wind was raging, stirring up dust all over the sky, and the sun at noon could only shed limited light on the earth.
The thick dust was like a dark cloud, casting everything under it in shadow. And bigger and thicker dark clouds shrouded the hearts of the soldiers under the dust in the sky.
Their bodies had already been covered with a thick layer of loess due to the raging wind and dust.
Although the soldiers covered their eyes and faces with thick gauze, dust still got in through the gaps in the gauze.
They have been waiting quietly in this desert for more than ten hours. Just wait until this damn sand storm calms down.
However, they are full of contradictions in their hearts, because once the sand storm passes, it will be the time for them to launch an attack.
But hidden in the place shrouded by the sand storm is the most dangerous and powerful group of thieves in the entire desert.
In the history of Kaoqi, there have been several times in which the entire country's troops have been mobilized to encircle and suppress this group of thieves hidden in the desert on a large scale, but each time they always failed.
Shadow thieves have long become synonymous with not being messed with.
The soldiers were indeed a little worried about such a famous band of thieves.
In a simple tent on the outskirts of the desert, Hagero was sitting quietly on a simple folding stool, with a map spread out in front of him.
The evil mage Trode stood in the corner of the tent as always, and he had never been seen sitting down.
"Do you think that Drechs is somewhat sure that she can hunt down the princess?" Hagrid asked suddenly.
"It's too late now. Four days are enough for the Sophien people to escape to a safe place. What's more, according to various intelligence, the Kingdom of Sophien has secretly sent reinforcements. That Mr. Qiao's plan is definitely not included. Under you. I doubt that he will send anyone to pick up their princess." Trode said calmly.
"I hope it's not the Mados magician. He happens to be Drex's nemesis." Hagrid said with a sigh.
"It seems to me that Mr. Qiao is very proficient in employing people." Trode said lightly.
"It seems there is no hope for the princess." Hagrid sighed again.
Unable to capture Her Highness the Princess, he could only do his best to fight to the end with the little forbidden spell mage of Sophien Kingdom whom he hated the most.
And this was something he tried his best to avoid.
Haguero doesn't like to fight uncertain battles.
A head-on confrontation with a well-known and highly skilled Forbidden Magic Mage is undoubtedly the most uncertain battle to win.
Before that, Haguero hunted down the Princess of the Kingdom of Sophie in order to avoid a head-on confrontation with Enleco.
But with the sudden appearance and accidental injury of Miss Fenacia, that plan has been shattered.
No one knew better than Hegheiro that a four-day delay was intolerable for a fleeting opportunity.
Now, he had to seize another opportunity.
That was the curse placed on Ms. Fenacia by Drex.
Hagriro had to contact Drakes several times almost every day, just to confirm whether the curse was still effective.
Although Drekes gave him a positive answer every time, Hagrid's heart was still full of anxiety.
Because Drekes also told him that the curse was gradually losing its effectiveness.
According to Drex's calculations, there will be at most one day before this curse will be completely ineffective.
Although she didn't want to admit it, Drakes was also helpless against the magical power of Miss Fenasia and the powerful strength of Sophie's little forbidden spell mage.
"One day, I didn't expect that I only have one day now. After one day, Miss Fenasia can fly away with that guy." Hagrid murmured to himself.
"But, right in front of me, there is this guy Gorslow." Speaking of cruelty, Haguero punched the ground heavily.
A clear fist mark immediately appeared on the ground.
"Perhaps you can try to get Gorslow to hand over Fenahia through other means." Trode reminded, but he knew very well that that was simply impossible.
Sure enough, after hearing Trode's proposal, Hagriro shook his head helplessly and sighed: "It's useless. I have long discovered that this guy Gorslow also has special intentions for Miss Fenasia. .”
After hesitating for a while, Haguero sighed again: "What's more, Gorslow has a rather strange logic in terms of emotions - he is the kind of guy who can sacrifice everything for the people he loves. But with me The difference is that he does not strive to seek return from the person he loves. For him, love is only a spiritual thing and has nothing to do with sex.
"He is a hopeless fool." When he said these last words, Hagrid shook his head heavily.
Didn't he know that he was also a fool
Anyone who is captured by love is a fool.
Before that, Hageello already knew what happened here.
Hagrid also knew something about his half-brother.
Perhaps because of the blood connection, Hagero once spent a lot of effort to collect information about Fesler.
Therefore, Haguero knew very clearly about the emotional entanglement between Fesler and the spy from the Kingdom of Leiding.
At the same time, he also knew very well that this was love that would never have any consequences.
Like all the descendants of this family, this love is destined to end in tragedy.
In fact, several of the endings Hagrid had imagined were not much different from the current situation.
No one knows more about how terrible the curse of blood is than Hegeiro. It is precisely because of this that Hagrid is even more addicted to a gloomy and decadent life, trying to anesthetize himself.
That was before he met Miss Fenacia.
As a master-level necromancer, Trode can easily summon the souls of the recently deceased in this desert.
Like the magician Shimados who descended from Hades, Trode can also learn many things from these souls.
Therefore, he easily found the place where Feisler and Monisha's bones were buried.
However, Haguero had no intention of moving the two corpses. Perhaps letting them lie quietly in this isolated place would have been the best choice.
He simply allowed Trodd to rest in "eternal sleep" on this land.
In this way, no one can disturb their peaceful sleep.
Whenever Hagrid thinks of Fisler, he can't help but think about what his fate will be in the end.
Hagriro no longer intends to get rid of that damn curse. His only hope is to truly possess Miss Fenasia like his father.
Even if it means using his life to achieve this goal, he is willing to do so.
Just as Hegeiro was in a daze about this, suddenly the adjutant's voice came from outside the door. "Marshal, the first brigade of the Holy Knights has just arrived. Captain Leerta asks to see the marshal." The adjutant reported outside the tent.
Hearing that the Holy Knights had arrived, Hegeiro was refreshed.
The Holy Knights and Trode are the only two trump cards in his hand.
It can be said that Hagero knows Gorslow and his shadow thieves very well.
It was an extremely powerful elite knight group. Whether it was the world-famous "Blast" or the "Unicorn" that roamed the grasslands, they were far inferior to their strength.
It can be said that the Shadow Thieves are a knightly order composed entirely of powerful knights. The only ones who can compete with it are probably the knights under that crazy woman Milinda.
There is no other way to deal with such an elite force. The only way to make up for the lack of strength is to rely on advantages in numbers and equipment.
Therefore, the only ones who can deal with them are the Holy Knights.
The heavy equipment equipped by the Holy Knights is the only weapon that can effectively resist the attack of the Shadow Thief.
Similarly, the long-trained Holy Knights are the only force that will not be disrupted by the fast-moving Shadow Thieves and their flexible tactics.
Their timely arrival was undoubtedly an extremely powerful reinforcement for Haguero.
Welcoming Leerta into the tent, Haguero said happily: "Captain Leerta, you have worked hard all the way. However, I'm afraid there won't be much rest time for you all. I hope you will be ready for battle as soon as possible. "
"Yes, Lord Marshal. I and the first squadron I brought, all the knights are ready to go at your disposal." Leerta said solemnly.
Although Relta and those around him were quite critical of Haguero's character. But they admired Hegeero's military talents and strength.
What's more, in the competition at the Victory Day Memorial, Haguero helped Realta, so that he could turn the situation around from being completely at a disadvantage in the competition with Kate.
For the competitive Leerta, this is undoubtedly a great favor.
It is precisely because of this that when Hegeero requested to call the Holy Knights, he volunteered. On the one hand, it was to be able to perform meritorious service, and on the other hand, it was also to repay Haguero's favor.
What's more, Relta also hides a selfish intention.
Because the reason why Duke Hagriro became so angry this time was entirely because of Miss Fenacia.
Those holy knights had more or less sympathy for Duke Hegeero, whose bride ran away with others on the day of the engagement.
No one wants the goddess of protection of the Kaoqi Kingdom to elope with a foreigner.
Because of this, there are actually many holy knights who are sympathetic to Hegeero in Vedsk.
The friendship between Relta and Kate is very deep, and it is a friendship, but there is no friendship with Enleco.
Therefore, he also felt a little dissatisfied with the little forbidden spell mage of Sophien Kingdom who took Miss Fenasia away.
And Duke Hagriro mobilized troops this time. If he hunts down Miss Fenacia, how humiliated Miss Fenacia will be is something anyone can imagine.
Duke Hagriro's nickname of the blond-haired silver wolf was not for nothing.
But no one would want the goddess of protection to be harmed excessively.
Therefore, the only ones who can stand up to defend the power of Miss Fenasia are loyal holy knights like them.
But the premise of all this is to be able to hunt down that beautiful young lady.
Therefore, Relta anxiously asked Haggero for instructions on when to launch an attack.
Duke Hegeero was quite satisfied with Relta's strong will to fight.
But he had already thought clearly about how to use the Holy Knights to fight against the Shadow Thieves.
"Captain Leerta, the Holy Knights will determine the success or failure of the battle. You are the decisive force. However, the battle against the Shadow Thieves will never be won easily. They are extremely powerful enemies.
"Besides, I don't have time to deal with them. I can tell you a secret. Miss Fenasia has at most one day before she can be completely freed from the curse. At that time, with her and that With the power of Sophie's little magician, no one can stop their escape." Hagriro told Captain Leerta the general situation.
"Then we should launch an attack as soon as possible."
Relta became even more anxious.
"No, my goal is not to defeat the Shadow Thief. If possible, I don't even plan to fight Gorthro. I know his strength very well, and the battle with him will be extremely difficult. of.
"And his understanding of me will definitely not be as good as my understanding of him. He can guess all the tactics I may adopt. Therefore, I am not the only one who is the real planner of this operation. I'm on the front, while Milinda is hidden behind the scenes." Haguero explained in detail.
"Your Majesty? I didn't know that Your Majesty knew how to fight." Leerta said disapprovingly.
Obviously, the leader of the Holy Knights did not tell his son about Miss Milinda's other hidden identity.
This was originally an unknown secret.
And in the eyes of those guys with too orthodox minds, it is undoubtedly a great shame for a woman to have the title of "Paladin".
Haguero patted Relta on the shoulder and said: "If Gorslow knew that Milinda was involved in this matter, I'm sure he would choose to minimize the loss as much as possible. The shadow thieves scattered and fled.”
Looking at Relta's disbelieving look, Haguero sighed and said: "Me, Gorslow and Milinda are about the same strength. You have definitely heard of Milinda's other name,' The Hidden Swordsman Mida is not unfamiliar to you, right?"
"Mida!" Leerta exclaimed. He really didn't expect that the extremely weird His Majesty would be the Paladin "Hidden Swordsman" Mida who was as powerful as his father.
That's just too unimaginable.
Like Haguero and Gorslow, Mida was once Relta's idol.
He never expected that his idol would be His Majesty.
Relta stood there stunned.
"Now you should know why I had to bow to Milinda for help. You should know that I don't like that guy very much. But it is undeniable that Milinda has unique military talents. She is good at setting up traps Ambush, setting up a trap for others to fall into.
“For Gorslow, who is good at outflanking and maneuvering, this may be the only effective combat method.
"In this vast desert, there are really too many places to escape. Although I have many legions in my hands, with the powerful strength of the Shadow Thieves, these legions are just a thin layer of defense that can be easily broken through. That’s all.
"The only thing Gorslow is afraid of is the magicians in my hands. His whereabouts will never be able to escape my surveillance.
"What's more, in addition to the powerful combatants, the Shadow Thieves also have many people who are not good at fighting. If we want them to escape my pursuit safely, Gorslow has no choice but to cross the Maori Mountains and enter the northern mountainous area. That is the territory of the Kingdom of Leiding.
"I want you to lead the Holy Knights and get there as soon as possible." Hegeiro ordered.
This time, Leerta immediately took the order and went out without any hesitation.
Following several shouts, there was a thunderous sound of horse hooves outside the tent, and it was obvious that the Holy Knights set off.
"How many men and horses do you plan to sacrifice in order for Gorslow to advance towards the encirclement set by Milinda?" Trod asked in a low and hoarse voice standing aside.
"It depends on the need. But Gorslow is not a person who likes unnecessary killings. He likes clean attacks and clean retreats. Hard and protracted battles are not his specialty." Hagrid Erlo said calmly.
"Will he guess Milinda's plan?" Trode reminded.
"Even without Milinda behind the scenes, I would still have set up an ambush in the Maori Mountains. That is the only option for Gorslow."
Haguero pondered for a while and then said: "It's just that if I were to arrange it, I'm afraid it wouldn't be as proper and thorough as Milinda. That woman has a bad nature, and setting up ambush is what she is best at."
When Hagrid said these words, there was a sour taste in his tone. After all, he had also tasted the bitter fruit of failure in Milinda's conspiracy.
He understands the power of Milinda better than anyone else.
"As long as Gorslow is fooled, he will definitely fall into trouble under the hands of Milinda. Because Milinda has some strange people under his command, and one of them has an eye as good as Gorslow. He will arrange it It is difficult for Gorslow to see through the ambush," Haguero said.
Trode naturally knew which person he was talking about. Likewise, he could roughly guess what arrangement Milinda would make.
The same tactics that had been used on the Strayer County prairie were equally useful in this pursuit.
Trode even guessed that Drex had already dug numerous caves for hiding soldiers near the Maori Mountains.
That's Drex's specialty.
While Hegeello and Trode were talking, suddenly the adjutant hurriedly came to report to Duke Hegeello again.
"Marshal, the second and fourth corps were suddenly attacked. The enemy suddenly appeared from the sandstorm, and the area where they attacked was the defense area where the two corps were connected to each other. The second corps suffered heavy losses, and the fourth corps could not Do not shrink the defense line. The two corps commanders request support."
After hearing the adjutant's report, Haguero did not issue any orders. Such an attack was originally expected by him. He even speculated that Gorsloo would launch such attacks many times in different directions.
That is Gorslow's consistent style, which can not only demoralize the opponent, but also find the weakest point of defense.
If he had been a less successful general, he would have been eager to make up for the loopholes caused by Gorslow's repeated attacks.
As a result, all military deployments will inevitably be completely disrupted.
Therefore, Haguero was completely indifferent to the adjutant's report.
In his opinion, those two corps were originally just decorations he used to form an encirclement. Their real role was just to drive Gorslow in other directions.
So no matter how heavy the loss was, he didn't care about it.
Even the few regiments mobilized from Wensilai Province and several nearby counties were nothing more than consumables in Haigero's view.
The only real killer trick is the Holy Knights led by Leerta.
Even the Knights of the Wind, who are his trusted direct descendants, may not be of much use when facing the powerful Shadow Thieves. Because of this, Hegeero had already ordered the Knights of the Wind to stand by on the outside.
The order he gave them was that unless they saw the shadow thief members of the brigade who were incapable of fighting, they would not be able to launch an attack even if they faced a small group of shadow thieves.
Hegeero knew very well that every combat member of the Shadow Pirates possessed terrifying combat abilities. A small team is enough to cause heavy losses to the Knights of the Wind. In addition, Hegeello is even more afraid of the magical power in Gorslow's hands.
The Shadow Thieves are the only group of desert thieves that have their own magician. Although it cannot be compared with the Kaoqi Kingdom in terms of strength or numbers, those magicians possess several magical magics specially invented for war.
This was originally the power that the Shadow Thieves inherited from their ancient ancestors. The extremely prosperous magical civilization of the Magic Empire was continued in their hands.
Hagero has been coveting these magical magics for a long time. Unfortunately, these magics are top secret even to the Shadow Thieves themselves.
No matter how much he spent, he couldn't get it.
Now he had to face these magical magics, which really gave him a headache.
What's more, among the opponents there are incredible figures like Miss Fenasia and the little magician Sophie.
Hagrid is absolutely certain that he is the one who can launch an attack suddenly and unnoticed from the sand storm like he is now, and completely avoid the magic detection of the magicians under his hands. The little magician Sophie was responsible for this.
That little magician Sophie is an expert in concealment, and the methods he provided can even avoid Drex's detection.
Hagrid had already experienced this when he was chasing Her Royal Highness Princess Sophie of the Kingdom. Because of this, Hagrid was extremely worried about other magical attacks from this little magician Sophie.
While Hegeiro was indifferent to the Shadow Pirates' attack, Gorslow and his black-robed knights were speeding through the sandstorm.
They are launching a fierce attack towards the second breakthrough point.
When the black-robed knights suddenly appeared in front of the frightened soldiers, they had no time to form a battle formation.
What's more, the breakthrough point Gorslow chooses is always the connection point between the two corps, which is the most difficult place for command to coordinate.
The two corps often conflict with each other, let alone help each other protect the flanks from attack.
In addition, once one regiment retreats, the morale of the other regiment will immediately become extremely low.
Therefore, two or three would often rush to kill each other, and a huge wound would be torn open between the two regiments.
However, Gorsloo was not satisfied with such a result at all. Because he knew very well that Hagriro would not be swayed by this at all.
In fact, when he discovered that Hageello had not rescued the attacked legions at all, he already knew that it was simply impossible to mobilize Hageello's regiments.
This guy is very aware of his own weaknesses, and I'm afraid he puts all his targets on those non-combatants who need protection.
The only thing that makes him feel fortunate now is that the magic tools made by the little magician Sophie are quite useful to deal with magic detection.
With these things, his shadow thief can truly launch a surprise attack without anyone noticing.
Gorslow was thinking about how to use this powerful weapon to deal a powerful blow to the regiments surrounding him.
There is not much time left before the sand storm subsides. If a gap is not created as soon as possible, those without the ability to fight will face the risk of being surrounded. But even so, Gorslow was also full of worries about where to escape.
To him, the only supply points in the vast desert were clearly visible to both sides.
It is almost impossible to escape from the pursuit of a huge army with magicians conducting reconnaissance in the air in the desert without any cover.
Therefore, the only way out is to escape to the Kingdom of Leiding. But in that case, we must cross the Maori Mountains.
Gorslow absolutely believed that Haguero would not have thought of this. In the Maoli Mountains, Hegeero may have already laid out heavy troops waiting for his arrival.
Gorslow has absolutely no interest in a head-on confrontation with Haguero. Hagriro's powerful attacks are the most famous among the three of them.
But Gorslow was even more reluctant to see this strange woman like Milinda.
If Milinda was commanding this battle, Gorslow would definitely give up choosing the Maori Mountains. Because he has absolutely no interest in fighting a commander who is good at hiding and ambush in a must-pass area.
Gorslow is also troubled by the conspiracy and plotting that Milinda is good at.
"Boss, it's almost time. Do you want to get in touch with the elders?" A black-robed knight next to him asked, interrupting Gorslow's thoughts.
Raising his head and taking a look at the sky that was gradually getting brighter, Gorslow nodded helplessly.
"Let all the windcatchers out, let us speed up the pace and rush to the meeting point as soon as possible. The elders and others need to protect the brothers who have no fighting ability. They can only rely on us to open the gap in the encirclement, and they must also kill all nearby enemies. Just annihilate." Gorslow ordered.
"Boss, don't worry. I'm afraid the brothers outside already know our situation, and they will definitely intercept the pursuers. This desert is our territory after all." A black-robed knight said with high spirits.
Gorslow did not want to pour cold water on his men at this time. The most important thing now was to maintain high morale, but he knew in his heart that Hegeello would never be an opponent that could be easily dealt with.
He must have already cut off the connection between the outside and the inside.
Sporadic harassment will not have any effect on Hagero at all.
But concentrated action is an extremely dangerous risk.
Although there are many skilled knights among the Shadow Thieves, there are only a few commanders who can compete with Hegeero.
If you act recklessly, you may end up with your entire army annihilated. If you want to break through the siege, you still have to rely on yourself.
Thinking of this, Gorslow urged his war horse to gallop towards the planned attack position.