"Well -" Xia Zuo pursed his lips, and after a few seconds, he let out a laugh and said to Sauron, "In this case, it's really difficult for the general. Your Majesty also wrongly blamed you. It's not that the general is slacking off, but There is really no way.”
"Exactly."
"However, General, there is no need to worry too much." Xia Zuo said with a bright smile, "The first purpose of my coming to Reef Castle this time is to make inquiries on behalf of Your Majesty, and the second purpose is to help General solve any problems you may encounter. General Didn’t you say that there is an extreme shortage of troops?”
Sauron glanced at Xia Zuo and nodded: "Yes."
"That's just right. I have brought the troops that you lack, general. They are stationed outside the reef fort now. There are not many people, half a regiment in total - five hundred people. This is indeed a little less, but they are all elites, and there is one among them. A hundred magic knights should be enough to help the general complete his journey to Sarin."
"So, Mr. Xia Zuo, are you going to lead the troops to Sarin on my behalf?"
"That's right." Xia Zuo nodded.
"Then I have to thank Mr. Xia Zuo."
"Yes, this is my job." Xia Zuo said softly, and then changed his tone, "However, before setting off, I want to trouble the general with something."
"What's up?"
"I want a number for the general's team. I want to go to Sarin in the name of one of the general's teams." Xia Zuo said, "After all, your majesty ordered the general to do this. I can help, but I still don't want to do it because of my identity." Chaos is good.”
"Borrowing the serial number..." Sauron's eyebrows moved, "According to military regulations, the team's serial number is not allowed to be borrowed casually. Violators will be executed, Mr. Xia Zuo."
Xia Zuo smiled after hearing this: "General, this is exactly what I want to talk about next. I just said that I came with His Majesty's personal orders, and one of His Majesty's personal orders allowed me to temporarily borrow the army number . I think your Majesty’s orders must always trump military regulations.”
Sauron frowned slightly, remained silent, and looked at Xia Zuo for a long time.
After a while, Soran finally spoke again and asked: "I don't know, Mr. Xia Zuo, do you want to borrow the number of my army?"
"I want..." Xia Zuo said quickly, obviously having a plan. But after talking about the beginning, after seeing Sauron's serious look, he smiled slightly and changed his words, "How do I know which team has the appropriate number? After all, I am not a member of the army. Why not let the general help me choose a number? I believe that with the general’s ability, he will not let me down.”
"Since Mr. Xia Zuo trusts me so much, well, let me choose one." Soran raised his eyebrows and said, "You can borrow... the number."
"Really?" Xia Zuo's eyes widened and he said in surprise.
"certainly."
"Thank you, General." Xia Zuo smiled with satisfaction.
"No, I should be the one to thank Mr. Xia Zuo."
... ...
A few minutes later.
Xia Zuo left the command room. Sauron looked at the direction Xia Zuo left and remained silent for a long time.
The wizard Yule approached and whispered: "General, are you just going to let him leave like this? The number he borrowed is not ordinary. If something happens, it will be difficult for us to explain."
"Everyone is here, which means that there are some things that cannot be stopped." Sauron shook his head slightly and said, "In this case, it is better to let the other party do it openly. What about the number, since he wants it? Give him the best. In this way, we can also see what Sarin's attitude is towards us. Pass my order and send someone to secretly keep an eye on this so-called special envoy to see what he will encounter when he leads his troops to Sarin. No matter what Whatever you encounter, don’t interfere, and after seeing it, report it truthfully.”
"Yes." Wizard Yule nodded and walked out.
... ...
The sun is high.
To the west of the Reef Castle, in the vast wilderness.
"Ta-ta-ta, tap-ta-ta..."
The rapid sound of horse hooves sounded from the end of the horizon, and accompanied by the rising yellow dust, a large group of people appeared and galloped rapidly.
As we got closer, we could see that this was a rather large cavalry team, with about five hundred people.
Among them, the first hundred people who opened the way were wearing full sets of magic armor. They were magic knights who gave even wizards a headache when they saw them. The four hundred people behind them are all elites, and their murderous aura is so strong that it cannot be concealed. This is definitely not something that can be achieved by ordinary grass-chopping targets.
In the middle of the team, Ax Xia Zuo, the special envoy from Xia, was riding a white horse and looking around while being surrounded.
After marching for several miles, a subordinate in yellow clothes approached Xia Zuo, stretched out his hand and pointed to the top of a hill in front of him and said: "Sir, after passing the hill in front, we are in the sand forest."
"Are we finally reaching the sand forest?" Xia Ya squinted at the top of the hill and asked, turning to the subordinate who was speaking, "Is there anything I should pay attention to when entering the sand forest?"
"This..." The subordinate pondered for a moment and then said, "Sir, the first thing we should pay attention to is the terrain. The area in the western border of our alliance is relatively flat before entering the sand forest. , the road becomes very difficult to walk after entering the sand forest. Although the sand forest has been building roads and improving transportation in recent years, you have told us that it is best for us to stay hidden and not take the main road, so we chose this direction It’s very rough and takes some suffering.
Secondly, there is the issue of safety. Speaking of which, three years ago, the security situation in the entire Sarin was not very good, and gangs of thieves were raging. Now there are a lot less gangs of thieves, and you basically won't encounter them if you take the main road, but we can't tell if we take the small roads. But no matter what kind of thieves group they are, they will be unlucky when they encounter us. We can deal with them easily, with a delay at most.
besides... ... "
His men kept talking, and while the team was running through the hill, Xia Zuo saw an unexpected two-story stone building appear in the field of vision in front of him.
"What is that?" Xia Zuo interrupted what his men were continuing to say, pointed forward, and asked curiously.
After hearing this, his subordinate followed Xia Zuoshou's instructions, looked at it for a while, and said with a somewhat uncertain tone, "Outpost?"
"Ta-ta-ta..."
The team marched at a slow pace, and soon they arrived in front of the two-story stone building. Two soldiers wearing leather armor ran out of it, looking at them warily with long spears.
It really was an outpost... After looking at it, Xia Zuo raised his eyebrows, waved his hand to stop the team, and carefully looked at the soldiers who ran out.
There were two soldiers, one old and one young. The older one looked to be nearly sixty years old, while the younger one looked to be less than twenty years old. The old soldier, full of old age, looked calm, but his evasive eyes showed that he was weak inside. The young soldier never thought that so many people would suddenly appear in front of the sentry point. His trembling hands betrayed how panicked he was.