In the blink of an eye, more than eleven hours after the surrender letter was delivered, the deadline for the surrender letter is getting closer and closer.
In the thick darkness, the vanguard of Sauron's army burst out with unprecedented fighting power and successfully broke into the area near Sarin Atlan City.
Six elite cavalry regiments, after a short period of repair, began to line up.
After finishing the formation, they let out a roar and launched a roaring charge towards an inconspicuous fortress blocking the way forward.
In their opinion, after capturing this fortress, the obstacle to Atlan will be reduced by one more, and they can give Salin a hard slap in the face, letting Salin know who should surrender.
"Ta-ta-ta..."
The sound of horse hooves thundered, and the tide of cavalry quickly approached the fortress wall.
Then... At the next moment, a row of dark "iron barrels" were pushed out from the city wall, with the ends aimed at the charge cavalry.
"Buzz!"
The "iron barrel" vibrated, dense magic patterns on the outer shell lit up, and a "bang bang bang" sound followed.
Accompanied by the sound, black projectiles that were so fast that they were blurry left the iron barrel, smashed into the charge cavalry formation, and exploded violently.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The explosion sounded, and the huge impact spread. Countless cavalrymen and their horses were lifted into the air, and then fell heavily to the ground. Life or death was unknown, and some unlucky ones were torn apart in the air.
The charging cavalry formation was in chaos.
And this wasn't over yet, followed by a sharp sound of "咻咻咻", and thousands of one-meter-long flaming arrows flew out from the castle. These arrows drew an arc in the air at a very high angle, and fell densely on the ground in front of the castle like a carpet, swallowing up the large number of cavalry in the middle.
Originally there were wizards accompanying the army who tried to stop them, but the power of the flaming arrows was much greater than expected. They failed to block a few flaming arrows and were swallowed up along with the cavalry.
There were also wizards who were accompanying the army. Just as they were about to take action, a magic pattern projectile the size of a bean flew from the city wall, penetrated three magic shields, hit the body, and blew half of his body to pieces.
After losing the protection of the accompanying wizards, the cavalry team became very vulnerable. At this time, two consecutive batches of flaming arrows were shot and dropped from the castle.
As a result, the charging cavalry team was on the verge of collapse before it even touched the castle walls.
At this time, the Sarin wizard finally showed up, standing on the top of the city, chanting a spell loudly, waving his hands and releasing large spells, and bombarded the remaining cavalry.
"Rumble—"
A few minutes later, the cavalry team that launched the charge completely collapsed. They were supposed to be the first-class elite troops on the mainland, but at this moment they were like headless flies, fleeing in embarrassment with the remaining defeated soldiers.
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The military tent of Sauron's General Staff.
Sauron was staring at the sand table and thinking, when a staff officer hurriedly walked in from outside the military tent, walked up to Sauron, and reported the situation in a low voice.
"General, most of our armies are progressing relatively smoothly. We have occupied 80% of the cities in the eastern part of Sarin. Although we have not collected much military rations, we can save one province and we can hold on for another day or two. But... towards Yat The three armies attacking in the Lan area have all suffered heavy losses and are not optimistic."
"Severe damage? Not optimistic?" Soran raised his eyebrows, "How serious is it?"
"More than 10% were slightly injured, more than 10% were seriously injured, and more than 30% were sacrificed..." At this point, the staff officer glanced at Sauron, swallowed, and added, "The other nearly 40% are missing."
All in all, only one-fifth of the soldiers survived, and everyone was injured.
After hearing this, Sauron narrowed his eyes slightly and asked with some surprise: "Are the three armies like this? Is it even like the army led by Puduo?"
Puduo is an extremely skilled and cautious commander under his command. He has always suffered the least casualties in battles and has always been valued by him. He does not believe that the team led by the other party has the same result.
After listening to Sauron's question, the staff officer hesitated for a moment and then said bravely: "General Puduo's army is slightly better. The bodies of those who died have basically been found, so there are relatively few missing persons..."
"This..." Sauron couldn't help but pause in breathing. After several seconds, he looked at the staff officer and asked, "How could this happen?"
"I heard that in the defensive fortress near the Atlan area, Sarin suddenly displayed a series of new weapons, which were extremely powerful. Together with the wizard, they caused us great losses." The staff officer raised his eyebrows, "Presumably, this should This is the reason why Sarin thinks we can't enter the area around Atlanta. They must want to use this to negotiate with us. As for the capitulation letter given to us during the day, it should be a negotiation method - deliberately adopting a high attitude, so that the negotiation can be better Earn more profit from it.”
Sauron pondered after listening, and then shook his head vigorously: "No, no, this matter is not that simple. Shalin will not be so simple, and neither will that person."
After walking a few steps in the military tent, Sauron suddenly raised his head and asked: "Where is the surrender letter? Where is the surrender letter that Salin gave us during the day? Bring it here, I want to take a look."
The staff officer in front of him gave Sauron a strange look, and the other staff officers in the military tent also cast strange looks at Sauron, but in the end they did not dare to refuse, and one person handed over a scroll with a letter of persuasion to surrender.
Sauron took it, put it on the table next to him and unfolded it, then looked at the writing on it with the light.
The content is very harsh, almost impossible to accept, such as giving up resistance unconditionally, collecting weapons and destroying them on your own, etc...
Even Sauron couldn't help but feel a little angry after reading a few lines. At this moment, Sauron blinked his eyes and saw that the text on the paper quickly faded, and within a few seconds, it became completely blank.
Sauron was stunned for a moment, then thought of something, raised his head and asked, "How long has it been since the surrender letter was sent from Shalin?"
"Almost twelve hours, General." Someone hesitated and replied, "It seems to be the end time that Salin asked us to give a reply."
"That… "
"General, read the surrender letter!" someone suddenly shouted.
Sauron looked down and saw a faint light flashing inside the paper of the surrender letter, as if there were faint energy fluctuations.
This is…
"Wizard Yule!" Sauron shouted.
Outside the military tent, Yule, a wizard in a green robe, walked in quickly. He took a look at the surrender letter and guessed what was going on. Press your hand on the surface of the surrender letter, and there will be a "stab" sound, and the entire surface of the surrender letter will be uncovered, revealing a layer in the middle.
The middle layer is also a piece of paper, but the paper is slightly special, with very thin magic patterns painted on it. This magic pattern is flashing at a high frequency at this time, and I don't know what it does.
Seeing this situation, wizard Yule's expression suddenly changed. Without consulting Sauron at all, he grabbed the laminated paper and then burned it with a ball of flame in his hand.
After doing all this, the wizard Yu Le looked at Sauron solemnly and said: "General, something is wrong, very wrong. The purpose of this surrender letter seems not to be used to persuade surrender at all, but has other intentions, so you must be careful!"
"I thought about it." Sauron nodded, "And I just thought that the surrender letter given to us may be just a cover up. What Salin really wants to give is the Reef Castle. Because he gave it to us, to the Reef Castle The surrender document would not be so strange, so it was given to us."
"The reef fort is in danger. We must notify the garrison of the reef fort immediately." Yule said quickly.
"I'm afraid it's too late." Sauron sighed, "Twelve hours have passed. Since Salin's people can let us discover this secret, I'm afraid they won't be afraid of discovering this secret."
"Then what should we do?" Yule stared at Sauron.
"We... sent twice... no, three times the reconnaissance force. From now on, we will be wary of any actions of Sarin. In addition..." Sauron thought for a few seconds and quickly gave a measure. But just in the middle of the sentence, he stopped suddenly and glanced strangely. A circle of military tents.
In the military tent, in addition to the staff officers surrounding him, there were many people working and communicating. But for some reason, it was as if everyone suddenly reached a tacit understanding and stopped speaking together, making the entire tent extremely quiet.
Even outside the tent, the chirping of insects in summer disappeared, and the whole world became quiet, so quiet that everyone's breathing could be heard.
It's so quiet that it's eerie, it's so quiet that it's terrifying.
The people at work raised their heads in confusion and stared at the people next to them.
Sauron looked at each other and the staff beside him, and quickly walked out of the tent feeling something.
At this moment, he had a premonition that something big had happened.
It's a really big thing, the kind that changes the world.
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