An important city and capital of the northern province!
They faced off against the empire on the Pamir Plains for many days. Tiger's idea is simple.
The current road going south is the Pamir Plain, which is located in the north of Guangming Continent. The northern end of the plain is Thunder City, bordering the Thunder Strait, and there are two roads at the southern end. First, deal with the main force of the Guangming Empire head-on and defeat Guangming. After the empire's only main army in the north, it then went directly south to capture the capital of the northern province, or Kaka City!
Second, bypass the solid defense line in front of them, leaving tens of thousands of people to contain them, and then lead the main force southward from the other direction in the west...
Tiger shook his head. The second method was simply crazy - bypass it
Leading an army of hundreds of thousands deep into the enemy's territory, he did not fight when faced with the opportunity for a decisive battle, but instead went deep into the enemy's territory? That is simply the idea of a lunatic!
Rubbing his temples, which were already a little sore, Tiger sighed.
The past two days were not going well. After winning for a while with the chariot team that day, the people from the Bright Empire on the opposite side seemed to have suddenly turned into a coward, hiding behind a solid defense line and refusing to come out no matter what. Relying on the deep trenches and solid walls, as well as the defense line that stretched for dozens of miles, there were archers, slingers, and spearmen hiding in the military camp. The coalition forces stormed for two days but were unable to open a breach.
What is difficult for Tiger to understand is that even in the face of the fortified Thunder City, his own army can inspire courage to fight. If the battle is so fierce, his soldiers will move forward bravely.
But now the situation suddenly changed!
Except for the army of Sauron Kingdom that he brought out, the discipline is still strict, and the armies of several other kingdoms seem a little weird. They refused to serve as the vanguard during the two days of fierce attack. Even though Tiger finally gave strict orders in the name of commander, the commanders of those troops still pretended to be dead.
And those soldiers were even worse. They often run a few steps and then stand still, refusing to take a step forward. Even if the supervising team behind them were urging them with sharp swords, the soldiers would be as slow as they could and dodge as long as they could.
Occasionally I rushed forward once or twice, but I no longer had the faith or courage to die. I fought sparsely for a while and then immediately retreated. The first thing these soldiers did after retreating was to rush to the military camp and divide up the spoils of other soldiers who died on the battlefield today.
Sometimes, in order to grab a bag of gold coins, these guys who are not enterprising on the battlefield will show their swords to their companions!
Tiger was extremely angry. After ordering the execution of several people and hanging their heads, this aroused the dissatisfaction of several other leaders of the royal army. These people accused Tiger of being selfish and bent on letting their troops die without sending any troops. The troops of the Kingdom of Sauron went up to fight.
Tiger gritted his teeth and sent the infantry regiment of Sauron Kingdom to fight for the main force for a day, but found that the armies of several kingdoms that cooperated with the attack were still doing their best. In the end, Tiger had nothing to say. He said angrily: Just stay in the military camp slowly and count the money! It’s just best to think about if you lose this war, will you have any life left to spend! !
In addition, there is one sentence in his heart that he has not said: The other party's Thunder God's Whip has not shown up for several days! Don’t you idiots have any doubts
Although Tiger is suspicious, at least he hasn't heard any bad news so far. In order to prevent the people of the Light Empire from playing tricks, he sent tens of thousands of small troops to move around every day, especially on his flanks and rear areas.
At least the news that came back the night before yesterday reassured him - last night, an army of 3,000 people from the Kingdom of Goethe was ordered to search and inspect, and encountered the other party's transport team. As a result, the two sides fought fiercely. The reward of the blood-stained lieutenant made Tiger feel relieved.
Because according to the report from the deputy general, what they encountered was the "Thunder God's Whip"!
The officer in charge of the army died in the battle, and the army of 3,000 people was defeated. Less than 800 people escaped, and two magicians who accompanied the army also died in the battle.
Although thousands of people and two magicians were lost, Tiger didn't care - at least the Thunder God's Whip was still here! Didn't go anywhere else!
Tiger repeatedly asked the adjutant who escaped back carefully, especially about the clothing, armor, equipment and combat effectiveness of the army that defeated them.
There was no doubt about everything—in fact, Tiger was already relieved. Seeing the adjutant in front of him covered in blood and in shock, he already believed that the only person who could beat the Roland army into such a mess was the Whip of the Thunder God.
Although it sounds like the number of Thunder God's Whips that appeared was a little less, it was said that there were less than 2,000 people. (In order to avoid responsibility, the adjutant deliberately exaggerated the number of Oliseh and his party.)
The news that came last night made Tiger's doubts lessened again.
A small army of several thousand soldiers sent out last night also encountered an attack, according to reports from people who ran back. It was also Thunder God's Whip that attacked them. The number ranges from about three to four thousand people. The location where he was ambushed was southwest of his camp.
Traces of Thunder God's Whip were found in the southeast and southwest for two consecutive nights. So does this mean that the Thunder God's Whip is nearby
Tiger sighed, what on earth is Duke Tulip doing? Then a powerful army does not need to be on the frontal battlefield, but is divided into small armies to go out for activities. Dedicate your own search team?
Or... Tiger's eyes lit up.
Or is it because the Empire of Light is running out of supplies? Duke Tulip was worried that the small army he sent would attack his transport team, so he sent Thunder God's Whip to escort the transport
Thinking of this, Tiger himself laughed, it was so ridiculous.
But didn’t the adjutant who escaped the night before yesterday say he saw the opponent’s Thunder Whip escort transport team with his own eyes
Or maybe what the other party brought from the rear was not ordinary supplies, but some powerful weapons?
With many questions, Tiger sighed and walked out of the tent. He used the evening breeze to clear up his already dizzy mind, looked at the defense line of the Bright Empire people on the opposite side, and muttered: "What on earth is that Duke Tulip doing?"
What on earth is the Duke doing
No one knew, not even Sieg.
In fact, Sieg's location at this moment is already behind the Roland people on the Pamir Plains - of course, it's just that the distance is much farther.
Sieg had already set off two days ago with half of the Wolf Fang Army. Their goal is: Thunder City!
The 20,000 Wolf Fang Army behind them were not wearing the standard armor of the Thunder God's Whip. They were wearing the standard Roland knight armor, and they were holding the Roland cross sword in their hands - more importantly, what they were wearing was not Ordinary Roland knight armor. The special color of the armor and the black cloak behind them all indicate their identities - they are the supreme holy knights affiliated with the temple in Roland Continent! And what Sieg is wearing is the standard, real armor of the Grand Knight of the Holy Knights of Roland! !
In fact, Sieg also had some doubts in his heart. The doubts stemmed from the Duke's recent weirdness.
In fact, since the day when he had a head-on fight with the Roland Holy Knights in the Pamir Plain, the Duke rarely showed up after returning to camp.
Sieg, Milo and others all speculated: Is the Duke injured
After all, after fighting for so many days in a row, and fighting so many times with the opponent's paladins and great knights, it would be too abnormal for the Duke to say that he didn't have any injuries on his body. Even if there are no external injuries, what about internal injuries
Others don't know how powerful the Paladin is, but Sieg does. When he was in Thunder City, a Fielding Paladin who was attacking the opponent happened to run into Siege after he attacked the city wall. Frankly speaking, Siege had never doubted his own strength like that time. In fact, Sieg's current strength is almost reaching the empire's fifth-level warrior standard. But when facing the paladin, Sieg only took three swords from the opponent, and the three swords nearly cut Sieg to the point of vomiting blood. And it seems that the other party has not tried its best at all. If the Duke hadn't helped him, I'm afraid old Sieg would have died heroically in Thunder City.
But the Duke is really injured? Even if you are hurt, you should at least talk to yourself, right? Even if they are worried that the news of the coach's injury will affect morale, then a few senior generals have to reveal it, right
Those few days in the military camp were really strange. More than a dozen of the Duke's personal guards were always guarding outside his tent. Moreover, the Duke issued strict orders. No one is allowed to enter the tent without his instructions! Even Sieg is no exception!
Although Sieg had some doubts in his heart: the dozen or so soldiers of the Duke were very unfamiliar to him - several of them were originally soldiers of the Wolf Fang Army, and of course Sieg recognized them. Just looking at the familiar faces, Sieg had a strange feeling: those people had changed too much. Although I haven't tried it myself. But Sieg is sure that the strength of those boys must have been greatly improved now - samurai's intuition is very keen.
As for the other recruits, Sieg didn't know him - this was not surprising. After all, he was the Tulip Duke. It was normal for the Tulip Duke to have a few special guardsmen around him. Each generation of the Tulip Duke had several from the family. The guards brought here, such as the current Lant, were originally the guards of the Duke's Palace, but now they have also been incorporated into the Thunder God's Whip.
But... Zig couldn't help but a figure popped up in his mind: Yes, it's the boy with blue hair.
What's the name of that guy with blue hair... Well, Roddy. I don't know that boy. It seems that he was transferred from Tulip Duke's Mansion. It's normal that I don't know him. After all, it is impossible for me to see every one of these tens of thousands of troops. It doesn't matter that the Duke has a few personal guards from his family by his side... But...
But why does that kid always give people a strange feeling
What's more important is that the Duke only occasionally shows up in the military camp once a day. At other times, he is carried in the tent. Even if something happens, he will let his soldiers report it. Most of the time, it is this boy Rody who sends the message.
And... um... yes, there's also his sword. That was clearly the Duke's weapon, and it actually appeared in that boy's hand. Could it be that the Duke gave it to him.
Where does this kid come from? He looked like he was no more than twenty years old—well, he couldn't be a relative of the Tulip family, right
At this moment, Roddy was about two hours away from Sieg. There were more than 20,000 cavalry behind him, also wearing the armor of the Holy Knights.
Their goal is also: Thunder City!
Kraft looked at the blue-haired boy next to him, but he was thinking about his own thoughts.
Kafu is thirty-five years old this year, and he is also a veteran soldier of Thor's Whip. It's just that because of his temper, he has been holding the position of deputy commander in Thunder God's Whip - everyone in the empire's army knows that the position of deputy commander is simply a decoration, and the actual rights are not as good as the captain of a column!
After Duke Tulip rectified the Thunder God's Whip, Kraft had the opportunity to rise to the top. With his own strength, he took the leadership position. Kraft is a very proud man. In the past, Thunder God's Whip didn't look down on those aristocratic officers. I never get along with those guys. In addition to arrogance, there is a deeper reason: because Kraft himself is not an aristocrat.
Because of this, Kraft looked askance at those noble gentlemen—except of course, the great Duke!
But Kraft didn't like the blue-haired boy next to him that much.
This kid probably entered the Thunder God's Whip through the back door. Otherwise, how could he become the Duke's deputy captain at such a young age
You know, in Thunder God's Whip, it is already a supreme honor to be the Duke's personal soldier - many cavalry captains would even be demoted if they were mobilized to be the Duke's personal soldier! This boy can become the Duke's personal soldier at such a young age - hum, he is probably a backdoor guy.
Otherwise, why would the Duke's personal soldiers not dare to mobilize to the vanguard of the battle? Like the Wolf Fang Army? Or other cavalry teams
Judging from his young age, he doesn't seem to have much ability...
But whether it was Sieg or Kraft who were dozens of miles away, they absolutely obeyed their orders to lead troops in the sneak attack.
They all deeply remember the scene when the Duke summoned them in the tent before departure...
The Duke's face seemed a little pale - which made everyone even more confused about the rumors that the Duke was injured.
But fortunately, the Duke seems to be in good spirits.
That night, the tent was heavily guarded outside. The Duke's soldiers guarded the tent tightly and did not let anyone get close, while inside the tent. Only Milo, Sieg, and Kraft are in charge.
The level originally led by Kraft was not qualified to participate in such a confidential military meeting. Milo is the commander of the Northern Legion, and Lord Sieg is the deputy commander of Thunder God's Whip. Together with the great Duke himself, these three people can be said to be the three giants in the current northern war zone.
So Kraft was extremely nervous and excited when he participated in that confidential meeting. A big and thick man. Standing there, I didn't even know how to let go of my hands.
There was a sand table placed in the middle of the big account, which vaguely represented the entire battle situation. Especially the terrain where the two sides faced off on the Pamir Plains. A small red flag was placed on the sand table, symbolizing the troops of the Light Empire, and next to it was a small black flag. Of course they are Roland people.
Then the Duke placed two small red flags behind the black flags on the sand table. His tone sounded calm...
"There are two roads leading to Thunder City. One is the main road. When we retreated and the Roland people went south, they all followed this main road. The other is a small road. Although it is not easy to walk, It is enough for a small army to pass. Your goal is Thunder City!"
Sieg and Milo looked calm, they already knew about this plan. Kraft's face was a little surprised at that time. Although he hesitated for a moment, he still couldn't help but said: "Your Excellency, with my 20,000 people and Lord Sieg's 20,000 people, I can win the thunder." City? I heard that the Roland people have a garrison of 100,000 in Thunder City... and... we will go around the Pamir Plain from both sides, in terms of time... "
At that time, the Duke's expression was very firm. Kraft remembered that the Duke just glanced at him lightly, and then said: "Commander Kraft, I know there is a long way to go. You go around both sides of the opponent's military camp and gallop to Thunder City. , travel day and night, and it will take about three days at the speed of Thor's whip... But I request... no, it's an order! I order you to arrive at Thunder City within three days... "
The Duke's eyes seemed to have lightly glanced at Kraft's face, and then he said in a low voice: "During the ten days we were in Thunder City, I had the Spike Army secretly dig a tunnel outside the south of the city! Although the time is too short and the tunnel is not too deep or too wide, it is still possible to let one or two thousand people sneak in. I will hand over my personal guards to you, and then they will enter the city through the tunnel. Try to open the city gate from the inside...then...can't my forty thousand thunder god's whips be able to defeat a hundred thousand mobs!"
Kafu immediately stood up straight and roared: "Your Majesty the Duke, if we can't take Thunder City, I, Kafu, will die there and never come back!"
The evening wind blew on his face, and Kraft jolted on his horse, unable to help wiping the sweat from his head. He glanced at the blue-haired young man Roddy who was right next to him. Sighing, he couldn't help but think: The Duke said that his soldiers should enter the tunnel. Is this boy named Rody really that powerful? Huh... Judging from his age, he would be half as powerful as Rand... Oh, why didn't the Duke send Rant? But he sent such a boy...
But what Kraft didn't know was that at this moment Lant was in the coach's tent of the Bright Emperor's camp in the Pamir Plains.
Surrounding the commander's tent is a team of more than a dozen personal soldiers, including Oliseh - Oliseh is extremely excited. He has just been transferred to the Thunder God's Whip and can join the Duke's personal soldiers. -Perhaps the soldiers who met the Duke that night accidentally told the Duke about his heroic killing of the enemy...
Just looking at the few companions around him, Oliseh was so excited that he couldn't help but feel a little weird - these two people he had met that night. Still looks so lifeless. The expressions on their faces were as cold as ice. If they didn't speak, they would definitely not speak a word for a whole day. Even when she spoke, her tone sounded like... hmm, as if her parents had died at home. The glances that occasionally glance over can make people tremble... They are a bunch of monsters.
The one who is more uncomfortable than Oliseh is Rand.
Rand was ordered to stay in the big tent, wearing the Duke's armor and clothes, wearing the Duke's helmet, and was ordered to pretend to be the Duke... Although this order was strange, Rant, who was loyal to the Duke, had no doubts - Guan As for him, since it is the order of the Duke. Then just do it yourself. If you follow the Duke, you don't need to think about anything. You can do whatever the Lord says. Even if the Lord asks him to ride a horse and charge hundreds of thousands of Roland troops by himself, Lant will never frown!
The only thing that made Lant feel uncomfortable was that the Duke's order did not seem to be as simple as imagined... Before leaving, the Duke told himself three sentences:
If anyone outside wants to see the Duke, just say: "No!"
If someone reports that the enemy is attacking, say: "Tighten your defense!"
If you still have any questions, just say: "Ask Master Milo!"
What makes Lant even more depressed is that the Duke did not say how long he would stay in this stuffy and almost crazy tent. The Duke said: Until I come back, no matter how long it takes, you are not allowed to take a step out of the tent, and you are not allowed to do anything. Say a word! Just sit here!
What Lant didn't know was that Roddy's reason for choosing him was very simple: because Lant had been following him the longest and knew his tone of voice best, and more importantly, Lant's rough voice was quite a bit... The majesty of the army general, through the thick tent, sounded somewhat similar to his own voice.
The two Wolf Fang armies were rapidly advancing towards Thunder City - Siege's group was particularly in danger, because Tiger from Roland's coalition was very cautious in deploying many troops on the road south behind him, just to prevent the Imperial Army from attacking. Take your own retreat.
And Chigurh did encounter people who blocked him on the road, but his handling method was very elegant!
From a distance, he saw the Roland army blocking him on the road, but the people of the Wolf Fang Army rushed forward without saying a word. Let the other party shout or shout and ask questions, which means leading the person forward.
And those Roland people suddenly saw that the oncoming army was neatly dressed in Roland people's armor. The important thing is that from a distance, it looked like the opponent was wearing the armor of the Holy Knights. Even the flag is the flag of the Holy Knights - more importantly, the pattern on the flag is very clear. The different colors and patterns clearly show that this is indeed the third cavalry regiment of the Holy Knights. The team... That is absolutely correct. The Roland officers at the stronghold will not mistake the banners of these famous Holy Knight Legions that are rampant in the Roland continent! Moreover, even the opponent's marching array is based on the standard formation of the Holy Knights - two knights holding high flags opening the way, and the one in the middle behind must be the eldest knight, showing a standard inverted triangular shape... Everything is correct...
But what the Roland people don't know is that the information about the Holy Knights, including the grade points of their armor, the meanings of the patterns of various flags, and the marching formations, are all from the place where they were captured. Holy Knight Grand Knight Geta said that Roddy's method of extracting a confession was very effective.
After being unable to sleep for seven consecutive days, the originally strong-willed holy knight finally suffered a mental breakdown. When he confessed, he had almost turned into a madman. He could not even speak a complete sentence. His eyes were completely red and his face was red. As pale as a vampire. If his hands weren't tied, he would have been so crazy that he would have torn all his hair out! He shouted some words that others could not understand, and his face was covered with tears and snot.
No one would have thought that a strong-willed man would become like this in the face of such a weird method of extracting a confession.
In the end, this guy who had been tortured almost crazy almost cried and begged to be allowed to sleep, because every time he closed his eyes and fell into a trance, the other party would use various weird methods to wake him up. Although the soldiers of the empire did not torture his body or use any severe punishment on him, he felt that his head was so swollen that it was about to burst at any time after not sleeping for many days. Perhaps it was an illusion, he even felt as if his head was swelling like a balloon...
In the end, he had a mental breakdown, told the imperial interrogator any information, answered any questions, and then fell into a deep sleep... and never woke up again!
According to the information provided by the poor knight, Rody ordered the creation of a group of holy knights that were almost fake. The reason why I say "almost" is because after all, the time was too short, and all the armors and equipment were made of The armor of Thor's Whip is simply modified. If the color is wrong, just paint it over with paint. If the style is wrong, let the craftsmen simply deal with it. The flags are carefully made according to the numbers of the Holy Knights.
These have become a nightmare for the Roland troops stationed on the way north.
The other party didn't agree to shouting from a distance, and the other party ignored it if he shouted loudly - if he had faced other people, the commander would have ordered arrows to be fired to prevent the other party from approaching... But after all, the Holy Knights were coming towards him now! ! They are the Holy Knights affiliated with the temple! ! It doesn't matter which country's army is offended. But if you accidentally injure the Holy Knights, it will be a serious crime that even the king cannot protect! !
What's more, the people of the Holy Knights are well-known in mainland China for their arrogance. Maybe it's because of their arrogant habits that people ignore my questions
When the opponent was already in front of him and the distance was close, he realized something was wrong: the armor looked a bit nondescript, and the color looked a bit weird up close... But it was already too late.
There is no army in this world that can withstand the frontal charge of the Wolf Fang Army - not to mention that the opponent is already so close and has exceeded the effective strike range of the archers.
Sieg's method is very simple, charge and kill! But definitely don’t stop! After overcoming the blocking army, move forward without engaging in any fighting!
Three days later, when they arrived at the last stronghold in the south of Thunder City, Sieg and his men broke through the opponent's defense line with lightning speed... Officer Roland of that stronghold waited until the opponent was less than a hundred meters away from him. Only when he was taking a step did he react and order to fire the arrow...
After taking a look at the corpses around him and the defeated soldiers who had been defeated by him, Siege coldly ordered to leave five thousand people behind!
This time Ziege did not rush off immediately. He jumped off his horse and stood in front of the column of five thousand people. He was silent for a few seconds. His voice was hoarse after days of running around, and his voice was also a little low: "Brothers, I want to tell you something clearly. I am leaving you here to ask you to guard this stronghold! I am not afraid to tell you! Most of the people who are left behind will survive a narrow escape! Or in other words, they will not survive ten deaths. Live! So I want you, this is no ordinary mission, if you stay, you must be determined to die!
No one spoke, no one looked away.
Sieg gritted his teeth and continued: "Soon, a large number of Roland troops will come here! Your task is to guard this place! The Duke's order requires you to guard it for at least one day! One day! Not even an hour less!" Even if you fight to the last man, you will never be allowed to take a step back as long as the time is up!" Sieg's gloomy eyes slowly swept across the audience and shouted: "If you are afraid of death, stand up as soon as possible! People who are afraid of death, but if they don’t fulfill the Duke’s orders, then get out of here as soon as possible!”
Without any hesitation, not a single face showing fear or wavering, five thousand people stood on the spot, neatly drew their scimitars and pointed them at the sky with a sharp sound, and then five thousand people roared in unison with the same voice: "Wolf." tooth!!!!"