Although Song Zining was a bit arrogant, it also made Yuan Guanggong look a lot better. Speaking of which, losing to the third in the empire is not particularly embarrassing.
Song Zining used to show off his image as a romantic young man, but now he has led the army for a long time, and he has also learned how to speak with big fists. If he is not convinced, he will be led to the open space behind the camp to argue. After Yuan Guanggong's quick defeat, no one wanted to argue with Song Zining, they could only listen to orders.
Subduing the thorns, big and small, in the army, Song Zining truly obeyed the orders and prohibitions, so a series of jaw-dropping battles began. He organized a huge floating fleet, shuttled around the central region, did not build a city at all, but just waited for an opportunity to destroy the troops of the dark race.
Many people raised objections to this strategy. First, people from aristocratic families are born with a plot to linger on the land. They always feel that if there is no fortress on the vast land, it seems that they have not occupied it. Of course, they didn't occupy the territory in fact, and Song Zining didn't intend to occupy the territory at all.
On the other hand, this style of play has a great demand for floating ships, and it is simply a waste of money. Although the airships sent in by the empire are all extremely streamlined versions, and even a new world-specific airship has been developed, which is just an engine inserted in the hull, and even the hull is made to leak air from all sides. But even so, the daily military expenditure is astronomical, and the treasury funds are decreasing day by day.
This kind of burning of money made the officials in the court feel a little restless. Emperor Hao had to listen to the treasury's income and expenditure several times a day, and every time he listened to it, his face was very ugly. But ugly is ugly, Emperor Hao gritted his teeth and approved the new shipbuilding budget.
And the big bosses in the military department are entangled every day. On the one hand, the rapid consumption of military expenditure makes them all terrified. But on the other hand, the battle reports sent every day are really brilliant, and in the long list, there are always a few names that have impressed the empire in the past. Considering that the consumption of the dark race is much greater than that of the empire, it can only be tolerated.
It's like two giants, both bleeding, it's just to see who falls down first. The blood loss of the empire was relatively slow, and Yong Ye was huge, so it was hard to say who would win in the end.
It was this process that was so painful that even the King of Zhiji did not come to the military headquarters, but only ordered him to be called if there was something to do, and then he never appeared again.
No one expected this battle to be fought like this. Yong Ye seemed to be unable to bear it, and began to change his strategy.
The Masefield family suddenly counterattacked and regained the gate fortress in one fell swoop. But the empire only left a small army here to monitor, and when they saw the army of demons appearing, they immediately withdrew.
The Masefield army continued to sweep deep, and found that the imperial fortresses were all useless, with only a few remaining troops inside. They didn't fight at all, and ran away as soon as they saw the enemy.
If he seized several fortresses in a row, the Duke of Demons who was in charge of the attack hesitated. This place is far away from the gate, roughly in the middle. Song Zining's use of troops to appear and disappear, could it be that he deliberately lured the enemy into deep, so that he could wipe out his own army
Although the purpose of his army was to contain the empire, it would be best to force Song Zining to return to help, even if it lost some troops, it would be fine, but whoever becomes the leading general, even if it is to lure the enemy, does not want to be wiped out. own men.
In this tangled hesitation, this demon army stopped and stopped, slowed down its marching pace, and took every step cautiously. But nothing happened all the way until they were about to hit the Four Sacred Tree Forest controlled by the empire, but they still didn't meet the main force of the empire.
The Forest of the Four Sacred Trees is an important strategic node, and the sap produced here is the key to supporting the entire New World War. In any case, it is impossible for the empire to give up here.
The Demon Duke finally couldn't hold back his desire and launched an attack on the empire's forward base. This time he finally encountered decent resistance. The imperial defenders persisted for a whole day under the fierce attack before they were defeated and retreated in embarrassment.
Although the losses in the fortified battle were quite heavy, the Duke still felt it was worth it when he saw the warehouses full of supplies in the forward base.
The sky is getting dark, and the night of the new world is coming again.
As the sky darkened, the Duke's mood gradually became heavy, and he was suddenly a little uncertain whether this was a trap or not. For a moment, he really wanted to lead his army to retreat, but looking at the endless forest not far away, he couldn't make up his mind.
As the core figure of the famous demon family, he knows exactly what a forest of the Four Sacred Trees means. As long as he takes this forest and defends it, he will make a great contribution, enough to obtain rare resources, making it possible for him to exceed the upper limit of his talent.
The forest under the night is so alluring that the Duke can hardly take his eyes off it. That is not the forest, but power, wealth, status, and a greatly extended life. All in all, this Forest of the Four Sacred Trees is everything.
Hesitating and hesitating, the Duke spent the night like this. When dawn was approaching, his heart had just settled down a bit, when he suddenly saw densely packed airships appearing in the distant sky. The number of them instantly made his heart sink to the bottom of the valley.
At this time, it was too late to retreat, and the empire was so generous that the entire army was moving by airships, and they couldn't escape at all.
In the blink of an eye, the imperial fleet had already arrived outside the fortress. With the Duke's eyesight, he had already seen Zhao Jundu and Song Zining standing on the flagship deck. He suddenly understood that Song Zining had used a fort's supplies and the forest of the Four Sacred Trees as bait to nail him firmly here, so that he could calmly mobilize the main force to encircle and suppress him.
The trap is very simple, and the temptation is very real. If the Duke can give up the forest of the Four Sacred Trees, then there is still a chance. As for now, there is only one choice left, and that is whether to leave the army and flee.
There is actually nothing to consider about this issue. While arranging defenses, the Duke arranged the strong men of several clans to important positions for defense. Then he glanced at the imperial troops that had already launched an attack formation, and suddenly soared into the sky and flew away from the fortress. , run away at full speed.
Fortunately, Song Zining and Zhao Jundu just glanced at him from a distance, and had no intention of chasing him at all. The Duke made up his mind and fled at full speed. As for how desperate the troops left in the fortress would be, that was not his concern.
The support of the Masefield family has not yet arrived, so it is no wonder that the Duke is running away.
While flying at full speed, suddenly an old man in a black robe turned out of nowhere in front of him, stood with his hands behind his back, and said calmly: "I have been waiting for you for a long time."
The Duke was startled, and suddenly a chill rose from the bottom of his heart, completely unstoppable!
"King Dingxuan!" The Duke's voice was full of despair.
In the Eternal Night Council, the majestic holy mountain was as solemn as before. A figure crossed the sky, appeared at the gate of the council in an instant, climbed up the stairs, and walked into the gate.
The ancient and desolate bell rang, spread far across the continent in the void, and fell to several specific directions. The bell rang a total of seven tones, which was a signal for a state of emergency and a sign to call a meeting of the maharaja and prince-level councilors.
A moment later, several tyrannical auras appeared in the parliament hall, and beside them, there were several marquises. They are all agents of the Maharaja and Prince, responsible for recording the content of the meeting and reporting back.
At this moment, the hall of the parliament is empty, and there are no figures of the three supreme beings on the holy mountain. This is extremely rare. In normal times, even if the Supreme Being does not come in person, he will leave a projection here. Decisions can be made when needed.
In the center of the hall, even the space was slightly distorted, and a hoarse voice said, "Palocia of Masefield, what made you call us here, and what made you so angry?"
"The youngest hope of our family, Duke Frey, fell in the new world. Didn't the original agreement between us say that his role was only to restrain? Why did the main force of the empire suddenly turn back, and even that despicable guy, King Dingxuan, would appear? ?! What are your troops in the central region doing, are they all trash?"
King Qing said: "The loss of our blood race is not small, don't you know?"
"The nerubians have already killed three dukes."
Palocia's voice rose sharply, "But Frey didn't have to die! If I hadn't fought that old fox, King Zhiji, how could King Dingxuan succeed?"
"This is impossible, the gate of your Masefield is right next to the human race."
Palocia said gloomyly: "I need compensation."
"It's impossible." Mei Danzuo directly refused.
Palocia said coldly: "If it weren't for your blood race to fight for profit, the prince and the majesty took too many shots, how could you provoke the will of the new world and have such great malice towards us? It's good now, none of us dare to take it easy shot, but there are no restrictions on the human race."
Mei Danzuo sneered, "Could it be that you demon descendants have taken fewer shots?"
Nerubian Warlord Lothar adjusted in the middle and said, "Don't argue about this kind of thing. Both of you are not in the minority. We, the Nerubians, are more restrained."
In an instant, Medanzuo and Palocia's firepower was all aimed at Lothar, and Medanzuo said: "You nerubians took the biggest piece."
Palocia also said grimly: "Yeah, even the Spider Queen has taken action, it's no wonder that the will of the new world is not provoked!"
Lothar didn't expect this consequence. He pondered for a while, trying to divert the firepower, "Don't forget there are werewolves. I heard that Sosa has appeared in the New World many times. He doesn't know how to cover up, which may be a major reason. Still Yes, I don’t know what the peaks are planning, I heard that they seem to be colluding with the human race in Yonglu recently.”
Mei Danzuo said impatiently: "A mere general, what can we discuss? What about the heavenly kings of the human race that need to be discussed now."
Lothar said: "How long do you think it will take until the human race also angers the will of the new world?"
This is a serious question, and Eternal Burning Flame, who has never said anything, said, "Shoot twice."
There was a moment of silence in the hall.