Lorist was getting impatient with the wait, he had long wanted to end everything here and then return to the family territory, live a happy life with his wife and children, and just watch how the Second Highness tortured him to death Neo-Christian Empire. He didn't pay much attention to the challenge of the Storm Sword Master. This old man was much worse than he imagined. He thought it would only take two or three years for the old man to recover from his serious injury last time, but he didn't expect it to take so long. It took a year to heal.
Although the old man Storm Sword Master has a larger scope and more experience than himself in the field of cultivation, Lorist also learned a lot from the last duel and understood a lot of fighting with the Juggernaut. experience. The overlapping of the two domains made both Storm Juggernaut and Lorist seem to have fallen into a cauldron of sticky rice porridge, and neither of them could control their own domain. To use Lorist's understanding, it was as if he had entered a space with several times the gravity, making any activities of himself and the enemy a suppressed slow motion.
The comeback challenge of the Storm Juggernaut this time gave Lorist a good opportunity. The last time the two faced each other and both suffered losses, it allowed Lorist to discover a possibility to defeat the enemy. The overlapped domains made the Sword Master Stormwind and himself only slowly draw sword moves, but this couldn't change the inner strength contained in his fists. I can completely defeat the Storm Sword Master with melee and personal attacks, instead of fighting swords with that old man.
On August 33, the transport fleet from the Northland arrived at Zangjin Bay, and the Angry Bear Knights disembarked after sitting on the boat for more than half a month with weak legs. In the armed sequence of the Norton family, the Knights of the Raging Bear is a small organization, with only 10,000 people at full strength, only 3,000 people are the main force responsible for the charge, 1,000 silver knights with 2,000 black iron knights, and the remaining 7,000 people All are servants in charge of logistics, grooms and guards. But the military expenditure of the 10,000-strong Bear Knights is equivalent to that of a 48,000-strong Rock Legion, which is considered unique among the Norton family's armed forces.
This time, the Bear Knights escorted 500 land combat bronze cannons, 800 Thunderbolt catapults, and countless family-produced gunpowder to Morente City, preparing to participate in the decisive battle with the commercial alliance. Fatty Shi once suggested to Lorist that he should recruit the Rock Legion back, but Lorist considered the Raging Bear Knights to be more powerful in consideration of a decisive victory in a field battle. , it is still not as effective as the Raging Bear Knights.
In June, the Fortress Schwader established by filling the reef area at Cape Romanee under the charge of Schwader was officially completed. It took more than a year, mobilized more than 100,000 young and strong captive labor, and cost more than one million Jinford. Such a large price has allowed the North Sea Fleet of the Norton family to have a solid and complete attack base, controlling the throat of the sea route from the golden coastline of the Sunshine Sea to the Golden Bay, so that the Thunder Fleet led by Samba Wood does not need to Return to Hilovas Island to get adequate supplies and a resting base.
After completing the task of building the fortress, Schwader immediately received a second order from Lorist, asking him to select suitable candidates from the guard battalion he led and the sea assault team of the Northward Fleet to form three artillery launch battalions. It took more than a month to use dozens of bronze artillery placed at the head of the fortress to urgently train a group of artillery firing teams that can reach the passing line, and then return to Morente City.
At this time, Shi Huade led three artillery battalions on board to take over the 500 land-combat-type bronze artillery pieces that were transported. Adding the original more than 100 pieces, the artillery pieces of each artillery battalion reached the full number of 200 pieces. After a little familiarization, they will go to the front line with the Flying Tiger Legion, and they will become the dazzling protagonists in this decisive battle with the armed forces of the Commercial Alliance.
Due to the discomfort caused by the long-distance sea transportation, the Knights of the Raging Bear spent another three days resting and reorganizing. They left Morente City on September 2. Under the leadership of Lorist and the Flying Tigers, the three The artillery battalion drove to the front line together, and the destination was the city of Bruvia.
At this time, the surroundings of Bruvia City were already covered with military camps. Standing on the top of the city, looking into the distance, there was an endless ocean of tents and countless flying flags. Only the east, south, and west directions are the territory of the armed forces of the commercial alliance, and only the north is the camp of the Norton family armed and the four city defense regiments of the Freedom Alliance, as well as the White Lion Legion that came to support the Kingdom of Antinac.
In the big tent of the Chinese army armed by the business alliance, the top executives of the chamber of commerce have been arguing for three days. Grand Duke Camberlet had a very headache. The reason is simple. The moment the Merchant Alliance armed forces arrived in Bruvia City, the Norton Family Armed Forces sent a messenger and handed over the letter of engagement written by Lorist himself. This time, the Norton Family Armed Forces did not want to do anything with the Commercial Alliance. It is an offensive and defensive battle, but a field battle to determine the outcome. The date of the duel is the same as the duel date between the Storm Sword Master and Lorist, which is October 10th.
Now the high-level business alliance armed forces are arguing whether to agree to the Norton family's armed forces. Neither the city of Bruvia nor the barracks below the city have any defensive positions. The Norton family armed forces seem to be very sure that the commercial alliance armed forces will agree to this. It's just like a battle, and there is no move to strengthen defense at all.
Many high-level members of the Chamber of Commerce's armed forces suggested taking advantage of the Norton family's unprepared armed forces to take down the city of Bruvia first, annihilate the enemy army under the city, and give the enemy a blow to the head. Anyway, we can completely ignore the proposal of the Norton family's armed forces. In front of the more than 300,000 armed forces of our business alliance, the 100,000 troops gathered by the Norton family's armed forces are nothing more than a piece of cake. Let's take them first. Why bother to agree to a battle to let the enemy delay for a month to gather more troops, and just go all the way to Morente City.
Grand Duke Camberlet smiled wryly, waved the stationery and told everyone that this was a letter from Grand Duke Norton himself, not from some unknown junior. What he followed was the traditional battle customs of the nobles in Galintia for nearly a thousand years. Even if the business alliance refused to agree to the battle, he had to allow enough time for the other party to deploy defense facilities, and then he could send the battle on the agreed date. The opponent launches an attack...
If it's a letter of engagement from an unknown junior, then the armed forces of the business alliance can treat the other party as a fart. Whoever has the biggest fist will be polite, and the winner will have the right to speak. But Grand Duke Norton is different. Don’t forget that he also has the identity of a newly promoted Juggernaut. If our commercial alliance armed forces break the rules first, then Grand Duke Norton will find an excuse to attack us, the high-level members of the commercial alliance armed forces. Even he doesn't need to carry out any assassination, he can take the lead in launching a night attack or something, and no one can escape as long as he targets him.
What else? The high-level business alliance armed forces in the big tent all looked at each other in blank dismay, and only a few people who knew the traditional customs and rules of these aristocratic wars were explaining the powerful relationship to those who hadn't figured it out. As a Juggernaut, it is impossible for him to attack a well-organized battle formation alone in broad daylight. But if a Juggernaut leads his own battle formation to assault the enemy's battle formation, the effect is not as simple as one plus one, and no one can resist it.
If it's at night, then the dark night becomes the Juggernaut's home field. It's not too easy to launch a night attack or something. The general barracks defense can't stop the Juggernaut's assault at all. Whoever goes up and whoever dies will run away. not drop. So the reason why Juggernaut is called Zhenguo Juggernaut is this. If the Commercial Alliance didn't have the Storm Juggernaut, no matter how many troops there were, they wouldn't dare to be hostile to the Norton family, let alone attack the Freedom Alliance.
That's right, we also have the Storm Sword Master, so if we invite him to sit on the front line, then we can ignore Grand Duke Norton's request for a battle... Some high-level business alliance armed forces suddenly realized, and immediately thought of the usefulness of the Storm Sword Master.
It turns out that Grand Duke Norton told us about the traditional customs and rules of noble wars, because our business alliance also has a sword master, otherwise he would not wait until the army armed by our business alliance came to the city of Bruvia, saying Maybe they have already raised their troops to the territory of the business alliance. If there is no Storm Sword Master, the business alliance will not say anything about launching an attack. If it wants to defend, it depends on whether the enemy agrees or not. The only way out is to beg and sign an armistice agreement with the Kingdom of Antinac to reach peace as soon as possible in order to save their lives.
I really didn't expect the Storm Sword Master to be so important to us! At this moment, many high-level members of the armed forces of the Chamber of Commerce who understood were asking: "Where is the Storm Sword Master?"
"Well, that Master Magrut is still in the rear. He said that he must prepare for the duel with the Blood Sword Saint Norton, and he will not arrive at Mana Hill until October 10th..." Qi Kede, the president of the Chamber of Commerce Grand Duke Kede told everyone a sad news.
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"Why? Doesn't the blood sword saint, Grand Duke Norton, need to make preparations for a duel with the storm sword master Magrut? The news from Morant City is that he is swaggeringly leading the Flying Tiger Legion and other Are the troops coming to the front line? If we don’t take down the city of Bruvia and wipe out the Norton family’s armed forces in front of us, we will have to pay a greater price of casualties to defeat the enemy when the Grand Duke Norton arrives...” an armed member of the chamber of commerce The deputy head of the army yelled very annoyed. He was a mercenary, and he didn't know the meaning of these bullshit traditional customs and rules of noble warfare.
Grand Duke Peterson stood up: "Don't be silly, Grand Duke Norton sent us a letter of challenge, which means that he recognizes the noble status conferred by our business alliance, and he treats and respects us as nobles. But if We do not abide by the traditional customs and rules of noble warfare, ignore this letter as this brainless idiot said, take down the city of Bruvia first, and destroy the enemies in front of us, then it is equivalent to admitting that we are not Nobles, you don't need to pay attention to the traditional customs and rules of noble warfare. The consequence is that Duke Norton doesn't need to worry about his status as a sword master, he can directly attack us and treat us like robbers and horse bandits. As a result, you can Imagine for yourself, and no one will sue for us, because we are looking for death... "
"Then, don't we still have the Sword Master of the Storm? Isn't Grand Duke Norton worried that Master Magrut will treat the Norton family in the same way?"
"Idiot, we were the ones who broke the rules first, why did Master Magrut stand up for us, besides, we would have been finished by then, even if the Storm Sword Master was willing to help us avenge, what would it mean to us who are already dead? …”
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Grand Duke Camberlet finally slapped the table angrily. Why did the commercial alliance adopt an expansion policy and use war to open up trade routes and win interests for the chamber of commerce? What if everything goes wrong? Obviously, the Antinac kingdom had only one breath left, but the Norton family popped up, causing the commercial alliance to suffer losses one after another, until now they have established a free alliance.
Maybe it should have agreed to the peace talks long ago, so it would not have come to this point, Grand Duke Camberlette felt a little regretful. To be honest, the current business alliance armed forces are in a difficult situation, and they have been forced to the point of no return. If this war fails, it means that the Freedom Alliance has successfully replaced the Commercial Alliance, and the Commercial Alliance will also be torn apart due to the failure of this war, and it will no longer be able to gather the hundreds of thousands of troops.
The big tent fell silent, Grand Duke Camberlet sighed, and said slowly: "This letter from Grand Duke Norton is both an appointment and a warning. If you can see the date of the engagement, you should understand that October 10 This is the day when Master Magrut will face off against the Blood Sword Saint, Archduke Norton, who also set the date for the battle between his family's armed forces and our commercial alliance's armed forces on October 10, just to show that if we abide by the rules, he will not He will attack us. After October 10, no matter who wins or loses, he will not trouble us... "
"Yes, but the 300,000 people armed by our business alliance just stay in the barracks for a month?" Someone said unwillingly. It is obvious that the soldiers are strong and the horses are strong, and their strength is far superior to that of the enemy, but they have to confront the enemy on the front line for a month or so. It feels a bit aggrieved.
Grand Duke Camberlet shook his head helplessly: "Everyone, what I want to tell you is that we are already nobles now, and we should learn some noble rules. Obeying the rules is also good for us. At least we will be defeated on the battlefield." You can also get the treatment of nobles when you are an enemy, and you can return after paying some ransom after the war, instead of being hanged on the gallows like robbers and horse bandits. The enemies we are facing now are not those weak countries in the central and southern regions. There we don’t have to follow the rules. But the Norton family’s armed forces are different from those of our previous enemies. Grand Duke Norton is a newly promoted sword master. If we break the rules in front of him, none of us can bear the consequences and provoke anger A Juggernaut is a very unwise decision."
"It would be great if Master Magroot, the Storm Swordsman, could come to the front line earlier..."
Grand Duke Camberlet smiled wryly: "Everyone, although Master Magrute is the Juggernaut enshrined by our business alliance, he is not very reliable. We had better not place all our hopes on him..."
"No way, our business alliance's yearly offerings are nearly a million gold dollars. Does Master Magrut ask for more?"
"Oh..." Grand Duke Camberlet sighed again: "To tell you the truth, this time we asked Master Magrute to challenge Grand Duke Norton, but he rejected our request. Finally, under our persuasion, Ma Master Groot finally nodded in agreement, but he put forward a new condition. That is, he challenged Duke Norton regardless of the outcome, as long as he drags Duke Norton from taking care of the battlefield, his mission will be fulfilled. ceded a province to him to be his territory... "
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"How dare he make such a request? Has all our offering gold been thrown into the water?" Someone said indignantly. As a Juggernaut who is enshrined and hung high, no one will care, but as a Juggernaut and a lord, this makes many people psychologically unbalanced. This is not about being equal, but clearly pressing on the heads of fellow lords, because he is still a sword master.
"We have no other choice. Otherwise, if he doesn't agree, we won't be able to attack the Faliqiu Plain and recover Morente City." Grand Duke Peterson took the initiative to stand up and take the blame for Grand Duke Camberlett: "This is the responsibility of our seven chambers of commerce." We decided together that with Master Magrut's involvement and suppression of Grand Duke Norton, we don't need to worry about the threat of Grand Duke Norton, a newly promoted sword master. Let's make an appointment to fight, our troops have the upper hand, high-end combat power Several times more than the enemy. If the enemy fought an offensive and defensive war with us, perhaps our commercial alliance armed forces would suffer a lot of casualties, but in field battles, it is clear at a glance. Only by defeating the enemy in an upright manner can the rebels in Morente City panic Only by being uneasy can these rebels be afraid and regretful."
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