Legendary Hero

Pearl Lake.

Half a month passed in a blink of an eye, and the scouts were dispatched these days, covering hundreds of miles around.

The dark army never appeared.

In the evening of that day, there was smoke everywhere in the tents. Although 90,000 troops were stationed, the atmosphere was not tense. The soldiers didn't feel much of a war atmosphere. After training, they were chatting and laughing as they waited for dinner.

Of course, it was only the ordinary soldiers who were relaxed. For Joseph Martin and the commander-level generals, every day was like facing an enemy, and they were deeply afraid that the army of darkness would emerge from some unexpected place.

Twenty days passed in such anxiety, and there were less than ten days left before the return trip. From Joseph's point of view, even if he withdraws his troops now, it's all right, but of course he can't withdraw his troops rashly, and he still has to rely on the marshal's news.

It's dinner time now, and the servant delivered the dinner to Joseph's camp. The food is very simple, two slices of grilled trout with mustard, the fish is caught in the lake, there is one raw coriander, and two slices of salted butter wheat bread.

Joseph ate casually while dealing with the letters from all over the place.

The letter is divided into two parts, one part is from the Radiance Church, they brought the situation of Keel Hill.

In the Keel Hills, the confrontation between the army of the Aoraki Kingdom and the Army of Darkness became more and more frequent, and the tension became tighter and tighter. A real decisive battle may break out at any time.

Another part came from the Mosaren Bridge. The most recent letter was sent just now, and it was written by Luo Lin.

The letter said that their iron birds had already gone up to the sky and were in place. As long as the two sides in the Keel Hills had a decisive battle, they would be able to join the battle immediately. Therefore, the mission of the Southern Expeditionary Army has been completed and they can return.

The arrival of this letter greatly relieved Joseph, he casually ate the bread in his hand, raised his voice and said to the guard at the door: "Send my order, let the generals come to discuss matters."

"Yes, Commander!" The guard responded and took the order to leave.

The guard had just walked away for a while, when a scout rushed over. When they reached the entrance of the tent, the scout said anxiously, "Commander, there is an emergency."

Startled, Joseph hurriedly said, "Come in and talk."

The scout walked into the tent and knelt down on one knee to report: "I found an army of undead passing by about 70 miles to the south. The number is about 10,000, and they are all high-level undead. Looking at the direction, they seem to have come out of Baiyun City and headed south all the way. of."

"Huh?" Joseph frowned: "Ten thousand, are you sure? There are no low-level undead?"

Undead have always won by numbers, but now there are only 10,000, which is a bit strange.

"There are some low-level undead, but very few, mixed with the high-level undead, the number is estimated to be only a few hundred."

Joseph was silent, ten thousand undead, this force is not very strong, with their power they can completely wipe out the dead, to be honest, he is really a little moved.

"Are there other undead around?" Joseph asked again.

"No, this undead team is the only one." The scout shook his head.

Joseph closed his eyes and pondered for a while, finally he sighed and said, "Go down, I understand."

He gave up. It is true that the power of the ten thousand undead is not strong, but it is not weak. To annihilate this army, the army has to go south, and it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no other accidents.

Their warrior wasn't ready, so he couldn't risk it.

Not long after the scouts went down, the generals came over. After all ten people arrived, Joseph took out Luo Lin's letter: "The letter from the marshal, the things in the west are ready, we can go back."

All the generals looked at it once, and each of them reacted differently. Zha Keluo looked solemn and seemed unwilling. Grevin, Yopni, Langergo and the others breathed a sigh of relief.

"Everyone, go back and get ready, rest overnight, and leave tomorrow morning!" Joseph said.

"Wait." Zacrow suddenly said.

"Anything else?" Joseph asked.

"I heard that the scouts found a passing undead army in the south? The number is only 10,000?" Zac Luo said.

"That's true, but it has nothing to do with us." Joseph frowned, and he heard what Zakro meant. This man wanted to stop this army of undead.

"There are only 10,000, how can we let them go, we can let the soldiers get some actual combat experience." Zac Luo said.

"No!" Joseph refused: "The marshal's order is for us to go back, I don't want to make any trouble!"

"But the marshal didn't say to go back immediately, he just said that he could go back. Now that this undead army is alone, you can see that they don't even have low-level undead. This is a great opportunity to exterminate them!"

The most terrifying thing about the undead army is their number. Once they fight, those endless low-level undead cannon fodder will rush over like waves, and there is no way to resist them.

Zakro said, without waiting for Joseph's veto, he turned to the noble generals and said, "Do you think so?"

Four noble generals stood up immediately: "We all think this is a good opportunity."

"Grey, what do you think?" Zacrow looked at his deputy again.

Grevin shook his head solemnly: "This is the southern border, anything can happen. Zacrow, it's not worth our risk."

"Our soldiers are not ready yet!" Joseph was also a little annoyed that Zacrow was faintly resisting his order.

"It's the recruits who are not ready yet. Commander. If you are worried, you can take the recruits to the north, and we will lead 30,000 elites to the south. Once the opponent is eliminated, we will follow you."

"Zakro!" Joseph emphasized his tone, gripped the hilt of his sword, and said word by word: "I order all the troops to go north!"

"Joseph!" Zakro did not back down: "You are just a temporary commander. Now that you are timid and let go of a great opportunity, I have the right to raise objections. It is impossible to fight against the Dark Legion if you are a coward. !"

"Don't force me to use military orders!" Joseph gritted his teeth, he didn't expect things to come to this point.

"Lando, you're crazy!" Grevin also yelled.

"I'm not crazy. I just don't want to let go of the opportunity to weaken the Army of Darkness. And you are all cowards! Joseph, if you want to go north, then take the recruits with you. The warriors of the principality will never back down at this time!"

"The warrior of the principality?" Joseph looked in disbelief.

"They are also warriors of the Silver Crusade, but they come from the Principality of Lehman, Joseph!" Zacrow added, and then he turned his head and said to the four noble generals: "Let's go"

After speaking, he walked out of the camp, and the four noble generals followed.

The atmosphere in the camp suddenly became extremely oppressive, and everyone was silent.

After a while, there was a noise outside the camp, and Zacro was shouting: "Warriors of the principality, there is an army of undead seventy miles south, follow me south and destroy them!"

Joseph was shocked, and rushed out of the tent to look, and saw that the soldiers originally belonging to the Principality of Lehman had been gathered by Zakro, and some recruits followed them. Judging from the number, there were at least 30,000 .

These are elite fighters, and they assembled quickly, ready to follow Zakro out of the camp and march south.

The other recruits in the camp were confused so you looked at me and I looked at you with puzzled faces.

Joseph clenched his fists, his face as cold as frost.

Lang Ergo took a step forward and said softly: "Commander, the military order on the battlefield is like a mountain, and Zacro's doing so is a capital offense. Isn't it..."

The young man grasped the hilt of his sword, his face was full of anger, and he followed Luo Lin all the time. Throughout his military career, obedience to command came first, and all soldiers who disobeyed orders were beheaded by the marshal without exception. Disobeying military orders is an absolute death line in the marshal's army, let alone touching it, it is something that I dare not even think about.

In his opinion, the matter of Zac's suicide now is suicidal. If he is in command today, Zakro will never be able to get out of the camp!

Of course, it was precisely because Joseph was the commander that he stayed up until now to speak. Not only he thinks so, but Yopni, Swen, and Durns all think the same way. The faces of the three are full of evil spirits. As long as Joseph gives an order, they will immediately lead their subordinates to arrest Zakro and others. Five noble generals beheaded on the spot.

Seeing this, Grevin's heart turned cold for a while, fearing that Joseph would really kill him, he hurriedly said: "Commander, dividing the troops is not without benefits. It would be a good thing if we can wipe out that group of undead."

Seeing that Joseph's face was livid, his hand was still holding the hilt of the sword, and the holy power on the sword was faint, Grevin said in a low voice again: "I'm afraid there will be turmoil in the army."

These words worked, and Joseph finally let go of the hilt of his sword. He only felt a depression in his chest, which was made by these guys.

After being silent for a while, he finally said, "We'll take the recruits north!"

Langergo was startled, then he understood, and sighed secretly: "This paladin is too soft-spoken. And that Zacro, those noble generals, are really conceited!"

He understood that, on the one hand, Joseph was not decisive enough for such a thing to happen. On the other hand, it is also related to the hidden differences in the army. Today's incident is just a general outbreak of these differences, otherwise Zakro would not be able to take those soldiers away at all.

It's just that Zacro did such a thing, even if he defeated the undead, how would he explain to the marshal when he went back? Did he think he could hold his troops back? Langergo couldn't figure it out.

Afterwards, the army was divided into two groups, the first group had 36,000 people, most of them were elites, and followed Zakro to the south to suppress the undead.

Zac Luo's ability to lead the army is very good. Before departure, he gave an impassioned speech, which just encouraged the soldiers to fight with high spirits, and rushed towards the undead aggressively.

On the other side were more than 50,000 people, all of whom were recruits. Under the leadership of the paladin Joseph Martin, they camped out overnight and headed north without waiting for the next day.

The situation of this group of recruits is even worse. Many recruits still don't know what's going on and are confused. Some say that General Zakro is a traitor, and some say that Commander Joseph is cowardly and cowardly. There are all kinds of rumors.

The recruits headed north in silence until the next afternoon when the paladin Joseph Martin finally appeared and began to appease the recruits when they set up camp to rest. This suppressed the somewhat chaotic situation, but morale was still low.

Looking at the bewildered faces, Joseph Martin was filled with bitterness and loss. He never thought that a good plan for the Southern Expedition would turn out like this.

He felt that he was sorry for Earl Maple Leaf's trust, and he was annoyed at why he didn't act decisively yesterday, which caused the army to split.

After much deliberation, he came to the conclusion that he might not be suitable to be the army commander.

After resting overnight, the army continued to march north, and the mood in the army remained the same. Silence, depression, and confusion, until noon, when suddenly there was the sound of horseshoes behind.

After a while, a scout covered in blood rushed to catch up with the team, reached the front of the team, and handed a blood-stained document to Joseph.

Joseph opened it and took a look, and suddenly felt black in front of his eyes.

Because, Zakro lost!