Lord of War

On the third day of the official implementation of the plan to counterattack Chiravland, a small team was escorting a carriage on the plain.

There are only two hundred people in this team, but they are all cavalry. Every cavalryman wears a set of light armor, and a wide-edged sword hangs behind the saddle of the horse, but a longbow hangs in front of the horse, a bag of thirty white-feathered arrows, and a Standard lance. Judging from the matching equipment, it proves that these cavalrymen are proficient in at least three types of weapons, and may even be very good at not only horse fighting, but also foot fighting. According to the standards of Miracle Continent, these two hundred people can no longer be called cavalry, but should be It is a regular knight.

Obviously, this is a knight order.

The so-called knights refer to those who have mastered the use of at least three weapons, are proficient in both horse fighting and foot fighting skills, and have at least obtained the title of quasi-knight. And only a regiment composed of such people can be called a knight regiment, otherwise it can only be regarded as a cavalry unit.

This is also the reason why Rena defaults to the fact that all members of the Scarlet Knights have the title of knight.

You must know that the status of a knight is only one level lower than that of a jazz. Although it is not considered a formal nobleman like a jazz, at least the level of "squire" is still enough. And a real knight must be an apprentice for several years with a regular knight. This is also the steps and stages that civilians must go through to climb the road to nobility. With the title of quasi-knight.

And to distinguish the nobility of a knight order, naturally it depends on the purity of the knights in this knight order.

Although this advancing knight order can be regarded as a standard knight order, in fact all members are quasi knights, not real knights. Knights like this are usually called the Hillbilly Knights or the Mud Knights on the Miracle Continent. But what is very subtle is that more than two-thirds of the most powerful knights on the mainland are the so-called Mud Knights.

The leader of this knight order is a knight who is covered in silver, including the vest of the horse. However, unlike the knight order, which has three weapons and equipment, he only has a silver-white spear placed horizontally on the saddle. But the awe-inspiring aura emanating from his body also clearly showed his formidable strength.

Top gold.

This person is naturally Florence's [Knight], Knight of the Silver Flame Falcon, Dante Alighieri.

Under the leadership of Dante, two hundred or so knights formed a guard formation to protect the carriage in the center.

But this time, the driver was not the skinny old man that Sean had seen before, but Pepe Rossi, one of the two twins who had a cooperative relationship with Sean. Similarly, Zenan Rossi, who was sitting next to Pepe at this time, was not the tall and mysterious person covered in a cloak. As for the top of the carriage, the archer was still sitting there, but judging from his frowning and anxiety in his eyes, it was obvious that he was on a certain state of alert at this time, and he would even be on guard from time to time. Will look down at the carriage.

"How is it?" An anxious voice came from inside the carriage.

Listening to the voice, it seems to be the voice of Florence.

"The fever is gone," said the thin old man Pod softly, "as long as the fever is gone, the rest is not a big problem.

But I'm afraid that at least a year and a half will be recuperated. "

As the words fell, the gazes of the people in the carriage could not help but fall on the tall and strong man.

This strong man is the giant man who has been with the skinny old man who acts as a groom all year round. But at this moment, he was lying in the carriage with his eyes closed and motionless. If it wasn't for the fact that he was still breathing and his rising and falling chest fully showed that he was still alive, no one would believe that it was a corpse. But at this moment, the strong man was indeed in a coma. From the fact that he still had blood-stained wounds all over his body, we could tell that the injury he had suffered was definitely serious.

In fact, not only this strong man, except for Mensuo and Florence, whether it is Pod, the twin sister, the archer on the roof, or Dante or even the entire knight group, everyone has the same traits. Injuries of varying severity, and even many people still have blood stains and crude treatment methods for emergency bandages, it is obvious that these people have just experienced a bloody battle.

After all, even a strong man like Pod, who has already stepped into the sanctuary realm with half a foot, was injured, which shows the difficulty of the previous battle.

"As long as you're alive." Upon hearing Pod's words, Florence was slightly relieved, "Then, Mr. Pod, your injury..."

"Compared to Luo, my injury is nothing." Pod shook his head, "If you rest for a month or two, you can recover, and your strength can even go a step further."

"Going one step further!" Florence's eyes brightened instantly, "That means..."

Pod nodded slightly.

Pod's current strength has already half a foot into the realm of the lower sanctuary. Although he has a 70% chance of winning against even a high-ranking peak gold powerhouse like Rui Na, it is still not as good as those who have really stepped into the sanctuary realm. the strong. But now, Pod said that his strength can go further, which shows that as long as his injury heals, then becoming a next-level sanctuary powerhouse is a certainty, and once an experienced person like Pod who has been fighting all the year round succeeds Stepping into the realm of the sanctuary, the soaring strength is definitely not comparable to that of ordinary low-level sanctuary powerhouses.

This means that after the announcement of Florence, there is no need to worry about the attacks of the strong below the median sanctuary.

"If Luo's luck is good enough, I'm afraid he can also step into the lower sanctuary. Even if it's not good enough, it's still possible to touch the threshold." Pod glanced at the unconscious strong man, and then said , "Being able to fight against the strong in the sanctuary, as long as you don't die, you will definitely gain something."

Florence's eyes became brighter.

If it is true according to what Pod said, if there are two more sanctuary powerhouses under his command, even if it is just a lower sanctuary, this strength is definitely enough to be called a luxury. Because as far as he knows, there are only five to six lower sanctuary powerhouses in the entire Principality of Ryan now. If he has two more sanctuary powerhouses under his command, then this will be a great sublimation in strength for the entire Principality of Ryan , so in order to win him over at that time, at least he has to be given a title above Marquis and a piece of rich territory.

In this way, it would not be too sad for him to lose Tinkling.

But the only thing that made him feel a little pity was that only two hundred or so people were left among the three thousand private troops that Xiao En sent him.

In fact, if Sean hadn't notified him immediately and asked him to leave Ting Qiyin immediately, his loss would have been more than that. Because he never thought that the woman who was feared by Xiao En like a snake would be willing to spend all her money, and sent a low-ranking sanctuary powerhouse and a mercenary group of a quasi-fourth-level army to raid Ting Qiyin. With such a strong combat power, it is simply impossible to defend Tin Qiyin's collar.

So under Mensuo's command, they didn't choose to fight recklessly at all, but broke out in the direction of Dailing immediately. With the support of tail-docking tactics, and the fact that Florence has far more powerful men than others, it really allowed them to fight all the way out of the encirclement, and even left one for the opponent's strong man in the sanctuary. deep impression.

For this alone, Florence can definitely be regarded as a great contribution.

Because the Dabion Kingdom, which has not been established for too long, has experienced the last war with Asuna, and now there are only seven sanctuary powerhouses—six lower sanctuaries and one middle sanctuary. But not long ago, the next-ranked sanctuary powerhouse of the Nugus family was severely injured by Vivienne and Thunderbolt. Basically, it was impossible to recover the combat power of the peak period without a one or two-year recuperation. The lower sanctuary powerhouse of the family was also severely injured, which was tantamount to abolishing two lower sanctuary powerhouses.

As a result, there are only five sanctuary powerhouses that the Kingdom of Dabion can use, and they are in the hands of the three Dukes of Dabion, Prince Hochidi and the royal family.

At least, in terms of the scale of high-end combat power, the Kingdom of Dabion does not have any advantage. It can even be said that as long as it is delayed for a few more months, after Pod's injury is fully recovered, the Principality of Ryan can even be said to have a slight advantage in terms of high-end combat power.

And once the scale of the high-end combat power of the two countries is the same, then the real competition will be the military quality of the two countries and the commanding ability of the generals.

It can be said that as long as Florence can return to the territory of the Principality of Ryan alive, he will definitely have a place among the many marquises of the Principality of Ryan.

But Florence is very clear that he is undoubtedly much luckier than Sean in terms of climbing speed alone, because he has already established his future position in the Principality of Ryan without spending too much effort and time. But when it comes to the achievements of both parties, he thinks that he is far inferior to Sean, because Sean does not have a huge resource base and background like him from the beginning. According to his understanding, Sean just came to Ryan It can be said that the principality was poor and white.

But it is such a small person that no one paid attention to at the beginning, but now it has grown to the point that no one dares to ignore it. It is not an exaggeration to say that Sean has the background of a powerful duke.

"Mr. Menso, what should we do now?" Florence asked very modestly.

"Borrowing soldiers." Mensuo replied without thinking.

"Borrow from whom?"

"Xiao En." Mensuo's face was very calm, "There are two reasons. The first is that when this war ends, he will be at the forefront, so now that he helps us, he is helping himself. The second is that we are allies with him...so he will not reject us no matter whether it is public or private. Moreover, if we can regain Tinchin's leadership, it can also cause considerable damage to the enemy Threat. This is the reason why the other party wants to completely eradicate us at all costs."

In fact, it was exactly as Menso said.

With Hela's character, it is impossible for her not to investigate and understand Florence in depth, so she is naturally surprised by the strength of Florence. She could not care about or even ignore the strength of Florence's troops. After all, in the battle involving the entire Darbion southern aristocratic group, only a few thousand soldiers and horses could not make a wave at all, but the strong under Florence's command Size is what makes her a real force to be reckoned with.

So just to be on the safe side, Hela simply took the ruthless action.

If she hadn't been able to command Prince Hochidi, she would even have wanted to use the Crimson Knights and the sanctuary powerhouses under the prince's command. However, if Hela really mobilized the power of Prince Hochidi, then Florence would not be able to break out of the encirclement smoothly, so it has to be said that Florence is lucky at this point.

It's just that temporary luck doesn't mean anything, because there are still pursuers behind them——a mercenary army from an earl.

The Earth Bear Mercenary Corps.

Speaking of which, the Earth Bear Mercenary Corps has a long history with the Bear Mercenary Corps hired by Sean.

The current leader of the Earth Bear Mercenary Corps was once the deputy leader of the Bear Mercenary Corps, but after a failed attempt to murder the leader and seize power, he left the Bear Mercenary Corps with a group of loyal men. The Earth Bear Mercenary Corps was re-established. Afterwards, the Earth Bear mercenary group inexplicably got in touch with a marquis of the Darbion Kingdom, and turned into the family's private dog.

When Sean signed the employment contract with the leader of the Bear Mercenary Corps this time, there was a condition in it that the leader of the Earth Bear Mercenary Corps must be handed over to him. As long as this condition can be fulfilled, the Bear Mercenary Corps is willing to only take half of the commission in the employment contract. Of course, William and Sean have no reason to refuse.

Although according to intelligence, this Earth Bear mercenary group is an army that is not inferior to the Bear Mercenary Group in terms of size and equipment, and it is even rumored that it has the combat power of a quasi-fourth-level army, but such an army is still not enough. Not eligible to enter Sean's field of vision.

There are only two southern aristocratic faction armies in Dabion that are really a threat to Sean, namely the Second Dabion Cavalry Regiment and the Fourth Dabion Army, because only these two armies have a size of 30,000. As mentioned above, the size of other noble private soldiers does not exceed 10,000. As for the Scarlet Knights under the command of Prince Hochidi, it only has a size of 300 people. This force does not have any advantage against Sean's army. .

After fleeing and chasing, the two sides launched a four-day pursuit on the plain led by Ting Qiyin.

During this process, the Earth Bear Mercenary Corps showed perseverance and resilience that even made Mensuo a headache. Of course, if there were only the Earth Bear Mercenary Corps, Mensuo would naturally not care too much about it. After all, his side was all cavalry troops, and it was impossible to catch up with the two legs of the Earth Bear Mercenary Corps. Get them. What really made Mensuo helpless was that the 2nd Darbion Cavalry Regiment, which had been defeated by the Iron Wings before, actually joined the pursuit. Expand the containment in the direction.

These two armies in front were the real core of the encirclement and annihilation battle, and the Earth Bear mercenary regiment at the rear only played the role of a shepherd dog at best. Judging from this series of tactics, not only Mensuo, but also Florence and others are very clear that Dabion is determined to strangle them all here. Because just as it was a great achievement for Florence to severely injure a lower sanctuary powerhouse of the opponent, if they were all strangled here, it would also be a great achievement for the people of the southern aristocratic faction of Dabion.

If it were an ordinary person, they would have already surrendered in the face of such an almost desperate situation.

But Mensuo didn't give up just yet, he could always find a way out and escape smoothly at the moment before the encirclement net was actually formed. Although every breakthrough is always accompanied by sacrifice, his tenacity and tenacity also discredited the people of the southern aristocratic faction in Dabion, because this time they dispatched three elite troops, far away. It's not the scale of small fights like before, and these people have made a guarantee in front of Hela.

Now, seeing that Florence is less than a day away from Dailing, how can they not be in a hurry.

"My lord, the enemy has already pursued him."

A knight quickly approached the leader Dante, his voice was a little more eager.

In the previous breakout battles, they were not without losses. There are less than a hundred members of the more than two hundred knights. However, after so many bloody battles to break through, the strength of these knights is growing rapidly. Almost everyone's personal strength is close to the lower silver peak. As long as they can continue to grow, the future of this knights in Florence It will definitely be an army with extremely strong combat effectiveness.

Of course, the premise is to be able to survive.

Hearing the knight's words, Dante couldn't help frowning slightly.

At this time, Dante's silver armor had already turned dark red, which was caused by the blood of the enemy splashed on it. If he didn't observe carefully, he might even mistake it for a set of rusty and broken armor. armor. Although he was protected by this set of armor, which prevented him from being too severely injured, the war horse under his crotch was obviously a little sluggish.

You know, Dante's war horse is not an ordinary horse, but a horse monster. Although it is only a fourth-level monster, its endurance, charge speed, endurance, etc. are by no means comparable to ordinary horses. Regardless of whether it is a knight or a cavalry, the performance of a large part of its strength depends on the horse under its crotch. Now that this Baiyan horse is so tired, Dante's strength will naturally be greatly restricted.

Therefore, when he heard that the pursuers were approaching again, he would naturally feel troubled.

But at this moment, several knights approached quickly from the front.

This discovery made Dante frowned again. He knew that these people were arranged by Mensuo to detect characters similar to scouts in front. When he came back, he immediately asked, "Is there an enemy ambushing ahead?"

"No, my lord." Several knights said immediately, "Darbion's Fourth Army had already launched a battle line ahead, but this time the opponent's battle line was a bit long, and we didn't find a suitable breakthrough for a while, but just At this time, an army suddenly cut in from the enemy's rear, directly tearing apart the formation of the Fourth Army, which had become somewhat weak due to the too long front."

"What's going on?" Dante was a little surprised.

"I don't know." A few knights shook their heads, "However, judging from the way the opponents act, they should not be hostile to us, and now the Fourth Darbion Army is in chaos. My lord, if we want to break through, we must We must take advantage of this opportunity, otherwise we may not be able to break through the encirclement when the enemy calms down, because judging from the situation of the two armies, the army that raided Dabihan's Fourth Army is not the enemy's opponent at all."

"Did you see the flag of that army?" Dante asked.

"Yes." A knight nodded, "but the family crest is very strange. It is a pair of asymmetrical wings. The left wing is unfolded, while the right wing is closed."

"Wings of the Void!" Dante let out a cry of surprise, "That's Sean's army! This is reinforcements!"

Hearing the term "reinforcement", everyone immediately felt a wave of excitement, which was simply the sound of nature to the already exhausted crowd.

There was hardly any order from Dante or Mensuo, and the whole team immediately approached the battlefield ahead at the fastest speed. For them, the appearance of reinforcements completely means that they are about to get rid of the enemy soldiers behind them. As early as the previous secret contact, Mensuo and others already knew that Xiao En decided to temporarily abandon the Dailand, but at that time they They never thought that Sean would send troops into Tinky's army to meet them. Originally, they were all ready to fight to the end, so when they heard that Sean actually sent someone to break through the blockade of the Fourth Darbion Corps, They naturally have an unspeakable touch.

Soon, when Dante and the others approached the battlefield, they saw the extremely intense fighting situation at the forefront.

As the long-established elite force of the Kingdom of Dabion, the Fourth Darbion Army is naturally well-known for its tyrannical combat effectiveness. There are even rumors that this army was originally separated from the Third Garrison Army. But what is the truth? Except for those idle people in the capital of Darbion who will study it, not many people will pay attention to the history of the establishment of these armies, but it is undeniable that the combat effectiveness of this army It is indeed obvious to all.

So when they arrived at the battlefield, what Dante and Mensuo saw was an almost one-sided battle.

In the initial raid, the army that raided from the Dailand did catch Dabion's Fourth Army by surprise, and easily tore the Fourth Army's front line apart. However, after a short period of chaos, when the Fourth Army regained stability under the command of the commander, the raiding army not only failed to continue to expand the results of the battle, but was directly surrounded by the Fourth Army of Dabiang with a shrinking front. , fell into a bitter battle, and even the front line they had finally torn apart began to slowly close together like a wound that was about to heal.

This surprise army was naturally the army that Thain had hidden and prepared to be used as a surprise soldier.

But in fact, this army did play the role of a surprise soldier - Hela didn't know the existence of such an army. It is precisely because of this that the Fourth Darbion Army will set up such a long front. If they had known that there was such a hidden army in the Dai territory, then they would definitely pay attention to the Dai territory. The defensive work in the direction cannot be torn apart so easily by the people led by Thain.

However, the gap between the elite army and the ordinary army, even with the role of surprise attack, is still an irreparable natural moat after all.

Dante just glanced at it, and he could see that if they couldn't break through within half an hour, then when the torn front was reunited, not only them, but even the team that came to meet them The army will also be wiped out!

The situation on the battlefield is already in jeopardy!

Without the slightest hesitation, Dante let out a soft drink, shook the reins, and then left the team, rushing into the battlefield alone.

The soldiers of the Fourth Legion, who were fighting against Sion's unit, did not relax their vigilance against the original target, so when Florence and his party discovered the situation on the battlefield, the soldiers of the Fourth Legion naturally saw it immediately The approach of Florence et al. However, when they saw Dante charging at them in the lead, the faces of several commanders who were commanding showed serious expressions.

For this pure cavalry unit, in fact, through these days of contact, they already have a relatively in-depth understanding.

Those who dared to belittle Dante before had all become the souls of the opponent's guns in the previous short confrontations, and naturally there would be no arrogant people at this time. Soon several groups of soldiers from the Fourth Legion came out, and then formed a cone formation to meet Dante. But this is not over yet. Behind the cone formed by the first wave of soldiers, several groups of soldiers came out. Dispersed on both sides, it seems that they intend to bypass Dante and directly attack the rear.

Seeing the enemy's formation so cautiously, Dante was actually a little powerless.

Although he is a high-ranking gold powerhouse, and has stronger combat power than the so-called master powerhouses who grew up in the army, his limit is at best to face five hundred people. There were as many as 300 people in the cone formation, and with his strength, he couldn't penetrate it immediately, let alone turn around to support. Even if he fell into the enemy's formation, as long as the opponent was willing to use his life to fill his hole, then even he would have to fall here.

It must be done quickly!

Steering the horse straight, Dante didn't intend to dodge at all. The white flame horse under his crotch seemed to feel the master's fighting spirit, and a circle of white flames gradually ignited on the four hooves, and the galloping speed suddenly more than doubled. The light green brilliance began to surround Dante's right hand, and gradually spread to the spear in his right hand. It looked like the silver gun was coated with a layer of green dye.

The next moment, Dante slammed into the enemy formation like a shooting star.

The dozen or so people who acted as the spikes at the front of the cone array couldn't stop Dante's charge at all. The two sides were completely knocked into the air almost as soon as they came into contact, and they couldn't even block it for a moment.

The cone formation is originally a hard formation to break the enemy. This formation is usually used to tear apart the enemy's defensive formation. Of course, this formation is occasionally used in a head-to-head confrontation. It must be served by veterans in the army, they are the core part of the entire formation. But at this moment, these dozens of veterans were directly knocked into the air under the confrontation with Dante. The few people in the back position may be lucky enough to survive, but the few people in the front were knocked into the air. Blood spurted out on the spot, killing him instantly.

The others in the formation immediately gasped.

But Dante seemed to have known the result for a long time. He didn't have the slightest surprise or hesitation. The moment he knocked these people into the air, the spear on his right hand pointed forward.

There is no point of the gun, only the shadow of the gun.

The light green gun shadows are connected together, truly as frightening as a violent storm.

Enveloped by the shadow of this spear, the soldiers in front of Dante had countless stab wounds in an instant. These people didn't even hit Dante with the weapons in their hands, and they had already stepped on those who were killed. The fate of the flying veterans fell one by one.

At this moment, Dante is like a red-hot knife piercing directly into a piece of butter.

Wherever you go along the way, there is no enemy!

The effect of the cone array was not really brought into play, but was held back by Dante alone. As a result, the soldiers of the Fourth Legion who bypassed from both sides naturally had an embarrassing situation where the formation was out of line, and the speed began to slow down uncontrollably After coming down, he even had the idea of ​​going back to besiege Dante. It's just that at this moment, Lingqi's command came from behind, and the two teams that had slowed down no longer hesitated, turned around and continued to rush towards their target.

The young man standing on the carriage couldn't help showing a bit of disdain on his face.

He drew the bow silently, and put a strange arrow with bright red tail feathers and arrows on the bow.

Let go, the arrow shoots out.

After the arrow was shot, the young man's face turned pale involuntarily, and beads of sweat even oozed out from the corner of his forehead.

Obviously this arrow is not as simple as it seems on the surface.

When the arrow flew halfway, an orange-red spiral flame suddenly appeared from the arrow, and the flame quickly enveloped the entire arrow, and the situation became more and more intense. The soldiers of the Fourth Legion on the right who were targeted by the arrows soon showed panic on their faces. In the previous conflicts, they did not see the archer make a move. Subconsciously regarded the opponent as a sentinel, and only after watching the opponent make a move at this time did he know that this is a magic archer, and his strength is definitely not low!

Soon, there was chaos in this group of soldiers, and the formation that was maintaining the charge immediately dispersed.

Everyone wanted to avoid this magical arrow that seemed to know that it was definitely not low in power.

However, they still underestimated the power of this magic arrow after all.

The arrows did not hit anyone, but landed on the ground in the enemy's formation. The next moment, a roar suddenly exploded, and nearly one-fifth of the soldiers were involved in the soaring flames and black smoke. The soldiers who were closer to the point where the arrow landed were blown into a pile of pieces of meat on the spot, and the soldiers who were a little further away were not able to avoid serious injuries. The blast flew out, and the painful howling echoed on the battlefield in an instant.

As for those soldiers who escaped by chance, everyone had lingering fear on their faces, and they looked at the archer with a little more fear.

As for the troops on the left who were not targeted, they now had a look of rejoicing on their faces. Because they are not too far away from the target at this time, and the two sides will start a contact battle in a few minutes. Judging from the range and power of their explosion on this magic arrow, if the archer also attacks them If so, then his own people will definitely be involved.

It's just that the look of rejoicing on their faces didn't last long, and they saw two figures, one red and one blue, rushing towards them quickly.