Lord: Start with the Pioneer Knight

"Huoye Territory is close to the sea. As a coastal city, Huoye City must have a lot of wealth. As long as we fight quickly, there will be little loss of wealth."

"That's right. We have to take Huoye City quickly and can't let these thieves take our money away." Weilin said excitedly after hearing this.

Draid took a deep look at Weilin, as if he saw the greedy side of the fifth young master.

He had also heard from his master about Weilin's deeds of making more than 100 million gold coins.

Weilin didn't know what his general was thinking, but he enjoyed the process of robbing.

Who doesn't like to make a fortune?

Two days later, the army set out again, and the 5,000 troops of the third battalion advanced at full speed and headed straight for Huoye City. Born Willich's 5,000 troops slowed down and advanced along the road, training 2,000 newly joined troops while confiscating horses, oxen, or local livestock along the way to provide enough animal power for transporting materials.

Huoyu Town is 150 kilometers away from Huoye City in a straight line, and the actual distance is more than 200 kilometers.

For this distance, the third battalion marched directly, spent eight hours, marched 200 kilometers, and rested 20 kilometers outside Huoye City to recuperate and recover their strength.

The damaged roads on the way were not worth mentioning to them.

At this moment, the lights in the Huoye City Lord's Mansion were bright, and the hall was full of people, and everyone had lingering sorrow in their eyes.

"My lords, within five days, all the young and strong men in Huoye City, Mushi Town, Sanye Town and other one city and six towns will be recruited, and the number of defenders will be expanded to 50,000, including 35,000 in Huoye City and 15,000 in Hengens Castle." A middle-aged general stood up and reported to Ikalon and the white-haired old man on the first seat.

"My lords, I just received news that Huoyu Town was occupied two days ago, and the mayor of Huoyu Town surrendered without a fight." After the middle-aged general finished reporting, another person stood up to report.

Hearing this news, Ikalon did not have an overly excited expression. Even if the enemy army appeared outside the city now, he would not...

"Sir, the enemy army appeared 20 kilometers away, with a number of about 5,000." A messenger ran into the city lord's mansion, entered the hall, knelt on the ground, and reported to everyone.

"This is impossible. How can it be so fast?"

Ikalon panicked instantly. Could it be that the destruction of the road in the past few days has no effect at all? Don't these people need military rations?

Even if the military rations are carried with them, siege equipment is not needed.

Countless thoughts popped up in his mind, disturbing his mind.

"Notify them to close the city gates and seal them with mud and stones. At the same time, let the army go up to the city wall to prevent enemy sneak attacks at any time." The white-haired old man gave orders very calmly.

As one military general after another left, the atmosphere became more and more tense.

"Ikalon, leave Fire Leaf City to me, you go back and garrison Hengens Castle, that is our foundation, there can't be any mistakes."

"Yes, Third Grandpa."

Ikalon took a deep breath, stood up and bowed, then left the City Lord's Mansion, led the Fire Leaf Guard, and rushed back to Hengens Castle overnight.

Gradually, there were only a few people left in the hall, and the white-haired old man waved his hand and asked the remaining people to go out.

As a golden knight who lived for 250 years, he still had more than 30 years left to live.

Looking back on his life, he participated in many wars, but most of them were to assist the armies of the Kingdom of Ilia and the Kingdom of Bashio to attack the Ironforge Dwarf Mountain Kingdom.

"Goddess of Life bless, don't have soul-level strongmen on the opposite side, otherwise Fire Leaf City can't even defend for a day."

Most people in the southern part of the Principality of Braham believe in the Goddess of Life, but the Kingdom of Ilia is also a country of faith in the Goddess of Life, and the Church of Life remains silent on the conflict of this war.

If the enemy believes in the God of War, they will let the priests help defend the city in the form of volunteers.

However, for the enemy, which was the expeditionary army of the Kingdom of Ilia, they directly closed the church, only took in the refugees who could not survive, and refused the visits of other nobles.

At dawn the next day, the Mage Tower in the center of Huoye City was activated, and a magic sky curtain covered the city.

The white-haired old man put on his armor and looked at the magic defense sky curtain that appeared, feeling much more at ease.

With the power provided by the medium-sized element pool under the Mage Tower, most long-range attacks can be blocked, and at the same time, the strength of the enemy's strong men can be suppressed, reducing the destructive power of their combat skills.

But every half an hour, an intermediate magic crystal must be used up to act as an energy primer, which made him feel a little distressed.

At nine o'clock in the morning, the whole army set out and slowly approached Huoye City.

On the red phosphorus horse, Weilin looked at the light blue magic defense sky in the distance and said, "Huoye City is really rich. It can afford the magic defense sky."

"The color is dim, it must be powered by a medium-sized element pool. With intermediate magic crystals as energy triggers, it can only withstand the fierce attacks of high-level gold professionals." Dred can judge the power of the magic defense sky by the color of it.

"General Dred, what if high-level magic crystals are used as energy triggers?" Weilin pondered for a while and turned to ask.

"If the medium-sized element pool is matched with high-level magic crystals as energy triggers, the subordinates are powerless and can only let the army climb the city wall and force the city to break." Dred lowered his head slightly and answered Weilin.

"I see."

Knowing the reason, Weilin also knew why high-level magic crystals were so precious and were the hard currency of various countries.

In the past, I only knew that high-level magic crystals were expensive and had many unimaginable uses.

At least I learned something from Dredd's explanation.

On the way forward, Dredd also explained to Weilin some uses of advanced magic crystals on the battlefield, which opened his eyes. These things could not be learned from books.

The three golden swordsmen walked in front of the queue. With their keen observation, they made the traps deployed by Huoye City disappear without a trace, without even a little effect.

At noon, six kilometers away from Huoye City, the army stopped to rest and eat.

A team of six golden warriors began to clear the traps outside Huoye City and clear the obstacles on the way forward.

The white-haired old man stood on the city wall, watching the traps he deployed being destroyed, clenching his fists, feeling powerless in his heart.

"It's difficult! It's difficult!"

He was the only leader on his side, and he could only watch the other side clear the traps.

Seeing this, the white-haired old man had already concluded in his heart that he would definitely lose.

"Just hold on for as many days as you can. It's also an experience."

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the troops assembled, formed six square formations, and moved forward.

In the center of the army, Weilin looked at General Dred with expectant eyes.