Under the moonlit night, the fire energy particles around the camp were boiling.
Accompanied by two violent magic explosions in succession, a huge fireball roared into the sky.
Except for the side near the lake, large holes were successfully blown open on the other two sides of the camp.
Because the wooden fence was covered with an anti-magic coating, the afterglow generated by the explosion did not continue to spread.
Instead, it soon turned into little sparks, rising into the sky with traces of black smoke.
Before these sparks could be completely burned out, groups of cavalry running wildly trampled them all and swarmed towards the gap created by the blast.
The situation was almost exactly the same as before. The heavy infantrymen of the defenders who had no time to put on armor were already shouting slogans and tightly formed a new barrier with giant shields to withstand the opponent's attack.
At this point, the fierce hand-to-hand combat successfully expanded from one place to three.
During this process, the magicians in red robes were originally preparing to continue blasting, but they had already become the number one attack target of the long archers of the defenders. After several rounds of arrow rain, almost half of them were damaged.
Although the darkness of night greatly restricted the archers' field of vision, the surge of magical energy during casting accurately exposed the magicians' positions.
Since the number of magicians involved in casting spells has been greatly reduced, the already slow chanting process has become more lengthy and the power has been weakened.
Therefore, after many failed attempts, these remaining magicians had no choice but to give up blasting and instead release some low-level ordinary magic to assist the cavalry in their attack.
On the fierce battlefield, both the attacking and defending soldiers clearly understood.
This blasted gap is the key to the entire battle.
For the soldiers of the attacking prince's force, as long as they can break into the camp, those long archers who are not good at close combat will undoubtedly become the turtles in the urn.
As for the soldiers of the Second Prince Force on the defensive side, as long as they can hold out until dawn and the sharpshooters' vision recovers, the opponent will naturally retreat in despair.
It is obvious that there are almost no variable victory conditions.
The soldiers on both sides of the attack and defense used all their strength to continuously swing the sharp blades in their hands towards the opponent's camp, and when they were pulled out with the sharp blades, there was often a splash of bright red from the opponent's body.
The bright red blood splashed on the soldiers' faces, armor, corpses on the ground, and mottled wooden fences, forming a thrilling scene of a bloody night.
As more and more soldiers fell, the bloody smell in the air began to become stronger, constantly impacting the nasal cavity and nerves of every soldier.
Seeing Pao Ze next to him, screaming and falling under the enemy's blade, the murderous intent in the eyes of the surrounding soldiers increased even more, causing the battle to become increasingly fierce, and soon reached a fever pitch.
Either crisp or heavy, the sound of weapons clashing, mixed with the soldiers' war cries, curses and groans, seemed to form a sonorous sonorous sound of flesh and steel, constantly spreading on this murderous battlefield.
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Not far from the battlefield, on the top of the Baibu Mountains, Lei Xiao, surrounded by Huzhang, Ariel and several other subordinates, narrowed his eyes and took a bird's-eye view of the tragic battlefield below.
As for Hongye and several other subordinates, they stayed around Xiaoya together with Nanxing Nanyue.
"As expected of your lord, the traditional nobles and the new nobles have been grudges for a long time. Now the enemies are really jealous when they meet."
Listening to the deafening shouts of killing, the slender Orange Bai stepped forward, bowed to Lei Xiao and said: "These guys usually do evil in their respective fiefdoms, now it's time for them to have a taste of fire and sword.
The taste of it.”
"Indeed, for hundreds of years, the contradiction between the two has been almost irreconcilable. What they have brought about in their fight is more and more stringent land taxes and corvee for the free farmers in the fiefdom."
Bert shook his head helplessly and added: "Although this situation has improved when the old king was in charge of the government, the dispute between the two that has lasted for two to three hundred years cannot be reconciled by a wise king.
contradiction."
"The past two to three hundred years have spanned almost half of the history of the Cold Flame Kingdom. It is indeed a long-standing issue."
Ariel on the side sighed softly, her eyebrows lowered and she said: "During this period of history, Leng Yan also produced the wise king Abner, the rose king Esther, the lion's roar king Alfred, and his subordinates' fathers.
Famous kings such as Wang Gang Wan Wang, but no one can completely resolve this contradiction."
After a pause, Ariel frowned and added: "After all, whether they are traditional nobles or new nobles, they are already deeply rooted in Lengyan, and their power is comparable to that of the royal family and the other three top nobles who are independent.
Rich family."
"A top noble family? Apart from the Phytolacca family, this is really an unfamiliar term."
Lei Xiao raised his eyebrows and said with a faint smile: "For us, this is not a problem. If someone stands in front of us, just erase it. The best way to solve this contradiction is to rebuild a new one."
order."
After listening to Lei Xiao's words, all the subordinates nodded thoughtfully.
"Of course, we have to get through this difficulty first before we can become stronger."
Lei Xiao slowly withdrew his gaze and changed the topic: "I have just received reports from Bai Zhi and Aosen. There have been traces of the other party's spies, including the Shadow Forest where the territory is located."
"Please rest assured, Lord, that my subordinates will do their best to help you solve your problems!"
All the subordinates touched their chests and saluted, saying in unison.
"Okay, let them continue here. The more they consume, the safer our soldiers and civilians in various territories will be. From the very beginning when they marched into Kongqing Town and attempted to kill and destroy everything, they have completely stood their ground.
On the opposite side of us."
While Lei Xiao put on the invisibility cloak again, he said: "Let's go back to the territory. As for Xiaoya, just take turns to guard her. Be sure to protect her safety."
After finishing speaking, Lei Xiao, surrounded by his subordinates, galloped towards the territory.
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As night fell, the sudden attack and defense of the camp continued.
Although the cavalry's infantry combat capabilities were much inferior, the majority of the defenders rushed into battle and were not neatly dressed. Coupled with the dark night, the archers' field of vision was greatly limited.
Therefore, the two sides are almost always in a state of evenly matched strength, and neither one can do anything to win over the other, but are just wasting away in vain.
As for Eriton, the only fourth-level strongman inside and outside the camp, he was almost always wandering around the three gaps to boost morale, fighting bloody battles on the front line.
Although his strength was invincible on the battlefield, and he could kill several incoming cavalry at his feet with each sword, after all, the energy in his body was limited. After killing hundreds of cavalry one after another, he gradually withered.
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Although he still has the strength to fight, he naturally does not want to put his noble self in a dangerous situation.
And these hundreds of dismounted cavalry obviously cannot play a decisive role in a battlefield of 20,000 people.
Until the dark sky gradually turns white, and the dawn is approaching.
The two sides, who were already exhausted, finally ushered in a temporary glimmer of hope.
"That's it for now. There's no point in continuing the fight."
Under Lei Xiao's instructions, "Vince", who had been in the forest next to the camp, waved his hand and ordered Clooney beside him.
Since the reinforcements from the eldest prince's force and the second prince's force could not arrive in time, it was natural for them to hold on until then and give full play to their roles.
"As you command, Sir Vince."
Clooney, who was also a little tired, immediately conveyed the order.
Accompanied by a soothing horn sound that was completely different from the attack, the camp attack and defense battle that had been fiercely fought all night came to an end just before dawn, with the cavalry regiment retreating.
As for Lei Xiao in the territory, he had just finished washing and started his daily routine.
In his lord's office, after receiving 5 brand-new second-level recruitment orders and 1 return crystal, Lei Xiao skillfully upgraded and decomposed all the iron ingots produced yesterday by 10 lords, including himself.
complete.
"Let's simply continue to produce iron ingots today. The war is about to begin, so we should focus on the current war first. After all, the acquisition of refined steel ingots has temporarily stalled."
Thinking of this, Lei Xiao quickly arranged his manufacturing sequence and traded the corresponding manufacturing resources to Su Ru, Su Mo and other nine lords.
Afterwards, Lei Xiao decomposed three days' worth of alchemical materials, passed through Su Rusu Mo's territory, gave them to Li Xia who was waiting there, and collected yesterday's magic potion output from the Gelin City Alchemist Guild.
After quickly completing the upgrade of these potions, looking at the increasingly abundant wooden storage boxes, Lei Xiao nodded with satisfaction and strode out of the lord's mansion.
After eating a delicious and sumptuous breakfast with his subordinates, Lei Xiao gathered all the main subordinates in office, territorial commanders, and subordinates connected to various places, and began to summarize yesterday's battle situation.
"As expected of the lord! Not only did he annihilate the eldest prince's vanguard legion, but he also caused the eldest prince's cavalry legion and the second prince's vanguard legion to bite each other?"
After listening to Lei Xiao's introduction, the Lord of Luolong City, Benson, said with admiration and a little bit of expectation in his urgent voice. He laughed strangely and said: "My subordinates are a little excited. I wish I could do it right away."
We are about to go to the battlefield and fight!"
"Don't worry, your chance to show off your skills may be coming soon."
Lei Xiao, who was sitting on the throne in the hall of the mansion, took a sip of steaming black tea to moisten his throat and said with a faint smile.
"Lord, Vince's sudden attack on Eriton will soon reach the ears of the commanders of the two camps. With their intelligence, they will be able to immediately detect that there is something hidden in it."
I heard the slightly worried and steady voice of Fanyin City Lord Orr, rang out again: "And our illusionist cannot disguise himself in front of the opponent's commander. From this, especially the white knight, will soon find out
There are clues in this.”
"Al's worry is somewhat reasonable, but it is not necessary."
The extremely elegant voice of the Lord of Blue Cold Castle, Marquis Rose, responded in his words: "What if the White Knight knew that all this was our strategy? Could it be that he would let his cavalry legion fall into a bitter battle without rescuing him?
?This will definitely further significantly reduce the morale of the eldest prince’s forces.”
"Shuanghua Qing is right. After we annihilated the vanguard army of the Great King's forces, the White Knight's slight military advantage no longer exists. If we don't improve our morale, we may collapse without a fight."
Ariel, who was in the lower position, dragged her white chin with her delicate hands and nodded thoughtfully: "After all, although the traditional nobles are all loyal to the eldest brother, they are competing for favor among themselves and are not united. Otherwise, in Birdwin,
After the vanguard army was at a disadvantage, Vince would definitely send troops to rescue him instead of withdrawing 3,000 cavalry."
"That's right, so I have already predicted that although the White Knight sees through that we are the cause of the dispute and is a sure thing, he can only mobilize the faster cavalry troops to help "Vince" annihilate this group.
The second prince’s vanguard army.”
Lei Xiao put down the steaming teacup in his hand, raised his eyebrows and said, "Only by doing this can we boost the morale of our side, and at the same time defeat the spirit of the second prince's forces."
"This is the so-called dumb eating Coptis chinensis. You can't tell the pain, right?"
Ariel smiled and said another sentence passed down from the era of the King of Heroes, and continued: "The commander of Brother Wang's force must have expected this, and will also send cavalry troops for reinforcements.
A showdown between cavalry is about to begin."
"That's right. If nothing else happens, our main job today is to watch the show."
A smile also appeared on Lei Xiao's face, and then he said seriously: "However, there are no absolutes in everything. Everyone must be alert and ready to deal with possible emergencies."
"As you command! Lord!"
All the subordinates looked solemn and said in unison.
"Okay, let's go and do our own business."
Lei Xiao nodded with satisfaction and waved his hands.
After dismissing all the subordinates, Lei Xiao did not immediately leave the throne at the top, but sipped tea while frowning again and lost in thought.
Although everything is proceeding in an orderly manner, neither the White Knight nor the mysterious commander of the Second Prince's forces are ordinary people, and they will not always be led by the nose.
When the opponent has a firm foothold, it's time to truly test yourself.
Moreover, the strong men of the mysterious organization who have been disappearing have still not moved. With such a battle, they must have already received the news.
These two points will be unpredictable variables in the future, and they are likely to hide a deadly crisis like a violent storm.
"It seems that the real challenge has just begun."
Lei Xiao drank all the tea in the cup with bright eyes.