Chapter 901: The Lords Plan and the Shadow About to Appear
What Lei Xiao is curious about is naturally the reason behind the White Knight's refusal to show his true face. I am afraid this is the reason why the White Knight of the human race can still be active across thousands of years.
"That's all. For the White Knight who witnessed the fall of the Kingdom of Loren with his own eyes, this may be a past event that he doesn't want to mention. It would be too rash to ask now."
"Besides, as I just said, the battle is not over yet, and it is far from time to relax. Let's first arrange the white knights into the counterattack team."
"With the addition of the White Knight, the morale of our soldiers will undoubtedly be further improved!"
After making up his mind, Lei Xiao first replenished the white knight with some potions and magic scrolls, and then ordered Sarah to fight with the white knight, and asked the white knight to go ahead and boost the morale of the soldiers.
As the former Knight of the Apocalypse in the Kingdom of Loren, the White Knight will naturally have no reservations about Sarah, which will undoubtedly quickly improve Sarah's actual combat ability.
As for the white knight's damaged mount just now, Lei Xiao also asked about it.
Because the Pegasus puppet's wings were partially damaged, the White Knight was temporarily unable to fly.
However, fortunately, the alchemy puppet has an automatic repair function, and it will be able to recover on its own in a short time.
After the White Knight and Sarah left, Lei Xiao, accompanied by Jiang Lei, went to another battlefield at the entrance of the Lookout Star Corridor for supplies.
The situation here is just like the main battlefield just now, it has completely come to an end.
I could see that on the battlefield under the dawn, gunpowder smoke was still slowly rising in many places. Burnt corpses, broken battle flags and weapons were everywhere, and everything was a mess.
Sniffing the rich smell of blood in the air, Lei Xiao learned through the reports from Ed and others.
The Water Moon Sealed Dragon Legion led by Ed and Tran is escorting a large number of fallen nobles to surrender, while the Battle Doll Legion led by Xion is cleaning the battlefield.
Afterwards, Lei Xiao compiled the news from all the battlefields and learned more.
After going through the brutal attack and defense of Wangxing City, the main battlefield just now, and the battlefield at the entrance of Wangxing Corridor.
At least half of the 300,000-strong coalition of fallen nobles became our prisoners, while the rest died on the battlefield. Of course, a considerable part of them were caused by the two fighting each other.
As for our battle losses, the 7 main legions suffered more than half of their casualties, and the 10 new legions and the Sealing Dragon Shuiyue Legion and the Battle Doll Legion on this battlefield suffered a quarter of their casualties.
"That is to say, excluding the wounded and left-behind soldiers, I still have 10 legions available."
"After reorganization, these 10 legions will be divided into two groups according to the predetermined plan, heading north and south respectively, under the leadership of major generals such as Orr and Bert."
"After experiencing this massive war, those new recruits can also play a certain role. After all, what they have to face is an empty and fearful enemy city."
While Lei Xiao was thinking this, he moved his eyes and focused on another part of our soldier camp without any flags.
These are the northern soldiers brought by the third princess Caroline and the blade general Hilda.
"Although they have the teleportation from Jinglan City, these northern soldiers have come all the way from afar, and they have made great contributions."
Lei Xiao nodded slightly and nodded to Jiang Lei to distribute supplies to the soldiers in the northern border.
Since they still have the important task of guarding the fortress, these northern soldiers naturally cannot stay long and cannot participate in the subsequent counterattack.
But as reinforcements coming from afar, they indeed played a vital role and proved their strong strength and extraordinary courage.
"Just like the emergence of Wu and the White Knight, without the help of Caroline and the Northern Army, I would never have been able to defeat my opponent so quickly."
While sighing in his heart, Lei Xiao continued to think.
In addition to these meager supplies, I will also give other rewards to this friendly army.
However, now that our counterattack is imminent, it is not the time to celebrate.
When the counterattack comes to an end, he will personally go to Buluo Fortress to reward these northern soldiers.
In this way, not only can he and Ariel further increase their reputation among the Northern Army, but they can also pave the way for the next action.
As for the next action, it is already very obvious.
The first is to use Caroline's appeal to conquer the remaining 20 neutral cities in the North without any bloodshed, and completely bring the vast North under its own control.
The second, naturally, is Caroline herself. Her Royal Highness, the third princess of Leng Yan, must be subdued sooner or later. Only by doing so can Ariel's future throne be more stable.
At the same time, the princess-general Caroline, who has gained a lot of prestige on the battlefield, can also be a big help to Ariel regardless of her royal status or her own strength.
With this in mind, Lei Xiao asked Tran, Ed, and Xion some specific details of the battle situation and troop surrender.
Since hundreds of thousands of surrendered soldiers have been captured, it is natural to resolve the conflicts between themselves and the new citizens as soon as possible, as in the previous situation, and strive to recruit these surrendered soldiers into their ranks as soon as possible.
With the successful experience that has been tested in previous wars and its increasingly huge asset support, it is only a matter of time before we can do this.
"I currently only have more than 100,000 available troops. With the addition of these surrendered troops, and if I can successfully conquer the entire northern border, the total strength of my command will easily exceed that of the coalition of fallen nobles this time!"
Thinking of this, a look of joy appeared on Lei Xiao's face.
By then, it will be time for him to take Ariel's sword to the royal capital.
Just when Lei Xiao thought of this, the sound of intensive horse hooves and orderly footsteps could be heard not far away.
Following the sound, Lei Xiao noticed.
I saw Caroline and Hilda leading another part of the supporting Northern Army, rushing over from the main battlefield.
"I haven't had time to talk to this princess general before, so I just took this opportunity to say hello."
Lei Xiao thought this while leading Jiang Li to greet him.
When they saw Lei Xiao's figure, Caroline and Hilda's eyes lit up and they all galloped forward.
"My sister, guest, you really allowed me to participate in a passionate and enjoyable battle!"
Before Lei Xiao could speak, Caroline, dressed in black plate armor, jumped off her mount and said excitedly to Lei Xiao.
"Not only did you successfully defeat the 300,000-strong coalition of nobles, but you also successfully killed three enemy fifth-level warriors and four fallen noble generals. This exciting battle at the Stargazing Corridor is enough to be recorded in the history of the entire human race.
For countless scholars and powerful men in future generations to look up to!"
Caroline, who was already extremely martial, became more and more excited as she spoke. She even lifted half of the face shield on her helmet, revealing part of her fair skin and red lips, and continued: "In other words, my sister, guest, you have created a new
History!"
After Caroline finished speaking, the tall and tall Hilda also nodded quickly.
"Your Highness, the Third Princess, looks up to me. I am just trying my best. Just as I said to Your Highness at that time, this time each of us is fighting for the future."
Hearing the excitement in Caroline's words, Lei Xiao smiled lightly and responded: "So, it was not me alone who created history, but every soldier who participated in this war, including His Highness.
I personally left a profound mark in the long history of history, which deserves to be remembered by future generations."
After a pause, Lei Xiao added solemnly: "Without the help of Her Royal Highness the Third Princess and General Hilda, not only would more soldiers under my command die, but victory would not have come so easily."
"Hilda, I just told you, this guy's mouth is like honey, and he can always put words into people's hearts."
Caroline smiled angrily, obviously very satisfied with Lei Xiao's reply, and then said: "Okay, the Fortress is empty and we can't stay here for a long time, so let's leave for now."
"I understand. Anyway, I really want to thank you so much for this time, Your Highness the Third Princess. When I finish here, I and Your Highness Ariel will go to the Fortress of Buluo to celebrate for you all in person."
Lei Xiao nodded, and casually called Xion over, asking him to lead Caroline and others to Crystal Blue City, and then return to the Fortress through Crystal Blue City.
"My sister, you don't need to say thank you. Your Excellency has just said that we are all fighting for our own future."
Seeing that Lei Xiao had arranged everything properly, Caroline got back on her horse with satisfaction, and then led the team away.
"The third princess is as wild as a wild horse? I hope we can find an opportunity as soon as possible and subdue her as soon as possible."
Lei Xiao looked at Caroline's leaving back, raised his eyebrows slightly, and refocused his attention on the battlefield at the entrance.
After that, through the messages sent by Curio and others, Lei Xiao learned more.
Not long ago, there were 50,000 relatively weak fallen nobles as reserve reinforcements, trying to come to support them. Obviously they did not expect that the war would end so quickly.
However, it was already wiped out by the Moon Wolf Clan Rangers, which he had deployed in advance and was led by Bo Lun and assisted by Xiaoya. This could be regarded as a small episode after the war.
Lei Xiao just took a nap on this battlefield while dealing with some scattered post-war affairs. It was not until his 100,000 troops left the Wangxing Corridor that he took some of the main powerhouses and elite squadrons back to the territory to take a rest.
As for Ariel, she was still accompanied by Hong Ye and other main force, leading the soldiers forward bravely.
When Lei Xiao opened his eyes again in the bedroom of his lord's mansion, it was already approaching dusk.
"After eliminating the immediate threat, I really had a peaceful sleep."
Lei Xiao stretched hard and sat up from the bed.
After a brief wash, Lei Xiao first came to the lord's office and began to carry out daily matters such as receiving recruitment orders.
After pondering for a moment while looking at the territory's overview interface, Lei Xiao chose to receive 10 second-level recruitment orders to prepare for the next step of upgrading the lord's mansion to expand the population.
"The resources required for the next upgrade of the mansion include, in addition to the three basic resources of stone, wood, and thatch, as well as the three advanced resources of iron ingots, copper ingots, and fine steel ingots, there is also a new resource called extraordinary ingots.
"
"Needless to mention the first six, as my sphere of influence grows larger and larger, even fine steel ingots are no longer a problem, leaving only the last new resource, the extraordinary color ingot."
"This is a level 4 rare resource, refined from the extraordinary color ore, but there are no clues about the place of origin. Let's go back and tell the subordinates to inquire about the extraordinary color ingot."
After making up his mind, Lei Xiao sat down in the lord's office. First, he read aloud to instruct the main powerhouses to rotate, and then began to listen to the latest battle status of the commanders and subordinates.
Through reports from his subordinates, Lei Xiao learned.
First of all, Caroline and others have successfully returned to the Fortress.
It is worth mentioning that although the Pars Empire immediately sent out a large army to test after receiving the news that Caroline's Northern Army was suspected to have appeared in the Stargazing Corridor, they were stopped by Caroline and others who returned in time.
Any accidents occur.
"I'm afraid the generals of the Pars Empire can't figure out why Caroline and others traveled through half of the Cold Flame Kingdom in an instant."
Lei Xiao raised his eyebrows and continued to listen.
Secondly, all the surrendered troops have been escorted back to Wangxing, Fenglong, and Shuiyue cities, totaling more than 160,000 people, which is more than expected.
Based on previous experience, Lei Xiao also told Tran, Ed and others who were responsible for guarding how to act and convert these surrendered troops into our forces as soon as possible.
In the end, the two armies going north and south were unstoppable, and their counterattacks were very smooth.
The former has captured three opposing cities including Ice Armor City, while the latter has also captured four opposing cities including Lute City.
As for other cities, we are still stepping up our efforts to conquer them.
Upon hearing this, Lei Xiao nodded with satisfaction, his face full of joy.
This undoubtedly means that after the 33 cities in the eastern region including Shuiyue and Fenglong, the number of Lengyan cities under his control has reached 40!
"But this is obviously not the end, but just the beginning."
After listening to the reports from his subordinates, Lei Xiao's eyes were as bright as fire and he thought in his heart.
Now that the general trend has been basically decided, all that remains to be done is to prepare the celebration banquet and plan the follow-up actions.
"The eldest prince and the second prince are newly defeated. At a time when their morale is low and weak, I naturally have to gather all my strength as quickly as possible to eliminate them from the road to the throne as soon as possible."
"It's disrespectful to come back without reciprocating. This time you took advantage of my weakness to raise troops to invade. Then it will be my turn to do the same next time."
Lei Xiao stood up from his seat, a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Just as I had thought before, in order to accomplish all this, I must first pacify the entire northern territory.
However, just as Lei Xiao was thinking about how to quickly capture the entire northern territory.
In the distant realm of the royal capital, there is another force hidden in the dark. With the same idea as Lei Xiao, it slowly emerges from the shadows and has already begun to attack the eldest prince and the second prince.
A bloody battle that is about to sweep across the entire royal capital is about to begin.