Needless to say, the young man standing tall and tall surrounded by powerful men was none other than Lei Xiao.
And beside Lei Xiao, there stood a graceful and beautiful young woman, who was naturally Ariel, the heir to the throne.
"Everyone, that is Your Excellency, the guest we are waiting for. As for Her Royal Highness, I don't need any further introduction, right?"
After seeing Lei Xiao's figure, Old Thomas, who was leading the way, was the first to bear the brunt and said with an excited look on his face.
"I didn't expect that Your Excellency Keqing would be so young and promising!"
Looking at Lei Xiao's face filled with a faint smile, the 12 legion commanders including Cole, Kerwin, Buzz, and Lorna who had already assembled couldn't help but have expressions of amazement on their faces.
Most of them are already middle-aged, and His Excellency Keqing's courage and means are undoubtedly far beyond those of the elites of their family.
"Why are you still standing there? Hurry and pack up your armor and appearance. We will show the best of the Shangluc family to your Excellency, guest!"
Thomas' urgent old voice reached the ears of the commanders again.
After hearing Thomas's urging, Cole and other legion commanders came to their senses one after another, and immediately began to sort each other out in a hurry.
During this process, the commanders looked at Thomas and other elders with white beards and hair, and they also looked in admiration when facing the guest, and they felt an uncontrollable tension in their hearts.
You know, even if the previous head of the family is here, these elders who control the power of the family have never shown such expressions of reverence!
"I didn't expect Your Excellency Ke Qing to be so young and promising. This is the first time I have seen someone who can make my father show such an expression except His Majesty the old King. Your Excellency Ke Qing is indeed extraordinary!"
Just when Cole was extremely excited, Lei Xiao had already led Ariel and others to greet him.
Seeing Lei Xiao and Ariel lowering their bodies to welcome them in person, all the pokeweed commanders were flattered and quickly quickened their pace.
"Greetings to Your Excellency, Your Excellency, and Your Highness the Princess!"
When they got closer, 12 legion commanders immediately knelt down and saluted, and said in unison: "Thank you, Your Excellency the Guest, and Your Highness the Princess, for saving our lives regardless of their own safety!"
After the commanders finished speaking, the endless soldiers behind them all fell to their knees, making a neat and crisp sound of armor clashing.
"Everyone, please stand up. Seeing that you are safe and sound, our efforts have not been in vain."
Lei Xiao nodded with a smile, raised his hand to signal everyone to stand up, and frowned again, solemnly saying: "Although I really want to have a chat with you, the war situation is urgent now, so I will keep it short.
"We have only one goal next, and that is to rush to the rescue of the 10 legions in the outer city. As for the specific operational arrangements, I will convey them to you during the march."
Lei Xiao listened to the fierce shouts of killing faintly coming from the outer city, and then waved his hand: "Let's go! Princess Ariel and I will fight side by side with you!"
"I obey! The Shanglu family is willing to fight to the death for Your Excellency, Your Excellency, and Your Highness, the Princess!"
After receiving Lei Xiao's order, Cole and other commanders held their chests and saluted, then immediately returned to their respective groups and began to mobilize their armies.
In front of the merchant army regiments is the eastern city gate leading from the central city area to the outer city.
This is the closest place to the battlefield where our 10 legions are besieged in the outer city, and is the best way for reinforcements.
As for the few remaining enemy troops on the city wall, they had already been cleared out in advance by the main force led by Lei Xiao. In addition, the absolute defensive barrier and the sudden dimensional storm had been lifted.
This means that no one can stop our progress!
"Charge! Save the 10 legions in the outer city!"
Lei Xiao's body flashed and he appeared on the towering city gate tower.
I saw Lei Xiao pull out Rolandel, pointing the tip of his sword directly at the scorching battlefield filled with smoke in the outer city.
Right below Lei Xiao, the thick central city gate opened quickly. The brothers Cole and Kerwin were the first to bear the brunt. They led their army to wave flags and shout, following the direction pointed by Lei Xiao's long sword, and were the first to rush into the outer city area.
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For a time, the shouts of killing from our 120,000 soldiers were earth-shattering. The stag battle flags of the Phytolacca family were dancing in the wind, and the sharp sword blades were shining brightly in the sun. The momentum was extremely astonishing.
Watching our army rushing into the outer city like a torrent of steel, Lei Xiao nodded with satisfaction.
Another important reason why our operation went so smoothly is because at the same time as the dimensional storm was lifted.
Erza, Xiaoya, Mia, and Xiaohuan who were staying outside the city, as well as Xiaohuan who was following Lei Xiao, cast illusions under Lei Xiao's instructions, making the central city seem to be enveloped by the dimensional storm again.
This is just a simple sky illusion. It is naturally easy for master illusionists such as Xiao Huan and Erza. The illusionists even have the energy to easily confuse all the surrounding magicians who are providing energy for the dimensional storm.
Prevent the other party from revealing the situation.
In this way, although many loopholes will still be exposed, it will definitely require a certain amount of reaction time for the enemy armies that are fully besieging the 10 armies in our outer city.
And taking advantage of this gap, we can gather our strength to point our sword at the outer city and catch our opponent off guard with a blow to the head.
The reality was just as Lei Xiao expected, just as Lei Xiao successfully lifted the dimensional storm.
In the outer city, Lancaster family commander Aubrey and Yorkman family commander Barrow, who were commanding the army to besiege us on the front line, quickly discovered the clues.
Barrow and Aubrey were surprised to find that the Yorkman family magicians who supplied energy to the dimensional crystal and the Lancaster family magicians who assisted in the supply had all lost contact, while the dimensional storm in the central city was still raging crazily.
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While confused, the first thing the two thought of was that perhaps it was the interference from the dimensional storm that interrupted the magic communication. After all, this was the first time that this artificial dimensional storm was put into the battlefield, and they were not sure.
However, for the sake of caution, the two decisively sent several batches of capable messengers to check, but they all failed to return.
Finally, when the two of them realized that the situation seemed to be bad, the east gate of the central city area already heard the shouts of killing from our side that resounded throughout the world.
"It's the Stag War Flag! The army from the central city of the Shanglu Family is coming to kill us!"
After hearing the scout's hurried report, Barrow and Aubrey were both stunned and began to look at each other.
Although there were some doubts in their hearts, they never expected that the 12 legions in the central city of the Shanglu family would actually break through the blockade of the dimensional storm and wreak havoc, sending tons of sulfur to the ground?
You know, not to mention an army of one hundred thousand, even an army of one million cannot break through the blockade of the dimensional storm!
"Report, report! In the center of the many stag battle flags, there are also the shadow lord flag of the guest from another world and the princess flag of the fifth princess!"
With the subsequent report, Barrow and Aubrey's faces instantly turned pale, and it was like waking up from a dream.
It turns out that all this was caused by that despicable alien!
Now that the opponent's battle flag has appeared, it means that the opponent is already in the city!
"You bastard! How did that despicable alien break through the double blockade of the outer city's absolute defense barrier and dimensional storm, and finally enter the central city?!"
Barrow clenched his fists loudly, but sweat was pouring from his forehead.
In order to eat up our ten endangered outer city legions as soon as possible, the frantic Barrow and Aubrey almost pressed all the 28 legions in their hands, leaving not much reserve at all.
This undoubtedly means that the opponent's army will march straight in and penetrate into the rear of the besieging troops!
"How on earth did that despicable alien bastard lead the army out of the dimensional storm? This is simply impossible!"
In his heart of shock, Barrow, who had almost lost his mind, looked up at the dimensional storm illusion that was still raging, and kept yelling: "There is no way he can enter Castle Castle!"
"General Barrow, now is not the time to dwell on this."
Aubrey, who also looked embarrassed, reacted quickly and shouted: "The top priority now is to mobilize the besieging rear troops to turn around and block the Merchant Army in the central city that is preparing to rush for reinforcements!"
"That's right. We will take action immediately. If that despicable alien wants to jump in front of us, he must first consider whether he has the ability!"
Hearing the sound, Barrow quickly suppressed the anger in his heart, calmed down again, and began to calmly deploy his troops.
They are veteran commanders who have experienced hundreds of battles. Although the incident happened suddenly, their rich combat experience makes their orders still extremely threatening.
Under the command of Barrow and Aubrey, facing the overwhelming Merchant Army Regiment, although the rear of the enemy's besieging troops fell into chaos, they quickly recovered.
The archers and magicians originally deployed at the rear moved forward at high speed, while the infantry in the front moved back one after another. Their heavy shields fell to the ground, their spears were raised, and they formed a defensive formation to meet the attack.
"Hey, if you want to defeat me, I'm afraid it won't be that easy!"
I saw a commander of the Yorkman family in the rear, looking at the menacing Merchant Army, a stern sneer appeared on his cheek: "No one in our Yorkman family can defeat me in the positional battle, even if you are lucky.
So what if we escaped from the central city?"
The commander of the Yorkman family clearly understood that at present, the 10 legions of the merchant land outer city that were being besieged were at the end of their game, and it was only a matter of time before they were wiped out.
As long as he can persist until the 10 merchant army regiments are completely wiped out, then the large army will turn around and attack fiercely, and the opponent will still die without a doubt!
Thinking of this, the Yorkman family commander raised his sword and roared, and began to boost the morale of the surrounding soldiers: "Brave Yorkman family soldiers, as long as we hold on to our position, victory will still belong to us!"
However, in the next second, an extremely tall and strange figure covered the sky and sun, and it was like a god descending, and landed heavily in front of the commander of the Yorkman family.
The unstoppable giant sword's blade flashed past, easily cutting through the heavy armor and flesh, bringing out a shocking bright red.
By the time the surrounding Yorkman family guards reacted, their commander had already been decapitated, and his uncontrollable body fell to the ground, stirring up a cloud of dust.
As for the person who suddenly made the move, he has long since disappeared.
The one who took action was the tiger stick holding the dragon-slaying sword.
Now beside Lei Xiao, there are three fifth-level powerhouses standing. With such a powerful tactical power, how long will it take to wait for more?
As the commander was beheaded, the leaderless Yorkman army fell into chaos again as expected, but the swords of our soldiers were already pressed against the opponent's chest.
Under the fierce offensive of our soldiers, this panicked Yorkman army did not hold out for long before it was defeated and lost the position it held.
Such an unstoppable scene happened in almost every block of the outer city.
Under the calm command of Lei Xiao, as well as the concerted efforts of the three fifth-level strong men under his command, the main subordinates, illusionists such as Xiao Huan, and commanders such as Cole and Lorna, our soldiers were unstoppable and captured one after another.
A line of defense that the opponent hastily established.
On the other side of the battlefield, news was received that Lei Xiao had led the central city army to come to the rescue. The merchant army regiments in the outer city that were besieged in the center and struggled to support their morale were greatly boosted, and they even began to show signs of counterattack.
Because all this happened too quickly, as defeats came one after another, Barrow and Aubrey discovered this.
They obviously underestimated Lei Xiao's commanding ability, and also underestimated the determination of the merchants to save their colleagues.
However, the outer city has a total of 28 well-trained enemy legions.
While our side was unstoppable along the way, more enemy legions behind us took the opportunity to turn their swords around and establish defensive positions.
Finally, as more and more enemy troops blocked the attack, and the terrain of the street battlefield was restricted, our soldiers who rushed to the rescue inevitably slowed down their pace and got into a melee with the enemy, falling into a stalemate.
At the same time, the fourth prince, Stone, and Kent, who were enjoying the success in the secret command post, all had expressions of surprise on their faces.
Ever since Lei Xiao led his army to break through the dimensional storm, a series of defeats have spread like snowflakes, making the three people who originally thought everything would be fine unexpectedly.
"This damn despicable alien scum, I will tear him to pieces with my own hands!"
After receiving the news that the enemy and we were in a stalemate in the outer city, the fourth prince finally couldn't sit still anymore, and a touch of uncontrollable anger immediately appeared on his gloomy face.
The fourth prince clearly understood that his side was currently in an extremely passive state. If he did not take action, Kelburg would really be in danger.
Thinking of this, the fourth prince suddenly stood up and said to the two wealthy heads of family, Stone and Kent, who were still commanding from a distance: "I can't just sit back and wait for death. This time, I have to personally fight with you."
Fight with those despicable alien scum!"
"Your Highness can appear on the battlefield in person, which will definitely boost our morale!"
Stone and Kent, who were equally distressed, did not object. They both stood up with gloomy faces, filled with strong murderous intent.
"It's time for those despicable alien scum to see the true horror of us."