No matter how quickly the message is delivered, the army cannot leave easily.
There were not that many professional armies under the medieval lordship system. Once a war broke out, militiamen had to be temporarily recruited.
In addition to building equipment and raising food and grass, it is normal to be unable to leave the territory for several months.
What's more, this time is a crusade against rebellion, not the expansion of territory. Even if it is defeated, it cannot be burned, killed and looted like foreigners. If there is no oil and water, they have to repay military expenses and population. The two major lords who have received orders can only passively sabotage their work.
Not surprising anymore.
But no matter how much it is delayed, this battle of revolt will still have to be fought. On the 108th day after the fall of "Fendorf Territory", the next door "Buchwald Territory" and "Aclade Territory" finally heard the news
received news of the departure of the crusade army.
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Fendorf Territory, meeting room of the Lord's Mansion.
A dozen third-level players sat around the table, listening solemnly to the intelligence summary made by the pink-haired high school ninja "Sarutobi Ninja".
"Now, according to the intelligence collected, the empire's 8,000 crusade troops have already left their base. Judging from the current marching speed, it will only take about fifteen days to enter the Fendorf territory."
"At that time, we will also enter the strike range of the opponent's strategic magic - [Raging Sun Flame Spear]. If we don't counterattack, the opponent will not even need to engage in contact combat with us. They will just fire [Raging Sun Fire Spear] one after another.
[Flame Spear] is thrown over and it can turn the entire Fendorf Territory into a piece of scorched earth."
The players exchanged glances with each other. Of course they knew what this [Raging Sun Fire Spear] was.
This is the most powerful magic of Duke "Oslo El Gustaf", the biggest villain BOSS in the first season of the original work. The imperial war god "Oslo El Gustaf" condenses the high-density fire element into a long spear to carry out ultra-long-range strikes against the enemy. The effect is similar to
The rockets will not explode, they will just set fire to the surroundings centered on the impact point of the flame spear.
As long as this thing is not directly hit, it will not pose much threat to players, but the damage to buildings and civilians is extremely terrifying.
If the threat of the [Raging Sun Spear] cannot be resolved, even if they can block the Imperial Crusade from Fendorf Territory, the territory's economy will be completely destroyed, and there will be no war potential left.
"Jade, how is the recruitment process going?"
"Emerald Cactus" has always been responsible for the recruitment work in the territory. The beautiful King Kong Barbie shook her head when she heard this and said: "There is almost no progress. Although the salary has been increased to three times the original amount, there are still not many people willing to do it."
Sign up to join the army... So far, we have only recruited a few dozen recruits, and they are all bankrupt farmers with no foundation in martial arts. They can be used as logistics and move things, but don't expect to have any combat effectiveness."
All the players frowned when they heard this. The enemy currently had no troops available, and the dilemma faced by our side was more difficult than expected.
As expected, the elimination mission will not allow them to pass it as easily as before.
"Captain Dire, what do you think?"
"I'm going to fight tigers tonight" turned his attention to Luo Jie. He was now more and more glad that he had pushed out the top leadership of the team, otherwise he would be the one with the headache now.
Luo Jie had expected this. He tapped his fingers rhythmically on the table and said unhurriedly: "Although the Freyagard Empire is no longer at its peak, it is not the last dynasty where the people are in dire straits. We have rashly launched an army to rebel.
We cannot occupy the great righteousness... Even in the hearts of the common people, we are just a group of bandits. Sooner or later we will be annihilated by the empire's crusade. It is normal that no one dares to follow us."
"So I'm afraid we have to fight this battle ourselves."
"Captain Night Dire, it's not that we don't understand the truth, but the actual risk is too great." The speaker was a third-level "Druid" professional. "This is a world with the effect of military formations. We alone can
It is impossible for our strength to gain an advantage. Three people died when we attacked the lord's mansion that was only garrisoned by 500 people. Now there are 8,000 troops pressing down on the territory..."
Luo Jie raised his hand, forcibly interrupted the third-level player's speech, and said with a smile: "If it is a face-to-face confrontation, even if our number is doubled, we will not be able to fight against 8,000 soldiers with the effect of military formations.
, but there is a secret that perhaps not many of you know - military formations are only effective when fighting and camping, but have no effect when marching."
When everyone heard this, most of them were surprised.
After all, not all ancient war-like worlds have the rule of "military formation effect". Many of them have only heard of it, and not many people have personal experience against military formations.
Luo Jie stood up and walked to the strategic map hanging in the conference room, pointed at the red arrow representing the imperial coalition, and said: "There are disadvantages to having too many people. In order to ensure that the vast majority of the infantry do not leave the team, the march of the Imperial Crusade Army
It’s hard to get very fast.”
"As I said before, even under ideal road and climate conditions, it will take at least fifteen days for the Imperial Crusade to enter the Fendorf territory. These fifteen days are our best chance!"
The eyes of all the players lit up: "Captain Dire, what do you mean..."
Luo Jie's fist hit the red arrow hard.
"That's right, use our mobility advantage to drag the crusade to death on the road!"
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The third day of the Imperial Crusade.
An army of eight thousand people marched on the road, majestic like a long black dragon, with horse hooves hitting the ground like raindrops, and vehicles carrying military supplies and equipment made a creaking sound.
Under the gorgeous lion's banner, a middle-aged man wearing purple armor with a thin face and a mustache tightened the reins of his horse, looking at the increasingly gloomy sky with sharp hawk-like eyes.
He is none other than the supreme commander of the Imperial Crusade, Duke "Oslo El Gustaf", the Imperial God of War.
"Your Majesty, what are your orders?"
A knight in silver full-body armor urged his horse forward, with a hint of respect and flattery in his tone.
This is the Golden Knight who leads the army in place of the Lord of "Buchwald" - the Golden Knight is just a title, and does not necessarily require him to wear golden armor.
"It's going to rain..." The Duke of "Oslo" retracted his distant gaze and asked expressionlessly: "Have any new information come back from the dispatched scouts?"
The golden knight smiled and said: "Still the same, no enemies or traps were found ahead... Well, does the Duke pay too much attention to these rogues? Even though these people seem to be somewhat brave, there are only less than 200 of them.
I guess when I heard that the Duke was coming with his army, I was so frightened that I fled overseas by boat."
The Duke of "Oslo" ignored the compliment sent by the Golden Knight and said coldly: "Do you really think these people are ordinary rioters or bandits? If they just killed the gold-toothed pig "Ferndorf" in a moment of anger, then...
When we get down, we should take the looted property and flee as far away as possible. But according to the spies' reports, these people have been trying to restore order in Fendorf Territory, and even appointed officials and conscripted troops. It was completely organized and planned.
Creating a base for rebellion."
The Golden Knight was surprised when he heard this: "My Lord Duke, are you saying that these are the real traitors? Are they the remnants of the Seven Lights Sect? But... the Seven Lights Sect has not appeared on the mainland for hundreds of years.
!”
"No matter who these people are, if they dare to offend the majesty of His Majesty the Emperor, I, Oslo El Gustaf, will burn them to ashes!"
Feeling the rich fire element rising from its back, the war horse raised its front hooves uneasily and neighed in panic.
"Look! What's flying in the sky?!"
Suddenly, a silver-gray cylindrical object broke through the clouds, dragging a bright tail of fire and quickly approached the Imperial Crusade. The soldiers who had never seen such a weird thing were whispering to each other, unaware that danger was approaching.
"It's an enemy attack! Prepare to fight!"
Although the Duke of "Oslo" had never seen such a strange flying object, his sixth sense developed in life and death fights immediately made him realize that this thing was dangerous.
Never let it fall!
The scorching fire elements gathered crazily in his hands, turning into a crimson spear that soared into the sky and faced the diagonally falling metal column head-on.
This is a simplified version of the strategic magic [Raging Sun Spear], at the expense of greatly reducing the power and range, in exchange for almost zero chanting for instant activation.
Just when the crimson flame gun was about to hit its target, a bright light suddenly shot out from the dense forest beside the road, and the flame gun exploded into a gorgeous firework with incomparable precision.
The metal pillar, which was as tall as a person, passed through the burning fire cloud and hit the middle of the team.
boom--!
A huge mushroom cloud slowly rose, and violent impact and flames swept in all directions.
In the dazzling light, countless soldiers and war horses were torn into pieces. As gravel and soil were lifted up into the air, more soldiers fell to the ground like wheat. Their faces in the helmets were bleeding from all the orifices, and they were all killed on the spot.
Protecting himself and his horse with a magic shield, the hellish scene in front of him made the Duke of "Oslo" eyes wide open - with just one blow! That strange weapon actually wiped out five entire centurions!
——[The Judgment of the Ten Kings] "City-Changing Ballistic Bullet"!
The power of ten thousand points is so terrifying!