After completing the defense of Yilan City, the Lion Legion was like a lion that had just woken up, and then lazily opened its fangs. As expected, the next target that the Lion Legion was eyeing was indeed a distance away.
Elan City is the nearest Sophie City.
From this, we can continue to infer that in the short term, the commander of the Lion Legion, Alpha Lane, should target the former center of Kay State, Enkara City.
Although Duke King Gates newly designated the center of Kaye State as Norland City, he cannot deny the geographical advantages of Enkara City. It has convenient transportation and transportation networks throughout Kaye State. At the same time, it
The relatively rare flat terrain in Kay State is the best place for airships to take off and land. To capture Enkara City, Alpha must first obtain Sophie City.
As early as the day before the Lion Legion sent troops to Sophie City, Haru, who was guerrilla around Yilan City, once again showed his war talent. By judging the construction speed of the Lion Legion's fortifications in recent days, Haru concluded that the enemy's
The fortifications will be completed the next day, and after the completion of the fortifications, the Lions will inevitably start the next stage of activities. On this day, Haluka gathered all the scattered guerrillas and retreated to Sophie City.
Therefore, after completing the fortifications, when the officers of the Lion Legion hurriedly organized their respective battalions and rushed out of the camp, intending to eradicate the guerrillas that had been causing them unrest in recent days, they found that they had missed the target.
And Haru has already deployed the 3,000 men from the fourth legion of the Norland Army, as well as the 1,000-man garrison stationed in Sophie City without the legion number. More than 4,000 soldiers are waiting in strict formation, and they have laid down their troops in Sophie City.
defensive position.
He stood on the city wall of Sophie City, and at the end of his sight was the city of Elan, which was vaguely visible between the mountains and trees.
Haru seemed to have heard the sound of the enemy's horse hooves. He suddenly clenched his fists, and fierce momentum suddenly burst out from his strong body. The two guards on his left and right couldn't help but move to the sides.
At this time, a messenger hurried up the city wall and stopped beside Haru. He handed an envelope marked with a red mark to Haru and said: "Sir, this is news from Alice Fortress.
"
Alice Fortress, as all Norland Army soldiers now know, is the highest command post of this army and the center of all orders.
Haru took the urgent letter and pondered for a moment, but did not open it.
"Don't you want to open it and take a look?"
It was Chen Xi who spoke, and she suddenly appeared behind Haru. Her face still wore the ferocious mask that originally belonged to a traveler, but her voice was as sweet as a stream, and her figure was still bumpy even though it was covered by her robe.
Haru knew that Chenxi was definitely a woman of great beauty.
It's just that Haru understands better that Chen Xi is a woman with terrifying strength just like Hancock once was.
Although Aranza did not give Chen Xi a clear official position, Haru still bowed to Chen Xi respectfully and said, "I think the content of this letter will not deviate too much from my expectations, so... in order not to be disappointed, I still
It’s better not to look at it.”
Chen Xi was a little surprised, then smiled and said, "I don't understand what you mean."
Hearing Chen Xi's words, Haru was also shocked. He sighed first and then asked: "Do you think we can defend Sophie City?"
Chen Xi's voice was filled with confidence as she said, "Why not?"
Haru was once again stunned, and then relieved. After a few conversations, he was sure that although Chenxi had the strength of a strong man in the holy realm, her mind was probably just that of an ordinary girl. The only thing that was different from ordinary girls was Chenxi's strength.
She is destined to look at the same problem from another perspective.
From Chen Xi's point of view, it was impossible for ordinary people to lose a battle as long as she, a strong man from the holy realm, was present.
Haru smiled calmly and said, "Sir, do you want to rely on the power of the strong men from the Holy Domain to defend Sophie City?"
"Isn't that what I'm here for?"
"Although I also hope so, but..."
Haru suddenly shook his head, as if to put aside his unrealistic ideas. Haru is good at using soldiers and values the life of every soldier. Therefore, if possible, he is of course willing to minimize the sacrifices as much as possible. However, his
Tell him the truth with a clear mind. Sacrifice is inevitable. This time he did not sigh, but said in a heavy tone: "Do you want to see the content of this letter?"
"Open it."
Chen Xi's voice was full of curiosity.
Haru opened the envelope in response. He did not read the content on it, but directly handed the letter to Chenxi. Although Chenxi was not born in the Continent of Thorns, she still understood the common characters of the Continent of Thorns in order to read through the books of the Continent of Thorns.
, However, the short line of this letter took Chen Xi a long time to read.
Just as Haru guessed, it said: Fight bloody battle to the end, do not use the sanctuary.
Chenxi's face hidden under the mask was already frowning. She raised her head and stared at Haru's eyes through the two holes in the mask. She handed the letter back to Haru's hand and said, "Explain it to me!
"
The expression on Haru's face did not change. He patiently explained: "The Alice Fortress has naturally guessed it. There are two possibilities, and no matter which one, our Sanctuary strongmen cannot attack."
"Which two?"
"My lord, don't be impatient."
Chenxi seemed a little angry, and Haru had to comfort her first before saying in a positive tone: "This is the first attack by the Lions of the Lion Family after they parachuted into Yilan City. Do you think that as the largest family in the human race,
, will they allow this battle to be interrupted by a strong man from the holy realm? If you intervene in this battle, the other party will definitely send enough strong men from the holy realm to intercept you, or even kill you on the spot to establish prestige.
, and at the same time destroy our morale.”
Hearing this, Chenxi became quiet, and Haru's words made her calm down a little.
"This is only the first possibility, and it is also... the possibility that the Noland Army will suffer smaller losses. And the other possibility..."
Haru glanced at Chen Xi, although the ferocious mask blocked Chen Xi's expression. Haru continued: "Another possibility is that if you intervene in this battle and successfully eliminate the enemy, the enemy did not send any saints from beginning to end.
Domain powerhouses... This is even more dangerous. The Ryan family will definitely use this as an excuse to criticize the Norland Army, and even discredit His Highness the Prince's Thorn Mercenary Group. By then, the level of the war will be completely elevated to a confrontation between the domain powerhouses.
Fight hard, but when it comes to the bottom line, we can't compare to the Ryan family in any way, and the number of powerful men they have in the Holy Realm is several times that of ours."
Haru said this in one breath, and finally sighed heavily. There was one more thing he didn't say, that is, after the strong men in the sanctuary were banned from fighting, the war became a collision between armies, and almost everyone
The Norland Army, which is composed of new recruits, may still be able to achieve some results through guerrilla tactics, but in a head-on collision, the enemy is a well-trained veteran army, so the results can be imagined.
But Haru could not retreat directly. This was the first head-to-head confrontation between the Norland Army and the Lane family. He knew that this battle could be lost or lost, but it must not be humiliating.
The battle began at dusk the next day. As early as the afternoon, the scouts discovered long dragons winding past the direction of Yilan City. They were groups of Lion Legion cavalry. They finally crossed this section of the road that was not far away.
From a distance, they appeared from the forest in front of Sophie City and formed a neat formation, waiting only for the officer's order.
Although he had been prepared, Haru's heart still couldn't help but jump when he saw the phalanxes of more than 3,000 Lion Legion soldiers on the opposite side.
"Are you still going to fight this battle?"
Chenxi stood next to Haru, her voice was still as clear as a stream, but there was no ups and downs.
Haru didn't speak, just nodded.
Not only did he not abandon the city and escape, he also gave up the advantage of defending the ground and chose to leave the city for a decisive battle.
The soldiers who received the order filed out of the open city gate. The 4,000-strong Norland Army was slightly better than the opponent in terms of numbers and equipment. However, looking at the somewhat messy formation and the pale faces of most of the soldiers,
With an expression on his face, Haru's heart sank to the bottom.
Before the fight started, the commanders of both sides rode out and met in the center of the position. The commander of the Lion Legion in charge of this battle was a nobleman who was about the same age as Haru but was obviously thin. After introducing himself, the nobleman
He laughed coldly: "Your Excellency, you don't think you can defend this city, do you? Haha, of course, if you hide a strong man from the Holy Domain here, just pretend I didn't tell you."
Haru laughed loudly and said sarcastically: "You and I are both low-profile characters. How can we alarm the strong men of the Holy Realm?"
Hearing this, the nobleman showed an angry look on his face. He snorted coldly, said no more, and turned back to his camp. Haru laughed loudly and turned back on his horse.
The two sides then started a duel. This was a basic battle that could be recorded in military textbooks. Neither side used too many tricks, but more used the advantages of their arms to intersperse and clash. It was just the soldiers of the Lion Legion.
They obviously know how to obey orders better than the new recruits of the Norland Army. They have an overall sense of coordination and rhythm when they advance and retreat. In comparison, the new recruits of the Norland Army are like being pushed together.
A group of people, a small number of recruits, did not even actively move to the target location, but were pushed over by their surrounding comrades.
Although Haru was disappointed with this, he had nothing to do. The recruits were innocent. This batch of recruits had not even completed the standard recruit training courses common to all the major forces in the human race of the Continent of Thorns. The sudden war forced them to go ahead of schedule.
Battlefield. You must know that recruits of many forces not only spend a year training before actually entering the battlefield, but also undergo several small-scale battles against bandits and bandits before they are taken out by the major forces.
hand.
Therefore, after several battles, several blocks of Noland's army collapsed under the enemy's long swords and iron hoofs.