"What???!!! They...they...how dare those damn undead monsters!!!"
Liu Yifei and his party returned successfully with intelligence and "evidence", and finally the report was completed by Morrisgues's adjutant.
Morrigos himself fell into disbelief and rage after hearing what he heard from his confidants. Since the founding of Erathia, the biggest change compared to the original ignorant nomadic period may be to settle down and farm.
, the four major items of magic skills and ancestor worship were introduced.
In the early days of ancient times, due to the nomadic civilization itself having no fixed abode, it was naturally impossible to carry the corpses of ancestors from all over the world with them, not to mention practical problems such as decay and plague.
The tribe has existed for a long time, and it is beyond human power to accumulate the number of deceased ancestors. Therefore, compared with offering sacrifices to their ancestors, the "ancestors" of that period respected the spirits of heaven and earth (especially those who were not primitive at that time).
Strange things that people understand, such as magic, magicians, magical creatures, etc.)!
However, when the nomadic people gradually transformed into farming people, and even the Kingdom of Erathia had passed through the initial turmoil to a certain extent, what followed was the rise of a slow but determined ancestor worship culture - with a fixed
A home, a fixed burial place, a fixed place of worship, and even time and etiquette regulations. This awareness continues to ferment in the kingdom, and even the bottom of society pays more and more attention to funeral matters.
Nowadays, it is no problem for rulers to impose various exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes under clever names, and even to force civilians to join the army is not a big problem. But if they want to make a fuss over the cemeteries and cemeteries in various places, it will undoubtedly cause public outrage.
It might cause the local people to boil over and start an uprising, which is just a trivial matter!
It is precisely because of the sensitivity of this topic that most places in various places have classified "living sacrifices" as local autonomy. In comparison, the upper-level ruling class cares more about money, food, soldiers, skills, etc. that can actually consolidate their own rights.
on matters.
When this kind of "culture" or "consciousness" gradually became an inherent cognition, I suddenly heard that there were actually "people"... Even the necromancers of Dia actually dared to target the remains of tombs everywhere.
On the way, Morris couldn't help but become furious... and at the same time, he instinctively became deeply worried!!
In the entire Green Field area, I dare not talk about too many... but there are always tens of thousands of deceased ancestors!
After all, farming has been going on here for several years, and countless farmers and lackeys have been buried in the land due to birth, old age, illness and death.
If this is all used by the necromancer... Just imagining that scene makes Morrisgues feel chills running down his spine!
I always thought that necromancers needed freshly dead corpses to perform their evil and blasphemous spells. It turns out... they can even use bones that have been dead for many years?!
Morgues, who was a little panicked, subconsciously looked around, but he couldn't help but saw Liu Yifei, who was sitting at the side and didn't look too panicked. After a moment of stunnedness, this guy realized belatedly, as if he had grasped a life-saving straw.
He asked eagerly: "This... Sir Geralt, you have carefully asked me to count the number and location of cemeteries in various places. Have you anticipated the current situation?"
When Liu Yifei saw that the local chief had finally come to his senses, he said unabashedly: "It's exactly~ Although the necromancer of Diya has strange skills, thanks to the exchanges with the Eri elves in recent years, the capital's
I have some control over these.
But I also know that if I tell you this, you may not believe it completely before, so I have to take people to see it in person... Of course, although you are busy with things, if possible, I will
I hope you can see it for yourself.
After all, seeing is better than hearing. If you can see with your own eyes the scene of the tomb being dug up and destroyed and countless corpses stumbling up, you will have a deeper understanding of the situation we will encounter in the future..."
Liu Yifei was completely rude when he tried to push people around. While overtly and covertly saying that the situation was urgent, he also said that Morris was too scared to move forward and didn't even have the guts to walk around the enemy's territory.
Morrissey could hear some of it.
Of course, Liu Yifei did not dwell on this, and continued calmly: "No matter whether we foresee it or not, if we remain indifferent, we will only send ourselves into a desperate situation in the end!
Therefore, at the moment, the only way to save the entire Greenfield area and ourselves...
Just be one step ahead of the enemy! Break the tombs, raise the tombs, and burn the bones to pieces!!"
When he said the last sentence, Liu Yifei looked around the scene, even with incomparable determination and murderous intent in his tone. The face of Morris on the opposite side turned pale, and he was almost provoked to stand up subconsciously: "What?! Break the tomb and raise the tomb..."
Burn...burn the bones to pieces...
No! This is absolutely not possible!!
If we do this, the entire Green Field area will fall into chaos!! Not to mention the border residents below who don’t agree, even the soldiers who execute the order will..."
"Sir~"
Before Morris, who looked extremely ugly, could express more objections, Liu Yifei suddenly softened his tone and said leisurely: "You may not be the one who makes the decision now, but when it comes time to take responsibility in the future, you will
But you absolutely can’t run away~~
My lord, you can think about it - even if... I even think that you can successfully evacuate all the remaining villages in time, and all the soldiers and civilians in the Green Field area can safely return to the hinterland of the south.
But what will happen next?
Come on, let me help you figure it out~
First of all, my lord, you cannot escape the crime of 'losing land'. No matter how many lives and properties of soldiers and civilians you saved during the evacuation operation, at least this land will be taken away again immediately after being ravaged by the undead.
If it comes back, it won’t be able to restore its original grain production capacity for at least two or three years, right?
For this alone, how much punishment will you bear from those great lords who always keep their eyes on money and food?
In addition, those undead wizards who have not experienced any resistance can easily gather the corpses from the local cemeteries together to refining and summoning souls!
At that time, the balance of the undead army will expand to more than double...
By the way, my lord, you must have sent notices and letters for help to the south before, right? I just don’t know how you described the size of the undead army in those letters..."
When Liu Yifei said this at first, Morrisgues didn't have much reaction. However, under Lao Yinbi's "prompt", Morrisgues suddenly thought - Oh no! He had been trying to be able to
Attracting attention from the rear and getting reinforcements from the rear as soon as possible will naturally "slightly" exaggerate the size of the undead army.
For example, it seems that there may be thousands of undead armies... Then start reporting at 10,000! Even when the last letter asking for help was sent, Morrisgues had already begun to "lie" that there were "endless" undead armies.
The army of bones is heading towards Karava Castle!
But if due to his own retreat, the undead side really more than doubles its troops... and then the other side aggressively advances southwards...
Doesn't it mean that the big guys in the south will see "twice as many endless" undead armies by then?
If this is another crime of "falsely spreading military information"...
After understanding the meaning of Liu Yifei's words, Morrisgues was shocked to realize that he seemed to be standing on the edge of the cliff. Anyway, the young noncommissioned officer in front of him had only come for reinforcements on orders from Harmondale.
If things go wrong, especially if he retreats, the worst he can do is go back to Harmondale, and he will be the only unlucky guy to bear the wrath of the noble gentlemen after returning to the south~
If you want the situation to not develop to the worst, either the "fed and drunk" undead army will stop in the green field area and never take a step further south!
Or, not only should I save the people, property, and things in the Green Field area as much as possible, but I should even weaken the undead military strength! At least, I must defeat the opponent to a scale of about ten thousand people, so as not to go further.
Increase your own guilt...
only……
But all this is easier said than done?!
Morrisgues thought about the fact that he only had less than a thousand soldiers under his command. Although there were some veterans (second level or higher) who were worthy of fighting among them, the problem was that the opponent's strength was really ten times greater.
The above number of our own!
In particular, the characteristics of the undead creatures determine that once one's own side suffers heavy casualties, or fails to completely destroy the bones left on the battlefield in time after defeating the opponent (such as burning), the undead may regain their strength in a short period of time (with slightly lower strength).
)!
Compared with this, it seems that the cemeteries in various places were destroyed on the spot before the evacuation, and the corpses came much more easily~
After all, as long as the "potential" undead army is burned completely, at least they will not actually pick up the sword and stand in the opposite enemy army in the future!
In comparison, it seems that even the turbulent public sentiment that may be encountered in the process no longer seems so difficult...
Seeing that Morrisgues's face was turning blue and white, and he seemed to be calculating the gains and losses in his heart, Liu Yifei coughed lightly and continued to say quietly: "And don't forget, my lord, that the undead army on the opposite side occupies those few seats."
The village has been there for several days, and I'm afraid they have completed the final repairs before the attack.
No matter whether you decide to fight or...leave, my lord, we don’t have much time to waste~
It’s hard to say, our ‘reconnaissance’ has already alerted them, maybe they will start a forced march tonight to further oppress us~”
"What??? This...how can this come in time?!
Even if we have to destroy cemeteries everywhere before leaving, it will take time! We can’t..."
"So~ it's useless to just retreat and defend at this time! We must take the initiative to attack, at least to block the enemy's leading troops and buy time for our rear evacuation and other work!
Sir, in my opinion, how about we continue to act separately?
One side is to lead the farmers to evacuate, clear out cemeteries, animal dens, etc., and try not to give the enemy any resources to strengthen their troops. The other side is to lead the team to stop the enemy and buy time.
Of course, the responsibilities of both parties are also extremely important. As a guest general who came for reinforcements, I must obey your dispatch, otherwise, how about you choose the mission that you think is more important first?"
Liu Yifei had already reached this point, and Morrisgues naturally understood that there was no turning back at this point... and in comparison, he really did not have the confidence to lead people to face ten times, or even dozens of times.
The army of undead monsters rushed out to fight again, and had no choice but to accept the task of "organizing the rear area", sighing and thinking that they might face endless squabbling and troublesome things later...
It's just such a troublesome thing that he doesn't have time to slowly reconcile it. This simply forces him to cut through the mess quickly...
But the good news is that Liu Yifei didn't know what he was thinking about. He obviously wanted to take the initiative and bear the greatest combat pressure in the whole game, but he refused the troops that Morrisgues assigned to him for support from the past few squadrons...
…
You must know that Morrisgues himself was extremely heartbroken and handed over the command of some soldiers, but unexpectedly the other party really didn't want it... he just wanted the command of a few teams of experienced veterans in the city.
Although these people were originally the elite of the Karava region, Morigues felt that an army with a few hundred people would be more powerful anyway! Especially when they would have to face an attack by a large army of hundreds or thousands of undead in the future... There were fewer people.
How can we fight this battle?
However, Liu Yifei didn't seem to be worried about this. Morrisgues felt that he had a lot of troubles here and was in urgent need of manpower. How could he bother to exchange opinions with Liu Yifei? He simply gave in to the other party's request.
meaning……
But what Morrisgues didn't know was that after he shook his head in confusion and left with a sigh, even the Lancers following Liu Yifei despised him even more - as a man in the Harmondale area.
Elites who have fought in hundreds of battles, several lancers naturally understand that in "mobile warfare", elites who are strong and obey orders are much stronger than useless but useless fish with many people!
Judging from some of the logistical requirements of this young commander, it was clear that the other side was going to engage in a mobile war. As a result, the "highest military officer in the region" on the opposite side still looked foolish and didn't know why. The border colonial situation in recent years
Mamoru is just fooling around in vain...
However, how can a few Lancers understand that compared to the Harmondale area, other parts of the Kingdom of Erathia are basically in a peaceful and warless state. Except for the endless battles they fight every day, there are no other places in the country.
Are there any real front-line elites?
If there are any... maybe they are only the royal guards who protect the palace, right?
If there are no soldiers to fight, how can a "general" be so powerful?
Liu Yifei was well aware of all this, but he didn't really care... It would be better to say that without other people standing around, Liu Yifei felt much more at ease~
After all, he has now arrived at Karava Castle, and his "latest plot mission" has changed from Edric's "secret surveillance" to "rescuing the border", and he has even obtained the independent right to lead troops locally. What's next?
, naturally we have to gather some "good guys" to do something together...
