Chapter 20 Welcome to Campas
The Petro Grand Canyon, the lively commercial trade channel in the past, became deserted because of the war between the two countries. In fact, long before the two countries officially declared war, the armies of the two countries each occupied both ends of the Grand Canyon. If it weren't for not wanting to break the balance, I was afraid that this place would have become a battlefield.
However, late at night on this day, a Mufat army, which was about 10,000 people, sneaked into the Grand Canyon in the night and headed into Campas at the risk of triggering a war. The commander of the army was General Aron's deployment, Marquis Robert, who had always followed Aron, did not go to the dark desert with the army this time. It is said that this was because of his fall from favor, but now it seems that he was preparing to arrange this dangerous move.
At this moment, because the horses were all wrapped in cotton cloth, the army seemed very quiet during the march, with only the occasional sound of weapons colliding, breaking the silence of the night. But in the quiet march, suddenly a horse was slowly rushing from a distance. The knight on the horse's back quickly jumped off the horse and rushed into the army as he approached the front team.
A moment later, he bowed to a strong and powerful middle-aged general and said, "Mr. Robert, I have investigated the situation ahead. As Lord Shuda promised, most of the defenders have evacuated. I saw about hundreds of corpses on the scene. I must have refused to surrender and killed by Lord Shuda."
"Well, are you sure?" Robert held the hilt of his waist and pondered slightly, but finally said in a deep voice: "Then, order the army to go with caution and send the flying eagle to check the situation above the canyon. As for you, take a few knights to continue exploring in front, and be sure to bring the Lord Shuda to our army."
The knight bowed and took the order and took a few subordinates to the horse and left in a hurry. Robert's face did not have any expression of joy, but his heart was slightly excited. If the Lord Shuda was really so reliable, then as long as the army could enter Campas smoothly, even without the cooperation of the Siadian army, he could still go straight in. Without doubt, the first target was naturally the Paradise City with empty troops, and perhaps he could still capture the Lord He Taiping.
As he thought, the army accelerated its speed slightly. About half an hour later, the sound of the horse team suddenly came from the corner in front, which made Robert slightly stunned and immediately ordered the soldiers to prepare for the battle. However, when he saw the people appearing in his sight, he breathed a sigh of relief and ordered the soldiers to lower their weapons temporarily. Almost at the same time, the dozens of knights had already jumped off the horse. Except for the Mufat knights who led the team, the rest were wearing Campas's standard armor, but deliberately wiped the Campas' army logo on his chest.
There is no doubt that this is the Siad envoy who came to pick up Mufat's army. Robert jumped off his war horse and walked forward surrounded by dozens of subordinates. A middle-aged man in the other team also strode out and bowed a few meters away and said, "General Robert, I am very happy to see you here. I am the Lord of Siad, and I hope our cooperation will be pleasant."
With the faint moonlight, Robert carefully observed the other person's face. There was no doubt that it was Shuda shown in Aron's portrait. However, for safety reasons, he still signaled a accompanying illusion master to come forward, and at the same time said slightly: "Lord Xiuda, please forgive my presumptuous actions. In this dangerous situation, I must cast a detection technique on you to prove your true identity."
"Of course, you can believe me, just as I believe you." Xiuda was not angry because of the other party's suspicion, and still stood quietly, waiting for the detection of the illusion master. After a while, the illusion master slighted his head and retreated to the army. Robert finally breathed a sigh of relief and saluted: "Thank you for your generousness, then we can finally join hands to get what each other wants."
"Yes, I also hope that Mufat can keep his promise and assign several southern territories to me to manage." Shuda and Robert shook hands gently, then pointed forward and said, "Then, we will accelerate our journey. I have cleared the troops in front of me, so that you can enter Campas unimpeded."
With his words, the army that paused for a moment began to advance again, and rushed towards another exit of the Grand Canyon in the dark. After about half an hour of march, Robert was even able to see the exit in front of him from afar. According to the Ranger's inquiry, the barracks that blocked the exit were already empty, with only blood stains and broken weapons and armor everywhere, indicating that an infighting had just happened here.
"Very good, then let's speed up and strive for..." Robert straightened his body and was about to wave his hand to issue an order. But at this moment, accompanied by a deafening roar, the rocks above the canyon suddenly rolled down, blocking the exit in a moment. Almost at the same time, huge rocks were also venting down the canyon behind the army, sealing the retreat path tightly, causing chaos.
"Ambushes!" Robert suddenly cried out with a pale face for less than two seconds. Several knights who were monitoring Shuda pulled out their swords in panic and put them on Shuda's neck. But facing the threat of death, the Lord Siad had no fear at all, but instead smiled: "Very good, General Robert, you are indeed as stupid as I thought!"
"Silly?" Robert snorted coldly, and soon calmed down from the panic. He looked at Shuda who was already under control and pondered slightly: "Lord Shuda, I admire the sacrifice you made for Campas. However, you are already under my control. Is your army willing to watch you die? Of course, it is a great virtue to treat death as if it were, but..."
"Look at death as if you're home?" She looked down at Robert's persuasion like a dying struggle. Shuda looked down at the swords that were erected on his neck, and suddenly laughed, "I'm sorry, I don't have the intention to be buried with you. And, do you think you can kill me?"
While laughing so loudly, he suddenly chanted a spell quickly, as if he was going to summon something. Robert's face changed drastically, and he suddenly ordered to take action. The knights waved their swords and stabbed them into Xiuda's body without thinking too much. However, surprisingly, although the swords were smoothly penetrated into his body, they did not splash any blood, and it seemed to pierce into a lifeless object.
"What, how is that possible!" Amid the screams of several knights, hundreds of skeleton soldiers had already crawled out of the ground quickly and slashed at the surrounding soldiers in the chaos at the scene. Looking at the scene of the knights falling down in shock, Shuda slightly headed towards Robert, and then suddenly jumped high. The next moment, the roaring bone dragon suddenly flew out of the black hole, carrying Shuda to the sky, and in a moment it escaped from the soldiers' attacks.
"Shoot, shoot!" Robert shouted loudly, issuing meaningless orders. But at this moment, countless magic beams suddenly shone on all sides, illuminating hundreds of meters in a radius like day. Thousands of soldiers poured out from above the canyons on all sides, aiming dense crossbows at the Mufat army below. Amid the noise, a lazy voice suddenly came: "General Robert, is this the first time we met?"
With this sentence, a white figure appeared above the canyon. He leaned lazily on a seat, leaning on his chin and watching below. He pointed to the few black giant eagles hovering at the sky. The man said lightly as if nothing had happened: "I'm sorry, my pet ate all your flying eagles as a midnight snack. I feel extremely sorry for not receiving the news of the ambush."
At this time, Robert could not hear such a cold joke. He looked at the young man above and shouted loudly: "Who are you, actually using this despicable strategy!"
"Is it despicable? Just win!" The young man smiled slightly, stood up and stretched his waist, and said lightly: "As for my identity... Well, some people like to call me "Honest and reliable little husband", and some people like to call me "Dear", but in general, my name is He Taiping."
At this moment, the whole audience was in an uproar. The Mufat soldiers who had heard of He Taiping's name couldn't help but show a slight fear. They had heard that the city lord He Taiping, with his own strength, caused the Principality and the Holy See to several consecutive losses. Then, if he was the one who commanded the ambush tonight, then the ending of more than 10,000 people here could be imagined.
"It's him!" Robert's heart sank. Although he tried hard to control his calmness on his face, he felt despair. In this case, facing the attack of arrows above, fireballs and rolling stones might have to be added. If the army can break through smoothly, it would be a miracle that is really unbelievable.
Chapter completed!