Chapter five hundred and thirty seventh: provocation
The main vanguard of the coalition forces was still more than 80 miles away, waiting for the vanguard to open a camp. They set up a defense circle, and the attack of the flying warships could no longer hurt the enemy's main force. Killing a few soldiers was not worth the money of magic projectiles.
However, the harassment continued, and the four legendary mages were resting, ignoring this harassment.
They are less than fifty levels and have to face a powerful flame demon, so they have to be careful. Because any person comes out alone, the flame demon may quickly kill them.
If it exceeds level 70, the gap is a bit big.
Seeing that the enemy army was not suppressing, Xia He ordered the army in the castle to come out again, clean up the battlefield, reorganize the main force, and prepare for field battles. On the other hand, he was to let someone clean the battlefield.
The other party is eighty miles away and may not be able to make it through a day.
The bodies were quickly collected, identified, erected, burned, and buried.
All the spoils were sent back to the castle directly, and the equipment of more than 10,000 people was a huge wealth. The reason why Xia He could not save money was that he had to arm too many troops.
Under normal circumstances, his development model will not last long.
But if the empire wants to fight, then he must do so.
Xia He sighed, but such development is not so important for the Taoist priests in war. The Taoist Palace has various situations to deal with, so there is no need to worry about losing its direction.
The spring rain was drizzling, and the road was bombed with deep pits. In the wilderness on both sides, tens of thousands of stone tablets were erected, and thousands of soldiers were busy. The scene looked covered with a layer of gray, extremely depressing.
I was busy cleaning the battlefield all night. This morning, the breath the soldiers exhaled turned white and the temperature dropped a lot.
Xia He went back to sleep and returned to the battlefield early in the morning. The troops retreated one after another, and there was nothing to recycle on the ground. At least it was not worth cleaning by these elite teams.
Maybe there will be a farmer who will check here in the future, find out something, and sell a few copper coins. If you are lucky, you can get one or two silver coins.
Such a large battlefield lasts for several miles, and with the pursuit of fleeing soldiers, the farthest escaped for more than twenty miles. It is impossible to clean up all of them.
However, Xia He asked soldiers to clean the battlefield, which was a ceremony and had strict requirements.
For example, he would erect monuments, bury them, leave famous brands, badges, ribbons, etc., even if it is small, he would have to do it. Subtle, over time, this is his own military style.
Never turn soldiers into beasts, even if they can temporarily improve their combat effectiveness.
The tiger and wolf soldiers sound nice, but who can achieve great things with such an army? The cruel people collapsed faster. In the history of the Taoist Palace, those powerful troops, without exception, were composed of people with concern, principles and hope.
For similar people, there must be a bottom line.
At the same time, such respect also stems from the pride of the powerful army itself.
Xia He set the second battlefield at a distance of fifteen miles from Huaihua Castle. At this distance, fortress cannons can be attacked. Moreover, the terrain is not that spacious, and the enemy's 100,000 troops cannot take a detour.
The distance between the enemy is less than forty miles. If you work hard, you can reach it at noon.
Xiahe asked the soldiers to rest, set up defense lines at the forefront, and cut off the road.
A large number of magic traps, spider webs, and barbed wire were arranged in front, but the enemy would use the crossbows on the chariot to clear the road, and it was impossible to fill it with human lives. However, these arrangements were specifically targeted, and more than 20% of them would be retained in the end.
Xia He's army seized time to rest. After breakfast, the soldiers began to check their respective equipment and report problems.
By the time it was approaching noon, the enemy was already ten miles away. The distance was too close. The soldiers of Xiahe ate a little hot porridge, a small amount of pasta, and a pill. This pill can ensure that the soldiers will not be hungry during the battle all day, regardless of the intensity of the battle.
Then the soldiers began to wear equipment, and the earliest ones were chariot soldiers, heavy armored infantry, musket and light cavalry.
The knights were composed and calmly, and the last one was on the pale unicorn.
Xiahe arranged five thousand people on the front, and then arranged one thousand people on the two wings in front of the battlefield several miles apart. This thousand was purely mobile troops and was not equipped with combat vehicles at all.
Xia He had only eight thousand elite soldiers here, and he suddenly released seven thousand and fought away from the city, which seemed unwise. But he still had tens of thousands of steel spiders.
There were more than 100,000 coalition troops, and when they passed by the first battlefield, the atmosphere became extremely strange.
Some people retreated in their hearts, and there were dense tombstones on both sides of the road.
The more than 10,000 strikers were collected by the eighteen nobles, and everyone had a share. However, some counts originally had only three or five thousand people, and they lost one tenth of them at once, which was of course heartache. Moreover, the strikers had ten epic mages, which was not a weak force.
The leader of the noble coalition was a middle-aged duke. On his magic robe, there was an eagle-shaped badge.
The Bokan family is a very important role in the Northland. The Duke himself has captured the fugitives in the Magic Academy, but the number is very small. This time he took the initiative to deal with the Blood Mage because Xia He seized control of the Tenth Magic Academy, and even the people sent by the emperor were excluded.
The nobles in the north cannot bear it.
But he didn't expect that he would provoke it. Without waiting for other families to respond, the Blood Mage launched the Blood Revenge and forced him into a dead end. If it were someone else, he would just think that he was crazy and would ignore this provocation. However, the Blood Mage had a precedent, and swallowed up the territory of the Earl of Notting Hill.
The heir of the Earl of Notting Hill was captured and went to Storm Point. He entered Sun City by himself and probably wouldn't be able to get out again.
Then the Blood Mage was still mining in Viscount Murphy's territory, which was accustomed to the minerals of the nobles of the North. When he had almost finished mining here and the output reached its peak, he would definitely attack the next target. If he didn't unite, would he still be able to defeat each of them?
Dranov Bokan is an ambitious guy who killed the blood mage and caused a backlash?
Those people in the Magic Academy will really attack an emperor's favorite minister?
If every dean is like the Blood Mage, what else should the nobles do?
The best way is to make the Blood Mage surrender, capture him alive, and let the legendary Mage transform him with magic. He doesn't believe it, and there are still people who don't agree.
Ten thousand forwards were lost in one day, which made Duke Dranov calm down a lot.
But his heart calmed down for a while, and suddenly his blood boiled. If he didn't kill the Blood Mage, he would never have a future. These more than 10,000 tombstones would become a joke in the eyes of all nobles.
Thinking of this, Duke Dranov said in a deep voice: "Tell me the order to march into Huaihua Castle. The chariot troops are in front. All epic mages pay attention to protecting the chariots. Please ask the four of you to take action. If the blood mage appears, I won't live."
"Yes." The messenger went down to arrange the situation. Dranov took his eyes away from the car window, trying to prevent himself from looking at the more than 10,000 tombstones.
He knew in his heart that he was only one day late, and the other party could calmly set up the tombstone, proving that the previous battle was not too hard at all. The other party should have come out in full swing and ate his forward directly. He was really bold and thought that with the flying warship, he could be without any scruples!
"Step ahead!"
"Master Group, pay attention to the sky!"
"They are here!"
Two miles ahead, you can already see the front of the Marquis of Asra's position. In the sky, hundreds of flying warships came over and launched an attack from afar.
However, what scared the coalition forces was a magician flying in the air.
The false realm unfolds, a bright red tetrahedron, floating magic talisman, kept rolling in the air. Half of the blood-colored robe was blown by the wind and rain, flying behind her.
The Blood Mage actually went on the battle himself!
At the Battle of Woods Fortress, I heard that he personally attacked the Undead Legion. Seeing this scene, the people in the Mage were a little shaken.
What if the legendary mages dare not take action? This kind of cross-border killing has attracted public outrage...
On the ground, hundreds of magical projectiles poured down, and a large number of chariots were destroyed before they could attack. The interception of the mage group was originally based on the standards of more than a dozen flying warships. However, Xia He arranged all the flying warships that could be mobilized here, and he could not intercept them at all!
In the sky, Xia He's voice pressed down into the distance and spread for more than ten miles, even those behind the army could hear it.
"I heard that you have found four brave bandits to kill me, and I'll wait here. If you don't dare to do it, don't blame me..."
Among the army, the four legendary wizards looked ugly when they heard Xia He's words.
The other party actually flew directly into the sky to provoke. It seemed that it was better than he did!
The dignity of the legendary wizard cannot tolerate such things. They had no choice at all, and they all flew from the chariot and rushed into the sky.
The boundary power of the four people is expanded, but they all cover several meters. The boundary areas between legends will conflict with each other, and even those of the same sect cannot solve this problem. It is not easy for the boundary areas that cover each other to be suppressed within a stable range, and the loopholes are even greater when fighting.
Xia He glanced at him from a distance and smiled. The power of the four legendary mages and their attributes were relatively single, but they were very complete.
There are many earth, water, wind and fire.
The information is right, these four people are the weakest magicians with the power of the wind-attribute realm, but they are the fastest and are the most difficult to capture during battles.
Although it is not a powerful legend, it is not as weak as expected. Especially when all four of them flew up, Xia He knew that it would be impossible to suppress them with Andusias.
Chapter completed!