Chapter 3 The Restart of the War
At noon, the bright sunlight shone through the gaps in the clouds and slanted towards the entire mine, making the air look particularly fresh.
In the mine area No. 6 on the east side of the Jessep Mine, two young soldiers were talking to each other about women near the mine on the towering watchtower. From time to time, a burst of hearty laughter could be heard from above.
In this sparsely populated barren area, soldiers faced with some ragged slaves and messy ore every day. Being able to spend an occasional night in a nearby shop is enough for them to talk about for a few days.
If a war breaks out in the entire Jessep mine, the army stationed in the city of Corsell will often come out to solve the problem. They are just responsible for the security work inside the mine. The bandits usually come to attack when it is about to be over the winter, so this season may be their most leisurely time.
"Krum, we'll go find that girl tonight! It's your turn to treat her this time." One of the soldiers patted the other on the shoulder.
"Haha, you've only been there for a few days~~"
Krum's laughter came to an abrupt end, and a sharp arrow shot from afar passed through his throat and nailed it to the guardrail of the watchtower behind him.
Negl beside him could clearly see the blood gushing out of his mouth.
Immediately afterwards, a rapid alarm sounded over the quiet mining area, accompanied by Nagel's hoarse call.
When the enemy attacked, the soldiers in the mining area were immediately in anger, hurriedly put on their armor, picked up their weapons, and ran towards the city wall.
Rows of well-equipped cavalry on the wasteland outside the mining area were approaching the mining area at a rapid speed. The soldiers on the city wall could also see the dazzling light reflected by the sunlight on the armor.
Behind the cavalry were the front lance infantrymen, with a minimum of tens of thousands of people.
"Report to the headquarters and say that the Byron army is coming again." As the captain of the No. 6 mine soldier, Nash was a soldier who retired from the front line army and even participated in the war with Byron last year, so he recognized the soldiers of the Byron army in the distance at a glance.
Since the Jessep Mine borders Byron, the two countries often fought for elemental crystals. In the past, with Botler's leadership, the war could not be fought here. Therefore, the soldiers here had never been prepared for the army. They were not even prepared for some simple weapons to defend the city.
The soldiers here are used to suppress riots by slaves or attacks by robbers. Therefore, the military headquarters only equip them with some armor and weapons retired from the front line. Only the mine headquarters will have some magicians, but they are all used to monitor the mine tunnels. Generally, they rarely participate in battles.
In front of regular troops armed to the teeth, these mine soldiers had no advantage at all, both in terms of quantity and quality.
However, the cruel war never paid attention to fairness. The Byron army, which had the advantage in all aspects, was still in an unmanned state and quickly occupied the mining area. After leaving behind some ordinary engineers, they immediately rushed towards the next target.
Within one day, Byron's army captured four mines, and most of the time was wasted on the road.
They also knew that they could not own this place forever. Once the Keston military sent troops, they would have to retreat. Therefore, the army in front was just to capture every mining area, and there would be special engineers responsible for mining. For these Byron soldiers, they did not need to inspect every mine as usual, so the mining speed was amazing.
As the commander-in-chief of this time, General Cliff, the commander of Byron's Third Legion, had already known the situation in Keston before the operation.
If Botler was in charge of the defense of the entire mining area before, he had never thought of making a contribution to the Jessep mine. As the generals of two hostile countries, he had fought countless battles between each other, so he could be said to have a very familiarity with both sides.
Since the end of the war last year, when he heard that Botler had voluntarily resigned from his position as commander of the legion, Cliff was a little unbelievable at first, but after Byron's intelligence personnel made the news, Cliff immediately thought of this plan. He firmly believed that if Botler was not in Keston, no one would be his opponent.
Sure enough, the situation was indeed the case. In just one day, Cliff reached the No. 12 mine.
In his plan, he would immediately retreat after another one day of attack tomorrow. Because once Keston received the news and sent troops from Corsell City, it would take at least two days. If he did not retreat in time, the elemental crystal would not be able to be transported out smoothly, and all his previous efforts might even be wasted. He had already found out that the mining area in front had been granted to an emerging noble by King Keston, and he heard that this noble was a monster master with level 9 strength.
What is a Warcraft Master? He is a guy who lives on Warcraft. Even if he has level 9, this is a war after all. As long as he is not a master above the holy level, his personal strength will not play any role.
Instead of going to fight one by one, it would be better to rush into the territory of the noble and capture the noble by the way.
You know, on the mainland, the ransom of a nobleman is so expensive, and ordinary soldiers and prisoners may not pay attention to it, but nobles often have families to pay the ransom. What's more, this is a nobleman with level 9 strength.
The most important thing is that when King Keston signed this mining area as the territory of the Warcraft Master, he also withdrew all the soldiers and slaves inside. In other words, there are only Warcraft Masters in the mining area in front of him now, and at most a few Warcraft beasts are added. His own cavalry alone is enough to deal with.
Thinking of this, Cliff showed a hint of excitement on his face, wishing he could send troops here now.
And our Lord is still concentrating on studying his life energy.
Without the threat of the killer, Zhu Tianxing seemed extremely relaxed.
Chapter completed!