Wei had already rushed over and said: "It's easy to say, how many gold coins can you spend to redeem your freedom now? Also, Duke Shalu is a member of the Smart Empire royal family, why does his son appear here?

On the battlefield?”

Stern was stunned for a moment, looked back, and refused to answer the question.

Lei snorted coldly and raised the spear in his hand. Immediately, the Silver Wolf heavy cavalry behind him slowly raised their spears and prepared to launch an assault.

Stern's expression changed, and just as he was about to say something, there was already a man behind him wearing a gold-made, very luxurious, but very thin, basically defenseless armor, with two dashing beards on his face.

A middle-aged man came over on horseback. He explained with the unique elegance, softness, and mellow voice of an aristocrat: "My lord is here to invite you." He looked at Wei and was surprised to find Wei's beauty, so he couldn't help but stare a few more times.

Eye.

There were loud snorts, and the group of bodyguard knights around Wei all let out sour shouts in their hearts, and they all held their hands on their own weapons.

The middle-aged man laughed quickly: "It turns out you are a distinguished lady. I'm really sorry, our two countries are at war at the moment, otherwise I would definitely invite you to travel to my father's territory, which has the most majestic snow-capped mountains in the entire continent, and the

The bright sky, the most beautiful forest, and the clearest lake, you will definitely like it there... What a pity, what a pity... I am Kleist, the son of Duke Shalu of the Smart Empire.

, the fifth-level golden knight of the empire, the commander of the newly formed army of the Borin Province."

Wei sneered: "Mr. Crest, are you actually a fifth-level gold knight?"

Lei also laughed in his heart: "This guy's internal energy is almost the same as mine. If he can be a fifth-level golden knight, then I can't be the highest-level golden knight in the Smart Empire? Eh, that's strange. , I seem to be already a fifth-level golden knight of the Smart Empire. That damn Karin, didn’t he give me a very high knighthood? Damn it... It turns out that it’s so easy to become a knight of the Smart Empire. ah."

Krest understood that Wei was ridiculing his low strength, and he quickly explained: "Well, our country is different from your country. In your country, the knighthood and military rank are completely separated, and the assessment is very strict. In our country, as long as you serve as a legionnaire If you hold a long position, you will definitely become a fifth-level gold knight, so this is not me bragging about my strength... We are preparing to return to the Smart Empire, to my father's territory, and we have absolutely no intention of continuing the war. , please honorable lady..." Kleist showed a charming smile, as if he was at the most advanced dance.

Wei shook her head: "No, dear Mr. Crest, you are an earl yourself and your father is the Duke of Charou. Your identity is very valuable to us. Although I don't know why you only brought less than two hundred people with you. The guard returns to his own territory, but no matter what, please come with me... Mr. Stern, there is no use resisting."

Kleist rubbed his palms anxiously, gritted his teeth, and said: "Even if you don't let me go back, at least let Stern come back and deliver a message to me, okay? Dear lady, even if you want mine The family gave me a large amount of money to redeem me, but according to the rules of the knights, I need a person to deliver the message, right?"

Wei smiled faintly: "Oh? Strange, what happened? Are you in such a hurry to return home? However, I am not anxious at all. We have defeated seven or ten of your legions, and your main force We have already retreated to Karatu City. Our army and newly recruited teams have formed an encirclement situation around Karatu. I am not in a hurry at all... Why do I need to send messengers? When the war is over, I will definitely I will send someone to notify Duke Shalu... arrest them all."

Stern roared and was about to resist, but a thick spear had already hit his head hard. Stern was so angry that he had enough fighting spirit and raised the gun towards the sky, but the spear was ghosted. As if disappearing, Stern was stunned for a moment, and when the spear appeared again, it had already hit his waist with a windy sound, knocking him off his horse, and then, in a flash The tip of the spear with a cold light touched his throat, as if to remind him not to move carelessly.

The two golden knights beside Lei sighed, while Lei smiled sheepishly and explained in a low voice: "His martial arts are too weak. His fighting spirit is very strong, but his martial arts are too weak. I didn't mean to be strong." The one who takes away your credit...I swear, he must be a nobleman of the Smart Empire. Only the nobles of the Smart Empire can have such a golden knight who is not reused."

A squadron leader next to Lei cursed in a low voice: "Damn it, what a bullshit third-level gold knight. His strength is at most equivalent to the second-level bronze. How can such a person be the captain of the personal guard? But he has a good fighting spirit. So-so.”

Kleist smiled bitterly, and watched helplessly as Wei's man knocked his escort to the ground with three punches and two kicks, and tied him up with a belt. He spread his hands and sighed: "Then, if I use

If we need to exchange some information, can you let me go back? This matter is very urgent, and it is very important to me and to you." As for Stern on the ground, he was already disturbed by Lei and their unintentional sarcasm.

His face turned purple as he spoke, and he fainted on the ground.

Wei turned her sword lightly, glanced at Kleist with a pair of pearl-like eyes, and said in an indifferent tone: "Then, tell me, maybe I will

Interested."

Kleist was silent for a while, then sighed in a low voice: "Well, okay, don't you think that we are too stupid to only deploy a line of defense in the Sili Province? Moreover, the exact number is nine.

The legion, a legion of 360,000 people in total, was defeated by you in one day, don’t you doubt it?”

Wei simply said: "Your commander was too stupid to only set up one line of defense. Nine legions were easily defeated. Do you still want to ask why? Aren't they all ordinary people who just abandoned their farm tools? What do they have?

Where’s the combat effectiveness?”

Kleist gritted his teeth and cursed in a low voice: "Really? But maybe you said something wrong. At least that bastard Carlin has a very shrewd mind. He is plotting against everyone. He is plotting against you."

The Vante Empire is also plotting against my father, Duke Salu."

An idea flashed in Wei's head, and she suddenly remembered what Lei said about Carlin's forbidden spell killing his army of hundreds of thousands. She exclaimed: "Karin himself destroyed many armies of the Smart Empire, and also...

Intentionally causing many unnecessary casualties, those troops are..."

Kleist smiled bitterly: "Those legions are the private legions of the eight most loyal lords of our empire to the royal family. They are our most elite private legions. Carlin did not send any information back to our legion at all.

Then he killed them. Then he told us that the army had a smooth journey in the Vante Empire, and asked us to recruit new legions to seize the territory and defend the cities and villages they captured."

He shook his head and said: "To be honest with you, the battle report from the front line is that our empire's army has beaten you to the point where you can't resist, so I personally led the army here, preparing to gain some military glory. But I and a few others

A general sent by the Duke had just led our new regiment to the main defense line, and the defense line suddenly collapsed. Carlin led his people to retreat towards Karatu, and our army was easily defeated by you... Originally, these nine

The legion is used to deal with your people and to obtain a little more food and grass. It is not recruited for fighting at all. What kind of combat power is there?"

The generals of the Vante Empire began to wonder, why did Carlin do this? Wei sneered: "In other words, combined together, Carlin took the territory of your eight dukes..."

Kleist said frankly: "In the territories of our eight dukes, the elite legions have been completely annihilated. You have killed the newly recruited legions and captured most of them. There are only a few people who have escaped. There are very few people in our territory now.

It’s hard to recruit a decent army.”

Lei muttered: "Does that guy Carlin want to be emperor? Where can he be so desperate to kill his own people?"

Wei's eyes suddenly widened, while Kleist looked at Lei helplessly, nodded gently and said: "Yes, he wants to be emperor. The legion directly under the imperial capital has completely obeyed his orders. He

What needs to be solved is the military strength of the eight lords of our empire who are loyal to the royal family. This is the information that I found out with great difficulty. It is for this piece of information that I delayed for a few days, otherwise I would have returned to the Smart Empire.

."

Wei was silent for a while, then suddenly laughed: "Your empire is about to be in civil strife, what are you going to do when you go back? Do you want to tell your father and ask your emperor to prepare for change? Well... I'm afraid it will be difficult, right? Your emperor,

Will you believe what you say?"

Kleist fell silent: "My father is your Majesty's distant uncle, so he should..."

Wei shook her head: "This kind of thing is of no use. In the royal family, blood relationship cannot determine anything. What do you want to do if you return to the country?"

Kleist gritted his teeth and whispered: "I want my father to contact the other seven dukes and make serious preparations. Although the young adults in our territory have suffered a great loss, it is still enough to recruit an army.

We must be ready before Lin defeats your army."

Wei laughed angrily: "Karin? Can he defeat our army?"

Kleist licked his lips and said: "If I tell you a piece of news, you will let me leave here. This is an equal exchange, okay?"

Wei nodded: "Very good, if you have that value...I'll let you go. After all, if you have a conflict with Carlin in the Smart Empire, it will be good for us."

Kleist nodded gloomily and said: "Very good, but I also hope that you can delay some more time so that we can buy more time to deal with Carlin... What I can tell you is that Smart

The empire and the four empires of Wright, Dak, Wright, and Leif will send troops to attack you at the same time."

Wei frowned, thought about it for a while, and asked, "So what?"

Kleist took a long breath, pointed to the west and said: "The province to the west of you originally had only one Smart Imperial Regiment stationed there, so I estimate that your commander-in-chief has constructed one in the west of Xili Province.

Facing the western defense line, at most 60,000 people were left to garrison, right? He wanted to deal with Carlin's main force in Karatu first, and then return to the west to regain that province, right?"

Wei nodded: "It should be such a plan, isn't it?"

Wei's face suddenly turned pale and she could no longer speak. Kleist nodded and said softly: "Yes, the legions that have never appeared in the Reit Empire and the Leif Empire have entered that province.

I am always ready to break through your defenses and stab you in the back... How long can you survive when the armies of five empires attack at the same time? Moreover, there is only one Turk Canyon, Kara, from the southern province of the Vant Empire to the northern territory.

Tucheng is very far away from that valley."

Wei's face turned gloomy: "What if the armies of the Ruite Empire and the Leif Empire break through the defense line and occupy the Turk Canyon."

A golden knight exclaimed: "Then, Lord Kai's legion will not only be attacked from the front and rear, but also the road to retreat will be cut off."

Wei swung out her long sword, and the sharp sword energy shaved Kleist's beard clean. Wei shouted sharply: "Is it true?"

Kleist spread his hands calmly: "You can figure it out. Don't you think it's strange? The Wright Empire and the Dark Empire have both been dispatched, so why are the two countries so calm? I hope you can deal with it soon.

Tell your commander-in-chief this news. If you move quickly enough, you may be able to buy me a little time. If you stick to Turk Canyon, it will be difficult to break through your defense line according to the strength of the coalition forces. After all, you and Lai are in the east.

The junction of the Te Empire is a forest, to the north is the desert of the Bist Empire, and to the southwest is the Dark Empire. There is a big river there, and it is difficult to cross. The only way for the coalition forces to smoothly attack the hinterland of your empire is to attack from the Turk Canyon.

"

Wei ordered: "Let them go, let them go. Everyone rushed back to the meeting point as a team and sent out messengers to ask all the Silver Wolf soldiers to gather quickly, quickly, quickly, quickly. Send ten people to convey the news to Lord Kai,

They must be careful about surprise attacks from behind."

The cavalry left quickly, leaving Kleist standing there in shock: "Hey, noble lady, don't you untie my subordinate? Do you want me, a noble earl, to cut the belt with my own hands?"

What?...Oh my god, dear Stern, can you still move? That's great. You know, I haven't liked weapons since I was a child. It's better for you to take this sword and let go of our people.

Wow... These Van special soldiers are really dishonest... However, we have to hurry on our way. I hope Carlin doesn't find his missing mage staff officer, otherwise we may not be able to return to the empire smoothly...

.hurry up."

Wei was anxious and led the two thousand heavy cavalry towards the north quickly. She ordered: "It's too late. It will take us two days to get there if we go all out. If they launch an attack now, we won't have time to join the brigade.

..Our only choice now is to rush to Turk Canyon and reinforce the defenders there."

Everyone accepted the order in unison, and began to slap the horses under the seats as hard as they could.

In Karatu City, Carlin looked at the densely packed Vante army in the distance without caring at all. He hummed a tune easily and muttered in his heart: "Where did that guy Metegan go? The day before yesterday, I told him to find two of them.

Folk girl, you are really a bastard for not coming back now. Apart from being lecherous, this guy is also a good assistant. However, there shouldn't be any danger, right? He is a sixth-level dragon drill master..."

The 50,000 imperial guardsmen who Kai stayed in the belly of Xili Province to build a defense line suddenly saw something that made them tremble. A dense and boundless army of at least more than 300,000 people.

Wearing armor in three colors: black, purple, and green, they rushed towards them...
Chapter completed!