Lord Harland

Although the Yunhai Slave Catching Regiment is an elite all-professional force, its number is only three to four thousand after all, and they dare not divide their troops to fight after going deep into enemy territory.

After being defeated by the Harland Territory's magic crystal cannon, the possibility of disrupting and severely damaging the Harland Territory was lost. After carefully weighing the pros and cons, the leader of the slave-catching regiment, Duke Maca, made the decision to withdraw his troops.

Although the Sith Kingdom had a grudge with the Harland Territory and wanted to destroy the Harland Territory, and then capture the elves in the Harland Territory and sell them to make money, the main force was too far away from the Grant Kingdom and could not mobilize a large army. They can only rely on the Yunhai Slave Catching Group.

The Yunhai Slave Catching Group lacks strength, and the risk of attacking through the Heihe waterway is very high. In August, the snow crystal fish will enter the Heihe River to spawn, and the lower reaches of the Heihe River will be impassable by then. When the snow crystal fish spawning is over, the Black River will soon be frozen. Although this river has abundant water, it is only navigable for more than five months of the year.

Once the war drags on and the escape route is cut off, the Yunhai Slave Catching Regiment will inevitably suffer heavy losses and be in danger of being annihilated.

There are deep-sea monsters and fish-men races in the ocean of the Dawn Plane. Without magic ships, it is impossible to sail on the sea.

Ordinary ships are very slow. When encountering danger, they not only cannot avoid the enemy, but also have no way to defend themselves against attacks by underwater sea beasts.

With just a dozen magic ships, the Sith Kingdom simply cannot send a large army to fight at sea.

The land march will not only establish a supply route of 1,800 kilometers, but also enter the heart of the United Kingdom on the east coast.

Although there is no allusion to the False Dao's destruction of Guo in the Dawn Plane, similar things have happened during thousands of years of continuous attacks by various countries. Most of the nobles are relatively smart people and have a tradition of recording history. Of course, it is impossible for foreign troops to penetrate into enemy territory and establish supply depots.

After all, as neighboring countries, conflicts and wars also broke out between the East Coast and the Sith Kingdom, and the two countries also had their grudges.

Although the Sith Kingdom is not weak in strength, the force it can project in Harland's direction is not strong. At most, there are only a dozen magic ships and several thousand professional soldiers.

The number of Haaland's troops left behind was as high as 90,000. Although most of the elite professional soldiers have gone to the south, Harland still has more than 100,000 alchemical bombs and 60 magic crystal cannons for defense. It is impossible to win with the help of thousands of professional troops.

After realizing that the situation was not good, Duke Macca immediately decided to withdraw his troops.

Duke Maca wanted to withdraw, but the Dukes of Harland and Jonathan were unwilling to let him do so.

Although Duke Macca led the Yunhai Slave Catching Group, they unexpectedly went upstream and attacked East Castle, causing heavy losses to the army led by Duke Jonathan. The small naval force was wiped out, and the defenders of East Castle suffered more than a thousand casualties. Man, achieved a victory.

However, the Yunhai Slave Catching Group has too few troops after all. Once Duke Jonathan leads the army to fight, they will have to withdraw from East Castle.

When Duke Maca returns with the magic ship, Duke Jonathan will naturally not let them withdraw easily.

When the Sith Kingdom's magic fleet passed by East Castle, it was blocked by Duke Jonathan's army and blocked the river.

Duke Jonathan's army not only established a water fort on the bank of the Black River and assembled a large number of heavy trebuchets, but also built pontoons and iron cables on the river. They relied on the water fort to withstand the navy under Duke Macca's command. .

The retreat was cut off by Duke Jonathan, and Duke Maca could only order the Yunhai Slave Catching Group to desperately open a gap and break through the defense line.

Although the Yunhai Slave Catching Group only has less than 4,000 people, they are after all elites carefully selected from the Sith Kingdom. Their fighting power is very strong. Once desperate, Duke Jonathan's main army was defeated in a row.

Just when the Dukedom of Jonathan was about to be unable to support itself, Harland's naval force appeared nearby.

The magic crystal cannon once again unleashed its power, continuously and violently bombarding the enemy. Harland led the magic hot air balloon troops and appeared nearby with a small number of magic airships to contain the enemy's gryphon cavalry.

A fierce bloody battle broke out between the two sides. In the end, Harland led the magic ship to show off his power, relying on magic crystal cannons to sink three magic ships, once again severely damaging the enemy.

In this battle, Duke Jonathan's army lost 3,500 men, and Harland's army also lost more than 600 men.

Although the two Dukes of Grant Kingdom suffered heavy losses, they also succeeded in annihilating more than a thousand people of Duke Macca.

After entering the Heihe River and the sea in early May, the Yunhai Slave Catching Group fought against the two duchies of Jonathan and Haaland many times. Although it caused more than 5,000 casualties to the Duchy of Jonathan, it also allowed Haaland to lead the Duchy. More than 3,000 soldiers were lost. However, it also lost more than 1,500 soldiers, and four magic ships sank in the Black River.

After the Battle of East Water, Duke Macca led the embarrassed soldiers of the Yunhai Slave Catching Regiment and fled the waters of the Black River in despair, returning to the Sith Kingdom to rest.

The Sith Kingdom's army basically had no effect. It did not severely damage the two Dukes of Grant Kingdom.

In the water battle at East Castle, Harland's flying troops suffered heavy casualties. In order to contain the Griffin Cavalry under Duke Maca, Harland's leadership crashed more than 80 groups of magic hot air balloons and a magic airship.

Although equipped with parachutes, more than 300 people from the flying branch died. But their sacrifice was not in vain. They lost a large group of magic hot air balloons, successfully killed thirty-one griffons, captured seven griffons, and withstood the attack of the enemy griffin knights.

This time the war in the human kingdom even alarmed the orcs in the northern prairie.

Because the Lion Kingdom's Griffin Knights were transferred to the south and could not suppress the harpies in the Silver Wolf Mountains, the orcs quickly discovered the anomaly. Melon La, the commander of the Grassland Governor's Region, immediately ordered to strengthen the investigation, and soon noticed the abnormal movement.

Immediately afterwards, the orcs in the eastern part of the Silver Wolf Mountains also discovered that the Grand Duchy of Stanik was caught in a war.

The Eastern Front received the latest intelligence and discovered that the Griffin Knights and Wyverns of the Harland Leader had been transferred south. However, through investigation, they found that the Harland Leader still stationed three elite troops in the northern part of the Eagle Mountains.

Last year in the Battle of Prilan, the Orc Eastern Front suffered heavy losses. Its commander, the legendary Jackal Truyer, was killed, and Richard led troops to annihilate more than 70,000 soldiers. Continuous defeats have made the Orcs of the Eastern Front afraid to confront Harland.

After discovering that the human nations were involved in a war, Melonra suppressed the orcs' imminent move, preparing to let the human nations consume their strength first and launch an attack when the war was over.

No matter whether it is the Kingdom of Lane or Archduke Stanik, it is not clear at this time that the orcs are already making preparations, accumulating food and building military depots, preparing to take advantage after the war.

When receiving the battle report from Soros, Richard had already led an army of 100,000 to invade the Kingdom of Lane.

At this time, the South Route Army of the Kingdom of Lane has arrived at the border of the Kingdom of Delon, preparing to enter the battlefield along the Mara River and defeat the coalition of the six Dukes of the Kingdom of Grant in one fell swoop.

After receiving the news that his country's territory had been invaded by the Grants, Cromis, the commander of the Southern Route Army, was suddenly in a dilemma.

Cromis is a legendary first-order knight and an important member of the Lion royal family. He is the third uncle of King Thomas. Although he has a high professional level and is good at charging into battle, he is not the most suitable person to be the commander of the army.

Because Cromis has a big flaw, that is, he is not good at strategy and decision-making.

Hearing that Richard, Duke of Harland, had led his troops to his rear and had invaded the Kingdom of Lane, the officers under Chromis immediately fell into a quarrel. Some officers asked for immediate reinforcements to fight Duke Harland, while others asked to continue marching according to the original plan and cooperate with the army of the Kingdom of Delon to defeat the coalition of the six Dukes of the Kingdom of Grant.

Both the left and the right could make a lot of sense, but the Southern Route Army delayed taking action for three days.

Seeing that the coach was unable to make a decision, Duke Madison quietly came to the coach's tent.

Duke Madison was an important figure in the Cromis Front. He and King Thomas also had some in-laws. Their mothers were biological sisters. In addition, Duke Madison also mobilized a legion to join the Southern Route Army.

Because his territory is on the eastern border of the Lane Kingdom and is very close to the war, Duke Madison is an important figure in the returning decisive battle faction.

After all, in terms of self-interest, if we continue to follow the original plan, even if we win, the majority of the benefits will belong to Grand Duke Delong and the Lane royal family, and the remaining scraps will be divided up by the nobles of the Lane Kingdom. But when Richard led his troops to invade the Kingdom of Lane, it was the core territories of local nobles like Duke Madison that were harmed. Even if Richard is finally driven away, the loss of population and materials will be borne by the local nobles, and Duke Madison will lose money no matter what.

Because of Chromis's hesitation, he returned to the decisive battle and quarreled with the southward attackers, and now cracks have appeared.

Duke Madison entered the commander's tent and saw that Cromis still had not made up his mind, so he advised: "According to the information sent from the rear, Duke Harland has captured the city of Porta.

Porta Castle was an important border defense town with more than 18,000 garrison troops stationed there. However, it fell into the hands of Harland's army without support for just one day.

The western part of Pota City is no longer dangerous and there are no garrison troops. If we don't return reinforcements as soon as possible, according to the speed of Duke Harland's actions, we will soon penetrate the Dukedom of Madison. After breaking through the Dukedom of Madison, this terrifying army will appear near the Rhine Castle, the royal capital.

Although the Rhine Castle still has 60,000 defenders, I don’t think it can hold out for too long. Even if we go south and defeat the coalition of the six Dukes of the Grant Kingdom and help the Delon Kingdom regain its lost territory, how much territorial population can we gain?

Why should we lose our own strength to help outsiders? "

"Porta Castle is built on a dangerous mountainside. The city defenses are also very complete. There are 18,000 troops stationed in the castle. Why was it captured by Harland's army in less than a day?"

Duke Madison pondered for a moment, organized his words and said: "I think there are three reasons. First, Richard, Duke of Harland, has a powerful fourth-level magic item in his hands, which can release a powerful bomb from , the explosion power is equivalent to the legendary fourth-level spell, and the lethality is extremely shocking. The defenders of Porta Castle were unprepared and were attacked by the fourth-level magic item, killing and injuring two to three thousand people at once.

Secondly, the Harland Territory possesses a special magic prop, which they call the Magic Crystal Cannon. This magic prop can release a variety of different shells, including alchemical bombs that rely on shrapnel for range attacks, and magic alloy armor-piercing projectiles that attack solid fortifications. . This kind of magic prop has a very long attack range and relatively accurate accuracy. It can easily hit the target five kilometers away and destroy a strong castle. This time Bota Castle fell, and the magic crystal cannon also played an important role.

The third reason is that Harland's territory has powerful flying troops. After suffering two rounds of attacks from star bombs and magic crystal cannons, Harland's army began to attack the city. When the city fell into a fierce battle, Harland led the gryphon cavalry and the flying dragon to launch a fierce attack from the air, and cooperated with the main force to easily defeat us. "

Although Chromis was not a wise man, he was not reckless or foolish. Although he is good at charging into battle, his character is very cautious. It is precisely because of this cautious character that he has average decisiveness and is prone to delaying combat opportunities. Putting him in the position of commander-in-chief of the army is actually a bit irresponsible.

But the Dawn Plane is an extraordinary world, and Cromis is a legendary knight and the uncle of King Thomas. It is very difficult to prevent him from being the commander of the army.

With Cromis's strength and identity, he is a natural choice for the head coach, unless the king of the Lion Kingdom is very capable and authoritative and can violate tradition and persuade or suppress a large group of people who support Cromis.

After listening to Duke Madison's story, Clomis was shocked. He thought to himself: "I have heard that Duke Richard of Harland has great military exploits. I didn't expect that not only was he lucky, he found a fourth-level magic item, but he was also good at magic. invention."

After suppressing the distracting thoughts in his heart, Cromis asked with a solemn expression: "Is your news accurate?"

"The news was told by McCallon himself. Although I don't like him very much, I very much agree with his abilities. During the battle at Porta Castle, McCallon was already seriously injured, and he rushed over to deliver the news. , just to tell us that we can’t underestimate the enemy, and we can’t fight in vain. We must be careful against Duke Harland’s army.”

McCarron is the brother-in-law of Duke Madison and a legendary second-order warrior. Because his professional level is very high and he poses a strong threat to Duke Madison, he doesn't like McLaren very much in his heart, but talents are rare and he must reuse his brother-in-law.

There are five legendary professionals in the Lion Kingdom, which is considered the kingdom with the most legends among the surrounding countries. In addition to King Uncle Cromis, there are also Macallan from the Madison Duke family and Haldane from the Linus family. Both of them are legendary second-level warriors, among whom Haldane is a legendary knight with stronger combat power than McLaren.

In addition to the above three people, Sami Blanco, who defends the Silver Wolf Mountains, and Wilson, the Ryan Royal Guard, are also legendary professionals.

It is worth mentioning that Blanco is also a female legendary knight. It is very rare for female knights to be promoted to legend in the plane of dawn. Blanco is a legendary third-level knight who can be compared with Brener of the Grant family and compete with the current Archduke Jonathan.

Wilson was of ordinary origin, married to a woman from the Lane family, and was a legendary second-level warrior who shouldered important responsibilities in the Royal Guards Corps.