Mercenaries Under the Sky

Magical calendar 5 years, autumn, March 13th.

Yesterday's autumn equinox, when it rained at noon, Lili Lala continued to fall until nightfall. The rain stopped, the leaves swayed after the rain, and the land fell, and the residents of the imperial capital once again felt that the cold winter was coming.

The sky was bright, and the black forces in the Ximen Outer School of the Imperial Capital were all soldiers. The Marquis of Chi was very strict in the army. More than 30,000 soldiers of nearly 30,000 soldiers were silent. On the north side of the school's military field are officials from the Imperial Ministry, which is a big event. Even if the emperor did not come in person, officials from the Imperial Army, Liaison, Commercial, Agricultural, Industrial, and Criminal Departments were not absent in Beijing. .

"Boom ... Boom ... Boom ... Boom! Boom! Boom!"

"Woo--Woo--Woo-- ''

The two men lifted the 1.2-meter-long drum beat with both hands, and the two faced each other, making every effort to beat the drum with a height of one person. Dozens of giant trumpeters sounded the horn at the same time.

Chi Hanfeng hit the floor in black, his face blue, his eyes slightly squinted together, he walked slowly and slowly to the handsome platform, and the golden general shivered in the wind.

One minute, two minutes, three minutes ... Your Excellency General stood on the handsome platform of two people for ten minutes without talking. The northwest wind brought away the warmth from the armor of the soldiers with the early cold.

"I ... I really don't know what to say to you." His Excellency General said hardly: "A few days ago, we embarrassedly learned that in the five hundred years of the empire's history, the imperial defense zone, the great and sacred and inviolable capital of the empire The area was attacked by the Fanos Army in two big cities in one fell swoop. "

what? 99% of the soldiers did not know such news, there was a vague commotion from the audience, and the soldiers tried to restrain their emotions.

The general raised his hand and signaled to the officer below: "Take off the flags of all the troops." The white gloves glanced across the air.

Colorful War Dragon Banner, Shuangfengyu Imperial Guard Banner, Black Tyrannosaurus Banner, White Long Sword Banner ... Four flags rustled in the cold wind.

The flag bearers folded the flags very skillfully, and held the running on the handsome platform with respectful hands, standing in front of the marquis.

The white gloves held together lightly, shaking slightly, and the soldiers in the front row saw a ray of blue smoke rising around them, a blue flame leaping on the fire medium, passing over the four flags in sequence!

"Do not!"

"Do not!"

"why!?"

...

At the front of each unit are the chiefs above the captain. Seeing the flag of the Knights swallowed by the fire, the chess players opened their mouths in surprise and slapped the flames on the ground, blue, green, The red hairpin helmets representing different ranks gathered together and rushed towards the coach. Under the helmets were a pair of angry and surprised eyes.

Chi Hanfeng glanced coldly at the officers who were pushed away by the guards, and slowly paced back and forth on the handsome platform. The steel nails under the riding boots kept biting the granite floor, with a sound, rhythm. Make a harsh sound.

What does the military flag mean? In the Amy Empire, an army was killed and wounded in the battle. As long as the flag was not lost, it was another iron army with the flag pulled up. The robe that died in battle immediately became the most sacred patron saint on this flag. In the 500-year history of the empire, there have been several times when an army was ambushed by enemies and fell into a dilemma of hopeless breakthrough. The most important thing that the highest commander of the army did before the last battle was to concentrate all the elite armor of the troops The encirclement sent the flag back to the Imperial Ministry-any chief officer who lost the flag, regardless of rank, no matter where he went out, there were only two military regulations waiting for him: all ranks were held captive to the end; they were cut off.

Seeing the flames about to be dyed on the stage, most of the officers and soldiers under the stage already burst into tears.

"Shame!" The general burst out loud.

"This is my shame and the shame of the Gyeonggi theater. The colorful dragon knights, the trump card trumpets known as the never-falling trump card in the four trump card troop of the empire; Synonymous with strength, I think that 'the guard is out, like the emperor's presence'; the Duke's House Guards, known as the most dazzling diamond in the Black Dragon Knights, has never suffered a defeat in three hundred years; the Gyeonggi Swordsmen always think of themselves 'S fighting power surpasses the regular army in the other theaters of the empire! Now, our glorious glory has become four small gems on the crown of the beasts from the wild areas, embellishing the enemy. "

Chi Hanfeng stopped for a moment.

"As a general in Gyeonggi, I am ashamed! The official establishment of the 140,000 empire in the Gyeonggi region is no match for a small mercenary regiment established only five years ago, and very few young men less than 20 years old in 2000, defeating tens of thousands of beasts for two consecutive times Country! And what about the ace army in the Gyeonggi theater? Everyone needs to be ashamed! "

The Marquis' face was blue, "I, I want to face. I, as an imperial nobleman, as a supremely glorious soldier of the empire, I promised the empire that every inch of land lost in my hands, I want to take back, now take back . What about you? Do you have confidence to take it back! "Lord Marquis' voice instantly covered the entire school military field.

The black soldiers and officers were stunned, and no one answered.

"Gyeonggi soldiers, tell me now, do you have confidence to recover the lost ground?"

"Yes!" 30,000 soldiers roared at the same time, tears splashing around.

"I! Give you the last chance! Which unit can be the first to lose the ground. I embroidered a crown on the banner of this unit. All civilian soldiers in this unit will be promoted to imperial noble knights, all in this unit. Nobles, it is allowed to pierce the battle into the family badge. If ... "Chi Hanfeng spoke out from the cracks of his teeth:" If any unit is unable to fight, immediately revoke the designation and disappear from the imperial army forever. If, all The soldiers could n’t get it up, and I, as an Imperial soldier, will lead the Guards to launch the last charge. "

The Marquis paused again: "Originally, I wanted to place the small mercenary regiment in the forward unit, but, considering that it was too shameful, the small mercenary regiment set off last. Now, as the highest commander of this battle, I The first one may be the last command: 'If the small mercenary group finds me and all the regular soldiers of the empire are killed in battle, step on my corpse to fight off all the enemies', all of them are killed in battle. This is all in the Imperial Gyeonggi theater The honor of soldiers! "

The soldiers turned their heads around to look at the small mercenary regiment. I didn't know which one took the lead and shouted: "Victory belongs to the regular army of the empire, and it surpassed the mercenary regiment in an all-round way."

"Wine comes--" Chi Hanfeng shouted. This is a common practice, and there must be Yuci Meijiu for the army.

The two officers carried a large jar of fine wine and came up, pulled out the cloth of the jar, the smell of the wine immediately filled up, a sea bowl was placed on the table, and the clear wine was full.

A white glove was taken off, and gently fell on the stage. Chi Hanfeng took the wine, took a big sip, then put it down, pulled out the long sword from the left, and severely cut off his wrist, bright red blood The chain dripped in the sea bowl. Tens of thousands of soldiers off the stage did not know what the general was going to do, and held their breath.

The sea bowl was raised again, and the fragrant wine was poured into the jar again-all soldiers saw the wine become red.

"Pour wine into the well outside the school military field!" The general commanded softly.

"The soldiers, the robes, the wine of His Majesty the Emperor, I didn't drink it alone, and poured it into the well water outside. When all the troops passed by the well, every soldier sipped a bowl of water to strengthen the journey."

"Crack--" Chi Hanfeng shattered the sea bowl in his hand: "Bingfa Pantao City, and the division of Fan Zijue, conquering Pantao, breaking the enemy's back! Let's go!"

...

In the early days of the War of Gods, of the three major forces, the Fanos Corps had an advantage in intelligence-after all, they have continuously infiltrated the empires in the past hundreds of years, with huge financial and human investment and great achievements. The worst intelligence effect is the Eminor continent ’s army. Although they have occupied a lot of people and benefited, the intelligence departments of the Imperial Ministry have always hoped to infiltrate the enemy, and even use the mode of high-rank mercenary rebellion to break into the enemy. Internally, however, the real results are lackluster. The mercenary regiments who have betrayed the past and the humans who have successively entered Fanos and Alcatraz are not reused at all. It is too difficult to send useful information in low-level positions .

In fact, a few days after the departure of Chi Hanfeng's army, the two chiefs of the Fanos Corps: Merlin and Yemoda Wanster received continuous reports.

For the Fanos Corps, the past few months have not been sad. Although it is located in the empire, it is sheltered by the snowy mountains of Messi Peak and stretches for hundreds of miles, combined with the powerful protection of many insiders. It is not difficult to avoid the search of the Imperial Army. .

Merlin led the Pantao City captured by his legion, and the dragon knight Yemoda. East led the legion to capture Hamburg, the important town on the western foot of the snowy mountain of the Imperial Messi Peak. Norton, who was traveling with them, had suffered many injuries for a month, and the wound on the broken arm broke many times. He had to take the Third Army and two other seriously injured soldiers back to Xilin Island by sea boat two months ago.

In accordance with the established plan, after winning the city, Norton and Yemoda built a high wall on one side, and on the other hand, they drove around and attacked the residents around the two cities into the city, accumulating more grain and grass.

The two cities are not far apart, only 215 miles, which can be reached in a day. After receiving information, Yemoda immediately rode a golden dragon to the town of Fantao to negotiate with Merlin.

Merlin also received an express report, which was a big problem before the two army commanders.

Although after several months of cultivation, even with the newly recruited human mercenaries, the total number of soldiers of the two legions of Fanos is only 14,000. The city of Hamburg is relatively large, and it is also located on the edge of a mountain, on both sides of the abyss, on the side of a high sky cliff, only the front can attack, and it is also the capital of steel. A variety of fortification equipment and weapons and arrows are extremely rich, known as the northern mainland If there is no internal response to the unfallable city of the country, the Fanos Legion is impossible to conquer. Similarly, it is easier to defend.

Although Pantao City has 100,000 inhabitants, a three-foot high city wall, and a small port, it is difficult to compare with Hamburg in defense. In terms of strength, it is at least 1: 6. With such a strength gap, it is still quite difficult to defend the city. The Imperial Army had more than 30,000 people departing from the imperial capital. According to another line report, the afternoon before, the bone dragon knight Chi Aotian took more than 10 knight eagles to land in the empire's west coast defense camp, and Fan Viscount assembled Nearly 30,000 soldiers in their hands approached the Pantao City. In this way the ratio of troops will reach 1: 8.

Yemoda ’s idea was simple: abandon the Pantao City, and all the troops contracted to Hamburg. Wait for work and put away the burgers.

Merlin, who was dressed as a Confucian, asked gently: "The Pantao City is lost. We are staying in a dead place. If the Western Expeditionary Army sends reinforcements again, is it necessary to conduct a landing war? Can we cooperate with the reinforcements?"

"This ..." Yemoda couldn't answer.

"You guess, when can our reinforcements arrive?" Merlin folded the express in his hand and played with it.

"It takes about 30 days to go back and forth by boat. Counting the rest of the time, I think hurry up. Last time the newsletter said that the mercenary empire war was coming to an end, and only 50,000 soldiers were left to stand by. West Coast. "In the past few battles, Yemoda also has a new understanding of Merlin and Norton, and the arrogance of the past has long disappeared.

"Yeah, that's what I counted. If we die here, attracting all the troops in the Empire theater ~ www.novelmtl.com ~ still has great benefits for our plan, and there is also a small port Once the reinforcements arrive, you can immediately support them. "Merlin asked Yemoda for advice.

"So, do we give up Hamburg?" Yemoda was anxious, staying in Hamburg for less than a month, and immediately fell in love with this pure iron city as a soldier. Hundreds of blacksmith shops kept replacing Fanos legionnaires. With new equipment, the current Yemoda Army is at least equipment-wise in terms of combat power, far surpassing Tongji.

"No need." Merlin has also been to Hamburg and knows more about the heart of Yemoda. Such a city is too important for any empire. Moreover, it is easy to give up, and I want to get it back again. Hey, normal estimate, there is no one It is impossible for a million soldiers to go to the blood city. "Send some more weapons to increase the fighting power of Pantao City. I think that with such a strong wall, the small mercenary corps, Amy 2000, can still defend the city for more than ten days. We, can't a corps beat Amy? Your Excellency? That's too shameful. "

The two regiment commanders immediately wrote a letter to General Dahino of the Western Expedition. Yemoda used a dragon flute to recruit a third-order golden dragon to Xilin Island.

The properties of the young golden dragon are partial and the flight speed is not comparable to that of the natural dragon. It takes a day and a half from the Imperial Gyeonggi theater to Xilin Island. At night, the golden dragon whistled to Xilin Island. Dahino, Norton, Mora, and other officials did not have a rest. Hearing that the wind and thunder were rolling outside, they guessed that the dragon had arrived. They quickly came out and gave the dragon a labor fee (a large piece of gold) and returned to the tent with a letter. in.

Under the oil lamp, the three chiefs gathered around and read the letter. Dahino and Norton slapped the palm of the table at the same time, watching the two colleagues surprised, and Mora's face appeared Strange expression.