Chapter 699
The blue sea is like the waves, and it is endless.
Under the vast sky, only the vigorous eagle left its own track on the dome.
As Byrne’s army headed east, the world became more and more empty; what I saw before my eyes is an endless grassland, and there is a long wind whistled past in my ears, and look no further. Less than the slightest difference.
If it weren't for the Poi hussars who are familiar with here to act as guides in front, I'm afraid this army will not find the correct direction of Thousand Horde City even if the army has gone for a year based on the map alone.
In order to save the Thousand Tent City besieged by the half-man Ma Dajun, but also to prevent the entire Poi from falling into the east-west split, and finally to be completely flattened by the centaur to flatten the big green sea, to Byrne and even the hinterland of the empire. The serious consequences of the invasion; Byrne's 15,000 Knight army had to head northward and embarked on the road to Thousand Tent City.
Under the confrontation with the Master of Harimvan Assamah, Seth Braha count finally did not dare to conceal any more, and fully revealed the detailed process of the entire incident, completely confessed. .
After finally clarifying the reason, the Knight lords who originally had several points of sympathy with Boye were in an uproar; if Eckert hadn't stopped in time, several counts who were injured in the eve of the raid would have been prepared. He drew his sword and slashed him Seth Braha alive.
Despite the extreme anger at Duke Varna’s irresponsible actions, the whole army agreed to rush to Qiandeng City to relieve the siege, and then find a way to rescue Laszlo Var who was in trouble. Duke Na.
More importantly, once Poi falls, Byrne and East Sackland will be invaded next-whether it is the invasion of the mainland or the empire taking the opportunity to intervene in Eastern affairs, it will be extremely important to Byrne. Serious blow.
In the words of Angert count, it’s: "Although this old bastard is a bastard, he is also our bastard; we have to think before spitting on his old face and spitting on him. Way to rescue him!"
For Braha count, he even hopes that Byrne’s army can go to rescue Grand Duke Varna who is in distress first; but as far as the situation is concerned, he is also very Knowing that he didn't have much say, so I had to keep silent.
After crossing a large plain and walking a section of the road eastward, Byrne's army finally came to the junction of the two territories of Little Boy and Big Boy.
Next, you only need to travel along the river north to find the way to Qiandang City.
Although it seems that the entire army’s itinerary is very urgent and Thousand Tent City is at stake; but in fact, even the Boys Hussars do not have the slightest nervousness on their faces, and they are even more relaxed than when they came. few.
The reason is very simple-although there are as many as tens of thousands of half-man Ma Dajun besieging Thousand-Tented City, Thousand-Tented City is the only strong fortress with a stone city wall in the entire Green Sea. .
Although the Centaur has acquired a few trebuchets and ballistas, it is not easy to deal with the heavy blue bricks and the special mountain rocks of Sackland; and as everyone knows, the centaur’s four legs There is no way to climb the city wall.
Even if one or two towers are destroyed, it is meaningless to these "natural cavalry"; even if the city gate is breached, the narrow passages and traps in the fortress are not friendly enough to the cavalry. ".
So to rescue such a well-guarded, abundantly equipped masonry fortress; Byrne's army can even move forward while resting; at the same time, it finds a way to contact the Jonah family's army and prepare to attack half of the besieged city around the fortress. People Ma Dajun.
"...So, you know the Centaur race very well?"
Riding on horseback, Loren asked as if he mentioned casually, his eyes turned to him The Ashamed Master on the side.
"Centaur...Yes, since the publication of the biography of Bachelor Durma, the empires have begun to call them that."
Ashamai sighed and used " I knew you would ask like that, shook his head and exclaimed:
"In fact, this kind of name was originally a strongly insulting scorn; the centaur’s history is actually not shorter than that of our humans. How much, some people even speculate that the birth of this race may be before humans."
"And they generally call themselves "four-hoofed people"...By the way, for humans, they are generally called " Two-legged people, and a little bit ugly, there are also "hairless people" or "pink-skinned people"-like humans, there are also very few centaurs who have a real clear understanding of us."
"History?" Loren eyebrows raised: "You mean to say..."
"Yes, the centaur is not a group of primordial savage races as we imagined, or simply with the ogre monster They are similar to animals and animals."
Ashamai was nodded, and explained to Loren with some interest: "In fact, they have a fairly complete system, a very ancient and historical poetry culture. , And the'shaman' sect mixed with primordial beliefs and magic."
"System...what kind of system?" Loren asked vigilantly: "Is it like an empire, or Eboden or Byrne, or the horseback folks of Great Boye?"
"It's not very similar—if you insist, it's similar to the combination of the imperial levying system and the nomadic customs of the Boyi people." Ashamai pondered then said:
"There are eight tribes in the Centaur. You already know that; they call each tribe a "banner", and the leader is a "banner master". Among the banner owners, the most powerful powerhouse was elected as the'Great Khan', or as the leader in Sacramental."
"The earliest centaur had only four tribes; they were Hankong , Chiyan, Baihe, and Yellow Mane. Later, there were four branches of Changfeng, Huohoe, Bailang, and Wasteland, which formed the current'banner master' system."
"Under this system The centaur of each tribe is not only the bloodline clan of the banner owner, but also the slave, hard labor and soldiers of the banner owner; all honor, disgrace, power and wealth are tied to the banner owner." Achamai's expression became a lot more solemn:
"War is the most effective state of this system. All centaurs are part of the army. In this respect, even the empire’s levying system can’t match it, so even though their number is very large. Little, but it can always launch large-scale invasions again and again."
"So fighting their army is fighting their entire tribe...Is that so?" Loren frow ned, a little unbelievable.
"Not only that, you have to fight with their supporters behind the scenes." Ashamed said in an indescribable tone: "Throughout every centaur war, there has never been a true innocence. After—this was the case of the Black Duke, and now I don’t see any difference at this time."
Loren's eyes narrowed into a gap, and he was lost in thought.
"So, who knows what it will become in the end?" Ashamed on the side continued, "There are both heavy crossbows and trebuchets, and even if there is another fully armed, the appearance of the'Heavy Cavalry Centaur' in dwarf armor seems to be nothing surprising."
"But then, if even the'Heavy Cavalry Centaur' appeared, then What else is impossible-then it is certain that even the ancient Evil God, the devil's apostle, or the oath Knight will come up... Well, if you change from a unilateral invasion to a few melee, it will be too interesting... …"
He was still muttering to himself without a word, but he didn't see Loren's expression getting more and more weird beside him, and there was a certain surprised and complete look in his eyes. .
Just as the black hair wizard was about to interrupt him, a ranger's shout suddenly came in front of him, and the sharp horns passed across the blue dome.
"The whole army is on guard!"
The dull thunderous roar of Eckert count suddenly sounded, and the horse galloped past the front line of the army: "Infantry phalanx lined up on the spot. Array, the cavalry stepped forward, get ready—!"
At that moment, Loren looked towards Ashamai's expression was so dark that he was really in the mood to kill him.
But...It shouldn't be?
Yes, yes, yes... It’s almost close to Thousand Trap City, even if you encounter an enemy, it’s nothing strange;
It’s not that the opponent guessed it, it’s just expected. It’s just the situation—heavy cavalry, centaur, or something, how could it be...
Just as the black hair wizard was desperately trying to comfort himself, the rangers in the front rushed again, and the nervous roar shook the clouds. :
"Heavy cavalry, there are heavy cavalry rushing over here——!!!"