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Be more specific. "
"It's simple. We will pretend that there are no reinforcements and only three legions are attacking Lake, and make a battle plan based on this premise."
"so……"
"Don't seek to capture the city quickly, but take steady steps."
The two nodded in agreement.
Seeing that they had no objection, the leader of the Violent Bear Legion continued, "I brought some magic crystal cannons. After surrounding the city of Keton, we will bombard it with the magic crystal cannons first, and then attack the city after the enemy's morale collapses."
"I have no opinion."
"Same."
"Then do as I say." The leader of the Violent Bear Legion turned around and called his adjutant, "Order the legion to march!"
"As ordered!"
The army set out again and entered the mountains half an hour later.
After all, they were an elite army corps. As soon as they entered the densely forested mountainous area, the soldiers immediately became alert and sent out reconnaissance teams.
The three legion commanders rode their horses in parallel in the middle of the army formation. The silent Violent Bear Legion Commander seemed to remember something and asked, "What do you think of the weapons Novak displayed yesterday?"
"That toy?" The leader of the Crazy Lion Legion raised his golden eyebrows.
The leader of the Rose Army was a little surprised: "You don't know yet?"
"what do you know?"
"In the morning, Novak was going to interrogate the Lake soldier. When he arrived at the tent where he was held, he found that the soldier was missing. He angrily returned to his own tent, but his weapons were also missing."
"What?!" they both exclaimed at the same time.
"There are at least three Saints in the camp. Unless they are blessed by God, it is impossible to steal people and weapons quietly!"
The leader of the Crazy Lion Legion frowned and said, "Is Lake blessed by God? If so, there is no need to fight this war. Just surrender as soon as possible."
"I guess it's probably a high-level invisibility spell." The Rose Legion leader shook his head. "Is Lake really blessed by God? Would he allow us to provoke him on the border for half a year?"
After a short while, the leader of the Violent Bear Legion calmed down: "I think... what we should consider now is why Lake paid such a high price to steal that useless weapon?"
The two fell silent.
This is indeed puzzling.
It seemed easy for Lake to rescue the people this time without any cost, but this act itself was a cost.
This information about high-level invisibility that can deceive the perception of saint-level professionals is priceless.
If the coalition forces knew nothing about this and did not take any precautions, their confidential military intelligence would be completely exposed to the enemy.
Lake must be aware of this. Or, the professional in Lake's hands is here to gather intelligence.
However, Lake exposed this professional for the sake of a soldier and an inexpensive weapon. It is worth pondering why.
"I went to see that soldier, he was a very ordinary man, maybe taking him away was just a convenience."
"So, the main purpose is weapons."
"Yes."
"Damn it, I've tried the weapon, and it's so powerful that it can't even penetrate ordinary armor. Are you going to make a special trip and even expose your advanced invisibility to get it back?"
"Novak might know something." The Violent Bear Legion leader narrowed his eyes.
"Why do you say that?"
"The weapon was first in his hands, and we saw it a few hours later. Who knows what happened in between?"
The leader of the Crazy Lion Legion thought for a moment and said, "Don't make any guesses without evidence. Just wait... Anyway, we should be careful from now on."
The other two hummed, and then the three of them stopped talking and went to Kedun City in silence.
As they entered the mountains, the legion's square formation turned into a long line, stretching along the soil.
When they were about to arrive at the city of Kedun, the three ordered twenty-five men to rest in place, and the remaining fifty thousand to surround the city.
This was done to prevent Lake from setting an ambush.
The vanguard troops left, and the three calmly waited for news.
An hour later, several soldiers returned on horseback, and the news they reported shocked the three men.
The city of Kedun is now a deserted one.
Not only was there no soldier to be seen in the city, even the residents were gone. If the streets had not been covered with dust, the vanguard would have almost thought that no one had ever lived in this city.
The three men were confused and did not rush to lead the main force into the city. Instead, they ordered the vanguard troops to search outside the city.
The soldier took the order and left, returning in an hour.
"There's no sign of any Riker soldiers around."
A big question mark seemed to appear above the three people's heads.
What is this? You surrendered the city, but you are not going to resist?
They couldn't figure it out, but it wasn't a good idea to stay where they were, so the three of them led the army to Kedun City.
After entering the city, they found that the situation in the city was just as reported, empty.
The three of them thought this was already very strange, but they didn't expect that something even weirder was yet to come.
After scouting the area around Kedun City and making sure there were no ambushes, they acted according to the plan, with 50,000 vanguard troops exploring the way while the main force followed behind at a distance, heading for the second city.
The second city was still the same.
The city gates were open, no one was seen, and the streets were clean, as if the citizens and the army had evaporated in an instant.
Keep going, the third, fourth, and fifth seats are all the same.
The three men felt strange in their hearts, so they stopped to rest temporarily in the sixth empty city.
Perhaps they were a little sensitive because of the series of strange situations. They did not dare to enter the city and set up camp outside the city.
Inside the tent, three legion commanders gathered around a table, looking down at the battle map on the table.
"What on earth is Lake doing?" The Rose Army leader's eyes were bloodshot. "Luring the enemy?"
"Is there a way to lure the enemy like this?" The leader of the Crazy Lion Legion pressed his index finger on the battle map and moved along the marching line. "After passing this city, there will be no more suitable terrain for an ambush."
"There is another mountain range." The leader of the Violent Bear Legion glanced at the map.
"This?" The leader of the Crazy Lion Legion looked over and said, "There are indeed mountains on both sides of the road, but the road and the mountains are not close to each other. There is a ten-kilometer grassland in between.
Is Lake planning to ambush us in the mountains ten kilometers away?"
The leader of the Violent Bear Legion touched his smooth head and it seemed... that this was indeed a bit far-fetched.
Ten kilometers away, ordinary bows and arrows cannot reach it, and even the magic crystal cannon is far behind, as its range is less than one kilometer.
Set up a large magic circle?
It is indeed possible to attack them from a distance of ten kilometers, but... the three legion commanders are magicians. They can clearly sense the magic fluctuations of the large magic circle, not to mention ten kilometers, even twice as far away.
The three were a little confused. Based on the principle of caution, and considering that the rapid march had lengthened the logistics line and made supply difficult, and there was not much food left in the legion, they decided to suspend the offensive and wait until there was enough supplies before setting off again.
They were not idle during this period, and sent out a small force to investigate the last mountainous area on the marching line.
Three days later, the reconnaissance teams returned one after another.
Based on the intelligence they collected, the three men concluded that there was no way Lake could ambush in the mountains.
the reason is simple.
First of all, as the leader of the Crazy Lion Legion said, there is about ten kilometers of grassland between the mountain and the road, which cannot be crossed by the range of ordinary weapons.
Then there’s the altitude of the mountain.
It was a small hill, uh, it might be more appropriate to call it a slope. Even including the height of the trees, it was only a few dozen meters.
There were sparse trees on the mountain, and no rocks to obstruct the view, so naturally there was no place to hide the soldiers.
The leader of the Rose Army sighed heavily: "We overestimated Lake."
"Yes." The leader of the Mad Lion Legion smiled, "It seems that Lake has indeed given up resistance."
Among the three, only the leader of the Violent Bear Legion muttered, "I always feel like something is wrong..."
"You worry too much." The Rose Army Commander comforted him, "There is no place to hide soldiers on the mountain. Outside the mountain is grassland. Not even an ant can escape our sight.
Um, do you think Lake can ambush us from across the hill? At this distance, the magic crystal cannon can't reach it, right?"
The leader of the Violent Bear Legion still felt uneasy, but the facts were indeed as she said.
After a long silence, he said, "Let's go."
The three men called their respective adjutants and ordered the army to march out.
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Lake Capital, Royal Palace.
Zhang Mu and Avril sat side by side on a bench in the garden.
"Junior, you seem to be in a good mood?"
"Of course I feel good when some idiot is about to be fooled."
"Hmm?" Avril turned her head to look at him, her long ice-blue hair swaying.
"Let me tell you--" Zhang Mu said happily.
"Marshal." Domit came from a distance, "The three legions of the coalition have set out."
"How long have you been away?"
"According to the report from the Griffin Cavalry, one hour."
"One hour? That's still early." Zhang Mu sat up straight and leaned back in his chair. "We're still at least three days away from the ambush point."
Domit asked, "Should we transfer the artillery regiment over there?"
"Not in a hurry.
They must have a magician, and we will be discovered if we go too early.