Chapter 968 (1/2)
”Boom...”
Bending down, the black dragon spread its wings to cushion the ground. The strong wind swept the battlefield and rolled up a piece of flying sand and stones - centered on the dragon's body, an irregular ring of smoke and dust spread to the whole ruins.
On the dead battlefield, the great beasts turned their bodies at a speed that was not in line with their body shape, and a large area of ruins collapsed, and the roar of earth and rock continued to be heard.
Maybe it's the inherent fear, maybe it's the imperial people's worship and belief in the dragon, maybe it's the gratitude of the rescued to the Savior... All the eboden garrison soldiers ”tacitly” kept silent, stood motionless in the shadow and looked up at the dragon's strength and elegant posture.
Imperial people may have different feelings for the dragon because of their different origins, but at least one thing is the same, that is, they fear the power of standing on the top of the world and integrating the seven countries.
It is precisely because they can control the dragon that the desalion family can have the qualification to control the Empire;
It was the awe of the dragon that kept the empire from splitting and large-scale rebellion for 13 generations.
This frightened everyone. The force like a natural disaster maintained the peace of the Empire for 13 generations - because there is still no force to compete with it today.
The solid scale is comparable to the city wall, and the soaring wings make people ”look at the sky and sigh”. The power of terror and unimaginable speed make all traps become jokes for it - in fact, any of these features can be found, but when they are combined
That is the perfect ”being”.
It makes people fully understand how ridiculous their power is, the king at the top of the food chain.
In this way, the giant dragons that can only be imagined not only appear in front of them, but also three at one time!
Facing the human beings staring at her, the black dragon mirassis showed a very ”obscure” pride. The elegant dragon head dropped slowly, so that the man sitting behind her would not fall down and die when he ”turned over and fell down”.
As the Dragon bent over, a figure with red hair and red eyes appeared in front of everyone; The wounded Legion commander in the garrison was a smart one. He pounded his chest with his right hand and quickly knelt on one knee.
”Imperialists, pay tribute to his royal highness Brandon, Prince of East Saxony and crown prince of the Empire! Long live de sallion -!”
”Long live de sallion -!!!”
The disorderly shouting rang out, the soldiers in front of the nine awn star wizard tower knelt disorderly, and many wounded soldiers fell to the ground as soon as they knelt down and could no longer stand up.
Nevertheless, the eboden defenders present expressed their sincere gratitude to the ”new crown prince” for his respect and saving his life... Although he himself did not adapt to this sudden enthusiasm.
”Er... OK, almost. Don't be so polite.”
Brandon, who was proud of his akimbo the moment before, waved his hand in embarrassment the next second and climbed down from the dragon's back without any airs:
”And the crown prince... Gee, it sounds really uncomfortable. It's a little strange.”
”Would it be more strange than the title of disgraced prince?”
With his mouth tilted and his tired black hair on his face, the wizard looked at Brandon who turned down the dragon's back: ”if I told you a year ago that you could become the crown prince, you would be crazy?”
”If I don't know that Conrad became emperor - and I'm willing to!” Brandon rolled his eyes.
Loren breathed a sigh of relief, smiled and shook his head.
Only at this moment can I smile so easily.
”Can you hold on? You look like you're dying now.”
Laughing Brandon frowned and looked at the dark haired wizard whose face was hard to see. He stepped over the body of an elf - where his eyes could reach, the remaining soldiers were almost injured, some more embarrassed than their wizard advisers.
In twenty days, there was a great disparity in military strength and combat effectiveness. The fortifications were like paper... How did these people persist?
”It's OK. It won't hang up in the next second.” Lauren shrugged carelessly: ”if the army... There are still 10000 troops that can continue to fight, but it's the last one; after playing for 20 days, the comparison with the enemy's strength has not been reduced, but has become larger and larger.”
”The Azores are not good at fighting with the heavy infantry who form a square array, but their fighting quality and the cooperation between soldiers are far more orderly than us - on the premise of confrontation with the same forces, the front width of their sandal line will be twice that of us, so they can easily encircle and besiege us.”
”In case of raid, pursuit and retreat, they can also respond quickly, change their formation, change the direction of attack, and never break up; anyway, there are only operations you can't imagine, and there are no operations they can't do.”
”At present, the only effective way to defeat the enemy is to shoot weapons from a long distance, attack by cavalry, and create opportunities that the enemy can't get around by using terrain and fortifications - and then there are elite of the same quantity and quality.”
”In my experience, unless we have the advantage of military strength, stronger long-range projection ability and cavalry, or occupy the right place... We must not launch a large-scale decisive battle with the Azores, otherwise we will suffer.”
The dark haired wizard told the story in a joking tone, just like chatting with his friends about his experience in the past 20 days.
But every word he said, Brandon's heart was heavy.
There is no doubt that these intelligence were obtained by Loren with bloody battles and countless sacrifices - in 20 days, tens of thousands of military and civilian casualties, in exchange for information that is crucial to the next war of the Empire.
He also knows how much advantage he can gain by being the first to know these information.
Looking at the ”Wizard consultant” who was clearly exhausted but still forced to support, some of his royal highness, who couldn't bear it, pursed his mouth and turned his eyes to the direction of the retreat of the elves in the distance.
”It seems that the long ears on the other side are frightened by the dear milaxis and her little friends. Will they attack for a moment and a half?” Brandon put his waist in and glanced at the black haired wizard as a joke:
”My wise princess, have you thought about the next counter attack plan?”
Loren was relieved and could not resist the temptation to make complaints about him.
”Er... There are still some basic plans, including if a 'Prince' fails to arrive in time.” Loren still couldn't resist: ”in short, let the Dragon deter the enemy outside the perimeter, push the enemy back beyond the wall defense, and strive for a rest time of about half a day.”
”Well, it's practical, and then.”
”Then we need to spend half a day rectifying the whole army, treating the wounded and restoring almost one-fifth of our combat effectiveness, so that we don't have to worry about the enemy's raid.”
”Well, very specific, followed by...”
”Then, with three giant dragons as a feint, the remaining troops left the city along the south gate from the sewer and gathered along the Baoshi River - the enemy controlled the Baoshi river ferry, but their boat draft was too deep to enter the inland river, but we can.”
”Well, that makes sense. Finally...”
”Finally, the Dragon covered, the whole army boarded the ship, turned in and evacuated.”
“……”
Brandon stared at Lauren motionless, with a stiff smile and a ”you're kidding” expression.