Chapter 188 (1/2)
The capital of a northern province
The Roland arht with the Empire's army for several days on the Pamir Plains1 in the Northern province
Tiger's plans were simple
Currently, the Pamir Plain was located on the way South North of the Pamir Plains was the Thunder City Froo South The first o south to capture the northern province capital, Kaka City
The seconddefense line Station some ten thousand men to pin their arh another passage on the west
Tiger shook his head The second method was simply crazy Detour around them? It would be crazy to lead hundreds of thousands of soldiers into the enemy's territory but avoid a decisive battle
Tiger sighed as he rubbed his aching temple
In the past two days, things had not progressed smoothly After the Roland army won the battle with the chariots, the soldiers of the Empire seemed to behave like turtles and hid behind their solid defenses They refused to come out They relied on the deep trenches and solid walls There were also dozens of miles of defense line The archers, catapults, and spears hands were hiding inside their barracks The Coalition Army of the Roland Continent attacked for two days, yet they were unable to create an opening
What Tiger could not understand was that his soldiers were extreht ferociously even when they were faced with the sturdy Thunder City
However, the situation had suddenly changed Apart frododoressive attacks, those soldiers refused to be vanguards Even when Tiger, in the naave the officers of those troops pretended to be dead
The soldiers were even worse They often stopped after running a few steps forward They were reluctant to move forward, even if their lives were threatened Even when faced with the sharp swords of their superiors ere pushi+ng froo as slowly as possible
Occasionally they would charge forward but no longer had faith or the courage to face death They would casually fight for a while before retreating The first thing those soldiers would do after retreating would be to rush to the barracks and divide all the spoils of war of the dead soldiers
Soold, those soldiers ere usually not aggressive in the battlefield, would even attack their own comrades
Tiger was extrery and ied their heads for others to see That caused dissatisfaction of the people fro selfish and deliberately sent their ardom
Tiger then gritted his teeth and dispatched the infantry of Sauron Kingdoht the battle for one day However, he found that the ardorily said, ”Just stay in the barracks and count your money! But just think for yourself, if ere to lose the ould you still be able to spend that money?”
Besides that, Tiger had a concern, which he kept to hi God's Whip has not appeared for a few days Don't any of you all have any thoughts?
Although Tiger was suspicious, at least up till then, he still had not heard any bad news In order to prevent any possible scheer would dispatch thousands of sroups to scout in all directions, especially at his flanks and rear
At the very least, the report he received two nights ago was reassuring That night, three thousand soldiers frodom were dispatched to scout around They encountered the opponent's transport teaer felt relaxed when the blood-stained deputy officer returned and reported the news to him
That was because according to the deputy officer, they had encountered the Lightning God's Whip
The officer and three thousands of the ared to escape were less than eight hundred Even their two sorcerers were killed
Although they lost a few thousand soldiers and two sorcerers, Tiger was not concerned At the very least, the Lightning God's Whip was still there and had not disappeared to somewhere else
Tiger repeatedly and carefully asked the deputy officer about the clothing, armors, and equipment of the enemy and their combat effectiveness Those questions were unnecessary but the answers htened blood-stained deputy officer in front of hiroup that could cause the Roland ar God's Whip
The actual nu God's Whip headed by Oliseh was definitely less than two thousand However, the deputy officer exaggerated that there were two thousand of the Lightning God's Whip to evade responsibility
In addition to that, the news Tiger received the night before further reduced his doubts
The night before, one of the thousands of small troops that he had dispatched also encountered an attack According to the report by those who returned, they were attacked by the Lightning God's Whip Three or four thousand of the Lightning God's Whip aion
In two consecutive nights, the Southeast and the Southwest had traces of the Lightning God's Whip Could it be that the Lightning God's Whip is still in the vicinity?
Tiger sighed What is the Duke of Tulip Fa directly on the battlefield but instead divided into sroups to scout around Were they specifically sent to fight his search groups?
”Or” Tiger's eyes lit up
OrCould it be that the Empire is short of supplies? The Duke of Tulip Faht attack the transport tea God's Whip to escort the supply team?
Tiger laughed as he thought about that It was ridiculous
He then reo, the deputy officer hadGod's Whip escorting the supply team
Perhaps, what his opponent transported was not ordinary supplies but some powerful weapons!
With so hed and walked out of the tent The evening breeze made his already confused mind clearer He looked at the defensive line of the Radiant Empire and ?”
What is His Excellency the Duke doing? nobody knew That was so was not sure
In fact, Sieg was currently stationed at the Pamir Plain, far behind the Roland army
Sieg and one-half of the Wolf Fang had already set off two days ago Their destination was Thunder City
The twenty thousand Wolf Fangs were not wearing the standard ar the ar the cross-swords of the Roland soldiers More i the ordinary arhts The special colors of the armors and the black cloaks on their backs indicated their identity as the suprehts of the Te the actual standard ariment of the Roland Continent
The truth was, Sieg was also a little bit puzzled He was puzzled by His Excellency the Duke, who had been acting strangely recently
In fact, ever since fighting the Holy Knights at the Pamir Plain, His Excellency the Duke had rarely appeared after returning to the camp
Sieg and Milo had been speculating whether His Excellency the Duke have been injured
After fighting for so ainst the Senior Knights, it would be unusual if His Excellency the Duke had no injuries Even if he did not have any external injuries, then what about internal injuries?
Others ht not knoerful a Paladin really was However, Sieg knew At Thunder City, Sieg had fought Paladin Fielding when that Paladin cli had never doubted his own strength, until then In fact, Sieg was about to reach the level of a Grade 5 swordsman However, when he was confronted by the Paladin, he only ed to defend three strikes The three strikes al could also tell that the Paladin had not used his full strength If His Excellency the Duke had not appeared in time to assist him, he would have died in Thunder City
Is His Excellency the Duke really injured? Even if he is, shouldn't he at least tell ht affect the soldier's morale, shouldn't he at least tell a few senior commanders?
His Excellency the Duke had been acting strangely in the barracks a few days ago His dozen bodyguards stood watch all the time, outside his tent Besides that, His Excellency the Duke had also given orders that without his per, was allowed to enter the tent
Sieg had souards of His Excellency the Duke, even though so certainly could recognize them However, when he looked at their faed too h he did not test theer than before A warrior's intuition was very accurate
There were also a few other recruits that Sieg did not recognize That was not surprising because he was the Duke of the Tulip Family It was noruards around hieneration, the Duke of the Tulip Fauards from their fainally a guard for the Duke'sGod's Whip
A silhouette e mind
Yes, that blue-haired boy
What is the name of that blue-haired boy? Ah, it is Rody I do not know that boy He seems to have been dispatched from the mansion of the Duke of Tulip Family It is normal if I do not know him After all, there are tens of thousands of soldiers, it is impossible fordeal if the Duke of the Tulip Fauards around… But… But, why does that boy give ?
More importantly, His Excellency the Duke only occasionally appeared once a day and spent the rest of his ti, he would pass uards h this boy, Rody
There was also his sword It was obvious that this was His Excellency the Duke's weapon However, this boy was holding it Did His Excellency the Duke give it to him?
Who was this boy? He did not look like he had even reached twenty years old Was he a relative of the Tulip Family?
Meanwhile, Rody was at a place that was about four hours away fro was He had more than twenty thousand cavalry the arhts Their destination was also Thunder City
Kraft looked at the blue-haired boy and thought to himself
Kraft was thirty-five years old that year He was an old soldier of the Lightning God's Whip However, because of his bad temper, he had always only held the post of a Deputy Commander The entire army of the Empire knew that the post of a Deputy Commander was just for show The real poas no better than that of a Captain
It was after His Excellency the Duke of the Tulip Fa God's Whip that Kraft had a better opportunity of proth, he was promoted to coinal Lightning God's Whip, he already did not think highly of those noble officers He had never followed their bad ways Besides his arrogance, the other reason was Kraft was not a noble
Because of that, Kraft had always looked at the nobles with disdain Naturally, the great Duke of the Tulip Family was an exception