Riding and Slashing

Chapter 322 He Met the Devourer

Gondor has a lot of troops, more than 1000 people. They are all kinds of Fieldsway axemen or guerrillas-in fact, they are pirates and smugglers who have just transferred to the regular army.

But right now, these infantry who have left the sea are being blocked by a cavalry that is no less than them.

People who have lived on the sea for a long time can easily lose their balance on land, and they must not be able to run or beat the cavalry in Sarleon, so these infantry dare not move at this time.

"Your Excellency Li Ang, thank you for your trust and attention. I am indeed eager to become the captain of an ironclad ship... But you may not know that King Vidis is my only friend."

After Gondor the Doomseeker saw Li Ang, his first words were rejection: "It is impossible for me to betray him."

Li Ang smiled and nodded: "I know that. Inna told me that you once saved Vidis's life. Moreover, not betraying one's oath is the most basic professional ethics of a lord..."

"Then you still come to talk to me about this?"

Gondor turned his head and looked at his troops: "I admit that I am not your opponent on land...but I will not drop my weapons and surrender."

"I didn't ask you to surrender either...I didn't intend for you to betray Vidis, and in fact I didn't ask Inna to betray Filzway—I promise, neither you nor Inna will betray Vidis of."

Li Ang shook his head and said, "Gondor, Vidis is not my enemy."

"What do you mean? The Sarleion Kingdom declared war on Filzway, but you, as the Marshal of the Sarleion Kingdom, said that King Vidis is not your enemy?"

Gondor does look a little confused.

"Fieldsway is my enemy country, but Vidis is not my enemy. Declare war on Fieldsway only because the Kingdom of Sarleon must declare war... I have no intention of attacking Fieldsway at all .In fact, I'm going to save Vidis's life—I want you to save your only friend one more time."

Li Ang looked at Inna next to him: "Tell your father about the current situation."

Inna nodded, walked up and spread out the map.

The current situation is actually a bit strange. The troops of the Sarleon Kingdom did not invade the territory of Fierdsway, but it was Fierdsway who was attacking the territory of Sarleon...

Count Leofric withdrew from under High Cliff Fort, and turned his head to attack Caneburg, southeast of High Cliff Fort.

This attack was very sudden, and no one expected Leofric to do it.

King Vidis has rich battlefield and political experience, and he soon realized that Leofric might want to solve the internal problems of the Sarleon Kingdom first.

Any king can realize that after Ulrik's death, Queen Amy took the throne, and there must be some people in the Sarleon Kingdom who are dissatisfied, especially those who originally belonged to the Lion Knights.

This is indeed a fact. Leo Fwan of Fort Cane, Elder Fred of Fort Kelledan and others did not pledge allegiance to Amy.

In addition, Li Ang has never appeared in the Legion of the Lion Kingdom, so Vidis came to the conclusion that Li Ang is solving internal hidden dangers.

And Leofric gave up the siege of High Cliff Fort, left Fierdsway's army alone, and turned to attack Fort Caine, which belonged to the Sarleon Kingdom. This was the most obvious signal.

This is of course a good opportunity, and King Vidis will naturally not let go of this opportunity to take advantage of the fire.

Therefore, when Leofric was fighting against Leofvon on the east side of Cane Castle, Vidis led his troops to launch a surprise attack from the western hillside and occupied Cane Castle in one fell swoop.

This seemed to be a surprise attack full of wisdom, and Vidis basically didn't lose many people.

After discovering this situation, Leofric voluntarily withdrew from Kaine Castle and retreated towards Haringosburg—his legion had more cavalry. Siege, this is the correct judgment in anyone's eyes.

Originally, King Vidis also planned to accept it as soon as it was good. He waited cautiously in Kaineburg for two days, but tentatively sent some people to the surrounding villages and towns to investigate the situation.

But the result of this trial made him have more ideas - most of the villages and towns around Kaineburg are actually deserted!

No one can be seen in Yazhu Village. There was a civil war in Guihu Town before, and most of the residents fled.

At present, the journey from Kaineborg to Lion Lake City is almost smooth.

At the same time, the scouts reported that a fierce battle had taken place in Lion Lake City, and the entire city was currently defenseless!
Later, Vidis got the voluntary refuge of a lord of the Sarleon Kingdom - Fawcett.

Vidis knew Fawcett, Duke Alma was a friend of Vidis, and of course he knew his friend's eldest son.

And Fawcett said that he has regained the Lion Lake City that should have belonged to him.

For this reason, he hoped that King Vidis would march into Lion Lake City-Fawsert claimed that he just couldn't defend Lion Lake City alone. In fact, Lion Lake City has now been conquered by him.

He defected to Filtzway just to ensure that the Sarleon Kingdom's counterattack could be repelled.

In Vidis' view, Lion Lake City should indeed belong to Fawcett, and Fawcett did have a reason to betray the Sarleon Kingdom - Ulrik is dead, and since Fawcett lost the king he was loyal to, Then it makes sense to switch to anyone now.

Especially if he switched to his father's friend, it would allow him to regain the territory that belonged to the Horton family...

At the same time, Vidis also understood the decision Leofrick made before.

No wonder Leofric had abandoned the battlefield of High Cliff Castle and turned to attack Kaine Castle. It seemed that it was because Fawcett had caused a big mess in Lion Lake City.

Lion Lake City was conquered, so Leofric's retreat may have problems, so he will attack Caneburg, not to solve the rebellion against the queen, but to protect his own retreat;
Later, Leofric withdrew to Haringosburg, which was actually to defend Sarleon...

At this time, the Kingdom of Ravencrow is attacking Cliff Cove, and Godric's troops are cooperating with the Ravencrow at Mimmosh Hold.

Of course Vidis didn't intend to get involved in the battle at Cliff Bay, at least not until the battle situation became clear.

Most of Fieldsway's army is infantry, and there are only more than 2000 people around Vidis. After all, the most powerful lords are not here.

Helping the Ravens would mean fielding Brennus' Lion Knights--the last thing Vidis wanted to do.

If they help Brennus, then the Ravencrow army and Godric will probably work together to destroy Filtsway's troops first.

At the same time, Vidis also knew that it was impossible for him to capture Sarleon City. After all, Leofric's troops and Leon's troops should be around Sarleon City.

But what if you take advantage of the current chaos and occupy Lion Lake City?
Of course Vidis was tempted.

If Highcliffe, Fort Cane, Foxtown, and Lionslake all become Fieldsway's domain, this would make Cliffs Bay completely surrounded by Fieldsway - regardless of who won in the Battle of Cliffs Bay Victory can only be swallowed by Fieldsway in the end!
And it won't be long before Earl Edin and Gondor can complete the reorganization of the female warriors from Vanskerry at Howling Castle, and they can calmly take Mirkmarsh Castle.

The several factions in Cliff Bay fought so fiercely that they might not be able to fight anymore by that time. Vidis only needs to stick to the city and sit on the mountain to watch the tigers fight, waiting for work at ease, and waiting for the fisherman to benefit.

If Fox Town, Lion Lake City, and Cliff Bay were purely inland towns, then Vidis might not have made such a determination.

But none of these places are inland towns...

They all rely on the sea——Although Lion Lake is called a lake, it is not a lake, but an inland sea, formed by the seawater pouring into the hinterland of the mainland along the bays around Shizhui Bay and Ravencrow City.

In other words, these places, including Changsong Port and Raven City in Ravencrow Kingdom, are actually coastal towns.

As long as these places can be controlled first, Vidis has the confidence to defend these coastal towns—when the battlefield becomes the sea and coastline most familiar to pirates and smugglers, Filzway will not be afraid of any enemies!

In addition, Fawcett said that he would be stationed in Paine to personally block the eastern lord of the Sarleon Kingdom...

There is nothing to say, people have such a good attitude...

But in this case, the efficiency must be high, because Leofric has already retreated to Fort Haringos, which means that the city of Sarleon will get news soon, and it is estimated that the troops of Sarleon Kingdom will rush to the city soon. To Lion Lake City.

You have to compete with the Sarleon Kingdom for speed!

So King Vidis quickly pushed his troops from Fort Cane to Fox Town without encountering any resistance.

Then he sent the leader of 'Strong Shield' Haakon to Lion Lake City to monitor Fawcett's actions by the way.

Fawcett was very trustworthy. He did not let his troops enter Lion Lake City, but sent someone to help Chief Haakon open the gate of Lion Lake City, and then he led his troops to station in Payne Village.

Leader Haakon entered Lion Lake City without a hitch—this obviously meant that Fawcett was not lying, and that he really wanted to defect to Filtzway.

Fawsert didn't enter the city himself, but handed over the castle to Haakon's troops. Naturally, this would not be a false surrender.

So King Vidis sent troops to garrison in Fox Town, and then he himself came to Lion Lake City.

There had indeed been internal strife in Lion Lake City, and there were traces of battles everywhere.

And those residents who stayed in Lion Lake City before they had time to escape said that Grand Long led the First Banner Guard of Lion Lake City to fight some heretics before, and it was almost a loss for both sides, and Grand Long died in the battle.

Vidis felt that Fawcett had done a lot of things before, and it was no wonder Fawcett was able to win Lion Lake City.

So Vidis promised Fawcett that if he could hold Lion Lake City this time and finally get Cliff Bay, then Fawcett would become the Lord of Lion Lake City and the Duke of Firthway.

——If they can get this rich town along the inner sea of ​​Lion Lake, then Filtzway will soon become the most powerful kingdom in the Pendor Continent, and indeed several dukes should be conferred.

"If it's just like this... Then King Vidis will win a big victory, and the Sarleon Kingdom will probably lose half of its territory... Your Excellency Leon, since you can tell me this calmly..."

Gondor the Doomseeker probably realized something: "Just tell me, what happened in Lion Lake City? How is Vidis now?"

"He encountered an army of heretics and fallen people in Lion Lake City... Countless fallen people."

Li Ang drew three circles on the map: "I came to you, in fact, I intend to let you join forces with me to rescue Vidis, otherwise he will probably die in the hands of the 'Eat Devourer', and may even be killed devouring souls..."

"The Devourer? You mean... the Devil?!"

Gondor asked in surprise.

He had heard the name before, 30 years ago.

At that time, there was also a demon called 'The Devourer' who appeared in Sarleon and destroyed the homeland of Gondor.

But at that time, the Mad King was busy arresting the rebels, and he didn't care about the life and death of the people under his rule.

"Yes. I know Earl Edin won't believe me, so I asked Inna to come to you...I guarantee that this is true, Gondor, you should know that there is no need for me to lie to you in this situation."

Li Ang nodded.

Indeed, more than 1000 cavalry can charge directly against infantry with a slightly smaller force than themselves in the field.

"So, Inner told me earlier that you wanted me to leave Fieldsway . . . what did that mean?"

Gondor actually believed it a long time ago-no lord would tell the enemy the whole situation.

"This is the price, the price you have to pay to save your friend. I know your reputation and don't want to be your enemy, so I want you to leave Fieldsway. If you promise, I will take you to save Viddy Si—is this not considered betrayal by you?"

Li Ang pointed to the cavalry behind him: "But if you are not willing, then I have to destroy your troops here, and then think about how to solve the problem of Lion Lake City...Of course, Vidis is not my friend, I I don't think about how to save him..."

There is nothing to be unhappy about, Gondor knows that now he can only go to Lion Lake City with Li Ang, an enemy.

……

King Vidis now understood why Fawcett did not enter the city, but retreated to Payne Village on his own initiative.

This is not to show the sincerity of defecting to Fieldsway, but because there are many fallen people around Lion Lake City...

Yes, too many to count.

As a well-informed pirate king, Vidis has seen fallen people before, but this is indeed the first time he has seen such a huge number.

They seemed to pop up suddenly overnight, completely surrounding Lion Lake City.

It is impossible to count, and it is estimated that there should be tens of thousands of fallen people.

Vidis immediately realized that this was probably the reason why Yazhu Village, Guihu Town and other places had no residents at all...

Probably the only good news is that these fallen people are all outside the city.

No major problems were found in the city, only a few rogues took advantage of the panic brought by the fallen army to commit crimes-this is what happens in any city during a war.

Vidis had already cleaned them up for the first time—he directly threw those rogue knights out of the city and into the fallen.

There are currently only 600 people in the city, all of whom are skilled Fieldsway fighters.

There are only three lords, the leader of 'Strong Shield' Haakon, the Earl of 'Chahu' Airy, and Vidis himself.

The other lords were stationed in High Cliff Castle, Cane Castle, and Fox Town...

If you want to defend Lion Lake City, you may have to find some reinforcements.

However, there is no way to leave the city at present.

Instead, a Ravenclaw army could be seen appearing near Lion Lake City. That army was Ursula's rebel army, and Vidis recognized it.

But the rebel army retreated into Biglen Village immediately after discovering the Fallen.

At the same time, in the direction of Eagle Claw Fort, some people would come to investigate from time to time, but they looked like people from the Misty Mountain.

Apart from Fawcett in Payne Village, it seems that there is no reliable reinforcement?

But Fawcett, an insidious villain... Since he tricked himself into Lion Lake City to face the army of heretics, how could he support himself?

Not long after, Vidis met the leader of the fallen.

A very terrible monster.

(End of this chapter)