Blood Dragon

Few people described Thomas' strategy in this pursuit in detail, because in their view, it was a matter of course and a matter of course.But real soldiers often raved about it and regarded it as the best example of courage and resourcefulness combined.The pursuit was made up of a series of smaller battles, and Thomas won eight of them until he finally wiped out the entire Paro army.

The second battle that directly led to the defeat of Paro's army was a classic night attack.After the death of General Rudolph, Paro's army was finally attacked by Thomas at night due to the lax security, and the troops were encircled and defeated.This great victory frightened the Paro army. Later, even Thomas's flying snake flag was waved, and the Paro army immediately scattered like frightened grouse.

In fact, it wasn't until after this battle that the world really understood Thomas' ambitions.The so-called "time-stuck tactic" is just a pretense, and at most it is a backup strategy.The real goal of Thomas is to rely on the army of less than [-] people in his hand to defeat the entire army of Paro in one fell swoop and recover the entire Casillas, thus establishing an unprecedented great achievement.Before that, many people used ancient names to compare Thomas, but it seems that his ambition is to surpass all ancients.

Looking through Thomas' past achievements, many people think that his characteristics are cautious, resourceful, and courageous.But this time Thomas proved that he has all the good qualities of a great general, not just one or two.When he needs to be a fox, he is a fox; when he needs to be a lion, he is a lion; when he needs to be a hungry wolf, he is a hungry wolf.After the night attack, Thomas urged his subordinates mercilessly, marched at an astonishing speed, and pursued and killed the remnants of the Paro army. Every subsequent battle ended with his overwhelming advantage.

Thomas' army rapidly expanded.His victory has shaken the entire Casillas, and many remnants of the Cassillas rebels who were defeated and suppressed by the Paro people joined under the flag of the Flying Snake.More than ten days later, Thomas arrived at the outskirts of Foros, and his soldiers pointed directly at the fallen royal city.However, the Paro people have long lost the confidence to stick to it.They retreated early, and in order to stop Thomas, they burned the famous city before leaving. Thousands of civilians died in the fire.This is a dangerous method. They did achieve their goal of delaying Thomas for two full days, but since then, they have also formed an irresolvable deep hatred between the Cassillas and Paro...

—Excerpt from "History of Stygian Wars"

"Urgent report! Urgent report! Urgent report!" The messenger, or the messenger, waved the letter in his hand, with a happy face, and rushed all the way to the deepest part of the palace.It is where His Majesty Lanjill is sick and where the princess usually lives.

Everyone in the city now knows that His Majesty Langier is "unwell".Of course, this "discomfort" is just an implicit term, a kind of word play among the nobles—Langier is seriously ill and old and frail, so this time, he might be favored by the God of Nature.

But having said that, everyone is aware of all of this, so it didn't cause any big waves.When His Majesty Langier chose to let Princess Irina rule instead of coming back by himself, everyone knew that the king's health was not optimistic.

The messenger rushed all the way to the core area before being blocked by a few guards.

"The imperial meeting is being held inside, you must wait here."

A guard walked into the room and made a gesture as he came out.Several people searched the messenger and let him in.

The arrangement in the room is far simpler than people expected, there is almost no furniture here.A large conference table, with seats for each minister beside the table.On the bookshelf next to it, there are various reports and documents.A clerk stood by, recording without saying a word.There is a nondescript and slightly strange screen a little far away.Princess Irina and her five ministers (that is, those "temporary") looked at the messenger who entered through the main entrance.

"What urgent report?" Someone asked.

"A letter from General Thomas...General Thomas defeated Paro's main force at the city of Derek. He killed General Paro Duke Rudolph on the battlefield and wiped out at least [-]% of the enemy army! Now he is chasing the remnants of the enemy."

As the messenger spoke, he presented the letter.Princess Irina read it first, and then circulated the letter to her ministers.

A few coughs came from behind the screen.The messenger looked at the screen in surprise. Could there be someone eavesdropping behind it?But all the great nobles who participated in the imperial meeting, including Princess Irina, looked as usual, as if they didn't hear this weird sound at all, and he could only suppress his doubts.

The letter was finally passed to the "interim" Foreign Secretary Landwin.When the others got the letter, they were mostly surprised mixed with joy, but when Randwin started to read, even his fingers began to tremble.

"...The loss of the troops is quite large, but the courage of the soldiers is available...Abandon Derek...Pursue the defeated Paro..." He whispered a few words, then wiped his eyes, as if he couldn't believe what he saw everything of.

"Your Highness, this letter may be fake!" Landwin said suddenly.

"Fake? But it does have Thomas' seal on it! And look at the attached document...it's a list of knights that Thomas canonized. Several of them are militiamen...Only Thomas would do that, wouldn't he?"

"But this letter contains an impossible thing. Thomas actually defeated the main force of Paro in the defensive battle of Derek City, and killed the enemy commander, and is still... chasing it? Don't forget, my lord, the strategy that General Thomas described here. I think it may well be a trick of the Paro people. They may... may... capture Lord Thomas's... seal!" Landwynn resisted vigorously.

But his words were not shared by others.Princess Irina took the letter from Randwyn's hand.

"If it's the plan of the Paro people, then why are they doing this?" the princess asked gently.

"Probably to prevent us from reinforcing Thomas..."

"It is impossible for us to reinforce Thomas now! Unless we send all the Pegasus knights." Someone said in a mocking tone.

"Or to let us relax our vigilance so that they can launch a surprise attack."

"Where did they raid from?"

"Anyway, this shouldn't be true... Attention everyone, this is not Thomas's handwriting!"

"My lord, haven't you read the letter? General Thomas was injured, so this letter was written by his subordinates."

"Anyway, I don't believe it's true!" Landwin jumped up, roaring loudly. "Thomas can't..."

"My lord, I think you need to go out and calm down for a while." Irina said suddenly.Landwin froze there for a moment, motionless.Seconds later, he read from Irina's eyes that it was not a joke.He hesitated, not knowing what he should do.

"Guards! Duke Landwyn is tired, let him go back to his room to rest first." Another person greeted outside.Two guards entered in response. They first looked at Princess Irina, and after getting a positive answer from the princess's face, each of them supported Landwin to leave the room.

"Our General Thomas is really troublesome. He canonized so many knights in one go. Probably all the surviving apprentice knights were promoted to knights. There are also a few militiamen. The problem of their territory will give us a headache." See As Randwin left, the others smiled knowingly.

"Your Highness, you have already won this war. You can hold a celebration parade right now." A minister stood up and said to the princess.

"Notify the front line of this news immediately! Let the soldiers be happy too." Someone suggested.

"General Thomas... is really powerful, and he will grow stronger and stronger!"

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"General Thomas, you are really powerful, and you will grow stronger and stronger!"

In fact, more than 20 days ago, someone already made such admiration.It was Luke who admired none other than Luke.Luke let out a "tsk tsk" admiration while looking over and over at the secret letter in his hand. "First, we had a one-on-one duel, and then we defeated the Paro army in one fell swoop in the defense of the city, and killed the commander of the Paro army, Rudolf, and finally gave up Derek City decisively, and the whole army pursued it! We General Thomas is indeed a great general, you should learn more."

That's what I said, but Luke's expression can't see the slightest touch and admiration.

"What should we do, uncle? Now the Paro people have been defeated by Thomas..." Ryan walked around the room anxiously.The Paro man is gone, now it is Thomas standing in front of him!

They are now in the governor's mansion in a small town.The city wasn't too far from Drake's Castle, so they got an idea of ​​how the siege would end.

He stabbed Thomas!Surely Thomas would never forgive him... oh, damn it!Fighting anyone is better than Thomas!That old man... I don't know how many unfortunate armies dared to stand in front of him, trying to stop him with mantis arms, but in the end they were all turned into a small text in the historical records by him.

Lane knew very well that if he fought Thomas, he would face an unwinnable war.Quite a few of Cassilos' lords would be unwilling to follow him, and even immediately defected to Thomas.Even if nothing like this happened, he would definitely not be able to defeat Thomas in a showdown between the two sides on the battlefield.Ryan knew this.

"Nothing to do. Nephew, has your mind changed?"

"What's on your mind?"

"Of course it's about your plan to marry the princess!" Luke asked nonchalantly.

"Uncle, how are we going to marry the princess now? Thomas won the battle! He wiped out the Paro people! Even if they haven't been wiped out now, it's not much worse! When the Paro people are cleaned up, turn around and find my betrayal, then we ..."

"Haha...hahahaha..." Luke suddenly laughed. "My dear nephew, leave that question alone. I ask you, why should we go to war with Thomas? Since we can't win--as you say, Thomas can pinch us with two fingers--then why bother with He fights?"

"Why..." Ryan couldn't figure out what his uncle meant for a moment.