Blood Dragon

Chapter 350 Chapter [-] Cold-Blooded

Regardless of the fact that Beler's troops are mainly infantry, in fact, his retreat speed is very fast, faster than Aishuruffat's expectation.Moreover, as mentioned earlier, Beler brought the latest situation of the Chaos Legion through the observation of the scouts.

"...The total strength exceeds one hundred thousand, including a large number of heavily armed troops... In addition, there are magicians, a large number of Chaos wizards, and there are more than fifty Tzeentch wizards who have been observed straddling the magic disk... "In Ashrufat's tent, Beler introduced this Chaos Legion to everyone. "It is speculated that it should be between 100 and 150 people... Compared with this number, the number of magicians owned by this Chaos Legion greatly exceeds the conventional configuration."

Even in chaos, magicians are not commonplace.A thousand soldiers can be equipped with one or two magicians, which is already a remarkable density.Ashurfat also had an army of one hundred thousand before, but there were only a few dozen magicians, which was still far away from three digits.

Anyone would admit that a magician is worth more on the battlefield than a whole team of heavily armored knights—as long as the luck is not too bad.

Baylor agrees with relying on the river to carry out a blocking battle.The four senior generals gathered in the tent to have a detailed discussion about the future battle.It must be explained that in the face of such a sudden change, even Baylor has given up the idea of ​​a field battle.In the final analysis, the blocking battle of the river is a battle aimed at procrastinating time. The main reason for fighting here is to allow the cities behind (especially Gaohua City) to have sufficient time to repair various city defense fortifications and strengthen their defenses to fight against Possible high-intensity attacks in the future.

"We cross the river... and then destroy the bridge. Just this kind of measure can theoretically delay it for a day or two."

"They can choose a place to build a pontoon bridge to cross the river."

"That's right, we can try to destroy the pontoon bridge. In this way, the battle will become a battle for the pontoon bridge... I don't think we can use more troops in this way. In a short time, our side should have an advantage, Enough to delay for a while."

"But after a long time, they will always find a chance to break through. For example, they can divide the road and build a bridge, false and true...and..."

"Urgent report!" Suddenly the cry sounded from the door.According to the rules in the army, the courier with urgent military information has the highest right of passage, and even this kind of senior officer meeting is not a reason to block the other party.

The four exchanged glances with each other, and Ashuruffat called out to the door: "Come in!"

A man dressed as an orderly rushed in. Before he could speak, the four immediately had an extremely ominous premonition.Because the distraught expression on the messenger's face showed that he must have brought no good news.

"My lord general!" The messenger took a second to gather himself. "Emergency. Last night, the Chaos Legion captured the city of Nusteria. Her Majesty the Queen who is in the city...is missing!"

Although the four of them already had a premonition, the severity of the news that the messenger spit out still far exceeded their expectations.For a moment, apart from the rapid breathing of the messenger, there was no sound in the entire tent.

"How did the news come?" The silence lasted for an unknown amount of time, and finally, Ashuruffat spoke first.Although he heard the bad news, his voice remained calm.

"Communication book...magic communication book." Ashuruffat's calmness scared the messenger a little. "You should...listen...hear."

This is one of the many rare things that humans have obtained from the elves through trade.The magic communication book is actually two books, or two sheets of paper.Write words in special ink on one sheet, and the same writing will appear on the other—no matter how far apart the two sheets are.

This is actually a special way of magical communication-although magicians can say so lightly and dismissively.But in fact, humans can't make this kind of thing.According to a hypothesis, only high-level magicians of the elf family, who are naturally more compatible with the wind of magic, can make this kind of magic props.According to the merchants, even among the martial elves, such items are relatively rare high-end items.

Due to the apparent intensification of trade with elves in recent years (largely due to those trade licenses written by Ashrufa), this kind of thing has also been sold to the human world.Of course, the high price and scarce quantity of these things make them impossible to put into practical use.However, the church tried to buy some for some magicians to study.

This time, many priests of the church went out with the army, and one of them was carrying a magic communication book—as mentioned earlier, it was actually only two pieces of paper.One of them was left in Nustria City as a last resort for communication between Nustria City and Ashurfat.

The content in the magic communication book should have appeared last night, but it was only noticed by the magician not long ago.Immediately, according to the relevant regulations of the army, the magician called the messenger and asked to report the matter to the general.

"Where's that piece of paper... that magic communication book?" Ashuruffat asked immediately.

Baylor glanced at the three people present with as little movement as possible.Ashurfat seemed to maintain his usual composure, Baranka seemed to be in a state of nightmare, and Parry's hands were trembling slightly.

"Here." The messenger immediately took out something from his body and handed it over with both hands.

Ashuruffat took the letter and read it.When his gaze left the magic paper, Belleel clearly saw that Ashrufat's originally fair face had turned livid.

Of course, his expression still seems to be calm, but if you really look at him seriously, you will find that there is a kind of... a kind of inhuman light in his eyes, which is just like a beast that chooses to eat people some eyes.

The messenger who was facing Ashurfat was stared at by him, like a frog being targeted by a poisonous snake, his whole momentum shrank.At least Baylor clearly saw the poor guy's legs shaking uncontrollably.

Well, speaking of it, there are really not too many innocent and unlucky people who were chopped off by the coach in a fit of anger.Not to mention such a messenger, even a middle-level officer...even a lieutenant general, if he is killed, he can only consider himself unlucky.

"What's going on?" Baylor said in time, trying to alleviate the oppressive and suffocating atmosphere as much as possible.

"Chaos defeated." Ashuruffat suddenly smiled, but his eyes stayed on Parry like a hungry wolf.After defeating the Chaos Legion, Parry was in charge of leading the army to wipe out the Chaos remnants, because his troops were the most familiar with the terrain and also the most adaptable. "An organized Chaos fled to the city of Nusteria...and our queen...unfortunately, happened to be in the city. She was accompanied by only a few dozen guards...and a few female officers …For example, that Ms. Rodia that we all know.” He smiled and looked at Belle, and Belle’s face turned pale in an instant. "And my two fiancées... the Griffin family's Xingjian and Xingke..."

Parry's face was as pale as a sheet of paper.He picked up his cup mechanically with his hand, as if he wanted to take a sip to moisten his throat.But the hand trembled, and the cup fell to the ground, making a crisp sound of ceramic shattering, and the drink in it spilled all over the floor.

The four people present were very clear about the defense situation of Newstria City.It is no exaggeration to say that it is a ghost city.Even a defeated army of Chaos can pose a great threat to it.

"The defenders finally managed to hold the second city wall, but they could only hold it." Ashuruffat continued.His voice became soft and peaceful, but it made everyone present shudder. "... At least that was the case when this magic communication was sent. But the queen happened to... that night, she just stopped in the outer city with her entourage and guards."

After he finished speaking, the surroundings immediately fell into a terrible silence.The four of them, including Belleur, were very aware of the political significance of that little girl—if that little girl died like this, it meant that Gruene would lose his only legitimate monarch.The royal family is not very prosperous, and those who have the right to inherit are children (although the little girl herself can be regarded as a child, the other heirs are even younger).

"General... lord general...can I...can I leave?" the messenger asked tremblingly.

"You came directly from...that venerable magician?" Ashuruffat asked seemingly casually.

"Yes, I will come as soon as I get the news."

"Have you mentioned this to anyone else?"

"My lord general... I ran all the way here, and I didn't even stop."

In the next moment, Ashuruffat jumped a few steps away from each other, and with a flick of his hand, the magic long sword had appeared in his hand.The speed of this sword was so astonishing that the messenger didn't have time to let out a scream after he fell.

The guards at the door quickly rushed in with their halberds, but when they saw the dead messenger on the ground and Ashuruffat holding a long sword, they immediately changed their vigilance.

"This guy disobeyed the military order and was killed by me." Ashuruffat said lightly.He made a gesture, and the guard immediately comprehended and pulled the corpse out, leaving only the pungent smell of blood in the tent.

"I'll deal with that magician later." Ashuruffat said lightly, scanning everyone present at the same time.However, Beler still noticed that Ashuruffat's gaze stayed on Parry for a little longer than on others, but finally passed by. "I think everyone understands what this message means. I don't want to know that someone in the military is delivering this message... whoever it is!"

The voice of his last sentence was mixed with indescribable murderous intent, even Belleel felt his heart beating uncontrollably a few times.

"As for the deployment of defenses along the river just mentioned, let's start immediately. General Parry, I will give you half a day to cause damage in as large a range as possible and prevent the enemy from collecting supplies for crossing the river. General Beryl, I will trouble you to deal with the speed and depth of the upstream and downstream water. General Barranca, you are here to urge the army to cross the river, and make preparations for destroying the bridge. Give me an order, and I will see the bridge immediately. Dump."

"Wait a minute, General Ashrufat." Belleur finally spoke. "Let me remind... Magicians are very precious. They are gold coins, no more than copper coins, and they are not allowed to be squandered."

"Don't worry." Ashuruffat replied.He smiled, and that expression could freeze the soul. "Will not."