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The Earl of Casano's nightmare horse was indeed a fine steed, and the fifty-mile journey seemed to pass in the blink of an eye. The earl finally breathed a sigh of relief, as even the two-legged bear people couldn't run faster than horses, although they hadn't had a formal confrontation yet.
The equipment of these Mongol warriors still makes the noble Earl sweat coldly, just thinking about it is like having eaten too much ginseng. Fortunately, the family
His private army had at least three thousand men, and also possessed the court's great magician Fran, as well as two squadrons of heavy halberdiers. The equipment for those heavily armed halberdiers alone required an entire convoy to transport. Thinking about his remaining trump cards, the Earl's panic gradually subsided.
The crisis has passed and the Earl is no longer in such a hurry to gallop his warhorse, and the wise warhorse also began to slow down its speed gradually.
Like all proud humans, the Earl felt a little ashamed in his heart. After all, even scouts knew to help each other in the previous battle, but as the commander-in-chief, he was the first to flee, which was indeed contrary to the way of a knight.
Fortunately for the Earl, after this brief skirmish, there was no one left who had seen what he did, which made him let out a sigh of relief.
As if in response to his inner concern, a Frostfur Pichu riding on a Golden Parrot flew over from the front of the horse again, turned a corner and disappeared.
The Earl's eyeballs solidified.
He saw that Frosty, wearing a fur hat and leopard skin vest, stuck out his small red tongue at him.
Count Casano rubbed his eyes in incredulity once again, but found nothing.
Just as the Earl was about to say a few witty remarks, a super-large bird that didn't look like an egret and didn't look like a spoonbill flew past his horse's side.
It was as if a gust of wind had swept past his side, and the Earl only felt a chill run through the gaps in his leather armor, and the golden Milan helmet on his head was blown away by the wind. The giant bird took to the sky with a whirlwind of grass and air, flying straight into the clouds.
The Earl saw a muscular Bimon on the giant bird's back turn around and smile at him.
"Oh Lord!" The atheist Count Casano broke out in goosebumps, praying desperately and becoming more devout than a lifelong pastor. At the same time, humanity's stubborn resistance also drove him to continue galloping forward recklessly.
The gods will not appear, Liu Zhensheng holding a tiger-headed hook appeared in front of him.
The Earl of Casano's nightmare horse was also a spirited creature, doing its best to avoid this route. But despite its efforts, the giant crane continued to circle above it, creating powerful gusts of wind with its wings that tilted the horse's body at an angle of eight degrees, forcing it to gallop along the predetermined route, no matter how hard the Earl whipped it.
The Earl of Casano had originally intended to charge forward with his horse, but the massive tiger-headed hooks in the hands of the opponent opposite him made him abandon his original plan. He could only gather up the reins and let out a long hiss as he stood upright on his stirrups. The earl's fingers quietly moved from grasping the reins to the ring-shaped crossbow tube on the saddle.
"Respected Mr. Pig, I am a diplomatic envoy, may I ask why you are blocking my way..." The Earl made an effort to put on a benevolent and wronged expression, the spur on his boot slightly retracted, and his horse took slow steps forward with a light gait.
"Put down your weapons, humans." Liu Zhen's words had barely left his mouth when he couldn't help but laugh at himself. The phrase somehow sounded a bit awkward no matter how you listened to it.
"Sir! I am the diplomatic envoy of the Kingdom of Dolotte! I have come to deliver a letter!" Seeing this, Bimon suddenly smiled, and the Earl's mind was greatly relieved. He began to fully exhibit his disguise skills, making his words as full of unyielding justice as possible.
Suddenly, even the wind on the desolate plain became generous and enthusiastic.
The Count of Casano indeed had a genuine letter of marque, issued by his uncle, the Chancellor Capero, which earned him the trust of the border guard at Fort Card. He then killed the guard at close range. With this hunting plan complete, no one knew that it was the work of the Charlab family, who had done it to perfection.
The Sharba family is still arrogant, after all, they have not yet reached the strength to rival the kingdom of Mong.
"Bring it here and let me take a look." Liu Zhenhong hooked his finger.
The Earl's face was filled with the radiance of herbivores, urging the Nightmare forward slowly.
Only ten paces away from Bi Meng now. The Earl's smile turned into a sneer, and even if he were a god, he wouldn't be able to escape the barrage of crossbow bolts on this path.
With the Earl's smile, both barrels of the repeating crossbow bolts shot towards Pique who was standing there. Each of the guards carried two repeating crossbow barrels worth as much as a fine warhorse, and this time, the Charba family had indeed paid a heavy price.
The deadly poison on these crossbow bolts also filled the Earl with a confident smile, but this smile soon came to an abrupt end.
A beautiful mermaid-like woman emerged from the void, using her body to block all the shooting crossbow arrows. At the moment of contact on both sides, the Earl saw water splashing out of the arrow holes.
"The...!" Count Casano's roar was cut short, and the Frostfur Pichu wearing a bear skin hat and belly warmer flew over again on its red parrot, this time the count could finally confirm that it wasn't just his eyes playing tricks on him. The parrot landed on the forehead of the dazed horse, gently preening its flying mane with its hooked beak.
The earl stared blankly at the snowy hill, his hand gripping the crossbow tightly, his knuckles turning blue. The sky was swept by a gust of wind, and the giant bird landed beside the earl. Although the well-trained warhorse did not get startled, the earl himself was slightly startled. The bird stood there, its height already surpassing that of the earl on horseback. Its red eyes shone with a fierce glow like burning embers.
The earl's heart was filled with an unspeakable sense of terror.
"Do I have to invite you down?" Liu Zhen looked at this cunning human with a smile.
The Earl's small eyes kept spinning rapidly, thinking hard about the countermeasures. The snowy white skin in front of him was like a kicked-off pinecone, and with one kick, he was knocked off his horse.
"I can give you gold coins, I have money! I can redeem myself!" The Earl endured the severe pain in his chest. He got up from the ground, took out a purse of money from his bosom, and pulled out handful after handful of glittering gold coins.
"If you let me go, all of this will be yours, and no one will ever know." The Count of Casano felt as if he had a glimmer of hope, his voice began to tremble.
The earl's words were interrupted by Liu Zhenyue's movements, and he saw a long bundle of hemp rope on the horseback. Liu Zhenyue took it down, and there were newly cut ends with a knife on it, apparently this was what the earl used to wipe his butt.
Seeing this, Montague eyed him suspiciously with the rope in his hand, and the Count immediately dropped the crossbow he was holding, drew his sword and jumped back.
Liu Zhenhong gallantly allowed the Earl to retreat with a nimble step, backing away to the open temple grounds. He himself picked up the two tiger-headed giant hooks that were tucked under his arms, these weapons being forged from new gold steel, each one measuring five chi in length and weighing 150 catties.
This bizarre door-type weapon originally required delicate usage techniques, but after being modified by Liu Zhensheng, Feilongchui's weapons consistently adhered to one style... enormous! When a weapon becomes enormous to a certain extent, simply chopping and slashing is already sufficient.
The sword of Count Casano was only exchanged with the tiger-headed hook once, and it broke into two pieces. One half flew up to the sky, and the other slipped out of his hand. Guo stood on horseback, holding his belly and laughing loudly.
The earl lowered his head and stared at his cracked ring, his eyes dull.
"Put out your hand." Liu Zhen said, wrapping a loop of hemp rope around it, speaking to the earl.
The earl tried to run away, but was tripped and fell heavily to the ground. The tool used for wiping buttocks tightly bound his ankles.
Liu Zhenhong tied the other end of the hemp rope to the saddle, turned the horse around, pinched Guo Guo's small face, and slapped the horse's buttocks heavily. Instantly, five large fingerprints were imprinted on it.
The nightmare horse let out a mournful whinny of "Hee-haw!" and took off in a mad gallop to the south, the earl being dragged away with a series of terrified squeals.
Liu Zhenhong picked up the two crossbow tubes on the ground and carefully picked up the gold coins on the ground. He tucked them into his bosom, and the parrot, which had been frightened by the horse's frantic gallop, flew up again and landed on Liu Zhenhong's shoulder, preening its feathers with abandon.
"Cunning human beings." Liu Zhen said with a smile after finishing this sentence.
Am I human or a parrot? Liu Zhenyun is like asking the parrot, but also like asking himself.
"Sly... sly..." The parrot mimicked Qiao's tone, and Liu Zhen stretched out his finger to tease it. It licked Liu's finger with its head. Since this parrot was pinched away by Liu Zhen using grass ash
After the shell on its head, today is still its first time learning to speak, and it doesn't count as having a good pronunciation.
Obis Laji! What kind of world is this, even the first sentence learned by parrots is cunning. Liu Zhenheng let out a long sigh, and the fire crane beside him cleverly lay down on the ground, Liu Zhenheng jumped up.
On the side of Feilongcui, the battle was also brilliant, and five living mouths were caught. Originally, there could have been more catches, but it wasn't until the hippopotamus poet returned with his arms around him that he discovered the people had already been squeezed to foam by them. However, they managed to rescue Saroman's sacrificial Robert, which made everyone ecstatic.
When Liu Zhenhuan returned, the foreign military officer Robert Bajo was flogging several human scouts with a whip. Robert's hands were shriveled and had no strength, but his eyes were filled with raging flames. If it weren't for these scouts being Lord Richard's spoils of war
Robert now wants to drag them all out and feed them to the prairie wolves.
"Robbie!" Liu Zhen took the whip from behind the trembling officer.
"Richard, my sentinel, forty men! Forty men! All slaughtered by these so-called diplomatic envoys! Not even the tail of our wolf was spared!"
Robert covered his face in agony, with tears of crystal flowing from between his fingers.
"We can't expect mercy from our enemies, my Robi, be strong." Liu Zhen shook his head and waved his hand. Gu De rolled up his sleeves, picked up the whip and started to lash at several prisoners who were already screaming in agony. Now they could only open their mouths, unable to make any sound.
"Things are not as bad as everyone thought, everything is being done as it should be." Liu Zhen shook his hand at the onlookers and used his eyes to signal to Fei Lengcui that the main leaders were in the advanced dining hall. At this point, Gu De also brought several captives into the large dining hall.
"How's it going?" Liu Zhen asked Gu De as he poured a cup of milk for Luo Bi.
"I haven't had a chance to ask yet." Good's face turned slightly red.
"These are not regular troops of Dolotte, there is no military emblem or family crest on them." Vielli's eyes narrowed as he gazed at the prisoners, his anger barely contained.
"Could it be bandits?" Bellemare muttered.
"Their equipment is indeed not like this, this thing is worth at least two thousand gold coins, and that's the price in the human kingdom." O'Neill swung the linked crossbow tube in his hand with a pleased expression, he had just learned how to play with this little thing and thought it was very interesting, and could also show off his extensive knowledge.
"Richard, do we need to leave?" Jingyu knew that Liu Zhenshen was about to use torture next and furrowed her brow. Looking at Liu Zhenshen, several beauties and Andoulan Elder prepared to stand up.
"No need to bother, these few captives are also small-time thieves. Even if we ask them, they won't reveal anything useful. Let the kitchen prepare something for us to eat first and fill our bellies before talking about it later. The answers will come soon enough." Liu Zhen said with a smile.
Dim sum hadn't been eaten for a few mouthfuls, when the sound of horseshoes and rustling clothes suddenly came from afar, getting closer and closer, like a gust of wind. Guo Guo dragged the unlucky Earl into the grand dining hall.
At the sight of food, Guagua let out a joyful shriek and jumped onto the table, diving headfirst into a piece of cake.
The Earl on the ground was still groaning, although the leather armor on his chest had protected his body, but his face was indeed scratched by thorns and his knees were scraped. It seemed that a few of his ribs were also broken. "Let this gentleman stand up, Corina." Liu Zhenyang waved his dagger.
Count Casano immediately got up with a limp, humans are the most sensible, especially in this situation.
It wasn't until he faced the Behemoth warrior that Count Casano truly felt what it meant to be desperate. The magnificent body, the terrifying equipment, made Count Casano feel his breath tighten, and seeing a few beauties he had already seen in the crystal ball, Count Casano's courage was slightly boosted.
Before Liu Zhen could even ask a question, the Earl spoke up first.
"Respected Lord Bimon, I have come to deliver a declaration of war!" Count Casano bowed politely, although he had suffered quite a bit on the way, his agile mind quickly came up with another excuse.
"Sly... sly..." The parrot stood on Liu's shoulder, pecking at crumbs as it spoke in a strange tone.
"Spare me the theatrics." Liu Zhen's eyes lit up at the mention of the war book, reminiscent of that dead devil Di Kuo, and he immediately cut off the Earl's nonsense.
Good pulled the chair back and came over to grab the earl's hair with a slap.
The Earl of Casano was dizzy from this bout of wild blows, his eyes were straight and if he hadn't been leaning against the kiln, he would have fallen to the ground.
"Let him go on," said Cui Peishan, standing up and stopping Pan Shuai.
"Barbarians!" How can you treat the envoy from the civilized world like this? The elegance of Count Casano is gone, but of course, one has to put on a brave face.
"They say that the hearts of scholars are the most poisonous, O'Neill. Let this gentleman from the civilized world see what true barbarism is." Liu Zhen shook his head.
O'Neill stroked his bald head, and with a self-satisfied air, he and the militiamen grabbed the earl's and prisoners' hair, dragging them out of the cave, amidst cries for mercy.
"Richard! The military situation is urgent, this is no time for joking!" Cui Peishan frowned and said.
"Li means, Robby, you go out with my men and take a look." Liu Zhen shook off a piece of bread, walked outside the house, and threw it to the fire crane.
Turning around, Old Liu suddenly found that his position had been taken over by Xian Nü Long. Guo Guo was holding a piece of bread and giggling as she handed it to Xian Nü Long. Just as a hint of a smile appeared on Xian Nü Long's face, she caught sight of Liu's shocked gaze and immediately turned serious.
Cui Peishan gave him a white eye and walked out of the cave. She asked people around, where did the militiamen just go, they all said they went to the riverbank.
Cui Peisheng quickly swam over.
The river winds its way, each captive carrying a large stone monument on his back, the waters of the Sanggan River flowing joyfully.
"Plop, plop", two have already gone down, the ruthless river water only splashed up a few ripples and then restored its calmness. Only a string of bubbles gradually went away.
A person in luxurious clothes was excitedly explaining something, while the angry crowd glared at him. Cui Peishan turned her head back and remembered those bloody wolf tails. She also knew that even if she went, the result would be the same - Fei Lengcui's militia would only listen to one person's words.
Before she walked far, as expected, several sounds of heavy objects falling into the water came again.
Liu Zhen was chatting with Xian Nv Long in a stammering manner, ever since he had eaten that delicious soup here once, Xian Nv Long started to come over and mooch off him shamelessly. When she found out that the delicious soup was made from earthworm snake, although she vomited violently for a while. Every day when it's time to eat, she still comes over as usual, only now she asks in extra detail what dish is made of what ingredients.
Guo Guo is always kind to her two magical pets, and they have a spiritual connection that allows them to share food. She has named the dragon "Xian Nü Long" (Fairy Girl Dragon) and the crane "Huò Hè Yī Chāo" (Fire Crane One Ultra). Occasionally, she'll catch a mouse and let Xian Nü Long chase after it for fun.
Cui Peisheng and the militiamen almost simultaneously entered the cave, and O'Neill's loud voice shouted from afar. After all, Count Casano was not a brave warrior, and under the threat of death, he told everything he knew.
"Get thee to a nunnery!" O'Neill declaimed, and then launched into a lengthy "To be or not to be" soliloquy of self-consciously ornate phrases.
"What's your take on this news?" Liu asked, shaken.
"It's not a regular army, but three brigades of troops... can we win against them?" Helen rubbed her temples. Like a groan: "And there are also court magicians!" Kampas! Magicians! How many years has it been since we've had a conflict with human magicians?
"My father also had a magician under him, it would be better if my father were here." Gottani sighed. The magician was indeed too strong, even if there was a priest of Ceres and a Helen here, Alina's dispelling song could not keep up with the speed of a court magician, and the other side must have had expensive magic scrolls.
"Am I not a wizard?" Evie fumed, "How could you forget me?"
It wasn't until now that everyone suddenly remembered they also had a water-element mage.
Guo Guo jumped onto the parrot's back, flying around wildly, and whenever it met someone, it would point to itself with its small paws.
The fairy dragon's face immediately turned the same color as her hair.
The fairy dragon dyed her hair red today.
"Yes, we have Huo Lian and Xian Nü Long!" Jing Yu also smiled, always forgetting that Guo Guo had two magical pets.
"Sorry, I'm just a young dragon clan member. My elemental counterattack requires me to be within thirty yards of the opponent to cast it. The opponent has three thousand soldiers, getting close would mean certain death for me. Besides, if the magician is using magic scrolls, I'd be powerless anyway."
"If we say who is the expert in military affairs among us, everyone unanimously recognizes it as Xian Nv Long. Now I want to hear the expert's opinion, not letting you go on stage, but letting you be a strategist." Liu Zhen nodded at Xian Nv Long.
As soon as it came to deploying troops and arranging formations, Xiānnǚ Lóng's eyes lit up immediately.
"The enemy has three thousand warriors, and the total number of cavalry in Florence is only about three hundred. Slaves and vassal tribes are the kind of warriors that should not be used if possible, they are a double-edged sword, once they collapse, the consequences are unpredictable." The fairy dragon took over two plates and placed them on the table, the two holy temple knights knew that this might be the sandbox tactics of the human knight school.
"That's right." Liu Zhen also agreed with this view. Last time they fought against bandits, to be honest, it was just a mob fighting another mob, and if no one got hurt, that would be normal. But fighting against humans who are familiar with military tactics, I'm afraid the other side won't fail to notice this weakness.
"Lord Richard, you finally have a redeeming quality, you never pretend to understand things you don't." The fairy dragon wasn't sure if it was a compliment or sarcasm.
"Thank you for your compliment."
"Their advantages are obvious. Their army consists of well-equipped mercenaries and slave traders who are good at fighting, with tacit cooperation, and also have the assistance of magicians and heavy infantrymen." The fairy dragon carefully recalled what O'Neil had just explained and added another point: "Humans also have a greatest advantage, that is, they have no worries about their back, if they really can't fight, they can choose to retreat and then gather more power to counterattack."
"Take me back to the Salt Lick Forest, I want to report to the Southeast Military Department and assemble the bravest wolf cavalry to annihilate these bandits in one fell swoop!" Robbie stood up excitedly.
Although there are fire cranes that can take you back, in reality, mobilizing a large army of a legion must be reported to the kingdom, the Ministry of War and the Senate for review. In addition, preparing supplies and integrating troops will take about a month. Mr. Wolf, please note that this battle is not like the princess of the Mongol Kingdom being kidnapped. The kingdom will not have as quick a reaction as you imagine. After losing scouts, humans will dispatch more personnel and speed up their march. Currently, it seems they are only about five days away from us, or maybe just three days. Sometimes, marching time can decide the outcome of a battle.
The fairy dragon smiled and shook her head: "Their goal is to capture the five beauties of Feilongchu. Once they succeed, they will definitely leave the battlefield quickly. At that time, the wolf riders may not be able to quench their thirst with distant water."
Liu Zhenhong pulled at Robbie's clothes, and the embarrassed officer had no choice but to sit down.
"The advantage of the warriors lies in their strength, to be honest, being able to command such brave warriors is almost every commander's ultimate dream. The fairy dragon did not hide her own command: "In addition, the magic pets of several masters can also play a big role, of course, since the opponent is a group of elite mercenaries, these magic beasts are strong but not enough to crush their morale, after all, mercenaries often receive tasks to hunt down magic beasts and they have a good way to deal with them. The most crucial thing is the existence of the Boguangsha Fire Crane, this fire crane has magical powers comparable to those of a giant dragon, as long as it is used properly, it can annihilate these humans without any problem."
"What's more, Fairy Tail has a trump card that has been abandoned for a long time." The Dragon Goddess smiled slightly and fell silent.
"What is it?" Avril's heart skipped a beat, thinking that this fairy dragon finally remembered she was a magician.
"The enchanting magic of Boss Lady Jingyu." The fairy dragon subtly curled up her lips.