"In the land of silk, the existence of illusions was originally just like this." A bright smile bloomed on Qingyu's face.

  "Intimidation, great intimidation." Eve said with a smirk.

  "The effect of magic is indeed great, I admit that." Liu Zhen nodded: "So what's your plan?"

  "Let's put aside strategic issues for now and take a look at the environment around Fuling. The fairy dragon took over a bread and placed it on the table, "This represents Fuling's bamboo forest, such lush bamboo can grow in red soil is simply beyond my comprehension, I once specifically checked the current territory of the bamboo forest, do you know how far the bamboo forest has spread?"

  "This has to be asked of Gu De." Liu Zhenhong shifted his gaze towards Pan Shuai.

  "I don't know either, now the bamboo forest is still sprouting new shoots every day, and the escaped ones are expanding." Gu De said.

  "As a noble lord, as the highest official of your domain, and as a renowned scholar! You can't even be familiar with the geographical situation around your own territory? I really feel sorry for you. Such a wonderful place with great scenery, how could it be occupied by someone like you?" The fairy dragon scolded Liu Zhen severely.

  "What's the relationship between the bamboo forest and the lord?" Liu Zhen was shocked and puzzled: "Are you asking for a beating?"

  "The vast and empty Donau Steppes are most suitable for cavalry charges and large-scale battles. If the forces are too small and the terrain is too open, there will be less room for maneuvering and flanking. Moreover, due to the lack of geographical advantages, the battle will be even more arduous, a classic example of a minority defeating the majority.

  The Fairy Dragon pointed outside the cave and said: "The human slave-catching team has come prepared, with forces ten times our own. If we choose to defend and wait for reinforcements now, I don't know if you've calculated the height of Feilong Peak. I have already done so - it's a total of 52 zhang high, which is comparable to the height of a medium-sized castle. However, with an area of over 400 mu of bamboo forest, we can lend our opponents materials to build siege engines. As an officer, these are all unfavorable factors that must be considered."

  "Honorable Fairy Dragon. Don't worry about Coldtundra being unmanned. I've already thought of this, so during this period, I've had the slaves renovate the Red Earth Slope again. Currently, the entire slope's terrain is basically vertical, and all the cave entrances have been widened and deepened. If there's time, I even want to build a secret passageway leading to the riverbank." Songtanni said proudly.

  The female knight, Escapade, recently commanded all the slaves to renovate the red earth slope once. Since the red earth was very hard, Escapade simply had the slaves dig away the excess red earth along the lines she drew with her long sword, and renovated the entire slope into a Sleeping Beauty shape. At that time, Escapade only told Helen that next year, they would plant thousand-leaf wisteria on the head of the Sleeping Beauty, and the long vines hanging down would become the Sleeping Beauty's hair. On top of the slope, they would also set up a water tower. The waterfall-like flowing water would constantly wash the Sleeping Beauty's hair, making the entire emerald more beautiful.

  For the behavior of the fleeing female knight, the people of Florence thought it was just the unique aesthetic view of the fleeing tribe, and no one expected that Gatan's approach was actually a strategic vision.

  "No wonder you've cleared all the ridges and furrows, leaving only a single path like a trench, I see what you mean now." Liu was suddenly enlightened.

  "What's the meaning of having those small stone warriors that the slaves brought back from the wilderness stand in a row on both sides of the stairs?" Eve asked, rubbing her hands together and blowing out a breath.

  "Beautiful." Song Tannie hummed softly, twitching her nose: "After all, this is also a picturesque landscape, and a smooth path alone would be ugly. With these frog stone warrior statues, at least it looks better."

  "This is almost the same as my original idea when I built Razor Hill." said Xian Nü Long with a smile.

  "I highly appreciate Miss Song's ability to combine elegance and fortitude."

  "But I have a better idea now, let's have a good fight with humans."

  "What's the idea?" Vieri chimed in impatiently. Although the bear-like man's brain wasn't quick to turn, at least he still had some common sense.

  "This time, the human slave-hunting party hired heavy infantrymen and mages. Let's not mention the powerful mage for now, but the heavy infantryman is said to be one of the strongest on the continent, with full plate armor and a three-layered iron tower shield. These two companies of heavy infantrymen can be said to be our militia's arch-nemesis. Their excellent armor and robust physique are not inferior to those of Viking pirates and Travian warriors. If we get entangled with them on the battlefield, the fate of Feilongcui would be uncertain." Xian Nü Long said, causing many people's eyebrows to furrow.

  Everyone has a certain understanding of forging weapons these days, and with just a pinch of fingers, two heavy iron scythe squads can be formed, and the equipment alone requires several tons of refined iron.

  "I don't think human power armor can compare to our Florentine militia!" Corvin's booming voice rose again.

  "Can't we stop calling them militiamen? This name is really hard to hear, Richard, you have nothing better to do, can't you come up with a more decent name?" Gotani said.

  "What's the militia called if not that?" Liu Zhen shook his head, "Have you been reading too many knight novels lately? What with 'Crazy Dragon Squad' and 'Furious Leopard Legion', it's got your brain all dizzy. Let me tell you, those names are especially stupid."

  "What about 'Falconia's Fragrant Army'?" Songtani blinked her beautiful big eyes.

  Avril and Helen's eyes turned extremely venomous at the same time.

  Gantan Ni Bian le zhe liang dao yan guang.

  English Translation: Gantan was blinded by these two glances.

  "Xiang Jun" Liu was taken aback and burst out laughing, "I know I have a lot of followers, but it's not that exaggerated."

  "It's just a figurative name, you understand? Besides, wherever your Musketeers go, they leave behind a trail of fragrance, that's what makes them truly deserving of the name 'Fragrant Army'." Songtanni sat down with a hint of anger.

  "If there were two stink bombs inside, it would be over." Liu Zhenpeng burst out laughing.

  "This name sounds good, from now on we'll call him Xiang Jun. I'll stay up all night to help you make the flag." Jing Yu clapped her hands.

  Jadeite has only one person who can truly be counted as a speaker, and that is Ning Yu.

  Avril's face was a bit unwilling, but she had no choice but to agree.

  "What's in a name, I think Miss Xiāngnǚ Lóng's concerns are overly conservative. Even if the heavy armor of the giant scythe-wielding knight is as hard as steel, it will absolutely not be able to withstand our attack." Gu De said slowly and deliberately, nibbling on a piece of bamboo.

  "To be honest, I completely agree with your view." The fairy dragon nodded: "However, not all warriors of the Kingdom of Baimon are as strong as you Mammoth tribe. Just look at those Sea Trench Rainbow tribe's Hedgehog people"

  "And the Stink Badger people of the Kun tribe, they are the most numerous ethnic group compared to the Bimon. Humans think that the Bimon warriors are invincible, but who knows, the truly brave Bimon warriors have already become scarce?"

  "This is the truth." Choi Bong-soo groaned in pain: "Compared to the Mongols, who are good at fighting and conquering, the blood flowing through their veins is all that of brave warriors. Just looking at the Mammoth tribe, you can tell. No matter how long they hide in the deep mountains, once there is a way out, they immediately respond to the call without hesitation. Even if there is no war, some people cannot help but join the human mercenary group, using adventure and swordsmanship to decorate their lives, leading to our Mongolian strong nation's population always struggling to catch up."

  "A good man should be like this." Liu Zhen was taken aback, and smiled wryly: "As the saying goes, 'Wolf travels the world eating meat, Doug travels the world eating shit.'"

  Bella's eyes welled up with tears of humiliation.

  "Damn it! I'm so stupid!" Liu slapped himself on the face, feeling extremely embarrassed.

  "Stop interrupting, let Xian Nv Long finish what she was just saying." Gatanie turned her gaze back to the silent Xian Nv Long.

  "Let's put it this way." Xianshenglong pondered for a moment, then said: "Even if our militia can eliminate the heavily armed giant scythe hands, without the militia holding down the fort, if the rest of humanity comes to assassinate us, we will still be very passive. Defensive warfare is a relatively negative strategy. Although the terrain of the Great Wilderness is unfavorable to us, don't forget that the Sanggan River is right behind us. We can move the battlefield to the north bank of the Sanggan River, as long as we keep a safe distance. When humanity arrives, we'll be waiting in the middle of the river. Then humanity will hastily build bamboo rafts to chase after us, and with a river width of 400-500 meters... when the time comes..." Xianshenglong trailed off, leaving his sentence unfinished.

  "Our greatest aquatic warrior, hippo poet will leave the most painful memories for humans." Liu Zhenhong took over and said: "Is that so?"

  "We can also make a half-crossing strike, and at the head of the sandbank use cavalry troops to alternately charge, the hippopotamus warriors' focus of attack is on the heavily armed giant scythe hand on the bamboo raft. Once the iron scimitar falls, I wonder how they will fare underground?" The Fairy Dragon smiled.

  All around, not a crow or sparrow can be heard.

  "A very poisonous plan." Liu Zhen said "The ruthless one is war, not strategy." Xian Nü Long replied.

  "Why help us?" Liu Zhen asked in a not-too-loud voice while fiddling with the food in front of him.

  "Besides wanting to satisfy my own desire for command, I also have other ideas." The fairy dragon sighed slightly: "I just hope you can keep your promise, defeat the humans of this world, and in another half a month, the second batch of new weapons will be out, at that time..."

  "This time, everyone will be led by you." Liu Zhen was taken aback and smiled.

  Three old bosses and Song Tanni could see from his face that he was forcing a smile, deeply hiding his difficulties.

  Choi Min-ji didn't know why, but she also let out a sigh beside him.

  "Also, stop calling me Xian Nv Long all the time, I have a name Yu." Xian Nv Long smiled sweetly: "My name Yu is called Daisy."

  This battle meeting is the most formal pre-war staff meeting since Florence, and the fairy dragon Daisy immediately uses her powers to command the soldiers to explain the division of attack areas and dispatch scouts. Liu Zhenlei proudly resumes his old business again, riding on the fire crane, along the wasteland border to scout out the enemy's movements.

  The Musk Deer were transported back in batches by the giant crane, and at this marching speed, they might not even make it home before being caught by the Sharba family's slave-catching team. It's worth noting that a musk deer is almost equivalent in value to a fine warhorse.

  The fairy dragon again brought over 300 earth spirit warriors from the Razor Mountain Earth Spirit tribe, and the fairy dragon may have known that the militia might not listen to her, so she gathered a reserve team. Anyway, the long guns and shields of the earth spirit warriors were readily available in Feilongcui.

  Twelve ox-headed artisans heard that the Azure Dragon was about to engage in battle, so they immediately put down their work and followed the Earth Warriors with iron hammers.

  The last time they went to the Temple, Liu Zhen and Cui Peishan brought back a snail man beggar from the gate of Witherstone Castle on their way home. This snail man named Yanko, don't know if it's out of gratitude or his own innate talent in metal casting, although he didn't have enough strength, but relying on his keen sense of touch to the casting furnace fire, immediately became a apprentice of Xian Nu Long Yun who couldn't stop praising him. Also became the leader of a group of muscular and dim-witted Minotaur blacksmiths.

  Snail man Yang Ke was severely scolded by Liu Zhen.

  This batch of Minotaur blacksmiths is a treasure, Liu Zhen took over the many bronze weapons from the strong thieves of the earth spirit, and was preparing to let them be re-forged into a new batch of weapons later. What if there's some damage on the battlefield, wouldn't it drive old Liu mad?

  After the Earl of Casano led the scouting team and never returned, the human army indeed accelerated its march. The scouts were also dispatched more frequently, but in front of Liu Zhen and Guo Guo, the effective time of the scouts was at most half a day.

  In order not to over-stimulate the humans of this world, Liu Zhensheng occasionally showed mercy and left one or two scouts behind to report back to Feilongchu about the situation of preparing to retreat.

  Totti Earl was indeed anxious

  He, a graduate of the Imperial College of San Francisco, was not mediocre. A large number of scouts were sent out and did not return, which proved that Baimon had already sensed something. The Earl hastened to shake off the baggage train and speed up the march.

  Today he sent out ten scouts. They were all high-handedly cultivated in the family. As a result, only two came back in the evening, and they were all injured, with bruises on their faces.

  The other day, the scout couldn't confirm the news about Florence for a while, but it's finally confirmed today.

  Emerald's Bimon was indeed on the run. This news was actually within Earl Toti's expectations, and after being confirmed, he felt a sense of pride in his own keen judgment.

  However, another remark from the two candidates made the prince frown involuntarily.

  "I was beaten up by a Frostfur Pomeranian riding on a parrot." A sentinel with a crooked mouth and swollen lips, resembling two slices of fatty peaches, said with difficulty.

  "Me too! Me too!" Another candidate said: "That Frostfur Chinchilla beast is wearing a bear skin top hat and also has on a pair of black glasses."

  This thug's teeth were kicked out by half, and the remaining gums still had blood threads.

  "What's your view, Master Fran?" The prince turned his gaze towards the most erudite of the great mages, Fran.

  "Let them go." Master Fran closed the magic book in his hand and smiled, "Our scout apparently can't accept the reality of losing to a Bimon warrior."

  "Frostfur Pelt, hehe, although we don't fully understand the comparison between Mung and the sacrificial ritual, in my analysis, the probability of Frostfur Pelt appearing during the demonic pet sacrifice should be lower than that of the dragon sacrifice." Another court magician, Otega, also chimed in.

  Otga Master wore a fiery red magic robe, with complex and profound symbols on it, which even in the dark of night still shone with a faint red light. He was a magician who specialized in fire magic, and had not been a court magician for very long. He did not have the talent of Fran Master, who could master two systems of magic at the same time. However, the expression on his face, which showed that he thought himself superior to others and was complacent, was more direct than anyone else's. This kind of expression can only be worn away by the trials and tribulations of life after one has experienced setbacks.

  He indeed has capital to be proud of, Autga was apprenticed under Master Stefano, a magic master from the Empire of San Francesca, and among magicians who also emphasize the concept of gatekeepers, his pride is completely justified.

  Originally, the Sharlba family did not intend to invite him, but Master Fran privately invited him to come and assist as a helper. There are many examples of magicians helping each other out in small ways. Autga possesses a top-level fire magic scroll "Earth Fire Incineration" given to him by Magister Stefano, which is extremely arrogant. Although Fran specializes in space magic, he also studies fire magic, so such a powerful scroll would not be wasted on trivial matters. His position in the Principality cannot be stabilized, but this cunning and sinister intention is not something that Autga, a frivolous person, can perceive. The Sharlba family, of course, would not refuse to get support from such a magician.

  All mages have their own followers, from thieves to swordsmen to archers, all are present. Just these two masters' followers and magic apprentices are another ordinary combat force, why not let Count Toti's heart bloom with joy.

  The mere thought of being able to approach Florence tomorrow afternoon and capture that beautiful woman made the Earl's heart burn like a raging fire.

  "But don't forget, everyone, that the Mongol warriors have extremely strong physiques. We'd better plan our attack rhythm carefully." The female leader of the "Metal Rose" mercenary group, Jennifer, furrowed her brow.

  Jennifer's appearance is ordinary, but she has been practicing martial arts for many years. This has made her figure develop perfectly, especially her chest, which can only be described as majestic and comparable to the snow-capped mountains of Qin Mu'er Ya. All the men in the house couldn't help but stare at her, and those female Beipiao warriors who followed the army were often used to satisfy their desires.

  As for this female commander, everyone would think twice about having any bad ideas, after all her "Metal Rose" mercenary corps was also very famous in Dorote. Ten batches of armored rhino cavalry led the way, followed by five squadrons of light cavalry, known as the "Flood", invincible.

  The cleverness of the Sharba family can also be seen from this, after all, the vast wilderness is the best battlefield for cavalrymen. Otherwise, what's the point of hiring the "Metal Rose" batch of rhino riders with the Golden Universe signboard?

  "Leave everything to me." Master Otagi said, it was unclear whether he was being sarcastic or arrogant. In any case, many people couldn't help but sneer inwardly at his words.

  The captain of the giant scythe-wielding squad, Rodman, was standing next to him, shaking his head and muttering to himself. This hulking Pompeii giant had a physique that stood out even among the beastmen warriors, with a shaved head that gleamed like a skull and a small braid at the back of his head in accordance with Pompeii imperial custom. His men were all around two meters tall, with sturdy physiques and appetites to match - they ate three times as much as ordinary people every day.

  "Captain Rodman, do you think there's something wrong with what I said?" Master Autega's eyesight was apparently very sharp, and although he was lowering his head to sniff the smelling salt, he still caught the captain's slight movement of disdain.

  "No big deal. Since the master is so formidable, we'll just wait and see what happens tomorrow." Although Pompey was a rough-looking guy, he was also an old hand at this sort of thing, and he knew better than to offend a court magician - that would be stupid. He just laughed it off with a "hahaha".

  "There's no need to worry excessively, this territory has only 300 beastman warriors, and most of them are inferior goods. Compared to the main war race of Mong, we haven't even seen their scouts until now. How can these ignorant and barbaric beastmen be our opponents?"

  The son-in-law also stood up to mediate: "Our marching speed has increased by one day's journey since we abandoned our baggage. According to the beastmen's way of thinking, if they can hold on, they will definitely hold on. If we can catch them off guard, that would be best. If they cross the Sanggan River, we just need to cross the river and follow them. With General Jennifer's rhino cavalry leading the way, it will only take a moment to catch up with them. At that time, with a tenfold difference in strength and the help of two great mages, I really can't think of any reason why we can't eliminate these uncivilized beasts."

  "Since the scout said that these beastmen are making bamboo rafts, it proves that this side of the Meng territory is definitely very weak. But have you considered a possibility, will these beastmen set up an ambush on the riverbank?" Jennifer said with some worry.

  "Don't worry, if it's really like that, we have the remote firepower support of two great Mo Fa masters. We just need to use the heavy-loaded giant scythe hand to stabilize the riverbank, and with the simple equipment of the beastmen, who can stop the charge of the batch of rhinos? Of course, this possibility is not great either... after all... they are just beastmen, do they have such brains?" The son-in-law furrowed his brow, deep in thought.

  This not very funny joke suddenly triggered a burst of hearty laughter.

  At the same time, Guo Guo's parrot learned its second sentence under Liu Zhenyong's training.