Under the moonlit night, the fire energy particles around the camp were boiling.
Accompanied by violent magic explosions one after another, huge fireballs rose into the sky.
Except for the side near the lake, large holes were successfully blown open on the other two sides of the camp.
Since the wooden fences were covered with anti-magic coatings, the afterflames produced by the explosion did not continue to spread, but quickly turned into sparks, rising into the sky with traces of black smoke.
Before these sparks could be completely burned out, groups of cavalry running wildly trampled them all and swarmed towards the gap created by the blast.
The situation was almost exactly the same as before. The heavy infantrymen of the defenders who had no time to put on armor were already shouting slogans and tightly forming a new barrier with giant shields to withstand the opponent's attack.
At this point, the fierce hand-to-hand combat successfully expanded from one place to three.
During this process, the magicians in red robes were originally preparing to continue blasting, but they had already become the number one attack target of the long archers of the defenders. After several rounds of arrow rain, almost half of them were damaged.
Although the dark night greatly restricted the archers' field of vision, the surge of magical energy during casting accurately exposed the location of the magicians.
Since the number of magicians involved in casting spells has been greatly reduced, the already slow chanting process will become more lengthy and the power will be weakened.
Therefore, after repeated common sense failed, these remaining magicians had to give up blasting and instead released some low-level ordinary magic to assist the cavalry in their attack.
On the battlefield, both the attacking and defending soldiers clearly understood.
This blasted gap is the key to the entire battle.
For the soldiers of the attacking prince's force, as long as they can break into the camp, those long archers who are not good at close combat will undoubtedly become the turtles in the urn.
As for the soldiers of the Second Prince's force on the defensive side, as long as they can hold on until dawn and the sharpshooters' vision recovers, the opponent will naturally retreat in disgrace.
Under the premise of this obvious victory condition with almost no variables.
On the battlefield, the soldiers on both sides of the offensive and defensive sides used all their strength to continuously swing the sharp blades in their hands towards the opponent's camp, and when they were pulled out with the sharp blades, there was often a splash of bright red from the opponent's body.
As more and more soldiers began to fall, the smell of blood in the air began to become stronger, constantly impacting the nostrils of every soldier.
Seeing Pao Ze next to him, screaming and falling under the enemy's blade, the murderous intent in the eyes of the surrounding soldiers increased even more, causing the increasingly fierce battle to quickly reach a fever pitch.
Either crisp or heavy, the sound of weapons clashing, mixed with the soldiers' war cries, curses and groans, seemed to form a sonorous sonorous sound of flesh and steel, constantly spreading on this murderous battlefield. .
Not far from the battlefield, on the top of the Baibu Mountains, Lei Xiao, surrounded by Huzhang, Ariel and several other subordinates, narrowed his eyes and took a bird's-eye view of the tragic battlefield below.
As for Hongye and several other subordinates, they stayed around Xiaoya together with Nanxing Nanyue.
"As expected of your lord, the traditional nobles and the new nobles have always had grievances. Now the enemies are really jealous when they meet."
Listening to the deafening shouts of killing, the slender Orange Bai stepped forward, bowed to Lei Xiao and said: "These guys usually do evil in their respective fiefdoms, now it's time for them to have a taste of fire and sword." The taste of it.”
"Indeed, for hundreds of years, the contradiction between the two has been almost irreconcilable. What they have brought about in their fight is more and more stringent land taxes and corvee for the free farmers in the fiefdom."
Bert shook his head helplessly and added: "Although this situation has improved slightly when the old king was in charge of the government, the dispute between the two that has lasted for two to three hundred years cannot be reconciled by a wise king. contradiction."
"These two to three hundred years span almost half of the history of King Lengyan. It is indeed a long-standing issue."
Ariel on the side sighed softly, her eyebrows lowered and she said: "During this period of history, Leng Yan also produced the Wise King Abner, the Rose King Esther, the Lion's Roar King Alfred, and the fathers of his subordinates. Famous kings such as Wang Gang Wan Wang, but no one can completely resolve this contradiction."
After a pause, Ariel added: "After all, whether they are traditional nobles or new nobles, they are already deeply rooted in Lengyan, and their power is comparable to that of the royal family and the other three top noble families. "
"A top noble family? Apart from the Phytolacca family, this is really an unfamiliar term."
Lei Xiao raised his eyebrows and said with a dull smile: "For us, this is not a problem. If someone stands in front of us, just erase it. The best way to solve this conflict is to rebuild A new order.”
After listening to Lei Xiao's words, all the subordinates nodded thoughtfully.
"Of course, we have to get through this difficulty first before we can become stronger."
Lei Xiao slowly withdrew his gaze, and changed the topic: "I have just received reports from Bai Zhi and Ao Sen. Including the Shadow Forest where the territory is located, traces of the other party's spies have appeared one after another."
"Lord, please rest assured that my subordinates will do their best to help you solve your problems!"
All the subordinates looked solemn and said in unison.
"Okay, just let them continue here. The more they consume, the safer our soldiers and civilians in various territories will be. From the very beginning when they marched into Kongqing Town and attempted to kill and destroy everything, they have completely He is standing on the opposite side of us."
Lei Xiao put on the invisibility cloak again and said, "Go back to the territory. As for Xiaoya, just take turns on duty. Be sure to protect her safety."
After finishing speaking, Lei Xiao, surrounded by his subordinates, galloped towards the territory.
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As night fell, the sudden attack and defense of the camp continued.
Although the cavalry's infantry combat capabilities were much inferior, the majority of the defenders rushed into battle and were not neatly dressed, and the dark night greatly limited the archers' field of vision.
Therefore, the two sides are almost always in a state of evenly matched strength. No one can do anything to win over the other, but they are just wasting away in vain.
As for Eriton, the only fourth-level strongman among them, he was almost always on the front line of the three gaps, wandering around and boosting morale, and fighting bloody battles.
Although his strength was invincible on the battlefield and he could kill several incoming cavalry at his feet with each sword, the energy in his body was limited after all. After killing hundreds of cavalry one after another, he gradually withered. .
Although he still has the strength to fight, he naturally does not want to put his noble self in a dangerous situation.
And these hundreds of cavalry obviously cannot play a decisive role in a battlefield of 20,000 people.
Until the dark sky gradually turns white, and the dawn is approaching.
The already exhausted two sides finally ushered in a temporary glimmer of hope.
"That's it for now. There's no point in continuing the fight."
Under Lei Xiao's instructions, "Vince", who had been in the forest next to the camp, waved his hand and ordered Clooney beside him.
Since the reinforcements from the eldest prince's force and the second prince's force could not arrive in time, it was natural for them to hold on until that time and give full play to their roles.
"As you command, Sir Vince."
Clooney, who was also a little tired, immediately conveyed the order.
Accompanied by a soothing horn sound that was completely different from the attack, the camp attack and defense battle that had been fiercely fought all night came to an end just before dawn, with the cavalry regiment retreating.
As for Lei Xiao in the territory, he had just finished washing and started his daily routine.
In his lord's office, after receiving 5 brand-new second-level recruitment orders and 1 return crystal, Lei Xiao skillfully upgraded and decomposed all the iron ingots produced yesterday by 10 lords, including himself. complete.
"Let's just continue to produce iron ingots today. The war is about to begin. Let's focus on the current war first. After all, the acquisition of refined steel ingots has temporarily stalled."
Thinking of this, Lei Xiao quickly arranged his manufacturing sequence and traded the corresponding manufacturing resources to Su Ru, Su Mo and other nine lords.
After that, Lei Xiao decomposed three more days of alchemy materials, passed through Su Ru and Su Mo's territory, gave them to Li Xia who was waiting there, and collected yesterday's potion output from the Alchemy Soldiers Guild in Gelin City.
After quickly completing the upgrade of these potions, looking at the increasingly abundant wooden storage boxes, Lei Xiao nodded with satisfaction and strode out of the lord's mansion.
After eating a delicious and sumptuous breakfast with all the subordinates, Lei Xiao gathered all the main subordinates in office, territorial commanders, and subordinates connected to various places, and began to summarize yesterday's battle situation.
"As expected of the lord! Not only did he annihilate the eldest prince's vanguard army, but he also caused the eldest prince's cavalry army and the second prince's vanguard army to fight each other?"
After listening to Lei Xiao's introduction, Benson, the Lord of Luolong City, said with an urgent voice of admiration and a bit of anticipation, and he smiled and said: "My subordinates are a little excited. I wish I could do it right away." It’s time to fight on the battlefield!”
"Don't worry, your chance to show off your talents may be coming soon."
Lei Xiao, who was sitting on the throne in the hall of the mansion, took a sip of steaming black tea to moisten his throat and said with a faint smile.
"Lord, Vince's sudden attack on Eriton will soon reach the ears of the commanders of the two camps. With their intelligence, they will be able to immediately detect that there is something hidden in it."
I heard the slightly worried and steady voice of Fanyin City Lord Orr, rang out again: "And our illusionist cannot disguise himself in front of the opponent's commander. From this, especially the white knight, will soon find out There are clues in this.”
"Al's worry is somewhat reasonable, but it is not necessary."
The extremely elegant voice of the Lord of Blue Cold Castle, Marquis Rose, responded in his words: "What if the White Knight knew that all this was our strategy? Could it be that he would let his cavalry legion fall into a bitter battle without rescuing him? ? This will definitely further significantly lower the morale of the eldest prince’s forces.”
"Shuanghuaqing is right. At present, the slight military advantage of the White Knights no longer exists. In addition, the vanguard army has been annihilated by our side. If we do not improve morale, we may collapse without a fight."
Ariel, who was in the lower position, dragged her white chin with her delicate hands and nodded thoughtfully: "After all, although the traditional nobles are all loyal to the eldest brother, they are competing for each other's favor and not united. Otherwise, under Bird After Wen's vanguard army was at a disadvantage, Vince would definitely send troops to rescue him instead of withdrawing 3,000 cavalry."
"So I have already predicted that although the White Knight sees through that we are the cause of the dispute and is a sure thing, he can only mobilize the faster cavalry troops to help "Vince" annihilate the Second Prince's gang. Vanguard Legion. "
Lei Xiao put down the steaming tea cup in his hand, raised his eyebrows and said, "In this way, not only can we boost the morale of our own side, but we can also defeat the second prince's power."
"This is the so-called dumb eating Coptis chinensis. You can't tell the pain, right?"
Ariel smiled and said another sentence passed down from the era of the King of Heroes, and then continued: "The commander of the Second Brother King's force must have anticipated this, and will also send cavalry troops for reinforcements. From this, a showdown between cavalry is about to begin."
"That's right, if nothing else happens, today is still the time for us to watch a show."
A smile also appeared on Lei Xiao's face, and then he said seriously: "However, there are no absolutes in everything. Everyone must be alert and ready to deal with possible emergencies."
"As you command! Lord Lord!"
All the subordinates looked solemn and said in unison.
"Okay, let's go and do our work."
Lei Xiao nodded with satisfaction and waved his hands.
After dismissing all the subordinates, Lei Xiao did not immediately leave the throne at the top. Instead, he sipped tea and frowned again in deep thought.
Although everything is proceeding in an orderly manner, neither the White Knight nor the mysterious commander of the Second Prince's forces are ordinary people, and they will not always be led by the nose.
When the opponent has a firm foothold, it's time to truly test yourself.
Moreover, there is still no news about the strong men of the mysterious organization who have been disappearing. With such a battle, they must have already received the news.
These two points will be unpredictable variables in the future, and they are likely to hide a deadly crisis like a violent storm.
"It seems that the real challenge has just begun."
Lei Xiao drank all the tea in the cup with bright eyes.
