In the western part of the Wild City, the 20,000 skeleton army was like a pale ocean.
The blue soul fire in countless skulls was dancing, looking at Li Ran, looking up to the sky and letting out a silent roar of filial piety.
The skeleton soldiers and skeleton warriors wore fine iron armor made by the blacksmiths of Star Wind City, and their fragile heads also wore half-face helmets, forming neat infantry square formations.
Skeleton archers carry hardwood longbows and heavy quivers, and can shoot out a hail of death arrows in an instant.
The Dark Knights, composed of more than thirty sixth-level knights, stood in front.
A large number of Shadow Lancers were arrayed behind them. The skeletal horses stamped their hooves violently. The three cluster guerrilla guns tied to the sides of the horses were far more destructive than the cavalry itself.
On the main street in the eastern part of Savage City is the Templar Corps whose main color is gold.
Tens of thousands of pikemen, imperial crossbowmen and crusaders formed a neat square formation.
The divinely chosen warriors raised their heads high, their eyes shining with loyalty to Lord Elras.
In the open square in the city, a guard composed of nine thousand dark elves, led by An Ke, stood majestically in the center of the city like the shadow of God projected by Malassa in the present world.
The tauren guards held giant axes and stood in front of the formation wearing heavy steel armor.
The stalkers and stalkers wore deadly poison blades on their waists, and had crossbow quivers hidden under their cloaks. They stood tall and stood upright to meet the sight of the great lord.
The green bipedal lizards of the Lizard Cavalry swayed uneasily under the restraints of the riders. They inevitably became excited in such a huge military situation, and from time to time they let out wild roars and howls.
In the sky in front of the Dragon Knight Fortress, three thousand griffins recruited by the Griffin Claws and Star Wind City waved their wings, and a considerable number of them have been trained to be special griffins that can carry shadow bombs and human knights.
Dewey, the leader of the Claws of the Gryphon, rode on the back of a strong royal griffon. According to Li Ran's request, he led the air cavalry to change direction and became the first troop to go to the south for reconnaissance.
Jamil walked out of the Dragon Knight Fortress, came to Li Ran and reported:
"The Star Wind Fleet's seventeen Blizzard-class sailing frigates, eight Edelweiss-class battleships, and three armored transport ships have sailed to the tributary of the Yinla River leading to the south and can go out with the legion."
Li Ran remained silent and just nodded.
He was wearing the griffon lord armor, with a fine iron feather sword hanging on his waist. He looked through the vast jungle in the distance and looked in the direction of the rebels marching to the south of the wilderness area.
He took a step forward and then jumped down from the Dragon Knight Fortress.
Two thunderous dragon roars rang out, and Salina took Li Ran behind her in mid-air, and flew straight to the southern sky with the silver dragon Bai Yue.
Two pairs of wings glowing with golden light lit up. Archangel Murazell and Archangel Tia followed the black dragon's trajectory and soared into the sky.
On the river in the southern part of the wilderness area, the crossbow operators of the Starwind Fleet sorted out the ammunition boxes full of exploding crossbows. The sailors raised the three-masted sail and set sail slowly.
On the high platform of the Dragon Knight Fortress, Eureka, Hart and Yin Bessi simultaneously issued the supreme lord's war declaration to the regiments of their respective races:
"Star Wind Legion, march to the south!"
...
Silver Tooth City.
The Place des Chevaliers was crowded with people.
In addition to the warriors who went on the expedition, there were also many citizens and people from all walks of life who came to watch the fun.
Ron, Lu Xiao and Han Feibai stood on the high platform of Knights Square.
The tens of thousands of small and medium-sized guild players in the square were very conspicuous in their colorful guild robes.
These people are not members of Xiaoyaosanren, Black Knights, or Starwind Guild, but volunteers from various small and medium-sized guilds who participated in the Northern Expedition Volunteer Army.
These people have not participated in the major battles of the Wolf Principality in the past, and have been engaged in adventurous jobs such as mercenaries and hunters in the rear.
For them, character death is the most unacceptable thing.
The meager death benefit is insignificant compared to the long three-month cool-down period, while the excessive death benefit is something that almost no guild can afford.
Especially these unknown small and medium-sized guilds, which have a small number of people.
The economic value created by the living professionals in the guild is low and the living environment is very difficult. It is very likely that the guild will break up if a large number of people are killed in battle.
Compared with large guilds, which have good resident cities and industrial development environments, these small and medium-sized guilds and the majority of professional players are the foundation of Broken Star.
The current depressed economic environment does not allow them to casually die in battle and lose their source of income within three months.
The decrease in new characters' attributes and combat levels often becomes the last straw that breaks their real-life lives.
Therefore, Ron raised the standard of death benefits and coupled with powerful propaganda, he recruited this group of descendants who were usually unwilling to participate in war.
Therefore, no matter what, the coming forward of these people is very valuable and represents their full support for the Wolf Principality.
Benefiting from this, the Northern Expeditionary Army formed in the central region reached a size of 120,000, which was much more than the expected 100,000.
This greatly improved people's morale.
After the Grand Duke of the Bad Wolf gave a brief speech, these descendants wearing colorful guild robes walked out of the north gate of Silver Fang City with cheers and followed the principality troops and the Grand Guild coalition forces to the north.
Han Feibai, who was standing on the high platform, breathed a sigh of relief.
After the principality made certain efforts and the Star Wind Leader joined the war, the balance of power between the principality's coalition forces and the northern rebels has been greatly reduced.
Counting the 40,000 God-chosen warriors in the wilderness unknown to the outside world, as well as the 8,000 Boulder City soldiers led by Xu Zhilei, the Wolf Principality's book strength has expanded from the original 100,000 to 170,000.
There is only a gap of 30,000 between the more than 200,000 known rebels.
Although they are still at a huge disadvantage, the gap in military strength between the two sides is no longer unreachable.
…
In the sky, a griffin knight broke through the clouds and appeared on the wasteland.
Not far below him, a terrifying army was marching rapidly.
On the broad plains, the psychic knights commanded a huge number of mechanical beasts, setting off billowing smoke and dust on the ground, just like the legendary tide of world-destroying beasts that destroyed the world, but these beasts were all made of machines.
What's strange is that on one side of the machine army, there are 70,000 rebels advancing side by side.
Among them, there are 60,000 infantry sergeants and crossbowmen from Lingding City, and 10,000 bandits from the Monster Hunter Guild.
The traitors burned, killed, and looted along the way, and used civilians captured in the cities along the way as slaves to accompany the army.
Because their leader Jones has promised these desperate soldiers that after Jones becomes the king of the Wolf Principality, they will be the masters of this land, and they can rob and kill at will in all the cities they conquer.
In the eyes of rebel soldiers, death is no longer fearful.
Because those cities all mean great wealth, excitement and enjoyment.
In a troop marching along the river, a strong Lingding City soldier strode forward, the blood splattered on his face when he killed someone had not yet been wiped dry.
He wore a pile of gold and silver bracelets on his wrists and a dozen gemstone necklaces around his neck. These were all the jewelry he had robbed when he went south.
These jewels were something he could never earn from working in the barren fields of Lingding City all his life.
At the same time, the heads of three Boulder City people were tied around his waist, showing his bravery and loyalty to the rebel officers.
In this rebellion, the only thing that pained this Lingding City soldier was that he cared more about killing people than capturing slaves.
A group of dire wolf knights from the Monster Hunter Guild passed by.
The Lingding City soldiers saw at a glance that there were two skinny women tied behind the knight and on the back of the dire wolf.
These descendants of the Monster Hunter Guild are far more interested in slaves than money—it seems that human slaves are not allowed to exist in their world.
The Lingding City soldiers quickly ran over and bought a slave from the Dire Wolf Knight with five gold bracelets and seven gemstone necklaces.
After doing all this, he excitedly dragged the slave and returned to the rebel army, walking proudly like a king returning in triumph.
Similar things abound in the ranks of the rebels.
These thugs surrounded their supreme leader, Jones Burne, and Ao Xing, the president of the Monster Hunter Guild.
Ao Xing sat astride the dire wolf and chatted loudly with Jones who was riding on an armored horse.
"If we hadn't completely degraded these soldiers and swept away several cities and villages in order to maintain morale, our speed could have been a few minutes faster."
Jones glanced at Ao Xing coldly and explained: "Before the real war, massacre and robbery can exponentially increase the combat effectiveness of this group of scum. We need them to die willingly."
Jones sat on his horse and looked at the rebel soldiers under his command with an expression of disgust.
What he really pursues is to recreate the glory of the Bourne family ruling the Wolf Principality. He has no feelings for Lingding City at all. These soldiers are just his stepping stones.
Ao Xing sighed in admiration: "You really understand them."
Jones looked at Ao Xing and smiled: "Isn't it the same for you who lead the orc butchers?"
Ao Xing said nothing, his face suddenly turned cold, and he said after a long time: "No, I am different. As long as I complete this task, I will quit."
"Don't worry, your master will be satisfied with your work." Jones turned his head and looked at Ao Xing, revealing a half-mechanical face that made people shudder. "After I conquer the Wolf Principality, the descendants in the territory will be controlled by You manage.”
Ao Xing grinned heartlessly and said, "Thank you, Lord Jones, for your appreciation."
"Ao Xing," Jones's voice was mixed with a half-mechanical sound, "After taking the Ascension Seed, I can feel that the power in my body is getting stronger and stronger. The monster has taken root and sprouted in my body, strengthening my body. and spirit.”
"Ordinary people can't bear a little mechanical transformation, but I can transform half of my head into a mechanical body. I can command these 160,000 mechanical corps like arms and fingers... Only by seizing the promotion The seed can give me such a powerful spiritual power, I can’t imagine how powerful it is when fully realized.”
"Yes," Ao Xing said, "Your promotion to the super level is just around the corner."
"Did you see the griffin knight in the distance?" Ao Xing looked in the direction of Jones's finger. A griffin knight was escaping hastily to the south.
Jones pressed his hand down hard.
...
The griffin knight who set out from Silver Fang City to investigate the movements of the rebels had his face distorted by extreme fear, and sweat fell from his forehead like rain.
He tried hard to urge the gryphon under him to fly at full speed, and kept mumbling: "This news must be sent back, this news must be sent back..."
Suddenly, a large number of flying mechanical creatures penetrated the clouds and appeared behind the Griffin Knight. They were densely packed like a black storm, instantly covering a large area of the sky.
The gryphon knight looked behind him, and the child's hole instantly zoomed to the limit, and he shouted in horror: "I must tell Grand Duke Ron that there are more than 200,000 rebels! They also hide a mechanical flying force, with at least 23 people." Ten thousand!"
As Jones' palm pressed down, Ao Xing saw the dark flying creature in the distance suddenly lower its flying altitude.
A giant mechanical dragon swallowed the gryphon knight into his mouth easily, chewing it up like a chicken.
The griffon's brown feathers and broken wings, stained with the blood of the young knight, slowly fell from the sky.
Ao Xing looked at the scene in front of him in shock: "Such a terrifying power... Jones can actually command the mechanical army so flexibly like the Mechanical Holy Envoy."
"Jones, who swallowed the Seed of Ascension and was mechanically transformed, has become extremely powerful." Ao Xing thought timidly, "Compared with Grand Duke Ron, this man is the real King of Wolves!"
…
Under continuous forced marches, the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Wolf Principality arrived at the scheduled battlefield, one day earlier than expected.
Songxiang County, this county is located at the junction of the northern border and the central region of the principality. It is a medium-sized city between a town and a regional main city.
It was once famous for its developed river transportation and shipbuilding industries. The forests in the nearby mountains and plains were rich in high-quality wood. At the same time, it also produced precious spices.
With the influx of huge wealth, this county once built a large number of city defense facilities.
But after the invasion of the Starbreakers, Rosin County's wide harbor was of no use.
The fishermen caught only mechanical creatures from the river. This tributary of the Yinla River has been completely controlled by the underwater creations of the mechanical tribe, and the economy of Songxiang County has gradually declined as a result.
The reason why Grand Duke Ron and the commanders of the coalition forces chose this battlefield was because the wide river ran across the north of the city wall of Rosin County and became the first barrier to intercept the mechanical race. You can give full play to the long-range projectile advantage of the Imperial Crossbowmen, and use long-range firepower to strike and reduce the number of mechanical legions.
However, this river is not so wide that it cannot be crossed. It can only block the mechanical tribe for a while, and the opponent will soon find a way to cross the river.
Before the rebels arrived, the Northern Expeditionary Forces had already set up heavy defense lines in the urban areas of Songxiang County and evacuated all residents.
They used the short time before the war to build the county city into a militarized fortress.
The 120,000 principality coalition troops will be here to hold back the rebels and try to contain the opponent's offensive.
