Chapter 829 Griffon (3 Chapters in 1)
April is the warming season in the Holy Continent, but this year's spring was still affected by the climate, and it was still very cold. This abnormal weather slowed down the production of winter wheat that was already ready to be harvested in the Holy Continent.
This makes it impossible for farmers to continue farming, and new crops cannot be planted, which makes desperate human beings even more helpless.
And in a wheat field that just grew some ears of wheat in the Principality of Thunder, a legion of 20,000 knights is stepping forward in the wheat field.
Beside the wheat field, the unclosed eyes of the killed farmer seem to be unwillingly looking at the still growing wheat field.
"How long will it take to reach the Principality of Kamai?" The eldest prince Alec asked the Grand Knight Commander beside him.
"His Royal Highness Alec, we will be able to enter the territory of the Principality of Kamai in half a day!" The Great Knight Commander bowed and replied.
This powerful knight army is the army of the Kingdom of St. Ellis led by the eldest prince Alec. They rely on the 200 griffin knights in the sky to strangle all the lives they encounter along the way.
Along the way, thousands of nobles and civilians have been killed, and as many as 50 mid-level wizards have been dispatched to hide their tracks for this legion and the logistics army of as many as 30,000 behind them.
Before the concentration of the legion, the intelligence system of the Kingdom of St. Ellis had basically completely wiped out the immature intelligence system of the Principality of Cameron, which allowed their legion to reach a place not far from the Principality of Cameron by surprise.
Originally, according to the recent principle, this powerful legion should have marched towards the territory of the former Principality of Keen, but the eldest prince Alec vetoed this proposal.
He believes that only Harry Castle is the real center of the entire Principality of Cameron. As long as Castle Harry is destroyed, the Principality of Cameron will naturally be destroyed.
So I chose a longer road, detoured into the Principality of Thunder, and then entered the Principality of Kamai from here, and went straight to Harry Castle.
The eldest prince Alec does not have enough confidence in this war. The 20,000 knight legion looks like a lot, but the size of the knight legion in the Principality of Cameron has also reached more than 10,000. According to intelligence, in recent years, the Duke of Cameron’s The Grand Knight Commander has increased a lot.
In addition to the increase of the Grand Knight Commander in the Principality of Kamai, the strength of the knights has also been greatly improved.
This has to mention the knight benefits of the Principality of Kamai. Countless resources have been invested to make the growth of the knights extremely fast. It usually takes more than ten years or even longer for a junior formal knight to become a senior knight.
But in Cameron,
As long as there are talented knights, a large number of knight training potions and various auxiliary foods for knight training can shorten this process to a few years.
In addition, the Grand Knight Commander Bodley, the leader of the Cavaliers of the Principality of Cameron, has extremely strong leadership skills. In several wars, the Grand Knight Commander Bodley has shown extremely strong commanding skills.
The last thing is the equipment. The Grand Knight Commander of the Principality of Kamai can basically get the equipment made by Abel himself, and ordinary knights also wear the knight equipment from the dwarves.
This kind of welfare is not to mention the envy of the knights in the three major empires, let alone the principalities. This also makes the Cavaliers of the Principality of Cameron inferior to the Kingdom of St. Ellis in terms of numbers, but the difference in strength is not considered. many.
In the air, 200 Griffin Knights were already the most air riders that the Kingdom of St. Alice could send, but it was the air riders that Grand Prince Alec was most worried about.
Because the skyship of the Principality of Kamai is too powerful, if it is not because the speed is not as good as the Griffin Rider, then this air battle is not necessary at all, but even so, he never thought that he could gain a clear advantage in the air.
The eldest prince Alec is most assured of the power of wizards. This time, the Kingdom of St. Ellis has sent almost all the wizards in the empire. The strength of their wizards is almost crushing the wizard circle of the Principality of Cameron.
The only variable is Abel himself, whose past record is too eye-catching, so eye-catching that the eldest prince Alec lacks confidence in it.
The eldest prince Alec was opposed to this war, but he also knew that, as his father Emperor Ambrose thought, the feud had already been forged, and Abel was not someone who could just smile away his grudges.
Now the development momentum of the Principality of Cameron is too strong. I don't know why the Harvest City of the Principality of Cameron is almost unlimitedly providing a steady stream of food for the increasing population of the Principality of Cameron.
When other empires and principalities were short of food and could not satisfy their national food, how attractive was a powerful principality that could provide enough food to knights and nobles.
Not to mention the knights and nobles, even some capable civilians are trying their best to become citizens of the Principality of Cameron.
If the Principality of Cameron is allowed to develop like this again, without waiting for the end of the food crisis, its strength will most likely surpass that of the Kingdom of St. Ellis. At that time, if the Kingdom of St. Ellis is not involved, Abel will take the initiative to attack St. Ellis The kingdom retaliates.
The eldest prince Alec looked at the four luxurious carriages among the knights. The ancestor of the empire and the three seventeenth-level wizards were there, and he couldn't help but relax.
How powerful the ancestor is, the empire has experienced countless storms, no matter how difficult it is, the ancestor will finally solve the enemy.
An eighteenth-level senior wizard, a god-like existence in the Holy Continent.
The eldest prince Alec looked at the two hundred carts at the forefront of the logistics team following the knight army. These carts were all pulled by the heaviest bulls.
The carts were loaded with the war machines of the empire, from ballistas to trebuchets, enough to level a city.
"Da da da!" There was a sound of horseshoes, and then an imperial scout approached covered in dust.
"Report!" The scout shouted loudly.
"Say!" The eldest prince Alec didn't look at the scouts, but looked ahead, as if he saw the border of the Principality of Kamai.
"There is a barracks ahead blocking the way forward!" The scout said loudly.
"What? How could there be a barracks? This is the land of the Principality of Thunder. How could the Principality of Thunder build a barracks in front?" The eldest prince Alec's eyes flashed coldly. His intelligence system did not report that there was a barracks here.
The strength of the Principality of Thunder has been weakened to the extreme, except for a few big cities that can still be defended, the other territories are all robbed of resources by many principalities.
It can be said that if the Principality of Thunder was not bordered by the Principality of Kamai, the Principality of Thunder would have been wiped out by other principalities long ago, but even so, the Principality of Thunder has been repeatedly robbed of various resources.
Therefore, the Kingdom of St. Ellis did not notify the Principality of Thunder for this action. First, it was afraid of the news leaking, and second, the empire did not pay attention to the strength of the five vassal states other than Duke Cameron.
After the war with the Principality of Kamai, the five vassal states have become extremely weak and will destroy the country at any time.
"Your Highness, that barracks does not belong to the Principality of Thunder, because the barracks bear the coat of arms of Duke Cameron's royal family!" The scout bowed and said.
"How is it possible? Where did he get the information? Didn't the intelligence personnel we planted in the intelligence system of the Principality of Cameron say that the Principality of Cameron did not get the relevant information?" the eldest prince Alec murmured involuntarily.
If it was a sneak attack, as long as the Principality of Kamai was not prepared, relying on a large number of war machines, fifty mid-level wizards, and four senior wizards, they could directly attack Harry's Castle in Harvest City in a very short time.
But if the Principality of Kamai receives the information, then if it is prepared, the war will fall into a bitter battle. Even if the empire wins the war, its strength will drop drastically.
The eldest prince Alec had an idea at this time, that is to turn back immediately, leave here with the legion, and return to the Kingdom of St. Ellis.
But now he can no longer leave as he wants. A large amount of supplies cannot make the legion move quickly, and he only has the right to command this war, and has no right to decide whether to fight this war.
The war must be fought, but now there is an accident in the original plan.
"The whole army stops advancing and starts camping!" the eldest prince Alec ordered loudly.
Immediately, the entire legion came to a halt as the order was issued, and the well-trained knights began to build a camp.
A large amount of wood was transported forward from the rear, and the knights, flashing with fighting spirit, quickly placed the wood one by one, and the auxiliary soldiers from the rear also came to the front to help build the camp.
The eldest prince Alec turned around and came to one of the four luxury carriages.
"Old Ancestor, the situation has changed. The army of the Principality of Kamai has been waiting ahead, and even the camp has been built!" He bowed in front of the carriage to report.
"Alec, the army is under your command. I don't ask anything. The three old brothers and I will only shoot and kill Abel!" The ancestor's voice in the carriage was very calm, as if nothing could make him panic generally.
Hearing the old ancestor's words, the eldest prince Alec regained some confidence, and he bowed and retreated from the carriage.
"Order to install all the trebuchets and ballistas, send more scouts, and send out all the griffin knights. I want to know how many troops the Principality of Kamai has dispatched!" He said to a big man beside him as he walked. Commanded the knight commander.
At this time, he has decided to fight the Principality of Cameron and Abel, and now there is no room for retreat.
In the barracks on the other side, Abel was listening to the report of the Griffon Knights. In fact, he had been waiting here with more than 10,000 knights a few days ago.
This is a rare military training. Regardless of whether you have participated in the war or not, you can feel the war as long as you are close to the war. This is also a rare experience.
Abel did not choose to sneak attack, because of the existence of Griffon Knights, coupled with a large number of mid-level wizards and scouts, an army of this size could not do a sneak attack.
He needs a perfect victory to let his enemies and those who have a peep at the Principality of Kamai feel the strength of the Principality of Kamai.
Knight Commander Albin is a Griffin Knight in the Principality of Cameron. As one of the fourteen flying knights in the Principality, he has mastered the basics of flying riding in just a few years.
The Griffin Knight is the most honorable knight in the Principality of Cameron, and the combat exploits are also the easiest to obtain. Because of this, there are a total of 400 reserve Griffin Knights in the reserve team of the Griffon Knights waiting for the opportunity.
Where does the opportunity come from? As long as the official Griffin Rider is weaker than the reserve Griffin Rider, then the official Griffin Rider will become the Reserve Griffon Rider.
Knight Commander Albin was originally a reserve Griffin Knight, and he trained hard to become an official Griffon Knight.
Become a Griffon Knight and you can get the Harry Bow, the attribute named as the royal surname, and the best training conditions.
Knight Commander Albin cherishes his status as a Griffin Knight very much. This time the Kingdom of St. Ellis launched a war, which made him very happy, because he has been waiting for this opportunity.
He needs military exploits, he needs to become a nobleman of the Duchy of Kamai.
He also knew that it was not uncommon for him to think like this, because most of the knights in the entire Legion of the Principality of Kamai had this idea.
They never thought of failure, because they had seen the terrifying skyship show off its power, and they even had the legendary King Abel.
Just as Knight Commander Albin was thinking, the griffin beneath him was already reminding him that an enemy was approaching.
He quickly searched around with his eyes, and soon found that ten Griffin Knights from the Kingdom of St. Ellis had surrounded him from a thousand meters away.
These ten Griffin Knights are very experienced, and the ten Griffin Knights have almost blocked all the escape routes of Commander Albin.
It's a pity that the ten Griffin Knights still relied on their inherent experience. They didn't expect the power of the Harry Bow in the hands of Knight Commander Albin.
These Griffin Knights of the Kingdom of St. Ellis are led by a Griffin Grand Knight Commander. The combat power of the nine Griffin Knight Commanders completely suppresses the Albin Knight Commander in terms of strength.
However, when the first Griffin Knight approached the Albin Knight 400 meters long, the attribute Harry bow in the hand of the Albin Knight Commander shot the first arrow.
The griffin knight was about to dodge, and according to his estimation, it would not be a problem to dodge the arrow at the speed of the griffin.
Because the Griffon has been trained to avoid arrows, under normal circumstances, at a distance of 400 meters, the arrow cannot cause damage to the Griffin Knight.
However, Knight Commander Albin held the attribute Harry bows. Due to the improvement of Abel blacksmith's ability, these attribute Harry bows have undergone qualitative changes from the first batch of Harry bows at the beginning.
Precious materials make the bow stronger. If there is no pulley, then just pulling the attribute Harry bow can make a great knight commander feel strenuous.
But with the pulley, only one-eighth of the force can pull the attribute Harry bow, which makes it possible to pull the attribute Harry bow nearly a hundred times in a row with the strength of Knight Commander Albin.
With this strength, the arrows shot by Harry's bow can hardly see the shadow clearly in the air. After the arrow is shot, a streak of air appears in the air. It only came when the Griffin Knight of St. Alice Kingdom hit the arrow. There was the sound of the air bursting, followed by the scream of the griffin rider falling from the griffin.
Then he shot the second arrow, and another imperial griffin knight didn't come and dodge, and hit it directly with one arrow.
The sky is not like the ground, if the knight himself is fast enough, he can find a hidden place to avoid the arrows.
In the air, the Griffin Knight cannot actively dodge the arrows. This requires the cooperation of the Griffin, and it can only dodge and not defend.
Griffin Knights Because of the weight of the Griffin, the Griffin Knights will not wear armor, let alone heavy shields, because they have to carry bows and arrows, a large number of arrows, and spears for melee attacks.
Griffins can carry heavy armor and shields, but the speed of Griffin will be greatly reduced. Griffin Knight itself wins with speed, and the appearance of the sky boat in the Principality of Kamai makes Griffin Knight It can only increase the speed, not strengthen the defense.
This makes the empire's griffin knights almost have no resistance in front of the attribute Harry bow. After a few short breaths, only four of the ten imperial griffin knights are left, and the only one who blocked an arrow The Griffin Knight is the Griffin Grand Knight Commander.
Although the attribute Harry bow is powerful, the ice armor on the Griffin Grand Knight Leader greatly reduces the power of the attribute Harry bow.
"Get out of here quickly, and report to His Royal Highness Alec that the opponent's Griffon Knight's weapon is too powerful!" The Griffon Grand Knight shouted, and the Griffon under him turned around and was about to return.
And in this sky, there are a total of two hundred imperial griffin knights, and nearly twenty of them have fallen. The imperial griffin knights lost because of their equipment.
The Griffon Knights of the Principality of Cameron paid great attention to it. None of the Griffin Knights hurt the Griffin, because they were ordered not to let the Griffin get hurt unless it was a last resort.
The Imperial Griffon Knights who were about to retreat suddenly discovered that the fourteen Griffin Knights of the Principality of Kamai had quickly flown towards the camp of the Principality of Kamai. The Griffin Knights of the Principality did not hunt down and kill them, which increased the results of the battle.
"What's going on?" The Grand Griffon Knight Commander, who was about to return, wondered why the Griffon Knight of the Principality of Kamai, who had already gained a clear advantage, would leave.
Whistles sounded, it was the Empire Griffon Knights who were in contact with each other. Since the battle just now made them realize that their combat power was not enough to fight the Griffin Knights of the Principality of Cameron, they gathered together and spread a cloud in the air. Knight battle.
Although there were nearly 20 Griffin Knights missing in the air, the Griffin did not leave, and a flying cavalry formation formed by two hundred Griffon Knights appeared in the air.
Due to the connection of fighting spirit, an ice armor appeared on every Griffin Knight.
To be honest, the Griffin Knights of the Kingdom of St. Ellis are still very powerful, but they are used to being invincible in the sky. Usually, they appear in small groups to attack the enemy, and rarely fight with large forces .
They have all forgotten that they are still knights, and the knight battle formation is the foundation of knights.
And the most important thing is that the order they received was reconnaissance, which is also an important reason why they didn't form a battle formation from the beginning.
When the vindictiveness was flashing, and the Griffon Grand Knight Leaders shared the ice armor with all the Griffin Knights, the morale of these Griffin Knights soared.
In the barracks, Abel looked at the two hundred griffins in the sky. In his eyes, there were no knights. These griffins made him jealous.
Although he got fourteen griffins, so far, only two griffins have been born, and these two griffins cannot be lifted into the air within a few years, and it will take at least ten years to form a real fighting force training.
"Blue Dragon Emanuel, I need two hundred griffins!" Abel said, looking at the blue dragon Emanuel who was eating dishes beside him.
In order to let the blue dragon Emanuel come, Abelian brought the chef of Harry Castle into the barracks.
"What's so good about a weak creature like a griffin!" The blue dragon Emanuel shook his head when he heard Abel's words, but even though he said this, he jumped into the sky directly.
As a giant dragon, the blue dragon Emanuel was born with the ability to control the air, which allowed him to fly in a human body. Although the speed was a little slower, short-term acceleration was not a problem.
The Imperial Griffon Knights were surprised to find that a human flew up from the barracks of the Principality of Kamai on the ground. This human was extremely weird, and his blue skin gleamed under the sunlight.
"Ready to attack!" Amidst the loud shouts, among the Imperial Griffin Knights, the flying cavalry who was responsible for recording the situation of the barracks of the Principality of Kamai had already put away the parchment and replaced it with bows and arrows.
"Ants!" The blue dragon Emmanuel looked at the battle formation of the Imperial Griffin Knights coldly. Although the fighting spirit was getting stronger and stronger in the battle formation, he was not worried at all.
Just above the longbow in the hands of the Great Griffin Knight Commander who is in charge of the main attack at the front of the Imperial Griffon Knights battle formation, the arrow is wrapped in ice crystals, and when an arrow with ice-type grudge is about to be released, the blue dragon Iman Newell let out a slight breath.
As a giant dragon that can patrol the thousands of miles of ocean around the Holy Continent alone, its strength is unquestionable. Once its aura is fully erupted, it is estimated that not many humans can survive in this battlefield.
In order to fulfill Abel's request, the blue dragon Emanuel carefully released a breath, really just a breath.
The Grand Knight Commander of the Imperial Griffon was about to shoot out the ice arrow in his hand, when suddenly the Griffin under him lost control. Although the Commander Commander of the Imperial Griffin Knight could not perceive the aura, the Griffin could sense it. .
The breath of the dragon drove the two hundred griffins crazy, and there was an order from the dragon in that breath.
The griffins in the air turned around and pecked at their masters with their beaks. From this point of view, Abel's dragon might and the blue dragon Emmanuel's dragon might are not at the same level at all.
Abel can make the griffin crazy and make the ownerless griffin obey his orders, but this kind of griffin with a master can share the dragon's power with the master when it bears the dragon's power.
Only someone as powerful as the blue dragon Emanuel can easily let the dragon's power be completely tolerated by the griffin and make the griffin betray its master.
Suddenly being attacked by their own flying cavalry, most of the Imperial Griffin Knights did not expect that in an instant, more than a hundred Imperial Griffin Knights were attacked and fell from the Griffin, and the Griffin lost its master. But it helped the griffins around him to attack the master on it.
In a short period of time, there were only two hundred griffins with their backs empty in the entire sky, and those imperial griffin knights, even the great griffin knight commanders, who fell from such a high altitude would also end up with a narrow escape.
The blue dragon Emanuel ignored the griffin in the sky, his body fell down, and the griffin in the sky automatically followed and fell into the barracks.
"Emmanuel the blue dragon, what a good way!" Abel laughed and came out to greet Emanuel the blue dragon.
"It's not worth mentioning!" Blue Dragon Emmanuel said with a smile, and then he said: "What's the use of these low-strength griffins, why don't I get you a batch of dragon beasts from the Dragon Clan?"
Although he helped Abel, the blue dragon Emmanuel didn't feel that his help was of any use, so he proposed an idea.
"Emanuel the blue dragon, although the dragon beast is powerful, you have also seen how many people with human strength can control the dragon beast!" Abel said helplessly.
The dragon beast is an extremely terrifying special spirit beast. It has the blood of the dragon clan. Although the blood is weak, it also makes it powerful. It is indeed the best mount.
But the dragon beast is too powerful. Humans who can suppress the dragon beast with the blood of the dragon clan must at least have the strength of a senior wizard, but do senior wizards of this strength still need a dragon beast to increase their strength?
It is to force a group of dragon beasts, whether the proud dragon beasts can really be willing to be driven by weak humans is really a question!
So Abel rejected this proposal that sounded good, not the strongest is the best, but the most suitable is the best.
Although the Griffin is not very powerful, it will become extremely powerful when it cooperates with the knight in the air.
On the ground, a single warg is not considered powerful, but when it cooperates with a human knight, the knight's strength will immediately be greatly improved.
These are the real top mounts, not a mount that is extremely powerful but unable to cooperate.
"I don't understand humans, Abel, I'm hungry again!" the blue dragon Emanuel walked towards the dining table after finishing speaking.
"Griffin No. 24, you choose 200 Griffin Knights to form a Griffin Squadron!" Abel smiled and watched the blue dragon Emanuel leave, and turned to Griffin No. 24.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Griffin No. 24 bowed excitedly.
The Griffon Knights were led by him. Originally, it was only a squad of fourteen Griffin Knights. Now with the addition of two hundred Griffin Knights, a squadron of Griffin Knights could be formed.
This is the only Griffon Knight Squadron outside the Kingdom of St. Alice. Perhaps the Griffin Squadron of the Kingdom of St. Alice is over. A total of just over two hundred.
Now that two hundred Griffon Knights have been reduced all of a sudden, the Griffin Knight Squadron of the Kingdom of St. Ellis is basically abolished.
"Order down, the skyship can come out, guard the sky for me!" Abel then ordered.
Before that, the Skyship didn't appear because Abel didn't want to scare away the Griffin Knights of the Kingdom of St. Ellis. With the Skyship in the air, how could those Imperial Griffin Knights approach the barracks of the Principality of Cameron? .
Now that the goal has been achieved, the skyship no longer needs to be hidden.
Following Abel's order, a Griffin Knight rose into the air and flew to the sky behind the barracks to convey his order.
After a while, five skyships appeared in the sky. The bursting city crossbows on the skyships flashed cold lights on the tip of the ready-to-fire crossbow arrows. Filled with white light, the boat in the sky shone like a jewel.
"Where are the Griffon Knights? Why hasn't a single Griffin Knight come back?" It's been a while since Grand Prince Alec sent out the Griffon Knights, and it's time for the Griffin Knights to report back to him, but until now The griffin riders did not return either.
Originally, he sent out all the Griffin Knights because he was afraid of heavy losses to the Griffon Knights, because the flying knights like the Griffin Knights are the same as the knights on the ground, the more the number, the stronger the strength.
It can be said that once there are two hundred Griffin Riders in the sky, they can crush almost any flying knight in an air battle.
Even the flying spirit beasts among the high-level spirit beasts had to give way in front of the two hundred griffin knights.
But it was such a powerful flying cavalry squadron that disappeared without a sound, no one could accept it.
In order to breed griffins, the Kingdom of St. Ellis has spent countless efforts and resources.
Abel always thought that his fourteen griffins had only bred two griffins in a few years, but he didn't know that if it wasn't for the crops irrigated by the spring water of the Three Goddesses made of Horadric cubes to feed the griffins, the ten How could four griffins have two offspring so quickly.
The Kingdom of St. Ellis has invested countless resources, and only then has a griffin squadron of 200 griffin knights. In the past hundred years, the number of the entire griffin squadron has remained at around 200, and no breakthrough has been made. The important reason is that Griffins need too many resources.
After the eldest prince Alec roared a few times, he didn't say anything more, but his face was very ugly. Due to the disappearance of the Griffon Knight Squadron, the morale of the St. Ellis Kingdom's legion was low.
It was getting late at this time, and neither the eldest prince Alec nor Abel had any plans to continue the war today.
In a war of this scale, there are only real face-to-face battles. All plots and tricks are useless, and everything depends on strength.