Chapter 889 The Key Person

Tang En, who was forced to act with the First Army, found that he still underestimated the strength of this group of people.

From the battle to the defeat, the two sides did not even touch each other directly. Uncle Sang and the others just kept firing at Chenxi's troops. There was neither the rain of arrows covering the sky, nor the sweat and blood of the fight. He couldn't see anything in the battle line that was more than a mile long, but However, people in the opponent's line fell down in pieces from time to time, as if they were cooperating with the actions here.

This makes war look like a trifle, like an empty drama.

However, from the tearing screams coming from the side of the avenue, he knew that it was just his illusion. The easier the first army behaved, the more it proved their strength.

He finally understood what Nail meant by "the first army's fighting style".

A team of hundreds of people acts like one person. Ghostly in silence, silent in strike, everything is carried out according to plan with a discipline never seen before. Compared with those weapons with astonishing lethality, Tang En felt that the Northland Garrison was not much inferior - taking advantage of the cover of night, they were in ambush before dawn; Instead of staying in the camp, they stayed in the ambush circle closest to the old holy city; everyone was highly concentrated, the division of labor was clear, and every order could be executed quickly... If it weren't for these details, even with fierce weapons, I'm afraid they wouldn't have way to achieve such results.

After witnessing the entire battle, Tang En couldn't help feeling a little thankful that he chose to leave Hermes in time.

If he stayed in the holy city and waited until these guys invaded the city, I am afraid that businessmen like him would be treated as enemies.

Forget it, he sighed secretly, the outside is too dangerous, if he can go back safely this time, he should honestly do business in Eternal Night City.

Although there is not much money, it should not be a big problem to support a family.

And Fuer from "Heaven on Earth", you should miss him too, right?

I really wish I could get home sooner, Tang En thought to himself.

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In the evening, Eagle Face walked into the temporary discussion tent, gave a military salute to Edith, and then handed over a booklet, "The battlefield has been preliminarily cleaned up. Here is the situation reported by each squad. I have briefly summarized it. .”

"Thank you for your hard work," Beidi Pearl took the booklet and flipped through it from beginning to end. It was expected that there would be no casualties in the First Army. Chenxi found more than a thousand corpses and more than 600 people were injured. The direct reduction in personnel is estimated to be about 20%. Among them, not many were killed by bullets, most of them died from aerial bomb bombing and trampling on each other, and the strafing along the way only exacerbated the chaos.

This is also in line with the inference of the staff department. After all, the number of troops stationed in the Northland is too small, and the magic ark alone cannot transfer enough ammunition. In addition, there is no means of pursuit to expand the results of the battle. It is mostly predictable that the enemy will run away. As long as the task of expelling the Chenxi army is completed, it will be considered a successful blocking battle.

In the end, more than 1,800 people abandoned their weapons and surrendered, 25 of them were nobles, and the highest title was an earl who claimed to be the Lord of Hundred Flowers. But it was another baron named Remin Peyton who made Edith interested. According to the report, amidst the pleadings promising to pay the ransom and hoping to be treated properly, he repeatedly emphasized that he was an old acquaintance with a high-ranking official of Graycastle, and he also had a friendly relationship with the King of Graycastle.

"This man really said that?" She shook the brochure towards the eagle.

"It's probably just nonsense, or I think Timothy Wimbledon is the king of Graycastle." The deputy battalion commander frowned, "How do you plan to deal with these surrendered nobles?"

"Redemption is impossible, let's throw it in prison first." Edith pondered for a moment, "Maybe it will be needed in the future. As for non-nobles, they can be dismissed on the spot. We don't have that much surplus food. give them."

"yes."

"Have you not found the whereabouts of the Lord of Dawn, Ampein Moya?"

"I didn't find anyone matching his characteristics in the corpse." Eagle Face shook his head, "Someone seemed to have seen Amperin during the interrogation of the captives, but at that time he and a group of knights seemed to have changed clothes and did not carry a flag Or the family emblem. The rest of the people wanted to retreat with them, but they were blocked by the knights. Due to the long distance and the chaos at the scene, that guy couldn't be sure that the other party was Amperin."

"Where did you meet?"

"Inside the Old Holy City."

"Then it's probably him," Edith shrugged. "If you want to gather such a large team, the king's personal conquest is indispensable. If the king of a country is in the army, you think it should be in the army." where?"

"Uh... at the front?" Eagle Face asked uncertainly.

"To be precise, after the vanguard." She explained, "The old holy city has no walls, and what can be robbed depends on the quickness of the hand. Therefore, the king must come first to plunder. The vanguard is usually led by his knights." Taking charge of the regiment can not only eliminate threats in advance, but also ensure that you are the first to enter the city."

"So when the bomber operation started, they were already in the city?"

"Well, it is precisely because of this that Ampey escaped the aerial attacks of Maggie and Miss Hummingbird, and had enough time to discern the situation and choose the correct direction of escape—that being said, the decision can be made within half an hour Putting down the dignity of the king and pretending to flee is considered a qualified reaction." Edith raised the corners of her mouth unobtrusively, and licked her lips lightly.

"Damn it! Let the biggest fish run away!" Eagle Face said angrily, "If I can prepare a chasing force in advance..."

"It's useless," she interrupted, "on such a wide plain, unless you can predict his escape route, it is possible to intercept him. The ambush on the main road is just taking advantage of the enemy's retreat habits and herd mentality— — so when they fled to the wheat field on the other side, the killing effect of the musket was greatly reduced."

"..." The deputy battalion commander didn't refute, but still looked very annoyed.

"You don't need to blame yourself, you must know that this may not be a bad thing." Edith smiled.

"Why?" Eagle Face raised his head in surprise.

"This question is more complicated to explain. You just need to understand that fear is contagious. After those people realize how terrible it is to be an enemy of Graycastle, will they still ignore His Majesty's warning?" Pearl of the Northland said. After a pause, "Ampeyn Moya's throne may not be so easy to sit on."

Seeing that she didn't want to talk about it, Eagle Face didn't ask any further, "Then what should we do next? Shall we directly occupy the old holy city?"

"Only relying on these five hundred people? You can't even splash a splash in the city." Yi Di vetoed without hesitation, "Wait a minute, Miss Maggie has already gone to pick up a key person, if all goes well , maybe we can take this place without any effort."

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