Chapter 231 The Curse of the Snake

The humiliating defeat of Achaji's troops has caused discussions among the Ulya people in the southern army camp in the past few days.

The particularly straightforward Alkin Khan told Abel that in the future, without the same number of Kantadar cavalry, his troops would no longer serve as the vanguard for the Kantadar army alone.

They had been rushing into Usato territory smoothly, but suddenly lost thousands of elite cavalry, all of them elite. This loss was quite serious even for a large Ulya tribe.

Abel looked at the Ulya leader who was asking for compensation from him, and knew that the other party had retreated.

He had to endure the unhappiness in his heart and appease him with kind words, allocating food and grass, and giving money and property compensation, only to temporarily stabilize the other party's retreat.

Fortunately, at present, the huge wealth in the Kantadar King City has not completely lost its appeal to the Ulya people.

Looking back at the map, in the upper reaches of the tributary river east of the forest, Abel calmly thought about the military information sent back from different directions.

Among the various vanguards sent out in the early stage, only the upstream side encountered a large group of Orland troops crossing the river to actively attack.

This means that there must be a place to cross the river quickly.

In order to give full play to the greatest advantage of our own forces at this moment, we must undoubtedly send enough troops to the upstream as soon as possible to test where the loopholes in the defense of the north bank are.

The enemy sent nearly 4,000 people to garrison the upstream, so he sent 10,000.

If 10,000 are not enough, he will send 20,000. He wants to see how the Orland people can take care of both the front and the rear.

A dispatch plan was quickly determined, and the three camps of the Southern Army decided to divide their troops into two routes and go north from the east and west of the forest at the same time.

But just two days after the army started to move, the Lion Scorpion Knights reported one after another that a large-scale troop movement had occurred on the north bank.

Although they could not risk getting close, the number of people seen from afar obviously exceeded the previous estimate of the size of the Orland army.

Abel was afraid that the Orlanders would send new reinforcements from the north, so he summoned the intelligence staff who had recently emerged to inquire.

Two days later, he finally got a reply from the staff.

".Recent news from the north bank is that the Orlanders are recruiting a large number of civilians in the name of His Highness Casso to go to the upper reaches of the eastern section of the river. The scale is at least more than 10,000 people, but my people did not see them distributing weapons. It seems that they are only recruiting civilians as laborers. They may want to build a defensive stronghold in the upper reaches of the eastern tributary." The intelligence officer reported hesitantly.

"Maybe?" Abel's face sank.

".I don't want your guess, but the exact news.

It takes time and effort to mobilize tens of thousands of people to build a new stronghold. Why don't the Orlanders defend it in the ready-made castles and towns?

Give you so much gold and jewelry, you promised me that you can quickly buy off the military intelligence inside the northerners. But recently, your men seem to have made no progress."

Hearing this, the intelligence officer bowed his head deeply, showing a panic expression.

But he was not afraid, but felt that he had made a mistake.

Asking the Duke of Aberle for the money was just a cover to cover up his mistake.

How could he get to know the high-level military affairs in such a war just by ransom?

He had already sent people to the North Bank to send secret words and signals that only "Dark Claw" could understand, trying to contact the colleagues arranged by Lord "Hundred Heads" beside the Earl of the Stag.

However, after so long, the spy who had been hiding beside General Trosa of the Northern Kingdom for many years still had no response.

Either the Dark Claw who was lurking as a close attendant did not come or the other party was already dead.

In either case, the intelligence officer knew that he could not fulfill his previous promise.

"I'm sorry, sir, our spy has been exposed and was secretly executed by the Orland people." The intelligence officer told Aberle "the truth".

".Forget it, let your men continue to inquire and find out the intentions of the Orland army as soon as possible." Abel frowned and had to put away his urgency, calling the other party back without making excessive demands.

This trusted staff member has proved his loyalty and ability since he started the rebellion. He has made great contributions to his rapid control of the leaderless Eastern Expedition Army. Abel does not want to blame him for just one failure.

If the secret investigation fails, he can only look forward to the open sentry. Abel convened a military meeting and asked the "Knight Commander" of the former royal lion scorpion troops who defected to him to send more people to investigate the upper reaches of the east where a large number of laborers are gathering.

But this request made the commander of the lion scorpion knights feel difficult.

After this period of back and forth exploration, he basically figured out the deployment of the northerners' air knights.

In the western airspace of Usato, relying on sixty scorpion tail lions, the enemy's flying dragons and twenty Pegasus knights have been suppressed, so that King Orland dare not act rashly.

However, in the eastern airspace, he could only send five remaining lion scorpion knights.

If this lion scorpion team rushed over to investigate, the enemy's other twenty Pegasus knights deployed in the east would definitely be difficult to stop.

The bad thing is that the Orlanders also have a griffin knight in the east.

Five scorpions, even if they work together, can't beat a griffin plus twenty Pegasus knights.

But if more lion scorpions are transferred from the camp to the east, once the power is unbalanced, who can guarantee that the flying dragons of the northerners will not start the battle in the sky in advance.

The balance in the air before the war cannot be easily broken.

If too few are sent, they will not be able to break through the blockade and expulsion of the opponent's griffin and Pegasus formation, and the reckless move may cause the loss of precious air knights again.

If we send too many, it will be difficult to deal with the flying dragon of Orland in front of the camp.

No one in the army tent blamed the lion scorpion commander when he heard the difficulty.

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If the main force of the Manticore troops in the Eastern Expedition had not disappeared with the king, the current domestic air knights, which were pieced together from various lords, were only a quarter of the original size, and the Manticore knights would not be so timid.

"A knight under my command has died at the hands of the enemy's griffin knight. That guy is also a spellcaster who masters spells. Lord Aberle, if we lose more riders before the war, I am afraid it will be difficult to continue to maintain comprehensive surveillance of the enemy afterwards." The lion scorpion commander said helplessly.

Duke Aberle unconsciously moved his fingers on the armrest, realizing that in order to send more people to find out the enemy's unusual movements in the east, he must first weaken the opponent's air force.

As for the flying dragon and the griffin, it is obvious that the latter is easier to get rid of.

".It seems that we have to find a way to kill the griffin." Abeler set a goal.

He then asked the lords for advice.

Hunting a griffin is not an easy task. In this regard, we have to ask the Uriah people for their experience, especially since the rider of the giant beast may be a wizard.

It's a pity that those powerful robe guys also disappeared with the king. He now has only a few local wizards under his command. These people have to be used in the frontal war. Whether to send them out, Abeler can't help but hesitate.

At this time, Earl Yasen, who had been silent all the time, looked at the Lion Scorpion Commander thoughtfully, and suddenly asked: "Did the Lion Scorpion Knight who withdrew that day identify the identity of the enemy's griffin rider?

Is it Earl North from the northern border of Orland? Or Baron Allen from Sartre County?"

Seeing the meticulously trimmed old man looking over, the Lion Scorpion Commander did not dare to neglect this long-famous knight.

"Neither. My men vaguely saw a winged sword-shaped symbol on the armor of the griffin. This should not be the emblem of the two griffin knights."

Count Arsen nodded and turned his gaze to look at Abel.

"Your Excellency, let me deal with the griffin. I may have some personal grudges with him."

Abel was very surprised when he heard this. This was the first time that the other party took the initiative to fight for him.

Although the old earl came with the army, he never let his troops participate in the battle, as if he was just waving flags to help.

However, the other party provided his own food and grass, and was one of the famous knights in the kingdom. Abel had never been able to force it. After all, Abel was already relieved to have such a prestigious person standing in his team.

But he was still curious about what made Lord Arsen suddenly want to fight against the griffin knight.

After hearing Aberle's doubtful question, the old earl said calmly: "An illegitimate daughter I married many years ago fled back to my territory from Marmore County with her child a few months ago.

Her husband was killed by the Orland people, and all her family members were slaughtered by the northerners. Only my daughter and a grandson escaped by chance.

I heard that the person who killed my son-in-law was a young griffin knight, also called the "Snake Slayer", and was composed into poems. Although I don't know if it was this person, but since I met him, there is no reason for me to turn a blind eye."