Chapter 362 Did I Use a Trick?

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The Principality of Eivor, 57 kilometers southwest of Blue Castle.

This is a small town called "Winterspring Valley", but now it is home to a full 200,000 troops.

That's right, a full 200,000!

200,000 troops, and there are nearly 350,000 serfs serving them.

The originally small town was almost completely submerged in the barracks. From a distance, it looked like a forest without leaves.

With so many people eating and horses chewing, the daily food consumption is astronomical.

Moreover, they were mobilized from the entire Principality of Eivor. Not only do they have subtle cultural differences, but some people in some regions have looked down on each other since ancient times.

There are constant conflicts of all sizes.

If you lose a bet, you have to fight, if you rob a woman, you have to fight, if you rob wine and meat, you have to fight, and even if you don't like each other, you have to fight.

There are also many nobles who take the opportunity to take revenge and fish in troubled waters.

Death is a common thing. It would be rare if there were no deaths.

Even the number of soldiers who died every day could become a gambling topic.

In this situation, whoever is responsible for coordinating the overall situation will be the unlucky one in the entire continent.

And Quentin is the unluckiest one.

There is no way, who makes him the marshal of the principality,

"Whoever wants to be the marshal can be the marshal!"

Quentin was so angry that his chest kept rising and falling, almost exploding after sweeping the documents in front of him.

200,000 troops, gathered 11 marquises and earls.

It is said that women are prone to conflict when they are together, and the same is true for high-ranking nobles. There are always those who don't like each other.

If you don't like each other, you can only change camps.

Yes, Quentin can understand all these, but...

"Don't bully people like this!"

A said he didn't want to be next to B and C, B and C said they didn't want to be next to D and E, and H said he couldn't be in the same rank with E and F, but hoped to be next to D; D said he didn't like H's attitude...

It's been changed for almost 10 times, and there are always people who are dissatisfied.

There's no end to this transfer!

In fact, Quentin also knows the most fundamental problem.

He doesn't have an army under his control, and he can't suppress these nobles with the title of a great marshal.

Who made Eivor VIII refuse to let the guards leave the Blue Castle!

The nobles who retreated from Bolan City with Quentin, led by the Marquis of Aragon, were closely united around Quentin.

But...

When it comes to this, Quentin's face is sour.

In fact, the defeat in Bolan City was not really a serious injury.

At that time, the Eagle Army under Raven was busy taking over the city of Bolan, and although the 1,000 heavy cavalry led by Eric were invincible, Quentin and his men were only thinking about escaping.

It was true that the team was dispersed, but in terms of casualties, there were not many.

Excluding the more than 20,000 troops under Frank and the dead, there were still more than 90,000 people left.

More than 70,000 of them ran away, but according to Quentin's conventional estimate, at least 2/3 should be able to be gathered. By then, he, Aragon and the other two families will form a group, and the 80,000 troops will be enough to have a considerable say.

But who would have thought that nearly 60,000 of the more than 70,000 people would disappear as soon as they ran away.

They also caught a few soldiers who refused to return to the team, and got a similar answer after interrogation-

If they beat Raven, they would not benefit from it; if they lost, it would be good if they could run away. If they couldn't run away, they would lose their thumbs at best and their heads at worst, and their bodies would not be at peace.

After all, they don't want to be part of the "Jingguan".

Therefore, Quentin, Aragorn and others only have a total of 30,000 people.

And in an army of 200,000, 30,000 people don't have much say.

Not to mention, due to the loss of serfs, others have to take care of the logistics and share the profits.

So Quentin, the Grand Marshal, is as aggrieved as he can be.

Thinking of this, Quentin couldn't help complaining:

"Gattugen, you old guy, what the Grand Duke says is what it is, why are you arguing with him!"

Although Gattugen's two proposals were rejected, the prime minister still fulfilled his duties conscientiously.

Eivor VIII didn't want the troops from all over the country to squeeze into the Blue Castle.

First, because he felt that it would "destroy the artistic sense of the city too much", and secondly, he didn't want to leave a cowardly impression on the outside world.

After all, it's not a good look for an entire principality to be blocked by a baron like Raven in the capital.

So Gattugen took a compromise.

The troops from all over the country were summoned to defend the capital, but the gathering place was set in Winterspring.

This is the only way to the Blue Castle.

"Marshal, it's bad!" Aragorn rushed in from outside.

Since coming to Winterspring, they have been working together, and Aragorn has been flattering Quentin, so he has played the role of a half-clerk.

He took two breaths before finally finishing his words:

"Raven is here!"

Quentin acted calm.

Just like a proverb circulating in the Principality of Eivor -

The end of ignorance is experience.

Having faced Raven once, Quentin was mentally prepared this time.

Now they have 200,000 troops here. Although the camp defense is not as good as that of Bolan City, it is not something that Raven's more than 10,000 troops can confront.

The next thing is nothing more than the old routine, camping and confrontation.

With the intelligence agency "Wolf Kiss" in hand, Quentin heard all the news from the cabinet and knew what kind of pressure Keynes was facing.

And the fact that the Grand Duchess contacted Teacher Quilly was not hidden from him.

Anyway, the longer it drags on, the better, so why rush?

"Got it." Quentin said calmly: "Pass the order down, let them each hold their camps, spread scouts farther, and prepare the long-range troops to prevent the sudden attack of the Wind King's troops."

Aragorn was still sweating:

"But...Hausman, Constanz and Archibald are competing with each other and have led their troops out of the camp!"

"What!?"

"Call them back quickly!!"

No one who fought against Raven in the field has had a good end so far!

How dare they?

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When Raven saw the flying monster tracks of the Eivor people in the sky, he knew that he and his party had been discovered by the other side.

But this did not make Raven nervous.

The 1st and 2nd Legions of the Eagle Army total 10,000 people.

The 1st Independent Legion has 4,000 people.

The Slater Family Legion led by Hyde has 5,000 people.

As all the war horses and pack horses seized from horse thieves by Eagle City were delivered, almost everyone in these 19,000 people had a horse.

That's why, in just 6 days after departure, Raven was able to lead his team from Boran City all the way to the heart of the Eivor region!

The dust raised by the march of a horse-riding army of this scale could not cover it.

So there was no need to worry about it at all.

Riding over a high slope, Raven saw from a distance that at least 70,000 soldiers had left the camp of Winterspring Valley, forming a hard formation and slowly moving forward.

After seeing the whereabouts of Raven and his men, he immediately stopped.

"The formation is quite rigorous." Raven sneered: "I just don't know how it will turn out when we meet."

"Pass my order, the whole army speeds up, dismount and line up 500 meters away from the enemy formation!"

500 meters, even for heavy infantry, is a distance that can be reached within 5 minutes.

And for light infantry, 3 minutes is enough.

Starting to line up at this distance is an extreme contempt for the opponent.

It is also an extreme confidence in oneself!

This kind of confidence is not only possessed by Raven, Eric, Hyena, but also by every soldier of the Eagle Army!

The order was conveyed downward through the flag, and the Eagle Army burst into a neat shout:

"Kill!!!"

The momentum rushed straight into the universe, almost poking a hole in the sky.

The rumbling of the horses' hooves shook the gravel on the ground.

800 meters... 700 meters... 600 meters...

Just when it was about to rush to a distance of 500 meters, the opponent's relatively neat army formation suddenly scattered!

It was like green beans flowing out of a sack, and it couldn't even be contained!

No mistake, one post, one content, one 6, one 9, one book, one bar!

In the 70,000-strong army, three high-raised battle flags representing different nobles fluttered backwards.

This scene made Raven stunned!

He raised his arm:

"Pass my order, the whole army stops!!!"

"Wind King Battalion, get close to investigate the enemy!!!"

Raven's face was solemn.

He didn't think he was so famous that the other army would collapse at the sight of him.

After all, although he was called the Demon King, he was not a real hell demon, and he didn't step on the aura of fear.

And if the other party was really so weak, they shouldn't have gone out of the city to form a battle array at all. Relying on the camp to defend it was the kingly way.

So there was only one answer, that is, the other party set some kind of trap and waited for Raven to jump in!

"The acting is really realistic."

The 70,000 troops really looked like they were retreating.

Throwing away armor and weapons is not an adjective, but the real performance of these troops. Some people even huddled in place, as if they were too scared to move.

There are quite a few of them, a total of several hundred people.

These are probably the dead soldiers.

"I didn't expect that there are still masters in the Principality of Eivor."

Raven's throat moved and he swallowed his saliva, suppressing the greed deep in his heart.

The supplies seized from the annihilation of the 70,000-man army would be enough for him to make another fortune, and it would also greatly weaken the strength of the Principality of Eivor.

The opponent's commander must have great ambitions to throw out such a bait!

So... where is the trap?

Ambush?

I have the Wind King's troops who have been investigating. If there is an ambush, there is no reason why they can't find it.

Or lead the army to block my retreat like Palmer and others did before?

That's not right.

Let alone whether the Principality of Eivor can squeeze out so many soldiers to fight. Even if the Principality of Eivor really called in a group of ghost soldiers that should not exist, Raven has been communicating with Bolan City these days. If there is any discovery, there should be news long ago.

"Magic trap, wait until our entire army is deployed before activating it?"

Raven used the Eye of Truth and his eyes fell on the battlefield where 70,000 people were located before.

But apart from seeing a few people with enchanted weapons, there was no trace of magic.

The uneasiness in his heart became more and more serious. Raven began to think about whether there was any flaw in his long-distance raid this time...

At this moment, the hyena roared:

"My lord, you are really amazing!"

Raven looked up subconsciously, then squinted his eyes, rubbed his temples with both hands, closed his eyes and opened them again.

Only then was he sure that he had not seen wrong.

But... what on earth was going on! ?

The 70,000 troops were running fast without anyone stopping them. Instead of returning to the camp, they bypassed the gap between the camps and continued to flee north.

In the half hour that Raven was thinking, they had already run several kilometers away, and each of them seemed to have Warcraft blood.

And those camps that had been sitting still also moved at this time.

They were not preparing for battle, but were running north like crazy.

As they were running away, several camps were also blazing with fire.

200,000 troops, just like that... collapsed! ?

Raven felt that his mind was full of question marks.

Even if it was a show, the cost was too high, right?

I haven't even entered the camp yet, and they are setting fire now?

"Awesome, so awesome, sir!" The hyena was still praising sincerely:

"You always told me before that you need to use your brain to fight. I didn't dare to say anything openly before, but I was actually not convinced in my heart."

"Now I am really convinced!"

"Last time, you used a strategy of alienation. What strategy did you use this time? You actually won the war without even staining your sword with blood!?"

Raven pulled the corner of his mouth and laughed dryly: "That's a secret."

Have I used any strategy? Why don't I know it myself?

Am I really so lucky now that I can scare the opponent to pee his pants as soon as I appear?

"Send the order, send a team to capture the guys who stayed behind first - be careful, and kill them if they resist."

"Then, let the scouts go to the camps that are not on fire to see what is going on. Focus on checking the ignition materials and the ground. Be sure to beware of the enemy's traps."

The enemy's camps are in a pattern of many stars surrounding the moon, with a total of 12 camps. In addition to the central camp, the two camps in the northeast are on fire.

After all, they are regular troops, and the camps are laid out quite reasonably. The fire in these three camps did not spread to other camps.

And the camps that were not on fire were taken over quite smoothly.

There were no traps, no ambushes, but only bags of food, fodder, and fine wine. They even found a lot of live cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens, ducks and other livestock and poultry.

Raven picked a clean camp and entered it. Before he sat down to rest for a while, Hyde ran over to "ask for punishment."

He sat down opposite Raven and complained:

"Raven, you are such an unfriendly person!"

"I have been following you for quite some time. I didn't show up in Bolan City last time, but this time you used a good trick, so I won't say much."

"But you should always inform me beforehand, right?"

"I was ready to fight, and was about to take off my pants, but he ran away!"

"I won't say anything else. It's really amazing that you can win! This kind of victory, not to mention me, I guess my father has never seen it."

At this point, he squinted his eyes: "Anyway, the matter is over, you just Tell me, what happened? What did you do? "

"I'll have something to say when I brag to my grandson in the future."

This series of rapid fire made Raven want to speak several times but failed. Now that he finally finished, Raven said:

"Hyde, it's not that I'm hiding it from you. In fact, until now, I still don't know what happened!"

Hyde frowned and looked at Raven, and said: "This face is really handsome. No wonder you are called "Little Bee". If I were a woman, I would definitely not be able to escape your mouth."

"What?" Raven didn't quite understand for a while.

"I mean, we are all men. Do you think I will believe this kind of lie!" With that, Hyde stood up and walked back angrily:

"Don't say it, then don't say it!"

Raven was so sad that he wanted to cry but had no tears.

I was obviously telling the truth, why don't you believe it?

Am I the kind of person who would lie?

Hyde is not the first, nor the last.

Then, until the evening, starting with Visdon, Eric, Simon, Akori, and even Lancha, they all came to ask Raven from various angles what strategy he had used.

In their words, Raven was so wise that he was simply the greatest military strategist of all time.

Raven himself almost believed it.

It was not until the night that the hyenas came that Raven finally relaxed a little:

"Baron, I have found out what you want!"

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