Vol 3 Chapter 45: Shadows are heavy

On the night of February 16th in the spring of 5 years of the magic calendar, a team was marching among the hills on the west coast of the Eminor mainland. Relying on the detailed map in his hand, the soldiers carefully bypassed the large and small villages scattered on the mainland.
The soldiers of the third reinforced Thousands of Farnos mainland departed from January 10, and quickly rushed into the destination of this trip-the ice-breaking port at an amazing speed of 30 kilometers to 40 kilometers every night.
During the First World War in Xilin Island, the 3rd Thousand Forces of Fanos 'Western Expedition were almost completely annihilated. If it was not for the soldiers' desperate efforts, not only the four famous generals of the Western Expedition would fall. Even so, Norton's left arm was severely injured in this battle, and finally had to undergo an amputation operation. After the congregation of the Western Expeditionary Force, due to the fact that there are more than 6 million veteran positions in the front army, no matter how divided the 45,000 soldiers are, it is impossible for each 10,000 head to have their own complete subordinates. In this situation, The Western Expeditionary Force has added a new cluster establishment, the Legion, above the Thousands. According to Dahino ’s explanation, the formation of the Legion is higher than that of the 10,000-person team. The corps can administer the 10,000-person team, but the 10,000-person team does not administer the corps. The base rank of the highest commander of the corps is 10,000 captains. The argument at least satisfied all the tens of thousands of people. At present, each legion consists of 6 to 9 thousand troops, and is directly under the command of 10,000 heads.
As the newly promoted new chief of staff, the size of the army led by Norton is the smallest one. It consists of a total of 6 thousand men. The internal serial number of the Western Expeditionary Front: the Third Army. At the bottom of the family is the more than 300 defeated soldiers left by the third thousandth team originally led by Norton after the First World War in Xilin Island. Although they experienced a major defeat, although more than 60% of the robes lost their lives in the war, they were rebuilt on the basis of these three hundred soldiers. The construction of the Third Thousands team did not let people see how the vitality was hurt, and in the next few months the Third Thousands team showed a strong combat strength, indicating that they are still the best brave journey in the Western Expedition . When Norton formed the Third Legion, he also constructed a corps-level command unit based on the Third Thousands. This leapfrog operation was composed of the second, third, and fifth legions of Norman, Merlin, and the Golden Dragon Knight Yemoda.
In the hostile country's territory for more than 2000 years, the degree of difficulty is far greater than the answer that the cadres of the small mercenary corps sat in the hall on February 15 and drank tea drinking out of thin air. Starting from January 10th, the Third Thousands did not march at any moment during the day-the winter night was exceptionally long, and they were camped at 5 pm every day until the rest of the morning at 4 am. Because of the night march, they communicated as soldiers. The Harrier Hawk is also unavailable. In addition to the red and white moons flying in the sky, the Third Thousand Team is a truly lone army.
1km in front of the large team is armed with an Amy Empire standard song, all-colored human soldiers, military uniforms are equipped with the emblem of the Lion River Defense Zone, and as far as possible, guide the large team to bypass the Imperial checkpoint. If a pedestrian rushes into the brigade, the surrounding human soldiers usually deal with it. If they are too close to the brigade, they will immediately capture the people and take them to the brigade. Fortunately, the pedestrians outside are extremely scarce on winter nights. In the past 20 days, less than 10 pedestrians have become undesirable prisoners.
Judging by the time, the ice-breaking port was already approaching the night after tomorrow. The soldiers who worked hard for nearly a month could feel a faint excitement, and the speed of marching was significantly accelerated.
Whether it is a strong half-orc, a capable werewolf, or a human with poor eyesight at night, all are kept silent, all horses are wrapped in feet, and the bridle is tightly tightened on the horse chew, if it is not a small one released by the front-line magician The small blue magic ball cannot be seen from a distance with a large number of soldiers.
In the deep night, the red moon in the distance gradually hides into the sea to the west. The dense star-shaped star shimmers and glows, and everything is like the silence of a few days ago.
Suddenly-the bell of the cavalry's Luan sounded from a distance, and gradually grew larger. After dozens of breaths, the sound of dense horseshoes like storms could be clearly heard under the ring.
who? So fast? It was still such a dark night.
Many veterans of human knights frowned slightly. In such a deep night, such cold weather, such bumpy roads, and even snow. What kind of knight would be so disrespectful to mount horses and run wildly? Wouldn't the horseshoe be cut off by the frozen soil?
A fire dragon gallops out from behind the hill on the right. In the dark night, under the fire dragon are dark horses and knights with dark armor, at least 50 knights.
"What troops ahead, immediately stop advancing for inspection, we are the Imperial Gyeonggi garrison troops." The voice came from afar.
"Welcome up, don't let the other party approach, prepare to fight, and wipe out the enemy." Norton gently commanded the officer next to him, who was usually angry and indescribable. This is the hinterland of the empire, and the degree of danger is far from comparable to the previous Xilin Island. If there is a head-on conflict with human soldiers, there are wide continental highways around. It is estimated that the other party can gather more than 5,000 troops in one day. Very few 1500 people are simply not enough to fight each other. I don't know where there was a problem on this trip, but it was blocked by the imperial soldiers. Like most soldiers, the tens of thousands of people at this time can only beg the true to bless the other party to be dealt with, otherwise, they must wipe out the enemy. Norton casually smiled bitterly. More than 50 knights who can gallop on snowy nights want to wipe out. This difficulty is even more difficult than fighting 5000 enemies.
The command of the regiment was quickly conveyed. The human soldiers on the periphery jumped on the mount, and the light cavalry of about 100 people greeted them.
"We are armed by the Marquis of Rocopo von Philline in the Lion River Defence Zone and ordered to report to the imperial capital." Most mercenaries have little loyalty to the country, and this knightly force built on the basis of mercenaries The loyalty of Minor Continental is probably limited to the former employer. The Centurion is an old mercenary who is a mercenary. He is very familiar with the Lion River area. He was once hired by the Marquis of Rocopo von Philline. Taking this identity is easy to deceive some unsuspecting patrols.
"Oh," said the Fire Dragon, who was already approaching the soldiers of the Third Army. Two black horses were at the front. They belonged to the kind of majestic dragon horse that the dark horse prince often mentioned in the legend. He was much stronger than ordinary horses. Now, the figure of the cavalier also needs to be described as vigorous. The helmet mask was pulled down, and the cold luster seemed to be shot behind the eye protection. The helmet was quivering with blue feathers. The dark plate leaf armor was obviously from the hands of the dwarf master craftsman, and there was no reflection under the jumping flame. Glossy, this kind of chaotic forging armor is only found in the dwarf tribe. An exaggerated black cloak smoothly falls from the horse's back. Behind the two knights were other black knights arranged like goose wings.
Blue Ling Knight?
Norton was also slightly stunned. Most of the Lan Ling Knights had the rank of captain or above in the Imperial Army. Even two Lan Ling Knights led the team to patrol. This is enough to show that the Imperial Gyeonggi Defense Zone attaches great importance to the surrounding defense. It seems that this level is not very good.
"Show the military order. Why advance in the middle of the night?" The icy voice seemed to add more chill to the winter night.
"Sir Knight," the hundred commanders were also surprised when they saw each other's dingling, and the sound slightly changed: "We were ordered by the Lord Marquis to go to the Imperial Capital to listen to orders. , After hearing that the empire was attacked by a different continent, according to the orders of the Imperial Ministry, he quickly summoned the soldiers of the fiefs and selected elite soldiers from them, hoping to work for the country. The adult ordered us to rush to the emperor by starry night, and we accidentally missed Sutou and the barren mountains. There is no place to rest in Yeling, and I can only hurry up overnight, hoping to find a village and town to fix it tomorrow. "
"Oh, there is no order from the Ministry of Military Affairs? Don't you know that the empire is already on the third level of alert?" The black knight was unmoved, and there was a trace of reproach in his words. "I immediately dismounted for inspection. The chief officer and I returned to the Imperial Army Department to explain that the others immediately camped on the spot without permission to act privately."
"This ..." The former mercenary's face was embarrassed: "Your Excellency must know that Lord Marquis' eldest son is a member of the Imperial Forest Defense Zone, and his second son is the captain of the Empire's Tongyunguan Defense Zone, and the Marquis himself Once serving as the second commander of the Imperial Army, for us, Lord Marquis ’dictation is equivalent to the imperial army ’s command. Your Excellency will do so, and we will be very difficult to punish in the future.
The knight in black may have a special relationship with other eminent princes in the empire. When he heard others use the marquis to press himself, he did not show any anxiety and anger, but kept the due respect to the nobility in the cold tone: "This In wartime, everything is based on the national war situation. Even if you are a superior such as the Marquis, you cannot break the rules. "
"Sir Knight, we are just a small leader of the Marquis army, followed by the wife and brother of the Marquis Lord. He is responsible for this trip. You can see if you talk directly, so I don't have to be too embarrassed." The former mercenary The veteran set a trap for the black knights in the Gyeonggi Defense Zone.
The two black knights glanced at each other and led the subordinates into the so-called noble armies.
The outside knight team put the black knight in and seemed to inadvertently close the exit, and the slightly sweaty hand firmly grasped the icy hilt.
"Kill! The enemy is annihilated!" After the enclosure was closed, a roar suddenly broke out in the crowd.
The dense warriors pulled out Xueliang's long sword, and the half-orcs and bearmen squatting behind the crowd jumped from the ground, and the half-man-high mace rushed to the black knights with a gang wind ...
The two blue Ling knights headed urged the mounts at the same time, and the white light was scattered under the feet of the black dragon. The two mounts immediately rose into the air.
"Eudemons Knight!"
Some of the human soldiers of the Fanos Legion exclaimed. Werewolves and half-orc soldiers have also seen such flying knights, and the siege of the soldiers immediately impressed.
"Stop it! I'm looking for Lord Norton!" The two knights yelled out loud in the air.
"Stop it!" A low order came from behind the Orc. At the moment when the Black Knight emptied, Norton had regretted the order he had just given. The opponent had a Eudemons Knight, which completely wiped out the enemy. When he saw that the other party seemed to be friendly, he quickly ordered.
Norton did not expect that there are two Eudemons knights in such a small team. According to the relevant information of the Imperial Army, such knights in the army have the basic rank of small captain, and even most of them are already senior such as the imperial captain. Military rank. Looking across the ocean from the Holy Snow Mountain, the Eudemons Knights in the Fanos Continental Army are quite rare. Every four years, they can exchange the rarest rare birds and monsters for two or three places in a country to participate in the Eudemons trial. There are many of them eliminated. Therefore, there are only about 10 Eudemons Knights in the entire army, which really cannot be compared with the Eminor continents.
Following the orc guards, Norton stepped out of the queue: "I am Norton, who is your Excellency? How do you know us?"
"Lord Norton, my master and your army have always cooperated. This is my master's letter." The black knight fell on the ground, handed the letter in Norton, and took out another letter: "This is Lord Dahino. Letter. "
In the process of reading the letter from Norton, another black knight briefly introduced the process: a month ago, when the Western Expedition made a leapfrog attack on the ice-breaking port, a notice was sent to the inside line of the empire, and the inside line received a letter. After shocked. Fanos did not know that the small mercenary group had just picked up the ice port when he was in the battle. The combat strength of this small mercenary group was unmatched by the original squadron, and regardless of the number of advantages, only two dragons The Cavaliers are enough to fight each squadron. While sighing that it was not that the enemy did not meet, the insider summoned his immediate subordinates to the West Forest Island under the banner of the Imperial Army to stop this action. When the black knight saw Heinuo and learned that the expeditionary army had already set off, Dahino suffered from his troops' scorn in the empire's action ~ EbookFREE.me ~ So please ask the black knight to catch up again in the night ...
In the same cold narration of the Imperial Knights, Norton read the two letters. The half-orc brown eyes showed not only fluke but also heartfelt thanks. The only solid right hand extended: "Thank you very much for your master ’s instant Information, for the hard work of your Excellency and your subordinates, on behalf of all the soldiers, I express my gratitude to you. "Respectful words are used in the voice of Wan Wanchang.
The knight in black seemed to ignore the big hand in front of him, and the dark helmet twitched: "Thank me? That's really unnecessary. As a soldier of the enemy's forces, I really can't accept this kind of thanks, nor can I say the words that wish you victory. "
Norton and other half-orcs were aggrieved, and the cold tone that remained unchanged from beginning to end can only explain one point. In the hearts of the two Lan Ling knights, although the majesty of the homeowner exceeded their loyalty to the empire, as far as two people are concerned, , There is always resistance to aliens.
Many black knights surrounded the black knights and walked out.
"May I ask Mr. Knight?" As a half-orc, he also greatly appreciates this kind of loyal human being. Norton doesn't want to miss the chance to meet.
"... I won't tell you ... lest you be captured and finally reveal my identity."
"Oh, how are you so sure I will be captured?"
"The title of Lord Baron Amy, the Golden Brain, was not called by white. It is a rare person who can escape under his calculation. I have not heard of it personally."
The two famous generals who were known for their wits almost said what they said in one day in a short confrontation.
Watching the long fire dragon leave quickly, Norton put the letter in his arms and said what he seemed to want to increase his confidence: "If you don't have this letter, you might really be a prisoner of the order, now ... I hope it can be reversed. "