Sword of Dawn

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"Who are you?" Bishop Lemont repeated his question again, "What do you want to do?"

"The High Bishop of the Eternal Sleeper, Selina Geerfen, I hope I didn't scare you." The woman said with a smile.

"The Eternal Sleeper?!" Bishop Lemont was startled, "You...what do you cultists want to do!?"

"There are not many chances to 'capture' a high-ranking priest," Selina Geerfen seemed to be patiently answering Remont's question, but her answer was obviously not what the latter wanted to hear, "We It took a long time to plant the seeds among the bishop-level members of the Church of the Holy Light, but your performance disappointed us. You foolishly challenged the wanderers outside the territory and the power he established, so we had to do it in advance. To 'rescue' you before you completely lose your value..."

"Plant the seeds..." Bishop Lemont was frightened and angry, and suddenly realized something, "You have already tampered with my mind?! What do you want to do?!"

"There used to be a lot of plans, but now your value is gone, we can only make the best use of it," Selina Geerfen sighed softly, and slowly walked towards the terrified Bishop of Lemont, "Mr. Bishop, Borrow your brains, we need to see how your god... has changed in 700 years."

……

The constant explosions from the south of the city finally came to an end, and this was the end of all the fighting for the day.

Gawain glanced at the Pioneer Sword in his hand. This long sword was quietly leaning against the table. It didn't even use it in today's battle.

The enemy's strength was worse than he expected, so that he didn't need to come forward to save the whole battle.

Hetty pushed the door and walked into the room: "Ancestor, the invading enemy on the southern city wall has been wiped out, the attackers were wiped out except for one escaped - except for the temporary power interruption of two blocks in the southern city, our side No damage."

"Very good, it looks like Kamel can get the experimental data he wanted," Gao Wen actually knew the situation on the battlefield, but he still nodded after hearing Hetty's report, "In this way, The direction of this war will basically not change."

"I still can't believe it...we actually won like this..." Hetty still had a look of disbelief on her face. She had already received information from the northern and western fronts. It was beyond her imagination that such a difficult war could be won in such a short period of time—even though Gao Wen had shown full confidence in the victory of the war before, she always thought it was just the ancestors trying to calm people's hearts. And at this moment, she still has a question that she doesn't want to understand, "Ancestor, I actually have a question... How did you know that those Holy See knights would attack from the southern city wall?"

Of course it was seen with the satellite's magic environment imaging map-but it can't be said directly.

Gao Wen touched his chin, and said with an expression of "the situation is under your ancestors' control": "Excluding the north and west directions, if someone wants to raid us, the only option they can choose is the eastern mine route. And the dark mountains in the south - mines are not a good choice, because once they attack from there, and fail to take down the entire mining town in the first place, then the main city of Cecil will be alarmed, and they will lose the ability to raid advantages, so they will definitely choose the Dark Mountains."

Gao Wen paused, and then said: "The distance between the Dark Mountain and the southern city wall is very close, and the terrain is complex and easy to hide. Even if there are sentries patrolling, high-level transcendents can rely on the terrain to lurk very close to the city wall, and there are still More importantly: Earl Hossman's army's main attack direction is the north of Cecil Territory, and in this case, flanking and raiding from the other side is the normal plan."

Hetty was convinced by Gawain's analysis, and she didn't have any other questions. She just said with a trace of worry: "Ancestor, I am very worried about the enemy who fled. If the information is correct, it is very likely that it is the southern part of the Holy Light Church." The regional bishop of the diocese——Although the Church of the Holy Light has a weaker influence in the southern border, it is still very powerful. Their regional bishop is now leading the Holy See knights to directly attack the Cecil Territory in the name of crusade against evil. This is no longer the case. Assisting the nobles in the war is so simple, but it is tantamount to declaring war head-on, and now the bishop has escaped... I don’t know how much trouble he will cause.”

Gao Wen raised his eyebrows and looked at Heidi with interest: "If it was you before, the first thing you would worry about at this time would be the adverse effects of us going head-on with the southern diocese of the Holy Light Church, but now your It seems that the attention is no longer entangled in this kind of thing."

After being reminded by Gao Wen, Hetty also realized the change in her way of thinking. The lady who was worried about the Cecil family couldn't help showing a wry smile: "I don't know why there is such a change, wait By the time I realized it, we had even started a war with all the nobles in the entire southern border... What else am I worried about in the southern diocese?"

Gawain smiled and shook his head: "Don't worry, I sent an elite team led by Soldering to stand by in the Dark Mountains before the war started. They should..."

Before Gawain finished speaking, Solderling's voice came from outside the door: "The bishop is dead—we found his body."

Chapter 0400 The Unfinished War

In Cecil's military area, inside the headquarters of the Military Intelligence Bureau, Reymont's body was quickly brought before Gao Wen.

The regional bishop of the southern diocese died in a strange manner. Apart from some scratches and dirt left on his body when he fled, he had almost no external injuries. What caused his death was some kind of "high fever" generated from his head. The eye sockets of a regional bishop have been burnt into two pitch-black holes. The dry and scorched eye skin clings to the eye sockets of his skull in a disgusting state, and his brain... seems to have been burned into ashes.

"We found him on a mountain road in the Dark Mountains," Soldering reported what he knew. "When we found him, he was dead. There were no traces of fighting around, and there was no residual magic wave. The cause of death is as follows: You see, brains burned to ashes... but I've never seen a curse or magic effect like this."

Gawain squatted down and carefully checked the situation of the Holy Light Bishop. When he reached into Remont's eye socket, Amber next to him couldn't help but make a nauseous sound: "Ouch...you are too disgusting..."

Gao Wen ignored the amber, but dipped some ashes on it, and rubbed it with his fingertips twice, a tiny golden light flashed away in the ashes.

"It's the residual echo of the Holy Light, coming from the brain... This bishop was burned to death by his own Holy Light," Gawain frowned, "But why?"

Amber began to make random analyzes with a serious face: "Is it because he ran away on the battlefield, violated some teaching of the Holy Light Church, and then ran into the mountains and couldn't stand the condemnation in his heart, so he died of an explosion of conscience? "

Gao Wen raised his head and glanced at Amber: "Do you believe this?"

Hetty ignored Amber's random analysis, stood beside Gao Wen and asked solemnly, "Ancestor, can you see anything?"

"It can't be seen that apart from the cause of death caused by the backlash of the holy light, there is no trace left on his body... But it's not that he has no thoughts at all." Gawain clapped his hands and stood up, "The brain was burned by the backlash of the holy light." , which proves that the initial loss of control begins in the brain, which makes me think of a group of people..."

Hetty looked at Gawain's expression and suddenly realized: "The Eternal Sleeper?"

"It seems that those cultists have not stopped. They are always active in areas we don't know," Gao Wen said in an unsurprising tone. It is not inconceivable that the Eternal Sleeper appeared on the battlefield in the southern border, although he was very curious why the Eternal Sleeper "helped" the Cecils kill an invader, but this did not affect him from continuing to do his own thing, " Send this body with the others to the incinerator and burn it completely."

Two soldiers came in and carried away Remont's body, while Amber looked at the Bishop of Holy Light who was being carried away and sighed: "A regional bishop... just died like this... By the way, you and the Church of Holy Light are no different. It's completely opposite."

"Their regional bishop led twelve knights to Cecil Territory to 'negotiate' with me and asked me to hand over the civilians in the city. From that moment on, they declared war," Gawain said indifferently. "And even if they don't come out today, I will confront them sooner or later-you should know that the law enforced by Cecil is impossible for the Holy Light Sect, which is becoming more and more extreme, to accept the 'Government Office Law High Because of the church's rules."

Hetty recalled the battle report sent by Kamel before, and suddenly showed a thoughtful look: "Speaking of...the bishop and the knights led by him probably didn't plan to fight us to the death at all this time. The bishop The saying is to negotiate with the lord and ask us to hand over the sheltered 'heretical'. I suspect that their purpose at the beginning was to lure you out, the ancestor, and then temporarily hold you back. When the time comes, they should find you Reasons to retreat—as long as gold, silver and some land are used as compensation in accordance with the rules of friction between the church and the nobles, this can be covered up. And I guess, according to Earl Horsman and the Church of the Holy Light at the beginning, Sebastian Syl will be the absolute loser in this war, and the Church of the Holy Light is probably still waiting for our compensation."

Hetty was busy dealing with the information from all parties before, and she didn't concentrate on it. At this time, everything settled down temporarily, and she suddenly realized that the "Bishop of the Southern Diocese" led twelve Holy See knights to Sisi Erlin understood the real purpose of the "negotiation", and Gao Wen's reply made her expression even more subtle: "It's obvious - of course they are just here to hold me back, maybe they plan to capture this city City?"

Hetty didn't know what expression to make: "In the end, they all died here...even the bishop didn't survive."

"Remember what I said at the beginning?" Gawain glanced at Heidi and said leisurely, "They can start this war, but it's not up to them how large the war will be after it starts."

Hetty was thinking about Gawain's words, and Gawain gave her a new order: "Notify Godwin to issue an additional issue, the content is that the Church of the Holy Light colluded with Earl Horsman... No, some priests They colluded with Earl Hossman and plotted to attack Cecil City, but because they were overwhelmed and too weak, they were wiped out after fighting with one of our technicians."

Hetty blinked: "...Is it really written like that?"

Gao Wen nodded: "Just write it like this, and then publish it in the whole territory - not only in the territory, but also let the army take it away and send it to the entire southern border, so that all literate people in the southern border can have a chance to read it. Also remember , it must be emphasized that 'some corrupt priests have colluded with Earl Hossman'."

Gawain originally wanted to declare that the entire Church of the Holy Light was in collusion with Earl Hossman and was an enemy of Cecil, but he knew that he could not regard the entire Church of the Holy Light as an enemy—at least not now.

The priest class of the Church of the Holy Light may be corrupting, but the believers of this sect are composed of a large number of people, including Cecil, about a quarter of the people in the territory are believers of the Holy Light.Although these ordinary believers may not be so strong and extreme in their belief and support for the Holy Light Church, if he suddenly declares the Holy Light Church to be the enemy, it will still inevitably cause confusion, so it is best for him to put the corrupted church at the beginning of the public opinion propaganda. Priests are distinguished from ordinary believers.

And there is another point, the religions of this world are not only a kind of spiritual sustenance, their "magic power" and the gods themselves are real, and even these two are also part of the productive forces and the natural world, unless the Church of the Holy Light is like the three He has completely distorted and degenerated like a dark sect, and lost his foothold in the normal social order. Otherwise, he would not be able to take the "faith of the Holy Light" as the target of destruction. What he can destroy can only be those priests.

And it has to be a corrupt priest—after all, it's impossible for the entire Church of the Holy Light to have only one Wright Aviken, right?

Just now Amber said that he was completely opposed to the Church of the Holy Light. This sentence may be true, but Gao Wen has his own understanding and arrangement for this sentence.

Heidi took the order and left, leaving only Amber and Gawain in the room for the time being. Amber pondered for a long time, and suddenly remembered a detail from the task Gawain arranged for Heidi: "Ah! You just now It is said that the army will send things to the entire southern border... Isn't the war over yet?"

Gao Wen glanced at Amber: "When did I say the war is over?"

"But we have won all the battles," Amber scratched her hair, "Earl Hossman in the north died, and his army dispersed, and Earl Pepper in the west also died. I heard that he escaped Even the bishop of the Church of the Holy Light is dead now... I heard that many prisoners were captured on the front lines in the north and west, and many of them were nobles in the southern border. Under normal circumstances, this war is not equal to fighting Is it over? Then you should negotiate with the families of those noble captives, asking for money, food, and land..."

Amber looked at the half-smile expression on Gao Wen's face, her tone became lower and lower, and finally stopped slowly, with a horrified expression on her face: "Oh my god - you don't plan to stop at all, do you? "

"I have said long ago that this is a war to reunite the southern border, and what I want is not the previous unification situation in which the nobles separated and relied on fragile loyalty and vassal relationships to maintain it, so I have I don't plan to ask for any 'ransom', let alone negotiate," Gao Wen said with a serious expression, "Earl Hossman's coalition forces are indeed broken up, but remember, they just dispersed, not disappeared, or surrendered. , but ran away from the battlefield. They neither became the population of Cecil, nor the nutrients of the land in the south. And those nobles who were captured...the families behind them, their castles, their manors, They still have their own independent territories, and all of this is still there, as long as the fleeing troops return to these places, then these places will still be the territories of the nobles, not the land of Cecil."

Speaking of this, Gao Wen emphasized every word: "In the southern border, there is one and only one Cecil Territory."

"You don't intend to..." Amber looked into Gao Wen's eyes in disbelief, "kill all the noble families in the southern border..."

"Of course I won't kill them all, at least not directly, because then the social order will collapse, and whether I want to admit it or not, the nobles and their vassal 'upper class' are currently the main source of intellectuals , I have to use this group, I have to use their power," Gao Wen said, "but I still have to 'destroy' them, destroy their system and foundation... After this, all people will be honorable and law-abiding Citizen Cecil."

Speaking of this, he sighed slightly: "I very much hope that every southern noble and their vassals can accept this arrangement, but if they can't accept it...I hope at least there will be enough incinerators."

A bewildered expression gradually appeared on Amber's face, and at the end she was shocked.

Seeing this, Gao Wen couldn't help laughing: "Do you understand what I'm saying?"

"I won't listen!" Amber covered her ears with her hand, "What you said is either so difficult that you will die or it will scare people to death!"

Gawain smiled, and reached out to stroke Amber's hair - the height of this short winter melon is so perfect that he just put his hand on it just right.

Then he turned around and looked out the window at the setting sun that was gradually sinking.

Knight Philip should have set off with his order, and the cleanup of the southern border has begun.

Chapter 0401 Pursuit and Escape

The war is not over.

Although in terms of most aristocratic wars in this era, when the Cecils won a complete victory on the northern and western fronts, and the southern noble coalition forces fled across the board, the war should come to an end, and then it should be Cecil The Er people used the captured captives to negotiate with various families in the southern border, and used ransom and land to divide the benefits, but these were all wishful thinking of the nobles who launched the war.

Wars can start with their ridiculous reasons for attacking, but they will never end with one battle and one surrender.

The main retreating force of the coalition forces was the main force of the Hosmans in the north. The 5-strong coalition army of nobles actually only killed and injured less than 1 people in that battle—their long and chaotic team, rugged mountain roads, and scattered marching routes caused them to lose their lives instantly when faced with artillery bombardment. The reason for the collapse, but on the other hand, most of them survived.The first round of artillery strikes only destroyed the vanguard of the coalition forces (including the entire regiment led by Earl Hossman). Just as many people were killed by artillery fire.

Subsequently, the 4 people who survived began to flee in embarrassment day and night.

In addition to leaving the necessary remaining troops to ensure the safety of the Kant area, the First and Second Corps led by Philip Knight and Walder Peric Knight have a total of more than [-] people and have been biting these fleeing enemies from a distance.

3000 people chasing and killing 4 people sounds like a joke, but it really happened.

In the hilly land to the west of Carroll Territory, Knight Philip, carrying the lord's order, ate a few mouthfuls of dry food in a hurry, and then came to the middle of the team to check the deployment of the artillery positions.

Specially designed horse-drawn chariots were parked in the open space in the center of the army formation. Soldiers ran around the chariots quickly, fixing the chassis of each vehicle, and checking the condition of the small orbital accelerators. .

The wheels of those chariots are reinforced with steel, and a solid steel frame is welded to the hub of the wheel axle, and the miniaturized "Persuader" rail gun is fixed on those steel frames.

This is an "artillery chariot" specially designed by the Lord for mobile combat. The miniaturized "Persuader" rail gun can be easily installed on a horse-drawn chariot. Unloading, at the same time, the car body will be fixed on the ground with thick steel fixed piles around the body. The recoil force generated by the rail gun shooting will be buffered and transmitted to the ground through a solid steel frame and a specially designed "retraction mechanism". With the unique design, these powerful weapons can finally break away from the fixed forts and become terrifying weapons that move with the army.

In order to ensure the operation of these bombardment tanks, one bombardment tank will also be equipped with two auxiliary tanks-one of which is fully loaded with shells, and the other is equipped with large magic capacitors and magic net devices. The former provides Ammunition, the latter provides energy, three such tanks will form a "mobile artillery unit", and in the pursuit force, there are a total of twenty such artillery units.

These artillery pieces are the source of nightmares for the noble coalition forces who are still fleeing day and night.

These advanced and powerful weapons are already incredibly powerful equipment in the eyes of young knights, but Philip knows that these things are just "transitional items" in the mouth of the lord, and the legendary hero seems to have something more powerful than mobile artillery units , Even more unbelievable ideas, but for the task at hand, those things that only exist in the idea are not important. These magic crystal rail guns are the real strength of the Cecil Combat Corps.

The well-trained soldiers completed the construction of the artillery position as quickly as possible, and then began to wait for the commander's order. Knight Philip raised his head and saw the old knight Walder Perici walking towards him.

"The sentinel saw the smoke, and the enemy was at the intended position."

The old knight from Kant reported the report meticulously, and then looked at the ready bombardment units with a rather awed expression, while Philip looked up at the sun in the sky, silently estimating the time in his heart.

A few minutes later, the young knight said softly, "They should start eating."

Then he turned his head and shouted an order to the orderlies nearby: "Start shelling, three salvos!"

The gunners got the order and pulled the levers of the bombardment one after another. Accompanied by a series of air explosions and sharp whistles, twenty rounds of magic crystal orbital bombs wrapped in light blue magic power rushed out of the gun with a destructive momentum. mouth, and draw a faint arc in the clear sky.

Continuous huge explosions began to be heard in the distance, and the explosions all happened far away from the smoke and dust, but everyone knew that those noble deserters had been frightened by the shells, even if the shells fell thousands of meters away from them, They also flee immediately when they hear the sound.

After three volleys, the artillery position stopped firing, and the messengers ran in the position to pass on new orders: "The chariots are ready!" "The first group of light infantry, the second group set out!" Let the car go!"

The well-trained [-]st Corps of Cecil immediately began to execute orders, and the [-]nd Corps from the Kant area was infected in this atmosphere, and they also took action one after another. Walder Peric had an admiring expression on his face Looking at Philip Cavaliers: "I didn't expect you to be so experienced in fighting at such a young age. Are all of you Cecilians so good at fighting?"

There was an uneasy smile on Knight Philip's face. The old knight's praise sounded a bit awkward to him: "This... I'm actually just following the lord's orders and prompts. I didn't even think that these methods would be so useful."

While saying this, Philip couldn't help recalling the instructions Gawain gave him——

After the battle, pursue the fleeing noble coalition forces, pursue them continuously, use long-range light artillery fire and continuous harassment and pursuit to make the enemy exhausted to the limit; follow the noble coalition forces along the way, attack every garrison they stay, As far as possible, drive them out of the camp before they get supplies, and use the enemy's food supplies as your own source of food and grass; The food was distributed to the nearby residents in the name of Cecil; the well-trained and well-equipped Cecil First Corps was the main attack, accompanied by the Second Corps in the Kant area, capturing the enemy prisoners who kept falling behind and sending them to In the rear, the strictest military control is implemented in this process...

This will be a competition of endurance and psychological endurance. The first ones who cannot bear it must be those noble coalition forces who are panicking amidst the sound of gunfire all day long.

Since that decisive victory, this destined to be a very long pursuit has been carried out for three days. Although it was only three days, Philip felt more and more effective and... scary in the pursuit of the lord's orders every day. .

The lord seems to have anticipated the direction of this war, and even predicted the direction and most of the reaction of the enemy after the defeat. Cecil's army seemed to be chasing and biting a group of weak sheep. It has become something that has nothing to do with honor, but more and more bloody and cruel flavors emerge.

As an orthodox knight adhering to the spirit of chivalry, Philip still chose to carry out these orders, not only because of his loyalty, but also because of his reason-reason told him that this seemingly cruel action was actually the key to regaining the southern border as soon as possible. Peaceful approach, only if those stupid nobles are completely defeated, he won't have to carry out another Boulder Ridge bombardment in a few years.

The army set out, and the seemingly endless chase and escape was once again staged in the vast land of the southern border. Equipped with heat energy ray guns, the vigorous and high-spirited Cecil combat soldiers began to continue chasing the remnants of the nobles who were like frightened birds.

After the devastating artillery bombardment three days ago, the aristocratic coalition forces had already been terrified by the roar of shells and explosions. In the process of fleeing, they had no extra energy to think about how to deal with it. There are a few people who still maintain the ability to think rationally, and they will be surrounded by tens of thousands of broken soldiers who just want to escape. In this case, Cecil's soldiers hardly encountered any decent resistance from the enemy.

At the primary level of pursuit, the few remaining troops among the remnants of the nobles also fought back, but these troops who turned back and resisted soon became victims of the heat energy ray guns, and the few survivors among them became the victims of the pursuit. The troops took the first prisoners of war, and as the pursuit continued, these resistances were becoming less and less effective.

Just like panic, hunger is gradually devouring the physical strength and will of everyone in this noble coalition army.

In order to flee for their lives, the noble allied forces had to discard a large amount of supplies, including most of the food, on the way to escape. No one thought that the Cecils would carry out such a terrible, lifeless pursuit. , In this endless escape, they quickly almost exhausted the dry food they carried, and the almost never-ending artillery fire and harassment of the Cecils left them no time to stop and eat normally.

The coalition of fleeing nobles tried to retreat back to the high walls of Carolland for shelter, but the Cecilians destroyed their walls with "cannon" in front of them, and then the coalition forces were driven westward like a flock of sheep. They tried to obtain supplies from the garrison points along the way and their respective territorial farms, but the "cannonballs" of the Cecils would always fall on them like a shadow, and those noble soldiers were running into their farms and farms. Before the granary even had time to take a bite of bread, they would be driven to the next place by artillery fire in panic—and their grain would become the army ration of the Cecilians.

The fleeing nobles gradually began to understand that those Cecilians had no intention of ending the war at all. There is no intention to play by the rules of nobility - this war is not a game of nobility, it's about staying alive.

However, the aristocrats who came to their senses had nothing to do. They could only continue to flee, and kept fleeing, not daring to stop until they died of exhaustion.

In the day after day of fleeing, their physical strength and mentality began to fall to the bottom.

Chapter 0402 The Walking Dead

The "sweeping" order from the lord spread among Cecil's soldiers, and this pursuit battle has entered a stage of almost mechanized operation—at least for the Cecil Combat Corps.

Every day, the forward scouts and the spies placed in the noble coalition will send the latest information to the commander of the combat corps. Even without this information, the noble coalition, which has completely lost its order, can hardly hide its whereabouts when fleeing , the Cecil Corps locked on the huge enemy army at a distance of not too far. As long as the opponent stopped, the artillery bombardment would start immediately. They did not eat normally, did not sleep normally, and almost did not stop. The time-in fact, this is a test of willpower for both sides of the pursuit, but obviously, the test of the noble coalition forces will be more difficult.

Cecil's soldiers had the opportunity to rest in shifts. After the victory, the surging fighting spirit of chasing after the victory also inspired them to continue to move forward. The constant destruction of the garrison points in various noble territories along the way brought them enough supplies, and in Cecil After the homeland security, several replacement reinforcements were sent from the territory, which further reduced the pressure on the pursuing troops.

On the other hand, the coalition forces of the nobles... they are rapidly being approached to the limit.

In fact, they have already reached their limit. In this era, there is hardly any cohesiveness and discipline in the private soldiers of nobles. When dying on the battlefield like ordinary infantry, most of the ordinary people in this coalition army have lost the slightest will to fight.

One of the reasons why they continue to flee to this day is that the knights and nobles in the coalition army are still trying to maintain their dignity. The deterrent power of ordinary soldiers is even stronger. The coercion accumulated by these "upper class" has been deeply imprinted in the minds of those serf soldiers, private recruits, and young recruits for a long time, and the team is still barely maintaining the situation.

Another reason is the propaganda made by Earl Hossman before the war, as well as the rumors still circulating among the remnants of the coalition forces—many people firmly believe that the Cecilians rose by performing sorcery and blasphemy. Yes, the fate of falling into the hands of the Cecil people will be worse than death. The land of Cecil is full of lies, crime, blasphemy and crazy chaos. Those superstitious and ignorant private soldiers took root deeply in their minds, and with the Cecils' relentless pursuit and terrible force, the power of these prejudices even made the noble private soldiers who should have no cohesion at all have been Persist until today.

But no matter how long they persisted, their physical strength and will were finally reaching their limits.

The cold night wind blew across the plain, and the night wind carried the sweetness of spring bells. Balter, a knight from Cretland, sat in a cold pit with his two knight companions and nine retinues. They silently counted the time together, and beside them, there were dozens of scattered people, dozens of private recruits, archers, coolies and serf soldiers from the Cretland area.

These are all the people who set off from Cretland and survived. Their lord is dead, more than 100 of their brothers and sisters were separated on the way to escape, and even they themselves lost contact with the large army before nightfall. .In the night, no one dared to light up the lights to look for companions, and no one even dared to call out to other noble regiments who might be walking next to them. The dozens of people who had finally reunited after being separated could only gather in this dark and cold night. Quietly waiting for tomorrow.

Waiting for the tomorrow that doesn't necessarily come.

No one spoke, and no one raised their heads to look at the horizon even though a ray of light from the rising sun had already appeared on the horizon.Balter lowered his head, his bloodshot eyes fixed on the ground under his feet, hunger and sleepiness tore his nerves at the same time, making him not want to say a word or make an extra movement.

He hadn't slept for several days and nights. Everyone here hadn't slept for several days and nights. Even extraordinary people would be on the verge of limit in this situation, let alone ordinary people.Now Balter just wants to lie down, just want to sleep, just want to go back to his warm manor, drink a sip of hot ginger wine, and then sleep for three to five days, but he knows that he has no chance—he It was impossible to return to his own manor, because just yesterday, his team passed by that manor and were driven out by shells falling from the sky in a very short time.