When the last bitter cold wind of winter stopped, the turbid breath that lingered between the sky and the earth finally returned to calm, and the black curtain was torn open by a ray of sunlight, allowing the light to return to the world. However, in this air filled with the smell of scorched earth and blood that could not be dissipated, it made people feel that even if the goddess of radiance returned to this world, her morning light would still not be able to bring human warmth to the cruel slaughter that ended.

This kind of scenery is indeed very rare. You must know that Auckland's land south of the Honghe River is not unbearably cold even in winter, and even at night, the nearby herders and farmers only need to build a stove at home at most, so that they can rest in peace. As a result, birds, beasts, and insects that do not hibernate will spend a warm day near the houses where humans gather on winter nights. What a natural picture of the harmony of life, and yet it is all history. At the beginning of the glorious era of 1226, winter was not over, and the scorching air exhaled from the hearts of every warrior had begun to rule the land...... Or, to rule over everyone's heart.

The "Emperor" of Iken, who had been with his niece in Herrin for almost the entire winter, finally made the judgment that the other party was already at the end of the crossbow. He wanted to deal with this lawless niece as soon as possible, he wanted to announce to the lords and nations early that he was the supreme ruler of the Apocalypse of the Holy Auckland Empire, and he wanted to return to the Radiant City as a victor as soon as possible and start his era in the Palace of Eternal Stars.

Yes, the emperor's to the emperor, and the lord's to the lord. This is the most orderly era. This is the most stable era. This is the time that will bring lasting prosperity.

No matter how future generations think that the "emperor" of Icon, who turned back the clock in history, was a funny brain-dead with his head caught in the door, at that time, he was so convinced, and it was because of this belief. Indeed, it has the support and allegiance of many people.

The "Emperor" of Iken had a steady stream of supplies from the rear, and he thought he would never lose to his niece who had a barren northern corner. After a winter of stalemate, he decided that the time was ripe, so he ignored the advice of his most trusted general, the Marquis de Bochmond, and personally commanded the reinforcements he had brought from the imperial capital. An attack was launched on the rebels on the opposite side, who were already exhausted and hungry and cold.

…… Then, there was nothing more.

The "rebels" who were trapped under the city of Herring, who were supposed to be all the rebels and relatives, were panicked and sleepy, and the yellow-skinned "rebels" not only did not collapse at the slightest touch, but they all seemed to be like fierce men who had just been released from prison and had no place to vent for a long time, excitedly facing the enemy who rushed towards them, and gave the "emperor's" army a head-on blow on the spot. Several fierce generals under his command rushed too fiercely, and they didn't even understand it, so they fell directly into the chaos and died in vain. Soon. The Emperor's first wave of attacking forces was driven back like wolves and sheep, colliding with the following friendly forces, further exacerbating the chaos.

Bochmund, Nisekus, and other prominent generals of the Iken camp noticed that the situation was not good, and tried to persuade the lord to retreat for the time being, and to regain his position before considering the battle. But at this time, their "emperor" was like a gambler who had lost a red eye, and stubbornly continued to put reserves on the front. Finally, the defense of his own base camp is getting weaker and weaker.

It was also at this time that a force of 5,000 ironclad cavalry. The first fierce general under the command of Her Royal Highness the world's first princess, the late crown prince Di Lios's scandalous friend. The leading sword saint in all of Oakland, Earl Daeron of the "West Valley Aurora", was in command, and suddenly came out from the side and went directly to the royal banner of the "Emperor".

The Chinese army of the "Emperor" of Iken collapsed even faster than his second-line troops who were fighting on the front line. He wanted to fight to the death, but was eventually carried away from the battlefield by loyal guards, and his own banner and helmet with the crown became the spoils of Earl Daeron's war.

Just left the battlefield, leaving the shouts of killing behind. The "Emperor" finally felt a deep fear and coldness, and the courage that was not easy to mention before was suddenly gone. He didn't even return to Herlin City, so he ran all the way without stopping, and it was estimated that he had already run back to Serokhia by this time.

What the "Emperor" didn't know was when his banner fell on the battlefield. The morale of the whole army also completely collapsed. When Karin personally led the cavalry of the Young Guard into battle, there was a situation where he threw down his weapons and surrendered on his knees. These soldiers are either peasant soldiers raised by the local lords of Oakland, or they are reinforcements collected by Emperor Iken from his vassal countries, and their loyalty is not high, and the organization is not satisfactory.

Therefore, when Her Royal Highness the world's first princess, who is more like a person of destiny than Icon, in terms of appearance and bearing, appears in front of ordinary soldiers, it will naturally form a final and heaviest blow to their fighting spirit.

Bochmund finally gathered another group of defeated troops and fled back to Herring, apparently intending to continue his death, but Nisekus did not have time to escape, and was dismounted by a young knightly officer of the Young Guard, and was so sadly taken prisoner.

…… Well, in short, looking at Karin's energetic appearance, it really doesn't look like a human life, but it's really uncertain. If there is really a human life, Her Royal Highness the First Princess of the World will be frustrated in her attack under Herlin City because she is going to give birth to a child, and then she will hold off with Iken's forces for several months, which is for confinement. Now that the confinement is almost done, and she has recovered her health, she gave the world a big surprise on the spot.

"This is a glorious triumph to congratulate!" Lu Xi absentmindedly listened to Long Taojun's introduction to everyone's great achievements, glanced around quietly, and suddenly said coldly: "Speaking of which, Barron, during this time, do you feel that there is something different about your Royal Highness?" ”

"A different place? Master, I'm a little confused by your question. The young knight scratched his scalp, his face full of confusion: "Of course Your Highness has always been like that!" It hangs like the sun in the sky, shining in the direction we are heading......"

It's just a theme idea, you brainless fan...... Lu Xi rolled his eyes and was organizing the language. And the wind on the side suddenly spoke: "I'm sorry, this knight, Mr. Knight, I think Lu Xi means that His Royal Highness Caterina has been drowsy recently, has he eaten more than he eats, he likes to eat sour, he always takes a carriage when he goes out, and he often wears thick clothes when he shows his face......

"How is that possible?" The thick-eyed and big-eyed Long Taojun suddenly laughed, he probably really felt that the wind was telling a joke to himself: "Your Highness rides a high-headed horse everywhere. Stand in a place where any soldier can see him, otherwise how can he get the allegiance of so many generals and good ministers? Such a majestic and awe-inspiring Highness is so heroic, it would be a pity to play with petty mysticism like ordinary nobles. ”

Hearing this, Lu Xi suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. He believed that he and Karin had not been killed, otherwise the girl would not have been so energetic even if she was alive. I don't know why, but I feel an indescribable sense of loss.

"Don't be disappointed, Lu Xi." The wind muffled the voice. smiled and said to Lu Xi: "People like His Highness may have some means to hide from the world." You have to firmly believe that you will be able to see your biological child right away, and that you will be a good father. ”

…… So that's it, it's time for you to stop sticking a knife in my heart.

It was now the thirteenth of January, the fourth day after the end of the Battle of Herin. Although the last trace of cold of winter has not dissipated, the heat and boiling feeling brought by the fight of hundreds of thousands of people. But it still lingered in the land around Herlin City, and the sunlight of the entire day contained a trace of scarlet as if it were blood. Not even far from the city. Even in winter, there is no freezing, and the Grona River, which still flows, seems to be covered with a depressive shadow.

Of course, this is just the feeling that outsiders have just arrived. For Karin's subordinates, this battle can be described as raising eyebrows, sweeping away the haze that lingers throughout the winter. Victory has never been so close. Even the city of Herring, which still stood in that place, was only a small stumbling block.

One of the two mother rivers of the Oakland Empire, the north-south Grona River flows not far from Herring, bringing many tributaries to the vicinity. The camps of Karin's army of more than 100,000 were generally distributed near these tributaries. In this way, it is very convenient to get water, and it also takes the opportunity to completely surround the entire city of Herring.

"The puppet Emperor Iken has commanded an army of 200,000 this time, including the allied forces of various noble lords, the reinforcements he has gathered from the various vassal states of Cape Storm, and the very large number of Sosnes mercenaries, and of course, some of the descendants he himself brought from Césaire." On the way to the camp, Barron introduced Lu Xi as he walked.

"Well, I do remember that the Central Army of the Imperial Capital still has two legions that have expressed their allegiance to the 'Emperor'."

"Yes! We'd all love to fight the legendary Oakland Central Janission. However, the puppet emperor put them all in the imperial capital, and did not even send a single person. At this, Barron looked pity.

This is quite normal, these two legions, as well as the descendants of the "Emperor" of Icon, transferred from Césaire, are his last hole cards. If he left the imperial capital without permission, he probably wouldn't be able to sleep well. Don't forget, there are five other legions stationed in the barracks and fortresses outside the imperial capital, but they haven't made a statement yet.

As an emperor, this Uncle Iken is really hard enough. Of course, he was able to raise hundreds of thousands of troops together, considering that the Holy Spring Dynasty had issued several decrees before the Sun King, and even the puppet emperor of the Yongchen Palace, he should be grateful.

Although compared with the Sun King of the same era and Her Royal Highness the world's first princess, the gap is quite big in terms of style and appearance......

"We killed more than 30,000 enemies and took nearly 80,000 prisoners." Barron pointed to the seemingly endless barracks on the other side of the river, his face full of pride: "My losses are not more than 3,000 men. ”

Karin's command is so strong? If that's the case, why don't you have to pass 95? Lu Xi pondered for a moment, and felt that Her Royal Highness the world's number one princess was so dark and such a queen, even if her command and resourcefulness were over 95, he was not surprised at all. Moreover, there are indeed several fierce generals under her command who have a command strength and force value of more than 90, and the Young Guards under her command are completely organized and trained in the way of a modern military officer-like army. The degree of organization and armament is at least similar to that of the army in the heyday led by the "I just don't fear my wife" general in his hometown. It is not too miraculous to be able to hit such a generational casualty ratio.

On the other hand, most of the troops under Iken's command were peasant soldiers recruited by the lord and reinforcements sent by the subject countries, to put it bluntly, they were all feudal era troops, and their organization and training were unsatisfactory, and they had begun to become obsolete. Not to mention that they come from various countries and regions. The so-called ten miles of different sounds, the language customs and habits are very different, and they are not under their own control, and there is no internal strife to fight by themselves, which is already a good performance of the command of the "emperor" of Iken.

If that uncle honestly stayed with Herlin City as the fulcrum, and slowly depleted with superior forces, maybe in another three or five months, he would really be able to consume Karin to death, but he had to run out to fight a field battle quickly. THEN IT CAN ONLY BE SAID THAT PEOPLE CAN SPREAD THEIR HANDS TO SAY NOZUONODIE.

To put it bluntly, it is not surprising that this battle was won, if it is lost, then Karin will definitely be ridiculed by Lu Xi until the next century.

Of course, this is a judgment made by Lu Xi with a knowledge beyond the "contemporary" and an advanced view of history. But in the eyes of others, Caterina who once again defeated the strong with "weak"? Xia Noxi? Sanskrit? Her Royal Highness Princess Dimahia is completely a natural military wizard like "Estelle of the Holy Light", and her current prestige is completely superb.

"It's really worthy of the Red Flame Princess!" Tempest sincerely agreed. Then he glanced at Lu Xi lukewarmly: "Sure enough, the girls Lu Xi likes are very good." You can create your own foundation there. ”

“…… This only shows that my vision is high! That's why I love the wind too! In addition to answering like this, Lu Xi really didn't know how to express his mood at this time.

"Her Royal Highness Caterina already has such strength! She has been ...... since she was very young Well, it is said that it was her father, the late crown prince Di Lios, who began to lay out when he was seriously ill. It has maintained frequent trade contacts with Norda and Furnace Castle for many years, and even its own small treasury Violet Chamber of Commerce has also occupied a place in Neosfia. I think. People with such a pattern and forward-looking vision are naturally qualified to create a great career! Nicole showed an expression full of admiration: "Although I have never seen her, people are very curious about such a heroine among women." It would be nice to be good friends. ”

With Karin's kind of, she will definitely become your "good friend". Lu Xi thought.

The elf girl is still so heartless. doesn't seem to realize that this so-called heroine is your rival to death. Could it be that because it is impossible for a rival in love in the Crystal Palace text to live or die, Nicole is completely resigned to her fate?

Because in the previous battle, Karin once carried the Blazing Sun Sword, drove the Holy Flame Battle Armor, and hung a thorny aura strengthened with the Heart of the Holy Spring, commanded 500 horsemen, and personally rushed into battle when the enemy's foothold was not stable, and defeated 30,000 enemy troops at one time. When she was invincible in the place where the Holy Flame passed, there were trembling enemy nobles who gave her the nickname of "Red Flame's Killing Princess".

Now, after this glorious loud voice, the reputation of the "Red Flame's Killing Imperial Daughter" will definitely rise even further, and finally break through the sky directly.

Although it does sound a bit like a villain......

On the other side of the river was indeed a large barracks, but it looked less like a military camp and more like a refugee camp. Dressed in rags and depressed, young men sat in dense clusters in the camp, like animals in a corral that could be dragged out for slaughter at any moment. Their faces were pale and numb, and there was despair in their eyes, but there was also a hint of happiness in their escape.

You don't have to ask to know that these must be those prisoners of war who surrendered.

Fierce soldiers stood on the wooden walls of the nearby watchtowers and barracks, carrying strong bows and crossbows, and scanning the prisoners of war below the city with eyes like hungry wolves looking at sheep. Sentinel cavalry, dressed in the same way as Barron's group, roamed the perimeter of the POW herd, monitoring their reactions.

"The other side is only a part of it, and they are all injured and can't do heavy work." Barron said: "Most of the rest have been dragged by the Marquis of Brüt to the west of Herring to work as coolies, and it is said that they are going to build an earthen wall there, so as to cut off the way for the defenders of Herring to flee west and the Duke of Lancaster to turn. Barrondo.

"Marquis of Bryut? Well, the patriarch of the House of Leoria? Lu Xi thought about it carefully. Only then did he finally extract this information from his brain cells: "This guy should be a distant relative of Dragoncastle Dragosley, right?" I remember being a wall-to-head all the time, and it was said that he had brought a lot of low-cost food and armaments to Uncle Iken's side. I remember that Karin wanted to use it the most, this kind of aristocracy, right? ”

"That's right, Originally, His Highness was not going to let go of the Leoria family. However, after we were temporarily stopped under Herring, he was the only veteran hereditary lord who stood out in support of His Highness. There's always a little bit of preferential treatment. Barron said: "And the Marquis of Bryut is not the same as I imagined, he is a very diligent and conscientious lord. Willing to do whatever kind of work it is, and doing it well. This kind of work of guarding prisoners of war to do hard work is tedious and unmeritorious, and it stands to reason that there should not be such a big man to do it, and this should be his own request. ”

Scold? It's a lot of fun. The dignified old empire of Auckland, but there is a hereditary noble lord of this style?

"Unfortunately, we don't have a surplus of military rations for the prisoners. Prisoners of war who did not have heavy physical labor were provided with only half the amount of food. Barron sighed, "I guess as soon as the work is completed, we will release them and let them go home." ”

Penniless, and in the cold winter, what these released prisoners of war rely on to survive and return home is not a question that Karin's subordinates have to consider. In this day and age, no one will have the resources and the heart to think about the human rights of the vanquished. Karin didn't drive the POWs to fill the moat. Not only were the seriously wounded treated, but the prisoners were also provided with minimum life-sustaining rations. It's already the most knightly performance in this era.,So it's also a lot of prestige.。

Leaving the prisoner of war camp, Karin's own camp was said to have climbed over a small hill on the other side to reach it. But at this time, everyone met another team.

A cavalry patrol of about twenty people, but tightly clutched a dozen or so people on foot, as if they were escorting prisoners.

Compared to those refugee-like prisoners of war in the POW camps. These walkers look a lot more stylish. Although they are not armed, their clothes are still neat and clean, wrapped in well-made winter clothes, and many people also wear accessories with family coats of arms. Although their complexion was a little depressed, it was only a manifestation of a mental blow. It's not the gray smell of injury, lack of nutrition, or abuse.

At a glance, you can see that these people are all important figures among the prisoners of war, and they should all be born into high-ranking officials and nobles.

"Master Nisenkus?" Barron looked at these noble prisoners of war, greeted the people at the head of the line, and immediately saluted: "Are you here to do this?" ”

"Oh, it's Lord Barron." The prisoner of war at the head of the row is a heroic uncle who is about forty-seven or eighteen years old, and he should theoretically be a prisoner of war, but looking at that demeanor and aura, it seems that he is still a general who commands thousands of armies and everything. He smiled at the young knight on his horse, and bowed his head reservedly.

"It is said that Marshal Gorros wanted to summon us, so he took this opportunity to come out and do a little bit of activity. Scold...... We are just a group of defeated generals who have broken their bones, and we are surrounded by hundreds of thousands of heroes under His Highness, so why do we need to make such a big battle? The man named Nicekus smiled wryly and looked at the cavalry patrols that followed him closely. Each of them was heavily armed and cautious, feeling that if these captives made the slightest move, they would not hesitate to kill them.

"This is also to protect you!" The young knight hurriedly waved his hand shyly: "In addition, I really don't dare to deserve such an honorific title, you are too embarrassed...... Field Marshal Gorros is presiding over the siege at the front, and there are still some enemy cold arrows and patrols, so please be careful. ”

Barron waved his hand and made an apologetic expression to Lu Xi, he should hope that everyone would stop and make way and let this group of people pass first.

Lu Xi didn't think it was a big deal. Although these people are so stylish, they are captives after all. He didn't have to look for superiority in them at all. In addition, he was riding a horse, but the other party was walking. In the absence of traffic lights and traffic police uncles, those who have a means of transportation let those who do not have a means of transportation pass first, isn't this a minimum of road etiquette?

So, in the grateful gaze of the dragon's eyebrows and big eyes, everyone gave way and prepared to let the other party pass first.

These captives and escort cavalrymen were obviously very curious about the identity of Lu Xi's group, and it seemed that they were obviously not mercenaries or adventurers who had just come to take refuge, and Baron, a close confidant of Her Royal Highness Katarina, also showed great respect for the leading magician "Beautiful Girl", which made it easier for these people to be confused.

But as soldiers, they are not easy to ask questions directly, not only gossiping but also seem to be very ignorant of the rules. At the moment, he could only put away his doubts, and while preparing to pass through, he looked at each other curiously.

"It should be the magic advisor that His Highness invited, right?" An old man with a gray beard who was a little older whispered to Nisecus.

"How do you know it's a magician? I think that little girl is tall and awe-inspiring, and she should be a great swordsman. Nisekus laughed.

"The old man has lived to this age, and he has not learned any skills, but he is very confident in his eyesight. Whether it's a spellcaster or a warrior can be felt by the smell alone. The white-bearded old man said.

"But you didn't notice that His Highness's main force would be pressed from the flanks." Nisekus said half-jokingly, half-seriously.

"There are nearly 300,000 people gathered in the entire Herin City, and you can't see it clearly, including Your Majesty, how can you blame the old man?" The old man did not mean to be embarrassed at all, and there was obvious sarcasm on his face when he mentioned the word "Your Majesty". Although the temperament and majesty are typical old aristocrats, they are clearly the habits of a veteran ruffian.

As captives, they were allowed to talk freely during the escort, and it seemed that their status was indeed not low, and they were indeed very favorable.

The team quickly passed through everyone, but at this time, Lu Xi suddenly frowned, grabbed the reins of one of the cavalrymen, and the other hand was already holding the sword of the Knight of Dawn out of the scabbard.

But I saw a flash of sword light, and before the people present could react, the sharp blade was directly pressed against the other party's neck, only to hear Lu Xi's tone solemn: "Who are you?" What is the purpose? (To be continued......)

PS: Although it's a chapter, it's still a big chapter with two or three, so I continue to ask for votes