Thousands of iron horsemen roared past, and the soldiers raised their swords that shone with inorganic cold light in their hands, and they grew their mouths and rushed towards the girl in front of them without hesitation. No one could remain indifferent to such an attack, but for Jia Ling, she really didn't seem to pay any attention to these people, and in the face of the oncoming raging waves, the girl didn't even lift her eyelids, instead, she stretched out her right hand and gently flicked her ring finger on the strings

In an instant, the world was quiet.

The earth suddenly sank down, as if it had been pressed by something huge, smoothing out all the uneven traces, and in front of Jia Ling, there was no cavalry at this moment, countless white powder fluttered in the air like snowflakes, and flew backwards and away, just in the blink of an eye, the invisible sound wave completely shattered the one in front of them, making them completely turn into powder. When the girl stood up, the powder was still spilling down the cheeks, fluttering in the breeze.

"Ugly, weak, not worth mentioning."

Jia Ling stood up, glanced at the empty earth in front of her, shrouded in snow-white powder, and snorted softly, then she picked up the harp beside her and turned to leave.

For her, it's all over.

But for others, this is not the case.

It's early afternoon.

General Dade lowered his head, stared at the fortress at the top of the clouds not far away, and couldn't help but take a deep breath, only then did he barely suppress the uneasiness in his heart. He frowned, staring carefully at the figures on the walls of the Cloud Peak Fortress, the soldiers who were now full of bows and arrows, watching him and the others vigilantly.

However, there are no plans to take further action. But that's fine, for Dade, his mission was not to take the Cloud Top Fortress in the first place. With his current manpower, even if he wanted to break through this seemingly dilapidated fortress, he would pay a terrible price. What's more, the current leader in the fortress is the "Red Fox" Garcia, and Dade has naturally heard of his name. He also knew very well that the best way to deal with such a cunning and scheming man was to keep the same as ever, and he just had to make sure that the people in the fortress would not leave the fortress, and as for other things, it was better not to worry about it.

But even so, the previous explosion and smoke still made Dade a little nervous, he reached out and touched his beard, hard, stubborn as carved in stone angular face couldn't help but be a little gloomy, although he trusted his subordinates, but the thick black smoke also made the cautious general start to worry, anyway, he could be sure that the black smoke was definitely not his own subordinates, but someone else.

And, no matter how many people there were, at least from this point it can be seen that they were aware of their true intentions, but they didn't know how many men the old boy of Dao Garcia had sent to stop his three thousand cavalry? With the manpower he has, even if he divides everyone, I'm afraid it won't be enough.

Originally, for Dade, the situation in front of him was not a concern, according to his battle plan, in the afternoon, his men should be able to join up with another team in the depths of Parfield, and at that time, as long as he received the signal, he could immediately retreat. But I don't know what Lu Dao is about, Dade always feels that something is not quite right at the moment, and he is vaguely worried in his heart, as if things don't seem to be so simple. He wanted to contact his subordinates, but unfortunately, the long-range communication crystal was a very valuable thing, and it was not something that a general of his level could use at will.

It's already afternoon, and in two or three hours, they should be able to reach their destination according to their plan······

General Dade shook his head at this thought, and then he glanced around, then turned and walked back to his tent.

"Garcia's guy looks pretty relaxed, looks like I need to put some pressure on him............"

"I don't think there's any need for that, old general."

Just when General Dade frowned and talked to himself, suddenly, a leisurely voice came from behind him, the old general is also experienced in a hundred battles, as soon as he heard this voice, he immediately knew that something was wrong, he instinctively wanted to draw the long sword on his waist and then quickly turned over and retreated, but he didn't expect the other party's movements to be faster than him, the old general's hand just held the hilt of the sword, and he saw that a sharp and cold short sword had been against his throat, as long as the old general moved a little, then there was no doubt, The sharp blade would have cut his throat.

"You............ You are............ Who? ”

Aware of his current situation, the old general couldn't help but stiffen, how can he say that he is also the commander of the first army, and he also has the strength of the elite level, and there is no shortage of skilled guards around him, but now he was so unconsciously touched behind him by a person, which shows that this person's strength is far above him. Therefore, General Dade wisely gave up the resistance at the first time, he knew very well that if he could have this level of stealth skills, it would mean that the other party at least had the strength of the master level, and it was impossible for his subordinates to stop him. If you put up a death resistance here, you will not only die faster, but you will also not be able to catch this mysterious assassin. Since the other party was able to quietly touch his tent among so many people, it means that he can naturally sneak away from the siege of everyone. If you act rashly, you will not have anything but lose your old life.

"I haven't introduced myself yet, but now is not the time to introduce myself, old general, I have only one request, order your subordinates to immediately lay down their weapons and surrender to the fortress of the top of the clouds, how about it, this is something you can do, and it will be easy." ············ I really didn't expect that the angels, who have always followed the divine and righteous, would come up with such evil and shameless means. ”

"That's not right, I'm a real human being, so you don't need to strike me down racially, it's true that Her Highness Lydia may not like it and won't use it, but we're flexible......... What's more, I don't think this is some kind of evil and shameless act, it's better to sacrifice you alone than to let so many soldiers die for the greed of those pig-headed merchants, isn't it? ”

Hearing this, Dade was silent.

As one of the front-line generals of the Southern Army, he naturally knew the situation in the rear well, and Dade had also heard of the previous fire and the events of the Undead Legion. It must be said that at that time, the old general was so disappointed in the reformers, although both matters were solved at the last time, but Dade could already see how the merchants and nobles who had been impassioned and shouted slogans before were acting. They are not working for the people of the South as they said before, on the contrary, they are ugly in order to protect their own interests, which makes Dade very disappointed.

Not everyone in the Southern Legion supported the reformers' actions, except for those officers who had been imprisoned for opposing independence from the Duchy of Moon. The officers who were loyal to the reformers also had a different position. Some of them, taking a fancy to the power, status, and wealth given to them by the reformers, abandoned their dignity and pride as military attachés and bowed down before the merchants, becoming their eagle dogs. Others supported the reformists' actions because they shared the same ideals as the reformers, and they also wanted independence from the Duchy of Moon. The last part of the rest was because his wife, children, and family were threatened, and he had to submit to the coercion of the reformers.

General Dade belongs to the second type, he is a native Southerner, born in the South, naturally raised listening to the propaganda of the reformers, and he has the impression that the royal family is a murderous, violent, and dictatorial ruler as the reformers propagandize. Not to mention the bloody night that Lydia had created a few years earlier, which shocked Dade even more, so he resolutely joined the reformers after they declared independence.

But now, after seeing what the reformers did, General Dade himself was actually very disappointed, he originally thought that in the face of the threat of the undead army, the parliament would choose to transfer back the troops on the front line, after all, the undead were the biggest threat, but Dade did not expect that those greedy members of the Southern Assembly would make an extremely wrong decision in the end······· ……… They actually decided to send those city guards with no combat experience to fight the necromantic legion!!

In the end, those city guards were rightfully killed in battle, and among them, including General Dade's younger brother.

Because of this, General Dade became more and more disappointed and helpless with what the Southern Council had done, he was not a fool, he knew that the Council of the Dao Dao would rather send the city guards to face those terrible enemies than to mobilize the legions. However, what the council has done is completely contrary to what they have been saying to the people. They used to say that everything they did was for the people, so that they could escape the tyranny of terror and live a free, happy and stable life. But what about now? They have abandoned the people, just to protect their own interests!

Is what you're doing really right?

“…··············· Excuse me, General Dade, but I think you've been silent for a little too long? ”

At this time, the voice behind him came again. Hearing this voice, General Dade let out a long sigh of helplessness.

Forget it, my mission has been completed anyway......... What will happen next has nothing to do with him anymore. Thinking of this, General Dade raised his head, opened his mouth, and opened his mouth to call.

"Someone ............... coming"

His voice has never been so bitter and helpless.

The sun was shining hotly on the city walls, and Garcia was leaning listlessly, the flask in his hand already empty.

"It's boring, what the hell is that old immortal? After camping on the opposite side, there was no movement at all, could it be that he wanted to live there permanently? Hey, don't send some people up and have a good fight, what's the point of just being so deadlocked? Lao Tzu's wine has been drunk, it's really troublesome, and I don't know what the situation is on the little girl's side, if that little guy really succeeds, then I can still take this opportunity to touch him and kill him······· …”

As he spoke, the scruffy fortress commander rubbed his hands with a smile and looked more like a rogue bandit on the street. But soon, he "rubbed" to stand up, and then his originally smiling face was slightly shy.

"Hey, that old guy is out on the army? I really didn't expect him to have the courage to come and pass on my orders.................. Well? ”

Garcia, who was about to take his weapon and do a big fight, suddenly stopped what he was doing, and then he frowned suspiciously, looking at the groups of soldiers walking in the direction of the fortress. They were not armed and full of fighting spirit, as Garcia had expected, but instead saw that the soldiers were all disarmed, and they were dejected, marching towards the fortress in line like defeated roosters, and in the hands of the captain at their head was holding a white flag aloft.

"What's this about?"

At this time, Garcia felt that his brain was completely insufficient.

Accepting surrender is not an easy job.

The disarmed soldiers were escorted into the fortress by the soldiers of the fortress. Garcia, on the other hand, looked at the young man standing beside the bound and dejected old general with an expression as if he had eaten something unclean.

"It's been a long time since I saw Mr. Rhodes, and you gave me such a big surprise as soon as you came."

"It's nothing, General Garcia, I'm just stopping by, I didn't expect to see you being surrounded again, and I'm idle anyway, so I'm going to give it a try············ But now it looks like it ended well, didn't it? ”

I don't know what the road is, Garcia always feels that the word "again" is a bit harsh.

“…………… Yes, thanks to your blessings. ”

Hearing Rod's expressionless response, Garcia shrugged his shoulders and then he walked up to General Dade and looked at him carefully, and after a moment, he snorted softly and waved his hand to the guards next to him, and soon the two guards took the silent and domineering old general down. Then Garcia turned around and looked at Rod in front of him and smiled.

"Mr. Rod, you have done a great job this time, just don't let those nobles look blushing, oh yes, your subordinates ......... today"

"I know that she will not have any problems, rest assured."

For Lijie, Rod naturally has enough confidence, and in fact, he also learned about Lijie's plan from Qilian through the "live report", I have to say that Lijie's performance makes Rod very satisfied, and he has long seen Lijie's talent in this regard. It is not surprising that the Spirit Master is a very strict support class, which means that a good Spirit Master must have a good grasp of the characteristics and professions of all the people in his team. In order to avoid any mistakes during the battle, and because of this, in many team battles, the spirit masters exist as the deputy commander of the regiment commander, and they have flexible command methods, meticulous observation, and sharp reactions. There is no shortage of these Lijie, and when they acted together before, Rhodes also found that Lijie was able to command his spirit master team very well, and it was because of this that he decided to let Lijie act as his own and be responsible for commanding the battle.

The results have been remarkable.

After hearing the report of the Seven Loves, Rhodes felt that he was really lucky, admittedly, Lijie did not have a good view of the overall situation, perhaps it was precisely because of the girl's childish personality that she could only see the victory or defeat of the two battles in front of her at most, for Lijie, this battle, she could see the farthest, it was just that the reformers tried to attack Parfield through the defensive line, and they were not aware of the overall situation at hand. However, Marlene is the opposite, as Rod's lieutenant, she can't do as meticulous pre-war preparations as Lijie, but she can take action with an eye on the big picture. If the two are compared to chess players, then Lijie is mostly concerned about the gains and losses of one city and one pool, while Marlene is more about watching the movements of the entire chessboard.

The two sides have advantages and disadvantages to each other, but if the abilities of the two can be combined well, it will be very helpful for Rhodes in future battles. Marlene didn't need his advice, and now, Lijie had finally shown her abilities under pressure.

This is the best harvest for Rod.

"I suppose Mr. Rhodes already knows the current situation?"

After accepting the surrender, Garcia invited Rod to his room, and then asked softly, and in the face of his inquiry, Rod raised his eyebrows, then reached out to pick up the teacup next to him, took a sip of the black tea in the cup, and then raised his head to look at Garcia in front of him.

"Yes, Mr. Garcia, I know what is going on, but now we little people just have to do what we have to do, and the rest is ········· Naturally, someone will do it. ”

"I hope so."

Hearing Rod's answer, Garcia shook his head, he was not a fool, of course he knew the meaning of what Rhodes said, and just as he was about to continue to say something, suddenly, there was a knock on the door, which made Garcia frown slightly, and then spoke.

"Come in."

The knocking stopped, and the door opened, and Lizzie walked into the room.

"Commander Garcia, we have completed our mission, two thousand three hundred of the three thousand five hundred cavalry of the opposing side are dead, the rest are seriously wounded, and have been taken care of by my men, but there are too many of them, if I can I hope the fortress will...······ Mr. Rhodes?! ”

It wasn't until then that Lijie was surprised to find Rhodes sitting leisurely on the side, her eyes widened in surprise, and she stared at him in disbelief.

"You're back? When are you ......·········"

"Just now, Lijie, I have already heard the report of Seven Loves, you have done a good job this time, thank you for your hard work."

"Mr. Rhodes..............."

Seeing Rod nodding to herself, Lijie's eyes suddenly soured for no reason, looking at the young man in front of her, a complex emotion emerged from the depths of Lijie's heart, there were complaints, joy, and grievances········· She didn't know how to face Rhodes now. The girl's eyes widened and she stared blankly at Rod, but she couldn't say a word. Seeing her expression, the corners of Rod's mouth curled slightly, and then he stood up, walked to Lijie's side, and stretched out his right hand to press her shoulder.

"You've done a good job, Lijie, and I'm glad that you've been able to face all of this bravely, and you've done a great job of the task I've given you."

"Mr. Rhodes, I ..............."

Feeling Rod's gaze on her, Lijie's face turned slightly red, she opened her mouth, and was about to say something, when suddenly at this moment, a soldier rushed into the room panting.

"Report to your lordship, it's not good, we just got the news that the Fortress of the Wreath of Thorns has fallen, and the 20,000 troops of the Southern Legion have penetrated deep into the hinterland of Parfield!"

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