In the dark of the night, the camp was supposed to be silent, but there was a painful wail.

In this camp, the firelight was as dazzling as day, and it was the brightest area in the entire suburbs of Void City, and even if you stood on the walls of Void City, you could see the lights in the distance.

"What the hell is going on!?" Yard's face looked extremely anxious.

"I don't know very well, I've asked someone to report to the Void City immediately, and the Lord's Mansion said that someone will be sent over to check immediately." Someone debriefed.

"Damn it!" Yard cursed fiercely, "Where's Thein? ”

"I don't know what to do, the people sent to the lord's mansion didn't find him." The officer who was making a report continued, "It seems that the target person has left the city temporarily, but I don't know where to go, and we obviously can't know too much about it in Void City. …… But I heard that we will come back tomorrow, and now that this has happened to us, Sain and the target will definitely come over to check it out as soon as they come back, but ......"

"But what?" Yard yelled impatiently.

"I'm afraid that with our current situation, even if Sain brings the target over, we won't be able to do it."

The target person, naturally, refers to Sean.

Hearing the officer's report, Yard gritted his teeth, the anger on his face increased, and he felt a helpless sadness about his situation.

Bad luck.

Originally, because their army was the largest, but Sain specifically said not to fight, so he had to split the army into two camps. Although this was a bit problematic for the issuance and command of orders, it was still possible to divide it into a battalion of 10,000 men and a battalion of 5,000 men, so Yad did not think too much about it. It was only at this time that an order came from the side of Void City, and a mercenary group of 10,000 people who had been set up next to it suddenly withdrew from the camp. Give them the camp so that they only need some modifications and expansions to accommodate them 15,000 people.

So at that time, Yard thought that his luck was still very good. Even in order to be more confident in the plan to kill Sean, he also divided this camp into two camps, that is, there is a core camp in the camp where the upper officers are concentrated. In this way, Yade can naturally use the excuse of "for the safety of the officers" to carry out key deployment and defensive layout in this camp.

At that time, as long as Sean came to inspect and tricked him into this under the pretext, then everything was not up to him Yade to decide?

Originally, he had planned everything for Lu, but he didn't expect such a big accident to occur at this time. This was completely beyond Yard's expectations.

After dinner, a large number of soldiers began to have toxic reactions such as vomiting and diarrhea, in addition to being accompanied by weakness, dizziness, excessive exhaustion and other adverse conditions, which is why the soldiers in the camp are now moaning. However, if it is said that they were poisoned, nearly a quarter of the people in the camp did not do so. In particular, the upper echelons of the core barracks apparently do not have such problems.

According to the theory of common sense. To disintegrate the real combat effectiveness of an army. It's not simply a matter of reducing the number of soldiers. The quickest and best way to deal with the middle and upper ranks of officers who can take command is to deal with them, so that orders from the top of the army cannot be immediately communicated to the lower ranks, and it is only natural that the army will fall into a state of confusion - something that even ordinary soldiers can understand.

Because of this, Yard didn't think much of it.

And quickly. The doctor sent from Void City also came.

After examining some of the soldiers, the final diagnosis was similar to what Yard had suspected: chronic exhaustion and lack of sleep, digestive disorders caused by overeating, and food poisoning caused by unadaptation. None of them are too deadly, just take a break. However, if the two are combined, the situation is more serious, but if you don't take a few days off, I'm afraid you won't be able to recover.

This is also an important reason why the army will have logistics and baggage support for everything.

By the time the medical staff prescribed the medicine, and then boiled the potion to help detoxify and other things, there was only one or two hours left before dawn.

The remaining quarter of the soldiers were already exhausted, not to mention the officers and yards in the camp.

"My lord, do you still need to arrange for someone to patrol?" An officer asked.

"What else are you patrolling!" After a day of pent-up anger, coupled with all kinds of discomforts caused by exhaustion and lack of sleep, Yard finally inevitably exposed the arrogance and unreasonableness of the nobles, "Who do you think can patrol now?" You? Or me? ”

After being scolded by Yard like this, the officer didn't dare to say anything, and the other officers looked at him with pity.

Obviously, everyone is very tired at this moment, and they can't wait to go to bed immediately. Coming out and saying these things at this time is not looking for scolding, even if you really have to be loyal to your duty, it is not now. At this moment, if the soldiers who are still able to move continue to stand guard, it will definitely provoke military resentment, which is much more troublesome than food poisoning.

It's just that Yard is so angry that it still makes the others a little dissatisfied in their hearts. Of course, no one will say anything at this moment, and soon someone will come out to play a round, Yade just snorted coldly and returned to his camp to rest, the other officers looked at each other, their eyes were a little helpless, they thought it was a very easy task, but no one expected it to become so troublesome, which was completely beyond their expectations, so they could understand Yade's anger.

Back in the tent, Yard's face looked very ugly.

"And said it was elite, phew!" He spat out a mouthful of thick phlegm, then took a large sip of a good bottle of wine, and only after feeling his throat and stomach burn completely that Yard sat down on the edge of the bed and removed the robe from his body.

Perhaps because of the excessive exhaustion, coupled with the effect of alcohol, Yard soon felt a little sleepy, and collapsed on the bed behind him in a daze, and fell asleep like this, without even the slightest sense of the wine bottle in his hand falling to the ground and flowing out of the precious golden liquid inside.

Soon. The entire barracks fell silent.

……

"It should be almost time." A middle-aged man with a beard on his face suddenly spoke.

"Wait, be careful." Compared to the burly figure of the bearded middle-aged man, the person who spoke was much thinner, "According to the information from the employer, this opponent is not simple......

Before the thin man could finish his words, another person interrupted: "You mean you don't believe in our abilities anymore?" ”

The person who said this was a woman, but her voice was not soft and feminine in the slightest, but a little rough and hoarse. She may have been a beauty once, but now she had a hideous scar on her face that stretched almost half of her face, across her throat and down to her chest. Apparently even the vocal cords have been destroyed. Such a woman, even if she has a proud figure that is not inferior to Elizabeth, it is really difficult for people to have any desire.

Of course, people who know her identity will not have any idea about her.

"Sister Scorpion, I believe that the old wolf didn't mean that." Another man, who should be regarded as the youngest in the crowd, laughed in a round room, "Everyone knows that you are the most poisoned. But the other party is a soldier of the Fourth Legion of Dabiang, so we should be careful. ”

"Red Scorpion. I'm not very good at talking. You also know that I have not entered the temple of wisdom, so don't mind if there is anything wrong. The thin man known as the old wolf also smiled apologetically, "Anyway, we all know about poison, and the more time passes, the greater the advantages and benefits for us, so it doesn't matter if you wait more." ”

"Hmph." The woman known as the Red Scorpion snorted coldly. This time, however, there was no opposition.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little stiff, and the four people who spoke were all relatively well-known in the mercenary group circle in the southern part of the continent, the other two mercenary group leaders who could be said to have come to make up the number of people didn't dare to speak. Anyway, among these six mercenary groups, although the number of their two mercenary groups is 5,000 people. But in terms of their combat effectiveness and other abilities, they naturally can't compare with the four people in front of them, so they won't feel ashamed if they keep their mouths shut and don't speak.

"It's almost time." The youngest man spoke.

And before the two mercenary group commanders could react, the three men known as the red scorpion, the old wolf, and the burly man had already waved their hands and gave the battle order to attack.

More than a dozen teams with a scale of about dozens of people immediately sneaked into the camp with a clear division of labor.

Originally, there were a lot of archers to deal with the guards, but to their surprise, there were no soldiers in charge of standing guard, which saved them a lot of effort. Among the dozens of mercenaries responsible for the first batch of infiltration, those who wore black leather armor with a black skull coat of arms embroidered on a white background were obviously the most professional, followed by those who also wore black leather armor but embroidered with red scorpion patterns.

These two groups of people are from the Night Charm Mercenary Group and the Red Scorpion Mercenary Group.

These two mercenary groups, together with the wolf mercenary group led by the old wolf and the fierce bear mercenary group led by the burly man, are all well-known mercenary groups on the Southern Continent. Although the black-striped banner can only be used for the reason of limited size, for many large mercenary groups that are qualified to use the blue-striped banner, they will not want to provoke these four mercenary groups if they can, especially the red scorpion mercenary group.

Although the size of this mercenary group is only 5,000 people, it is a mercenary group that is very good at field warfare and poisoning, especially in how to weaken the enemy's strength and combat power.

In contrast, the Night Charm mercenaries are particularly skilled in assassination and night warfare. Especially in places such as jungles and mountains, they can even lay traps all over the mountains and wilderness, completely change the advantages of the terrain, and completely control the location in their hands.

As for the Bear Mercenary Group and the Wolf Mercenary Group, the combat style of these two mercenary groups is relatively similar to Alfred's Thunder Lion. In particular, the Bear Mercenary Corps have rarely lost wars of less than 10,000 people, but the death rate is surprisingly high, so they usually accept hires with extremely high salaries, and every attack is mentally prepared for the annihilation of the entire army. Relatively speaking, the wolf mercenary group is also 10,000 people, but they are best at the wolf pack tactics of bullying more and less, especially in pursuit.

At this time. These four mercenary groups, each with their own characteristics, together with two mercenary groups of 5,000 men, attacked a regular army that had been poisoned by night, and in every respect, they had completely gained the upper hand. But despite this, judging from the actions of these mercenary groups, they still did not relax in the slightest, and they all adhered to the tactical experience of the mercenaries.

After caution, it is still prudent.

The first batch of more than a dozen mercenary teams to infiltrate the camp quickly dispersed, and at this time it was the second group of mercenary groups that infiltrated, and then the third group.

The three groups of mercenaries totaled 2,000 people, and they were responsible for dealing with soldiers who were not affected by the poisoning.

It was a night raid plan for an assassination.

Although there will certainly be resistance, but if it is cautious and careful enough. Before the soldiers of Dabiang's Fourth Legion can fully react, they can take out the last group of enemies in this camp who still have the strength to resist.

Yard's idea is indeed correct, the officers who deal with an army can indeed paralyze the combat effectiveness of an army, causing it to create chaos. But in the same way, if you can solve all the soldiers in an army. Then it is equally worthless to have empty officers.

According to William's temporarily revised battle plan, the soldiers of Dabiang's Fourth Army were obviously of some use. So if you can. Of course, it is necessary to keep these soldiers as much as possible. As for those middle- and upper-level officers and generals, they are the most threatening existences, so they are not in William's plan.

The sound of the sword tearing the leather resounded faintly in the camp.

It's not very strong, but it's enough to attract some people's attention.

Immediately afterward, the smell of blood began to permeate the camp.

This time. Even the six mercenary group leaders standing outside the camp could already smell the pungent smell of blood in the air in addition to the damp moisture, so how could the enemy commander who had settled in the camp not smell it?

Suddenly, the sound of weapons colliding from the barracks rang out one after another. At the same time, it was accompanied by a high-pitched and rapid shout.

"Alas, do you still need to fight hard after the worst of the time?" The leader of the Night Charm Mercenary Group sighed helplessly.

"Leave these things to me." The burly middle-aged man smirked, then took off a horn hanging from his waist, put it to his mouth and blew it.

"Woo-woo-"

The sound of the horn finally completely tore apart the silence of the last moment of the dawn.

The sound of violent footsteps began to sound, and although the sound was not as coherent as that of the Iron Wings and the Thunder Lion, it was not inferior in momentum to the two extremely combat-ready armies under Sean's command. Hordes of warriors in black armor and armed with battle axes began to appear on the horizon, black like a wave of death in the River Styx.

As the burly man lifted the tomahawk that had been planted on the ground next to him and waved his hand forward, the black wave finally rushed towards the barracks where Dabiang's Fourth Legion was stationed like a tsunami.

……

The sky, just turned up the belly of the fish.

The sky is not yet completely bright.

But standing on the walls of Void City, you can see the scenery like a sunset.

It was a continuous stream of burning fires.

The flames burned completely, dyeing the entire sky as red as the sunset.

Sein looked at the firelight with a blank face, and from the corners of his slightly beating eyes, it could be judged that his mood was obviously not very calm at the moment. It wasn't until last night when he said that the 15,000 men who came with him were soldiers of Dabiang's Fourth Legion, that he realized that four of the six mercenary regiments hired by William this time were not simple characters, but he clearly remembered that the flags hanging on the camp at that time were not the flags he was familiar with.

He always thought that he had successfully entered Sean's core system. But only now did he realize that all this was not as simple as he imagined. Maybe if William hadn't hired those four well-known mercenary groups, or maybe there was no mercenary group of Red Scorpions, then the fifteen thousand soldiers of Dabiang's Fourth Legion he brought would indeed be able to surprise Sean.

But unfortunately, there is no possibility in this world.

Or rather, even if he could surprise Sean, he wouldn't be able to kill Sean.

Because. He already knew the identity of the middle-aged man he had never seen before standing beside Sean at this moment, and now he finally knew the name of Lu Dao.

Bannock, Bulwark Paladin.

Looking at his heavy armor equipment, you can see how difficult it is for Lu Dao to kill Sean under his protection. In particular, the fact that this man is also a demon hunter shows that he can concentrate highly in any situation, and he will never be distracted or slack.

At this moment, when the sky-high fire burned, Sain knew that the 15,000 men of Dabiang's Fourth Legion were completely planted in the hands of Sean and William. Originally, in the plan, these 15,000 people were naturally going to be killed. However, since he knew that Dao was the Fourth Legion of Dabiang, William actually had the idea of surrendering - of course, this would be impossible under any circumstances, but with the joint efforts of Red Scorpion and Sean, this matter was not difficult at all.

The answer is poisoning.

The food they ate before, plus the medicine they were prescribed by a doctor after pretending to be a doctor. Both food and medicine are mixed with poison ingredients. And when these two poisons are mixed together, a highly toxic with a cyclical nature is formed. If they still want to live. Sean must be at his command, only then will they be able to obtain the antidote. Of course, Sean believes that with Sean's personality, he can't detoxify these people at one time, and in order to use them for a long time, he must use a periodic detoxification method.

There is no doubt that these soldiers who know the truth will definitely choose to join Sean's command in the end.

And this. But a whole 10,000 elite soldiers!

As soon as he thought that he had brought Sean a source of 10,000 elite soldiers, Sean had an urge to smoke himself.

"You're doing a good job." Sean reached out and patted Sean on the shoulder, bringing Sean, who was still in deep prominence, back to reality.

"My lord, I don't think these 10,000 people are willing to surrender." Sain had the feeling that he had lifted a stone and shot himself in the foot. And this feeling is already the second time. And for the first time, it naturally refers to him leading people to hunt down his relatives and bring the contents of the treasure house to Sean - if he had known that there was a set of angel armor in the Dao, he would definitely not have killed his own relatives in order to get close to Sean.

However, there are no ifs and wits in the world.

One wrong step, and you lose the whole game.

That's the game.

"It doesn't matter." Sean shrugged, "Even if there are only five thousand people, you can form a strong army." …… Haven't Clauf's Cecilia Guards suffered heavy losses before, but this time this group can just give Clov. With the military literacy and combat effectiveness of these people and the abilities of Klov, it will not take a month for them to officially appear on the battlefield, which is definitely a timely rain for us. ”

Sein had a constipated look on his face.

"Indeed." William nodded, "Purely in terms of troops, there are Night Charm, Red Scorpion, Wild Wolf, Fierce Bear and those two are purely a small number, we are not inferior to any of the current powerful counts of the Dabiang Kingdom, and even in terms of the quality of the army, we also have a level comparable to those powerful marquis of the Dabiang Kingdom." As for the territory of the Duchy of Lane, apart from Lord Asuna and the commander of the Holy Wall, as well as the few people shown in the intelligence, there are few people who can not compare with me. …… When Chloof is ready, we can officially confront the southern nobles of Dabion. ”

"Oh, don't forget we have two hole cards."

When he heard Sean say the word "hole cards", Sean's heart jumped suddenly, because he didn't know what these two hole cards were!

"My lord, report urgently!"

A sudden shout made Sean's brow furrow, and when he turned around, he saw a red letter being presented in the hands of an officer.

Red, which represents the Military Emergency.

William quickly snatched it up, then opened it, and his face instantly became gloomy: "It looks like we can't wait for Clov to be ready." ”

"What's going on?"

William handed Shaun the note in his hand, apparently passed through magical communication.

The note is not large, it can even be said to be very thin and light, but when Sean holds it in his hand, he can feel the heavy weight on it.

There were only two sentences, but the scribbled handwriting was vaguely discernible that the contents of this note were written in a particularly hasty manner.

- Hierro is occupied, two fortresses are breached, four hundred of the three thousand guards are killed, and five hundred are routed. The rest have surrendered. The enemy's main force was 35,000 Dabion's Fourth Army, with a total strength of 50,000, and the defensive layout around Hierro had been launched, and Yedebi's territory had completely fallen.

"Looks like you've been put to good use." Sean took a deep breath and handed the note to Theon.

Seeing what was written on the note, Sein's face became extremely ugly: "Hela. Nugus! ”

"It should be under the guise of secretly transporting troops to Michilyn City before, and at the same time transport the remaining soldiers of the Fourth Legion of Dabiang to Yedbylain." William frowned and thought for a moment, and then had the answer in his heart, "The reason why it was not discovered." It must have adopted a similar tactic as we had done in So'an before, allowing these soldiers to disguise and disperse, and then they concentrated and launched a surprise attack, which caught us off guard. ”

"In addition, he should also know everything about Sain's actions." Sean added. "Otherwise, we wouldn't have attacked as soon as Seon arrived in Void City. It's a double trap. …… There must have been someone from the Nugus family who had installed a family member by Sein's side. ”

Yade. Nugus!

Theon's pupils shrank suddenly. At this moment, if he didn't understand why such a trivial task would actually send an excellent son of the Nugus family over, then he would really be a fool. And all along, Sain also knew very well that Yard was here to spy on him, but he still didn't expect that Yard would have such another role!

"I know who Lu Dao is." Sean exhaled, and at this moment he also knew that he was not completely trusted, either on Sean's side or Hela's side. This feeling that he thinks he has everything under control, but is being treated as a pawn by both sides is a big blow to his self-esteem. But because he is a smart man, he knows exactly what to do next so that he doesn't even have the value of being a pawn on Sean's side.

"Yad. Nugus. Hela. Nugus's cousin, although he is a member of the side branch. But in fact, he is also a relatively talented person, I always thought that he was just the one who was responsible for monitoring my movements, so I didn't dare to bring him into the city this time, I didn't expect ......" Sein lowered his head, "I'm sorry!" ”

"It doesn't make any sense to say this now, the most important thing is what we are going to do next." Sean also sighed helplessly in his heart, Sean is indeed a very smart person, and he is extremely capable in all aspects, having such a person to be loyal is definitely something that any lord wants, but Sean knows very well that the red halo on Sean is not a joke at all, this is a time bomb, if he didn't have a real eye, he would have killed Sean a long time ago, how dare he keep such a person around.

"Hela is indeed very clever and did not attack the D'ai Territory, which has almost no troops at the moment, but chose the Yedby Territory." William said in a deep voice, "The current value of this territory is the same as that of the Mordg Territory...... It has no value to us other than a rich territory, but for the kingdom of Dabion, it is a strategic place equivalent to the territory of Kiraf. …… This territory has been recaptured by Dabiang, which is equivalent to saying that whether it is the Dayi Territory, the Tinchiin Territory, and even the Panda Territory, they are completely within the opponent's attack range, and it can even be said that because the Yederbi Territory is relatively close to the Void City, the opponent is fully capable of attacking the Void City directly. ”

"What do you mean...... All of our forces in Void City are currently pinned down? ”

"So to speak." William nodded, "The other party's current strength is 50,000, but our Void City side is only 60,000 even if we count the 10,000 people who have just been captured, and we don't have any advantage in terms of strength at all." Therefore, if we still want to divide our forces to protect the Dayi Territory, the other party will definitely attack Void City without hesitation. …… In this case, we will have to abandon the Dayi Collar. ”

"In that case, aren't they dangerous in Florence?"

"It's not just Florence." William shook his head, "Don't forget that the Soan Collar is right next door to the Dayi Collar. ”

"This ......"

"Although we have won the battle by eating 15,000 soldiers of the Fourth Army of Dabiang, we have lost the war in the big picture. Didn't expect Hela. Nugus also had this trick, and she actually took advantage of her general trend before it was completely offset by me, and once again took the upper hand. William sighed helplessly, "At this time, even I have to admit that I lost this round." ”

Is the gap between the seventh and the tenth really that big?

Hearing William's words, Sean's heart couldn't help but feel a little shocked.

"However, we have only lost a war, and we have not completely lost this battle." After William took a deep breath, a drunken blush appeared on his face, and his eyes became unusually bright, "You immediately find a way to contact Florence and ask him to retreat from the Tinciin territory and give up the territory temporarily." …… I'll contact Fred personally. …… As for Theon, return to the D'í territory at once, and be ready to meet Florence, as your hidden army will probably not be able to be used as a surprise soldier. ”

Previously, because of Hela's tactics of concealment, of course, Sein had to vacate the quota of the 5,000 soldiers in his army first. But it was naturally a pity for him to disbanded like this, so under William's plan, these 5,000 people were ready to be used as surprise soldiers, but the current battle situation was changing too fast, and it was obviously impossible to hide it anymore, so it came in handy immediately.

A series of orders were quickly issued by William in an orderly manner, without the slightest confusion and panic.

Even, under the calm command of William and Sean, the panic that had gradually spread was completely calmed down.

Sean, who already has nearly 100,000 troops, can clearly see the outline of a war beast revealing its hideous appearance after it is fully operational at this time.

And on the beacon tower of the tallest tower of Void City, wolf smoke has slowly risen. (To be continued......)

PS: I still couldn't get out of a chapter after last night.,This chapter is a continuation of the chapter that I wrote a thousand words last night.,It's also the long chapter I originally wanted to update.。 …… After the treatment today, I was in good shape, my head didn't hurt so much, and I finished this chapter in one go while I still had the energy. …… 8K words, don't cut it.