Chapter 170, the "Sunflower" Tribulation (2)

Sunflower Territory, located in a large hilly area northwest of Holger, as well as in the Doze area.

The main city of the Great Prince Tailun is the Sunflower Castle located at the mouth of the Benlei River.

The reason why he placed the main city here was also to suppress the southward invasion of the gray doves in the first place.

After Sunflower Castle, there is the Duopeng Fortress in the center of his territory.

Between 1 and 2,000 soldiers are stationed at the fortress all year round, and its role is mainly used for rescue and transportation.

The fortress is located at a crossroads. From it to the west, you can follow the waterway to the port of Bominte. To the south, there is Flower Blossom City, the second largest city in the Sunflower Territory. To the east, it connects to the royal city of Holger. To the north, it's only one to two hours away from Sunflower Castle.

And Baron Curtis, who was stationed here, in addition to the defenders of the fortress, also had a personal guard knight of 500 people.

To the west of the Sunflower Territory, located in the middle reaches of the Benlei River, Debominte Port, is a new waterway supply port built after the Great Prince came here.

It serves three purposes. First, it serves as a transit point for the transportation of goods from north to south on the Benlei River.

Second, the Great Prince opened a fork in the Benlei River here and led it all the way to the Duopeng Fortress. He called the canal the Sunflower Canal. Its role was also to facilitate the transport of goods and information between the port of Bominte and the fortifications in the interior.

The third function is to create a canal across this relatively flat plain area to block the Golden Crocodile Duke, who is good at cavalry raids. That is, his second brother Philip.

The former convenience of the canal is the junction of the Sunflower Territory and the Benlei Plain. If you want to march to the territory of the Sunflower family with a large army, in addition to crossing the mountains and mountains, there is only this one relatively flat official road.

Therefore, a large part of the reason why the eldest prince built a port city here was to guard against his younger brother.

To the south from Duopeng Fortress is the large rear of the entire territory of the Duke of Sunflower--- Blossom City.

The city is surrounded on almost all sides by a rolling hilly terrain, like a pocket city.

It is rich in grain, daily necessities such as cotton and linen, as well as daily necessities.

Moreover, the city is also a concentrated residential area for the families of those noble lords in the Sunflower Territory.

Maybe it's because the rich man lives more, and the city is not like other fortresses or Sunflower Castle. The economy here is developing rapidly, and the recreational facilities are relatively complete.

There are theaters, racecourses, hot spring baths, hunting grounds, gladiatorial arenas, etc.

There are also a thousand troops stationed here all year round, guarded by Baron Modal.

But the quality of the thousand-strong troops here is completely different from the quality of the defenders of the fortress. Since they are located in the rear, they will not be needed in real war. If the enemy has really hit here, it means that the Duke of Sunflower has completely finished playing, and there is no need for them to resist more.

In addition to the towns and fortresses of the Great Prince, which are horns of each other, there are large tracts of farmland and hills.

The western hilly region was once inhabited by a group of hill dwarves. However, due to the repressive policies of the Grand Prince of Tyranny, the dwarves had no choice but to leave their homeland and cross the Benley River to find a habitat in the Melsa Mountains further north.

And I have to say that at this point, the gray pigeon Horley does much better than Tyron!

Not only did he accept these dwarves in their entirety, but he also made them his long-term high-quality craftsmen!

In this respect, the blue pigeon is very similar to Klose. He doesn't look at his background, he only looks at his ability.

On the other hand, Duke Sunflower, he has some human supremacy national chauvinism in his heart.

Just like the Earth that Klose spent his last life, there will inevitably be a handful of racists everywhere he goes. And Duke Sunflower seems to be a representative of this kind of person.

He believed that the nobility could only have an absolute dominant advantage in his territory. Neither civilians nor serfs will ever turn over, let alone those alien dwarves.

After driving out the hill dwarves, the large hilly area became barren and unmanaged. Gradually, over time, this large area of land became a rare no-man's land in the Sunflower Territory.

At this time, an ironclad force of 3,000 people was marching through this no-man's land to the south of the Sunflower Territory.

Their target was the land and water transit station, the port of Bominte.

And this force was the gray pigeon Hooley halfway to let the airship transport here in advance.

The soldiers were led by the three lieutenants of the duke, and their missions were also very targeted.

These three people can be regarded as one of the henchmen who fought with Horay. And the "Gun Forest Iron Mountain Army" led by them is also an ironclad infantry army that has long been famous under the gray pigeon.

In particular, the "Iron Will Liuhe Array" of this army has caused countless enemies to feel a headache.

Gu said that Horay's formation was inspired by hedgehogs, and the indestructible Gun Forest Array, combined with the devil potion created by the chief alchemist Elijah, made this Iron Will Liuhe Formation, which was originally good at defending and counterattacking, burst out with incredible aggressiveness!

In addition, in order to maintain the mobility of this army, Duke Gray Pive sent his pet Earth Snake Capricorn here to serve as the pioneer of this group of soldiers.

The team stopped as it reached a kilometre outside the port of Bloominge.

The three lieutenants each counted a thousand people and prepared to divide their troops here in three ways.

Among them, Baron Papathia led a thousand men to capture the port of Bominte and cut off the possibility of the opponent's water transportation.

Viscount Gerfes led a thousand men south of the port of Bommint, and built fortifications and traps at the point leading to the plain of Benlei, to prevent the golden crocodile from stabbing them in the back.

And Baron Beron led the remaining 1,000 men, as well as the Earth Snake Capricorn, to cross the large plain area and go straight to the opponent's large rear Flower Stamen City. Serve the families of those noble lords in a pot.

It can be said that Horay's trick is like fire!

He vaguely isolated the Sunflower Territory to the northwest of Holger, completely cutting it off from the outside world.

Of course, he himself will also lead the pro-army and intercept and kill the Duke of Sunflower halfway back after getting the news! That's what he's really for.

At this point, if the whole plan goes smoothly, he will occupy four important towns in the Sunflower Territory in one fell swoop! Completely drive the forces of the Duke of Sunflower out of the northwest of Holger. And it will also be one of his springboards to Holger.

"Hey ~ Papathia, it's okay to give you a thousand people to take the port of Bominte, right?"

The loud-voiced Baron Peron shouted.

Papathia was a middle-aged, lean man with this little mustache. He stroked his beard and chuckled, "It's just a matter of taking a transit port, it's not a problem!" But you, Baron Peron, isn't your task a little too easy for the two of us? Those old and weak women and children who attacked Blossom City, hey, it's really honorable. ”

Viscount Gerfes laughed and said, "You can't say that~~ Lord Belon still has to face a thousand defenders of Blossom City!" ”

"Come on~~" Papathia waved his hand: "Just how much combat power can those thousand waste defenders who have been hollowed out by wine have?" It's estimated that putting a thousand grandmothers there is no more than that! ”

"This time, the Duke's determination is really strong... Our garrison of Grey Pigeon Castle is almost out of the nest, what if someone pulls it out? Veron said with a humming voice.

Baron Papathia snorted coldly and sneered, "Don't you forget, that great alchemist, Lord Elizhe, is sitting in the Grey Dove Castle!" If the person I am most afraid of in our Grey Pigeon Castle is His Royal Highness the Duke, then Lord Elijah is the second person I am most afraid of! The alchemy potions he made were so strange that I had seen them burn in water and freeze fire! And the latest type of devil medicine we brought out this time, but it was all from his hands. Think about it, if he had these potions, he could easily turn a group of civilians into battle-hardened knights in a short period of time! And ordinary people who possess those magical potions can also turn into feared magicians! I have to say... The Great Alchemist really lives up to his name, and it's terrifying! ”

Gerfes also sighed and sighed, "Yes, fortunately, that Lord Elizhe is not our enemy.... It's great that he can work for the Duke! I still remember that when the Duke first recruited him, everyone was not optimistic. I didn't expect that the strange 'living dead' Lord Elizhe agreed to it! I really don't know what both of them said that day? ”

Belon touched his big bald head, and said with a smile: "Hehe, whatever he said~!" Anyway, Lord Duke, I admire it a hundred! Follow him to fight, that is the word 'cool'! I don't need to use my brain, I just have to do what he tells me~"

"Hahaha~ If you want to use your brain, you have to have it!"

The other two laughed together.

"Okay, gossip aside, let's separate here!"

As soon as Papathia reined in his horse, he took a thousand of his men and divided into a large army.

"Well, I wish you a victorious start!"

Gerfes said.

"I wish me a victorious start, too!" PerΓ³n shouted.

"Hahaha~~~~"

The three of them galloped in three different directions amid hearty laughter. And all this, the defenders in Port Blooment and Blossom City are still kept in the dark and ignorant of all this.