Volume II: Southern Beacon 1140

Autumn is a splendid season, if you stand in front of the window and look out at the fields outside the window, through the clear and transparent windows, you can see the golden yellow spreading on the wilderness outside, as if the golden sunlight has melted into drops, falling from the sky into dense trees, it is the season of wheat ripening and harvesting in the Palauvon Plain, the scenery outside can be described as very beautiful, the farmers working in the fields and the horse-drawn carriages transporting back and forth on the paths, so that the whole land is filled with joyful atmosphere

Although the war was experienced, because of the timely replanting and the release of more than 100,000 captured Ryerdian captives, the wheat sowing on the Paravon plain caught up with the tail of the season, although not as lush as in previous years, but it was enough to solve the food shortage in the recent period

At one of the Western Army's camps on the border, a black herald cavalry came from the wilderness ahead, his horse's hooves raising dust, which could be seen from a long distance.

"Password!" the sentry standing outside the camp stopped the herald cavalry from entering

"I'm a messenger from the Northern Army!" the herald cavalry turned off his horse with a stern expression, took out a piece of paper marked with the seal of the Northern Army from his bosom, and handed it to the sentry

"This is my identification, is Lord Croresart of the Western Army here? I just came to the Western Legion Headquarters in Paraven, and they say that the Legion Commander is hunting here! I have an urgent letter that needs to be handed over to him immediately" "Please wait a moment!"

Hearing that it was a colleague from the Northern Army, the sentry's face slowed. After carefully checking the identity seal of the other party, after confirming that it was correct, he sent a person inside to report, and soon, an officer of the Western Legion wearing light chain mail came out of the camp surrounded by several guards.

"Hello, I'm Adjutant Ander," the officer looked at the dusty herald in front of him. He gave a military salute to the dusty herald in front of him, and then apologized, "You're a step late, Mistress Croresart in the morning." I've already entered the mountains with a hunting party!If you have any letters, you can give them to me directly! As soon as the adults come back, I will pass them on to him immediately!" "Gone hunting?" The herald glanced at the dense mountains around him with some blankness. It's too difficult to find the target, and since it's a hunt in the mountains, there won't be many people with you, which undoubtedly makes it even more difficult to find

"When will Lord Croresart be able to return?" asked the herald again, without the slightest intention of handing over the letter, he received the order to deliver this information to the commander of the Western Corps as quickly as possible, and before leaving, the commander of the corps who signed the order specially instructed, "Be quick, this may save the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers, please!" "Can't you let me pass it on?" The officer glanced at the herald who had no intention of taking the trust. His face showed a hint of surprise, although his identity was only an adjutant general, but the general internal affairs of the legion were in charge of themselves.

The other party's prudence made him have a hint of foreboding in his heart, and he asked one more question, "Is it a confidential military newspaper?" No wonder he was so confused. It has been a long time since the Western Army was stationed in Parabun since the pacification of Raldian, and although some border transfers have been made recently, they have only been routine assembly training, and the units have not yet received formal combat orders from the Corps headquarters.

According to the recent battle report, the Northern Army is fighting against the Dorok people, and the battle is going well, and it has penetrated deep into the hinterland of the Dorok people, even if there is a military report, there is nothing abnormal, but the other party's anxious attitude makes him feel abnormal

"Is it a request to move the troops?" asked Adjutant Ander boldly

The herald cavalry hesitated for a moment, feeling that it was impossible to complete the task by relying only on one person under the current situation, so he carefully took out a letter with a red fire paint coat of arms from his arms, and shook it towards Ender, "Look at this, I don't know the content, but before leaving, Lord Caesar Solon specially instructed that this may save the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers! So be sure to find Lord Crosette as quickly as possible!" "This is ......"

Ander glanced at the fire paint on the seal of the letter with a puzzled expression, his eyes suddenly widened, his face turned pale, on the red wax paint, it was a lifelike falcon with wings spread and flying high, with sharp claws pecking, spreading its wings and going straight to the sky, any Falcon soldier knows what such a coat of arms represents, this is the badge of the Falcon Majesty, and at this time, the Falcon Majesty should also be in the Dorok Mountains

If the herald's words are true, then the meaning is too interesting, the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers? If there are still troops of this strength in the vicinity, it is only the Western Army! This is a dangerous warning

Without hesitation, the western officer turned around and shouted to several entourage soldiers behind him, "Notify everyone immediately, and immediately send all scouts to the mountains to look for traces of the adults!"

"Adult ......"

Several of the entourage looked at him in a panic, and they couldn't see the contents of the letter from their positions, but Chief Ande's gloomy face showed that things were really strict, and in their impression, Adjutant Ande was a person who was calm in the face of any situation,

Ander looked at a few guards who were still in a daze, and shouted with a blue face, "What are you still doing in a daze, this is an order, tell all the scouts sent out, and say that there is an urgent military business, please return immediately"......

Deep in the forest, sunlight penetrates the dense canopy, stingy with a blink or two. The light was dim and the road was bumpy, full of tree roots and large rocks that were outcropping.

This is the edge of the reckless forest, surrounded by tall trees with huge elms and green groves.

The neat and strong trunks of the trees almost blocked out most of the light, and the canopies rose high, reflecting neat gray outlines in the clear blue sky, like a huge dark canopy spreading out in all directions, "Wang, Wang!" with a rapid barking of dogs. The small animals in the surrounding bushes scattered in all directions, and four huge hounds appeared in front, with brown and yellow fur and a long black stripe on their backs, these hounds were very large, and in this dark forest, the eyes of the hounds radiated bursts of turquoise light. Behind the four giant hounds, several muscular soldiers struggled to tighten the hounds' ropes

"Attention, the prey should be nearby!"

A loud voice came. A band of hunters on horseback emerged from the depths of the forest,

There were more than thirty people in total, divided into two teams. In front of them were hunters with bows on their backs, deerskin hats on their heads, and light chain mail on their bodies, walking through the woods, and using their hunting knives to chop through the thorns that blocked the road in front of them

There are no real roads in these dense forests, and those places that are a little flatter and can lead to pedestrians naturally become natural paths.

Behind the hunter infantry, there was a cavalry unit of about 20 people. These cavalry sent two lines of escort in the forest, and the front of the horses hung a half-moon-shaped armor, which gave off a faint white luster in the dark forest

In the middle of these cavalry escorts was a helmet of deerskin trimmed fine iron, and a silver-white light chain mail. The middle-aged soldier who was searching around with great interest, his stern face was a little ruddy, his breathing was slender and slow, and his sharp eyes were like lightning in the dense forest,

He was none other than Captain Colony Colony of the West, a veteran hunter from the mountains of Vecchia. The goal of his coming here was because he received a heart-warming report that someone had found a giant reindeer king with sixteen forks in this mountainous area.

This is an irresistible temptation for any hunter,

The sixteen-pronged reindeer is said to be the guardian spirit of the mountains and forests, and the sixteen-pronged antlers on its head are the holiest holy relics in the world

"Are you sure this is the place?" asked Croressat, looking back from all around, two large silver kettles pinned to her waist and a crossbow in her hand

"It's true, the king of the bucks with his sixteen-pronged antlers was found here!" said a young man dressed in aristocratic attire next to Crollissat, pointing to a tangled tree in the distance

"At that time, it suddenly appeared there, with a bright moon-like holy light on its body, like a god looking down on us, everyone was frightened, their legs and feet were weak, and they were completely unable to move, and I even heard a low grunt full of disdain in my head, although it may have been an illusion, but I dare to use the reputation of the nobility to assure that the holy object was looking like that at that time! It wasn't until the holy relic left that we were able to move, and when we returned to Parabun, we immediately reported to the Lord, and such a powerful prey can only be captured by a hunter with such a strong skill as the Lord!"

"The Spirit of the Mountains and Forests is always haughty!Your statement sounds like that, but if I find out you're lying to me, you'll know the result!" Croissette sneered at the corner of her mouth, and she was noncommittal about the compliments of the nobles, during her time in Paraven, the hunter from the mountains south of Vekia had long since become accustomed to all kinds of compliments,

"How dare you, who doesn't know the divine power of the legion commander in Paravon! No matter how bold a person is, he will never dare to deceive the legion leader" The nobleman's face turned slightly pale, and a row of cold sweat immediately appeared on his head, "Continue to search!" Croresat snorted, ignoring the nobleman, and continued to move forward with the cavalry under his command,

If it was before, Crowrissart would not have a good face for the nobles, but during this time in the bustling center of the continent, Crowrisart's hatred towards the nobility has improved a lot.

In order to tie up with the imperial military boss stationed in Paravon, the nobles of Ruierdian also did everything they could, all kinds of charming women pounced on them, and piled up mountains of money to smash down, as long as they could think of it, the nobles of Ruierdian used it, which also led some middle and lower-level officers of the Falcon Army to fall into it, compared to these imperial officers who were already intoxicated in Paraven, Crossat's mind was quite calm,

As the Empire's military and political chief on the Parabun side, he knows more than anyone else, and the eyes of the Imperial Inspectorate have always been on Parabun, and they are closely watching Yiqiē, you can accept bribes today. Tomorrow a list of recorded bribes will be placed on the desk of the Ministry of Supervision, which is the department directly under the control of His Majesty Falcon, even the commander of the Imperial Legion on the powerful side like Crorysart has no power to intervene, and Paraven, which has always been the area that His Majesty is most concerned about, "Accepting bribes at this time is pushing yourself to the guillotine!"

With such an awareness. During her few months in Parabun, in addition to expanding her family network, she accepted several women from the Ryordian clan as wives. Most of the bribes were rejected by him in person,

Because he deeply understands that Falcon Majesty will not care how many women you marry, even if you rob people on the street. As long as you can suppress it, Your Majesty may not have the heart to care, but if you dare to trade the interests of the empire, the fat man who belongs to the dog's face will definitely not be soft on anyone! In fact, it also proves that this is the case, at least the Ministry of Supervision has sent someone to find him, "Oh my God, look at what is in front of you!"

Suddenly a hunter shouted in surprise and inexplicable in front of him, and Crorysat's thoughts were interrupted, and by the light of the mountain, he was a little stunned to see that in a mountain position in front of him, some small black dots kept emerging. "Commander, we must go back to the camp immediately before the other party finds out, it's too dangerous to stay here!" the captain of the guard bent back from the front and whispered nervously,

After discovering the enemy. Everyone got down from their horses and lay on the ground in the bushes, because of the distance and the number of people, the other party obviously did not find the existence of this small army.

"No, they're still a kilometer away from where we are. And there are two raised peaks in between, and even if they are discovered, they will come in time" Croissatt waved his hand to stop him, "What a windfall! So many Doroks are only afraid that there are 20,000!" Croissat's heart tightened, he had already dismounted from his warhorse, and he was lying on a bush on the top of the mountain staring into the distance,

The more I looked, the more frightened I became, the little black dots that emerged from the woods were all people, dense people, like dark clouds covering the hillside, the sun shone on that section of the mountain, the reflected cold light was as dazzling as the sun, countless towering spears appeared like a dense forest out of thin air, and after a while, the black cloud composed of human heads stopped moving on the hillside in front, and it seemed that they were resting and waiting for something

said, "Now we need to find out the real strength of the other side, judging from the fact that the other party has not discovered us, this should not be the enemy's main force, otherwise there will be striker scouts in front of the way!"

"This is not the main force, how many enemies are there!" The captain of the guard was startled

"Who knows, anyway, the Dorok people appeared like this!" Crorysette didn't answer him, but subconsciously licked his somewhat chapped lips, which was his nervous expression,

Looking at a Dorok battle flag fluttering in the wind in the distance, Crorysat's heart suddenly moved, and she asked in a low voice, "Which is the closest army to here?"

"It should be Aksud's Fourth Banner Regiment and Grismmer's Fifth Banner Regiment!, they are mainly responsible for the defense of the Anshaling Valley in the Paravon Pass," the captain of the guard hesitated for a moment, then replied with some concern

"Anxialing Valley?" Croryssat's eyebrows were twisted into a Sichuan character on his forehead, this time he was in trouble, he deeply regretted his mistake in arrangement, the Fourth Banner Regiment of Aksud mentioned by the head of the guard was not transferred to this assembly because it had suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Paraven,

Half a month ago, in order to improve the progress of training, the Fourth Banner Regiment hoped to be transferred to an area where recruits could receive adequate training.

Considering that the Fourth Banner Regiment would be used as a guard force stationed in Paravon, Krolister transferred the Fourth Flag Regiment to the Ansummer Valley, which is similar to the terrain of the Paraven Plain, where the terrain is flat, high on the outside and low on the inside, making it difficult to defend.

At that time, Crowissater didn't think that there would really be someone to attack, it was just a kind of defensive warfare exercise, which could just take advantage of the terrain here to achieve the purpose of training recruits.

But now everything has changed, the war is so close, and the Fourth Banner Regiment still knows nothing, if the enemy gathers heavy troops to raid Anxialing, the unsuspecting Fourth Banner Regiment is only afraid that it will collapse immediately, once this pass is opened, the entire vast Paraven Plain will be equivalent to opening the door in front of the Dorok people,

The Fifth Banner Regiment, which is the horn of the Fourth Banner Regiment, is stationed at least 20 miles away from the Anxia Valley, and this mountain forest is the only way to go.

Obviously, the Dorok army in front of him is simply a force used to ambush, and the target of the other party's real troops is not only the Anxia Valley in the Paravon Pass, but also the Fifth Banner Regiment that sent to the Anxia Valley to help, and it is enough to use so many troops to set up this situation, which is enough to show that the main force of the Dorok side that he encountered is likely to be the main force of the Dorok side

"In this case, who should I save first!" the corners of Crorysart's mouth were bitter, and her face was red and white with hesitation

"Someone, send it immediately to inform the Fourth Banner Regiment!" Croryssatt looked up at the sky, and finally made a decision with a painful face,

The strong man broke his wrist, if the Dorok people really did their best this time, only the Anxia Valley of the Fourth Banner Regiment would not be able to hold it at all,

Now the only way to keep the Fifth Banner Regiment on the second line is to find a chance to counterattack in this ruined raid!

"May the heavens bless the Fourth Banner Regiment!" Croissatt withdrew her gaze from a distance, a hint of determination flashed across her face as she made her decision......)