Throne Steps

Chapter 146 The Close-up and Far-Sight of the Battle of Suoyan

Southwest of Raetia, outskirts of Soyan.

"Night attack!!!"

The horn sounded, and Hader suddenly woke up from his sleep, turned over and jumped out of bed, and put on his equipment in threes and fives.When most people were still packing themselves, Hader had already lifted the curtain and went outside.

The torch outside the tent was still burning, but the slight crackling sound was covered by the nervous commotion.Soldiers came out of the camp one by one and stood at the door waiting for orders, the firelight shining on their young faces.

Harder's comrades also ran out, asking in a low voice, "The rebels are coming? Where are they? What are we going to do?"

Bursts of light flashed on the other side of the mountain, and the young people who had just stepped out of their tents looked eagerly.Hader glanced at it calmly, turned around quietly and left, and was submerged in the darkness between the tents in a short while.

His figure disappeared for only two seconds, and the team leader in charge came quickly: "Assemble! Everyone in the seventh company is assembled, ready for reinforcements at any time!"

"Yes!"

……

Harder fled into the forest alone.

Noah and Regsella reminded him before that there is no need to get too involved in the battle of Suoyang. Combined with the current situation, these words really have deep meaning.Hader left the team and acted without authorization this time, just to prove some of his conjectures.

He has been to Suoyang, so he naturally knows the surrounding terrain. It is no problem to move freely on the mountain with his personal ability, but it is a bit troublesome to avoid the patrol team of the Southwest Army.In order to prevent the enemy from attacking from other directions, even though there was a lot of noise about Soyang Yamashita's night attack, the patrol team was still conscientious and no one left their posts without authorization.Even because of the turmoil and bright lights, this group of patrol soldiers were a little overwhelmed.

"...!"

Harder passed by two teams of patrol soldiers. After all, because of the cover-up of the movement down the mountain, he barely avoided the patrol soldiers' investigation.

After a while, Harder stood on the mountain, looking down with a huge rock as a cover.

Here you can clearly see the movement of the battle at the foot of the mountain. Of course, the details are not personal, but for ferocious beasts with rich combat experience, the scale is not difficult to distinguish.At a glance, the battlefield was crowded with people, at least five or six thousand people had already gathered.

It's really fighting...!

Ordinary soldiers rushed at the foot of the mountain to fight hand to hand, fighting in a melee.They didn't know anything at all, and they were dragged out of their sleep and raised their swords and shields.The fierce collision of magic exploded light above their heads, and their clothing and equipment made it easy for them to identify their comrades in arms, and then they fought against each other.Fighting fighters are particularly conspicuous in the chaos. They come out in crowds, and the weapons they swing are as heavy as a thousand catties!

"drink!!!"

Soldiers, like tigers, rushed out of the gate and rushed to the place with the most enemy troops.Ordinary soldiers couldn't bear it at all. Even if they retreated and used their swords and shields to block them, their tigers' mouths were torn apart when they were hit hard.The blood-stained weapons fell to the ground due to the weakness of their hands, and the rebels were also shocked and almost fell on their backs.However, the soldiers who caused all this didn't even look at it, and went forward to kill without looking back.Just as the rebel soldier was about to breathe a sigh of relief, he heard a puff, and his heart was pierced by a sword.

Soldiers from the Southwest Army have already arrived. How can a rebel who is unarmed for a moment have a way out?

There are few large-scale equipment in mountain warfare, and magicians are the most terrifying large-scale attack weapons.Wind blades, ice cones, or even spherical thunderstorms rushed across the battlefield, accompanied by horses neighing and exploding behind the rebels, but the rebel camp responded with large-scale fireball rockets!

"They want to start a mountain fire!" The general in front of the formation shouted, "Evacuate the formation, don't gather in the mountains and forests! Push the battle line forward and let the rear team prepare to put out the fire!"

"Yes!"

A water dragon dashed through the air and collided head-on with a huge fireball flying towards it. The fire and water were incompatible and exploded violently on the battlefield.Sparks and hot water droplets hit the ground, the corpses, and the bodies of the two armies. It was hot and painful for a while, and the blood mixed with the boiling water, and the battlefield was full of wailing.

This kind of large-scale indiscriminate killing is simply a sharp weapon to test the vitality of both sides.Not long after the confrontation between the two armies, Suoyang's rebel army was clearly in decline, and the Southwest Army's morale was boosted because of the continuous increase in combat troops, pushing the exhibition forward by nearly a mile.

"Lieutenant Colonel, the advance team is bypassing the battlefield and rushing to Suoyang City!" An orderly rushed to the horse commanded by the front line, "Don't push the front line any further, fight on the spot!"

After a little thought, the lieutenant colonel understood the intention: "Understood!"

woo-

The horn sounded in the army, standing on a high place, Harder was taken aback.

He carefully discerned the sound of the horn and recognized its meaning.Just like what he heard, the Southwest Army's battle front was no longer pressing down, but it was faintly encircled by both sides.

Is this to hold back the rebels?Harder's heart turned, and he raised his head to look in the direction of Suoyang City, secretly said: This is to take the opportunity to attack the city gate.

Indeed, if Suo Yang sent troops, the number of troops in the city would definitely decrease.In addition, you always have to give your own army room to turn around, and the current city gate is likely to be weakly defended.Even if you can't attack, it's good to have some harassment.

Lieutenant Colonel and Harder are both in the form of seeing through at a glance, so how can the Soyang rebels not understand?Their own offensive has weakened, and as soon as they realized that the Southwest Army could only drag in, they quickly ordered a retreat.

At that time, the advance troops of the Southwest Army hadn't completely bypassed the battlefield. Seeing the rebels retreating one after another, they had no choice but to chase after them.In the end, they only captured some prisoners, and they couldn't catch up with the opening of the city gate.

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Harder returned to the barracks, and when his comrades saw him, they said strangely, "Finally, I saw you! I missed you in the counting earlier, where did you go?"

While speaking, the captain of Harder's team also came over, waiting for his answer.

Harder glanced at them, he was clean and tidy as if he had been on the battlefield, so he knew it in his heart, and replied indifferently: "I'm going to get up at night. When I return, all areas have been drawn up, and no one is allowed to walk around. I have to wait until just now." just came back."

There was a curfew in the camp, but when the news of the night raid first came, there was indeed a riot in the camp.Although not serious, it is possible to make people walk around.Knowing Harder's reputation as a "violent beast", the captain took a few glances at him and felt that this man didn't seem to have committed any serious crimes, so he finally chose to believe this statement for the time being.

Ainuma Temple, meditation room.

The daylight passes through the skylight, and the dreamy painted patterns are cast along with the beam of light, becoming the only light source in the room.

Wiggins, the chief minister of the temple, closed his eyes lightly, clasped his hands, and knelt on the circular platform.He was wearing a robe with a white background, and the back hem embroidered with delicate patterns almost reached the second step of the platform.The long silver hair was smooth and soft, draped over the back, and gently caught the robe that was dragging the ground.

The light from the sky enveloped him, and the white and silver easily reflected these colors, making him seem to be shining slightly.

The scene of bathing in light is bright, holy and wonderful, but few people appreciate it.

This time too.

Until the sun disappeared from the skylight and the painted painting was removed from the chief executive, no one else appeared in the meditation room, and there was no other movement at all.

Wiggins opened his eyes and stood up slowly.

Here is a meditation room specially built for him.The round platform under his feet seemed simple, but it was actually carved with a delicate and complex buff circle to help him run his magic power.His "spying" ability is illusory, and if he wants to master it, he needs to practice concentration and accumulate magic power constantly.Therefore, as long as he is in the temple, Wiggins will come here to meditate almost every day.

However, even though he has been sitting here for more than half a year, Wiggins will still feel mentally exhausted, numb in his legs and difficult to stand at the end. This is the result of maintaining the same movement for too long and continuously running magic.

Painful, but you must persevere.Although the effect of the past six months was not significant, the sitting under the tree of life during the trip to the western forest made him deeply realize that the only way to improve his ability is to rely on meditation.The effect of the meditation room of the temple cannot be compared to the tree of life, and it can't even catch up with one-third of the meditation room of the elves, but for a Wiggins alone, the scale is not small.

After standing and recovering for a while, Wiggins stepped off the platform and opened the door to the meditation room.

A female servant brought a small basin of water from the shelf next to it: "Master Chief."

Wiggins cleaned his hands and wiped them with the handkerchief handed over by the waitress.

As soon as he finished this set, a young man turned around at the end of the corridor.The young man has light brown eyes and is dressed in an ordinary and neat light-colored magic robe, looking gentle and stable.

Wiggins stood still, watching the other party walking towards him: "Noah?"

Noah approached him and glanced at the waitress next to him.The waitress lowered her head and walked away consciously.

Wiggins waited for the maid to walk away before asking in a low voice, "Has the letter been sent?"

"Sent it." Noah replied, "One to Wang Ting and one to the Southwest Army."

"That's good." Wiggins smiled and walked around Noah towards the corridor behind him.

"Do you know what you are doing?" Noah turned around and looked at Wiggins' back, "A letter about military affairs, sent to the object of the rumor... I hope you can clearly understand that I have issued it What kind of order."

"I've said this question many times—I'm just talking about the facts." Wiggins stopped, turned his face, and replied calmly, "Since I saw Suoyang using civilians to hold the city gate, I have to Tell the person who has the decision-making power about this matter. Otherwise, the Southwest Army broke down the door unconsciously, not only because they disregarded human life, but also because I'm guilty of 'turning a blind eye'."

Noah said: "But they may not listen to your family."

"Do your best and obey the destiny." Wiggins said, "They will always know that my words are not false."

Noah's eyes drooped, and his tone was cold: "You just exposed your ability to others, have you thought about the consequences?"

"I have thought about it, but if I think too much, I don't have to do anything." Wiggins finally turned around and looked at Noah. "The ultimate whiteness should not consider too much profit and loss."

Noah raised his eyes and glanced at him: "If you don't care about gains and losses, you can't live."

"No one is easy to live, I am like this, and so is the black swan." Wiggins replied, "And my ability is still usable, so I may not be able to walk this path."

"Anyone can say big words, let's discuss some practical things." Noah said, "You sent a letter about military affairs to the royal court who issued the military order, and the Southwest Army who executed the military order, which is equivalent to offending the royal court, The Southwest Army... Oh, there may be Rose Color and His Royal Highness. At the same time, you have not reported to the Third Highness in advance, and I am afraid that the Third Highness may not save you."

Of course, Wiggins has heard these inferences long ago, but he still insists on his own ideas: "I am going to take this opportunity to break away from the image of the faction of His Highness, and at the same time take the first step of only thinking about the common people and not fearing any powerful forces. .A letter may not be a big deal, but it can pave the way for me."

Earlier, Noah had heard Lichen analyze the possibility of "Extreme White", so he didn't completely underestimate Wiggins' intentions.But this move, Noah felt that it was difficult for him to see.So in addition to the two letters ordered by Wiggins, the think tank of the temple also quietly sent letters to both Saenz and Li Chen, so that they could prepare for it.

"Then, please move forward at the pace you imagined." Noah's words seemed to be encouraging, but his tone was very indifferent, "I'll wait for the good news."