On the same day that the elves of Minas Ishir came to the King's Army camp, Holy Trinity Castle finally sent its own "Thunder Army" and left the castle that had gathered before. The light chariot quickly arrived at the front line and stopped at a place called "Sanjing Village" fifty miles away from the "King Army". From one hundred miles to fifty miles, this is a huge progress, and it also means that if the two sides want to start a war, they will definitely be able to meet within a day's itinerary.
Unsurprisingly, the contest between scouts began. The knights of the King's Army began to frequently appear near the Thunder Army's garrison with three people. Due to their superiority in military strength, the scouts of the King's Army could form more batches, but the effect was not satisfactory.
With the help of the priest's magic, the paladins of the Thunder Army charged at a sudden high-speed charge that the Kings Army had not expected at all, and shot down the scouts. After that, they disarmed the scouts, left only thin clothes with close body, gave them simple treatment, and allowed them to return. It is autumn now, and although the weather has not turned cold, there will be no problem with the health of these people, but this is a great blow to morale.
The Count had no choice but to recall these scouts, end the provocation, and summon Fitch to his side. "The frivolous noble children all thought they were invincible knights in the world, but in the end they could rely on only veterans - they could judge the situation and not be stripped naked and sent back." He said to Fitch: "But if you want to kill the sharpness of the opponent, you must solve the magical skills of those priests. I'll give you this task, Fitch!"
"I won't go."
This unexpected answer made the Count slapped the table in front of him, and the wine glass on it swayed and vibrated. "What do you mean if you don't go? Do you want to be a deserter?"
"I don't think this way of responding to the provocation is in line with the strategic purpose of this time," said Feiqi. "Don't worry. We came this time to show our strength and ultimately make the Archbishop feel that war is an undesirable means and that hostility to the United Kingdom is not good, so that he can retract his aggressive attitude in the lighthouse leader, not to really fight."
"I had opposed sending scouts before, especially those knights who were in the name of scouts but had no scout strength. They finally destroyed our momentum by using autumn outings." Feiqi said: "I can indeed solve the problem of spells when I go to the front line, but it will inevitably lead to direct conflict..."
"So what if there is a conflict? If you don't show such determination, you will lose all the money!" Earl Hall said: "Feich, now the Thunder Army has stronger confidence with the help of divine arts. This must be suppressed, otherwise the other party will have the courage to fight us truly. At this time, we need a hero to suppress the other party with irrefutable strength. This is like a duel in front of the formation, you can't retreat, do you understand?"
"I understand this, but winning a duel will not make the other party timid. They are all paladins and there is no fear."
"If you can suppress the morale on the opposite side, then I can go to the next step." Earl Hall seemed confident and said: "By the advantage of military strength, in addition to maintaining pressure on the front, you can also attack separately. Send multiple teams of no more than a thousand people, threatening the direction that the church cannot take into account. Let the church believe that if it is carried out on the front, even if it is successful, it will lose the most fertile and most important areas of the Kshu. Under the leadership of the elves, the model leader may fall apart, which will make the Kshu really take the opportunity to attack."
The method sounds good. "Those guys can't even do scouts and reconnaissance well. Wouldn't it be even more unstable if you divide them out? I saw clearly in the camp that these lords have few knight spirits. Most of them just want to loot official bandits, put gold coins into their waist bags and leave their infamy to the king. If they were released, they would only shout 'in the name of the king', 'in the name of justice', or even 'in the name of the goddess', but gold coins were always moved back to their castle."
"You can see that you have a lot of opinions about them, but I hope you are not implying that our Hall family finally took over the entire kingdom."
"I never had that idea. Andrew was able to become a king because of the family's own strength, trustworthy, actionable allies, and your command."
"I still have my command now, and the family is stronger than before." The Count said: "Every squad I sent out will be commanded by close-knit and truly capable lords. They can hold their troops, but they will never become bandits. I will tell them that this is a deterrent and alert mission, and that no one who acts privately will receive assistance, let alone rescue."
The Count's will is very firm, and he is the commander of the King's Army, so Feiqi still wants to execute the military order. "Then I will go and see the Thunder Army, hoping to come back as soon as possible. But Shani stays in the camp. If I need me, she has a way to call me back."
"No, let Shani go with you. Every man in the Hall family can at least protect the safety of his women and his family." The Earl said: "After you leave, it is very inconvenient to leave her a woman in the camp. Just settle it, don't refute it."
Feiqi thought about it and said that the priests of the Goddess Church would use many kinds of magical arts, but there was no spell that could teleport raids. Paladins and priests could become strong, tough, and extremely powerful with the assistance of magical arts, but they still had to slowly advance like ordinary soldiers to launch attacks, and they could become an insurmountable roadblock.
"What are you still hesitating about, are you worried about my safety?" Earl Hall waved his hand: "Do you think Grand Duke Aria never thought of killing me? My life is the best evidence. If you do your own thing, I will feel at ease."
Releasing Fitch is a helpless move. Staying by your side can better protect your son's safety. How can a father not know this? However, as the commander of an army, Earl Hall also knew that his son's plan was currently facing great difficulties. Archbishop Donde Mipp suddenly became tough and took tit-for-tat measures, not seeming to care about actually fighting, which is somewhat unexpected.
The entire plan was proposed by Feige and approved by Andrew. Success or failure is related to the reputation of the king and the Hall family. This is a plan based on strategic deterrence. The essence is to make the other party believe that "it is extremely difficult for me to win a miserable victory" and thus choose "rational concessions". But if the fight really starts, because the church still has great prestige among the people and between the lords, the war will only cause the United Kingdom of the Hoya nobles to fall apart, and will not bring any good results.
"It is necessary to find out what plans the Archbishop Donde Mipp has, and how many paladins and priests have in fighting determination." Earl Hall looked down at the sand table. He used a flag with a lightning logo to represent the Thunder Army, and the flag is currently in a strange position. It is close to the place that was previously dubbed "Send Death Mountain" by Hall and his son, and used the abrupt peak with only one spring as a "barrier" to hide behind it. If the Thunder Army wants to attack, it must first bypass the mountain, which is obviously losing its suddenness. And it does not have enough troops to really prevent the King's Army from taking the mountain and then causing a devastating blow to it. This is not to hide and seek around the pillars. What does it mean to arrange the troops there in an abnormal manner?
During the confrontation between Aria and Feinberg, Count Hall commanded many battles, but never saw such a strange situation. He thought silently and stood in front of the sand table with his hands behind his back. The people in the church did not have much command experience, but they did not lack combat experience. Whether it was Feinberg or Aria, they often hired church pastors to help with the war. Many times, church pastors stood beside the commanders and participated in the situation on the battlefield with them. The pastors of those days were now in the Thunder Army, and they had no reason to make such a low-level mistake.
"If it's really wrong, then Fitch will definitely make them look good." Earl Hall's finger was placed on the mountain. He believed that Fitch could definitely be condescending and teach the Thunder Army a lesson with powerful spells. "Even if that mountain is weird, Fitch can leave with teleportation, and others have no such advantage at all."
Earl Hall twisted the Thunder Army flag with his fingers and put it back in a bit annoyed. He raised his head and shouted to the room next to him: "Adminton, see when is it now, and if anyone has sent a letter!"
Soon, a letter was delivered to him. The envelope was ordinary brown, but there were indentations as complicated as clouds on the surface. The wax mud that sealed the envelope was red, but if you look closely, there would be some silver thin lines. This was a special oil mud that was extremely difficult to imitate. The Count carefully checked the pattern of the seal. It was indeed a cuckoo bird, so he carefully opened it.
He raised the letter paper and looked at the candle for a while, wrote a few lines on the paper, and then burned the letter paper and the writing paper. "Cook, I'm going to meet someone who has a special identity and cannot be known to others."
Cook is the adjutant of Count Hall, and he looks inconspicuous. He is about the same age as the Count, and may be a little older. He usually lowers his eyebrows and looks down and smiles at everyone. He always wears servants and housekeepers' casual clothes, and does some unimportant jobs such as serving tea and water. But Count Hall always takes him wherever he goes and always trusts him.
"I'll change you now," Cook said. "Where did we meet and how many people will follow the guards?"
"Just don't go out in the barracks, you can just follow." Earl Hall said: "This man came from the sect and was an important person that Mathers had installed many years ago. This time, there must be something very important, otherwise he would not have come here."
Cook frowned slightly: "Sir, if he is an important figure in the sect, how could he enter the camp?"
"At the night of Blood Meteor, this man wanted to escape, so he left the sect in the chaos, making everyone think he was dead. He secretly arranged for himself the identity of a Feinberg nobleman, but his aristocratic identity was actually prepared by Mathers, so he fell directly into the hands of the intelligence leader. The deeper he fell, the more he had to pass the message. When he entered the military camp, he used the Feinberg nobleman to respond to the King's Army."
Cook nodded and helped Count Hall to put on the clothes of the knight entourage, hide his beard with his collar, and cover his eyebrows with his hat. Just now, he suddenly heard a whoosh and bangs, and Fitch pushed the door from outside. The father and son looked at each other, and were very surprised.
"Didn't I ask you to investigate the Thunder Army? Why did you run back!"
"Uh, I went back to Shaqi Manor. Why are you dressed up like this? You can't go to meet someone intent, right?"
"Yes, I'm going to have a tryst. Is there anything else you have?" The count snorted, obviously speaking an angry word.
"I'll give you this." Feiqi opened the space bag and pulled out a "Magic Gun Type 05" from it. This strange weapon like a violin-like weapon is only equipped with the Knights of Hell. I have never heard of it outside, let alone experience it - but Feiqi did not hide it from the Earl of Hall. "I took it from the Knights to you for self-defense. I'll give you the space bag together so that you can carry it."
"I like this more." Earl Hall patted the sword on his waist: "If the sword is pulled out, you can fight, and your magic gun..."
"It can kill a heavy armored knight with one shot, which is something that a long sword cannot do." Feiqi stuffed the gun into his father's hand and said, "I made some special changes to this gun. You don't need to input mana, you just need to pull the trigger and can fire six times."
Earl Hall narrowed his eyes. He knew the magic gun, and at the same time he heard that the magic gun could only be used by people who could magic, and the one in front of him actually avoided this restriction. Obviously, this matter had a great impact and even directly related to the future of the Knights of Hell. He looked at the magic gun in his hand and handed it to Cook. "You use it, and you must use your own life to protect it, so that it cannot fall into the hands of the enemy."
"Uh, it's not that serious, I'll lose it. It's very difficult to imitate this gun, and its technology soon fell behind." Feiqi handed over the space bag and explained some precautions for use. "The main reason is that I'm not by your side, I'm always a little worried. By the way, my father, please don't do anything that's sorry to my mother."
Before Earl Hall threw the wine glass over, Fitch had already jumped into the space teleportation channel and escaped.
Cook smiled and put away his gun, then put on the knight's armor, becoming the one that was eye-catching. It was dark outside, and Earl Hall walked in front of him with a dim torch, as if the entourage was taking the knight's master back to his residence. The two of them walked around the camp for several turns and came to a whistle tower to the west.
This temporary sentry was built by the first troops to arrive. As the camp expanded, it had lost its meaning. It was originally supposed to be demolished, but Earl Hall had not issued this order, so no one did it. Now, this place has become the place where the count and intelligence personnel meet.
Cook walked in first, putting one hand on his sleeve and the other hand was not far from the space bag with the magic gun. There was only a man with a slightly hunched shoulder in the room. It was certain that he must have been a tall and burly character when he was young. Cook searched him to make sure there were no dangerous weapons, so he walked out of the post and nodded to Earl Hall.
Chapter completed!