On the night when Vivian came to Su Cheng and others' home,
June 20, 291 AD of the Britannian Empire,
21:30 in the evening.
Britannia Empire, western region, at the foot of a certain mountain.
Dots of "starlight" surround this mountain from all directions.
This scene that should be extremely beautiful is filled with a chilling atmosphere.
Because this little "starlight" is the light of the Britannian Army's military camp.
A temporary bandit-defeating army composed of 30,000 Uriel Knights recruits and 4,000 armored warriors surrounded the mountain.
This "layers of siege" is literally what it means. 34,000 people surrounded this mountain layer by layer. There was not a single gap. Not even a wild boar or a wild deer could escape.
Somewhere in this layer of surrounding network, there is a lookout made of wood.
On this observation platform, stood a middle-aged man wearing black and red armor, and a young man wearing white and red armor.
This middle-aged strong man held the black knight sword on his waist and quietly looked at the mountain surrounded by layers in front of him. Then he asked the young man standing beside him in a tone that was neither salty nor indifferent.
road:
"Enri, what time is it now?"
"21:30."
"Well, let's take a rest tonight and launch a general attack when the sun rises tomorrow! Destroy the bandits entrenched on this mountain!"
"yes!"
This middle-aged strong man and young man are Allen, who was appointed as the coach of the bandit army this time, and Enli, who was appointed as the deputy coach of the bandit army.
The Britannian Empire dispatched more than 30,000 troops, led by two high-ranking knights, to defeat them. To a certain extent, these bandits in the west should feel honored.
For this task of defeating bandits, Allen decided to adopt two general strategies: "concentrate superior forces and prepare for the enemy step by step" and "shoot mosquitoes with a siege crossbow".
Among the bandits in the west, there are 5 most powerful ones.
Allen decided to concentrate his forces and eliminate them one by one. After annihilating all the five most powerful bandits, he then dispersed his forces to eliminate the less powerful bandits.
The mountain in front of Allen and Enli is the base of one of the five most powerful bandit groups.
According to intelligence, the total number of bandits on this mountain is only more than 2,000. But as mentioned just now, Allen decided to adopt the general strategy of "shooting mosquitoes with siege crossbows", even though the total number of bandits on this mountain is only 2,000.
There were only a few people left, but Allen also ordered his bandit-defeating army to surround the mountain as if facing a formidable enemy.
However, there is still a small gap left.
This small gap was specially left for the bandits to flee, and was used to dampen the morale and fighting spirit of the bandits on the mountain.
Once people are in a situation of death, they often burst out with great fighting spirit and strength.
The purpose of leaving a hole for them to escape is to prevent them from having the opportunity to have such a will to die.
Of course, Allen was not so kind as to really give them a chance to escape.
Outside this escape hole specially reserved for them, a large number of soldiers and horses were ambushed.
The mission of this team of soldiers is to intercept and kill the bandits who escaped through this opening specially left for them.
Now, the encirclement network has been constructed and a general attack can be launched at any time.
If Allen is willing, he can wave the flag now and order his troops to attack.
But it was night now, and if we attacked the mountain in such pitch-black conditions that we couldn't see our fingers, there would undoubtedly be a lot of avoidable casualties.
In order to reduce casualties, Allen decided to postpone the general attack to the early morning of the next day.
"To be honest, I'm really curious about what the bandits on the mountain are thinking now." Enli smiled at Allen, who was standing next to him. "There are only about 2,000 bandits under his command who have not received any military training, but they were
Surrounded by tens of thousands of regular troops. The bandit leaders on this mountain must be desperate now."
"Although we are sure of victory now, we cannot be careless." Alan Chao Enli said, "After all, the bandits have the advantage of the geographical location. Although we have an absolute advantage in numbers, if we really fight, we will have to pay a lot of money."
There were quite a few casualties.”
Just when Allen and Enli were discussing the attack plan for tomorrow morning, a voice unique to young girls suddenly came from behind them:
"Ah! I found you two!"
After hearing the sound, Allen and Enli followed the sound in unison.
I found a little girl with silver hair and purple eyes sticking her head out from the wooden staircase of the observation deck, looking at Allen and Enli with a smile on her face.
"Your Highness Ilsa?!" Enli looked at Ilsa who appeared behind them in surprise, "Why are you here? It's too high here! Please be careful!"
"Enli, you underestimate me too much."
Ilsa continued to climb the wooden ladder so that her whole body could come out of the wooden ladder, while she rolled her eyes at Enli.
"I'm not the kind of soft and soft young lady who needs others to wait for her to wear clothes."
After saying that, Ilsa placed a small package on her back on the ground at the observation deck, and then untied it.
"Come on, eat quickly."
Inside the package, there were 3 chicken legs and some dried meat.
"Your Highness Ilsa, what are these?" Enli asked hesitantly.
"Hehe~ I just passed by the army's kitchen, so I dropped in from the kitchen~~"
A hint of childlike mischief appeared in Ilsa's eyes.
Although Ilsa was originally a child.
"Your Highness Ilsa..." Allen cast a helpless look at Her Majesty Ilsa, "You are stealing things..."
"I am the only granddaughter of the Emperor of Britannia!" Ilsa put her hands on her hips and said in a joking tone, "Who dares to report me for stealing... ah, no, take things! As long as you two don't go
Report me and no one will know that I went to the kitchen to get something!"
After saying that, Ilsa picked up a chicken drumstick with one hand and handed it to Enli and Allen.
"Okay, okay, eat quickly! I gave this to you two specially!"
Enli and Allen looked at Ilsa's lovely face, and then looked at each other for a while.
After the two of them smiled helplessly at each other in a tacit understanding, they stretched out their hands and took the chicken legs from Ilsa's hand.
After the two of them thanked Ilsa, they ate the chicken drumsticks that Ilsa had just handed over.
However, Allen did not eat the chicken drumsticks immediately after saying thank you like Enli.
Instead, he looked at the chicken drumstick in his hand with complicated eyes for a while, and then slowly handed the drumstick in his hand towards his mouth.
Looking at the two people who were gnawing on the chicken drumsticks she brought, Ilsa smiled happily, then picked up the last drumstick placed in the package and started to gnaw on it with Alan and Enli.
Three people of different ages, the commander, deputy commander and inspector of the bandit-fighting corps, stood on the small observation deck and gnawed on the chicken legs.
Chapter completed!