Chapter 1223: Plundering Victory
At noon that day, Li Ran finally returned to his stronghold. After a few days of rest, he received the first order from Duke Fordmaar to support and surround a Salanka legion.
Li Ran dared not neglect the first mission to come here. After a quick gathering, the First Legion had already set off that afternoon. If the two legions were scheduled to set off the next day, a total of about 100,000 troops were sent.
The target of the rescue was a marquis of the elemental clan of the Valencia Empire. However, what is depressing is that the Fire Elemental Leader did not seem to appreciate Li Ran's arrival. In one aspect, he even believed that Li Ran came here to seize the merits.
The teammates and generals couldn't help but feel a little depressed about this guy's discouple. In the eyes of some people, it was better to withdraw their troops on their own side, so they let this guy fight to the death with the other side.
However, for Li Ran, who had just arrived here, he strictly carried out the tasks given to him by Fordumar. Although the Fire Elemental Leader was extremely uncooperating during the cooperation process, he still attacked him from the front and back and successfully repelled and besieged the barbarian legion.
After two days of fighting and repelling the Salanka reinforcements who came to rescue several times during this period, Li Ran's side finally successfully defeated the barbarian army retreating on a hill. When it comes to how to distribute these spoils, Li Ran was not polite this time. The prisoners he took were far above the Fire Elemental Leader, both in terms of quality and quantity.
This move undoubtedly made the Fire Element Lord, whose temper was already exposed, very angry. If it weren't for fear of the Count of Telres, he wouldn't have let him go at this time. However, at this moment, he had no choice but to watch Li Ran take away the vast majority of the barbarian captives.
I think he would definitely slander Li Ran when he came back, but compared to other teammates, Li Ran seemed to be indifferent to all this. Even on the way back, he personally called generals at all levels to explain, and in the future he would fight to fight for such a thing, which made his generals at all levels really excited.
"Brother Ran, if we do this now, aren't you afraid of arousing the opinions of the noble lords of Greenohm?" However, that night, Cai Chang couldn't help asking curiously.
Seeing the other teammates' expressions of confusion, Li Ran smiled and said, "Purpose drives war, and war is only for profit. If we don't fight for these things at this time, it will seem a bit unreasonable. And I also believe that Commander Ford Mart here will not be a stingy person."
When he heard Li Ran seemingly something was in his words, the teammates present were not saying anything. After returning to the stronghold, Li Ran also summarized the battle report and then sent someone to the Holy Spear Fortress as soon as possible.
The next night, when Fordonmaar and others in the Holy Gun Fortress learned about this, Valencia expressed serious protests, while Aukington fanned the flames. Only the legendary duke himself smiled and did not express his opinion.
On the other hand, as both sides' battlefields were concentrated here at this time, wars of all sizes and sizes occurred frequently in the next period of time. As for the commanders of both sides, they did not dare to be careless at this moment, because every battle that happened here may evolve into the final decisive battle.
Also as the battlefield intensified, the forces of both sides were quickly gathering here. Although I don’t know what changes would happen to the opposite Salanka Empire, on the Holy Falcon League, including the kings of several empires, I heard that they had arrived one after another with the elite legions of the capital.
"Mr. Fortonmar, you really have to come forward to take charge of this Telris." In the military parliament that day, a powerful lord from Greenoh said angrily: "I just cooperated with Marquis Yukov the day before yesterday and finally surrounded a barbarian army. This guy's cavalry regiment rushed over and launched an attack without asking anything. Afterwards, he still confronted us and snatched away most of our spoils."
Although this matter is nothing on the battlefield, plundering others' achievements for profit, when hearing the words of the lord, most of the people present showed depressed expressions, because over the past period of time, they have been more or less robbed by this Telres. If this person had not been strong enough in his troops, they might have fought with him long ago.
However, among them, someone smiled and said to the person who spoke just now: "You don't know this Earl of Telres. You dare to cooperate with Lord Yukov. Who will you rob if he doesn't rob you?"
When everyone heard his words, they were all happy in depression. It took not a day or two for the holidays between Telres and Marquis Yukov. Although he had many targets for looting during this period, most of them were still concentrated on the Aukington Empire, which was also a matter that everyone knew. Therefore, during this period, except for some lords who had the ability to complete tasks alone, others also tried to avoid cooperation with the lords of the Aukington Empire.
What made them feel depressed but not angry is that although this Earl of Telres who came from afar was a bit ugly, he rarely took the initiative to cause trouble as long as he did not involve the Aukington Empire. Even at some times, especially when helping other people, he was very active, including the one who was just talking to, who was rescued by Li Ran half a month ago.
However, at this moment, when hearing the talk of these lords, the major lords from the Aukington Empire were unhappy. After several people stood up at the same time to seriously condemn Li Ran's behavior, even Duke Tolkin expressed dissatisfaction to Fordmonmar.
Seeing that Duke Tolkien couldn't help but speak. As the supreme commander here, Fetonmar also said: "Okay, I will personally write him a letter to him to restrain himself. The purpose of our meeting is mainly to discuss a way to quickly reduce the opponent's troops. After all, from the current perspective, although we have the advantage of the number of troops, we still cannot guarantee the victory of the decisive battle. This is a major event that concerns all of us life, death, honor and disgrace."
Hearing Duke Fetonmar's words, everyone present changed their laughter just now, and then nodded with a serious expression. If Li Ran's affairs were just a matter of gains and losses, this matter was a major issue related to his own life and death. Facing the barbarians who regard human life as a must, no one wants to fall into their hands.
However, the troops of both sides were not very different at this time, and they did not dare to launch a large-scale attack even though they were afraid of throwing rats. In addition, after nearly a hundred years of war disputes, both sides were very familiar with their respective opponents and commands, so it was really difficult to hit the opponent hard before the decisive battle, so after a long time of discussion, there was still no completely feasible solution.
"If we want to eliminate the other party's vitality in one fell swoop, we must escalate a certain war so that we can induce more reinforcements from Salanka," said a man in the field at this time.
"Didn't this just now? But how can we induce them to come? Although those barbarians are simple-minded, they are not fools." Although they saw that the person who spoke was the military commander from the Aukington Empire, some people still couldn't help but retort.
At this moment, Duke Tolkien, who was sitting above, looked at the military commander and said, "Lord Cliusse naturally knows this problem, but have you forgotten the Lord Telris mentioned just now? He killed the Duke of Antipat with his own hands, including Duke Nuches, because his captives were killed. If he came as this bait, do you think the barbarians of Salanka would miss this opportunity?"
Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but lit up. Although they knew that the two of them sang and sang together, they just wanted to take the opportunity to get rid of Telres, who had a grudge against them, but on the other hand, what they said was indeed feasible, so after hesitation, they couldn't help but turn their attention to Commander Verton Mar.
After a while of silence, the legendary duke nodded and said, "Since everyone has this idea, let me think about it first. After all, this matter involves a lot. If it is really to be implemented, not only will the Silver Sea Fortress have a joint operation, but also the kings. I will also inform and confirm it first. There is also Earl Tyres himself. I believe everyone knows the dangers of this matter. I may have to go there and have a good talk with him at that time."
After receiving the reply from Fortonmar, everyone nodded. They believed that as long as the duke agreed, the matter would be settled for half. As for other matters, they only needed to cooperate to complete them.
"Wertonmar, why did you respond so easily?" After returning to the station after the meeting, Duke Mathil said with some concern: "Not to mention that this matter was intentional by those dwarves, it was Telres. Do you think he would agree? After all, this is a very dangerous thing."
After being silent for a long time, the legendary duke also spoke: "I also know that this matter is dangerous, especially for Count Telres, who has a deep hatred with the Salanka Empire, this matter is more likely to be a life-and-death death. However, if the alliance wants to ensure victory, Tolkien and others' method is undoubtedly the best opportunity. I have clearly stated that there are no outsiders here. In fact, I have been considering this matter for a long time, and this time it was just spoken out through their mouths."
"No wonder you have been ignoring the behavior of Telres plundering others before." Hearing Fortonmar's words, Mathil thought for a while and said, "It turned out to be the purpose, but Telres is very smart. Do you think he will really agree? After all, he is now considered a nobleman on our side. Although it is only a reputation, if he is forced, I am afraid that even if he agrees, the final effect of this matter will not be very good."
The legendary duke also sighed and said, "At present, I can only explain the situation to him and give me more benefits. I just hope this person will not be too stubborn."
Seeing that Fortonmar was also worried about this, Mathil shook his head helplessly. After talking about the operation of the empire's troops for a while, he also left here.
However, what he didn't know was that, shortly after he left, Fordonmare, who seemed to be thinking about the problem, suddenly said in a nearly self-talking voice: "Can speed up the decisive battle and avoid accidents in the long winter that lasted for several months. I'm afraid that the one who wishes to have such a battle."
Prince Telris from Khan Locke!
I sincerely hope that your strength will be able to keep up with your aggressive ambitions!
Let's not have to wait long again!
As the duke, who had a legendary experience, slowly stood up and walked to the huge floor-to-ceiling window, his eyes were solemn at this moment. Behind him, two silent followers also flashed their eyes after hearing this sentence, and then stood on the spot like puppets again.
Chapter completed!