When he saw the Marquis of Viola put his eyes on him, Li Ran smiled and bowed, saying, "I have heard of the name of the Rock Shield of the Marquis of Viola Empire, and I finally saw it today."

"No matter how famous you have, you are just a defeated general under your command. You don't have to laugh at me like this." This person seemed to be a little angry when he praised Li Ran.

Li Ran smiled again and said, "Sir, don't have to do this. I'm just telling the truth. I can resist the attacks of nearly 10,000 super-level cavalry and more than 20,000 top-level cavalrymen, and almost defeated us. I ask myself that in that case, it is impossible to do better than you. You deserve the name of the Rock Shield."

Hearing Li Ran say this, the Marquis of Viola looks a little slower, and at the same time he looks at the man and said, "I don't know if it's my honor to be so admired by the enemy. I admit that we really don't know you enough. I didn't expect you to have such a powerful command power. It seems that our old king is really easy to plot, and I know your thoughts, but I advise you not to have too much trouble."

After saying this, the marquis looked at Li Ran, thought for a while and said, "But as a prisoner, I can tell you one thing is that this war is not as easy as you think. Grand Duke Mednache is as thoughtful as the sea. In the past few decades, whether it is a civil war or a foreign war, he has never been defeated. He is the real famous general of our empire. All you have done may be within his plan."

Hearing this person's words, Li Ran stared at the Marquis of Viola and frowned slightly. Although he didn't know why this person said such words, Li Ran could see that with this person's personality, he shouldn't just to intimidate himself.

But when Li Ran wanted to continue testing, the Marquis of Viola refused to speak anymore. Seeing this, Li Ran had to ask someone to put the man in a cell first.

"Mr. Telris, you don't have to care too much about this person's nonsense. Maybe he just wasn't convinced and deliberately wanted to undermine our confidence." Seeing that Li Ran didn't speak for a long time and showed a little worried expression, someone couldn't help but step forward to comfort him and said.

The two consecutive victories allowed them who were originally desperate to see a glimmer of hope. At this time, they were naturally very worried when they saw the coach showing this expression, so they also felt so consolation.

As for the city lord's kindness, Li Ran also smiled and said that he had received it. But the next moment he asked Marquis Elicimo and said, "But according to my observation, this person should not be such a nonsense person. I wonder if the adults know this person?"

Hearing Li Ran's inquiry, the Marquis of Elicimo thought for a while and said, "As I said before, I have known this man for decades, and I know a little bit about him. This man became famous in the camp of Mednachi. He was an infantry commander at that time. He was promoted to baron because of his outstanding performance. Later, because he went deep into the underground world of Ioff, he was granted the Count and rewarded the city by the king. In the battle of protecting the country with Tatalia fifteen years ago, he was recommended to become a marquis by Mednachi for his outstanding performance."

After saying this, I knew what Li Ran was thinking about, so Elicimo thought for a long time and looked up at Li Ran and said, "Although I am from different factions from him, I have to say that this person's reputation has always been good. He is not a person who will talk nonsense after failure, so his words should have some meaning."

It would be fine if Li Ran said it alone. Now even Lord Elicimo said so. At this time, the other city lords were shocked and attacked twice in a row to wipe out Duke Mednachi's right-hand man. Although the duke had a legion of nearly 100,000 people and several large tribes to come to reinforce, everyone present was still a little confident. After all, from the perspective of military strength alone, they were not inferior to the other side, and they were in a favorable position for defense.

But at the moment they couldn't know what conspiracy was there. Li Ran discussed it and had to send a large number of scouts and air cavalry with the city lords to investigate.

At the same time, Elicimo was also lobbying to recruit those prisoners. In these two battles, Li Ran brought about 50,000 or 60,000 prisoners. If some of them could be recruited before the war began, it would be considered a combat power on the battlefield.

Three more days passed. In the afternoon, Li Ran and other city lords finally saw a large army rolling in the distance through a magical equipment similar to the telescope in reality, led by Duke Mednachi, one of the three major dukes of the Empire.

After integration, the huge army reached nearly 400,000 people, and the number of various baggage troops was astonishing. They began to rest and recuperate after arriving in an open area more than ten miles outside the city.

Just when Elicimo and others were a little puzzled why they did not attack immediately, the other party actually began to cut down trees and build defensive items such as horse blocking and picket stakes. At the same time, some top-level magicians began to use spells to build up defense lines, and were prepared to fight here for a long time.

"Do they see that we are too crowded and dare not attack?" Li Ran's side said curiously.

"Maybe I know it's impossible to conquer within a few days, so I'll prepare for a protracted war," said another city lord.

"What do you care about him? I'll do it when I come, and see who can waste it."

"Yes, we have no less troops than them anyway, and Lord Alicio has sufficient granary."

As the discussions came over here, Li Ran smiled and said nothing. Sometimes he would say a few words to everyone, but in fact, a hint of obscure uneasiness flashed in his heart.

It is obviously not a wise thing to surround other people's cities with the same force on the battlefield. Duke Mednache is a famous general. Logically speaking, he should not make such a mistake. The other party has set up this formation now, which is likely to have other strange plans.

The development of the matter was somewhat beyond Li Ran's expectations. For two consecutive days, the other party sent several teams to harass the place at the beginning, which made them panic, but their steps to build a defensive offensive have not stopped.

Three more days passed, and when Li Ran and the city lords were a little impatient, the air cavalry sent back brought back an important piece of information. After they expanded the reconnaissance scope according to Li Ran's order, they found two armies of more than 200,000 people in a long distance, and were heading towards the city of the two adults in the city.

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Chapter completed!