Chapter 143: Shocking changes

"Crio. I was not impulsive at that time," Essin said after a long time. "But he made a try after careful consideration. Although he was not satisfied with the result, he at least gave me some enlightenment."

"What's the meaning?"

"As for today, I got a new news. A secret message." Essin said softly. "You may not know that I went to the magician early this morning."

"That...the magician responsible for magic communication?"

"Yes. The church people choose to be neutral...so our Duke of Byron can only find those wild mages who are willing to accept employment to take on this job. Coincidentally, this person in Fornoros is an acquaintance I knew in the past. I was originally chatting with him, but I learned the latest news."

"What news?"

"Creo, are we friends?"

"Yes, a friend of life and death."

Essin looked around carefully before speaking, "The little queen has seen her quickly along the mountain road. Perhaps now the forward has entered the Duke of Byron's territory. The city still knows nothing about this news."

"How is that possible?!"

"Yes, because the ground sink happened," Essin said softly. "As a result, a flat land was unexpectedly formed, so that the little queen could easily pass through the terrain that could not be passed without any extra effort."

"But...I remember according to the distance... the Duke should be able to return in time to intercept her."

"If she was foolishly rushing to Fornoros City, then that was true. But if it were the commander of Ashu Rufate behind his back... then he wouldn't do that. He would set up a formation to fight Byron at the end of the mountain road."

"Ah, what does this mean? Lord Duke has three times the advantage of military strength."

"Yes, three times the advantage of military strength... But this time, Ash Rufate chose the battlefield that suits him. And he will have plenty of time to arrange the battlefield. If he didn't have any chance of winning, then he will have 30% chance of winning now. These 30% chance of winning were completely given to him by Byron himself. Since Byron can give the enemy 30% chance of winning this time, then he will give the enemy more chances of winning next time."

"ah……"

"Creo, would you take a risk with me?"

"What kind of adventure?"

"We have one last chance. A chance to return to the Little Queen's camp!" Essin's eyes looked at the face of his good friend.

"Impossible!" Clio replied. "That time, we took the lead in arresting her. And you are her personal guard. I am her court official... Do you think she will forget that kind of thing? That's completely delusion! We two are... like Byron, the most unforgivable traitors. Others may be easy, maybe they will be forgiven when they cry, and maybe they can explain their motives with reasons that the situation has to do. But we... have no way to look back at all. We are already tied to Duke Byron."

"Yes, it's just us two, there's no chance." Essin replied. "The little queen will not forgive us. But there is still one person in this Fornoros city. As long as he helps, we have...a great chance."

Clio was stunned for a moment and immediately understood who the person Essin was referring to was.

...

The result of the striker's fight was not unexpected at all.

It should be said that after discovering the true scale of the Little Queen's army, the enemy immediately lost the courage to fight head-on. Byron also arranged a unit on this road. Because at first, he predicted that the Little Queen might send a team to attack from the mountain road. Of course, the unit arranged by Byron was used to deal with the imaginary detachment with a force of about a thousand men, rather than the current situation. The enemy's commander immediately chose to retreat. Although this practice caused great losses to him, at least he withdrew with the remnants. If he wanted to fight a blocking battle, he would definitely be wiped out.

In front of us, there are camps abandoned by the enemy. Judging from the traces left on the battlefield, this is not a very fierce battle, so there are not many casualties. This situation is easy to happen in civil wars. In fact, most soldiers did not even choose to escape after seeing the defeat, but chose to surrender. But even so, this place was a rather bloody scene.

Before the little girl arrived at the camp, she saw a corpse whose head was split halfway. The body was lying horizontally on the ground, with the white brain mixed with red blood, dyeing the ground beneath her into a strange pattern. She quickly staggered her eyes and did not dare to look at these corpses again.

Is this war? It is different from the killings that occurred in Eagle City before. Because no matter whether it is seeing the robbers killed by Ash Rufate or the massacre in the warehouse, at least there is no guilt in my heart. But in this situation... I can't help but have a question like "If I didn't do this, will these people not die?"

"Your Majesty, our army has won." Baranka brought this news from the front. "60% of the enemy was destroyed by our side, and the remaining troops escaped. Do you need to send light cavalry to pursue further?"

"No, there is no need." The little girl replied.

...

"Quick! Speed ​​up the marching!" Byron ordered.

He already knew that the little queen had passed through the mountain road. What he said before at the military meeting was not a lie. In fact, it was the same. Buying a senior general is always a complicated and low-successful job, but it was too easy to buy a lower-class soldier and officer, especially mercenaries. The little girl's army chose the mountain road, and quickly passed the magic communication to first arrive in Fornoros City, and then sent it to Byron.

This also relies on the advantage of the civil war. In addition, because it has more than half a year as a buffer, Byron can calmly arrange everything. If an ordinary two countries fight, this approach is not advisable.

In any case, this means that Byron's previous efforts, including the solid camp he set up, the fortress castles and hoarded combat supplies, etc., were all in vain.

"Duke," a subordinate rushed over from behind. "You must be calm."

"Calm down?" Byron exhaled. "Don't worry, I'm calm. I admit that the little girl is very bold and lucky, but even so, it will not affect the overall situation. We still have three times the enemy's strength, and the city of Fornoros is not at risk of falling."

Having said that, the feeling of falling from "100% victory" to "99%" is still very annoying. Although this is not worth fearing, it still makes him feel the veins on his forehead thunder. This feeling is like you have carefully prepared a perfect meal, but the guests are not willing to come to the door.

"Duke, according to the latest situation, the enemy did not take any further action after defeating our garrison troops. They should be waiting for us there." The subordinate advised. "Since they have no intention of attacking the city of Fornoros, we may as well take steps forward."

"I'm right, I'm too impatient." Byron nodded. "Camp early today and move forward at normal marching speed tomorrow." He clenched his fists fiercely. "I don't believe that I will lose to that little girl. Is there any news in Fornoros City?"

"No, Lord Duke. According to Lord Baier, everything is normal in the city. And he has implemented military control in the city in case of precautions. Even if the enemy has any tricks, he cannot use it."

"Very good." Byron nodded. This son was doing a great job. As long as there was no problem with Fornoros City, Byron felt that he had no chance of losing. "Is there any other news?"

"General Hant brought news," the subordinate reported. "He apologized to you. His troops suffered serious losses under the attack of the Little Queen. Do you want to join him?"
Chapter completed!