Osborne Heywood's 120 Tier 3 Imperial cavalrymen were speeding towards the distance.

The reason why the rapid march caused the elite three-tiered rebel Iron Spear Corps at the front and rear to become completely separated can be traced back to the already deceased David Felesev.

He had previously sent a letter to Osborne Heywood requesting assistance.

"Please provide us with immediate support! Our catapult units have been ambushed by the enemy! If this territory is blocked, we will be caught in a pincer attack by the Empire and the human lords ahead, turning into mincemeat! This is an emergency, provide immediate support!"

This very letter laid the foundation for Osborne Heywood's disastrous defeat right from the start.

"Enemy attack!!"

The wind rustled through the dense forest leaves, creating a dense, rustling sound that quickly grew louder. Osborne Heywood knew that the enemy must have learned of his marching route and had laid an ambush!

"Swish swish!"

The sound of catapults echoed through the dense forest. Although blocked by many large trees, three cavalrymen were still hit by the trebuchets, their brains splattering on the spot, and their horses were startled. "Hold the formation!" The cavalrymen's greatest fear was not being able to charge. Their strongest moment was when they had already established a state of mobile warfare through initial acceleration, but at this moment, they could not march quickly through the forest.

Because of their excessively fast pace, Osborne Heywood completely lost sight of the outside world—they were traveling too fast, leaving them no time to send out scouts to conduct reconnaissance before proceeding at a slower pace.

"Damn it, a large enemy force has been detected."

There were signs of troops appearing from all directions; they were surrounded.

Osborne Heywood felt a chill run through him...

“Surrounded…doesn’t that mean David Felesev’s entire army might have been defeated?” He looked around at the Imperial peasant archers and second-tier spearmen who were faintly visible…he even saw a few familiar faces among them…

“Kant, Apra, Flát… These are David Felesev’s veterans!? Did they surrender? Or have they been defeated…”

A sense of despair began to spread.

The 120 elite Tier 3 cavalrymen were unable to perform effectively due to the limitations imposed by the forest terrain, but the enemy's movement speed was exceptionally fast, like a raging storm, and they were able to encircle them.

What was initially a three-sided encirclement turned into an enemy force appearing even in the rear...

"attack!!!"

Osborne Heywood had no idea that Su Yue was merely launching a feint attack on his vanguard.

Even with his exhausted men and horses, it would be impossible for him to annihilate 120 elite Tier 3 troops in a short time.

Therefore, the encirclement in front is just an illusion and a feint attack.

His real target was Osborne Heywood's slow-moving, disorganized 530-man follow-up force!

"Attack one point fiercely, causing confusion and bewilderment among the enemy commanders, then immediately turn around and attack the other side of the enemy forces, completely penetrating and cutting off their lines..."

"The terrifying White Horse Lord."

The dwarven scouts stared in awe at the scene from their high vantage point.

The view from the high place is unobstructed, overlooking the lower area.

Abbott Bodu watched helplessly as the human empire's rebel army, who could easily break through the encirclement, relentlessly charged forward, ignoring the gaps in their rear and flanks, and fell silent. The White Horse Lord's wisdom and strategic abilities still deeply impressed him.

...

The 530th Rebel Elite Steel Spear Regiment was suddenly ambushed by the enemy in the woods.

The war raged on.

They couldn't see where the enemy and their opponents were at all.

Griffins circled and soared in the sky above the forest.

It brought terrifying morale suppression and damage!

The eight griffins were divided into two groups, with two griffins being sent to harass and block the 120 elite knights of Osborne Haywood, the rebel lord.

The remaining six griffins were all deployed by Su Yue to the real targets and attack points in the rear!

"A giant griffin!!! A fifth-tier griffin! A high-level unit!"

"Ahhh!"

The cries of agony came from the 530-strong elite rebel steel spear regiment, whose morale began to crumble.

"Your griffin joins the battle, dealing a blow to enemy morale. Enemy morale -3."

"Your white horse has appeared on the battlefield, causing a damage to the enemy's morale. Enemy morale -3."

"Artifact Arachnid, 'Slow' and 'Sadness' activated, -5 enemy creature speed, -3 enemy creature morale."

The successive blows to morale directly reduced the enemy's overall morale by nearly one-tenth.

Su Yue rode his newly promoted second-tier white horse, Sleipnir!

Charge at the enemy!

"charge!!!"

"charge!"

The newly surrendered soldiers, influenced by the high morale and fierce fighting of the second-tier blind warriors and wolf fighters, were further energized by Europa's offensive rhythm!

The infantrymen, like cavalry, plunged fiercely into the enemy's lungs!

"Ahh!"

"Kill them!"

A piercing scream, the clanging of metal, and the splash of blood echoed in Su Yue's ears on his white horse, Sleipnir. Su Yue listened to the sharp, explosive clash of weapons as the knight's momentum slammed into the weakest point on the human rebels' left flank!

40 points of terrifying lord power, plus the sharp weapon of the artifact Arachne!

He sent four elite rebel soldiers of the Steel Spear Corps flying as Su Yue charged into the battlefield, brandishing his longsword and beginning to reap the lives of the enemy!

The morale of the rebels' elite Iron Spear Corps continued to decline.

The white horse Sleipnir reared up its hooves!

It actually trampled an enemy infantryman to death with a single hoof. Because of the presence of horseshoes, the iron hooves of warhorses were extremely powerful, and the force of a hoof strike was at least several hundred kilograms.

"puff……"

A soldier from the elite Iron Spear Regiment of the rebels, his armor dented, was trampled to death by Sleipnir, and Su Yue slit his throat with his longsword, a side slash!

This moment feels like playing Mount & Blade: Warband!

He became a true general on the battlefield.

"I haven't had a chance to make a move before..."

Su Yue couldn't help but feel a surge of emotion. The clanging of metal and the sounds of iron and blood, the shouts of battle, made his blood boil and hard to calm down.

The corpses piled up all around, and Europa swung a thrown hand axe.

His figure riding a chestnut horse was equally heroic and unparalleled.

For the first time, Su Yue had the leisure to appreciate Europa's beautiful figure. She charged left and right across the battlefield, and no soldier could defeat her in one turn... It should be noted that Su Yue had seen Europa's attributes; Su Yue's strength attribute was 40 points.

What is Europa's Strength attribute?

A whopping 744 points!

In other words, if she wanted, she could even lift a giant dragon, or even a Behemoth.

The archangel never used his full force.

But his loyalty to Su Yue, and that faint feeling of being the sixth brother, always made Su Yue suspicious.

Is Europa really the sixth oldest?

The enemy forces surrounding him had been cleared out. The elite guard, five third-tier Innsmouths, nodded to the scout Ragnar beside them. The Cthulhu they spoke was a language that no other unit could understand, except for Su Yue. Therefore, they had formed a one-sided, absolute loyalty to Su Yue.

—The scouts of the Kremlin and the people of Innsmouth do not form factions within their territory.

The devil cultists beside Su Yue, who were not part of the army, also joined the reaping at this moment.

"Gold coins, gold coins!! They're all living gold coins!"

Su Yue looked at the status bar and saw a second-tier devil follower with signs like "Greed," "Desire for Profit," and "Death to Anyone Who Blocks My Wealth" on his forehead... He couldn't help but chuckle to himself.

As expected, the 530-strong elite Iron Spear Regiment of rebels were completely routed!

This is a battle with no suspense whatsoever!

Starting with the implementation of the strategy by the Soviet Union and Vietnam.

And when that lord abandoned his follow-up troops and chose to quickly support David Felesev, only to be blocked by the dense forest terrain.

The scales of victory were tipping in Su Yue's favor.

However, these are not the main points of this battle!

Looking at the large number of treasure chests being escorted behind the elite steel spearmen, Su Yue smiled and asked, "How many gold coins are there?"

Europa exclaimed, "It should be a massive treasure worth over 500,000 gold coins!!"

Su Yue laughed and gently stroked Europa's chestnut hair, saying, "This great war actually helped us seize a huge fortune of nearly 1.1 million?! This isn't a war, it's practically robbery!"

His three-tiered council only provides a little over 5,500 gold coins a week, and that's after including the bonus from his hero talent "Jackal Lord: Your territory's gold coin resource production +10%". Players can only dream of that.

Besides the top guild leaders in Turin, national institutions, and top players from major guilds around the world who have the advantage of pooling resources.

No one can gather 200,000 gold coins right now.

Even if they could raise the money, they would be bankrupt.

But what about Su Yue?

In one of his great battles, due to the enemy's looting and burning of two human empires' territories and towns, all the treasures and wealth ended up in Su Yue's hands, benefiting others. The imperial rebels betrayed the empire, and the looted treasures and gold and silver would all become Su Yue's subsequent war funds. Just thinking about this made Su Yue feel smug, not to mention the devil cultists' ability to amass wealth.

Even taking into account the inherently greedy nature of Abraham, the great devil, who resembled Mammon.

His Canaanite territory will likely become the future center of wealth for the entire region.

It's a paradise of wealth!

"The economic base determines the superstructure. A profit of over 1 million gold coins, that's truly unbelievable!"

Su Yue immediately informed the devil cultists to begin clearing the battlefield and asked a third-tier swindler, "What's your name?"

“Hehe, my name is John William, my lord. You may also call me by my nickname, ‘Black Fox’.”

Su Yue said, "Quickly gather your church members, load all this treasure into wagons and take it back! You lost 1,000 gold coins, I'll use your head and skull to brew wine." Of course, Su Yue wasn't that cruel; these were his subconscious reactions.

When dealing with these devilish cultists, believers of Abraham the sixth, the more gentle, kind, and compassionate you are, the less these evil forces will treat you like a human being.

On the contrary, the more brutal you are, the more they like it.

This is purely due to Su Yue's insight into and grasp of human nature.

Wearing hemp clothing.

Outwardly, John William, the "Black Fox," a Tier 3 special NPC, looks like an ordinary farmer, dressed in tattered clothes and wearing muddy, wrinkled leather boots. But in reality, he is a genuine Tier 3 elite believer and a merchant guild leader of the Devil's Church.

"Please rest assured, sir, unless I die, the enemy will not be able to take a single gold coin from me!"

"Are these your gold coins or mine?"

John William the Black Fox shrieked, “Of course it’s yours! Our lives and doctrines were ordained by you! You are the only king of this land!”

Flattery and bootlicking are the second characteristic of devil cult members.

Su Yue was indifferent to flattery; he only cared about reality.

"Idiot, get back to work."

"Yes!! To be insulted and verbally abused by adults is truly an honor for me!"

"..."

Europa instinctively frowned. The beautiful, flawless, fair-skinned, and elegant archangel girl gazed at the scene of the devil cultists and said softly, "Master, do you really want to let them expand like this?"

Su Yue turned his face gently and said, "A new group of preachers from the Holy Church have arrived in the territory and are being baptized and preaching. They seem to be members of the St. John's Brotherhood within the Holy See. Europa, if you don't want the Devil Cult in the territory to become too powerful, go back and meet them for me."

"ah!!"

For the first time, Europe was so close to the Soviet Union on the battlefield.

A gentle breath fell on my face.

Her face was flushed crimson... She looked at Su Yue with a flustered and absent-minded expression.

Even her waist was trembling slightly; the scene was breathtakingly beautiful.

Su Yue coughed lightly, regaining his attention, and said, "Notify the troops to counterattack and surround Osborne Heywood!"

He was also very interested in the elite Tier 3 Imperial cavalry of the human race.

"I now have over 1,400 men in total, including captured second-tier archers and spearmen... Most of them are currently injured and unable to join the battle... They are retreating to their territory. If we can also capture this batch of cavalry, our plan to attack the dwarves in the northern fortress will be even more secure."

Su Yue analyzed the pros and cons in his mind.

However, the most troublesome thing is that the dwarves' northern fortress has a huge terrain advantage. This is also why he didn't choose logistics magic before, but instead chose "pathfinding - 15% terrain obstacle". Because attacking uphill is extremely difficult.

Dwarven catapults and iron troops have taken over the mountain peak!

Looking down from a high vantage point!

The soldiers would have to fight uphill, braving dwarven boulders, arrows, and oil, as well as massive defensive fortifications. Breaking through the northern fortress would be extremely difficult.

Historically, it has always taken several times the blood of the attacking side to capture such a defensive position on a mountaintop.

It's like a meat grinder.

Furthermore, another point is that Su Yue, attacking from above, could not possibly launch a surprise attack or flank assault on the dwarf fortress. Because attacking from a high vantage point would completely negate their intelligence coverage, meaning all their soldiers would be operating with their cards in the air.

Pincer movement is impossible to execute; the only option is a direct confrontation.

"Perhaps a night raid would be effective... There are torches in the dark, what a hassle."

"These dwarves from the northern fortress have appeared on my bed. How can I allow others to sleep peacefully on my bed?"

Su Yue was fully aware that if he wanted to expand his territory, he would inevitably clash with the dwarves of the northern fortress sooner or later, and not just any ordinary conflict, but a large-scale conflict, or even a war.