The old emperor Huntington Frederick even saw the shadow of the 6th-tier Vanguard Squire Knights among them, and couldn't help but look forward to it, "100+ 6th-tier Vanguard Squire Knights."

"The Empire also has more than ten Tier 5 chariots, and around 50+ catapults..."

"Imperial Tier 3 Iron Shield Infantry..."

Listening to the intelligence provided by Emperor Huntington in the lord's log, Su Yue laughed and said, "Catapults, prepare to fire!"

"Prepare to launch!"

A motley crew of dwarven catapults, ratmen catapults, and human empire catapults (in the last row) were positioned on the catapult platform behind the city wall, with four units distributed along the wall and beginning to load giant rocks!

"put!!"

—Intermediate Ballistics (Blue): Your catapults (siege engines) deal +35% damage and have a chance to attack twice, with a 60% chance to hit the wall and a 50% chance to hit the maximum attack. Unless the walls are completely breached, the chance to hit the arrow towers is less than 60%.

Webo Jan Dragimir wore a masked Imperial heavy armor, and even his horse was fully armed. This set of equipment was extremely heavy, definitely armor of tier six or higher!

"Oh? Their catapults are already running?"

"My lord, should we use the Pegasus and Griffin troops to devour their catapults? Or perhaps we could drop plague upon their territory from the air?"

The adjutant beside him laughed. In their eyes, the lord of Canaan was just a ridiculous obstacle on the road. Their real target and enemy should be the coastal town of the empire—Chivel!

The so-called Canaan territory before us, and the newly promoted lord with a high reputation (high legendary status) in the vicinity, Lord Su Yue of the White Horse, is nothing but a ruin trampled under the iron hooves of the empire.

The massive imperial army of tens of thousands began to line up horizontally, gradually forming a huge, crescent-shaped "I" formation!

The candlelight and moonlight illuminated the darkness as Webo Jan Draghimir looked up at the sky.

His expression suddenly turned somewhat surprised!

"Intermediate ballistics!?"

"No, even intermediate-level ballistics techniques couldn't produce such destructive power."

Like a rain of fire and meteors, the rocks were accelerated in mid-air by powerful potential energy, and the "Soldier King" buff increased the attack power of all Imperial units by 35%.

Su Yue's Imperial field catapults, like the Grim Reaper wielding a scythe of death, exploded into the ranks of the Tier 3 Imperial Shield Infantry, instantly kicking up three meters of dust and mud. Nearly 80+ troops were killed by this single attack!

"It's truly terrifying in terms of destructive power; his catapult is at least one to two times more powerful than a normal catapult."

Lieutenant Lyudmila Emas asked, "Do we need to disperse the formation?"

"No need. The enemy only has 10 catapults, 8 of which are extremely powerful and will not cause much casualties to our army. Defeating them will allow us to replenish our troops."

Lyudmila Emas said, "The shepherd requests an audience."

"Let him come."

Webo Jan Dragimir adjusted the position of his warhorse's hooves. The enemy clearly had no idea where their commander was outside the camp. A priest of the Orthodox Movement, dressed in a black robe and wearing a hood, bowed and said:

"Lord Weber Yang, the Holy See of the Bato Empire has issued a 'Statement on the Containment of Evil Believers in the Canaan Territory.' There are probably countless anti-Giddy followers hidden within the Canaan Territory. We need to have a round of negotiations with them before the war begins."

"oh?"

The massive Imperial troops and civilian rebels included many homeless people from the Eastern Expedition. Many of them were not active Imperial troops, but retired Imperial veterans.

These veterans, retired from the front lines of the empire, drank heavily, fought, and lived precarious lives in their territories. The nobles saw them as destabilizing factors in their lands. They spent their days drinking and spreading the empire's former prestige, expressing their discontent with the "illustrious and wealthy."

The gap between the rich and the poor led them to rediscover their former armor and weapons, swords and warhorses, and follow the leader of the Eastern Expedition—"First-Class Imperial General" Hines and Pope Innocent IV, the "Initiator of the Holy Movement"—to challenge the theocracy and faith of the Holy Church of the Bathotid Empire.

The shepherds scattered ashes along the empire's battle lines, and large numbers of troops, upon contact with the dust, became indistinct in the darkness, entering a state of semi-invisibility!

"Invisibility!"

"Healing Magic: Constant!"

"Divine blessing!!"

One by one, the empire's warhorses were subjected to berserk spells, their pupils turning completely red... Shepherds ran around, and the imperial cavalrymen, who believed in heretical sects, were fanatical, as if they wanted to rebuild the Lord's new divine authority and empire in the mortal world.

Correcting the enemy base's mistakes!

This army, imbued with faith, possessed a morale far exceeding others' expectations. To gain control of the seas, they were determined to destroy Canaan, a land of constant warfare! But before that, a shepherd in black robes, amidst the starlight of the night and tens of thousands of troops…

Alone.

Amidst the vast sea of ​​tens of thousands, they marched toward the front of the Canaanite territory:

"Your Excellency Su Yue, Lord of Canaan, on behalf of the great Pope Innocent IV, I extend my respects to you and the people of your land, and hope that you will join our Eastern Expedition! Let us sweep away all evil within the Empire!"

"The scales of the stars have already swayed, hindering the true believers of the Lord from ruling the mortal world, which will lead to tragedy and death in your territory, showcasing the most cruel side of the Lord."

On Sleipnir, Su Yue, riding a white horse, looked at Europa and Abraham behind him, and asked, "What should we do?"

Abraham laughed and said, "The Devil's Cult is not like them..."

He comes from the abyss.

The heretics before them were clearly a rebel force representing the power of the poor, opposing the imperial papacy and the "distinguished"...

"There's only one priest in front of us. Killing him won't help. Let's stop him from spreading his heresy and banish him."

Su Yue's second volley of catapults had already been raised to their aiming positions, and he also noticed that some of the Imperial Eastern Expeditionary Rebel troops had entered stealth mode.

"Prepare for battle!"

...

"Negotiations have failed. Prepare for war!!"

"Boom!"

Covered in iron armor, the fully armed Imperial Expeditionary Cavalry, except for the eyes of their horses, suddenly charged towards the Canaanite territory, raising clouds of dust under the command of Webo Jan Dragimier!

"The engineering equipment is being transported!"

"Their city walls aren't very high... I wonder how strong their defenses are?"

Webo Jan Dragimir looked at the blurry scene in the distance in the darkness, his warhorse snorted, and the 3,500 men on the left flank, along with more than a thousand cavalry, charged toward the Canaanite walls like an iron torrent; the Pegasus troops on the right flank, along with a massive number of dark Imperial infantry legions, formed a dark, imposing line of troops, pressing toward Su Yue's left flank Canaan defense zone.