Chapter 400 Old Things and New Things!

Spring ploughing is over.

The serfs were conscripted and sent to the battlefield just after they finished farming.

After the spring plowing, the climate has become warmer and it is not easy to freeze to death.

The time for war has come.

The atmosphere in the Frost Moon Kingdom became even more tense.

The last time there was a civil war in the Frost Moon Kingdom, the Southern Kingdom was fighting a gold mine war.

During this civil war, the King of the South was on guard against the City of the Dead.

There was no room for anyone to take advantage of the situation.

Moreover, the scale of this civil war is smaller than the last one.

Rand and the Duke of Thorn did not participate, nor did Rand's allies, the Marquisate of Black and Tan and the Earl of Stag.

There were also some other small and medium-sized nobles who did not participate in this civil war.

But the number is not large.

Because great nobles like Rand will not be held accountable for being fence-sitters afterwards, but the same may not be true for small and medium-sized nobles.

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After spending a lot of time marching, at the turn of spring and summer, friction finally began to arise between the armies of both sides.

Overall, the old aristocracy is still in power.

Whether it is political power or military power.

An old noble from the Royal City faction was leading the army on the march.

The two armies had not yet fully understood each other's positions and were scattered across the vast battlefield.

From time to time, you will encounter the opponent's knights or scouts.

But it is still difficult to figure out the enemy's exact location.

The battlefield is a place that tests a person's psychological quality and judgment ability.

This wasn't like the real-time strategy games Rand had played in his past life.

It is difficult for an army commander to obtain much battlefield intelligence from the sporadic enemies he encounters.

The battlefield is not all flat plains, there are also hills, forests, and rivers.

However, a head-on battle is necessary after all, at least that's what the old noble from the Royal City faction thinks.

The outcome of the battle is always decided by powerful noble cavalry, and nothing else is critical.

Unless someone has the military command ability like Earl Lander.

But the old nobles did not think that there would be a second Earl of Lander.

Although this old nobleman knew that many young nobles had studied in church schools.

In fact, the younger generation of his family also went to study, and has now graduated early and returned to the family.

There has indeed been a lot of progress, but the old nobles do not think that it can change the war ecology much.

The younger generation is far from taking control of the war.

The war frictions during this period also proved this point.

There are always some young nobles who think they are smart and want to do some harassment with a small force, but they are caught by his main force of knights. Now the young noble has been captured by him.

It was another few days of marching, setting up camp, making fire, resting, and breaking camp.

Afterwards, the old noble finally roughly determined the approximate location of the enemy army.

This time, the confrontation between the Royal City faction and the Queen's faction was also a battle involving large armies.

That is, a large army consisting of a large number of conscripts, some mercenaries, and a small number of cavalry.

Generally speaking, levies are only used for logistics and to consume enemy arrows.

There will also be a few cases where combat will occur.

But basically, mercenaries and cavalry are the main force in the war.

It was another morning, and after breaking camp, the two legions met each other.

Both sides have the same configuration, with military knights, mercenaries, and conscripts.

The old nobles of the royal city chose the most traditional tactics.

Order the conscripted troops to attack.

The other side did not shoot arrows or send out conscripted soldiers, but instead used mercenaries to fight in the front.

The mercenaries sent by the queen brandished their weapons, and the conscripts of the royal city's legion fell like wheat.

Soon the conscripts, whose morale was already low, became discouraged.

Begin to hesitate.

But the supervisors in the rear will force them to move forward with sharp knives.

And when the mercenaries sent by the queen are exhausted, the cavalry and mercenaries sent by the royal city will charge together.

The old nobles of the Royal City faction looked indifferent.

His tactics were indeed nothing new, but there was a reason why they were used by human nobles all over the world and passed down from their ancestors to the present day.

It must have its superiority and value.

Then comes victory.

The opponent wants to cherish the conscripts, but this is obviously a mistake.

The commander of the Queen's army on the opposite side was obviously a young and strong nobleman.

I want to change the war mode a little, but it seems that it is not working.

All I can say is that if you don’t understand it, don’t learn Count Rand’s tactics.

The old noble of the Royal City faction stroked his beard.

Back then, during the last civil war, he had fought against the infantry regiment led by Rand.

That's right, he was the commander of the 2nd Legion that fought against the 5th Legion led by Rand.

He suffered a great loss that year.

But now he is full of energy.

In order to avoid any unexpected situations, the old noble from the royal city faction also made two preparations.

He applied for a team of mages from the eldest prince.

During the last civil war, mages formed a separate legion, but after reviewing the situation, it was found that they were not effective.

Therefore, this time, the mages began to accompany the army. After a certain amount of preparation, the entire team could cast spells in a group.

If the battle line becomes unstable, have the mages start bombing.

The powerful magic ball can easily tear through the battle line.

Unfortunately, the casting interval of the mage's cluster spell is too long, so it needs to be used with caution.

Under the command of this old noble from the royal city, the queen's army was defeated one after another.

At this time, the old nobles of the royal city faction discovered something was wrong.

The number of knights appearing on the front battlefield is much less than what should be expected.

Where did those few knights go? The old nobles from the royal city ordered their knights to return to defend, but it was too late.

Many knights sent by the queen rushed out from the side of the battlefield and headed straight for the camp where the old nobles were.

Decapitation tactics.

The old noble of the Royal City faction ordered the wizard to cast a spell.

The violent magic ball blew up many knights who were rushing towards it.

But that's all.

The knights rushed to the old nobles, and the old nobles from the royal city had to surrender.

After a while, the Queen on the other side breathed a sigh of relief when she was sure that the battle was decided and sent the young noble commander.

He was an early graduate of a church school.

Indeed, the not-so-long study period in a church school did not bring much military command ability and experience.

The military concepts taught in church schools are also relatively superficial.

But the young early graduate did learn some concepts.

For example, the current decapitation tactics.

Count Lander's military philosophy does not advocate taking risks, but this young early graduate, a third-term student at a church school, knows that the chances of winning a head-on battle are not high.

Because the people on the opposite side are from the Royal City, old nobles who have experienced many battles.

I heard that he had fought against the legion jointly commanded by Earl Land and Marquis Black and Brown, and was defeated only after defeating an entire legion.

This forced the young and strong aristocratic commander, who had done his homework, to take a risk.

It can only be said that if the old noble of the Royal City faction had not hung out the flag for him to recognize, otherwise this early graduate of the Queen's faction would really have planned to use traditional tactics to fight head-on.

After all, the war concepts learned in church schools do not advocate taking risks.

There are many battlefields like this on the battlefields surrounding the royal city.

The outcome of the battle was a win-lose situation.

But overall, the Queen's faction still has the advantage.

The Queen's faction has the support of her mother's family.

As for the incident in the royal city, it was indeed the eldest prince who was too cruel.

While still in the royal city, if the eldest prince really succeeded, he would capture the third prince or just kill him.

Then everyone can only accept it with a pinch of their nose.

Acknowledge that the eldest prince is the next king.

But the eldest prince failed, and the third prince's mother, the queen, was still alive, so many things were different.

Judging from the current situation, the eldest prince will probably have to fight a battle to defend the royal city.

This time, the battle for the throne of the Frost Moon Kingdom will depend on whether the eldest prince can keep the royal city.

If we can protect the royal city, we will naturally have the strength to fight. If we can't protect it, then it will be the end.

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In the holiday villa in Crescent Moon Country.

Rand was in the basement of the Torch Church wearing casual clothes.

Karin, Bishop Kahn, and Ayesha were all present.

Adrian, the eldest son of Duke Thorn, has left Crescent Territory and returned to the territory of the Thorn Family.

However, this time, in addition to meeting his great aunt and his sister, Rand also brought an unexpected old friend.

It’s the skeleton man of Count Flying Fox.

Rand didn't know how Lord Thorn or Adrian recognized that this was Count Flying Fox.

Rand couldn't recognize it anyway.

Apart from their great hatred, he and Count Feihu were not very familiar with each other.

However, since it appears as a skeleton in the Frost Moon Kingdom.

Could that be what the City of the Dead has in mind for the Frost Moon Kingdom?

Now we just have to wait for the Torch Church's top leaders and the great alchemist to come up with a solution.

"How's it going?" Rand asked.

"Just equip him with an alchemical voice-generating device," Ayesha replied.

What followed was traditional torture.

The flames of the Torch Church cause pain to the undead, who are supposed to be unconscious.

It is spring now and Ayesha is wearing somewhat thin clothes.

It highlights her amazingly curvy figure.

Ayesha installed an alchemical voice-generating device on Count Feihu.

Then he looked at the Flying Fox Count Skeleton and said, "Can you speak now? Let's try."

The faint green fire in Count Feihu's skull eye sockets stared at Rand.

He did want to gain the power of the Scourge Apostle, but definitely not to become like this.

It can almost be said that it was all Rand's fault that things turned out like this.

From the civil war in the Frost Moon Kingdom to the Defense Line War, this young man named Rand has always disgusted him.

He didn't want to tell Rand any information.

He stared at Rand with hatred and said nothing.

Rand could not see any expression in the eye sockets of Count Feihu's skeleton, but at least he could see that the skeleton did not intend to cooperate.

Rand winked at Karin.

At this time, the memory recovery method will definitely be more effective.

Karin couldn't see it, but she understood it all the same.

Karin found that she and Rand had developed some tacit understanding.

Although she "didn't know" how this tacit understanding came about.

Karin feels overwhelmed by evil.

Karin shook the messy thoughts out of her mind.

Then a gorgeous little flame ignited in his hand.

The Flying Fox Count Skeleton already felt the pain.

Karin's flames approached the skeleton of Count Flying Fox.

The skeleton of Count Feihu screamed.

"Then it seems the device was installed successfully." Rand nodded.

Ayesha also nodded.

It seems that although she suffered from Rand's hellish work arrangement, her alchemy skills did not regress.

Recently, the Alchemist Academy has been half built. It is estimated that it will be completely completed this summer or autumn, and classes will start.

Aisha has had a little more free time these days.

Many scientific research tasks have been completed, and only some finishing work remains.

But it is foreseeable that after the Alchemist Academy is built, there will be a lot of busy work again.

Rand looked at Count Feihu and said, "Speak up sooner and end the pain sooner, otherwise the torture will be endless! Hehehe."

Rand let out an evil laugh, causing Ayesha to roll her eyes.

Karin pursed her lips.

Bishop Kahn stroked his beard and smiled, not caring at all.

The Flying Fox Count Skeleton couldn't laugh at all, so he could only say viciously: "Bastard, you will die a miserable death."

Karin sneered and moved the flame closer.

The Flying Fox Count Skeleton screamed again until Karin took the flame away again.

Rand advised: "You have fallen into my hands, you will definitely not die well. I suggest you face the truth as soon as possible, otherwise I will come again tomorrow."

The implication was simple. If Count Flying Fox Skeleton didn't say anything, Rand would arrange for someone to torture him for a day and then ask him again.

The skeleton of Count Feihu looked at the flame in the hand of the blind beauty with fear.

It was the first time he saw the magnificent flames, but that didn't matter.

What matters is that this flame can actually cause him pain.

He has been unconscious for a long time since he turned into an undead.

But feeling nothing is better than this burning pain in the soul.

Becoming a skeleton is not a comfortable thing. Count Flying Fox Skeleton believes that it was Rand who made him become like this. He hates Rand very much, but he has to consider the current torture.

This damn Rand obviously has no intention of letting me go.

"I say." Count Feihu used the alchemy vocal organ and spoke in a sad voice.

Rand folded his arms across his chest, as if to show he was listening attentively.

"The City of the Dead has been built, and the Scourge believers are planning to launch a catastrophe. This time they sent people to the Frost Moon Kingdom to test whether the legendary Saint of the Torch Church, the Crimson King, is still here." Count Feihu finished speaking.

Rand raised his eyebrows and looked at the blind nun who was conservatively dressed, had a slender figure and crystal clear skin.

It seems that Karin came to Frost Moon Royal City for a talk last time, and then she killed a lot of people in Frost Moon Kingdom.

I'm a little scared of killing the Scourge cultists.

Now that we have built the City of the Dead, we actually come here to test it.

"Any other information?" Rand looked down at Count Flying Fox.

Count Feihu felt humiliated when Rand looked down upon him like this.

He was originally a high and mighty Grand Duke! But at this time he was caught.

"No more." Count Feihu said, "I don't know how many skeletons or believers of the Scourge Cult have come, but the overall number is not large."

Rand nodded and said to Karin, "Can I keep you here for now?"

Karin nodded in agreement.

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