Chapter 1350: Neighbors
After the other party took the tactic of scattering like birds and beasts, many of the Goblin Wolf Cavalry fled.
This is normal and almost unavoidable.
At the same time, this is also the main reason why after every war, the victorious side has to spend a lot of time to clear out the remnants of the defeated side.
It is really difficult to deal with this kind of scattered and fleeing troops.
In some ways, this finishing work is the most time-consuming.
However, their current location was still some distance away from the border of Copperforge, and the fleeing Goblin Wolf Cavalry could not pose any threat to them anyway, so Drogo was too lazy to care about them at the moment.
After killing all who could be killed, the Centaur riders led by Drogo chopped off the heads of the goblins one by one and hung them on the side of their horses behind them.
While it is convenient for calculating military merits, it can also be used to commemorate their clansmen who died in battle afterwards.
The subsequent spoils of war will have to wait for the troops behind to come and deal with them.
Because the bodies of his tribesmen needed to be transported back, Drogo had already asked his subordinates to send a message back, asking them to send troops from the rear for support.
When they returned to the camp, it was already three days later...
From a physical perspective alone, most of the Centaur soldiers have recovered, except for those like Joseph who were seriously injured.
But on the spiritual level, they obviously have not yet come out of the grief of losing a large number of comrades.
Looking at the bodies of their comrades being brought back in truckload after truckload, the familiar faces immediately made them feel sad.
The entire camp was completely overwhelmed by the atmosphere of grief.
At the same time, in the coalition camp, while the main force was resting, the generals from various forces were gathering in a meeting tent to discuss the next specific arrangements.
"The next step is about seven days' journey over here, and we will reach Copperforge. The dwarves of Copperforge are a powerful force. We can go and support them first, and then we can get the help of the dwarves."
Inside the tent, Marshal Adolf spoke while gesturing on the marching map in front of him.
The moment the other party uttered the three words "Tonglu Fort", Li Ce was startled.
Although he had long known that the dwarves of Copperforge were also members of the original coalition.
But even so, when this name appeared in the meeting, he couldn't help but be a little surprised. He really didn't expect that they had already arrived at a location so close to Copperforge Fort.
Just when Li Ce was about to say something, there was a commotion outside. It was the Giant Eagle Knight returning to report.
As they were talking, two Giant Eagle Knights walked in quickly from outside.
At this moment, inside the tent, Marshal Adolf and his men did not react much to the two Giant Eagle Knights, but Li Ce's sight immediately fell on one of the Giant Eagle Knights.
After all, to him, this was a strange face.
"You are not one of my Giant Eagle Knights."
The Giant Eagle Knights were very important and rare aerial units under his command, and he remembered the appearance of every Giant Eagle Knight clearly.
But soon, Li Ce reacted.
"Are you from Copperforge?"
In response to the question, the Giant Eagle Knight who followed in saluted Li Ce quickly.
"Sal, the captain of the First Aerial Squadron under General Shi Lei of the New Northern Army, greets the General!"
The Giant Eagle Knight who walked in stated his identity promptly.
At this moment, compared to Li Ce who had calmed down, Marshal Adolf and others in the tent were completely confused.
"Wait, wait a minute, Lord Li Ce, do you still have any relationship with Tonglu Fort?"
After hearing this, Li Ce spread his hands.
"I was just about to say that our Great Zhou and Tonglu Fort are allies, and some of our territories are adjacent to each other. Tonglu Fort is considered our neighbor."
At first glance, there was nothing wrong with what Li Ce said, but...
"Aren't you neighbors with the Warrior Women?"
Marshal Adolf, who had just reacted, felt his scalp tingling.
My goodness, you are neighbors with the Warrior Women Clan and the Copperforge? Your Great Zhou’s territory stretches directly from east to west? How big is it? ! Marshal Adolf obviously wasn’t suitable to ask this question directly, but he was really concerned about it.
So I just said it in a relatively euphemistic way...
"Let me confirm, do you have any other neighbors in Da Zhou?"
“There are only these two neighbors at the moment.”
[Other neighbors haven’t noticed yet.]
He didn't conceal this matter on purpose, mainly because no one asked him. Besides, before today, the three words "Bronzeforge Castle" had never appeared in their meetings.
He couldn't bring it up for no apparent reason, could he? Li Ce looked innocent.
During this time, the expressions of the people present who reacted to the situation changed again and again when they looked at Li Ce.
Li Ce did not take this to heart. After just a few words, he turned his head and looked back at Sal in front of him, signaling him to start reporting.
Li Ce was not afraid that Sal would have any secret information that could not be told to the outside world. If so, he would not have been brought to this tent in the first place.
"Reporting to the general, we have discovered the Centaur Cavalry of the Northeast Army. They were continuously pursued by a large number of Goblin Wolf Cavalry and suffered heavy casualties. Major Diak was killed in the battle! At this stage, the remaining troops have successfully joined us outside Copperforge Castle."
As soon as Sal opened his mouth, he dealt a heavy blow to Li Ce.
The Centaur Cavalry has always been a force that makes him feel at ease, even reassured. They have strong overall strength and even have the ability to turn the tide at a critical moment. Diak's death in battle can be said to be completely beyond Li Ce's expectations.
His originally relaxed mood suddenly became heavy.
Under this premise, the second piece of information reported by Sal became insignificant to Li Ce.
"Besides that, just ten days ago, the troops of the Massacre Clan stopped their ongoing siege of Copperforge and their current whereabouts are unknown."
Obviously, this is also the main reason why the Centaur cavalry led by Drogo appeared outside Copperforge.
They were cooperating with the dwarves of Copperforge to carry out related search work.
The main reason is that they were really tired of staying in the mountains and wanted to come down for a run.
No one expected what would happen next.
After the report, Li Ce signaled Wei Qing, his personal attendant, to take Sar down to rest first, and then he stood up himself.
"I'm afraid I have to excuse myself. Please do as you please."
In Li Ce's opinion, the Massacre Clan's actions were insignificant. In the greenskin camp, the Massacre Clan was not strong enough. With only one Vajra Realm fighter, they could not shake the overall situation at all.
In comparison, it is more important to report Diak's death to their Majesty.
Sensing the change in Li Ce's mood, Marshal Adolf and others also spoke out to comfort him.
In response, Li Ce simply nodded, expressed his thanks, and quickly turned and left.
(End of this chapter)
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