Chapter 1351 Diak's Bitter Fruit
"Your Majesty, General Li Ce wants to see you for something important!"
Hearing this, Zhou Xu, who was meditating at the time, slowly opened his eyes.
"Enter."
After getting permission, Li Ce walked quickly into the tent.
"General Li Ce pays respect to His Majesty!"
"What's the matter?"
Faced with the question, Li Ce did not hesitate and spoke quickly...
"The Centaur troops have been found, more than half of them have been killed or wounded, and Diak was killed in the battle."
The heavy news made Zhou Xu's breathing pause.
"What exactly happened?"
"It's not clear yet. All we know is that Diak and his men were being chased by a large number of Goblin Wolf Cavalry, and ended up running to the outskirts of Copperforge Castle by mistake."
As he was talking, Li Ce told Zhou Xu about the matter of Tonglu Fort.
The unexpected situation made Zhou Xu feel heavy.
They have even gone through the most difficult period of this battle with the greenskin camp. Zhou Xu and Li Ce have been consciously controlling the casualties of their Great Zhou.
In the end, no one expected that they would pay such a heavy price at this critical juncture.
"Pass on my order. Have a Giant Eagle Knight rush to Copperforge as quickly as possible. Have Drogo and his men preserve the bodies of Diak and the others. I will go there in person. Let's set off now!"
At this moment, Zhou Xu was afraid that something might happen if he was late, so while speaking, he had already stood up and walked quickly outside.
It was unrealistic to let the Giant Eagle Knight carry him on a long flight. Zhou Xu knew this and turned around and went to the camp of the female warriors next door, intending to ask Yalvette to borrow a Pegasus Knight for transportation.
After hearing this, Yalvet jumped onto the horse without saying a word.
"Come up, I'll take you there."
Seeing this, Zhou Xu didn't act pretentiously and jumped onto the horse quickly.
To be honest, Alvet's Pegasus mount is the only Pegasus in the Pegasus Knights that has reached the level of a 'supernatural creature'. Its combat power is comparable to that of a warrior in the Hundred Refining Realm. Both its flying speed and physical strength are much faster than ordinary Pegasus beasts.
After getting on their horses, led by the Giant Eagle Knight, the group flew quickly towards the direction of Copperforge Fort.
During this period, although Yalvette was surprised that the dwarves of Da Zhou and Copperforge were neighbors, she did not ask much.
For a large army, a journey of seven days is nothing for an air unit.
Even after flying for a short distance, Zhou Xu soon saw the rocky mountain in the distance that was suspected to be the location of Tonglu Fort.
Before setting off, Zhou Xu had already sent a Giant Eagle Knight ahead to report the news to Copperforge Castle.
Although they set off one after the other and their departure times were not much different, the flying speed of Pegasus was ultimately no match for the giant eagle, not to mention that there were two people sitting on its back.
This made the Giant Eagle Knights who set out first arrive much earlier. Drogo, who understood the situation, immediately sent another Giant Eagle Knight to greet and lead the way after knowing that their Majesty was coming.
After sending out signals and responding to each other continuously, the two sides quickly reunited in the air.
Since the army that massacred the clan has withdrawn, in order to facilitate reconnaissance work, the dwarves of Copperforge have pushed the defense line originally set up halfway up the mountain outward all the way to the foot of the mountain, and built a camp at the foot of the mountain.
At this time, Drogo had already been waiting outside the camp, and standing next to him was Vol'jin Copperforge, the youngest son of the King of Copperforge.
Normally speaking, according to Zhou Xu's lifestyle, if Tonglu Castle wanted to welcome him, at least the Grand Marshal Bale Tonglu, or the eldest prince Baron Tonglu, should be allowed to do so on behalf of the king.
But this time Zhou Xu came too suddenly. Bale was still in the base camp on the mountain, and Baron led the team to search for traces of the massacre clan outside and had not returned yet.
In the end, they could only ask Woking, who stayed in the camp at the foot of the mountain and was in charge of the rear camp, to welcome them.
"Vojin, son of Otto Copperforge, the King of Copperforge, greets Emperor Zhou."
Zhou Xu had met Woking once when the Copperforge delegation came to Blackmoon City for a visit.
Although he was in a heavy mood because of Diak's death at this time, considering the diplomatic relationship between their Great Zhou and Tonglu Fort, Zhou Xu still entered his own business mode.
"Prince Woking, I haven't seen you for a long time. You have become more courageous than ever before."
Generally speaking, dwarves are a martial race, and most of the dwarves in the tribe are proud of their strength and bravery. When he heard Emperor Zhou praising his bravery, Woking immediately smiled.
However, he also knew that Zhou Xu came here at this time because something happened in the Great Zhou army.
Therefore, he did not stay long at this moment. After briefly welcoming them and expressing the hospitality of Copperforge, he left very tactfully.
After seeing Vol'jin off, they quickly walked into the tent under the guidance of Drogo.
"Tell me, what's going on?"
"Your Majesty, this is what happened..."
Obviously, during this period of time, Drogo has already understood the whole story.
But even so, when he reported this to Zhou Xu, his face still looked grim.
During this time, Zhou Xu's face turned black as he listened.
"Is this how Diak usually leads his troops?!"
As soon as he said this, Zhou Xu's face froze when he reacted.
Diak is dead, there is no point in saying anything now.
Seeing this, Drogo knelt down immediately.
"In the final analysis, it was all due to my negligence as the clan leader. Your Majesty, please punish me!"
As one of the earliest members to join the Great Zhou, Drogo undoubtedly understood what Zhou Xu meant.
All the soldiers in the Great Zhou Army have an iron rule, that is to obey orders! Obeying orders is the duty of a soldier!
Joseph disobeyed orders during the war, acted on his own, and killed a large number of his comrades, which was undoubtedly a serious crime.
But is it true that he only disobeyed orders now?
This kind of soldier should be severely disciplined and punished! If he can't be disciplined, he should be expelled from the army and shouldn't be allowed to stay in the army! In this case, he can still move with the army and go to the battlefield. That's the responsibility of Diak as the commander!
Drogo was very aware of this, but at the same time, he was also very aware that compared with ordinary troops, the situation of the Centaurs was more special, especially the Centaurs like Diak who joined later.
To put it simply, each of them is related to you. The relationship is there. Unless you break off relations with them and don't want to stay in the clan anymore, you can't be truly impartial.
Not to mention Diack, he watched Joseph grow up. To put it bluntly, Joseph is like a half son to him.
Joseph's outstanding talent made him very happy, but it was also because of his outstanding talent that he suddenly lost the ability to discipline Joseph, and at the same time, Joseph enjoyed the "privilege" brought by his strength! He couldn't control him, and at the same time, he really couldn't make up his mind, let alone give up on him. The final result was that he killed himself and his people.
(End of this chapter)
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