Gondor leads many troops, more than a thousand of them, all of them are various Fieltzwe axemen or guerrillas - in fact, they are pirates and smugglers who have just been transferred to the regular army.
But now, these infantrymen who have left the sea are being blocked by a cavalry force that is by no means inferior to them.
People who have lived on the sea for a long time can easily lose their balance on land, and they will definitely not be able to outrun or defeat Lion Territory's cavalry, so these infantrymen do not dare to move at this time.
"Lord Li Ang, thank you for your trust and consideration. I really long to be the captain of an ironclad ship... But you may not know that King Vidis is my only friend."
Calamity Seeker Gondor After meeting Li Ang, the first thing he said was rejection, "I can't betray him."
Li Ang smiled and nodded, "I know this. Inna told me that you once saved Vidis's life. Moreover, not betraying one's oath is the most basic professional ethics of a lord..."
"Then you still come to me to talk about this?"
Gondor turned around and looked at his troops. "I admit that I am no match for you on land... but I will not throw down my weapons and surrender."
"I didn't ask you to surrender... I didn't intend to let you betray Vidis. In fact, I didn't ask Inna to betray Fieltzwe - I guarantee that neither you nor Inna will betray Vidis."
Li Ang shook his head and said, "Gondor, Vidis are not my enemies."
"What do you mean? Lionheart Kingdom declared war on Fieltzwe, but as the marshal of the Lionheart Kingdom, you said that King Vidis is not your enemy?"
Gondor does look a little confused.
"Fieltzwe is my enemy, but Vidis is not my enemy. Declaring war on Fieltzwe is just because Lionheart Kingdom must declare war... I have no intention of attacking Fieltzwe. In fact, I intend to save Vidis's life - I want you to save your only friend one more time."
Li Ang looked at Inna next to him. "Tell your father about the current situation."
Inna nodded, walked up and spread out the map.
The current situation is actually a bit strange. Lionheart Kingdom's troops did not invade Fieltzwe's territory. On the contrary, Fieltzwe is attacking Lion Territory...
Leofric Earl withdrew from High Cliff Fortress, and turned to attack Kaineburg southeast of High Cliff Fortress.
This attack was very sudden, no one expected Leofric to do this.
King Vidis has rich battlefield and political experience. He soon realized that Leofric might want to solve Lionheart Kingdom's internal problems first.
Any king can realize that after the death of Ulrich, Amy this Queen came to the throne. There must be people in the Lionheart Kingdom who are dissatisfied, especially those who originally belonged to Lion Knight Order.
This is indeed a fact. Leofwan of Kaineburg, Eldfried of Kailledanburg and others are indeed not loyal to Amy.
In addition, Li Ang has never appeared in the Lionheart Kingdom's legion, so Vidis came to the conclusion that Li Ang is solving internal hidden dangers.
And Leofric gave up the siege of High Cliff Fortress, left Fieltzwe's army alone, and turned around to attack Kaineburg, which belonged to the Lionheart Kingdom. This was the most obvious signal.
This is of course a good opportunity, and King Vidis will naturally not let go of this opportunity to take advantage of it.
Therefore, while Leofric was fighting Leofwan to the east of Kaineburg, Vidis led his troops to launch a surprise attack from the west hillside and occupied Kaineburg in one fell swoop.
This seemed to be a clever surprise attack, and Vidis basically did not lose many men.
After Leofric discovered this situation, he took the initiative to evacuate Kaineburg and retreat in the direction of Harlingosburg - there were more cavalry in his legion. After Vidis occupied Kaineburg, he really should not attack the city again. This is a correct judgment in anyone's opinion.
Originally, King Vidis planned to give it up as soon as it was ready. He cautiously waited at Kaineburg for two days, and only tentatively sent some manpower to surrounding villages and towns to investigate the situation.
But the result of this test gave him more ideas - most of the villages and towns around Kaineburg were empty of people!
Crow's Perch Village No one can be seen. Vulpine Town There was a civil war before, and most of the residents fled.
At present, the journey from Kaineburg to Lion Lake City is almost smooth.
At the same time, the scout reported that there was a fierce battle in Lion Lake City, and the entire city was currently defenseless!
Later, Vidis received the initiative of a Lionheart Kingdom lord - Forster.
Vidis knows Forster, and Duke Alma is Vidis's friend. Of course he knows his friend's eldest son.
Forster said that he had taken back Lion Lake City that should have belonged to him.
For this reason, he hopes that King Vidis will march into Lion Lake City--Forster claims that he just cannot hold Lion Lake City alone. In fact, Lion Lake City has now been conquered by him.
He defected to Fieltzwe just to ensure that he could repel Lionheart Kingdom's counterattack.
In Vidis's view, Lion Lake City should indeed belong to Forster, and Forster does have a reason to betray Lionheart Kingdom - Ulrich is dead. Since Forster has lost the king he was loyal to, it is reasonable for him to switch to anyone now.
Especially for a friend who has switched sides with his father, this will also allow him to regain the territory that belongs to the Horton Family...
At the same time, Vidis also understood the decision made by Leofric before.
No wonder Leofric abandoned High Cliff Fortress on the battlefield and turned around to attack Kaineburg. It seems that it was because Forster caused a big mess in Lion Lake City.
If Lion Lake City is captured, then Leofric may have problems with his retreat, so he will attack Kaineburg. This is not to solve the rebellion of Queen, but to protect his own retreat;
After that, Leofric withdrew to Harlingosburg. This was actually to protect Lion City...
At this time, Raven Kingdom is attacking Cliff Bay, and Godric's troops are cooperating with the Raven Crows at Misty Marsh Fortress.
Cliff Bay's war Vidis certainly does not intend to get involved, at least not until the war situation is clear.
Most of Fieltzwe's troops are infantry, and Vidis only has more than two thousand people around him. After all, the most powerful lords are not here.
If you help the Crow people, it means having to fight in the wild with Lion Knight Order of Brennus - this is what Vidis is least willing to do.
If you help Brennus, then the Crow Army and Godric will probably work together to destroy Fieltzwe's troops first.
At the same time, Vidis also knew that it was impossible for him to capture Lion City. After all, Leofric's troops and Li Ang's troops should be around Lion City.
But what if we take advantage of the current chaos and occupy Lion Lake City?
Vidis is of course tempted.
If High Cliff Fortress, Kaineburg, Vulpine Town, and Lion Lake City all become the territory of Fieltzwe, this will Cliff Bay is completely surrounded by Fieltzwe - no matter who wins the war with Cliff Bay, they can only be swallowed up by Fieltzwe in the end!
And it won't take long for Aiding Earl and Gondor to complete the reorganization of the female warriors from Vanskery in Longhowl Fortress, and they can calmly capture Misty Marsh Fortress.
Cliff Bay's several forces are fighting so fiercely that by then they may not be able to fight anymore. Vidis only needs to stick to the city and sit on the mountain to watch the fight between tigers and tigers, waiting for work and waiting for the fishermen to profit.
If Vulpine Town, Lion Lake City and Cliff Bay are all purely inland towns, then Vidis may not necessarily make such a determination.
But these places are not inland towns...
They are all close to the sea - although Shihu Lake is called a lake, it is not a lake, but an inland sea. It is formed by seawater pouring into the hinterland of the mainland along the bays around Falling Bay and Raven City.
In other words, these places, including Raven Kingdom, Longsong Port and Raven City, are actually coastal towns.
As long as these places can be controlled first, Vidis will have the confidence to defend these coastal towns - when the battlefield becomes the sea and coastline that pirates and smugglers are most familiar with, Fieltzwe will not be afraid of any enemy!
In addition, Forster said that he would station himself in Payne and personally block the eastern lords of the Lionheart Kingdom...
There is nothing to say, people have such a good attitude...
But in this case, the efficiency must be high, because Leofric has retreated to Harlingosburg, which means that Lion City will get the news soon, and it is estimated that Lionheart Kingdom's troops will rush to Lion Lake City soon.
Gotta compete with the Lionheart Kingdom for speed!
So King Vidis quickly advanced the troops from Kaineburg to Vulpine Town without encountering any resistance along the way.
Then he sent the leader Hakon of 'Strong Shield' to Lion Lake City to monitor Forster's actions.
Forster was very trustworthy. He did not let his troops enter Lion Lake City. He only sent people to help the leader Hakon open the Lion Lake City gate, and then led his troops to station in Payne Village.
Leader Hakon successfully entered Lion Lake City - this obviously means that Forster is not lying, he really wants to defect to Fieltzwe.
Forster himself did not enter the city, but handed the castle over to Hakon's troops. Naturally, this was not a false surrender.
So King Vidis sent troops to garrison Vulpine Town, and then he also came to Lion Lake City.
Internal strife did occur in Lion Lake City, and there were traces of fighting everywhere.
Moreover, those residents who stayed in Lion Lake City and did not have time to escape said that Granlon led Lion Lake City First Banner Guard in a melee with some heretics before, and both sides suffered losses. Granlon died in the battle.
Vidis feels that this is because Forster has done a lot of things before, so it is no wonder that Forster can win Lion Lake City.
So Vidis promised Forster that if he could hold on to Lion Lake City this time and finally get Cliff Bay, then Forster would become the master of Lion Lake City and the duke of Fieltzwe.
--If we can get this prosperous town on the coast of the Lion Lake Inland Sea, then Fieltzwe will soon become the most powerful kingdom in the Pande Continent, and it is indeed time to entrust several dukes.
"If it's just like this... then King Vidis will win a big victory, and Lionheart Kingdom is likely to lose half of its territory... Lord Li Ang, since you can tell me this calmly..."
Calamity Seeker Gondor probably realized something. "Just tell me, what happened to Lion Lake City? How is Vidis doing now?"
"He met the heretic Fallen One army in Lion Lake City... countless Fallen One."
Li Ang drew three circles on the map. "I came to you, actually intending for you to join forces with me to rescue Vidis, otherwise he will probably die in the hands of the 'devourer', and may even have his soul devoured..."
"The Devourer? You mean... the devil?!"
Gondor asked in surprise.
He had heard this name before, thirty years ago.
At that time, a demon known as the "devourer" also appeared in Lion Territory and destroyed Gondor's hometown.
But at that time, Mad King was busy arresting the rebels and did not care about the life and death of the people under his rule.
"Yes. I know Aiding Earl won't believe me, so I asked Inna to come to you... I promise this is absolutely true, Gondor, you should know that there is no need for me to lie to you in this situation."
Li Ang nodded.
Indeed, when more than a thousand cavalry faced infantry with a slightly smaller force than themselves in the wild, they could charge directly.
"So, Inna told me before that you wanted me to leave Fieltzwe... What does this mean?"
Gondor has actually believed it for a long time - no lord would tell the enemy exactly what happened.
"This is the price, the price you need to pay to save your friends. I know your reputation and I don't want to be your enemy, so I hope you leave Fieltzwe. If you agree, I will take you to save Vidis--isn't this a betrayal on your part?"
Li Ang pointed at the cavalry behind him. "But if you are not willing, then I will have to destroy your troops here, and then consider how to solve Lion Lake City's problem... Of course, Vidis is not my friend, and I will not consider how to save him..."
There is nothing unhappy about this. Gondor knows that now he can only go to Lion Lake City with Li Ang, the enemy.
King Vidis now understands why Forster did not enter the city, but took the initiative to retreat to Payne Village.
This is not to show the sincerity of joining Fieltzwe, but because there are so many Fallen One around Lion Lake City...
Yes, too many to count.
As a well-informed pirate king, Vidis has seen Fallen One before, but this is indeed the first time he has seen such a huge number.
They seemed to appear suddenly overnight, completely surrounding Lion Lake City.
It's impossible to count, there should be tens of thousands Fallen One.
Vidis immediately realized that this was probably the reason why Crow's Perch Village, Vulpine Town and other places had no residents at all...
Probably the only good news is that these Fallen One are outside the city.
No major problems were found in the city, only a few ruffians took advantage of the panic caused by the Fallen One army to commit crimes - this is something that will happen in any city during a war.
Vidis had already cleared them up immediately - he threw those rogue knights directly out of the city and into Fallen One.
There are currently only 1,600 people in the city, all of whom are skilled Fieltzwe warriors.
There are only three lords, the leader Hakon of the Strong Shield, Airi Earl of the Chahu, and Vidis himself.
The other lords are stationed at High Cliff Fortress, Kaineburg and Vulpine Town...
If you want to defend Lion Lake City, I'm afraid you'll have to find some reinforcements.
However, there is currently no way to leave the city.
However, we can see a Raven Territory troop appearing near Lion Lake City. That troop is Ursula's rebels, and Vidis recognizes it.
But after discovering Fallen One, the rebels immediately retreated into Bigren Village.
At the same time, in the direction of Eagle Claw Fortress, some people come to investigate from time to time, but it looks like Misty Mountain people.
Apart from Payne Village and Forster, there seems to be no reliable reinforcements?
But this insidious villain Forster... Since he tricked himself into coming to Lion Lake City to face the heretic army, how could he support him?
Not long after, Vidis met the leaders of Fallen One.
An extremely terrifying monster.