Chapter 46: The Shared Little Secret
The Marshal's heart was burning with a fierce passion, this was an unexpected reinforcement. The Beast God had actually handed over the victory to him in such a way. 3,000 elite Minotaur troops, this was a team that even made people in the beast tribe look sideways, with an average combat power of level 4, far surpassing ordinary warriors, and were incredibly powerful close-range infantry on the ground. 3,000 hastily assembled Harpy troops, although their combat power was only at the initial stage of level 3, these guys who could fly low in the air had a natural advantage in the sky, making them a very competent vanguard team. With elite infantry as the main force and aerial scouts as support, the 6,000-strong army would crush their opponents without question, the Marshal had made up his mind.
"Order these two troops to converge immediately, then head in the direction of Xianlin City, and launch a direct attack. Pay attention to coordination between air and land forces. If you can take down the city lord's head, it will be considered a great achievement! At that time, I will personally award their troops!"
The Minotaur Troop and Eagle Troop sprang into action, and Xianlin County was about to be engulfed in flames once again...
Far in the northwest of the fertile plain, Lin Tian did not know that so many actions against himself had already been launched.
Recently, he was delighted that a large number of remnants of the original Lion Eagle Kingdom heard the news of Princess Chang and, under the royal family's powerful summons, poured into Xianlin County in large numbers. The City Lord's Mansion provided them with hospitality and gave them a place to settle down. This batch of refugees promoted the prosperity of the city and also provided good military sources. Everything was under control, and they were accumulating strength for the restoration of the country in an orderly manner.
At this time, he was enjoying the mixed wind. The system magic row could not be created, the barracks buildings were all built, and they did not want to go to the low-efficient monster forest for leveling up. These days, he accompanied his future wife, touring mountains and rivers, sharing their hearts; completely unaware that two powerful enemy forces were marching within the borders of the Lion Eagle Kingdom, and would be besieging the city in no time.
He and Princess Irene had long been engaged, whether in public or private, in emotion or reason, their union would have received many blessings. In this situation, the emotions of the two people rose sharply, although they did not reach home plate, first base and second base had already been broken through, just short of rolling around in bed together.
It is often said that gentle villages breed no heroes!
Until the 4th day of the 5th week, the long-stagnant pendulum once again struck heavily!
The earth-shaking war drum sounds again, and the fragile agreement between the tribe and the alliance has long since vanished... Ah, sister, you're here!
Lin Tian, who was accompanying his sister to hang bird cages outside the city, suddenly changed his face! The sensitive princess immediately felt that something was wrong, but she wisely didn't ask about it right away...
The system's strategic map can cover an area roughly the size of a standard county. Normally, Lin Tian, who lives in Xianlin City, can only control the enemy situation throughout the entire county. Therefore, the large army approaching from the border of the Lion Eagle Kingdom, after many days of marching, had just entered the outermost part of Xianlin County. Depending on its size and density, Earl-sama wiped away a cold sweat, and with a feeling in his heart, he smiled at Yilin!
"Lian'er, a beastman army of over 5,000 is approaching us."
"Brother Tian, what are you going to do?" You two shameless dogs dare to be even more brazen?
"I'm not afraid of 5,000 people. You should know that last time 3,000 wolf-like cavalry attacked the city, I could also make them have no return!"
"So you're planning to launch another siege?"
"No, this time is different. Last time the wolf cavalry relied on mobility and completely bypassed the villages in the county, directly rushing to the main city, and only then did they fight a defensive battle. This time it's clearly infantry, they're not here for a surprise attack, they'll definitely be eating away at the villages one by one, fighting a war of attrition. I won't watch as my people are slaughtered! Lian'er, I'll send some soldiers to protect you, you go back to the city alone first. I'll go scout out the enemy's situation."
Although Yilian was very reluctant, she also knew that she would not be able to help. Considering the overall situation, she did not linger and instructed her husband to be careful before turning around and leaving, followed closely by 20 guards.
Lin Tian summoned his mount, the Gale Horse, and charged towards the incoming enemy without any hesitation!
The enemy army in front of us, no, it should be said that there are two enemy armies, which are clearly divided into two large blocks. One group is the powerful Minotaur warriors, these tall men over 2.5 meters have developed muscles and sharp horns, very similar to the Minotaurs in World of Warcraft. This strong guy is setting up camp on flat land, which is their favorite place to live.
Another group was the Eagle People, whom Lin Tian had seen before and even killed four of their scouts. They shouldn't be called Eagle People, but rather Bird People would be more fitting. The author isn't being sarcastic here; these Eagle People looked very similar to humans, with the same height and facial features - some of them had slightly higher noses, but that was about it. The only difference, or rather the fundamental distinction, lay in the fact that they had a pair of pure white wings on their backs, just like those of an eagle. Their campsite was quite interesting; apparently, they inherited the bird-like trait of being close to trees. They built all their tents in the forest, with each tree having numerous small tents packed tightly underneath... It seemed like they could be plotting something!
Lin Tian returned directly to the city after completing his reconnaissance mission with Eagle Eye Technique.
It's already dark, and Princess Yilian stared at her future husband who came out from the city lord's mansion with a swagger: "Didn't you go to investigate the enemy situation? How did you come out from here?"
"I just finished scouting and I have a magic trick that can take me directly back into town, so I came out from inside."
The system gave a binding return to town technique, how to explain? Anyway, you see this girl's suddenly enlightened expression, forget it, just like that!
Lin Tian briefly told her the enemy's situation, and as a result, the princess heard that there were 3,000 Minotaur and 3,000 Harpy, her face changed greatly. This was basically enough to rival the kingdom's military strength. In her view, Xianlin County was in a precarious situation this time!
The Earl patiently comforted her, as it seemed that the princess, who did not understand her own strength, had already reached a point of no return. But was this really the case?
Actually, considering that she was already his destined wife, Lin Tian felt no need to hide anything from her anymore.
As the Earl's secret slowly unfolded to himself, Yiren finally understood how terrifying his old husband's hidden strength was: excluding more than 500 second-level soldiers who were slightly inferior to the beastmen (260 first-class long-halberd soldiers and 290 forest demons), there were over 350 third-level combatants who could fight against the beastmen alone. And this extremely well-hidden dead guy had fourth, fifth, sixth, and even 32 high-end combatants with strength exceeding seventh-level famous generals. With just these high-end troops, dealing with a 3,000-strong beastman army would be no problem at all.
Why is her husband so confident? Because he holds the trump card that makes him so confident!
As it turned out, she became the only person who knew his biggest secret, and this sense of happiness instantly filled the little woman's heart, ki was thrilled!
