The Swordsman of Faerûn

William turned his head to find Misha who had just woken up, and said, "Misha, brother, I want to give you an important task to complete!"

Misha happily jumped three feet high, and shouted cheerfully: "Misha is on standby! Your Excellency William!"

William said: "You ride Mo Xiao back to the camp of the Three Rivers, and bring Miluna over. And Ice and Snow General Kaoyi, if she comes back now, it's best to come here too."

"Obey! William, I'm leaving right away!" Misha didn't even bother to eat breakfast, and was about to ride a flying horse to carry out the mission. William knew that time was running out, so he handed Misha two pieces of pastry and fruit as a gift. Breakfast for the little ones.

Then William called Eva and Holfast again, and said to them: "You two must be prepared. When the first group of migratory people set off, Eva, you will send a centurion to follow and protect. Hall, make sure that every intersection along the way is patrolled by our scouts.

If there are monsters or enemies, immediately notify the centurion that protects the migrants. If you can eliminate the danger, destroy it immediately. In case of a crisis that the centurion cannot fight, send someone to notify me immediately.

Also, send an order to the base camp, and send two more infantry regiments here! "

Eva, the head of the infantry regiment, and Holfast, the head of the scout cavalry, immediately led the way.

William looked at the crowd waiting to get busy following his orders, but felt a little sad in his heart. If it wasn't for training the team, and he still had some unspeakable concerns, he really wanted to go to the Feather Valley by himself and drive Wushuang to mow the grass .

It is said that it is difficult for people from the hometown in the previous life to leave their homeland. In fact, no matter where they are or in which world, if it is not forced by the situation, no one will be willing to leave their hometown.Even if these farmers and shepherds only migrated to the land of three rivers dozens of miles away, it would be a turmoil that is difficult to calm down for their families.

"Strong walls and clear fields" are simple to say, but when it is really implemented, William realizes that it requires a strong will, determination at all costs and a ruthless heart.

Food, water wells, livestock, orchards, and even houses, everything is the foundation of people's lives here. William can't ask those civilians who have just joined the occupation to destroy them by themselves. It's a bit too cruel for those poor people. So he can only send others to carry out this matter.

There is no doubt that the giants have extraordinary talents in destroying things, and they are willing to destroy everything that does not belong to them, and William's initial plan is to hand over the work of clearing the field to the new giants.

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As the Ice and Snow Prophet from the Ice Plane, the Ice General, Kaoyi was absolutely qualified to occupy the position of a regiment commander in William's infantry regiment, and he was the kind to condescend.

But in fact Kaoyi did not become the commander of any infantry regiment.

Of course, this is not because William doesn't know talents, nor is it because he doesn't know people to make the best use of them, but that Kaoyi is simply not suitable for commanding ordinary humans. After all, there is a gap between the Frost Legion and the human army on the main material plane. There are too many differences, and just one logistical problem is enough to completely paralyze the former Ice General.

William didn't let Kaoyi idle either. He assigned the Snow Prophet a task, which was to go deep into the Thunder Peak Mountain Range to recruit more giants, no matter if they were cloud giants, frost giants, or stone giants. Anyone who is willing to join his subordinates will not refuse.

However, all giants have a bad habit, that is, they are too loose and casual, and there are no rules, unless someone can deter them with strong means and combat power.

Just three days ago, Kaoyi appeared near the Land of Three Rivers with a team of newly recruited giants, three cloud giants, five stone giants, two frost giants, four hill giants and nine ogre.

Such a giant team placed anywhere in Faerun can be regarded as a powerful force capable of slaughtering cities and towns.And these big men who just came out of the mountains are really not very honest. Although Kaoyi has been trying to limit their tyrannical behavior, as they get deeper and deeper into the human gathering area, the wanton in the hearts of these giants And cruelty is becoming more and more irrepressible.

Until the huge construction site of the Land of Three Rivers appeared in front of this mixed team of giants, these stupid and greedy guys finally let go of the last rein in their hearts.

Then William slaughtered the most vicious of the hill giants, and Phinea killed two frost giants who were so vicious that they were fools trying to break into a camp of frost giant cubs.The remaining giants and ogres were beaten several times by William's cloud giant siege brigade.

In the end, the ogre became a free coolie in the city construction camp, and the surviving cloud giants and stone giants became William's "loyal dog team" after being brutally beaten and completely lost their hearts. .

The Loyal Dogs are even more obedient than the Cloud Giant Siege Brigade, and of course if their "reins" were loosened, these guys might behave even more brutally.

Of course, whether it is the loyal dog team, the cloud giant siege brigade, or the frost giant cubs, the loyalty is not only because of overwhelming strength or other things, but more importantly, they can eat enough. .

When the food from the Misty Valley was continuously transported to the Three Rivers camp, even the most stupid and greedy ogre learned to be obedient, large pieces of frozen beef, served with big hard bread, wiped Served with thick salt cream or bitter chili sauce, it is definitely a delicacy that no giant can refuse.

When William's summoning order was sent back to the camp, the loyal dog team with only eight members set off immediately. They spread their feet and ran wildly on the ground of the Battle Valley. There was a straight road through the forest in the east-west direction.

And the one who arrived at William's side faster was Miluna, who was riding on the Pegasus Mozi. The cold demiplane of the body has become very relaxed.Then William can pack up the food, livestock, and other supplies that the migrating farmers can't take away, even if they scrape the ground three feet away, there is still room for it.

What?You ask why it is so complicated, wouldn’t it be over once it was burned?

It is not so simple to fortify the wall and clear the country. William has to consider the reconstruction work after the victory of the future war. That is the most scratching problem.If you just want to save trouble and make one size fits all, isn't it the same as the "Sanguang" poison?

It's just an idiom to say "poor and white", but if it's really done, the blood, tears and suffering contained in it can't be explained clearly in just one or two sentences.

With a warehouse that is similar to a carry-on as a load, William and the others basically don't need to consider the issue of transportation.

When Storm Silverhand and Doria Harker found William with their respective infantry regiments, they had already cleaned up all the farms, orchards, and meadows within a radius of more than ten miles. The slaughter was slaughtered, the lead was taken away, the granary was emptied, the fruit trees were wiped out, the houses were demolished, and the wells were buried. The whole area has almost become a desolate life forbidden zone.

It can be said that apart from mice and insects, it is difficult for you to find any larger living creatures.

Not only the farmers who had defected to William, but then they began to sort out the farms and cottages in the further area. This time William was not as talkative as he was at the beginning.

Regardless of whether the people in those farms and villages are willing to relocate, William's soldiers will enforce the relocation order. Passive resistance, Frank Gallier and the aid team he recruited will help those unwitting neighbors move.

Those who dared to violently resist the law had their legs broken; and those who were even less resentful, William directly ordered their heads to be cut off.

That's right!There are a few stupid guys who clamored to take revenge on William and his soldiers after their legs were broken, and claimed that they were the legal owners of this land. For such mindless idiots, William felt that Letting them live in this world is a humiliation to human intelligence.

The only kinder thing William did was that he didn't use this to get involved. He spared the families of those fools who were killed, although the eyes of those women and children were also full of hatred and fear.

Naturally, Storm Silverhand and Doria Harker disagreed with William's seemingly brutal handling. They categorically raised objections, refusing or even trying to stop William's action to clear the wall.

Then the three broke up after a quarrel.

In fact, William's fortification and clearing of the field has been basically completed at this time, especially the strip around the most important Rosaville Road. This is the most important granary in the Battle Valley and the key point leading to the Land of Three Rivers. William finally This area was the first to be cleaned up. As for the remaining remote areas, although there are many farms and manors, they are far inferior to the richness of this area, and they cannot support the logistics consumption of an army of tens of thousands.

Although William was extremely annoyed at Storm Silverhand and Doria Harker's interference in his strategic plan, he still gave the old mage who was not here a face and sent her to relocate the surrounding remote villages and farm.

Of course, most of their troops were deprived by William, leaving only two centurions as backup for the two, and then William took most of the troops to the southeast to the Fang of Good Luck Mountains.

The Tooth of Luck Mountains is a granite hill located in the eastern part of the Battle Valley. After crossing the mountain, it is basically to the west of Feather Valley.Although the Lucky Tooth Mountains are not high above sea level, they separate the two valleys very well. There is only a pass called Lucky Village that allows people on both sides to pass through unimpeded.

The location of the Lucky Village seems to be more important, but don’t expect it to be a strategic and dangerous place where one man guards the gate. Not to mention that there is only one village with a wall less than two feet high, and the Lucky Village is two kilometers away to the south. The Ashaba River passing through the mountain forms a nearly natural crossing a few kilometers downstream - Dun Hills Ferry.

Not only the ferry, but even the people of Lingyu Valley built a wooden bridge near the ferry. Because the bridge was relatively crude when it was built, the bridge was always crumbling, which made passers-by panic.

Then the locals came up with a rather bizarre idea. They painted the exterior of the wooden bridge black to enhance passers-by's confidence in the stability of the bridge, so the bridge is also known as the Black Feather Bridge.

However, I heard that businessmen in Sambia are negotiating with several surrounding valley city-states recently, saying that they want to replace the wooden bridge with a bridge made of stone.

The Black Feather Bridge is the only passage for the anti-William army (the name has not yet been determined) that is gathering in Feather Valley to enter the Battle Valley. Naturally, William will not come here to take a look at the situation.

William led a team of more than 1000 people along the Rosaville Road all the way south, capturing Lucky Village as a base along the way.

Lucky Village is a fortress-style village with less than 400 residents. There are twelve solid stone houses in the village, and a permanent outpost that is truly armed. Fifteen soldiers of the Battle Valley Lord are stationed inside.

Like the Battle Valley soldiers from Essebra that William had strangled a few days earlier, these garrison soldiers were equally unqualified.These soldiers hunted, gambled, or blackmailed passing businessmen on weekdays. They were good at personal fighting, but they didn't know real battles, let alone technical tasks such as defending city checkpoints. These guys knew nothing about it.

You must know that the real city defense battle is not a simple matter of closing the city gates and then shooting arrows on the top of the city wall, which contains very profound technical problems.

Originally, William wanted to use Lucky Village, a somewhat defensive stronghold, to exercise his team's attacking ability a little bit, but he immediately dismissed this idea after seeing the defense level of the people in the village.

The opponent is really bad, William is worried that he will lead his soldiers astray!He directly sent the giants of the loyal dog team. These big giants stood outside the range of the defenders' bows and arrows. They threw stones and smashed down the gate and wall of Lucky Village, and then the soldiers rushed in along the gap.

Until the end of the battle, it didn't even take more than an hour in total. It is no exaggeration to describe the whole battle as a drum.

After occupying Lucky Village, William immediately arranged for people to clean it up. All the local residents need to move out. As for whether the city defense needs to be rearranged and repaired, or completely dismantled, William decided to wait for him to see Hei Yu with his own eyes. Let's talk about the terrain around the bridge.

He left all the infantry stationed in the Lucky Village and assisted Phinia to relocate the local residents, but he led the cavalry of Wesley Foss out to the Dun Hill Ferry for armed reconnaissance.

Feniya has quite objections to this, because the three little girls have obtained the privilege of going out with William by virtue of their mounts. Feniya vowed that she must also grab a reliable mount, and then follow William Stay and fly together on the battlefield.

When William brought his cavalry to the Ferry of Dun Hills, he saw that the water of the Asaba River in this section was wide and flat, the water flow was stable without waves, and the river course was in a zigzag shape. Going down the river, mastering the direction of the rudder, you can reach the other side of the river without even swaying the oars. It is indeed a good place to cross the river.

Of course, if the terrain here is used well, it is also a good place to wipe out the enemy's entire army.

After looking at the terrain of the transition, William led people to the Heiba ​​bridge not far to the east.

After seeing it with his own eyes, William discovered that the Black Feather Bridge was just a rope bridge. The ropes and planks on the bridge were painted dark black. As long as someone walked on it, or the wind blew, the bridge would shake slightly. stand up.

Indeed, the black-painted Kurohane Bridge always feels more reassuring than the normal rope bridge.

When William and his cavalry led their horses onto the Black Feather Bridge, both the soldiers and the horses were very quiet. Even if a gust of wind blew suddenly, no one was alarmed by it, and the horses were still swaying obediently. step forward.

But William suddenly felt a strange breath, as if a voice kept saying to him: Relax, relax, this place is safe, look at these solid bridge decks, they will protect you like the earth.

Then there is the phantom of a flat, solid road.

William knew immediately that someone or a god was secretly affecting him and his men with visions.William knew that standing on the bridge was not a good time to expose the truth, so he led his men across the river calmly, and after getting a little away from the Black Feather Bridge, he turned his perception to the most acute state.

Then William discovered that it was the Black Feather Bridge itself that exuded the magical power of the illusion. This bridge was actually a sacred object of God, but he didn't know which god it belonged to. After all, the gods that can cause similar effects are not There are quite a few of them.

However, when William glanced at a large village not far from the river bank and the Black Feather Bridge, his heart suddenly moved. He immediately rode on his horse and led the crowd towards that village.

Heibaqiao Village, a village with the same name as Heibaqiao, is also prospered because of Heibaqiao. This village is very large. There are about 600 households in it. It seems that the population is at least [-] people. .

Heiyuqiao Village has only one Losander temple on the surface, and there are no other temples of other gods, but William doesn't think so. He directly rode his horse into the village, and then went straight to the Luoshan Mountain Go to the back door of the temple.

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Lathander's temples are always resplendent and resplendent, whether it is a bustling big city or a remote village, this is true of any place.

But only the Luoshanda Temple in Heiyuqiao Village is a bit different. It’s not that the shape of the Luoshanda Temple is not exquisite enough, but that this temple always gives people a gray and bleak feeling. Unreal illusory meaning.

However, if someone walks to the back of the temple, they will find that there is a section of black walls on both sides of the back door of the temple, which is the only part that makes people feel real.

Of course, William didn't know the uniqueness of this Lathander temple in advance, but a hint from spiritual perception, which made him subconsciously choose to run to the back of the temple.

When William came to the back door of the black wall behind the temple, he saw a small old man standing at the door and waving at him.William was stunned for a moment, but he quickly confirmed the guess in his heart, so he got off the horse and came to the old man with the autumn water knife on his waist.

Now William's eyesight is no less powerful than that of eagles and vultures among birds. He can see the cilia of flies within tens of meters, and can track the traces of pikas within one or two kilometers from a high place. Therefore, when he concentrates on something At that time, it was difficult to hide anything from his eyes.

When he got closer, William took a closer look at the old man, only to see that he had sharp-mouthed monkey cheeks, skinny bones, sallow skin with spots of age spots, and gray and messy whiskers, giving the appearance that this man was about to decay and die, William It even felt as if he could smell the rotting corpse of this person.

Although almost all senses were telling William that this was an old man who was dying, only the unambiguous spiritual sense reminded William that the guy in front of him was very dangerous, and William also faintly felt a sense of danger. Surging energy and blood burned in the old man's body.

Of course, it doesn't mean how keen William's perception of qi and blood is, but that the other party doesn't know how to hide qi and blood at all, and it's just like a bonfire in the dark that he can't ignore just like a bonfire in front of William.

The old man looked at William, especially at the saber he was holding, as if he was quite jealous of him.

The two stood silently facing each other for a while. The old man sighed and asked, "Your Excellency William, why did you come to my humble little town? Did someone ask you to kill me?"

William shook his head and said: "No one invited me to deal with you, and I don't want to get involved in the grievances between you extraterrestrial beings. I just came to see the bridge of divine power on the river to the north. I was a little curious, so I wanted to see it." Let's see who is hiding in such a remote place."

The old man breathed a sigh of relief, and said in a slightly irritable tone: "Since you have seen me, then leave as soon as possible. You know, my old man can't help being a little nervous when he sees you!"

William sighed and said, "I was planning to leave, but after meeting you, I suddenly realized that I had overlooked a problem. Let me see your true face first! Your Excellency!"

The old man couldn't hold back the curiosity in his heart, and asked a little coyly, "What did you overlook? Your Excellency William."

William said: "I have to find out who you are before I can say what I have overlooked."

The old man's complexion changed a few times, and then the old man disappeared like wax, and what appeared in front of William was a beautiful goddess with the delicate face and temperament of a vixen.

The temperament of this goddess is so unique, even if she just glances at you, you will feel that she is smirking, and then you will have the idea of ​​wanting to teach her a lesson, well, it is not humane. that kind of lesson.

The goddess smiled slightly, revealing two attractive canine teeth, and said with a charming smile: "I am Layla, the goddess of illusion, and this village is my sanctuary. Young William, do you have any secrets to tell me?" ?"

The so-called sanctuary is the belief base camp of a certain god in the main material plane. Most gods will hide their sanctuary very well to prevent some hostile gods from targeting them.

William nodded and said, "It's a pleasure to meet you, respected Goddess of Illusion. You should have heard recently that an army of tens of thousands of people is gathering at the Feather Falls in the east. They seem to be deliberately targeting me."

Leila, the goddess of illusion, said happily: "I know! I know! Tempus, the god of battle, is manipulating this army behind the scenes. They are indeed here for you, Brother William. I'm really curious, what are you doing? What did you do, so that the big fool in Tempus refused to do it himself, but secretly formed an army against you?"

William pretended to be calm and said: "It turned out that that guy was behind the scenes! Oh! I didn't do anything! I just fought with that guy, and I didn't lose."

"What? You fought Tempus and you won? You're kidding, aren't you?"

If you didn't lose, wouldn't that mean you won?At least that's what Ms. Leila thinks.

William shrugged and said, "I didn't win! At least Tempus is still alive, isn't he?!"

Leila was already a little emotional, and she didn't care what William said at the end, she just muttered to herself: "Although I really don't want to believe this is true, the truth is always in front of my eyes.

Well, when Tempus dealt with Carrigos, he also used a similar method. The Lord of Battle (Tampus) first assembled an army and defeated the Lord of War (Karigos) by means of war. Goss)'s army broke the confidence and reason of Carrigos, and then defeated the old god of war in a duel.

I can well understand what Tempus is doing now, Sir William.It seems that the God of War has really treated you as an evenly matched opponent. "

William said angrily: "Then I really thank Him!"

Goddess Layla smiled indifferently, she was always more tolerant to human beings who were strong enough.She went on to say: "Your Excellency William, you haven't finished talking about the issues you ignored!"

William said: "Of course I know. I heard that Tempus secretly got help from a goddess in the battle where he won the most important victory. Ma'am, do you know who that goddess is?"

Leila forced a nervous smile, and said, "Is there such a thing? Why didn't I know! Ahaha——William, maybe you heard it wrong."

William pressed the hilt of Qiushui knife with a smile on his face, stared at the frightened fox eyes of the goddess, and said casually: "Maybe! Ms. Leila, no matter whether the rumor is true or not, now I would like to invite you to visit me. How would you like to be a guest at the camp?"

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The Illusion Goddess really didn't want to leave her den, but William stared at her with the handle of a knife, which filled Leila with panic.

There is both panic about her secret being discovered, and worry about William's reputation as a god-killer. Leila is not a god who is good at fighting, but in the battle for the throne of the God of War for more than 1000 years, Leila secretly helped Tempus, using false illusions to make Tempus's supposedly defeated army win in unimaginable fashion.

Of course, Layla also received a reward for this, a part of the strategy priesthood - the trick priesthood.However, Layla almost never revealed this secret to the outside world, because she knew that Carrigos was not easy to mess with, especially behind Carrigos there were many allies left over from the Netheril era.

If it was just a battle for the throne between Carrigos and Tapas, no one else had the right to intervene, but if Layla's extra intervention was exposed, some old antiques would definitely not spare her lightly.

Now that William brings up such a topic, it is obvious that he knows something, and it may not only be William, maybe there are some predators hidden behind William that have not yet surfaced.

Goddess Layla showed an awkward smile like crying, and begged: "Your Excellency William, I really can't leave here, my people need me. If I leave with you, what will they do?"

William sneered and said: "Ms. Leila! Don't pretend to be pitiful here, I don't like you. Do you think you are the only one who leaves? Don't worry! You and your believers will not be separated, they will be with you Get out of here, leave everyone alone! How about it, don’t you feel very surprised?!”