The system has to be used even if it is pulled

As expected, when Zhao Yuanlang and his men marched to Bretven, they heard the news that Issus had captured the city. Consul Justus, General Sidorius, General Valerius, General Titus, General Bienna, Lord Fabius, and more than a dozen nobles were captured when the city broke.

The only thing to be thankful for was that Emperor Marius was safe and sound. His immortal knights rescued the emperor who had fallen off his horse and sprained his foot in the chaos. They crossed Lake Issos and took a short rest in Salem.

"Follow my orders, the entire army will go to Salem to meet up with His Majesty the Emperor. Locke! You lead your scouts to meet His Majesty the Emperor first." Zhao Yuanlang hurriedly gave the order.

Zhao Yuanlang's army has more than 500 people. As for where so many people came from, we have to thank Brennus.

There are only two ways for captives in the continent of Pendor. One is to be sold as slaves, and the other is to be recruited and join the army again.

If his men were not so few, he could actually capture prisoners and form an army of 600-700 men in the blink of an eye.

Fortunately, the focus of the Kingdom of Sarleon is in the entire north. The army turned north and marched towards Shieldwind Castle and Walwyn Castle. Sarleon wanted to completely swallow up the northern part of the empire.

General Cleon and Baron Greve, the guard officer of the Knights of the Radiant Cross, led their men to resist the troops of the Kingdom of Sarion at the front line of Almera Castle and Serindir.

"Your Majesty!" Zhao Yuanlang met the impoverished Emperor Marius in a noble residence in Seren.

"It's you, General Zhao Yuanlang." Marius was quite disheartened at this moment.

General? I've been promoted, Zhao Yuanlang curled his lips. He originally thought that the 500-plus people would be divided up by the empire, but now it seems that won't happen.

"The empire is going to be destroyed in my hands!" The once wise and powerful emperor now looked desolate and lonely.

"Your Majesty, you have to cheer up! You have to know that we have not lost the East yet. In the south, His Highness Kiel is leading the army to resist Dasha."

"No, you don't understand! So what? The Snake Cult has an army of thousands of people! They are wreaking havoc in the east and south, looting countless villages and towns. There is Sarion in the north and Dasha in the southwest, and the empire is over. It's all my fault!"

"Your Majesty!" Gaius, the commander of the Immortal Knights who was guarding Marius, hurriedly supported the grieving Emperor Marius.

Zhao Yuanlang left the room silently, shook his head helplessly, and looked at the sun that was about to set in the west. The afterglow of the sunset, isn't it the same for the empire?

The empire can no longer be relied upon, and we have to rely on ourselves. Zhao Yuanlang looked at Morgiana, Locke, and Jack at the door, gritted his teeth, and looked to the north: "Let's go, cross Lake Issos, and kill our way to Issos!"

Zhao Yuanlang's words shocked everyone. What a joke! Sarion's military is now at its peak, with more than 3,000 troops turning the world upside down in the north. Going to the north is tantamount to seeking death!

"Wealth and honor come in danger! You don't understand. The Empire has no power to fight back at this moment. Sarion will definitely divide its troops to attack Walvenburg and Shieldwind Castle. There must not be many troops left in Issos. The city walls are definitely not repaired. We go by water, avoid Sarion's army, and take Issos directly at night. Only in this way can the Empire not collapse!"

The three of them felt that what Zhao Yuanlang said made a lot of sense. Of course, Zhao Yuanlang had unknowingly used his knowledge of psychology to hypnotize their subconscious minds.

The army set out immediately. Fortunately, Salem was right by the lake and had many trading ships. Zhao Yuanlang's army forcibly requisitioned them and then crossed Lake Issos.

They arrived outside the city of Issos at midnight. Their army was lightly armed and had no siege equipment, so it was impossible for them to break in.

Zhao Yuanlang smiled mysteriously, put on a set of tattered clothes, handed the army to the three people, and disappeared into the night.

Is it really possible?

The night in Issos was a bit damp. Three or four soldiers from the Kingdom of Sarleon on the city gate were gambling loudly and wantonly. Only one soldier was looking into the distance, and there were only a few scattered soldiers patrolling back and forth on the city wall.

Zhao Yuanlang turned into a black shadow, blended into the moonlight, and approached the city wall.

Fortunately, Issos has no moat. Zhao Yuanlang stood at the city gate. The city gate was also weathered. The rocks on the city gate were uneven and had many cracks. It was obvious that it had been in disrepair for a long time.

Zhao Yuanlang began to climb, and he climbed up easily and simply, with his whole body hanging on the battlements of the city gate.

The soldier looking into the distance seemed to have noticed something and walked over, but as soon as he got close, Zhao Yuanlang suddenly jumped up like a cheetah, drew out his weapon in mid-air and pierced the Sarion soldier in front of him to the ground.

The miserable screams and loud noises were very harsh in the quiet night. The Sarleon guards who were originally gambling noticed it and walked towards this side with torches and weapons drawn.

Zhao Yuanlang stood still and slowly pulled out the demon sword that had pierced into the enemy's body.

"Hans! Hans! What the hell are you doing? What's wrong?"

It was not Hans who responded to them, but Zhao Yuanlang's sharp blade. With a wave of his hand, the four heads flew off in an instant, and the bodies of the four Sarion soldiers who were advancing in a fan shape fell to the ground.

Zhao Yuanlang went downstairs directly and came to the gate noose on the second floor of the city gate, and then the gate below began to rise slowly.

The gate was made of steel, and it would normally take four people to open it with the rope, but it was easy for Zhao Yuanlang.

But it’s not over yet. Issos still has an outer city gate, and we need to go down and open the outer city gate below.

The sound of the gate opening was quite loud in the dark night. The five or six inner city Sarleon soldiers who were originally standing under the city gate shouted loudly in confusion, trying to get a response from the city gate.

But what caught their eyes was a huge black shadow falling from the city wall. Before they could even scream, two unlucky guys who were unable to dodge fell to the ground.

They stood there in a daze for the moment they were alive. Zhao Yuanlang would not give them a chance. He swung the weapon in his hand and the remaining few people fell in a pool of blood.

The gate of Issus opened, and Morgiana and others outside the city saw the fireworks released by Zhao Yuanlang in the dark night.

"Hurry up!"

This army lurking in the darkness began to show its claws. Under the orderly leadership of Morgana and others, countless soldiers quickly approached the gate of Issos. Of course, the enemies in the city also discovered this situation.

They noticed the fireworks when they were launched into the sky, and the soldiers on duty quickly headed towards the city gate, but what greeted them was only death. Thirty or forty corpses lay in a mess on and beside the city gate.

After Morgiana and the others entered Issos, Zhao Yuanlang smiled grimly: "Issos will be Sarion's nightmare. Fight, my army."