Three Philosophical Questions for Travelers

Hassan Heron stared and asked, "Are you telling me to flee without fighting?"

The prime minister said in a flat tone: "It's not that you fled without fighting. You have fought, but you haven't fought."

What he said angered Hassan Heron, and the man let out a hoarse growl from his throat, and shouted: "You are not on the battlefield, you don't know what's going on, don't speak sarcastic words to me!"

Kloin also got angry, and he said loudly: "Okay, I'm not on the battlefield. But I know the difference between the enemy and us! I know that you take 3000 people to fight 800 people, and you will be beaten like a mouse on the plain! Hassan Herren ? Mulister! Do you still have the face to yell at me?"

"This is part of the war, this is a strategic retreat! You old man!" Hassan Heron yelled, slapping the table, "The war is not over yet, this is just the beginning! I will pay back tomorrow, wait I killed the little trident, and I will settle accounts with you again!"

"If you can really kill him, I will kneel down and apologize to you, Lord Military God!"

The two snorted coldly and stopped talking.The atmosphere in the big tent became silent again.At this time, the smell of food came from outside the tent, and a soldier shouted at the door: "General Hassan, dinner is ready!"

Hassan Heron fought from morning to night, hungry and tired, he put down his helmet and gloves, and shouted: "Go get some more beef!"

Then the prime minister dined with him in the tent. Compared to Hassan Heron who was devouring, Kloin had no appetite.The old prime minister has been thinking: how to fight the battle in the future?

If Hassan Heron lost again, it would definitely not be a small defeat, but a big one.

The army god in the north returned home in a big defeat, and the northern border might not be able to withstand such a blow.Maybe the little trident will take advantage of the trend to kill Eagle Head City, and then...

He dared not think about it any more.

The little trident was much stronger than he expected.

In the evening they held a council of war in tents.

There were many people who came with Hassan Heron this time, and many of them were noble children.Kloin knew that these young men and women could not have come to fight for real, they just came to be gilded.These guys come out whenever Hassan Heron fights some surefire fights.They followed Hassan Heron out for a trip, riding horses, seeing the scenery, and it would be great if they could kill someone (a prisoner, of course), and when they returned, they would be able to brag about the trip as a world-wide feat.

Hassan Heron is also willing to take these guys out on a trip, because the nobles will give him money, and he can also use this to build a good relationship with the nobles.Some noble children also established friendship with him, and were even recruited by him as subordinates. These people will be useful when they turn against the royal family one day in the future.

As usual, military meetings are very relaxed.Because Hassan Heron would not lose, and he had sufficient confidence to win, so the meeting was just a formality.Hassan Heron commanded a huge army by himself every time, and he was able to be methodical and resolute.

Commanding an army is not an easy task. The prime minister can command 3 people at most, and if there are more, he will be unable to handle it; and Hassan Heron can command an army of 10, and he can make these [-] people as obedient as chess pieces. It is his ability.

But now, this ability doesn't work anymore.

One wrong step, one wrong step, two

One wrong step, one wrong step, two

In the big tent, everyone was very depressed.Hassan Heron looked at the map in silence, and the others did not dare to speak.

There are many young people here who obviously cannot bear the silence.After waiting for a while, someone said, "General, should we withdraw first?"

Kloin looked at the man. It was the son of the Viscount of the Midvale, named Dolan Worthard.It was a limp young man with a thin body, pale skin, and coughing all day long.In Chloe's impression, he has been complaining about how hard his military life was and how tiring he was riding a horse these days.But in fact, he lives in a single room, eats hot food, and rides in a carriage. People have already taken good care of this young master.

Hassan Heron gave him a warning look, but the guy obviously didn't know how to read his words.He continued: "I think we should go back to rest for two days, and come out to fight another day. The people in the Gulf are quite powerful, and we need to bring more people."

Hassan Heron sneered and said, "Then how many people do you think are suitable?"

Dolan thought for a while and said, "20."

Chloe laughed dumbfounded. With an army of 20, the entire north must be mobilized. The premise is that the nobles are united, and the Great Knights will shake hands with the Vulcan Cult.

Hassan Heron laughed outright, and said, "I only used 6 people to go on an expedition to the Western Regions, and you actually asked me to bring 20 people to pack up the little trident?"

Dolan also laughed and said, "It's better to have more people. We can't beat one by one, and ten can't beat one by one? In my opinion..."

At this time, Hassan Heron raised his hand, and the young man's head fell.

Everyone around screamed in horror, the young man's torso stood for a few seconds before collapsing, and the head kept a silly smile.

Hassan Heron wiped the blood off the knife with the handkerchief he carried with him, then sheathed the knife.He looked at the people around him and said, "From now on, anyone who spreads rumors, slanders, or disturbs the morale of our army will be killed! Do you all understand?"

The faces of the others turned pale with fright, and they all nodded hastily.

Hassan Heron went on to say: "Listen well, this time it's not a slapstick game, if you young masters want to leave, go as soon as possible. If you stay, I will treat you as soldiers fighting. I will demand of you as I would treat soldiers."

Chloe probably won't be able to stay alone tomorrow morning, Chloe thought to himself.

"We will attack Sands Castle in three days' time," Hassan Herren continued.

Hearing this, the prime minister's mood was very complicated—the little king hoped that Hassan Heron would lose the Sands Castle, and also hoped to fight Ba Gu at Eagle Head City.That’s all for the former, but how could Kloin not allow the latter to happen—I am the prime minister of the empire, how could I allow the enemy to go wild in the northern imperial city?

So what should I do?Should I support him in attacking the city, or should I stab him in the back?

Even if the king ordered it, Chloe could not do such a thing.Loyalty and righteousness are difficult to balance, and the prime minister is in trouble.

Then Hassan Heron spoke a few words with the orderly, and after a while, several knights wearing helmets and red tassels walked in.These people are Hassan Heron's cronies, if they come, there will be nothing to do with these noble children.Hassan waved his hand, and those noble children left the big tent very tactfully.Before leaving, two people dragged Dolan's body out.

At this time, Hassan Herun looked at Chloe and said, "What's the matter? Does the Prime Minister want to stay?"

Kloin said: "I am the king's appointed overseer, of course I want to stay."

The general snorted coldly and said, "Okay, then you stay."

The main participants in the meeting were the "Three Little Knights" under the command of the Great Knight Commander.The original hierarchy of the Great Knights Association was: the Grand Knight Commander, the three guardian knights, and then the commander of the Knights.Now the old Grand Knight Commander has died in battle, and only Hassan Heron is left among the three guardian knights, so he lowered the system as a whole by one level.He referred to the three legion commanders under his command as the new three major knights, and regarded himself as the great knight commander.However, people know that these new people can't replace the old ones, so people still add a word "small" before their names.It's like calling the little trident, the little king.

The so-called "Three Little Knights", or the three legion commanders, were from nobles, knights and mercenaries respectively.It also represents the current composition of the Grand Knights.

Usually, Hassan Heron and them can reach an agreement, but this time they have differences.The youngest knight, Hegson, advocated avoiding the Golden Sand Castle, and drove straight into the middle of the Gulf. If the enemy sends troops to fight our decisive battle, then fight him; if the enemy attacks our reserve forces, then our main force will attack the Golden Sands Fort, forcing the enemy back to defense.

The older Valto Luo thought that he should retreat ten miles, lure the enemy into the depths, and then engage in a decisive battle with the little trident.In the end, Hassan Heron's adopted son—that is, the third knight, Slen Mulister, expressed his willingness to follow his father to attack Sands Castle, but this time he had to bring heavy troops.

"We can't underestimate the little trident," Thrun said. "Knights alone may not be enough. We need heavy infantry, chariots, and more Wurms. When we set up the battle formation, then no matter how brave the bones are, it will not help. "

Hassan Heron is very arrogant towards outsiders, but he can always listen to the advice of his three confidants.In the end, he pooled the opinions of the three people, and decided to send light cavalry to fight guerrilla warfare first, break up the troops of the Little Trident, and then attack the Sands Castle with all its strength when the time was right.

Hassan Heron has attacked twenty cities in total, and he is the person with the most experience in siege warfare.So he made a careful plan, and Kloin couldn't help admiring his series of plans after seeing it: No wonder Hassan Heron is the God of War in the north.

It was already late at night when the meeting ended, and everyone was very tired, especially Chloe.His joint disease was recurring, his body ached unbearably, he couldn't stand or sit down, and he just wanted to lie down on a soft bed.

Just as he was about to walk out of the tent, a soldier broke in suddenly.The man shouted loudly: "General Hassan! Report from the rear. Our luggage has been attacked by the enemy, and we have suffered heavy losses!"

Hassan Heron's face contorted instantly. He grabbed the orderly by the collar and asked loudly, "To the west of the luggage is the Heavenly Father Pass, and to the east is our army. Where did the enemy come from? Magic?"

The messenger took out a letter from his pocket. He glanced at it and said, "Information says that the enemy is ambushing in the mountains south of the Heavenly Father Pass. It may have been there a long time ago."

Hassan Heron had a look of sudden realization on his face, he cursed in a low voice, and then fell silent.

We've been tricked, Chloe thought to himself, the story about Xiongshan must be fake, Bugu has been waiting for us in Jinsha Castle from the very beginning, and has already dug a grave for us to come in.

One wrong step, one wrong step, three

One wrong step, one wrong step, three

Hassan Heron questioned the man, saying, "My supply troops are only half a day's walk away from Heavenly Father's Pass, don't they care?"

The orderly looked bewildered, not knowing how to answer.

At this time, Kloin said to him: "Unless the king orders, the Heavenly Father's gatekeepers are not allowed to leave without permission. Their mission is to guard the most important gates of the kingdom, not anything else."

"There's even my men there!" Hassan Heron yelled. "I left the fucking Sixth Army there, with crossbowmen and rangers. They're not defenders!"

"The rules of Heavenly Father's Gate are like this. The person in charge there is King Iron Guard Eugene. Only he can decide whether to open the city gate or not."

"Pedantic!" Hassan Heron scolded angrily, "This is a fucking war! They just watched my food and grass being robbed and my chariot burned? A bunch of bastards, when I win the battle and go back, I have to Kill these guys!"

That may be exactly what the king wanted, Kloin thought to himself, if you dare to attack the guards guarded by Heavenly Father, then the king would have even more reason to kill you.

His subordinates suggested that Hassan Heron send someone to help immediately.Hegson said to him: "Our morale has already been frustrated. If the soldiers know that their rear is cut off and their food and grass are burned, then this battle will not be possible!"

But Hassan Heron said: "No! If I take people there now, the little trident will definitely come to rob the camp at night."

Silen said: "Then I'll go." He put the tasseled helmet on his head and tied the sword tightly, "Let me take care of my worries. General, you stay and deal with the little trident."

Hassan Heron nodded and said, "Okay, let's do that."

At this moment, the sound of horns came from outside the camp, and then a soldier ran in and shouted: "General, the people from the Gulf are here!"

Hassan Heron sat in his seat in a daze for a few seconds before standing up and saying, "I knew he would come."

Our military god doesn't look right, the chancellor thought, he doesn't have the vigor he had when he first set off.

Then Hassan Heron put on his shirt and walked out the door, followed by the others.In the big camp, the soldiers had assembled, and people stood together in silence, a tense atmosphere enveloped the place.

Hassan and the others boarded the wall of the camp and looked towards the east, only to see a giant standing in the darkness with a torch.

That's Bone Kahn, Kloin thought to himself, this man is so strong, it must be him.

Bone Kahn stood there alone, holding a torch in his hand.Behind him was a forest, and the wind blew the trees, making a strange humming sound.

"Why just himself?" Hassan Heron asked.

No one answered him.

The wind was bleak, and the giant stood tall. Cloin stared at the guy and thought: He seems to be more terrifying than the last time I saw him.

Bagu? Kahn is more than two meters tall, and the horse under him is physically strong, not inferior to Yalong.He was wearing heavy armor with a giant whale totem on his back, like a giant beast in the dark.

It is said that he was one against four in a duel, and he easily killed the drunkard Mawson and Duke who was riding a dragon.The prime minister hoped that this was not true, because both Mo Sen and Duke were top-notch fighters under Hassan Heron's command, and if Ba Gu could easily defeat them, it meant that no one in Hassan Heron's army could stop this monster.

At this time, the giant rode towards the camp, and everyone on the wooden wall drew their bows and arrows.At this time, the little trident said loudly: "I didn't come here to fight!"

Hassan Heron frowned, and ordered: "Don't do anything yet." Immediately he shouted to the person outside: "Bagu? Kahn! What are you doing here?"

The little trident said: "I ask you to open the door first, I have something to look for you."

The door must never be opened. Although the fortifications of the camp were temporarily built, the defense is not bad.Hassan Heron said to him: "If you have anything to say, just say it here!"

So Bugu said: "You see, I didn't bring soldiers, not even weapons! I came for peace!" He opened his arms, indicating that there was no one beside him.

Hegson frowned and said, "He came by himself? He is looking down on us, General, send me out, I will capture him alive!"

But Hassan Heron said: "Don't believe his nonsense! This man is smarter than he looks, let's see what he is going to do first."

Ba Gu continued: "I'm here this time to send you prisoners! Open the door to pick them up!"

The people on the city wall were stunned for a moment, and then they said, "Come out!"

After he had said this, a procession of captives emerged from the woods behind.These people were all stripped of their armor, and only their clothes were left on their bodies. Their hands were all wrapped with gauze, and their bodies were strung together with ropes.

It's our people, Kloin thought, it's the knights who were captured during the day.

Bugu said loudly: "I didn't kill these guys, I just chopped off their thumbs so that they could never hold a sword. Now, I give them back to you magnanimously - open the city gate, Hassankh Len!"

Hassan Heron was unmoved, and he said to the people next to him: "Don't worry about him, he will leave naturally when he feels bored."

They stalemate for half a minute, and Ba Gu said: "It seems that you don't plan to open the city gate! If so, I will kill these prisoners! Think about it, Hassan Herun!"

Hearing this, Hegson frowned and said, "General, aren't we going to open the door?"

"Opening the door is exactly what you want." Hassan said, "Look at the woods behind the little trident, and then look at the dark bushes in all directions. How many people do you think can be ambushed here?"

"Others don't have as many as we do!" Hegson said.

Hassan Heron didn't answer him, but said: "If the scouts left and never came back tonight, they may have died. In this case, we must not open the door. The opening and closing of this door is too slow. Ba Gu rushed in..."

"Then we'll kill him," cried young Hegson, "he's all alone! There are tens of thousands of us."

At this time, Hassan Heron opened his eyes and shouted: "This is a military order, Hegson!"

Hagson was silent.

Bagu was still clamoring outside, but there was a dead silence in the camp of the northerners.Looking at this scene, the prime minister felt absurd in his heart—the enemy king himself went into battle and came to the front of the camp to mock us, but we didn't dare to fight or even dare to speak back?This is how the same thing?

Hassan Heron was still enduring, but Hegsen was already too annoyed. The young man had the face of a rough highlander, and he even had the violent temper of a northern warrior.He shouted:

"King of the Baylands, Bagu Kahn! I want to fight you!"

wrong step, wrong step, four

wrong step, wrong step, four

Hegson's shout brought the barracks to life instantly, and the soldiers who had been suppressed for a long time also shouted.But Hassan Heron roared, "I won't allow any of you to cross this wall!"

Hegson put on his helmet and pulled out his sword. He said loudly, "Hassan! We are the Great Knights, not a shrinking turtle! Why should he ride on our heads and shit?"

Other soldiers also responded, and the morale in the barracks was high for a while.

The prime minister thought to himself: Hassan Heron suffered a loss in the duel, and he will definitely not let Hegsen go again.Hassan must have seen Bugu's bravery, so how strong is Bugu?Thinking of this, the prime minister became a little curious.

Hassan Heron used to say that individual prowess was not enough to change the tide of battle.But is this really the case?

If Hassan Heron is the God of War, then Ba Gu is the God of War.