The Low-Key Life of a Necromancer

Chapter 501 Requires a Battle

The cavalry who escaped from the artillery fire returned to the camp in disgrace. The knights who suffered heavy casualties immediately found Grand Duke von.

"Grand Duke! The revolutionary army ambushed us at that farm. More than a dozen of us died at once, and the rest were injured. You must avenge us!"

Grand Duke Feng only needed to take a glance at the knights to know what had happened to them.

Duke Feng had a look of grief and anger on his face, but he was actually very happy in his heart.

Two days ago, Duke Feng forcefully suppressed the coalition forces and ordered them to continue to stay on standby in the barracks, but this angered many people.

Some wanted to end the battle and go home to enjoy themselves, some wanted to continue fighting with Simon, and some did not take the revolutionary army seriously and wanted to attack with their entire army.

Duke Feng's prestige was completely eroded in repeated stalemates.

Duke Feng knew that in a few days, some nobles would disobey his orders and leave the barracks without authorization.

Just at this time, he received a message from the North, telling him that a trap had been set up to intimidate his dishonest subordinates.

"Hehe... Ahem, describe the situation in detail so I can plan a countermeasure."

After Grand Duke Feng said this, the knights who had been complaining just now suddenly stopped talking.

It was very embarrassing for them to flee back after being defeated. If Grand Duke Feng knew that they, a group of knights, didn't even know where the enemy was, they would really become a laughing stock.

"Why, you've been seen like this for a long time, are you afraid that it will be more embarrassing if you tell others about it?"

"Grand Duke, can we go in and report?"

The knights really didn't want to make their humiliating experience public in public.

Duke Feng understood their concerns and not only welcomed them into the tent, but also sent his adjutant away.

"Now, there are no outsiders here, so you should speak more carefully and don't exaggerate!"

Several knights looked at each other, and then the captain stepped forward to describe the process of the battle in detail.

"Grand Duke Feng, in the end we only discovered that there were large birds flying in the sky. The northerners must have trained the birds to observe our movements from the air!"

"Observe your movements from the air and send a message to the ground..."

Grand Duke Feng could imagine such a method. If it was well coordinated, it would definitely deal a fatal blow to the knights.

The kingdom also has griffin messengers, and some people have studied using the power of griffin riders to observe battlefield intelligence, but due to problems with information transmission, it has not been promoted to the military.

"You said that the people of the North have solved the problem of messaging, and the messaging is incredibly accurate..."

Duke Feng couldn't imagine how this was done.

Because even if both people are standing on the ground, it is difficult to unify the location information through verbal description, unless...

"The people of the North not only mastered the transmission of information between the sky and the ground, but also mastered a set of encryption methods!"

Only after encryption and simplification can information such as geographic location achieve the magical effect of guiding the landing point of artillery fire.

Otherwise, if an ordinary person goes up there, he'll just shout "I missed the target!" and "Move to the side!", which will only make the war a joke.

"I know that the northerners have been doing some kind of cultural education and have made the soldiers study together, but I didn't expect the effect to be so outrageous!"

Duke Feng was amazed and felt a little regretful that he did not participate in the military training in the north.

"What do you think? We are now stepping up the training of a group of griffin knights and artillerymen. Can we do the same as them?"

The knights who had been beaten personally looked at each other, somewhat confused as to why Grand Duke von wanted to train troops.

Aren’t we talking about the mission now? We were beaten by the Northerners and the mission failed. Shouldn’t we find a way to get back at them?

"Grand Duke, I think that without a few years of kung fu, it may not be possible to reach the level of the people in the North."

"Yes, yes, their shells seem to have eyes. By the way, the bombardment we encountered this time was even more severe than that of Simon's Northern Mercenaries!"

A knight recalled the first battle when Grand Duke Feng led his team. When reminded by him, Grand Duke Feng also remembered the northern mercenaries who made it difficult for him to move forward with only artillery shells.

"Hiss~ So, the Northerners' fighting methods still have room for improvement. This is really scary!"

The kingdom's knight charge tactics have been used for hundreds of years. The current knight tactics can no longer develop new tricks, and the knight can only rely on the individual bravery of the knight to perform exceptionally well on the battlefield.

However, the coordinated operations of the Northerners, long-range artillery bombardment, and aerial reconnaissance were all things the Kingdom Army had never experienced before.

From a tactical perspective, the Northerners are more powerful than the demons!

"We can't stand still, it's time to make some changes!"

Although Grand Duke Feng had secret dealings with the North, he did not want the Kingdom Army to be beaten forever on the front battlefield.

If the Kingdom Army can win a victory, it will benefit everyone.

"You have experienced pain. I think you will no longer look down on the people of the North."

"Yes sir! We are determined to return this defeat!"

"Very good, very energetic!"

Archduke von did not send a large army to avenge the knights directly, but instead asked them to train multi-arms coordination tactics.

"We must pay back for the losses we incurred. The people of the North can coordinate their attacks, and so can we!"

Duke Feng’s idea is very good and the initial progress is obvious.

However, the quality of the coalition forces soon created a series of problems.

The uneducated slave army could not understand complicated commands at all, and asking them to cooperate with archers and knights was simply a death sentence for them.

"Alas~ We can only let the magician cooperate with the knight."

Grand Duke Feng worked hard, but in the end he only managed to train a mixed team of magicians and knights.

He now urgently needs a battle to test the feasibility of the new formation.

While no one was paying attention to him, Duke Feng quietly came behind a large tree. After leaving the letter as agreed, Duke Feng returned to the training ground.

Not long after, a sturdy figure came to the place where Duke Feng had stood.

The figure discovered the marks carved by Grand Duke Feng on the tree trunk, and also found the letter left by Grand Duke Feng in the grass.

The letter was delivered quickly through the channels of the Assassin Order and soon reached Li's hands.

"Li, it's too boring to stay in the castle all day. I'm bored!"

"Lian, is it because my massage was uncomfortable or because the food I cooked was not tasty? Why do you think about running to the battlefield all day long?"

"Not yet. Everyone has something to do, and I'm the only one who looks like an idiot."

Lian grumbled very quietly, but Li still heard her complaint clearly.

Lian is a simple person, and doing detailed work only makes her feel irritated. From childhood to adulthood, all she thinks about is wielding a giant sword on the battlefield.

Li also wanted Lian to have her own career, but he was also afraid that she would suffer a great loss as she did last time in the royal capital.

Just when Li was struggling over where to place Lian, the contact letter from Mr. Feng was delivered to Li.

"Master, it was Grand Duke Feng who took the initiative to contact me."

Li took the letter, confirmed that the mark was correct, and immediately opened the letter to check.

What Mr. Feng wrote was concise and to the point, with only one line of sharp handwriting on the paper.

"Lian, prepare to attack. Grand Duke Feng needs a fight. It's your turn!"