Chapter 886: The Imperial Beast Cato’s Caution
"All the scouts were wiped out?" Cato looked confused. He had already collected certain information before and knew that the false king of the Voss Kingdom was captured. Now in the entire Voss Kingdom, only the north is entangled with the undead.
As for Count Langton's moonlight werewolf troops, Cato was also wary.
Yes, in the recognition of the Aure Kingdom, Lu Xingshi is still the Earl of Langton, and holds the legitimacy of the Voss Kingdom.
After all, the person who issued the abolition order was a false king, so naturally his king's order could not be true.
So he sent an advance force to investigate the situation, but all the troops left and never returned.
He actually knew what happened, it was nothing more than total destruction.
"Looks like we have to ask for reinforcements." Cato was keenly aware of the situation.
The undead in the north of the Kingdom of Vos may not pose a threat, but the Moonlight Werewolf troops are definitely his formidable enemies.
Therefore, the best way to prevent his entire army from being annihilated is to ask the empire to send him more troops as support.
The high-ranking officials in the empire actually knew that Earl Langton was a tough nut to crack down, but it was just that the high-ranking officials in the empire were complicated, with the aristocratic faction and the steam faction entangled endlessly.
Yes, the Orei Empire has experienced many changes. The original aristocratic faction has declined. Instead, it has gradually become the real controller of the Orei Empire through the power of steam engines.
As for the monarch and royal family of the Orei Empire? Now he has gradually become a puppet.
However, Cato didn't have much opinion on this, after all, he was also a steam person.
The Steam Sect came from the people and broke the original feudal decadence of the Orei Empire. Nowadays, the lives of civilians are getting better and better, and the national power is getting stronger.
It's just that due to development, the nobility and royal family cannot be forcibly wiped out completely, otherwise it will easily cause turmoil.
Fortunately, the royal family and the monarch are at least controlled by the steam faction. On the contrary, the nobles are too entrenched and are really a trouble.
Even if the noble faction declines, its influence is still rooted in the land of the Orei Empire, so it can still interfere with the operation of the empire.
"What's so noisy?" Cato was writing a letter back to ask for help, but was interrupted by a voice.
"It's the Moonlight Werewolf. Someone came to report just now. It's Earl Langton's spies." The adjutant came in immediately to report.
"So fast? Aren't they still blocked by hundreds of thousands of undead?" Cato was mentally prepared, but he didn't expect it to be so fast.
"They cleaned up very quickly. Now, most of the hundreds of thousands of undead may have been dealt with." The adjutant said briefly.
This imperial force that invaded the Kingdom of Voss didn't know that Lu Xingshi had brought chaos to the undead, so even if they really killed them one by one, they couldn't kill them so fast.
But it would be different if the undead were killing each other.
As for why they don’t know, it’s naturally because the scout team they sent out was all wiped out.
The information they have is information that has not yet been updated.
If he really knew everything, Cato would have already begun to prepare to withdraw to the border of the Kingdom of Vos, instead of staying here.
"Have you caught it?" Cato asked. He was concerned about whether he had caught the Moonlight Werewolf.
Although there are disputes among the top officials of the empire, they all have the same solution to deal with this extraordinary soldier under Earl Langton, that is, they must get it.
Judging from all aspects of intelligence, the output of the Moonlight Werewolf may not be high, but in terms of quality, it is much better than the Steam Soldier, and more importantly, there will be subsequent improvements.
Of course, cost and output are not a problem. For the empire, it can be used as an elite force.
Therefore, the empire gave two solutions to deal with the Earl of Langton.
If the war goes well, we will capture the opponent alive. If it does not go well, we will mainly recruit and surrender. However, this plan needs to be discussed again, and it will not be launched until after the war is over, and the cost is too high.
"No, the Moonlight Werewolf is too fast for the Steam Soldier to catch up." The adjutant's answer was within Cato's expectation.
"Steam experts have said that one of the Moonlight Werewolves under Earl Langton can defeat two regular steam soldiers, and this is under normal conditions. If the scale is established, this number can be increased."
"This is a group of extraordinary soldiers whose number increases, and whose overall strength becomes stronger."
"What's more important is that they fight without any fear, unlike our steam soldiers, who will be scared and collapse..."
"If the empire obtains the moonlight werewolf training technology, the current situation will be alleviated a lot." Gato said looking into the distance.
He didn't care that the Moonlight Werewolf who acted as a spy escaped. This is a common thing on the battlefield. Your spies come over and my scouts go over.
If you are caught, you will be killed directly. If you are not caught, you will be run away. There is nothing you can do about it.
On the contrary, it was the empire's predicament that made Cato quite helpless.
The Orei Empire did break through the restrictions of many empires and kingdoms, but it only opened a hole.
In fact, it is still restricted.
Fortunately, the extraordinary soldiers of other empires are not as good as the steam soldiers of the Orei Empire, so they can still hold on for now.
Since the steam engine was developed in the Orei Empire, as the supernatural power derived from steam began to spread, many empires and kingdoms gradually began to cultivate extraordinary soldiers.
Just like the undead soldiers and moonlight werewolves of the Kingdom of Vos.
It's just that the quality of most of them is uneven. Most of them are actually the same as undead soldiers, with weaker strength and greater quantity.
As for steam soldiers, they are the strongest among many empires in terms of quantity and quality. Of course, these two conditions come together. Otherwise, if we break it down, we won’t be number one.
There are extraordinary soldiers who have insufficient quality but high output or high quality but low output.
The Orei Empire relied on this advantage to open up the situation.
And if they get the extraordinary soldier Moonlight Werewolf and cooperate with the steam soldier, they will definitely be able to get out of the predicament.
"But... the situation is unclear now, and your plan to ask for help may affect the empire's judgment." The adjutant knew that in a multi-front battle, this front was the most important to the entire empire.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to let Cato, known as the beast of the empire, come in person.
Cato is not the most powerful general, but he is definitely the one with the most outstanding military exploits in recent years.
"It is precisely because the situation is unclear that we are asking for help."
“My misjudgment is nothing more than less credit.”
"But if my judgment is correct, it won't matter if our entire army is annihilated. It will affect the layout of the empire, which is a big deal." Cato could vaguely sense that the Earl of Langton was hiding deeply.
Not to mention other things, if he had led 10,000, no, 30,000 steam soldiers, there would be absolutely no way he could have blocked the Puppet King Binvos and such a large undead army so easily.
The opponent not only blocked it, but also captured the False King of Voss alive. If this was not done with caution, it would be unreasonable not to lose.
"By the way, there is news from the Empire. It is said that the former Viscount Langton who studied at the Imperial Academy of Art has been found."
"Should we use this as a threat?" the adjutant said suddenly.
"Do you know the Earl of Langton and the former Viscount Langton?" Cato found it interesting.
"I don't know, the situation is..." the adjutant gave a brief summary.
After listening, Cato immediately lost interest.
"It doesn't make any sense, but it can be used as a breakthrough when recruiting surrender." Cato said casually.
The breakthrough he was talking about was naturally not to ask the former Viscount Langton to go to Lu Xingshi to talk about surrender, but to use this as some key points in the negotiation.
What we have to do now is to fight with real swords and guns. If we can win, the follow-up will naturally be saved.
"Okay, send the letter back to the empire quickly." Cato finished writing the letter, sealed it and stamped it with his own seal as an anti-counterfeiting mark.
He wrote not just one, but five letters with the same content, but they were sent back by five people, and the five people sent them by different routes.
This kind of military situation naturally requires extreme caution.
Of course, if there was really one less person who did not return to the imperial capital, then the entire route would be cleaned.
This kind of route related to intelligence and logistics is extremely important to the empire.
The adjutant took the five letters and left directly to arrange the mission.
"It's a pity that the main force of the empire is resisting other empires. Otherwise, even if Earl Langton's moonlight werewolves are powerful, they will be destroyed by the steam." Cato knew the difficulties of the empire.
Otherwise, the torrent brought directly by steam would be enough to flatten everything.
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"Winter Wolf is looking for me? He doesn't come to the Three Treasures Palace for anything." Lu Xingshi was conducting an experiment when he heard a message from the housekeeper, saying that Winter Wolf came to him with something to say.
This forced Lu Xingshi to suspend the experiment.
He was actually a little impatient. It wasn't that he was impatient with experiments, but that he was impatient with all kinds of mundane things.
For example, the invasion of the Orei Empire and the cleanup of the undead, although he was not doing these, they still required his coordination.
It takes about an hour or two every day to deal with these tasks.
"Forget it, let's just meet."
"Just bring it the witchcraft of the Death of the God of Winter and Ice and Snow to see if it can be exchanged for something." Lu Xingshi thought for a moment, this thing was made from the heart of the winter wolf.
As for giving it to the other party to increase their favorability, forget it.
It's too precious. Lu Xingshi hasn't studied it yet. Once the value drops after studying it, it won't be too late to give it away.
The premise is that there is still something left after his research. He doesn't even know what the situation of his experiment is, and there is definitely no guarantee that it will not be damaged.
"I always feel that this thing is a bit similar to the destiny of the emperor." Lu Xingshi looked at the death of the God of Winter and Ice and Snow in his hand, and then thought again: "No, it is not the destiny of the emperor."
"The emperor's destiny is to choose talented people, but this thing is more like fate."
Lu Xingshi's rise is indeed a coincidence.
"Maybe Winter Wolf knows something." Lu Xingshi didn't think it was fate, because the God of Destiny was bitten by Lu Xingshi after wandering in the void. He was a kind of dead god.
It's not like the God of Winter, Ice and Snow he had come into contact with died without being completely dead at the time.
(End of chapter)