Phoenix Grand Lord

"Why is there an urgent message from the Magic Messenger Crow so late?"

Eppard grabbed the letter box thrown by Messenger Crow and unfolded the paper. The expression on his face instantly became extremely ugly.

"What's wrong, uncle?" Qiao asked curiously, "What happened?"

Eppard's voice trembled, "My maester wrote that Nathanos is attacking my Stoneforest Heights estate—."

"What?!"

Joe and Pace exclaimed simultaneously.

They focused on escorting the spokes, but they didn't expect "Nathanos" to steal the house! And to steal the home in Stone Forest Heights!

The value of the escort is nothing compared to the entire Stone Forest Highland Manor!

Over the years, Stone Forest Heights Manor has accumulated a lot of wealth thanks to Eppard's tax increases and exploitation, as well as killing wives and marrying widows.

Especially in terms of equipment and weapons, Stone Forest Highland Manor is very sufficient, enough to arm thousands of serfs to become the lord's regular army.

Once the Stone Forest Highlands were breached by "Nathanos" - of course it would be a good thing if his wife died, but the family fortune that relied on his wife's praise would also be gone.

Eppard was distraught, "Damn Nathanos, what a coward! I must go back immediately for support!"

Pace frowned slightly, "There's something about this Nathanos. I originally suspected that Nathanos was Luo Wei, but now it seems that Luo Wei, that loser, definitely doesn't have the guts or the ability."

"Now is not the time to talk about this!" Joe said angrily: "We want to accompany uncle to destroy Nathanos!"

Pace said coldly: "I won't go. My senior sister can come at any time. Her status is so noble. It is impossible for me to leave here and neglect her. That would not only be detrimental to me, but also to our entire family." good."

Eppard said quickly: "Pace, you don't need to take action to deal with Nathanos, who can only do sneak attacks. Joe's help is enough! Joe, let's go!"

"Okay!" Joe glared at Pace hatefully, and then ran out of the temporary tent with Eppard.

Not long after, Joe's troops and Eppard's troops left urgently.

It was a pity that the soldiers had traveled a long way all night and had to turn back overnight before they could take a break to warm themselves by the fire and drink some water.

Pace stood at the door of the temporary tent, watching Joe and Eppard's people leave with cold eyes.

There is nothing more important than welcoming senior sister.

Returning this time, if he didn't want his senior sister to see his abilities and pay attention to him, he wouldn't have returned to such a bitter and cold place on the border.

"Come here! Build a new tent next to my tent immediately! Use all the luxurious furniture you can!"

"Yes, Master Pace!"

Just as Eppard and Joe quickly returned with the cavalry for rescue, Rowe's Bell Ringing Army and mercenaries had completely taken control of Stone Forest Heights Manor.

Compared with the previous night attacks on Shouwang Farm Manor and Sancha Road Manor, this night attack was significantly more difficult. The wall in Stone Forest Highlands was 3 kilometers high, and the gate was also an iron gate. There were two arrow towers on both sides of the gate. There are also soldiers on watch at night on the archery tower.

The overall defense level of Stone Forest Highlands is almost comparable to that of a small military fortress.

However, the defenders in the Stone Forest Highlands never expected that "Nathanos" would attack and steal their homes at night.

When Luo Wei arrived, the soldiers on guard in the archery tower were all asleep while warming their braziers.

Therefore, Knight Melvin and his two capable men easily climbed up to the arrow tower, killed the sentry, and opened the iron gate from inside.

Charizi led the other bell-ringing troops and mercenaries into the Stone Forest Heights Manor.

The first target they attacked was the barracks in Stone Forest Highlands.

Most of the soldiers left behind in the Stone Forest Highlands were not elite, but they were still able to quickly organize and assemble to fight against Luo Wei's army even when they were attacked first.

The two sides fought fiercely inside and outside the barracks.

The knights and knight attendants left behind at the Stone Forest Highland Manor also set up camp to rescue him.

But Luo Wei's troops are not vegetarians.

Especially the knight with his face covered, it is as if he has changed into a different person. He kills people when he is blocked, and he also kills when he is blocked by gods.

After a fierce battle that lasted for half an hour, Luo Wei took complete control of Stone Forest Heights Manor.

The Stone Forest Highland Barracks was completely destroyed.

The stone forest lord soldiers suffered nearly 100 casualties, and the serf soldiers suffered 200 casualties.

These are all the hidden wealth of the butcher Eppard.

Luo Wei's bell ringing army also killed 5 people and injured more than a dozen people.

There were no deaths among the mercenaries, only two were slightly injured, and one had an arrow wound on his knee.

Although this kind of battle loss ratio is enough to become a god, this is the most serious battle loss since Luo Wei led the army.

On the one hand, Stone Forest Highland Manor, as a paramilitary manor, is indeed very strong. Even in a night battle raid, it is not that easy to capture it.

On the other hand, it also shows that the hardness of the bell-ringing army is still far from enough.

Because Luo Wei's tactics are very strong, the Bell Ringing Army is used to playing in downwind situations, but they are very uncomfortable when encountering strong enemies.

If Luo Wei hadn't been in charge and commanded clearly, the Bell Ringing Army might have collapsed in this round.

However, no matter what, Luo Wei still cracked the hard nut of Stone Forest Heights Manor.

It avoids the sharp edge of Eppard the Butcher and greatly weakens Eppard's strength. The next time he fights Eppard, it will be very simple!

Lowei had no mercy on the wounded, captured, and surrendered soldiers of the Stone Forest Lord. He executed them all and left no manpower for Epad.

Mai Wen, who was masked, hesitated a little. After all, this dishonorable thing was harder for him than fighting and killing the enemy.

But for Xia Lizi, who was masked, honor and dishonor were no longer so important.

The most important thing was to execute the master's orders.

Suddenly, the entire Stone Forest Highland Barracks was a river of blood!

Lowei just watched it all happen coldly, without any fluctuations in his heart.

Killing prisoners is indeed very undignified.

But keeping these prisoners will cause more trouble.

The purpose of fighting is not to see who is the boss by winning or losing, but to eliminate as many of the opponent's manpower as possible at a very low cost.

Especially when one's strength is still very weak, as long as there is a chance, one must beat the opponent to the point where he is unable to fight back.

Killing prisoners is the most convenient and domineering means.

Killing prisoners has many advantages, but only one disadvantage, which is reputation.

Not killing prisoners is a kingly way that requires long-term management and establishes a persona.

In the chaotic world where one is weak and has no support, the road to kingly way is extremely difficult and the process will be extremely frustrating.

The way to hegemony is to have the attitude of "I would rather betray the world than be betrayed by the world".

Of course, historians and writers like to praise the kingly way and believe that hegemony cannot be eternal.

In order to prove their own ideas, they often confuse cause and effect in their books.

But in fact, the kingly way cannot be eternal.

Whether it is the earth world or the Regen world, nothing is eternal.

The Taoists revealed the essence of the operation of the world in one sentence: The way is possible, the way is not, and the way is also the constant way.

The general meaning is that the feasible way and the infeasible way are running alternately, which is the normal law of the world.

The feasible way is not the right way, because there is no right way, only the way that is suitable at this moment.

The infeasible way is not the wrong way, because there is no wrong way, only the way that is not suitable at this moment.

That is why it is a cycle of repetition and alternation of yin and yang.

This is the essence of "Tao" and the essence of Taoist philosophy.

In a peaceful and prosperous age, the kingly way is "Tao is OK", and the hegemonic way is "Tao is not OK".

People are looking forward to the appearance of a kingly saint to continue the prosperous age.

In a chaotic age when their own strength is still very weak, the kingly way is "Tao is not OK", and the hegemonic way is "Tao is OK".

A flawless saint cannot save a chaotic age.

For example, in the Three Kingdoms of the Later Han Dynasty, Liu Bei was devoted to seeking the kingly way, but Liu Bei suffered a lot of humiliation throughout his life and did not achieve it. When Liu Bei died, the kingly way collapsed.

However, Cao Cao took the hegemonic way, killing prisoners and slaughtering cities, digging graves and stealing gold, and holding the emperor hostage. In the end, it was the Cao Wei regime that ended the war and achieved great unification.

Killing prisoners or not has never been a key factor affecting whether one can become a winner.

Those who take the hegemonic way must have the awareness of not wanting false reputation.