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Chapter 543
After the fierce battle ended, Shuria turned around and hugged Niu Zida, comforting him with her soft breasts. Shuria had been separated from Niu Zida for a long time after Bozeman's death, and the two hadn't spent much time together. The last few months were the first time they had truly lived together. To be honest, Shuria was still a little afraid of Niu Zida at first, but as they made love more often and spent more time together, she discovered that Niu Zida was quite a funny man. Although he had the appearance of a goblin, he brought her much more pleasure in bed than most men, and he could always stay by her side. So Shuria's feelings for Niu Zida gradually became more complicated. Sometimes Shuria even thought that being with Niu Zida and becoming part of his harem wouldn't be bad, at least she would have a man who could love and protect her.
There was only one thing that Shuya wanted to complain about: every time they made love, Niu Zida would tease her while bringing up Bozeman to humiliate her, and he always made sure she slandered Bozeman to increase his excitement. Niu Zida seemed to enjoy this humiliating game. Shuya had only attached herself to Bozeman for the sake of self-interest, and her feelings for him were just so-so, but being repeatedly humiliated by his past history made her somewhat uncomfortable. However, seeing that Niu Zida particularly enjoyed this game, she could only go along with it.
"Master, do you always have to play these shameful games with me?"
When the two of them were resting after making love, Shuria finally couldn't help but hug Niu Zida and start complaining. After spending the last few months together, the two of them were quite familiar with each other. They were no longer as apprehensive as Shuria was when she was first paid. At that time, Shuria even thought that goblins, these demi-humans, would eat her.
"What's wrong? Don't you like this way of playing?"
“That deadbeat has been dead for so long, I’m just the master’s toilet now, why bring him up again?”
"That bastard's ambition brought about the Kingdom of Altaïr. Just mentioning it makes me angry. If it weren't for him, wouldn't it be great to have so many beautiful concubines and build up my territory? Who wants to fight every day?"
Unlike typical time travelers, Niu Zida is not a warmongering maniac who harbors grand dreams of conquering the world. He wants to build a harem and become a wealthy man, but reality doesn't allow him to do so.
"Sigh, am I destined to be bullied by my master like this every time?"
"That's what gets me even more excited! So tell me, who's better in bed, me or your husband?"
"Hehe, of course it's Master. Master can fill my lower part completely."
Katsushika Juria, embracing Ushiko Tatsumi, burst into wanton giggles, her laughter like silver bells. Looking at the beautiful woman's alluring smile in the moonlight, Ushiko Tatsumi couldn't resist his desire. He turned and pressed himself against Juria, parting her legs and thrusting forcefully inside her. The room once again echoed with the beautiful woman's rhythmic, seductive moans…
Time quickly passed to mid-January. One morning, Niu Zida was having breakfast with Asuna, whispering sweet nothings and discussing their intimate moments from the previous night. Kirito was away, having been dispatched to Andaman Village to escort supplies. Suddenly, a servant entered and handed Niu Zida a letter…
Chapter 383 Su Liya's Challenge
Chapter 383.
"It seems the enemy has already advanced. Scouts ahead have learned that Altaïr's army is gathering in the border region and will be fully assembled and begin entering Heatherlink in about one to two weeks."
"The enemy will likely cross the territory of Etcheberia first..."
After Xin Hai finished speaking, he looked at Seritina, who was heavily pregnant. Upon hearing Xin Hai's words, Seritina quickly explained, fearing that Niu Zida might misunderstand that her husband, Laudette, would betray her:
"My husband is probably trying to delay the enemy's advance, but he..."
"Haha, nominally, Laudert is still part of the Kingdom of Altaïr, and the difference in strength is too great. Laudert's resistance is meaningless. There's no need to make things difficult for him, nor should we make him hinder the enemy's advance. It might be a good thing to let Laudert express his sincerity to the enemy. Just write a letter to Laudert to tell him this right away."
Although Niu Zida felt that Laudert would help Altaïr's army even if he didn't say anything, having Seritina write a letter to him was like leaving Laudert a backdoor to switch sides at will. After he defeated Altaïr's army, Laudert could smoothly switch sides to him without any burden, which was actually a good thing.
"Yes...I understand."
Seritina was relieved to hear this. It seemed that her master did not suspect her husband. She had been worried when Xin Hai said this, thinking that Niu Zida was going to punish her.
Having resolved the minor incident with Laudert, Niu Zida continued speaking to his maids:
"If the enemy arrives, who will lead the charge on the first mission?"
“If Master needs it, I will do it. I have long wanted to fight Altaïr’s army.”
As a knight by birth, Su Liya was naturally the first to step forward. However, because she was currently pregnant and had a large belly, her words sounded somewhat comical. Nevertheless, the serious expression on her delicately made-up face made Niu Zida unable to ignore her, and he nodded and said:
"Hmm, well done, Su Liya. I'll send you to face the enemy first then."
Upon hearing Niu Zida call her "wife," a slight blush instantly appeared on Su Liya's fair face.
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Her blush and the slight awkwardness that came with her resolute expression made this hot and beautiful knight seem adorable.
"Master, don't forget that we should also select people to harass the enemy's supply lines."
Xin Hai reminded him from the side, and Niu Zida remembered that this task should of course be given to Haruyuki Arita, because he could fly to scout the supply lines at any time. At the same time, he sent out Rosalia, Yoel, and Kuroyukihime, the three speed-type harem members, to lead a small number of goblins to ambush in the dense forest of the valley, carrying dry food and water, and to carry out their activities when the enemy army was in a stalemate after it had passed.
“But Master, I also don’t quite understand. The Kingdom of Altaïr is accusing Princess Charlotte of the succession issue and colluding with goblins. Doesn’t our open and aboveboard participation in the war prove that the Kingdom of Altaïr’s accusations are correct?”
"The enemy's propaganda war is meant to make us timid and hesitant, but I don't care about that. As long as I can win, defeat, or even occupy the Kingdom of Altaïr, I will have great scholars to debate the classics for me after I enter the pass."
Upon hearing Niu Zida's words, Xin Hai secretly pondered that his master's ambitions were considerable. He might not simply be thinking of repelling Altaïr, but rather of directly occupying Altaïr.
Over the next week, Niu Zida began actively mobilizing supplies and preparing his army for war. In addition to his goblin numbers increasing to 3500 in a final push (this was after all the goblins had been gathered), the human forces supporting Charlotte's side within his territory were also assembled, totaling approximately 150 knights and 2700 militiamen. These militiamen could only fight until spring, after which most of them would have to return to farming. Otherwise, unfinished farm work would affect the taxes in their respective territories. After all, these 2700 militiamen were roughly the able-bodied laborers drawn from families of 20,000 to 30,000 people, directly impacting nearly one-tenth of the population of the entire Grand Duchy of Hetherink.
A few days later, scouts quickly reported that they had discovered the vanguard of Altaïr's army, about 3000 men, a total of 100 knights leading militiamen through the territory of Echeberia. Laudert indeed opened the territory to allow them to pass through. However, Laudert also secretly sent someone to inform them that Altaïr would send another army of about 1 to 2 men in a few days, so that Niu Zida should prepare in advance.
"As expected, Master was right; Laudert is betting on both sides."
Upon seeing the information provided by Laudert, Xin Hai smiled and said.
"Not necessarily. I think this information might have provided us with a poisoned bait."
"Oh, Master, what do you mean by this?"
"Xinhai, you are well-versed in military strategy. After reviewing this intelligence, take a close look at the next deployment plan."
Xin Hai took the letter, glanced at it, pondered for a moment, and then said:
"The enemy vanguard has entered our territory, but the main force has not yet entered. This group consists of conscripts of low quality. If that's the case, we can concentrate our forces to eliminate this group before the main enemy force arrives."
"That's right. If you think rationally, you would make the same judgment after receiving such information, and even the enemy would think the same way..."
"Hey, Master, what do you mean by this?"
Xin Hai seemed to understand, blinked her beautiful, deep blue eyes, and suddenly thought for a moment before saying:
"Does the master mean that Lauder's letter might also be part of the enemy's scheme, to lure us into a blind attack, making us think we can successfully launch a surprise attack, only to be ambushed by the enemy?"
"That's right, that's the feeling I get from the words in this letter. Otherwise, it wouldn't be so easy for Laudert's letter to reach me so easily. Moreover, after I've had Seritina for so many years, it's really strange that Laudert would still pass on information to me like this."
At this point, Xin Hai naturally understood Niu Zida's meaning. It seemed that the enemy's commander was quite capable, having already begun planning and strategizing even before the troops had been dispatched. Such an opponent should not be underestimated.
"Who exactly is the enemy's commander? He's very skilled in warfare. If my master hadn't reminded me, I might have sent my men to attack first."
"Altaïr has been fighting against the Kingdom of Fortini for many years, so it's not surprising that he has such a skilled general. We still don't have enough information on this aspect."
It was already evening. In the bedroom, Niu Zida pinched Xin Hai's soft breasts and stroked her white silk stockings. Xin Hai understood her master's intention and willingly opened her stockings, allowing Niu Zida to press down on her and thrust his hard member in and out. Xin Hai's red, tender mouth was half-open, emitting slightly humiliated moans. A slightly strained expression appeared on her face. After a few moments of adjusting to Niu Zida's violation, she continued:
"But Master, you want a quick victory. If the enemy is deliberately luring us into an attack, should we change our previous tactics?"
"No, of course a quick battle is still the best option, but we can take advantage of this weakness of theirs..."
After speaking, Niu Zida seemed to have made up his mind. He straddled Xin Hai's beautiful buttocks and thrust his huge member hard against them. Xin Hai stuck out her little tongue and let out a long, seductive moan, which only made Niu Zida laugh lewdly. He slapped Xin Hai's buttocks hard and teased her:
"Xinhai, you slut, why are you moaning so lewdly? You're such a slut who needs to be fucked..."
"Because the master suddenly used so much force..."
Xin Hai pouted her rosy lips and couldn't help but complain, but what followed was still a barrage of complaints from Niu Zida.
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Fierce, thrusting motions caused her vaginal muscles to twitch uncontrollably, until her spine went numb and her fine white silk trembled incessantly. Amidst Niu Zida's low growls, she felt her uterus being filled and brought directly to orgasm...
The vanguard that first entered the land of Heatherlink was commanded by Baron Borucci, commander of the First Division of the Kingdom of Altaïr, totaling approximately 3500 men. In reality, this was only about one-third of the First Division's strength. The remaining two-thirds of the main force were ambushed behind the enemy by Baron Bayet. Just as Niu Zida analyzed, Borucci was used as bait to lure the Heatherlink army into an attack, and then Bayet would lead the main force to reinforce and launch a pincer attack. This was because the Dassos Pass was easy to defend and difficult to attack, so the Altaïr army adopted this strategy of luring the enemy into an attack to avoid a protracted siege.
Just as they had planned, he encountered enemy troops upon entering the territory of Hetherink. However, to Borucci's surprise, the troops leading the attack were goblins, and the leader was a beautiful blonde female knight.
"How depraved they are, actually mixing a human with a demi-human, and a goblin at that."
Facing the female knight on the battlefield, Borucci made no attempt to hide his contempt, which was, of course, part of his strategy—to lure the enemy into his ambush. However, faced with such a goblin army, Borucci wondered if he should still execute his original tactics. He figured he could probably wipe out this rabble of goblins with just the conscripted soldiers from his own territory.
"Enough with the nonsense. Do you dare to duel me, like a true knight?"
The beautiful blonde, blue-eyed female knight sat astride White Horse Mountain, her beautiful eyes fixed on Borucci as she issued a challenge. Borucci initially didn't want to accept the challenge, after all, the style of warfare involving knightly duels had been out of fashion for hundreds of years. However, faced with a woman's direct challenge in front of so many people, if he didn't dare to accept, his prestige would undoubtedly suffer a huge blow...
Chapter 384 Su Liya's Battle
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"Alright, in that case, I can accept your challenge, but the loser has to surrender automatically, is that alright?"
"of course can."
Seeing that the other party readily agreed, Su Liya nodded confidently. In terms of spearmanship, she had never lost to anyone except her brother. Now that she had recognized Niu Zida's power and improved after being subdued, she could even beat her brother, so it was impossible for anyone to defeat her.
Borucci himself was a well-trained knight and a baron of the Kingdom of Altaïr. He had been leading troops in battle for many years. Personally, he was not in favor of the war for the succession to Hetherink. However, considering Hetherink's advantageous geographical location, its ability to control trade in the southern part of the Hetherink continent, and its status as a trade hub connecting other islands and surrounding islands, as well as its ability to provide financial support for the kingdom's future expansion, he, as a nobleman who advocated external expansion, was less opposed to the war and naturally participated in it.
Now that Sulia had agreed to his challenge of a knightly duel, Borucci thought it would be good to reduce casualties in the region. So he and Sulia simply took their stances in the open space between the two armies. Borucci raised his lance and charged toward Sulia. In lance duels, men generally have an absolute advantage due to the difference in physical strength between men and women. Therefore, Borucci did not think much of the beautiful and voluptuous knight in front of him. He thought she was just some noble lady from Heatherlink who had acted impulsively, thinking that wearing pretty armor and practicing some fancy moves was enough to go to the battlefield.
The two charged at each other with their lances drawn. When their lances clashed, Borucci tried to use his male strength to knock Sulia off her horse. But Sulia was able to dodge his lance thrust in an instant while still on horseback. She then thrust her lance straight at his abdomen. Fortunately, he was wearing his ancestral plate armor, which was well-made. He was only knocked off his horse by the force of the blow. If it had been an ordinary person wearing regular lamellar armor, he would probably have been pierced through.
"Looks like you've lost."
"How can it be……"
Borucci fell off his horse, never expecting to lose to a woman. Although Sulia was tall and her muscular build showed she was skilled at riding, simply being able to ride a horse wasn't enough to defeat an enemy.
"As agreed, your troops are to surrender."
"Stop dreaming..."
Borucci gritted his teeth and got up from the ground, breaking his promise without the slightest hesitation. His personal guards rushed forward to protect their commander. Sulia, seemingly prepared for his reneging, simply smiled contemptuously and said:
"As expected of Altaïr's men, they have no integrity whatsoever. They have disregarded the pride of being knights. It's truly shameful."
"Compared to a traitor like you who colludes with demi-humans, there's no point in talking about credibility."
Borucci, not to be outdone, even while being protected by guards and retreating, still argued with Sulia. After Borucci retreated back to his own camp, Altaïr's army began to slowly advance. At the forefront were long-gunners wielding shields and spears, followed by ordinary phalanx soldiers carrying spears. At the rear of the phalanx were several rows of longbowmen. On both sides of the phalanx, heavily armored knights led their own auxiliary troops, moving in small phalanxes alongside the spearmen.
This is a typical formation for Altaïr's conscripts, used for training.
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In a relatively short time, the militia were organized into long spearmen and formed into square formations, with a few heavily armored knights on the flanks to provide support. This allowed them to take advantage of the conscripts' numbers while avoiding their weakness of being easily overwhelmed due to their relatively poor training. Meanwhile, the longbowmen behind them would provide some fire support. These longbowmen were usually hired, and a unit would typically have dozens or even hundreds of them.
The longbowmen advanced slowly, while the longbowmen began firing at Sulia's goblin army. The goblins' shields were small round shields, which they held above their heads to block the attacks, but the longbows were very lethal. After several volleys, the goblins suffered heavy casualties, and screams filled the battlefield. Some goblins even tried to sneak away, and the battlefield quickly descended into chaos.
Surya wanted to hold the line but was helpless. Her goblin army was not organized like humans. As the enemy's spear formation slowly advanced, the goblins who were still holding on charged at the enemy's command. However, these small goblins were helpless even against the poorly equipped conscript formation. The daggers and short swords they could lift could not cut through the shields of Altaïr's army, while the enemy's spears could easily pierce through the gaps in the shields. Under such crushing pressure, the goblin army almost collapsed. In less than half an hour, Surya's side was already in a state of defeat.
"Hmph, just a lowly goblin after all..."
Borucci was helped onto his horse and watched as his army crushed the enemy head-on. Only then did he recover from the humiliation of being knocked off his horse by a woman. Although it was indeed a bit embarrassing that he didn't speak properly, on the battlefield, the victor is never blamed. As long as he won this battle, no one would care about such a trivial matter as losing the pre-battle duel.
As Altaïr's spear formation gradually approached, Suria's goblin army began to rout in full force. Suria could only ride away on her white horse. Seeing the female knight who had humiliated him in the duel, Borucci naturally could not let her go. He ordered his heavy knights to chase after her and capture her.
"Your Excellency, this might cause our formation to become disjointed."
A young knight's attendant, who had heard the order, tried to dissuade him, saying that judging from the style of his armor, he should belong to a knight without a fief.
"It's alright, they're just a bunch of weak goblins. You saw their fighting strength yourself, they're nothing to fear..."
"But, Your Excellency, our strategy is to lure the enemy out, so if we do this..."
"This level of combat strength is irrelevant now. Alright, get on with my orders."
Borucci, unwilling to listen to his subordinates' advice any longer, rudely interrupted their conversation. Seeing Borucci's attitude, the young knight had no choice but to go and relay the orders.
Because pikemen are relatively slow-moving, and in order to carry out the order to pursue Sulia, the heavy knights who were originally protecting the flanks of the pikemen began to break away from the lines with their retinues to chase after Sulia. These heavy knights were all knights with their own territories, because only those with their own territories could form relatively independent combat squads with their own retinues in wartime. While direct knights held a higher status than ordinary conscripts, mercenaries, and standing army soldiers, they were still direct subordinates of their lord and generally did not have such freedom of action in combat.
These heavily armored knights were initially unwilling to carry out Borucci's orders, but considering the enemy's rapid rout, they worried that if they stayed put, they might be outshone by the lancers during the performance review, which would be embarrassing. Besides, if they could capture the beautiful female knight first, they might be able to take advantage of her. So, they led their followers and charged towards Sulia one by one. However, because they were all heavily armored knights, they couldn't run fast and couldn't catch up after a long chase. Some fell behind, while others, the bolder ones, simply took off their armor and, with only a few followers, stayed close to Sulia, determined to capture her.
As the battle line gradually stretched out, the short goblins disappeared into the mountains on both sides, leaving only a few knights in pursuit. Fortunately, Sulia's smooth golden hair was too conspicuous, so they did not lose sight of their target and followed her into a dense forest.
It was no longer convenient to ride a horse in the dense forest, so Sulia dismounted and walked. Several pursuing knights, seeing a chance to catch up, quickly said:
"This pretty little thing has lost her way and has no choice but to dismount now. Let's hurry up and catch up with her, have our fun in the woods, and then send her to Lord Borucci."
Hearing about the reward, the attendants perked up and hurried forward with their knight master. However, before they even got close to the dense forest, a group of goblins suddenly appeared on both sides, holding crossbows and firing several volleys at them. Because the distance was too close, in just one volley, more than half of the dozen attendants and knights were killed on the spot, and those who were not killed were hit by several arrows and wounded.
Immediately afterwards, a group of goblins wielding daggers surged up from both sides. Normally, ten of these goblins wouldn't be able to defeat one human in a head-on fight, but at this moment, dozens or even hundreds of goblins rushed in from all directions, charging towards the wounded knights and quickly killing them all, leaving no one alive among the dozen or so...
"My lord, the pursuers haven't returned for quite some time, and those damned goblins..."
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"We don't know where they've run off to. Should we gather our troops?"
Seeing that many of the knights in charge of the pursuit had not returned after a long time, Borucci's attendants once again advised him that capturing Sulia should not take that long. Seeing that no knights were returning, Borucci also felt that he should not act too rashly, so he ordered the messenger to sound the horn to remind the knights in the distance to quickly return to their camp.
While ordering the knights to withdraw, Borucci commanded the pikemen to rest in place. These conscripts hadn't expended much energy in battle, but they had been maintaining their marching formation under the scorching sun and hadn't eaten all morning, so they were both hungry and thirsty. Upon hearing the order to rest, most of them simply sat down on the ground, and some even sneaked out in twos and threes to try to get some water from the nearby stream or to see if they could find some fruit or something to eat in the woods. The formation suddenly became incredibly chaotic...