Lord Wizard

Chapter 58 Herris

"Zhāna fruit, giant spider silk, snake fruit, tranquil lotus, heart lotus seeds..."

Lin Meng's gaze swept over them one by one.

There were also a few bottles of body-shaping potions, blue silver grass, and materials from ferocious beasts...

The total value of these supplies alone exceeds four million, plus the heart of that man-eating flower... the total value exceeds six million. Adding the money he had saved before, his savings are about to approach eight figures.

"call!"

Lin Meng let out a long breath.

Even with his composure, he still felt his heart racing and his blood rushing to his head at this moment.

Six million!

It would be difficult for anyone to remain unmoved by the sight of six million units of supplies.

Hongguang of the Sunrise Group swindled him out of a full ten million, and now he's getting most of it back in one go.

and……

These are just the most valuable supplies.

Lin Meng left the Solent City Treasury and arrived at the Lord's Mansion, where Goss quickly came to greet him.

"My lord, the supplies in the lord's manor and storerooms have been inventoried. Here is the list!"

Goss handed the list to Linmon.

"130,000 gold coins!"

"Antique jewelry, worth 50,000 gold coins!"

"Two thousand sets of armor!"

"Over 8,000 weapons of various types!"

"Due to the wartime conditions, there were not many supplies in the warehouse, especially armor, weapons, and food."

"Goss said."

"It's better than I expected. What's the casualty situation?"

"According to the statistics from various departments, apart from the nearly 300 casualties during the siege, there were no major casualties. The dead were just ordinary soldiers. Three trainee knights were lost, all caused by the enemy's knight-level experts."

"Tell all soldiers to rest and recuperate well, as there may be another tough battle to fight in two days."

"yes!"

Goss nodded cautiously.

At Heris's light-traveled pace, three days would be enough time to get here from the border.

He brought five thousand elite troops from the front lines. These five thousand elite troops were not like the new army patrol battalion in the city. Every one of them was a veteran who had been through many battles. In terms of combat strength alone, they were even superior to Lin Meng's Sunset Legion.

Only by weathering Marquis Heris's counterattack can Lin Meng truly gain a foothold in Solent City.

Two days passed in the blink of an eye.

In the past two days, Lin Meng and his Sunset Legion have not rested and have been actively preparing for battle. Lin Meng has ordered all the weapons and equipment in the warehouse to be taken out and equipped to all the soldiers in order to enhance the combat effectiveness of each person.

"Are the families, big and small, in the city relatively well-behaved?"

"Rest assured, my lord. When Herris led his army to fight against Marquis Alfonso, he took away all the experts from the families, big and small, in the city and incorporated them into the army. The rest are just old, weak, sick and disabled people who can't cause any trouble."

"That's good. I don't want things to get messy at the crucial moment. If anything goes wrong, we can act first and report later. There's no need to hold back."

Lin Meng had absolutely no trust in the bottom line of these powerful families.

With a major battle imminent, we cannot afford to be soft-hearted at this time.

"Yes, sir."

Goss respectfully agreed.

At this moment, Lin Meng sensed something and said to Goss, "Wait a moment."

After saying that, he exited the Wizarding World and, sure enough, found that Nero had sent him a message in the real world.

After re-entering the wizarding world, he turned to Goss and said, "I recently received a message from Marquis Alfonso using a secret method. His Grand Knight Mien, leading the Silver Knights, has arrived at Autumn Leaf Mountain, forty kilometers outside the city, and is ready to be deployed at any time."

"The Silver Knights!"

Goss was secretly alarmed. This was the elite legion under Marquis Alfonso's command. Just by looking at the strength of one of Harvey's squads, one could tell just how powerful the entire Silver Knights were.

If the entire Silver Knights arrived...

Those were a full five hundred apprentice knights!

In addition, there are knight-level captains and vice-captains, as well as Grand Knight-level legion commander Mien...

This is absolutely a powerful force capable of determining the outcome of a war involving tens of thousands of people.

"My lord, with the Silver Knights here, defending Solent City will be a piece of cake."

"Hold on?"

Lin Meng pondered for a moment and said, "Perhaps the Silver Knights have other uses as well."

"What does Your Excellency mean?"

"What if Heris gets bogged down in a stalemate during his attack? He has many skilled knights under his command, but we are no less formidable. If the two sides are locked in a stalemate, with soldiers locked in a fierce melee, and then suddenly a Silver Knights unit emerges from their rear..."

Goss's eyes lit up: "Our Sunset Legion has four thousand men. Even with some losses and the need to defend the city, we still have three thousand combat-ready soldiers. If we defend the city, Heris will not be able to do anything to us for a while. Once the war is deadlocked and the Silver Knights suddenly attack from the rear, Heris's five thousand troops are very likely to be routed on the spot, and even he himself may be trapped in Solent City."

"Using cavalry to defend a city is a complete waste of resources."

Lin Meng smiled and said, "I will contact Knight Mien and have him patiently lie in wait at Autumn Leaf Mountain for Herris to arrive."

After speaking, he conveyed his decision again through the real world to Gertner, the vice commander of the Silver Knights who was acting with Mien, and told him to wait for an opportunity to act.

After a brief discussion, the two sides quickly devised a strategy.

time flies.

Around noon, Lin Meng received a report from his scouts that Herris's 5,000-strong army was less than ten kilometers away from Solent City.

"here we go!"

At Lin Meng's command, soldiers climbed the city wall and gazed into the distance.

Before long, a dark crowd appeared on the horizon, formed a formation, and gradually approached.

Looking at the neat and orderly formation, without any sign of chaos, Lin Meng couldn't help but sigh. As expected of a battle-hardened elite, the sheer discipline of their military bearing alone was enough to demonstrate the strength of this unit.

Five thousand men, though only half the number of ten thousand, still filled the entire field of vision when these troops stood a kilometer outside the city.

The sheer military might of these five thousand elite troops was so overwhelming that it made it hard to breathe.

At this moment, a general rushed out alone and shouted from below the city walls, "Leylin, now that the Marquis has personally led his elite army here, are you going to naively resist to the end? Why not surrender and give the Marquis a chance to be lenient with you!?"

"Go back and tell your master that I have taken over his city of Solent. If he wants to come back, the cemetery south of the city is a good place. I can find him a good place."

Lin Mengdao.

"Don't be stubborn and end up regretting it. Once the city is breached and you are captured and killed, you won't even have a chance to regret it."

"If you're so capable, then come up here. I'm right here."

Lin Meng was too lazy to argue with him anymore.

Seeing this, the knight quickly retreated.

A kilometer away, Heris, riding at the head of the column, sneered: "Pass down the order: whoever kills Leylin will be rewarded with ten thousand gold pieces and promoted to baron; whoever captures Leylin alive will be rewarded with thirty thousand gold pieces and promoted to viscount!"

Having said that, he waved his hand dismissively: "Beat the drums! Attack the city!"

(End of this chapter)