When Lin Xiao returned to the expeditionary base, the Fourth Division was entering this world.
Lin Xiao waited at the base for half a year until the Fifth Division had fully entered this world and established a base. Only then did the Corps Commander arrive with the main force of the First Division.
At this time, the 13th Division had come out in full force and established a huge camp stretching for dozens of kilometers near the portal. All the Grey Crows within a radius of more than 100 kilometers were killed and looted.
When the legion commander arrives, it means that the 13th Legion's attack on the world of the Grey Crows has begun in full swing.
After two days of closed-door meetings, the Second Division and the Fifth Division jointly marched south to prepare to attack the Gray Crow Kingdom in the south.
Lin Xiao's Third Division and Fourth Division jointly marched north, preparing to attack the Gray Crow Kingdom in the north.
According to the assessment data, any one division has the strength to fight against any Grey Crow Kingdom, but it is quite limited. If the command is not good, there may be a risk of defeat. It is safest to send two divisions together.
There are only three Grey Crow kingdoms and many large and small forces in the entire Grey Crow world. If we defeat two Grey Crow kingdoms by surprise, the only threat will be the last kingdom and the Grey Crow Temple. The four divisions will then join forces to wipe out one first, and finally deal with the Sethek Temple of the Grey Crow God, and completely destroy this world.
Both the Third Division and the Fourth Division have hundreds of thousands of troops. Lin Xiao discussed with the Fourth Division commander Nolan and decided to march on the left and right with a distance of about ten kilometers between them. They would not interfere with each other in normal times, but would be ready to support each other if they encountered an enemy.
The Grey Crows were totally unprepared for their invasion. Even with the warning from the world will, how could they mobilize enough troops in such a hurry?
The most crucial thing is the feudal system implemented by the Grey Crow people. The lords, big and small, are relatively independent. The king of the Grey Crow Kingdom does not have enough power to rule over the lords, big and small, and is simply unable to mobilize enough troops to fight against the strong.
In just one year, they defeated more than a dozen lords, big and small, and slaughtered all the captives. Wherever they went, corpses piled up like mountains and resentment was overwhelming. The bloody killing frightened the lords behind them and forced them to unite.
This was done intentionally by them. After defeating more than a dozen lords, they had a better understanding of the strength of the Grey Crow people. After Lin Xiao discussed with the Quetzalcoatl Nolan, they felt that a step-by-step attack was too troublesome, so they decided to use this method to make the Grey Crow people unite and annihilate them in one fell swoop.
However, although their ideas were good and they had considered unexpected situations, they underestimated the degree of resistance to the world's will.
After they defeated more than a dozen lords and slaughtered them all, the Sethekk Temple in the center of the world sent messengers and strong men to the three major Gray Crow kingdoms at a speed faster than they had imagined.
The coalition forces from the north and south were stopped before they could attack the capitals of the two Grey Crow kingdoms. The Grey Crows mobilized a much larger army than the coalition forces at a faster speed than they expected. The two sides had a total of more than three million troops confronting them in a place called the Plain of Bones.
The combined strength of the Third Division and the Fourth Division is close to one million troops, with less than 300,000 regular soldiers. The Grey Crow Kingdom has mobilized more than 800,000 regular soldiers, and the reserve support and logistics total more than 2.5 million. The huge camp stretches for hundreds of miles.
The Grey Crow Kingdom has more troops, but the average strength of the soldiers is much weaker. However, they are stronger in terms of high-end fourth-level combat power, with a total of seven fourth-level powerhouses, while the coalition forces have only three fourth-level powerhouses, namely Lin Xiao and two from the Fourth Division.
They also have the advantage in terms of combat power among level four warriors. No matter whether it is Lin Xiao or the feathered serpent Nolan, they can fight one against two with some strength to spare. However, they have seven level four warriors, so two against one will be more than enough.
After the initial series of battles ended in a draw, the two sides unexpectedly confronted each other.
The Grey Crows are continuing to mobilize troops from all over the kingdom to build defenses, and the coalition forces are also reporting the situation here to the Legion, which is evaluating whether to ask for help from His Majesty the Sea King.
The Grey Crows reacted in advance and realized that they could not kill a large number of the enemy's manpower with blitzkrieg, and the expedition came to a stalemate, which was not in their favor.
After all, the Grey Crows are fighting on their home turf, and have the help of the will of this world, whereas they are fighting across worlds, and have trouble with logistical supplies. The longer it takes, the more they will suffer. If it takes until all the Grey Crows are mobilized, the Thirteenth Legion will undoubtedly be defeated with its own strength.
Of course, neither he, Nolan, nor his officers were nervous. The overall strength of the Grey Crow people was there. As long as they waited for the new legion to come to support them, they would undoubtedly be defeated under the absolute suppression of strength.
But before that, you still have to hide for a while.
Lin Xiao conducted his routine inspection of the camp every day, and slowly refined the soul beads in the camp, using the magic cube of creation to erase and devour the remaining spiritual imprints and will.
Or you can purify the essence of blood and flesh again through the Magic Cube of Creation, and then swallow it to replenish yourself.
The essence of the flesh and blood of seven or eight hundred thousand Gray Crows was refined into himself, which contained a large amount of the flesh and blood of level one and two Gray Crows. The power contained in it was far stronger than that of ordinary Gray Crows. Lin Xiao could clearly feel the strength of his own body and the gradual perfection of his true body.
Although he is still a level 4 wizard, Lin Xiao knows that his current real combat power is probably comparable to that of a level 5 wizard.
The other things could not be confirmed, but the fifth energy level physical fitness displayed in black letters on a white background on the attribute panel clearly told him that his current physical fitness had already reached that level, and was continuing to grow as his true body became more and more perfect. When his true body was completely perfected, that would be the time for him to enter the sixth level.
However, the strength he has shown to the outside world now is still level four. It is better to keep a low profile until his strength is not strong enough.
During this confrontation phase, the Grey Crows initially maintained a conservative defensive stance, but with the continuous arrival of support from the rear and the coalition forces' continued defense, they gradually grew bolder, and after half a year they began to attempt small-scale provocations and increase their patrol range.
The patrol team deliberately approached the coalition camp to provoke, and the huge camp kept moving forward and approaching, and in the later stage they even directly challenged each other.
But it was of no use. Both he and Nolan were experienced veterans. This provocation did not cause any psychological ripples for them and they continued to wait calmly.
However, as they kept defending and ignoring them, the Gray Crows became more and more daring. Later, seeing that they did not attack, the Gray Crow commander felt that he had enough advantage in strength and began to deploy troops and prepare for an active attack.
On this day, Lin Xiao was resting in the camp when he suddenly heard shouts and screams outside the camp. He quickly flew out of the tent and saw flames rising from the direction of the Fourth Division camp, more than ten kilometers away from his own division camp. The deafening shouts and screams were coming from there. At the same time, a subordinate quickly came to report that the enemy was attacking the Fourth Division camp.
Several battalion commanders looked at him, waiting for his orders.
But he did not immediately order support, but turned to look at the Grey Crow camp on the other side, with a sneer on his face, and said in a deep voice:
"Let the soldiers prepare to attack the enemy camp."
He could guess without reconnaissance that the Grey Crows' attack was a long-planned one. If he did not support them, they would wipe out the Fourth Division. If they supported them, the Grey Crows would have troops to stop them halfway and would still wipe out the Fourth Division or destroy their main camp.
At this time, the strength of the Gray Crows has surpassed that of the coalition forces. This is a blatant conspiracy, and no matter what decision Lin Xiao makes, it will be useless.
But they probably didn't expect that he didn't make any decision as they expected, but directly attacked the Gray Crow camp.
Or perhaps the Grey Crows had considered this, but I just don't believe he would be so unwise. The Grey Crow camp's defenses are very strong, and a normal experienced commander would not attack the camp directly.
But Lin Xiao did just that. Of course, he was not being stupid, but he had enough confidence.
On the plain 17 kilometers away from the coalition camp, hundreds of thousands of Grey Crow soldiers were attacking the 4th Division camp. In the center, surrounded by many Grey Crow warriors, stood several tall Grey Crow warriors with bright feathers. After receiving a report from his subordinates that another enemy unit was about to attack his camp, the Grey Crow marshal, who was known as the God of War among the Grey Crows, was stunned for a moment, thought for a while, and ordered the messenger beside him:
"Send an order, order Duke Hall to defend on the spot."
The herald left quickly, and he immediately ordered another herald:
"Send a message, have Prince Esselan, who is preparing to intercept, immediately support the main camp and hold out until the main force defeats the enemy here."
He then issued several orders one after another. After the heralds left one by one, he shouted to the powerful men of the nearby legions:
"Everyone, the Raven God is watching us. In the name of Sethek, kill all invaders! I order an all-out attack!"
"boom!"
A huge fireball was thrown hundreds of meters into the air and fell straight into the camp of the Gray Crows. It exploded on a layer of transparent light curtain, and the scorching flame ring spread and covered a large area of the void.
Duke Hall, who was in charge of the main camp, was a Level 4 Grey Crow. He stayed in the main camp with another Level 4 warrior from the royal family. He was not surprised but delighted to see the neatly-organized enemy troops outside the main camp. He laughed loudly:
"I thought it would be difficult to gain merit in this battle. I didn't expect the enemy commander to be so stupid as to dare to attack the main camp. He is really courting death!"
The other royal priest said nothing, but his approving expression showed that he was thinking the same thing.
At this time, a golden light shot up into the sky from the enemy, which was particularly conspicuous in the dim sky and earth. Duke Hall was quite surprised to see this, and said to the royal priest with a smile:
"It seems that the enemy commander wants to fight."
"He's strong but not smart."
Although they were reluctant to admit it, they had fought many times in the previous year, and three commanders were able to fight against seven fourth-level Grey Crow warriors. They had to admit that the Grey Crows were indeed weaker than them in terms of individual strength. Therefore, the commander, Duke Hall, was unwilling to fight him alone, and said to the royal priest:
"He is a guest from afar. In order to make him lose sincerely, I will grant his wish!"
(End of this chapter)