Elden: Ring of Calamity

Chapter 492: Decay and Darkness
Ge Fuya has been feeling very irritable lately.

The climate in the Weeping Peninsula in April was already quite hot. The lush aquatic plants in spring brought vitality at the beginning of the year, but also caused mosquitoes to become unprecedentedly rampant. Even though the servants would light expensive insect repellent incense in the tent every night, they still couldn't dispel the annoying buzzing outside the tent.

And the Moens—they were even more annoying than mosquitoes.

Ever since the troops crossed the Sacrifice Bridge, the Piercing Fortress has sent out a thousand cavalrymen, following behind them at a distance of three hundred meters. Damn, three hundred meters!
According to the cavalry drill manual of the Golden Dynasty, a complete charge of a thousand-man cavalry brigade is three thousand meters. What's the difference between such a short distance and putting a knife to their backs? Are the Moens trying to rebel?
Moreover, on the day when the cavalry brigade caught up with them, the enemy commander specially sent a handwritten order, which recorded in detail all the requirements of Duke Morn for them.

It is forbidden to leave the official road, it is forbidden to contact the people, and it is forbidden to get supplies from any channels other than the official post station. Violation of any of the above will be regarded as a declaration of war on the city of Moren.

Even though Ge Fuya always thought he had good patience, he was almost driven crazy these days.

Every time the troops stopped to rest at a water source or in a shady area near the official road, they could see the Moren cavalry openly wiping their swords and loading and unloading bows and crossbows in front of them across a stream. The looks they gave them were like a group of hungry wolves just released from a cage staring at their prey.

The three thousand men under his command were also a cause for concern. The three captains and the squadron leaders would come to complain every few hours, either urging him to go back and kill the thousand Morn cavalry to make Stanley "wake up", or complaining that the conditions at the post station were too poor, not only were the meals inadequate, but there was not even a place to vent, and they hoped that he would say hello to the Morn people and let them go to the surrounding villages to rest.
Ge Fuya really wanted to whip these idiots with a horsewhip, but out of reason, he restrained himself.

He is indeed the son of the Golden Prince Godwin and the younger brother of the demigod Greg - but he is born out of wedlock. There are seven or eight brothers in the family with similar status to him. If we count the side branches before the generation of the late King Gefulei, there are countless people like him in the Golden Clan.

He does not have the status of a demigod, nor does he have the right to inherit the family business. He only holds the title of viscount. One of his three cavalry captains is the eldest son of an earl's family. Naturally, the future earl will not take him too seriously.

Before heading south this time, he had wanted to follow his father's instructions and stay by his elder brother's side to assist him carefully and give timely and appropriate advice during the army's eastern expedition, but he knew very well that Greg had been impatient with him for a long time.

Compared to himself, who would "disobey" him from time to time in the name of his father, he still favored the Duke of Hoyle, the southern border defender who was willing to be a lackey. Even if he took a step back and really needed someone to make decisions, the aide named Kellan Hyde was almost annoying, but his wisdom was always trustworthy.

So the task of going south to intimidate the Stanley family finally fell on him. Damn it, Ge Fuya still couldn't understand why his brother had to give Norton a bad face at this time and provoke the Moen people's gunpowder-like nerves that could explode at any time. It would have been fine if he had just sent thirty people with enough gifts to say some nice words.

Therefore, even though Greg had issued the death order to "give that old dog Norton a good beating", Ge Fuya still hoped to end this visit as peacefully as possible, which was also for the overall situation of the Eastern Expedition.

Although there has been a lot of criticism about his ability since his brother lost to Lucia in the duel in Rodel, the Southern Territory mobilized an army of 100,000 in this battle after all, and Latan could only mobilize 30,000 to 40,000 mobile troops at most, so there was no reason for them to lose.

Then what he had to do was very simple - as long as he could stabilize Stanley before the victory news came back, and drag the situation on the Eastern Front to a point where the overall situation was settled, the Moens would not be able to make any waves. After that, whether they completely submitted to the dynasty or were uprooted by the new party, it would have nothing to do with him.

Just bear with it for a while. Calculate the time. It will only take another week or two at most.
With this in mind, Ge Fuya led his army to the city of Morn. What once again infuriated him was that Norton Stanley refused to see him at this moment, and only designated a camp outside the city for him to station his troops. The Morn cavalry that had been following them all the way was still stationed in the adjacent camp, and they would always blow the horn and get up for training before dawn every day, as if they had completely ignored their existence.

Day after day, day after day.
Ge Fuya had gradually gotten used to the devilishly regular schedule of the Moren people. He got up at dawn, washed his face with cold water, and sat in the commander's tent to count the supplies he would apply for from Moren City next week.

At this moment, there was a sudden noise outside, followed by a drunken figure who lifted the door curtain and rushed in without saying hello.

"Viscount Koch——"

Ge Fuya narrowed his eyes. The man who came was one of his three cavalry captains, the heir of the Earl of Hulinburg. "You'd better give me a good enough reason, otherwise you will be punished with 100 strokes of the cane according to the dynasty law for trespassing into the general's tent!"

This time Ge Fuya was really annoyed, and while scolding, he also faintly exuded his heroic-level pressure.

Kochi was stunned for a moment, his weak legs began to tremble instinctively, and his whole body shuddered. He bowed his head and apologized quickly, "General, I didn't mean to break into the tent. I have important military information to report!"

"Say!"

"Yes, it's like this this morning, no, last night, my man DeWitt - the captain of the 37th Knight Squadron, you also saw that guy."

"We drank some wine together in the tent. The boy must have been so depressed these days that he slipped out in the middle of the night and wanted to find a girl in the nearest village. Hey, you know, it's not a big deal. In the north, wherever we are stationed, the surrounding villages and towns have to consciously wash their daughters and send them to us. This is a common practice. Recently, we have been simply following your orders, so we have been staying in the camp and suffering."

"As a result, this time, Dewitt had just slipped away for a few miles when he ran into a village girl who got up early to go to the fields. I guarantee that he hadn't done anything, let alone forced the untouchable to do anything, but he was caught by the Moens who caught up with him. These peasants dared to break Dewitt's legs without asking for our permission, and even threw him off his horse outside our camp!"

"How can we brothers endure this? I am here to ask for your order. As soon as you give the order, we brothers will immediately destroy the nearby Morn Camp. We must let these country bumpkins see how powerful our Southern Border Army is!"

Ge Fuya only felt a buzzing in his head, and for a moment his temple almost exploded.

He jumped up from his seat and said angrily: "Trampled the Morn people's camp? What the hell do you want to do?!"

(End of this chapter)