The nobles looked at each other, and no one answered Joseph's question.

Joseph's face looked a little bad.

"Roland, didn't you say that Wagner can arrive in at most three days? Now the third day is about to pass."

He looked at the middle-aged nobleman beside him with a little dissatisfaction.

The middle-aged nobleman's face was not very good either. He frowned and said in a deep voice:

"Master Duke, maybe they were having some trouble on the way. You know, they were transporting a lot of things, and the weather in the Western Territory these two days seems to be not very good. We can wait..."

"Wait? Still waiting? The most precious thing we have now is time. Maintaining such a huge legion, the daily consumption is astronomical!"

Joseph snorted, very dissatisfied.

War costs money.

Although many nobles were logistics-provided for this holy war, as the leaders of the entire legion, the pressure on the Rosen family was definitely the greatest.

Every day it will be a huge expense.

At this moment, a knight riding a fast horse flew over from the rear of the team, shouting while rushing:

"Duke! Duke!"

Hearing the call, Joseph looked up and soon recognized that it was the day before yesterday when he personally sent out to pick up the knights of the Wagner family.

Joseph was rejoiced when he recognized him as the return responder.

However, when he noticed the knight's severe expression, his heart skipped a beat again and had a little bad premonition.

The knight ran off his horse and came to Joseph panting, and said with a pale face:

"Dude...Dude...is not good! Lord Wagner's army was attacked and...has been wiped out!"

"What did you say?!"

Joseph couldn't help but change his qualities.

The nobles around them also widened their eyes and showed a look of astonishment.

They couldn't help but be stunned.

The Wagner family is not a small family in the northern part of the empire. It is said that the number of people participating in the war this time exceeded 5,000, and their family is full of golden-level professionals.

Such power can be left horizontally on the mainland in peacetime. Even if the magic power of the whole world is now revived, it is definitely a prince.

But even such a force would be attacked quietly or even wiped out?!

No……

Even if the entire army was wiped out, it has been two days since they were gone, and there was not even a person who escaped to report the news?

Have to wait for the scouts sent here to investigate the news?

The more the nobles think, the more absurd they find it, and at the same time they feel it is more terrifying...

"Really... it's true... I saw the wreckage of the baggage, the entire road was dyed black with blood, and the broken flag of the Wagner family..."

"The battlefield is very chaotic, stretching for several kilometers, I'm afraid I'm encountering an ambush..."

"The survivors were not found, nor were there any traces of the defeated army leaving. Only some elves' footprints were found in the forest..." "I'm afraid... I'm afraid Viscount Wagner has been wiped out."

The knight said gasping.

As soon as these words were spoken, Joseph's expression became even more ugly, and the aristocrats around him quickly turned into shock.

"Elf...Elf? No...How could elves appear behind us? Can they swallow an army of five thousand people? Are you really sure?"

Joseph came to his senses and asked in disbelief.

The knight nodded and said dryly:

"My Duke is an elves, and there are almost no corpses on the battlefield. Only the elves who are said to be fierce and cruel and like "destroying corpses and traces" can do this!"

"Sir Duke, it must be the elves who sent troops behind us and attacked them!"

Joseph was silent.

His expression changed several times, and finally he stomped a big stone under him with one foot, and cursed with gritted teeth:

"This group of damn, cunning elves!"

"But... how do the elves know Wagner's movements?"

The middle-aged nobleman couldn't help asking.

The knights were speechless, and the nobles looked at each other.

No one can answer this question.

"What else can it be? There must be a untouchable report!"

Joseph sneered.

His eyes were very gloomy and he gritted his teeth and said:

"The nails of the Church of Life have not been pulled out completely. Those cunning guys may have passed the news when they passed it. And from the results, they probably knew it from the time Wagner first set out from the territory!"

That's so early?

After hearing this, the nobles showed horrifying expressions.

You know, Wagner's territory is at least fifteen days away, and if the elves knew the news fifteen days ago...

hiss……

The nobles were moved.

At this moment, they suddenly felt that the empire seemed to be filled with the eyes of the Church of Life.

At the same time, they were a little lucky. Fortunately, they set out early and caught up with the large army. Otherwise... they might end up with Wagner.

"Dude, this won't work. If there is an elves in the rear of us that are enough to destroy an army of five thousand people, it will probably be quite unfavorable to our next battle situation. Our reinforcements and our logistics will be under great pressure..."

The middle-aged nobleman said in a deep voice.

"I know."

Joseph said with an ugly expression.

Taking a deep breath, he said in a deep voice:

"The number of elves should not be too large, otherwise, they would not have chosen to attack Wagner in ambush."

As he said that, he ordered the nobles:

"I inform you to build outposts and fortifications along the western leadership, and send more personnel to protect our logistics line. In addition, inform the people behind you not to take the road to the west, try to walk from the east."

"Sir Duke, then will we still attack Augs City?"

Some nobles couldn't help asking.

"Fight! Of course you have to fight! Augs City is the portal of Maple Moon Free Leadership and an important node connecting the empire. Once we capture this place, we can radiate this area. Even if the elves want to do some moves, they will be constrained by us!"

"At the same time, Augs City has a trade route connecting the central part of the empire, and our logistical pressure will be greatly alleviated."

Joseph said.

"But...we don't have magic crystal cannons anymore."

The talking nobles were worried.

Joseph's expression became even more gloomy.

Augs City is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and it also lit up the magic defense barrier. If there were no magic crystal cannons, there would be a lot of casualties if it was forced to attack.

However, if the army did not fight, the army could not continue to move south because the life church could use Augs as a stronghold to continue harass them.

In short, this city must be conquered!

Joseph glanced at the walls of Augs and gritted his teeth:

"If you don't have it, you have to fight! If you have a strong attack, you have to fight! I don't believe that a city with only more than 30,000 defenders can't be captured by our hundreds of thousands of troops! I don't believe that without heavy siege tools, we can't break the city!"

"After notifying the whole army cut down trees on site, assemble simple siege vehicles, siege towers and light trenchers!"

With Joseph's order, the army surrounding Augs City immediately took action.

The soldiers cut down the trees outside the city and began to form simple siege equipment.

Building siege props on the spot is a traditional skill of the noble army, but most noble families only know how to make some simple things, and if you want more complicated heavy equipment, you must prepare materials in advance.

Light siege equipment is naturally not as good as heavy, but when there is really no way, I can only meet it.

Fortunately, nearly 700,000 troops gave Joseph the confidence to attack. Although light siege equipment will definitely lead to excessive casualties in the siege, what they lack the least this time is the force.

Yes, Joseph was already planning to pile up people.

...

The defenders located in Augs City naturally saw the actions of hundreds of thousands of troops.

On Fortress in Augs City.
To be continued...