Chapter 1019
North of Misty Sea, an unknown glacier coast.
The roar of the eagle screamed across the icy fog-shrouded sea. The surging waves rolled up and down, rolled up the waves mixed with cracked ice, and pounced on the rugged and uneven coastline. On the "harbour" made of floating ice, the broken shape can no longer be seen.
The gloomy sky obscured the sun’s brilliance, and the heaven overflowing giant wave in the piercing sea breeze tore the floating icebergs on the sea surface into countless fragments—this is the border of the empire, the fortress of Broken Boundary Mountain." The end of the West", the end of the glacier wasteland.
Graywater Bay.
The name was given not because of the color of the sea—in fact, the sea here may be more blue than the Jewel River—but its sky is dull as a pool of stagnant water, whether it is cloudy or sunny.
A fleet consisting of more than two hundred battleships is struggling to anchor on the rugged shore of Graywater.
The biting cold has frozen the sails into ice, and the sea breeze mixed with ice particles has "wounded the deck and the hull";
The armor was soaked by sea water. The elven warriors lined up in a neat line, standing on the wobbly "floe coast" dragging frost-covered iron ropes, dragging the battleship behind them to a position near the shore.
From time to time, there is the sound of falling into the water or the ice cracking on the ice floe; but the coast is still silent; very "tacitly" ignoring the compatriots who are destined to freeze to death or drown, exhaustion Do what you can do at hand.
Despite such difficulties and surrounded by perils, this huge fleet has gradually completed its mooring and docking work; at the same time, an army of nearly 10,000 elven warriors has completed the landing. , Assembled in the wilderness on the edge of the coast.
They wore similar to the ordinary elf warrior, but they had thicker long-sleeved robes, draped in simple scales, leather boots and leather leggings; they had long swords in their arms with warm animal skins. Wrap the scabbard, carry the long spear in one hand on his shoulders with the bag on his back.
In this "steel forest", there are also a large number of elven warriors, dragging one after another from the docked battleship, one after another filled with supplies-spare Weapons, disassembled siege equipment, arrows, food... For all convenience, the expeditionary fleet does not have any livestock on board, and all transportation needs to be done by themselves.
On the turbulent shore, a warrior standing with a knife is watching the progress of the battleship mooring, watching the compatriots who are still calm and calm between the waves and the glaciers; no matter what the waves are. Roaring, he stood still.
Because all the elf warriors are watching him; as long as he is still standing here, the morale of the army will not be low, and all the seemingly impossible things can be done with all their strength.
Because he is Xiong Yingwang of the Azores.
Forty thousand elite, two hundred large battleships, but still surrounded by perils, even his own flagship almost capsized, and finally arrived at Graywater Bay before the ship sank.
But this is just the beginning.
Because the next huge army will span the entire mountain range of Broken Boundary Mountain, from the north of the mountain all the way to the south, and arrive and break all the outposts, strongholds and fortresses of the Sackland Empire along the way. , And finally broke through the invulnerable, indestructible and impregnable fortress of Duanjieshan, wrapped in the winter wind, and invaded southward.
This is a gamble, a gamble that is absurd to the extreme.
Not to mention how forty thousand troops braved the blizzard and marched in the glacier wasteland; the Duanjieshan Fortress was an "imperial gate" that was poured with the essence of the entire empire and built with great expense, even in the past. There has never been a single fall during the invasion; there are two fully loaded Legions stationed in the fortress, and it is harder to break through than heavenly ascension.
Even if it is breached, East Sackland to the south is not insecure. There are countless large and small fortresses and fortresses along the way. At the same time, the nearby Bain and Bo Iraq can also send cavalry to support.
The plain terrain of East Sacrament is simply the most suitable natural battlefield for cavalry combat!
After all, the Broken Front Mountain in the north was originally the biggest strategic defensive center of the empire; under normal circumstances, to attack the empire from here would be tantamount to a full counterattack from the entire empire.
However, the prerequisite for all this is "normal conditions".
But the current empire is absolutely abnormal!
To the west of her, Lothar, who has the deepest faith in Holy Cross Church, was completely restrained; to the northwest of her, Eboden, the only outlet to the sea was occupied, the ocean-going fleet was annihilated, and at the same time Resist the powerful enemy and pin down many forces;
In her core territory, because of the new emperor’s enthronement and internal conflicts, there are constant rebellions. The heirs of the empire are doing their best to put down the rebellion; in her southwest, Arles, who was originally relatively alienated, still hasn't fully returned home, and is always wandering around.
Under such circumstances, the only force that the Empire can really mobilize to resist powerful enemies to the north is only a small part of Western Sacrament, a boy who has just gone through the Centaur War and has suffered severe damage. Byrne is constantly accumulating strength.
The seemingly "very stable" empire is about to meet the enemy on three sides, and neither of them has the upper hand on the two battlefields that have already faced off with the enemy.
The empire is very clear that the Azorean elves have not launched a general attack, which proves that they have not put all their power into it; under this premise, the empire is also impossible to put more power into it. In a strong fortress in the north, you can basically only hope that the fortress of Duanjieshan can "create more glories" and resist the enemy from the glacier wasteland.
So now the fortress of Duanjieshan, once invulnerable, indestructible and impregnable, is in its weakest period since the thirteenth generation!
Of course, the fortress of Duanjieshan is still very strong; even if the defending army is less than ten thousand, you must pay the price of blood if you want to break through her-such a fortress that has never fallen, her meaning and " "Legend" is enough for a coward to be able to fight to the death.
Because of such a big bet, as Xiong Yingwang, he must become the leader of this army. Only by his presence can the army have absolute confidence in victory, and even no doubt. .
But he also knows that relying only on the elite of forty thousand Azores, it is absolutely impossible to break such a strong fortress; even more how once the opposite emperor learns the news, he will not give up on the same. Jieshan Fortress has a great opportunity to reinforce its troops and block or even annihilate itself.
So the victory of this war requires not only the bravery of the Azorean warrior, but also other powers.
That will be enough power on the battlefield...to turn things around.
"Your Majesty, the army has been assembled;" an elf warrior appeared behind him, one-knee kneels in the snow: "Just wait for the last batch of supplies to be removed from the battleship. Officially opened."
Xiong Yingwang is slightly nodded, as if not paying attention to all this: "How is the fortress in Graywater Bay, is it still there?"
"Already After being captured by us, the remaining defenders refused to surrender and hid in the warehouse with the grain storage, and burned themselves to death." The respectful warrior replied calmly, without pride or anger:
"I have ordered their bones to be taken out of the ruins and buried with the other guards under the city gate of Greywater Bay Fortress."
"Very good."
Xiong Yingwang turned around, and besides the wizard warrior, there were two imperial rangers who were kneeling before him; the iron ropes used to tow trucks were tightly entangled with them.
The ragged armor, the blood imprint on the corners of the mouth, the scars on the body, the redness of bruises and frostbite, and the eyes that wished to let the other party die, almost exposed them to detective, after resisting to no avail The whole process of being captured is clear.
"Do you know who I am?"
There was no violence in the calm voice, on the contrary, it was a little gentle, which made the two captured a little surprised;
Then the left one of the two actively nodded.
"That's good." Xiong Yingwang plainly opened the mouth and said: "As far as I know, when exposed, you two used a bow that can shoot arrows with one hand and shoot. One of my subordinates was injured, one was seriously injured, and three were slightly injured..."
Following his words, the faces of the two Rangers reappeared with tension and fear of retaliation. fear.
"But I don't blame you." Xiong Yingwang changed the conversation:
"Because everything you do is based on your own obligations and loyalty to the monarch-yours Sins are the sins of your monarchs. You cannot be blamed for the disputes between the two ancient kingdoms."
It's another sentence, let the cold sweating two breathe a sigh of relief again, and feel that their bodies are almost frozen. Stiff, shiver coldly in the snow.
“Therefore... please also bring me a few words to the emperor of the empire, in return for my protection of your lives.”
Xiong Yingwang is very calm: "I'm in the north, and he's in the south-if he wants to have a fair and just decisive battle with me as the emperor, please take his most elite army to the fortress of Duanjieshan, waiting for me there."
"It won’t take long for me and my army to get there and launch a general attack on the fortress of Duanjieshan; I will take that fortress, I will traverse his territory, and then take him. The capital, his throne, his empire!"
"Tell him, if he wants to keep all this, and then do the same to me and take back the iron crown that belongs to him... Mountain Fortress, I will do what he wants."
While speaking, Xiong Yingwang slowly squatted down, and a faint light appeared in the surprised and vigilant gazes of the two Rangers. …Smile:
"Can it be?"
The shocked two people are just nodded hard and can't even speak.
The next second, Xiong Yingwang slammed the handle of the knife around her waist.
"Clang!"
In the moon-like blade light, the two rangers only had time to hear the sound of metal shattering.
When they came back to his senses and opened their eyes, they found that they were still alive.
The chain on his body has fallen into the snow beside him, without any trace of damage!
"Let's go back."
Xiong Yingwang got up, stepped forward and left without looking back.
The elf warrior on the side followed immediately, leaving only the two rangers still stunned, kneeling shiver coldly in the cold wind.
They didn't know what to do until Xiong Yingwang walked away, and they fled in a hurry.
"Your Majesty, are you really that confident?"
The wizard warrior followed Xiong Yingwang, always keeping one step away, less than two steps away: "Do this , Which is tantamount to alerting the southern empires. Their emperors will certainly go northward and kill you at all costs!"
"Yes, the core of the plan is to make them alert and make them The emperor’s attention is drawn to the north and fights against us." Xiong Yingwang face doesn't change:
"We cut off the head of one emperor, and then cut off the other—this will be our enemy Caused enough commotion in the camp, those nobles who were loyal to their emperor will have no leader."
The wizard warrior frowned slightly: "But it may also make them more united."
"Maybe, but what's next?" Xiong Yingwang asked in a deep voice, "In order to prove their unity and loyalty, they will definitely come to us desperately; we only need to defeat them again. , The empire... will fall apart!"
"An empire with an absolute mind will be our strong enemy; but a reckless monster with a lot of big brains and obese will only be ours. Under the knife, the wild beast to be slaughtered."
"The rest, only need to be handed over to my sons who consider themselves extraordinary—the Kingdom of Azores, which will continue in their hands. ."
"You...are going to sacrifice yourself?"
The voice of the wizard warrior was a little trembling.
"I will not sacrifice any elves, including myself." Xiong Yingwang sighed: "Your Excellency, if you still don’t believe that we can win the final victory, then I can give you advice The only thing left is to leave as soon as possible."
The elf warrior lowered his head when he heard this, and stopped asking.
Xiong Yingwang stopped, standing in front of the roaring sea shore, underneath is an army of forty thousand Azores who are already on standby.
next moment, condescendingly, he raised his long knife and looked at his compatriots who are also looking at him:
"The people of Azores, we have stood In the northernmost part of the imperial territory, the south is the gate of this ancient and fertile country;"
"Since we have reached the northernmost part of her, there is only one place to go—to the south, To the south, to the south, until our long sword plowed every inch of their land, until our footsteps have crossed every village and town;"
"until the evil Spiritual God they believed in fell , Until we win a bright future for the ancient Azores with a long knife in our hands-we will put away the knife in our hand!"
"Now, I invite you, implore you, and command you Please march with me..."
"Capture Duanjieshan!"
Amidst the shouts resounding through the clouds, the Azorean elves stretched across several li forces against the violent wind, from the ice The misty coast is very close to the glacial wasteland shrouded in wind and snow.
On the hillside not far from the army queue, the burning Greywater Bay fortress is like a huge torch, with flames and thick smoke rising into the sky, clearly visible among the snow-white mountains.