The Cecil Territory was once again attacked by monsters from the Gondor Wasteland, and successfully annihilated the invading enemies that day - this became the fastest and most widely circulated news in this cold winter, and the news The spread was not only the work of various spies, merchants, and mercenaries, but also Gawain's own acquiescence and even secret promotion of it also had a great influence.
In Gawain's words, "the comfortable southern nobles and people in the royal capital must be made aware of the threat."
In this cold winter, many people are destined to be restless.
On the eastern border of Ansu, Changfeng Fortress.
As the general guardian of the Eastern Territory, Duke Silas Loren personally guards the fortress all year round. At this moment, he is standing on the top terrace of the castle in the center of the fortress, looking into the distance. Layers upon layers of walls, and vast expanses of snow-covered wilderness beyond the walls.
This fortress, which was only completed ten years ago, is the pride of the Luolun family in the East. It has taken three generations of hard work. The Eastland family has invested huge financial resources, material resources, manpower, and even family members. With his blood, this solid fortress was finally erected on this land that was diametrically opposed to the Typhon Empire. It was far away from the Winter Wolf Castle and its affiliated fortresses set up on the border by the Typhon Empire. It was a barrier. It is also a deterrent.
The establishment of Longwind Fortress resulted from the rapid deterioration of relations between Anzu and Typhon.
During the civil strife in Fog Moon a hundred years ago, the Luolun family of the Eastern Realm was the one with the best preserved strength among the Dukes of the Four Realms. From the beginning, this family realized that it would always be worthy of the Ansu brothers. The Typhon Empire was actually a huge threat, so during the entire Brumaire Civil War, the family did not allow its core strength to participate in the chaotic and cruel struggle for royal power. The Loren family had limited opportunities during the civil war. Their actions were all just to maintain their status and influence within the kingdom, and most of their energy had been focused on the eastern border. Later facts proved that Duke Laurent's prudence and conscientiousness had protected the entire kingdom. kingdom.
After the civil strife ended and the domestic situation in Ansu was quickly calmed down by the establishment of the Second Dynasty and the thunderous tactics of the northern Wilder family, the Loren family began to build a series of defensive facilities on the border. Changfeng Fortress is the one that invests the most energy, takes the longest, and has the strongest defensive strength among all defense facilities.
It is not so much a military fortress as a "fortress city" that functions as both a fortress and a city. It contains all the facilities to maintain the operation of the fortress and ensure self-sufficiency. The Loren family's The soldiers are not only the soldiers guarding the city here, but also the residents of this city. The purpose of this fortress city's existence is to stand on this border land under any circumstances and never fall.
When Anzu declined sharply due to civil strife, and the Typhon Empire began to harbor evil intentions as it grew stronger, it was precisely because of the barrier built by the Laurent family on the national border. , so that Typhon’s evil intentions always onlyIt could be an evil intention.
In fact, it can be said that the four major Ansu families in the Brumaire Civil War played several completely different historical roles: the Franklin family in the west has always maintained diplomacy with the Ogure tribe. With trade relations, it preserved the economic lifeline of the kingdom and laid the foundation for the reconstruction of the kingdom after the war; the Wilder family in the north used an illegitimate son as a banner to quell the civil strife in the entire country with thunderous force, and forcibly stabilized the situation before it was completely irreversible. The Luolun family in the east served as a barrier to guard the border of Ansu, blocking the malicious enemies outside the country during the civil strife in the kingdom.
Although each of them can be said to have their own selfish interests, and they were almost divided and hostile during the civil war, they still held on to the kingdom until the end.
In sharp contrast, at the same time, the Cecil family in the south was originally established by the head of the four founding dukes. The Cecil family has always been glorious for six hundred years... Not a single thing was done.
Now that the ancestors of the Cecil family are alive, no one dares to directly accuse the Cecil family of honor issues. It can only be said that their family was unfortunate and encountered a crisis at the most critical time. The worst possible heir, the ancestral legacy was almost destroyed.
Historians have never lacked enthusiasm in this regard. They are always happy to discuss what factors caused the four families to behave so completely different during the Civil War in the Brumaire. But in the Duke Laurent believes that all discussions about that period of history are meaningless. He believes that the main reason for that situation was that Gawain Cecil died too early - he died in battle at the age of thirty-five. Duke Cecil on the battlefield left this world prematurely, so he could not pass on his glory and glory to his heirs in time. Therefore, the inheritance of the Cecil family was greatly reduced in Grumman Cecil's generation. question.
Duke Cecil may be resurrected this time to educate future generations.
Silas Laurent stood on the terrace, quietly thinking about these issues related to the history of the kingdom and the inheritance of glory. Many people thought that this Duke with legendary strength was just a warrior, but he thought Those are just the foolish opinions of ignorant people. He has never lacked profound thinking, but his talent on the battlefield is far higher than his thinking, so people only notice his power.
A familiar scent approached, and Silas Lauren retracted his gaze from the distance. He turned around and saw a young man with short brown hair and armor walking onto the terrace. In military uniform, the heroic young knight bowed slightly in front of him: "Father, the information is here."
"Knight salute!" Silas Loren said sternly, "Berk, you We are reporting on the military situation now!"
"Yes!" The young man stood up quickly and gave a very standard knightly salute, "General, the latest information."
Sierra. Si nodded: "Say."
"It has been provenThe defenders of Typhon Winter Wolf Castle did fight a few days ago, but it was not with us, but with an unknown 'monster'. The defenders of Winter Wolf Castle won the victory. The fortress was not breached, but the outer wall suffered moderate damage. The number of casualties among the defenders is unknown, but it should not be very few. "
Silas nodded slightly, but was noncommittal. Seeing this, young Belk, the eldest son of Silas Loren, couldn't help but said: "Father, this is how we weaken the enemy. Great opportunity! "
Silas looked into Belk's eyes expressionlessly: "Do you really think so? "
"The enemy's fatigue is our advantage," Belk said, facing his father's gaze and holding his head high. "Their city wall has been weakened. It is difficult to repair the wall in winter. Winter Wolf Castle will be destroyed in a short time." Their defenses all have weaknesses. Secondly, they were attacked by monsters. Panic in a short period of time will weaken their combat effectiveness. Finally, their soldiers were also damaged, so this is a good time for us to attack. ”
“Idiot. "
Berk stood up straight without flinching at all.
"Did you know that Winter Wolf Castle is not a single fortress, but one of a series of fortresses? Do you know that it is winter now, and there is a large area of ice and snow between us and Winter Wolf Castle? Do you know how many reserve soldiers the Typhons have set up in their fortress groups, so that they can replace their weakened legions at any time?
“This damage will not hurt Typhon at all. Instead, it will allow them to at least double the defense of Winter Wolf Castle and its surroundings in a short period of time. A large number of garrison troops will come from The rear of the fortress group has been moved to the front to make up for the lack of defense caused by the damage to the city wall; if we have to cross the ice and snow to attack Winter Wolf Castle, the ice and snow will weaken our troops a lot. The enemy's fatigue is our advantage? Waiting for you? When you run to the foot of Winter Wolf Castle, you are the one who is tired! And the most important thing is that the attack is a total war, but did I say that we should start a war with Typhon now?"
Belk just now? He lowered his head in embarrassment, but couldn't help but said: "Our war with Typhon... is right in front of us."
Silas looked at his too young son, and he could feel him The courage in his chest and the desire for victory and glory are the qualities he strives to instill in the other party, but he still shakes his head at this moment: "Don't expect this war. Don't expect it at all."
"Father ?”
“A warrior should indeed desire victory on the battlefield, but not the war itself, especially the war with Typhon,” Silas Loren said slowly and sighed softly. "And have you heard some other news?"
"Other news?" Belk frowned, obviously not knowing what his father was referring to, "What is it?"
“A group of merchants came from the southwest, and they entered the city with an alchemical potion,” Duke Silas said unhurriedly, “They said that the New Cecil Territory in the southwest also were attacked by monsters, thoseThe monster is a mutated creature from the Gondor Wasteland - your information came too slowly. Even the news from the Cecil Territory followed the merchants here, but you just figured out what happened at Winter Wolf Castle! ”
Belk was a little ashamed, although he knew that this was not his incompetence - the merchants were traveling in a safe and stable country, and he wanted to explore the situation of the hostile fortresses outside the country where information was tightly sealed. The difficulty and efficiency of the two are completely different, but even so, it is true that he failed to do his best.
So he silently accepted his father's criticism and learned from the news his father mentioned. Zhongpin had a disturbing feeling: "Those monsters...are the monsters that Duke Gawain Cecil mentioned before when he warned the nobles in the royal capital? "
"Yes," Silas Loren nodded, "Not many people believed it when he gave the warning at first, and even I didn't pay much attention to it, but now it seems...I'm afraid A mistake was made. "
Belk looked at his father in surprise. He rarely saw his father admit his mistakes.
"Those monsters are real, and they are threatening. Human territory," Silas ignored his son's gaze, but continued as if talking to himself, "They will attack Typhon, and they will also attack us. In the eyes of those wasteland monsters, there is no such thing as Typhon and Ansu is divided, and this sudden threat... may change the entire situation. ”