The sky was covered with clouds, and the wind with the smell of damp earth blew whistling from the direction of the mountains on the north side. The withered leaves and grass in autumn were picked up by the wind and swirled against the clean windows of the train. Philip stood in the tactical section command post of the Iron Throne, staring out the window at the receding wilderness and woods, his eyes calm.
Time will make a person mature, especially when time is spent on the battlefield. No matter how young a person is, he will become a calm warrior. The once young and energetic Cecil Knight Now that he has become the supreme commander of the Imperial Army, his steady and reliable temperament has become the biggest gain for this young man. He stood there quietly, looking much more restrained and sharp compared to four years ago.
Technicians were busy at the console of the Iron Throne. While controlling the operation of this huge war machine, they maintained open communication with the front line and the rear. A technical sergeant came from nearby. He copied some data on a certain device and came to Philip: "General, a report came from the leading engineering train. The track has been closed, the temporary stop is ready, and the Iron Throne can move forward at full speed."
Philip nodded: "Going at full speed - is there anything new at Changfeng Fortress?"
"The Typhons have no additional actions, and General Maryland continues to be vigilant."
Phillip hummed and said nothing more.
He did not expect that the Maryland knights, who had upheld the traditional spirit of chivalry and charged against the magic warships in the Rock Fortress, and had a rather old-fashioned style, would actually use a series of unexpected strategies to scare the people on the border. The Typhon, the old-school knight with a head like a stone, finally learned to be cunning and calculating in the face of the earth-shaking era - although he has not yet mastered the detailed information of the series of actions in Changfeng Fortress, but only from the information transmitted so far, It was not difficult for him to guess what the Maryland general had done.
But this method cannot protect the border for a long time. If you really want to stop the Typhons, you still have to rely on a "mobile fortress" like the Iron Throne.
As the top commander of the army, Philip is currently being ordered to personally lead a team on the newly restored Iron Throne to Changfeng Fortress. The journey is now more than halfway.
With the speed of this train and the currently smooth railway lines, it won’t take long to reach the destination.
The sky in the distance is gloomier, and the direction of the clouds is towards the eastern border. An expected heavy rain is brewing. According to the calculations of the druids, the rainfall should cover the entire long distance. Wind defense line.
But this has no impact on the Iron Throne - as a cutting-edge mobile fortress, this armored train does not care about most of the wind and rain on land.
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The cold wind blew on the outer wall of the tall tower of Winter Wolf Castle, bringing up the black flags and flying. The knights on duty stood guard dutifully, no matter what The few people couldn't help but look in the direction of Changfeng Fortress, but allSome sights can only stop at looking at things in the end.
The contraction order from the Imperial Capital has been issued for several days. The Imperial Knights and the Magician Corps have followed the order and stayed at the station on the east side of Winter Wolf Castle. Although the atmosphere of the confrontation is still very tense, the experienced The veterans have already judged the situation: This battle may not be fought.
On the sentry tower on the outer wall, a sentry mage canceled the eagle eye spell to relieve his slightly tired spirit due to long-term monitoring. Another sentry mage took over in time, and the talisman of the eagle eye spell was released. Wen once again appeared in the air above the sentry tower. The replaced mage rubbed his eyes and muttered in a depressed tone: "Okay, the legion-level crystal array has been sent up, but we stopped fighting..."
"This is an order. The officers have their own considerations." The battle mage next to him opened his eyes and said expressionlessly, "And didn't you see those positions? Cecil Everyone is obviously ready - they have dug a bunch of holes, do you still want to jump in?"
"...Hey...the things that the higher-ups are considering are just for us soldiers. Don't think about it," the sentry mage shook his head. A gust of cold wind blew and he couldn't help but shrink his neck. "His... It's really autumn, it's getting colder and colder."
"Yeah...autumn is here," the battle mage stood up and snapped his fingers, summoning a breeze shield to cover the top of the watch tower, then looked down at the direction of the main building of the castle, "If General Andersa gives the order before the end of the month If we retreat, we can still go home in time for the All Souls' Day."
A fallen leaf passed through the sight of the sentries, fluttering in the wind, falling into the inner wall of the fortress, and landed on the fortress command. On the window sill of the official.
Andesa's long gray hair was blown by the autumn wind. The young General Wolf raised his hand and brushed the gray hair from his face. There was a trace of unwillingness and gloom in his eyes.
The adjutant stood in front of her, lowered his head and reminded: "General, His Majesty's order has been issued for several days. The Knights of the Iron River cannot remain on the defense line of Winter Wolf Castle - you should at least give the order. They return to the camp in the east, otherwise the noble council at home may accuse you of this issue..."
"The guys in the council will never know how tense the situation on the border is," Ander Sha stood up irritably and interrupted the adjutant, "And I still feel that something is wrong... Everything is so natural, one link within another, there is no logical problem, but my intuition is warning me..."
As a legion commander, Andersa knew that she should not use "gut feeling" to explain problems - it would not be a big problem if she were an astrologer or a psychic. , but she is an extraordinary knight, and what she needs to maintain most is reason and caution. However, since the Cecil people have increased their troops on the defense line, and since the border has fallen into a state of confrontation and pressure, a growing sense of irritability has emerged. It affected her mood, and now the imperial capital has received orders to shrink the defense line and the Iron River Knights to retreat, a warning that comes from intuition.It made her even more restless.
It was as if there was a voice in the dark that kept telling herself that she was missing a key point that could change history.
The adjutant saw that his commander was in a different state than usual. After a moment of silence and consideration, the usually calm knight said: "General, maybe you need to take another look at the recent events. "Wind Fortress's record of troop reinforcements and their position layout?"
Andesa was silent for a moment, then suddenly nodded: "Bring me the records - and the records of the Cecil people in recent times?" The purchasing records of the large caravan in several trading towns."
"Yes, will..." The adjutant nodded, but just in the middle of his words, there was a hurried sound outside the door. There were footsteps and a few noises, and a slightly sharp voice shouted loudly in the corridor: "I want to see General Andersa! It's extremely urgent! It's extremely urgent!"
"Who is it?" An Desha raised her head and said loudly, "Let him in."
The door was opened by the guards, and a middle-aged man wearing a bachelor's robe, holding a handful of papers in his hand and wearing the imperial emblem on his body The young man stumbled in. He seemed to have had some conflicts with the soldiers when he forced his way in. He looked a little embarrassed, but when he waved the papers in front of Andesa, he still had a loud voice: "General! Sisi There is something wrong with our defense line! We may have been fooled!"
Andesa looked carefully before recognizing that this was a member of the advisory scholars of Winter Wolf Castle - after the army was reorganized, Rosse The Tower Emperor set up a special group of "advisory scholars" in the army. These people, who are reminiscent of the royal advisory group, are usually battle mages or priests who have both battlefield experience and knowledge. They are better at thinking than ordinary soldiers and generals. They are more familiar with the battlefield than pure civilian officials. They use their own experience and strategies to analyze various intelligence and provide opinions to the supreme commander of the army in the form of references and suggestions. They are very important personnel in the modern Typhon Legion.
Some old-school knight commanders don’t like these consultants who always chatter about them, but Andesa always values the opinions of consultant scholars, and she has even considered several improvement plans for the consultant scholar group. , after being submitted to His Majesty the Emperor, these consultants can play a more active role in the army. At this moment, seeing a consultant scholar come to her in such a hurry, her expression immediately became serious: "Sir, what happened?"
"General, there is a problem with the Cecil people's defense line. They...ahem, they may be delaying time," the middle-aged man immediately came to Andersa after receiving the agreement and spread out the paper in his hand. Open on the table - it turned out to be a list, "Look, these are their troop surge records, these are their position reinforcements, these are their supplies - we collected them through intelligence means. , look at the estimated material circulation data, look at these numbers!"
"It looks normal," Andesa looked at it carefully and frowned, "but...I feel something is wrong. "
"Of course not! There's nothing wrong with the numbers themselves, but there's something wrong with their variations! "The middle-aged man shouted loudly, "It's too stable, the changes are too regular. If the increase of soldiers and the circulation of materials draw a line respectively, then these two lines are almost straight, and especially in terms of materials - this aspect. The intelligence is the most difficult to collect, and the most difficult intelligence to collect cannot be accurate. If it is accurate and shows regularity, it must be false and was deliberately shown to us by the opponent! "
A bright light flashed through her mind, and Andesa finally knew where her vague uneasiness came from.
"It's so stupid...I'm so stupid..."< /p>
The young General Wolf muttered in a low voice, but suddenly recalled in his mind what his father once said to him:
The most cunning enemy does not hide all his secrets. Let you not see it, but show you everything - but you can't tell which ones are true and which ones are false.
She stood up suddenly and spoke quickly: "Winter Wolf is the first." The knights, traveling lightly, are heading towards the Paramel Highlands - I personally lead the team. Order the Iron River Knights to assemble in the triangle area of the plains, the Black Flag Magician Group to be on standby, and all legion-level magic crystals to be warmed up and ready to attack! "
The adjutant responded loudly: "Yes! ”
He did not ask the general what to do if he made a mistake in judgment - as General Wolf and as the heir to the Wendel family, this young-looking lady had already thought of all the consequences when she gave the order. , if there is really something wrong with this judgment... she will definitely try her best to get the First Knights to withdraw, and then take all the responsibility herself.
He did not question the general's "disobeying the emperor's order." "Whether the behavior is appropriate - because from the day the Winter Wolf Legion was established, "General Wolf" has been given certain frontline decision-making powers. When an emergency occurs and it is too late to contact the country, General Wolf has the power to take action. Decisive.
As for whether the Cecil people would be angered by this, whether they would find a reputation for "righteousness", and whether they would put pressure on the empire, the adjutant did not think too much. .
The empire is the backing of every Typhon soldier, and the soldiers are sent to the front line to fight, not to provide for their retirement.
Almost one-third of the army is well-equipped. The knights, whose members were all extraordinary, were quickly organized. Under the increasingly gloomy sky and the increasingly cold autumn wind, they left Winter Wolf Castle and quickly headed towards Palame along the "winding corridor" area in the southern part of the plain. Marching towards the Er Highlands, the Knights of the Iron River, one of the most elite knights of the Typhon Empire, quickly gathered in the triangle area in front of Winter Wolf Castle, pointing their arrows at the distant Changfeng Fortress. Thousands of specially trained warriors The mage also arrived at the gathering place, waiting for news from the First Knights at any time.
The bleak cold wind blew across the plains, and the battle flags swept by the wind were fluttering in the wind. The gryphon knight hovered high in the sky, making a loud cry. In the cold wind howling, AndesaPutting on the family's winged helmet, he rode his horse through the queue of knights, and drew his sword at the front of the team: "Forward! Paramel Highlands! Forward!"
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The armored griffon flew through the clouds, bypassing the Typhon griffin scouts under the cover of the clouds. On the back of the armored raptor, Cecil Knight wearing goggles leaned down. , quickly transmitting the news back to the commander of the fortress.
A full-scale knight group of the Typhons suddenly launched an advance on the Paramel Highlands.
Maryland stood in the command room, staring at the map in front of him and the direction of the arrow marked on the map.
The direction that the Typhon Knights are pointing... is a false position.
They figured it out - before the Iron Throne arrived.