A dazzling ball of white light cut through the darkness, rushed into the sky in the wind and rain, exploded against the background of gloomy dark clouds, and turned into a bright ball of light that was clearly visible from a very far distance.
In the northwest of Paramel Highlands, in the center of a position hidden by the terrain and woods, a huge and oppressive war machine is quietly dormant on the track, with dense rain curtains pouring down. Washing away its dark armor plate, the flash from the Typhon's flare shone on the wet steel surface, creating a floating light.
The Iron Throne turned off all the main lights on the outside of the car, and opaque guards were raised on the windows of each car. In the darkness, there were only a few weak signal lights on the surface of the car. Flickering, this faint light was shrouded in rain and dim sky, so hazy that it was almost undetectable from a hundred meters away.
In the tactical section of the armored train, a commander came to Philip: "The leading knights of the Typhons have sent a signal."
"They are signaling to the extraordinary troops waiting in the rear. "Send a signal to the Army Corps," Philip said calmly, "Inform the arsenal section to be ready, and all main guns point at the plains east of Changfeng Fortress."
"Yes, General"
Philip turned back and looked at the holographic projection not far away. Above the crystal that gave off a faint blue light, what appeared was the scene outside the train from the external monitor.
The rain is getting heavier and heavier, the sky is getting gloomier, and the cold wind is carrying the rain curtain, splashing on the land near the border.
Thanks to the rain, the Iron Throne arrived at its predetermined location northwest of Paramere Highlands half an hour ago, and then entered a state of silence until now.
In the wind and rain, night has gradually fallen.
Now, just wait for the Typhonian extraordinary army to enter the buffer plain - whether they are the Iron River Knights or the Black Steel Knights, as long as they enter the group charge state, they will inevitably have no time to support the protection. The shield was unable to withstand the bombardment from the Iron Throne's main guns. The bombardment of the four fortress-level main guns coupled with the firepower of the light and medium magic cannons currently equipped by Changfeng Fortress, any legion could only fall on the way to the charge.
"Unfortunately, this rain has also affected our reconnaissance," an officer sighed. "The Armored Griffin cannot take off in this weather, otherwise we would be able to grasp the situation more clearly." "The Typhon people are more affected than us - at least we still have sentry towers on the Changfeng defense line, but they only have griffons that cannot take off." Philip said, "Just wait patiently for the signal from Changfeng Fortress, don't think too much."
Although he said this, Philip couldn't help but have some thoughts after hearing the sighs of his subordinates.
The armored griffon is a compromise between traditional arms and magic equipment. However, the limitations of the gryphon itself have determined the limit of this compromise in advance. The war on the Holy Spirit Plains has proved that the air The important role of power, it is said that the Magical Technology Research Institute has been studying the complete baseAn aircraft with modern technology... I don’t know how long it will take for the aircraft to leave the laboratory...
On the triangular plain to the west of Winter Wolf Castle, the magic flame rising in the distance illuminated the knights being The armor and weapons were soaked by the rain. As the light gradually faded, Count Moglock, the leader of the Knights of the Iron River, got on his horse. The sound of armor clanking was the only sound among the silent knights.
Quietly watching the magical flames in the distant sky spread among the clouds, Count Moglock slowly raised his sword and commanded throughout the knights: "Everyone has—— The third formation, accelerate slowly, move forward!"
No one in the entire knights made a sound, but all the knights and their horses responded to the order at the same time, with the horses' hooves trampling the ground. The rumble sounded, and the phalanx formed by thousands of knights began to move forward.
Under the dark and dim sky, the silent knights seemed to be neatly arranged as six thousand sculptures, slowly accelerating in one direction. The armor made of sophisticated steel enchantment glowed with a deep feeling in the rain. The color is as gloomy as ink. Only when lightning flashes across the sky, the steel covering the flesh and blood will shine with a reflection that is different from the mud and puddles, as if the iron river is surging, quiet and solemn.
With the overall acceleration of the Knights, the ubiquitous flow of magic suddenly accelerated, and the huge energy was guided by these thousands of knights who had been trained, educated, and lived together since childhood. The dots condensed into vague high-energy clouds above the array, and the front of the clouds pointed toward Changfeng Fortress.
At the rear of the Knights, the second army also began to move forward. This was an army without any metal armor, but the magic aura flashing in each of their eyes made no one aware of it. Despising their role on the battlefield, this team all wore short blue and black robes, wore wizard daggers and mass-produced grimoires on their waists, and held short oak staffs in their hands. Several black flags were fluttering in the wind and rain above their array. .
Earl Parin Winterhold was wearing a starry robe and raised his staff high: "Black Flag Magister Group, move forward!"
Like many people in the impression that Unlike the slow-moving mages on the battlefield, the battle mages of the Typhon Empire also need to receive a considerable degree of riding training - in addition to sword protection and a certain degree of physical training. This is because soldier-like battle mages often only master a limited range of one to three combat spells, and additional training is a necessary guarantee for them to be effective on the battlefield.
Based on these trainings, the magician group with superb riding skills can completely move with the knights - unless the latter launches a charge, the magician group will always maintain synchronization with the knights. , forming uninterrupted remote support.
Andesa couldn't see the movements of the Iron River Knights, but she knew that when the signal was sent, the Iron River Knights and the Black Flag Magicians would have already set off.
The Cecil people of Changfeng Fortress may have received intelligence about the Empire’s advance, but how are they prepared to deal with it?What about the upcoming legion-level spell strike?
The once strong Eastern Legion is no longer there. The cunning Silas Loren is said to have disappeared on the battlefield of the Holy Spirit Plains. With only a group of Cecil soldiers who have not yet established a stable footing, they must be They can't defend the Changfeng Fortress... If they could defend it, there would be no need to set up so many false positions around the fortress to create a mystery.
Andersa waved away the surrounding rain, feeling heartfelt glad that her advisors were able to discover the anomaly in Cecil's position in time, otherwise the soldiers of the empire would still be under the influence of those people. Being kept in the dark about the bluffing trick, the empire will also miss the best opportunity to open the door to Ansu...Cecile...
But just as she sighed like this, a sudden surge of Doubt made the young Wolf General frown.
False positions cannot really defend the border. You can understand such a simple truth, and the Cecil people will certainly understand it too.
They obviously created these false positions not to resist Typhon, but to delay time...
Delaying time most likely means that the Cecil people are really There are reinforcements - they're not really empty, but reinforcements take time to reach the border.
A long time has passed since the first abnormal "recruitment" of Changfeng Fortress. So...have the Cecil people actually delayed enough time to dismantle their first level? After the illusion...could there be another illusion hidden behind it? !
Many times, a keen mind only needs to open a hole, and it can naturally connect many clues that are easily ignored. Andersa felt that she was thinking too much and was a little too nervous. However, once she started to move towards Thinking about the direction of the conspiracy, she found that she couldn't stop thinking at all.
Ever since the Cecil people took over Changfeng Fortress, things have been full of weirdness. What happened in this vast confrontation zone has gradually exceeded the framework defined by traditional war rules. She suddenly I feel that I have to think a little more... You know, between Changfeng Fortress and Winter Wolf Castle, there is never much talk about the knight code!
A thunder suddenly exploded in the sky, and bright electric light flashed across the sky, illuminating the surrounding undulating stones and vegetation. Andesa suddenly recalled the false position she had discovered before. Recalling a detail of that fake position -
The Cecil people should have only left a very limited number of soldiers in each fake position to serve as observation posts and "actors", so few The soldiers, who were deployed in the Paramere Highlands far away from Changfeng Fortress, could not panic at all when facing a reorganized knights. Even if their will was really as strong as steel, they would at least have to fight for themselves. Safety considerations - unless they have no intention of evacuating alive at all, but if so, they will not leave the position, but will use the explosives on the position to kill the Typhon knights together!
But in fact, those Cecil soldiers were attacking TyphonThe Knights calmly left their position after three attacks - at that time, they had reached a distance where the Knights could conduct a short charge.
To be so calm, there must be a retreat. That retreat cannot be the distant Changfeng Fortress, nor can it be other defensive positions on the Paramel Highlands - even if one or two of those positions are Really, it can't stop the impact of an entire Winter Wolf Knights.
Their retreat is a combat group with a combat capability close to that of Changfeng Fortress that can ensure the elimination of the entire Typhon Knights in a short period of time. Moreover, this combat group must be near Parameir Highlands. !
Andersa's eyes widened for a moment, then turned around and ordered: "Gryphon Knight, take off!!"
The adjutant next to him was startled: "General? "
"The Cecil people may have hidden a large number of troops capable of long-range attacks... The rain has affected our line of sight!"
The adjutant was killed by Andesa! His eyes were shocked, and he immediately realized the seriousness of the situation. Almost without hesitation, he ordered the Griffin Knight who was currently in the best condition to take off immediately.
In this bad weather, the griffin instinctively refused the instruction to get closer to the clouds. The rider had to pierce a hollow needle filled with medicine into the back of the griffin's neck, injecting magic medicine and special The spell forced the gryphon to fly into the sky against the wind and rain. Andesa raised her head and stared at the huge raptor as it flew farther and farther in the dim sky, gradually becoming a blurry black spot, and here She didn't wait long after that, and the Griffin Knight quickly returned to the ground.
The gryphon poisoned by the potion stumbled to the ground, and the knight in light armor jumped off the back of his mount: "General! Northwest! There is a very huge, weird-looking thing! Like It's a 'train' sold to us by the Cecil people, but it's huge and weird!"
Andesa's heart sank. After asking about the location of the thing, her previous bad premonition was gone. became a reality.
Leaving the large troops to stand by, she led some elite soldiers to a safe observation position pointed out by the Griffin Knight, and saw the war machine hidden among the woods and boulders.
The huge steel monster lurked quietly on the track, covered in formidable armor, and armed with countless large and small magic weapons that made it terrifying.
The most frightening thing is the huge magic cannons at the front and tail of this steel monster - Andersa has never seen that thing with her own eyes before, but she has seen it in reports and in some precious treasures. , she had seen it in the magical images sent by intelligence personnel who risked their lives, and she knew what that thing could be used for.
Can pry open the strongest fortress in the world.
And those weapons are now pointing quietly in the direction of the Changfeng Defense Line - the Iron River Knights and the Black Flag Magisters are advancing towards its strike range without knowing anything!
Andersa will probably never know that this terrifying war machine arrived only half an hour early.
Taking into account the time difference between the Iron River Knights' attack and the time difference between the Iron Throne's bombardment preparations, she was only less than an hour away from the turning point that could determine the fate of Typhon and Cecil.
"...General, this is a trap!" The adjutant said in a low voice beside him, "We must destroy this thing..."
"It is no longer possible unless we There are large siege machines or half a group of magicians..." Andesa gritted her teeth, then suddenly raised her head and looked in the direction of the eastern plain.
The adjutant and several accompanying subordinates also looked in the same direction, and everyone realized the meaning of Andesa's look.
The troops behind must be stopped immediately.
Andesa raised her hand and was about to give the order to signal.
But she stopped - because she realized that once the signal was sent out, it meant that her troops would be exposed in front of the silent war machine.
The war machine should know that a Typhon force is nearby, but it and the people inside it do not know that the trap has been exposed. It is still dormant. The First Knights of the Winter Wolf still have Opportunity to evacuate.
However, after the Winter Wolf Knights evacuated to a safe distance, I am afraid that the Iron River Knights have already entered the attack range of the Cecil people's trap.
Andesa didn’t dare wait until then to send a signal, she didn’t dare to bet——
No one knew how far the attack range of the war machine was, but judging from its deployment position As well as the intelligence inference about Cecil's magical weapons, she knew that she didn't have much time - the Iron River Knights were marching very fast, and they might have entered the Changfeng Plain by this time, and she had to let that army out within a few minutes. And the magician group behind stopped.
So there must be one person who breaks away from the large army to send the signal, and the rest of the Knights quickly move their positions - the Paramel Highlands are very large, and the line of sight is extremely poor at this moment, so the war machine should only It can lock the person who sent the signal, but cannot lock the large force that has moved its position.
This is the plan with the least loss.
During Andesa's brief hesitation, a soldier wearing a short mage robe had already walked up from behind.
"General, I stayed to send a signal, please evacuate as soon as possible."
Andersa stared at the soldier who stood up, and the latter responded calmly: "General, I am An auxiliary mage who specializes in sending signals. I only know all kinds of magic light. It is my duty to send signals."
After a moment of confrontation, Andesa said in a deep voice: "...soldier. "What's your name?"
"Alec Uriah," the mage soldier puffed up his chest, "from Enchhawk County"
Andesa took a deep breath. Stepping forward, he pressed the soldier's shoulders firmly: "Eric, the empire will treat your family well."
"It is an honor to serve under you!"
An Desha nodded and immediately ordered: "Others, transfer with me immediately! "
Two minutes later, the entire First Knights of the Winter Wolf began to evacuate Paramere Heights as quickly as possible.
Shortly after the Knights left this area, A flash of light came from behind the team.
Andesa turned around and saw a bright red ball of light rising from a distance, exploding into a ball of dazzling and bright blood-colored flames.
p>Trap, evacuate.
After a few seconds of delay, piercing screams and explosions covered the location where the light ball rose.
738, the first year of Cecil, the 35th of the Harvest Month.
Everyone on the Changfeng defense line passed by the blade.