Chapter 2071 Black Cloud Iron Fortress
The war was raging and the smoke was swirling. The Gripen Empire invaded from many directions, causing more than half of the more than 70 garrison castles set up by the Demon Moon Empire in the northwest border area to be demolished. These small fortresses were originally stuck in various dangerous terrains. After the Kumai border fell, they could use the intricate terrain to block the enemy. Unexpectedly, this time the Gripen Empire's attack was extremely bold and risky, using rapid marches and roundabouts to remove the fortresses one by one. . The speed of the advance was so fast that it even exceeded the speed of the retreat of our own soldiers. Coupled with the appearance and intimidation of the Sky Giant, the enemy's attack was stress-free.
In order to reduce losses, Marshal Dean Helen, who was in charge of the troops in the western border, had no choice but to order the officers to abandon all the small fortresses built along the way and concentrate all the troops in the Black Cloud Iron Fortress. Although this black cloud iron fortress is not as heavily defended as an iron barrel like the Bell Mountain City built by St. Bikoya, it is still a well-fortified fortress city and an important pass for Anmosid to resist threats from the west.
When Dean Helen arrived here, he planned to meet with the Northern King Dutch, the Frost Knights, Hanard and others who came from the West Capital to discuss the battle. He did not want the Gripen Empire army to march too far. Quickly. On the day he arrived at the Black Cloud Iron Fortress, air cavalry sentries from the Gripen Army came here to conduct reconnaissance. The enemy's air cavalry regiments appeared in large numbers the next day, and then in the afternoon it became a large army siege.
On the city wall in the evening, Dean Helen looked at the Eagle and Lion Army encamped in the distance, waiting for battle, and sadness filled his brows. He has experienced this situation twice. Every time the Gripen Army chooses to besiege the city instead of attacking it, they have to use the Sky Giant.
The wise general, Dean Page, did not want to defend passively, so he sent the young Puna brothers to lead a group of 80 senior elite cavalry to attack the camp in the middle of the night. The enemy was prepared for it, and the attack on the camp was discovered. The plan failed. The Poona brothers led their troops to evacuate. A cavalry team from the enemy's Blue Arrow followed closely behind to kill them, but this was within Dean Page's expectation. . He personally led an assault group to lie in ambush on both sides of a long narrow bridge on the path of the enemy's pursuit. He wanted to take advantage of the enemy's pursuit to cut off their retreat, and kill the Puna brothers in one fell swoop.
The person who led the pursuit of the 'Blue Arrow' cavalry was also a young female general who was well-known in the Gripen Empire Army. She was nicknamed 'August Emperor Eagle' and had the Chinese character for rose. As her nickname goes, she is the eyes of the Gripen King. Despite her young age, she is very experienced. She stopped the pursuit not far from the narrow bridge.
The Puna brothers who were running in front turned around and saw that the other party was not chasing them. The two teams of men and horses looked at each other across the long bridge under the moonlight. There were eagles and birds in the sky looking at each other, and there were beasts waiting on the ground. Although Mei was not there, She received no feedback from the tamed monsters on her side, but she did not rule out that the other party was well hidden. She judged that there must be a trap on the long bridge and there must be an ambush around it, so she immediately led the air cavalry to turn around and leave.
Seeing that the opponent was not fooled, Dean Page led his men out from both sides of the long bridge and chased the enemy soldiers from behind with a burst of arrows and magic. However, he was still a step too late. The bows, arrows and magic did not leave the enemy behind. The people can only lead the team back in anger.
In fact, this simple night camp attack, whether successful or not, will not affect the current situation. Dean Page just wants to regain some morale and cause some trouble for the enemy. But the enemy was very alert and didn't even give him this chance.
Returning to the situation room of the Black Cloud Iron Fortress with Marshal Helen, Iron Fortress's garrison officer Donald brought new information. At the same time, he was also followed by the leader of the Frost Knights and the King of the North, Dutch.
Daqi held a black horn helmet in his arms and was wearing thick silver and black iron armor, which was really majestic. Helen and the King of the North were not familiar with each other. After getting to know each other, the few of them summarized the information and intelligence personnel strength and other information, and discussed tomorrow's war strategy in the war situation room overnight. The King of the North, Dutch, is a very special prince of the Demon Moon Empire, and the Frost Knights are the personal guard of the King of the North. They are the only imperial knights among the eight imperial knights that are not controlled by the royal family. group.
In Demon Moon, Dutch's personal strength has always been a mystery. Everyone only knows that he is brave, but it is not clear how strong he is. His ancestors were the great nobles of the Jilba Kingdom in the northern and northeastern areas of the Demon Moon. During the period of Haiqin VI, the famous war king of the Demon Moon Empire, the Demon Moon Empire underwent its third large-scale external expansion in history. During this period, Hai Qin Qin VI annexed a large amount of land in Jilba Kingdom, captured and killed the then king of Jilba Kingdom. Daqi's ancestors took the remaining land as their territory and vowed to regain their old land and rebuild the kingdom. Since then, many wars have broken out between the two countries, and they have been enemies for generations. In the later years of Otillet XVI, civil strife broke out in Demon Moon. In just five years, six kings were killed. Grandfather Dutch took the opportunity to regain the lost land in one fell swoop, and plundered a large amount of land in the four northern provinces of Demon Moon to revive the country. country. After Orwin the Great succeeded to the throne, stability was restored in the Demon Moon, and a major war broke out between the two countries again. In the later years of Emperor Owen the Great, the Count of Sith in the Coast Province died without any children. According to the order of succession, Dachi, the nephew of the Earl of Sith and the son of King Tilba, was selected to succeed the count.
The young Dutch fell in love at first sight with the 13-year-old daughter of the Grand Duke of Golden Flower at the earl ceremony. He completed his wedding with the daughter of the Grand Duke of Golden Flower two months later and has been living in the Coast Province. Fourteen years later, Daqi's father died of illness. As the first heir, he came back and inherited the throne of the King of Jilba Kingdom. However, at the same time, he did not want to leave the prosperous Coast Province where he had lived for 14 years. The king's identity is back here.
Two years later, Otillet XVII conferred the title of King Dachi. Dachi annexed the entire land of Jilba to the Demon Moon, and personally led troops to annihilate the rebel parties in Jilba that were unwilling to merge. For this reason, the Seventeenth Emperor granted him a large number of territories and treasures, and gave him the Frost Knights, one of the eight imperial knights that had traditionally been controlled by the royal family, as his personal guard. From then on, Dutch was known as the King of the North.
Several people discussed the battle plan in the situation room, but Christine Harnard and her troops, who should have arrived here long ago, have not arrived yet, which makes Helen very upset. The latest intelligence coming from the imperial capital told him that through the judgment of Bartholomew, a participant in the Tianyue Tianxia incident, the Yuntian Giant they faced was probably an artificially modified ultimate weapon similar to Tianxia. The combat capability of this object, if judged by ancient monsters, would probably not be lower than the destructive power of an eleventh-level monster. The specific strength of the power still needs to be communicated with the Imperial City and the Holy Garden to understand, and at the same time, they can also collect more battle information about the ultimate weapon.
The destructive power of a monster whose strength will not be lower than the eleventh level. Upon hearing this news, everyone present looked ashen, and Daqi's face was not good-looking either.
As the Iron Barrier garrison, Donald, a tall man with blond hair and a golden beard, said with a livid face: "Even the Black Cloud Iron Barrier cannot defend against such a terrifying power."
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(Actually, the kings of ancient Europe are very different from the kings of ancient China. I won’t care about that much here. Just read the story.)
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