Section 2 The inevitable decisive battle

By the end of May, the temperature at Manwis Canyon Fortress had warmed up.

The garrison barracks of the Canyon Fortress have been built three times in the past three months, and now there are more watchtowers and barracks than there are in the north and south mountains of the fortress and the undulating passages in the middle.

The camp was built by the Empire and its allies with nearly a million troops, stretching from the southern part of the Suker Plain to the frontier war zone outside the Manwis Gorge against the undead legions.

In order to sustain the expenses of this huge army, the empire and its allies ordered the closure of many factories that were extremely costly, but did not benefit the country and the war, such as the luxury goods industry and the high-end wine industry. Thanks to the economic and agrarian reforms of the Empire over the past few years, the government was able to sustain the huge costs of the war without reducing the Empire's livelihood guarantees.

25th, six o'clock in the morning.

The camps of the army in the Canyon Fortress were lit on time for cooking, and in a matter of moments, the smoke spread for dozens of miles, and the shouts of the soldiers and the shouts of the commanders could be heard by the residents of Fort Norma, hundreds of miles away.

Today, each camp receives a large piece of dried mutton, along with freshly baked bread and a piping hot vegetable soup with vegetable oil, which is delicious for soldiers in the war.

At half past eight, after a brief training session, the soldiers who had eaten a hearty morning were ordered to stay in their respective camps and wait for orders.

Many experienced veterans know that a big war is about to begin!

At half past nine, the battalions of the various departments received an order to begin assembling in corps units.

At ten o'clock, the Imperial First Army, which was closest to Felder's front-line theater, as well as the 10,000 mage troops and 5,000 magic puppet troops of the Mage Tower, marched out amid the shouts of military orders and the sound of horns. Subsequently, the Second Mixed Army and the Third Mixed Army of the Empire followed left and right, and 30,000 regular soldiers of the Balu Kingdom followed as auxiliaries.

At the same time, the combined forces of dwarves, orcs and elves stationed in the ruins of the northern part of the Tillman Explosion also began to mobilize and gather troops, and the army of the Kingdom of Misha, which had been waiting for a long time in the Ferrolaco Forest in the east, was also giving speeches before the war.

In the Werewolf Legion at Passy Fortress, because there was no huge army and huge logistical pressure to plague them, the newly arrived commander Gilit immediately gave the order for the whole army to advance south after receiving the attack order from the Allied High Command.

At nine o'clock in the morning, the battle in the southern part of the Passy Fortress began.

Two hours later, the Confederates in the frontal and northern fronts of Fort Tillmann launched a strong assault on the undead legions stationed in the defensive area.

At half past twelve o'clock in the afternoon, the main force of the Frolla Komisha Kingdom launched a strong attack on the area south of Felder City, and then the large naval fleet of the Allied forces began to raid Cook Town.

A great war has begun!

In just two hours, the flames of war burned throughout the Felder Territory...

Beginning at three o'clock in the afternoon of May 25, Felder led east to Cooktown, north to the area of Fort Passy, and west to Tillmanblast, all with Confederate flags flying on the battlefield.

The undead seem to have been prepared, and they have amassed heavy troops all along the lines.

However, two days after the start of the war, in the face of the huge and fierce offensive of the Allied forces, the undead legions in the encirclement gave up the early war interests, and ceded the Tillmanburg area and the large area of land north of Felde City that connected to the fortress of Passy, and concentrated on defending Felder City and Cook Town.

Three days later, the Canyon Fortress Confederates joined forces with the Northern Ruins Confederates.

On June 2nd, the Alliance's million-strong army marched eastward, and in just five days, it approached the forward defense of the undead legions west of Felder City, and joined up with the werewolves and giants of Parsi Fortress.

The war went more smoothly than planned, and the capture of Fort Tillman, which had not been captured in countless previous assaults, was thrilled to the capture of the Allied army in such a short period of time.

However, the top of the Allied army did not let down their guard and did not rejoice because they knew that the undead legions of war in front of them were unscathed, and they needed to face the city of Feld, which was garrisoned by nearly one and a half million undead soldiers.

The real war has just begun...

...

The central camp of the Confederate army on the plains west of Felder City, where the commander-in-chief moved with his army.

While the soldiers cheered at the successive victories on their throne, Pedi summoned the heads of state. The undead army abruptly abandoned the conjecture that Fort Tillmanburg exceeded most of the people, and the battle plan prepared in advance was all nullified, and Pedi needed to negotiate another battle plan with other countries.

During the summit, Pedi was silent thinking about his own business, and Shikan-Silveraxe and Thrandir were arguing.

Stone-Silveraxe proposed a direct assault and was willing to personally lead the elite orc hoplites as the vanguard, but General Thranduil, perhaps affected by the war in the northern jungle a few months earlier, did not agree to an immediate attack on Felder City, citing the fact that Ferrora was in Felder City.

"We need a complete spell defense circle, as well as a mage tower and a magic crystal tower that connects the entire battlefield. "We must restrain Ferrola's power as much as possible, or the Northern Jungle War will be a lesson." ”

"Your plan will delay us for months, and winter will come when your defenses are in place!" Orcs are very sensitive to winter, and the last thing Shikan-Silveraxe likes to do is fight in winter unless necessary.

"The area from Feld City to Cooktown is home to nearly two million of Ferrola's minions, and now that Ferrora has an inexhaustible supply of resources in the ocean, do you expect to end this war in a few days?" Thranduil patiently explained his thoughts, "You can't be too hasty against the undead legions, the undead have endless physical strength and the ability to regenerate quickly, and rushing to attack will only lead to failure." ”

The dwarven king Nuvat glanced at the silent Pedi, looked at Thrandir and said, "The undead army now has the resources of the sea, and they are increasing their strength every day, so... We have to hurry up and deal with them, not waste time to build the Life Mage Tower, if the Mage Tower is really useful, the northern jungle will not fail!"

"This war is what it is because you are so afraid!" Novat slapped the table in front of him with a "snap" and pointed at Thrandil's nose and shouted, "If you hadn't cowered, you would have destroyed the undead army in Karen, you wasted a lot of time!"

"You have no right to accuse us!" Lizzocaro retorted coldly, "I heard that Ferrora was sheltered by your son..."

"I'm so proud of my son, he doesn't think he's done wrong, because that's yes Ferrola is just an ordinary human being, and my son is just doing what his best friend has asked him to do... We dwarves are honest!" Nouvat's voice was so loud that his voice echoed throughout the room.

"Hey, you're hundreds of years longer than my grandmother!" Perus's words were full of jokes, "are you going to quarrel like children about such a boring thing?"

Peruth's joking sarcasm caused the two to shut up, and the conference room fell into a brief silence.

"If Ferrola once again wields a force like the Northern Jungle that we can't comprehend... What should we do?" said Duke Andy Barrett in the quiet atmosphere.

"Didn't the elves claim to have fought a war against the undead legions for ten thousand years?" Turlock looked at Thranduil and asked, "How did you defend against the forces of the Order of Chaos in the past?"

"The Order of Chaos has only appeared once in the last 10,000 years!" Thranduil was silent for two seconds, "I only know that 10,000 years ago she appeared and created a catastrophe that destroyed the world. ”

"If that history is true, then... What's the point of our war?" Turlock frowned.

"Even God has weaknesses, so don't exaggerate her strength. Shikan-Silveraxe's voice was loud, "Any power is relative, Ferrola's strength lies in her possession of a large army of the undead, and when she loses the support of the army of the undead, her power has nowhere to be used." ”

Thranduil shook her head, "No, Ferrora doesn't have to rely on her minions, she's the root of everything!"

Nuvat shouted, "Then find a way to destroy her, at any cost!"

"That's what brought us together. Andy Barrett glanced at his cousin on the throne, "Your Majesty, what is your attitude?"

"Your Majesty, you shouldn't be silent at this time. Shikan-Silver Axe also looked at the Human Emperor.

"Ferrola's power is indeed too strong for us to take lightly, but we can't just waste months building a few mage towers. Pedi and Shikan-Silveraxe looked at each other, then met the others' gazes, "Guys, we have a huge army of nearly two million, why don't we attack Feld City while building a mage tower?"

"That would be very expensive!" said King Novat, with some reluctance.

"No matter how much it costs compared to the lives of our soldiers, it is worth it, and fighting against the undead legion is attrition!" Pedi looked at the dwarven king, "Sufficient soldiers are the key to our battle against the undead legion. ”

"Tomorrow I will personally lead my paladin legion to charge!" said Archduke Perus of the United Duchy of Lenn stood up.

"I can cover on the flanks!" Shikan-Silver Axe did not compete with Perus for the vanguard.

"How can we dwarves be less able to siege cities, our hoplites are best at storming cities!" King Nuvat also stood up.

"Mage Towers can provide spell assistance. Tlock made his statement clear.

"The Werewolf Legion is ready to strike at any time. ”

"Sealing Ferrola and purifying evil powers is more important than anything else. Thranduil looked at Pedi, "You have felt her power, her presence is a threat to the Etheran Continent. ”

"That's why we have to defeat her, but we have to destroy her followers before we can defeat her. Turlock looked at Thrandil, "Has the defeat in the Northern Jungle made you lose confidence, Your Excellency?"

"The defeat in the Northern Jungle campaign has strengthened my confidence to destroy the undead legions, but conventionally..."

"You think of your way, we use ours!" Shikan-Silver Axe directly interrupted Thrandil, "There is no time for hesitation on the battlefield. ”

"Knock knock" Pei Di also stood up, he knocked on the table, "The vote in the meeting is already obvious, so... We will launch a strong attack on the city of Feld tomorrow morning, with the Paladin Legion led by the Grand Duke of Perus as the vanguard and the commander of the front, with the assistance of King Shikan Khan and King Nuvat, and the Mage Tower sending 10,000 mages to assist them. ”

"I have no opinion. King Nuvat agreed very simply.

"The beast god will bless me to win the war!"

"This is my honor, Your Majesty!" said Perus to Pedi with courtier etiquette.

...

The morning after the brief summit of the Allied forces, at half past nine in the morning of June 8.

The Confederates, after a full day of repairs, launched a strong attack on the forward defense area set up by the undead legions in the northwest of Feld City, in the charge of the Paladin Legion led by the Grand Duke of Perus.

In the face of the attack of the Allied forces, the undead legion had long been prepared, and they mobilized nearly 100,000 troops to counterattack. The two sides fought for two days and two nights in this vast plain, and finally won the victory by a narrow margin of the Allies.

Subsequently, Perus, on the orders of the Allied command, led the Paladin Legion to continue the advance, and three days later... At two o'clock in the afternoon of June 11, he encountered the Paladin Legion formed by the Undead Legion in a small village fifty miles west of Feld City.

An hour after the two legions fought, the two elite flag regiments led by Shikan-Silver Axe rushed to flank the elite troops opposite, but the undead legion seemed to have received the news in advance, and decisively left the battlefield before Shikan-Silver Axe arrived at the battlefield.

After discussing with Shikan-Silveraxe, Perus did not choose to pursue, and planned to establish a camp on the spot and exchange information with the general headquarters before making a decision.

And that night, while the Allied General Headquarters was considering whether to switch to the northern defense line of Felder City, the temporary camp established by Perus and Shikan-Silveraxe outside Felder City was counterattacked by the undead legion of Felder City, and the army of 300,000 undead attacked their camp like a tide under the cover of night.

After receiving the news, Pedi immediately ordered the nearby dwarven legions to support, and at the same time ordered the first and second armies of the empire to storm the northern defense line of Felder City from the flank to deal with the western battlefield, but the undead legions were also frantically increasing troops from Felder City to the war zone.

In just three hours, the western and northern fronts of Felder City were in a mess, and the number of combatants increased from the two legions at the beginning to nearly 700,000 in an instant!