Section 3 The purpose of the war

Under the sky where darkness and light were opposed, nearly 700,000 troops of the Undead Legion and the Allied Army fought bloodily on the battlefield that stretched for hundreds of miles, and the earth-shattering shouts of killing reached the sky, and the smoke of gunpowder was full of the smell of blood, pungent gunpowder, and the smell of burnt spells after the collision.

The huge energy impact generated by the war directly caused the weather in the battlefield area to change out of season, some areas continued to have large-scale ice and snow weather due to the rich frost element, some areas became extremely hot because of the fire element, and some places blew strong winds and heavy rain for no reason

Although each extreme apocalypse is short-lived, it makes the ordinary soldiers of the Confederate army miserable.

However, the pre-war preparations of the Allied forces were very perfect, and the sudden change in the situation did not make the command anxious, and the officers of various countries under the leadership of Peidi methodically reinforced the front-line war, and the undead legions on the opposite side were also reinforced!

With the continuous reinforcements from both sides, this original raid war turned into a general battle!

Two days into the battle, as everyone expected, they were in a stalemate that no one wanted to see, and Perus and Shikan-Silveraxe were still under siege by the undead legions, and the 50,000 dwarven hoplites who flanked them were unable to break through the undead legion's blockade due to the lack of the necessary ranged attacks.

And two days ago, under the advice of the General Staff, Peidi sent Silas Marne to command the first and second armies of the empire to attack the defense line set up by the Undead Legion in the east of Felder City, originally intending to attack the outskirts of Felder City from the flank and tear apart the encirclement of the Undead Legion on Perus and Shikan-Silver Axe, but the Undead Legion suddenly increased its troops on all the defense areas outside Felder City, including Cook Town!

At present, the two sides have invested more than 1 million troops in this vast battlefield, and the alliance army has been passively dragged into the battlefield, and the geographical location is also extremely unfavorable for the alliance, so the investment of more than 650,000 troops can barely maintain the balance.

However, this did not mean that the Confederates were at a disadvantage in this war, as the Confederates also had Cooktown and Felder City South Theater.

In the past two days, although the landing of the Allied naval fleet at Cooktown has not been smooth, the battle of the Kingdom of Misha in the south of Felder City has been very smooth, and its forward forces have advanced into the southern hinterland of Felder City.

Judging from the entire battle of Feld Territory, neither side has taken advantage of anything now.

Of course, this is only temporary... Because if there is a problem with Peruth and Shikan-Silveraxe, it will definitely become extremely bad within the Confederates.

Pei Di is naturally very aware of this, he originally didn't like to put pressure on the front-line generals, but now he will send an order every hour to urge the attack.

In such a solemn atmosphere, the third day arrived.

And Perus and Shikan-Silver Axe are only supplied for three days, and if they don't find a way to rescue them, they will also be starved to death without the help of the undead army.

Andy Barrett found his cousin at dawn on the third day.

"Surrounded are Peruth and Shikan-Silveraxe, one of them is the ruler of the United Duchy of Lunn, which is a sacred place in the hearts of the paladins, and the other is the Orc Khan King!" was Andy Barrett's first words when he met his cousin.

"Do you think I'm going to kill them?" said Pedi in his cousin's words.

Andy Barrett chuckled and shook his head, "No, I don't think so, but someone would think so, if something happens to King Shikan Khan and Grand Duke Pelus, can the Confederates continue to exist? ”

"So, I plan to personally lead the Imperial Heavy Cavalry and the Paladin Legion to the western battlefield today, and if necessary, I will launch a general attack on Feld City in advance!" Pei Di took the hot towel handed by the squire and wiped his face, pointing to a set of standard leather armor next to him to signal to his subordinates.

"No!" Andy Barrett immediately objected, "you can't leave the command at this time, you are now leading not only the army of the Empire, but also soldiers from other countries, you have to let them see you in the command, otherwise it will be messed up." He almost subconsciously said, "It's better for me to go, I don't have as much strength as you, so you have to send me a magic puppet army." ”

Peidi didn't agree immediately, not because he didn't think his cousin could do it, but because he was afraid that Ferrora would come to the battlefield in person, and it can be seen from the battlefield performance of the undead legion in the past few days that the other party has the determination to defend Feld City!

"You're worried that Ferrora will show up?" Andy Barrett had a different opinion, "Don't you think your presence will spur Ferrora to the battlefield?"

Pedi was obviously stunned, he really didn't think about it.

"I'll give Wren an order now, let him gather the Imperial heavy cavalry troops, but the magic puppet troops are too poor, I will give you all the cavalry, the orc wolf cavalry, the Imperial heavy cavalry, and your highland steppe light cavalry, and I will send fifty airships to cover you in the air. "Pedi didn't think much about it.

"Andβ€”" Pedi pointed to his cousin's chest, "my command will move forward, and I will join the battlefield at any time if necessary!"

...

The place where Peruth and Shikan-Silveraxe were besieged was the peak on the side of the small village where they had recently defeated the Undead Paladin. Due to the destruction of evil powers, this small mountain with dense forests is now bare, and their camp is only defended by simple horses and army fences.

After being raided by the undead army, because Perus miscalculated the scale of the raid war, so that he could not shrink the defense and gather the limited defense materials in time, their troops could only continue to retreat, and now they were forced to retreat to the southernmost cliff of the small mountain, and below the cliff was the endless army of death.

The battle in the belly of the mountain was fierce from the beginning, the first to fight with the undead legion was the orc warriors, and the back was a whole paladin legion in the auxiliary treatment, so the combat effect was obvious, in such a long battle, the two orc flag regiments and the paladin legion lost less than two thousand people, but the lack of materials made the soldiers very tired, and the spirit was in danger of collapse at any time.

In the humble command post at the top of the mountain, Perus, who had just come down from the front line, wiped the stains on his hands on a greasy sheepskin, but the stains on his hands became more and more rubbed, and finally he had to curse in a low voice, and the unbearable hunger in his mouth made him instinctively pick up the wine bag at his waist.

But he had just ripped open the lid of the sac and stopped, for there was still the last bit of ale left in it.

"Drink it if you want, it's not bad at all. "Today is the third day of our siege, and I am sure that His Majesty Pedi will find a way to free us from the siege." ”

"I'd rather not have him come to the rescue. Peruth smiled bitterly at the sac, then tilted his head to drink the only remaining ale, "Our mistakes could cost thousands of soldiers. ”

"I don't want people to see how embarrassed I am, and I don't want us to affect the Confederates against the undead because of us, but... His Majesty Pedi must come to our rescue, or this war will not be fought. Shikan-Silveraxe's tone was indifferent, "Now, all we have to do is hurry up and rest, because soon we will have to fight hard." ”

"Well, it's time for a shift change, go teach the damned undead a lesson!" said Perus, leaning against the dirty cowhide stall, already snoring in a moment.

Shikan-Silver Axe didn't pay attention to Perus, who had fallen to rest, he picked up the battle axe next to him, drank the ale wine in the leather pouch around his waist in one go, swallowed the last remaining dry food in one go, and in the envious eyes of the soldiers, he picked up the last bowl of wild vegetable soup and drank it all in one gulp.

"Take care of the Grand Duke of Peruus!" Stone-Silver Axe instructed his personal captain, Blue Shield, before heading to the front line with his battle axe.

Lan Dun silently looked at the departing Khan King, and only returned to the command post when he couldn't see the other party's figure at all, and frowned at the human Grand Duke who he needed to protect now.

Perus was already asleep at the moment, and he had no way of knowing that he was being disgusted by the blue shield at the moment.

Time is slowly ticking...

I don't know how long it has been, but Perus suddenly felt someone shouting at him, followed by the earth-shattering shouts echoing in his ears, and when the memory of the tide hit, he suddenly remembered that he was in the middle of a war at this moment.

Goosebumps were pouring out of his slumber as Perus woke up from his slumber and stood up as fast as he could, then reached out and grabbed the warhammer next to him.

"Don't be so nervous, my friend!" Ishkan-Silveraxe's huge palm slapped on Perus's shoulder, "Someone has come to pick us up, it's the banner of Duke Andy Barrett, the Empire has sent their most elite heavy cavalry. As he spoke, he pointed to the faintly visible battlefield opposite the command post.

Perus's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he walked out of the command post as fast as he could, picked up the sentry's lookout and looked at the battlefield in the distance...

In the smoke and dust of war ahead, the Confederate battle flags were all over the ground, the Empire's huge heavy cavalry troops were attacking their fragile defenses from the flanks of the undead legions, orc wolf cavalry was leaping down from the rocky mountains, harvesting the broken souls of the undead, and in the distance, there were endless light cavalry wandering, and the figures of dwarven heavy armored warriors were clearly visible on the opposite mountain path.

"Prepare to break out..."Shi Kan-Silver Axe carried his huge battle axe, "I don't like to wait for someone else to come to my rescue!"

"Of course!" Peru put down his lookout glasses, his face full of war.

...

The breakout went smoothly, more smoothly than anyone expected, and when Duke Andy Barrett led his Imperial hoplites to tear a hole in the flank of the undead legion's encirclement, the undead who had gathered in the nearby area immediately retreated like a tidal wave.

A grand war in which both sides had invested more than a million soldiers in total came suddenly and ended even more abruptly.

Won?

It seems like yes!

But no one felt the joy of victory, and all the high-ranking commanders of the Confederates, including Pedi, looked at the retreating undead legions, feeling as if they were circus animals being teased by their masters.

After the end of the war, Pedi and his escort arrived at the height of the war, where the Elven Gate was leading the mages of various countries to cleanse the vicinity of evil spirits. In the middle of a ruin, Pedi looked at his cousin and asked, "Now... Do you think we are still sure of absolute victory?"

"We have gathered all the elite troops of the Elan Continent, and victory will definitely be ours, but... The process can be difficult. Andy Barrett said in a solemn tone, "First of all, we have to be prepared for a long war. ”

Pedi didn't answer, he thought for a while and asked, "What's new on the northern front that Sir Marne is responsible for?"

"After the undead legion on our side retreated, the undead legion on the northern front also retreated twenty miles back, but the defense was still strong, and there would not be much success in the short term. This question was answered by Sir Bowenwright, who had stepped down as Chief of Staff of the Confederates and was a member of Pedy's Personal Advisory Council.

"Hmmβ€”" Pedi replied and said no more, then he waved his hand at the nearby servant who was leading the horse.

As the group turned over and got on their horses and were about to leave, a galloping horse suddenly stood out in the distance on the path crowded with elven ranger soldiers, and the horse was Minnie Vatu, who was dressed like a low-ranking officer.

"In the past year, nothing good has happened to Sir Vatu every time I have seen him. Pedi said to his attendants, "I'm a little scared to see her right now. ”

But her intelligence was accurate. Hanina looked at Minnie Vatu earnestly, "The intelligence network she's built on the Suk Plains is stronger than any intelligence agency in any part of the MIA. ”

"That's what she's capable of!" Bowenwright subconsciously said to Minnie Vatu.

Hanina glanced at Bowenwright and didn't continue to speak, because Minnie Vartu was already close to the Emperor, and she was one of the few people in the entire empire who could go directly to the Emperor.

"I'm guessing you're bringing good news. Pedi spoke first.

"Maybe it's really good news. Minnie Vatu saluted the Emperor on horseback, "but I must tell you the news separately. ”

Pedi didn't pretend to hear Minnie Vatu's words, and immediately looked to the left and right, "You heard, Knight Vatu has something to report to me alone. ”

"What would your queen think of meeting the young knight alone?" said a phrase that only Andy Barrett dared to say, and he winked at his cousin and then struck his horse and walked forward.

Then, Hanina, Bowenlet, Leah, and other close ministers of the Emperor also left.

"Now you can say the news you brought. ”

"The men we sent to lurk in the Undead Legion have all been exposed, and they have been sent back. "Minnie Vatu is bad news as soon as she opens her mouth.

"One hundred thousand kroner was thrown into the dung pit. Pedi frowned, "I'm sure they must have brought some news back?"

Minnie Vatu nodded, "Ferrora has them tell you that if you insist on continuing this war, she can wage countless wars on a scale like the one she has in the last three days until we are both exhausted." ”

"And what?" said Pedy, raising an eyebrow.

"And there's... If you are willing to consider what you have offered, peace can come immediately. ”

"A temptation that's hard to refuse. Pedi looked around at the battlefield, "What do you think I should choose?"

"It's your choice, Your Majesty!" Minnie Vatu lowered her head, but then raised her head again, "But... Peace is the ultimate goal of our war. ”