Outside the city of Singar, the Imperial Forward Barracks, the Central Army Barracks. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

A cowhide envelope was placed in front of General Sitorius, with a striking piece of blood wax engraved with the word "Confidential" in ancient imperial characters. He looked at the envelope with some dismay, tomorrow he was going to launch a general attack on the city of New Gar, but tonight, Keros handed over a secret letter.

Is it the Casteloenburg that has fallen into the hands of Sarion? In this way, the richest soil of the empire will be exposed undefended, and the most famous general who is at conquering cities is probably ready to take the lead in the war against the empire, right? But why did this secret letter appear on his desk? It was impossible to be a fiefdom of Carlindern, and on the day Sitorius was sealed on the border, he was prepared for the frequent change of ownership of his territory. So why wasn't this letter delivered to His Majesty the Emperor? How can he say that he is still the commander of the Tower Sword Cavalry of the Goddess of Creation, and he is an out-and-out political enemy with the Grand Master of the Shadow Legion.

Sitorius picked up the envelope and slashed the blood with a knife, and a note fell, Sitorius glanced at it, his expression changed, fury and hideousness flashed, and then he returned to indifference. He put the note on the candle flame and lit it, watched it burn into a brilliant flower, and said indifferently: "Five thousand for twenty thousand, a good first general." ”

The next day, Castle Carlindeen.

Two ten-meter-high siege towers slowly advanced towards the city wall, this is the most brutal siege equipment, and the triangular support structure is covered with solid cowhide, so that the impact of the arrow rain is as unbearable as tickling in front of it. As soon as they get close to the city walls, the soldiers will be able to jump from the platform at the top of the tower to the top of the city, and the siege tower's platform is wide enough and solid enough to protect the soldiers even from the top of the tower! But the huge amount of work and the mobility that does not lose the turtle climb make it quite weak in small-scale battles.

Duke Al Van was recognized as an expert in siege, and the most experienced engineer regiment of Sarion was also under his command, and after a day of fierce fighting, he had to erect two siege towers, and he ingeniously built an additional platform in the middle of the siege tower, and now there was a phalanx of Sarion marksmen standing on it, and they were frantically pouring arrows on the city, and the absolute superiority of troops brought absolute fire suppression, and the sporadic counterattacks on the city looked so weak.

The corners of the Duke Elfwan's mouth softened, and it was good, and the advance of the siege towers was unhindered, and soon the castle of Callindernburg would be full of men from Salion, and even a real mountain would be able to step on it. He suddenly regretted that his offensive against Fort Carlindeen had been a little hasty and had not built a solid encirclement. He tried to defeat Keros's 3,000 men in a battle, concentrating most of his forces on the frontal battlefield to maintain a tight and continuous offensive, but after leaving behind the corpses of 4,000 Salion soldiers, Scoleroru retreated with the remaining 800 men, the battle losses on both sides were close to 1 to 2, and the Imperial formation even maintained a considerable degree of integrity! The Duke of Elfwan's offensive was certainly as continuous as the tide of the sea, but the Shadow Corps was more tenacious than the reef, retaining the hardest edges and corners under repeated slapping.

The wooden bridge had slid into the battlements, and the soldiers of Sarion swooped down on the city with a howl, and they were greeted by a crossfire of spears and crossbow arrows, which were punctured into honeycombs in a few moments before they could raise their shields. Keros wisely abandoned guarding the castle, which would inevitably be covered by a rain of arrows, and instead made a fuss about the staircase and watchtower. The spearmen shone at this moment, and these soldiers, armed with spears more than two meters long, used to restrain cavalry on frontal battlefields, had a range that other infantry could not match, and became an incomparable advantage in defending the city - they turned the watchtower into an angry hedgehog! If anyone dares to approach, they will be stabbed by the spears that come out of it.

The Duke of Elfwan was unmoved, and calmly ordered: "Hold on to the head of the city, the three-person shield array will be blocked, the archers of the No. 1 platform will shoot at sixty degrees in a row, and the archers of the No. 2 platform will enter the city." Under his command, several shield walls were quickly erected, sealing the mouth of the watchtower, the tip of the spear was drawn on the shield, and then a wave of feathered arrows thrown at a high angle swooped down like a predatory locust, and a wave of counterattack by the empire was fiercely suppressed before it could set off a storm. Without the help of spears and crossbows, the hedgehog-like watchtowers could not bounce for long, and after a rain of arrows poured by the archers, there was no sound in the watchtower. Saarion managed to capture the city at a very small cost.

Duke Elfwan frowned at this time, it was too smooth, the advance force did not encounter any decent resistance, it can be said that it was effortless. Is this like the castle that Kairos guarded? Abandon the city and flee? Unlikely, with the richest territory of the empire behind him, it is impossible to allow a famous general known for his siege of cities to drive straight in. Even if Keros can overwhelm the rest of the famous generals, he has only one man and can only defend one city. Once Keros abandoned Fort Carlindern and retreated to Issos, Duke Elfwan would have been able to capture the Shield Wind Fortress and then take Wolfyn Fort directly to complete the siege of Issos. Duke Elfwan didn't think that Kairos didn't have the strategic acumen, and he could only hold on, waiting for reinforcements from the Empire across the border, if Marius hadn't been picked up by Bahad.

So could it only be that there was an ambush in the inner city, was it preparing for a street fight? The Duke of Alfwan climbed the city wall and overlooked the entire Kallindeern Castle, which was clearly a fortress built on the plain, but the outer buildings seemed to be built on the mountain, high and low, surrounding the inner fort, like the stars and the moon. The inner fort was the mountain, the moon, and a row of heavily armed crossbowmen were waiting for it. There is a slight steep gradient between the gate and the inner fort, and if you rush into the inner fort, you will be hit by a condescending salvo. Heavy logs can also be surprisingly lethal on slopes, and when rows of logs rush down with surging momentum, they are enough to crush a phalanx of hoplites!

"It's hard to fight." Kea whispered, he could see that the terrain of the inner fort was really easy to defend and difficult to attack according to the textbook standard.

"Why fight?" "I'll give you three thousand, Kea, and how will you look at Keros in the Inner Castle?" ”

Kia was stunned, and subconsciously stroked a handful of bushy beards: "Stick to the gate of the outer city and block the intersection of the avenue." He couldn't think of a better plan, for the castle had changed hands repeatedly during the long war between the Empire and Sarion, and both sides knew the town by heart. There are several secret passages in the inner fort, and it is not a secret where they lead, as long as you look at those places, and then guard the outer city with heavy troops, the inner fort is a Jedi, and there is no way to enter the heavens and no door.

Duke Elfwan was noncommittal: "Actually, you don't have to deliberately guard, Kia, I give you a thousand men and two days, and you must turn the outer city into a logistics transit point for our army." ”

Kia was taken aback: "That Kairos ......"

Duke Elfwan smiled coldly: "He can choose to rot in the castle of Kalindern, and then watch me swallow the three central cities of the empire in one go!" ”