The Snow Festival is the coldest time of the year and is also the traditional New Year in Freljord – when the Snow Festival arrives, the old year comes to an end and the new year is colonned.

In the ancient legend of Freljord, the Snow Festival is the end of the Avinian Test, and the one who survives the heavy snow is the one who passes the Avinian Test.

It is for this reason that on the night of the Snow Festival, even the poorest tribes will take out their last treasures, sing and dance, and celebrate the festival.

In Rhodes's view, the special significance of the festival to Freljord is that after the festival the temperature begins to rise steadily and gradually – although this increase is not obvious at first, it is undoubtedly a harbinger of the arrival of spring.

And unlike previous years, the arrival of the next spring also means the arrival of war.

After the Snow Festival, the entire Avarosa tribe significantly accelerated the pace of war preparations.

Large quantities of snow nuts were dug up for stockpiling, and barrels of fishy fish oil were distributed to the warriors for the final maintenance of their weapons.

After a winter of renovation, the warriors of Alvarossa were full of spirit, high morale, and mentally and physically ready to go into battle.

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According to Freljord's tradition, spring is marked by the cessation of heavy snow on Lake Lakstak – although the ice on the lake has not yet melted when the blue sky over Lake Lakstak first clears, it seems to the people of Freljord that spring has arrived.

On this day, on Lake Lakstak, Ash gathered all the warriors above the captain of the Alvarossa side—thousands of them, following ancient traditions, to the lake in the spring to listen to the final pre-war meeting of the Avarosa Successor.

Well, there was not a single exciting speech at the so-called pre-war conference, and everything Ash said was mainly about the allocation of supplies......

In the winter, Rhodes had not been idle, and when he had free time, he and Nunu had made another round trip between Freeljord City and Frostguard Fortress, planning in detail the feasible routes of the battle, and bringing back the terrible news that most of the small tribes east of Freljord had been swept away by the trolls, while the relatively large tribes were brought under Lisandro's control.

You must know that from Lake Lakstak to the Frostguard Fortress, even the distance in a straight line is more than three thousand kilometers.

And in Freljord, people never built cities - with the exception of a few cities, the vast majority of Freljord lived in small village settlements, which were only temporary places for the army to live in, and had no military significance at all.

In other words, during the more than 3,000-kilometer run, everyone had to camp and rest.

In this case, the problem of logistical supply becomes extremely serious.

According to Rhodes and Nunu's tests in the winter, if the army were to be resupplied by centralized baggage transportation, the consumption of the baggage team on the road would be a terrible astronomical amount - even if the baggage team only had 10,000 men, when they escorted a month's worth of supplies of 100,000 people from Freljord City to Frostguard Fortress, nearly half of the food would be eaten.

To make matters worse, long supply lines can also lead to a drastic reduction in safety, and in the event of an attack, there is a risk of running out of food ahead.

In this case, the only way to do this is to strategically move quickly, tactically with Alvarossa's main force and supplies at the same time, and move at the same time - which means that there will be almost no supply support from the rear during the advance of the front.

In a sense, the situation faced by the Avarosa tribe this time was very similar to that of Winterclaw last time, either winning in one fell swoop or being dragged back and falling apart.

As for whether it is possible to start a war without rushing to start a war for a while, and then talk about it after a period of development......

Not to mention whether the fanaticism of the Avarosa and other tribes will disappear with the passage of time, but with Lisandro's performance, Ash does not dare to develop with peace of mind.

The small tribes were wiped out, and the large tribes were brought under control, and if you start now, you can still rely on the failure of integration to fight a time difference, if you give Lissandro another two years, this battle of unification will sooner or later become a protracted war!

For some careerists, front-line attrition and patient farming are a safe bet, but for Ash, it means that Freljord is in the midst of an even more terrible war, and it will last a long time!

I don't know if Lisandro will feel sorry for Rhodes at that time, but it is certain that Ash will definitely fall into pain and self-blame.

Quick!

Ash gathered all the accumulated snow nuts and piled them on the ice, which had become frozen hard and formed a veritable hill on Lake Lakstark, and Ash began to roll call the squad as the base unit after emphasizing the significance of the supply several times.

According to Avarossa's rules, each squad ranged from 5 to 15 people, and this time there were more than 7,000 squads and more than 60,000 men in total—soldiers who were carefully selected under logistical pressure.

With the help of magic, Ash clicked out loud the names of each of the squad leaders, checked the number of the squad, and gave them a year's worth of supplies.

If it is according to the combat habits of Noxus or Demacia, a squad may have to supply more than ten tons a year, and there are separate regulations for staple food, non-staple food, and mineral supply.

But this is completely different for the Solid Freljords.

Alvarossa's supplies consisted of only 300 kilograms of snow nuts per person and a small amount of mineral crystals (mineral salts that taste like rust in the mouth), and nothing else.

And this is the kind of supply that "the soldiers of Demacia will rebel when they see it" and "the soldiers of Noxus will mutiny when they see it", but it made these big-shouldered and round-waisted Freljord soldiers shout Long live Avarossa.

Poor God, before Ash, the Freljords had to bring their own dry rations with their own leaders when they went out to fight - when they ran out of dry food, they either hunted on their own during off-duty patrols, or went to rob the enemy.

Even for Sejuani's warband, supplies are limited to short-term staples - provided by the warband during a firefight with the enemy, and the march or something is still up to you.

Ash's primitive logistical supply system was rudimentary in Rhode's opinion, but it completely inspired the fighting spirit of these soldiers.

The Freljord barbarians will never be slaves – unless they are fed and sheltered!

The meeting lasted three days, and after the mountain of snow nuts had been distributed, Ash finally raised the bow of Avarossa.

A brilliant arrow pointed straight into the sky, and under everyone's gaze, Ash officially announced the beginning of the war.

"All the troops are attacking!"