Expeditions are not so simple!

During the entire expedition, the path taken was a lush jungle with no roads, so it was basically impossible to rely on the base camp to give any supplies, these supplies were not just military rations, military supplies were also very important, swords, armor, bows and crossbows equipment must be carried with them, and elven archers and crossbowmen must carry their consumables - arrows! Although the weight of each arrow is not large, it is quite laborious for a person to carry several arrow boxes and dozens of arrows on his back.

The first step in Higg's preparation was to assign the dwarven craftsmen he brought to Siskoli, and all of them in the workshop according to Noah's requirements, such as new weapons and crossbows, so that all 5,000 crossbowmen could be equipped with this new equipment that excites quickly. The Silent Forest was originally a dwarven base, and with a little guidance, the dwarven craftsmen needed to make as many as they wanted. Five thousand crossbows, plus Siscor's chariots, nearly emptied the Silent Forest of the war materials that had been hoarded for years.

In addition, by selecting three thousand excellent elven archers and replacing the bowstring of the elven longbow with the mane of a real divine beast, you will get three thousand phantom archers. The personal ability of these phantom archers may not be as strong as Marishen's phantom archers, but most of them have actual combat experience in the jungle, and have conducted more than half a year of jungle guerrilla warfare with Curdes on the Pamela Plateau under the leadership of Benjamin, and the bowstrings of these longbows are the manes of real divine beasts!

Lan Xian'er's storage ring was about to lose its effect, because without the replenishment of spirit stone energy, the space inside gradually collapsed, and there was still a little space to store the only two thousand manes of the divine beast.

The 5,000 crossbowmen that Siskori allocated to Higg were all carefully selected, and in his eyes, although his Silent Forest was important, he longed for the expeditionary force of Fuxing City even more, and longed to go on an expedition under the leadership of Higg.

A month later, the ice and snow all melted, the weather warmed up, and the whole jungle world was full of life again, Corincha led two thousand phantom archers, two thousand dwarven warriors, and one thousand dwarven slaves, bringing five days of dry food, as the vanguard of the expedition, set off one day ahead to open the way for the army. The route of the march is to march north to the heel of the Glan Mountains, and then all the way to the east, so as to avoid encounters with the Druid army that may send troops to the forest country, and because this route is close to the foot of the mountain, there are many large and small rivers, and there are many large and small mountains to climb, which is very difficult to walk, but it is extremely hidden, which can delay the time for the druids to detect this army as much as possible.

However, this route reached the territory of the druids, which was more than 600 kilometers, and the fastest march also took more than ten days, and the exhausted army needed to reasonably distribute the dry food for five days, and then rely on the resources in the jungle to replenish a little in order to complete the strategic goal of reaching the border.

The time is unreasonable, it is warm and cold, and the spring jungle can provide very little supply to the army; The marching route is unreasonable, the path is too dangerous and difficult, and many places still need to build bridges and fill ditches to pass, which also delays the marching time; The number of troops is unreasonable, 28,000 soldiers, plus more than 30,000 dwarven slaves, without logistical supplies, dare to expedition to the hinterland of the druids, and if you are not careful, there will be a danger of annihilation; The fourth was unreasonable, the division was unknown, and it was difficult for Higg to find a convincing reason to warn the whole army about the purpose of his expedition.

However, in Higg's view, existence is reasonable! Although these unreasonableness caused a lot of trouble to themselves, the other party would not have thought that they would do this, and at this time, this kind of line, this point soldiers would dare to go deep alone, which is tantamount to self-isolation. The purpose of the expeditionary force's proof is to achieve the effect of surprise soldiers.

Five thousand elven archers, one thousand phantom archers, four thousand crossbowmen, and the main army of twelve thousand battle dwarves also set off with flags raised the day after Korincha's departure.

It was followed by a thousand dwarven warriors, a thousand crossbowmen, three thousand dwarven slaves, and three thousand horses carrying supplies.

Two hundred mages were split up in various armies......

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At the same time, far away from the Druid border more than 400 kilometers away from the Silent Forest, Grand Druid Carmenro, led 20,000 druids, 50,000 elven archers, 80,000 battle dwarves, 150,000 centaur warriors, and a total of 300,000 troops, holding the banner of avenging the Great Druid Balaman, swore to cross the Gorsa River south, crossed the border, and marched directly to the king city of the forest......

On the southern border of the forest country, 50,000 cavalry, 80,000 crossbowmen, 150,000 spear infantry, and 20,000 baggage soldiers in the fifth war zone of Arad were led by Marshal Simeone himself, and with lightning speed, he captured the fortress of Wannatan and crossed the border.

The forest country is now in danger......

More than 600 kilometers southeast of the Forest King's City, the main force of the Forest Nation army led by Ranarith was more than 200,000 people, besieging the last main force of the allied forces of Hofton and Zaragoza in the city of Vixa, with less than 60,000 defenders in the city! Despite nearly two months of fierce fighting, with heavy casualties on both sides, Ranariddh was never able to take the rebels' last stronghold.

Ranaridh underestimated the stubbornness of the enemy, even if he had an absolute advantage in his own forces, but the opponent would not give an inch according to the city defense. Attacking fortifications has never been the strong point of jungle warriors, and relying on elven archers and dwarven warriors to climb the walls can only give the defenders more corpses. If time permits, Ranariddh can besiege it for several months, and when the city is short of supplies and his will is broken, he can naturally break himself. However, Ranariddh knew that the druids and Arad had long been eyeing the Forest Country, and that the two countries were gathering armies on the border, and that almost all the forces of the Forest Country were in the interior to quell the rebellion, and the empty garrison on the border was almost impossible to stop the armies of the two countries.

This is the time when the forest country is at stake, and if the counterinsurgency is completed in time, it is possible to form a confrontation situation with the armies of the two countries according to natural risks, and the two countries will naturally withdraw their troops if they can't get a profit! But if the rebellion cannot be quelled in time, there is almost no suspense about the death of the forest country.

The diplomatic efforts of many parties did not result in the two countries delaying the advance of troops, and the pressure on Ranariddh was great, and the pressure on Auguston was even greater.

"Second brother!" The Ninth Prince Ingram entered Lanarid's camp with a dead face, and handed a golden box to Lanarid, which was a special box for the Elven King to send 100,000 urgent information: "Your Majesty sent someone to send it, five days ago, Carmenro and Simeone acted, the two countries' 300,000 troops have crossed the border and are approaching step by step, and the two armies are estimated to be less than 900 kilometers away from the royal city now!" ”

Ranarol took the box, quickly skimmed it, and said, "Don't panic, you must not panic at this time!" Your Majesty means that we must break the city within two days, otherwise military law will not tolerate it! ”

"Second brother, I am willing to personally lead the death squad, do not climb the city wall, and never look back!" Ingram said firmly, "If I fail to break the city, second brother, then agree to the conditions of Hoftton and Zaragoza, divide the river and rule, and talk about it in the future!" ”

"No! Ninth brother, now organize a death squad to attack the city, even if you can attack it, you will definitely die! "I'd rather just agree to their terms!" ”

"No, second brother!" Ingram said, "Agreeing to their terms now makes them suspicious!" Even if the death squad I led could not break the city, it would definitely shock the whole army and scare the enemy. My death can be a reason for you to agree to their terms, because you don't want to see fratricide again, and that's it! ”

"No, your death will only make me hate them even more, and let me kill them even faster!" "I can't let you die for nothing!" ”

"Second brother, there is no time, please fulfill me!" Ingram said: "I'm tired, I don't want to see fratricide again, cannibalism, let my death, evoke the blood of the elves, in exchange for your temporary alliance with the outside world, as for whether you do this, or continue to fight, I can't see it, at that time, I was already with my father!" ”

After Ingram finished speaking, he resolutely turned around and strode out of the camp!

"Ninth brother!" With tears in his eyes, Ranari shouted loudly: "Okay, you go, the second brother will always stand behind you!" ”

When Ranariddh had finished speaking, he shouted loudly: "Come on, beat the drum and raise the tent!" ”

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"Kill!" Holding a shield in his left hand and a sword in his right hand, Ingram led a death squad of 3,000 dwarven warriors, followed by ladders and engineering vehicles, and rushed to the city of Wicksa under the cover of catapults.

Most of the fortifications in the forest country are different from other places, there are no moats, and instead they are planted with a type of thorn called mandala, which has the toxicity of anesthetizing nerves, and when the body parts are cut, the whole body will soon become numb and sluggish! Moreover, this thorn has a high water content, even if it is attacked by fire, it is difficult to make it burn, even if it is a magic flame, it can only burn a corner of it.

The city of Wicksa is built on a mountain, with only three gates and a high mountain cliff to the east, as long as you send one or two hundred elven archers to defend the high ground, you can block any enemy army that wants to attack the city from there. Now, Ranariddh led an army of more than 100,000 men to storm the city of Wicksa from three gates.

This overwhelming style of play, at first, the effect was obvious, and soon the death squad reached the bottom of the city walls and began to ascend the city along the high ladder! But they must step through the thorn bushes planted with mandalas dozens of meters wide, and the dwarven daredevils in armor need to pick out the broken thorn bushes, brave the rain of arrows to clean up and move forward, and whether they can reach the city wall before they are shot by the opponent's archers depends on their luck.

Ingram, who took the lead, stepped on the ladder first, and the greatly encouraged daredevils climbed up with him.

But the reinforcements in the city were very fast, and the elven archers, risking being hit by catapults, showed their heads and shot arrows at the daredevils, and suddenly countless dwarven warriors fell down one after another, landing in the thorn bushes.

The elven archers under the city continued to shoot arrows at the city walls, even if they couldn't see anyone, they were constantly looking for a possible location for the enemy to shoot arrows, so as to suppress the elven archers' suppression of the death squad.

Ingram, who was hit by two arrows, did not fall, but stubbornly climbed, and at the last moment, jumped onto the top of the city, shouting, "Kill ......"

Several arrows were fired at Ingram, all of them in the chest, but Ingram still held on to the wall, raised the sword in his hand, and continued to hiss, "Kill ......"

The prince was the first to climb to the top of the city, and the daredevils were greatly encouraged, and they also shouted "kill the ......" and the shouts shook the sky.

More and more people climbed the city and were shot again, but more death squads, more main forces following behind the death squads, followed.

Ingram slowly turned his head and glanced in the direction of Lanarid, then slowly collapsed, stumbling into the thorn bushes.

"Ninth Brother ......," Lanarih in the Chinese army camp shouted loudly and heartbreakingly......