A war with the Bull Count on the border between Florence and Sindelair was not what Dane wanted. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info This battle, if you lose it, it will be over, and if you win it, there is no benefit, so why fight?

Dane was a pragmatist in the middle of the word, and he didn't want to do something that didn't make much sense.

And this war, if you want to avoid it, then the only way is to take down the wasteland pass as quickly as possible, cut off the idea of Count Bull coming to support, and also show your muscles in this way, so as to achieve the goal of being able to surrender without a fight.

If there is no special help in attacking head-on, it will cost you a lot to knock down the opposite city. Moreover, after the enemy was prepared to defend to the death, it is not known how long it will take to defeat it. If there were some accidents that allowed them to survive until Count Bull's reinforcements arrived on the battlefield, Dane would have to really get into the worst situation.

At that time, in the desert, Dane has to maintain a supply line hundreds of kilometers away, and people sit in the wasteland pass with a complete supply system to wait for work, and this war will become very difficult to fight.

It is precisely because of these considerations that Dane pinned part of his hopes on those black hand spies.

And in the end, it was not Firmino who contacted Dane, but the 'mask' of the underground world far away on the island of Cormyra.

The leader of the secret agents, after learning the expectations of the lord, solemnly used the power of spells to meet with Dane to discuss this matter.

Of course, she can't get over, so she can only use Dane to go to Shadoole through teleportation.

For the current Dane, as long as he does not teleport with a large number of troops, the empire points that he needs to spend on his own teleportation are no longer in his eyes.

Now he really can pass on how he wants.

He could have been on top of the Tree of Eternity in Orinedus, in his own palace, watching the elven maidens dance and drinking morning tea.

At noon, return to White Wolf Castle, sit on the top of the castle with a height of hundreds of meters, look at the majestic city in the wind and sand, and eat a piece of tender deep-sea cod steak transported from Shawan Harbor.

In the evening, I went to Shadoolet, holding the bewitching Drow elf girl in my arms, and resting her head on the majestic chest of the Darkstar family's matriarch, Mirsapurna, eating the bewitching Drow mouth-to-mouth dinner.

Presumably, even in the most core place of human society, it is difficult for those big lords to be able to enjoy such a thing, right?

Of course, Dane will not fall for a life of luxury.

When it was time to enjoy it, as a lord, as the governor of all Hindlaire, he could not treat himself badly. But when it's time to work hard, and when it's time to continue to develop and expand with your subjects, you must not relax.

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Dane and the Mask had been discussing for a long time how the spies who had already lurked in the Wasteland Pass could cooperate with the army's attack. By the time the two had worked out a finalized plan, and Dane was back in his army, it had been almost half a day.

At this time, the entire army had also marched under the wasteland pass.

Dane was in no hurry to attack. Calmly arranged the army three or four kilometers away from the wasteland pass, and then, launched the artillery formation, and sent a few thousand more men to guard behind the artillery position.

Then, he let his artillery formation go against the bed crossbows and artillery above the Wasteland Pass.

The town of Wasteland Pass is not very large, and it is difficult for it to accommodate more than 15,000 people in terms of the size of the entire city.

That must be a small number. You must know that the rotten wolf town back then, counting the floating population that could be accommodated, could accommodate more than 10,000 people at the most.

However, although the size of the city is not large, the reason why it can be called a 'pass' means that its defensive strength must be adequate.

And that's exactly what happened. When Im built the Wasteland Pass, the purpose was to build a fortress strong enough - it came from the deep sense of unease in his heart, and he knew that he was going to be a big hand in Sindlaire's throat here, and it would surely be the envy of many people long ago. Without a strong fortress, how can he be guaranteed to be rich?

Imu has also experienced many challenges in the past years. Dane wasn't the first person to want to take control of the Wasteland Pass into his own hands, and in Im's opinion, there were many, many such people in the past. Even earlier, Governor Bernier had hit him with his idea.

But they all failed later.

The Florentines who stood behind Imu were, of course, the main reason. But among them, there is no credit for the wasteland pass itself.

The walls are tall, and the thickness and solidity of the walls are impressive, and they are not easily broken.

On the city wall, bed crossbows, fixed trebuchets, and cannons to defend the city are also available.

And there are not a few.

As for Dane's artillery formation, since it was established back then, it has been increasing step by step with the growth of his power. From the beginning of the artillery formation, there were only a few pieces of artillery for Miao Miao, and later, when there were more than a dozen and dozens of guns, they could finally be arranged into an array.

And now, Dane's artillery formation has a full sixty groups!

The competition between the two sides in terms of long-range heavy firepower is really a chess opponent and a good talent.

Dane's artillery formations were larger in number and more powerful in firepower; As for the wasteland pass, although there is still a slight gap in firepower, they have city walls and battlements as cover, and they are condescending, and such conditions can obviously make up for part of the firepower gap.

Five or six hundred soldiers, operating more than 60 artillery pieces, fired shells one after another at a distance of thousands of kilometers from the wasteland pass to the yellow city in the wind and sand. And the defenders on the city wall also refused to show weakness in the slightest, and the burning boulders were thrown out, and the huge crossbow bolts that accompanied the 'whoosh' sound of breaking through the air also caused some trouble for Dane's artillery crew.

The two sides were very lively.