Imperial calendar 1025, spring.

A sudden war visited the empire.

Dongfang Anning Dao launched an armed uprising in the name of religion, and in the blink of an eye, he led a group of followers to control most of the eastern provinces led by Jerok, and even had a tendency to advance to the imperial capital.

In the face of the frenzied attack of the Anning Taoist army, many cities in the eastern part of the empire fell, and the Taishou in charge of one place either died heroically or surrendered to sincerity, and the armed forces of the local garrison could not form an effective resistance at all.

The only eastern province that can gain a foothold in a war of this magnitude is the naval base of Rostock.

The Empire's famous lieutenant general, Isidor Adonis, is leading his army to the front line, and now he is in a stalemate with the Cult Army.

On the other side, the Western alien peoples who originally inhabited the endless desert also raised troops and invaded the Changge Fortress.

Lieutenant General Jeremy Karchas, the Governor of the West, was on the front line and even intended to counterattack, but he underestimated the ferocity of these desert people, who had lived in difficult conditions since childhood, and the first battle ended in a crushing defeat, and he himself was almost smashed to pieces by a bald man with a sledgehammer, and thanks to the desperate assistance of his guards, he retreated back to the fortress at the cost of two-thirds of his horses.

The morale of the Western Legion was low, and the people of the desert became even more arrogant after a great victory, and the fortress of Changge, which had dominated the empire for thousands of years, was already in danger of falling.

In the face of such a crisis situation, the imperial capital quickly worked out countermeasures, and sent two unparalleled generals, Javier and Estes, who enjoyed the reputation of "the strongest" in the country, to lead troops to support the eastern and western fronts respectively, leaving only the general Bude and his guards to guard the imperial capital, intending to guard the revolutionary army entrenched in the southeast of the empire and with unknown intentions at this time.

The tide of the times is coming, the wheel of history is rolling forward, and just when this scene destined to go down in history is staged, Javier Salmondo has already stepped into his own battlefield.

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In front of you is the majestic and magnificent city pass, the thick city wall up to 30 meters high has precipitated the historical charm of thousands of years, the city wall is full of people, are some soldiers with bright weapons, their queue is not very neat, occasionally you can hear whispering voices, obviously the army discipline is not strict.

On the top mast of the city gate, a bright flag with white shading and embroidered red cross is fluttering at this time, which is the emblem of the Anning Dao religion, and is now their holy flag, showing the current belonging of this city pass.

Under the city pass, about 500 meters away from the center of the city gate, 50,000 male soldiers from the imperial capital and the southwest military region gathered into a black torrent, the grand military appearance was incomparably magnificent, and the disciples above the city pass were far away, many people were gearing up, as if they were a little impatient for the next battle.

A strong aura of iron and blood spread quickly in the tense atmosphere.

Dressed in a neat military uniform, Javier rode a war horse and sat in the rear of the military formation, leading the whole situation.

He looked up at the Xiongguan in front of him, and recalled in his mind the heroic stories that had been circulated in this place for thousands of years since the founding of the empire, and he couldn't help but sigh slightly at the same time.

Javier never imagined that one day he would lead his troops to attack here, life is really impermanent.

More than a month has passed since he went on a crusade and took the religious city of Jellock as his ultimate strategic goal.

In the process of advancing eastward, he fought many battles with the sectarian army of An Ningdao, large and small, but without exception Javier won the final victory.

As Havel had predicted, this army, composed of believers or mobs, was not as powerful as the regular army, and they may be numerous and large, but if they were to be opposed to the Southwestern Army, which was known for its bravery and unity, it would undoubtedly be a disarray, and every time the conflict broke out in less than half an hour, the front of the Cult Army would collapse completely.

As the streak continued, the morale of the Southwest Army became higher and higher, and Javier also took the cities controlled by Anning Dao one by one, slowly encroaching on their territory, and gradually forcing the Cult Army to the last barrier of Jellock, that is, the Tiger Pass in front of him.

Located at the junction of two mountain ranges, the pass is a large fortification comparable to a steel fortress and is strategically important in the entire eastern theater of war.

As long as Havel captures the Hukou Pass, the road leading to Jerlock in front of him will be a flat river, and there will be no danger to defend, and it can even be far away from the naval base Rostock, forming a seamless encirclement network, completely blocking the forces of Anning Road within a specific range.

The form is good, of course, provided that Javier still emerges victorious in this match-up.

Thinking from a military point of view, Havel must admit that this city is indeed difficult to fight, even if it is as brave and good at fighting as the Southwest Army, it is absolutely impossible to take it without paying a certain price.

"Wow!"

Just as Javier was deep in thought, there was a loud eagle cry in the sky, and then a sparrowhawk with light gray feathers fell from the sky and fluttered and landed on his right shoulder.

"How's it going, did you find anything?"

Javier tilted his head, looked at the sparrowhawk on his shoulder, and asked softly, looking at his expression and tone as if he were talking to the bird in front of him—and that was exactly what he was.

"I saw the man above who was suspected to be the commander of the rebel army, he was behind the giant city defense cannon in the middle of the city wall, wearing a monastic uniform of tranquility, which was very eye-catching." The sparrowhawk actually spoke, "In addition, there is a man who is in charge of guarding him next to the commander, holding a huge long scythe in his hand, I think it should be an imperial envoy." ”

Javier nodded, mentally noting these characteristics, and at the same time subconsciously touched the black and smooth feathers on the sparrowhawk's back, and said, "Fortunately, Chelsea, this information will definitely come in handy...... But before that, there will be a scuffle here, so find a safe place to hide yourself. ”

Apparently, the sparrowhawk was transformed by Chelsea using the power of the Imperial Tools.

The ability to transform into any creature is undoubtedly more useful than the Combat Imperial Tool in certain situations.

For example, in this war, Javier gave full play to the characteristics of Gaia's foundation, and made Chelsea transform into a sparrowhawk with excellent eyesight among all birds, as a scout to scout the enemy in the sky and report to him.

Therefore, Javier was always able to anticipate the enemy's opportunity and win at a slight cost, and Chelsea's credit was enormous.

Feeling Javier's fingertips sliding over his body as if he had been directly touching his bare skin, Chelsea jerked and then angrily pecked Javier's cheek with her beak to show her displeasure.

Then she flapped her wings vigorously and quickly soared into the sky.

"Hmph, I don't need you to say I'll do it too!"

Listening to the girl's angry voice in the distance, a smile appeared on the corner of Javier's lips, but as his eyes looked at the majestic tiger's mouth in front of him, that smile finally turned into a bone-chilling coldness.

He raised his right hand and sank into the belly in one breath, and then, every soldier on this battlefield heard his angry voice: "All the soldiers listen to the order and prepare to attack!" ”