Chapter 715: The Noble Lady and the Lady of Luck
Chapter 715: The Noble Lady and the Lady of Luck
In contrast to the four seasons on the Big 6, the change of seasons is not so noticeable in the two forests of the Elven Kingdom, or rather, in the Tulaone Forest and the Erimi Forest, people do not feel the change of seasons at all.
These two are connected together, covering almost the entire huge forest of the elven kingdom, and it seems that it has been specially favored by the Creator, and it will always be so green and vibrant, even in this deep winter season when snow has begun to fall in other regions, it is still the case, and this kind of thing has always had nothing to do with these two forests.
In fact, not only did it not snow, there was not even a slightly larger cloud in the sky, and most of the elven kingdom was sunny during this time period.
The City of Falls is no exception.
The reason why the city of waterfalls is called the city of waterfalls, of course, is because there are too many waterfalls in this area, although it is located in the forest, but the terrain in the forest is of course different, the city of waterfalls is located in the northeastern mountains of the Tulaone forest, the terrain is high, and there is a large lake with a high sea nearby, the lake water rushes to the sea through many tributaries, and when it flows through the mountainous area where the waterfall city is located, it forms many waterfalls of different styles and magnificent.
The Centaur Sacred Spring is located in this beautiful waterfall city, a magical fountain of magical power that springs from the ground, a fountain of life that allows centaurs to give birth to new life.
And the city of waterfalls has thus become a sacred place for the centaur clan.
Before the elves crossed the sea into the forest, the centaurs had always lived freely and freely in the forests of Turalleone centered around the city of waterfalls.
But the appearance of the elves changed all that, and the beautiful appearance of the elves made the centaurs mistakenly think that this was a peace-loving race, and the elves were very friendly at first, so when the war suddenly came one day, the centaurs could not cope at all.
The Centaurs were undoubtedly defeated, and the elves used bows and arrows, scimitars, and magic to successfully conquer the Centaurs by force, and robbed the Waterfall City, driving the Centaurs out of the area.
Hundreds of years of slavery and humiliation followed.
In the early days, the centaurs also tried to rebel against the elves and retake the city of the falls, but under the suppression of the elven army, these rebellions all failed, and then the elves began to limit the population of the centaurs, and demarcated special centaur living areas, and restricted the movement of the centaurs to facilitate monitoring.
And the city of waterfalls has also become an eternal pain in the hearts of the centaur clan.
But this winter, the city of the waterfalls, which has not been invaded by war for hundreds of years, once again ushered in a long-lost war, but it was not the centaurs who regarded this place as a holy place, but the army of the Entagri Empire.
An army of 100,000 people from the Entagri Empire.
And this is not all the Entagrete team that invaded the Elven Kingdom, just one of them responsible for capturing the Waterfall City, this time in order to complete the battle, the Entagrei Empire, a total of 300,000 troops were sent to the Elf Kingdom, in addition to the army that attacked the Waterfall City, the rest of the Entagrete army was scattered and attacked the area around the Waterfall City at the same time.
Whether the waterfall city can be successfully captured, and whether it can be successfully defended after the capture, is the key to whether the Entagri army can finally win this battle, that is, the action began, Chen Jian did not want to lose, this battle, he also invested enough money, for this reason, he even transferred Christine from the stone castle, let the experienced famous general and the big-eared monster Orison together, preside over the local war, and then handed over the defense of the stone castle to the dwarf king Hesfa.
This situation not only shocked the elven kingdom with Parson as the leader, but also made the elven defenders stationed in the city of waterfalls panic and fidget.
"Can you keep it?"
Not only did those elven soldiers not have self-confidence, but even their commander, Elven general Elisa, couldn't help but ask himself this question in his heart.
Alesa, who was born in a large aristocratic family, is also a well-known senior general in the elven kingdom, and the reason why he says this is because he once participated in the last war, in the war between the Holy Alliance and the Unholy Alliance, he has a decent record, and has won more with less several times.
After the war, Elisa, who had gained Parson's attention for his exploits, was transferred to the city of waterfalls to garrison, so he did not participate in the battle of the end of the world, nor did he participate in the counterinsurgency action of the Elven King team against the Farouk army, and the battle for Hammondale was even more difficult for him, which made Elisa, who was a little lazy by nature, secretly happy, and he liked this comfortable day in the city of waterfalls.
But the sudden attack of the Entagre Army undoubtedly announced that Elisa's comfortable days were finally over.
When he heard the news of the attack of the 100,000-strong army of the Entagri Empire, Elisa, who was half-lying on a wicker chair with his eyes closed, almost fell to the ground.
He knows his own things, and Alisa knows very well what level he is, so of course he will panic.
Then he immediately found his most relied on staff officer, the female elf Malodia.
In the elven kingdom, no one knew that Elisa's performance in the last war was actually due to Malodia.
For Elisa, Malodia is his goddess of luck, because it is through Malodia's extraordinary strategy that he can always win on the battlefield.
In fact, with Malodia's ability, it is more than enough to be a famous general in the elven kingdom, but unfortunately, this female elf's background is really not very good, she is just a commoner, and more importantly, her father is still a devout druid, and he is also the kind of person who believes in ancient druidic teachings.
Originally, this was nothing, but the bad thing was that Malodia's father was a man of action who couldn't hide his words, this enthusiastic and extremely mission-minded Druid was quite dissatisfied with the current situation of the elven kingdom, and he traveled around preaching, trying to get the elves to return to the true Druidism, which not only harmed himself, but also affected his family.
From a very young age, Malodia and her mother, because of her father's actions, were exiled by the elven kingdom, she grew up in the most remote part of the forest, living conditions are also the most difficult, and when she grows up, she must also be like the dwarves, centaurs and those forest people, engaged in heavy labor, Malodia could not bear this life, so she signed up for the army, but even in the army, because of her exiled status, no matter how high the combat achievements, she could not get the promotion she deserved, However, Malodia also admitted, she would rather die in obscurity on the battlefield than go back to face the colored eyes of her people.
This situation was not changed until Malodia met Elisa, when a sick nobleman who had no chance of winning a battle heeded the advice of an ordinary soldier who was a prodigal, and miraculously repelled the enemy's attack.
For the two elves, this was an encounter that changed the fate of both parties, and since then, secretly violating the rules of the kingdom, secretly promoting an ordinary soldier with exile status to the noble gentleman on the staff seat, and becoming a famous wise general in the kingdom, while the female elf who was originally exiled received good treatment from the noble gentleman that she never dreamed of.
And then the relationship has remained to this day.
In Elisa's eyes, Malodia is a miraculous existence, this female elf has unparalleled military talent, although she has never received an orthodox military education, but she is comfortable on the battlefield, although Elisa's ability is limited, but she is very self-aware, he knows what Malodia's presence means to him, so he provides Malodia with everything he can.
In fact, Elisa even fell in love with Malodia, in that war, after walking on the edge of life and death a few times, the aristocratic gentleman who saw through many things had a great change in his attitude towards people and things, and Malodia's composure and strength in the crisis fascinated him so deeply, compared to the aristocratic elf women he had dated before who only knew how to be in the wind and snow, showing so superficial and ignorant.
It's a pity that the disparity in the identities of the two elves dooms Elisa to be with Malodia, and even Malodia's identity cannot be exposed, otherwise, whether it is Alisa or Malodia, they will be troubled.
This time the army of Ntagree attacked, and Elisa naturally wanted to use Malodia's ability, but to Elisa's surprise, even if it was Malodia, even the goddess of luck who had always given him countless confidence on the battlefield, had no chance of winning this battle.
"We can't keep it"
With just one sentence, Malodia ruthlessly tore Elisa's luck to shreds.
"The enemy came prepared, occupied the advantage of troops, and was overwhelmed along the way, and the leader was still that Christine, and you know his means, in this case, it is difficult to defend the city of waterfalls."
Alesa was stunned for a moment before eating: "But we occupy the geographical advantage, wait for work, and have a strong fortress, although the strength is a little different, but with your ability, it ......"
"I'm not omnipotent, Lord Eliza, I can't do it" interrupted Elisa's words, Malodia looked at her boss helplessly, a trace of guilt flashed in her eyes, "I know what you expect from me, but there are some things that can't be done with hard work and confidence alone, and this is the case this time"
Alisa couldn't help but be silent when he heard this, and after a long time, he whispered: "If you can't hold it, even if we can escape, I'm afraid that the king of the forest won't let me go, the king of the forest has given me several orders in a row, asking me not to defend to the death, and hold on until the reinforcements arrive, otherwise, not only me, but I'm afraid that even my family will be questioned by the king of the forest, you know, if the city of waterfalls is lost, as soon as those centaurs get out of control, what kind of situation will the kingdom be, when the time comes, I will die ten times, I'm afraid that I can't quench the wrath of the king of the forest."
Saying that, Elisa raised his head and looked at Malodia's eyes fixedly: "It doesn't matter if I can't hold it, but at least I have to hold on for a while, it's best to hold on until the reinforcements sent by the King of the Forest arrive, if not, even if I die on the battlefield, I can be regarded as fulfilling my responsibility, think about it, the king of the forest won't blame my family Malodia, help me for the last time, help me make a plan that you think can hold back the enemy"
"Elisa-sama, ...... you" Malodia looked at Elisa with a determined face, wanting to say something, but couldn't say it.
Eventually, the female elf sighed heavily: "Okay, I'll do my best, Lord Eliza, but I can't guarantee success, I'm sorry for that."
"It's me who says I'm sorry, because it's me who is the strongman, not you" Hearing that the other party finally agreed to his request, Elisa's originally dim eyes instantly lit up, "I really didn't misunderstand you, Malodia"
The elf shook her head with a wry smile and began to spread out the map on the table, studying countermeasures, and Elisa hurriedly explained the details of the current situation to her for her reference.
At this time, the army of the Entagri Empire is only two days away from Waterfall City, and in terms of the Elven Kingdom, Parson is the fastest, and it will take four days to use the newly built one-way portal to transport reinforcements to the area near Waterfall City, and it will take two days to reach Waterfall City from the local area.
Moreover, this is still the best of the best situations to achieve, and if the area where Parson wants to set up the portal exit during this time is also occupied by other Entagre troops who are attacking the area around Falls City at this time, it will take even more time for the Elven Kingdom reinforcements to arrive at Falls City.
This means that Elisa will have to hold the city of Falls for at least six days before he can move, and he will need to fight against the enemy's 100,000 army for four days with 50,000 troops to remove the two days that the Entagre's army is on the way.
"It's only four days, can't you really hold it?"
Alesa had a question.
Malodia's answer was categorical: "Of course, I can't hold on to the information, look at the tactics of the Entagri army before, and look at the enemy's possible troop configuration and number, if I am not mistaken, the dragon army that was reorganized by Moriel, most of the troops were invested in the attack on the city of Falls by the Entagri Empire, We will be attacked by thousands of dragons, which may also include fairy dragons and crystal dragons, and the enemy will definitely send a surprising number of magicians to help, the enemy is determined to win the city of waterfalls, they are planning to break the inherent pattern of the elven kingdom in one fell swoop, the city of waterfalls is lost, the centaur moves, the entire elven kingdom will be chaotic, the enemy's strategic intentions are too obvious, in this case, Their attacks are absolutely swift and fierce beyond our imagination, and they will put in the strongest and most elite fighters in this battle, and fight with all their might."
"And what about our side? Except for the hundreds of dragons, all of them are an army composed of elven soldiers, among which there are only a few thousand silver Pegasus knights with air combat ability, and the number of magicians is only a few hundred, and the bows and arrows that we are proud of cannot form an effective threat to those dragons, and what's worse is that the series of defeats of the friendly forces in the face of the Entagre army has seriously damaged our morale, in this case, once the battle starts, it will definitely show a one-sided situation, to put it mildly, The Entagre Army, which has the air superiority, can also smash the Waterfall City as long as they send the dragon army to smash the boulder from the sky."
Malodia's words made Elisa turn pale.
The stone air attack tactics of the Entagre Army, since it showed its power in the battle of Negan, has been widely known, and has been imitated by some forces, compared to the difficult trebuchet, this tactic is a simple mess, but effective mess, of course, the premise of this tactic is to first obtain air supremacy with a powerful flying force, and to do this, it is not so easy.
But for the current Waterfall City, it is really easy for the prepared Entagri army to gain air supremacy, so that not only ordinary flying troops, but even the Negan dragon clan can swagger and use their dragon power to throw huge stones on the heads of the elves.
At that time, even with a strong fortress, under the enemy's tactics, it is really a big question of how long it will be able to hold out, you know, in the forests of Turalea, in addition to many trees, there are also many stones.
Thinking of the Entagrean army throwing those boulders onto the top of the fortress, Alisa was a little weak-footed.
After muttering about the map for a long time, Malodia, who finally thought of something, raised her head and saw Elisa's undetermined appearance, and couldn't help but be angry and funny.
If it weren't for the fact that after all these years of getting along, Malodia would have been familiar with the other party's personality, and Malodia would almost have doubted whether it was the guy in front of him who was panicking because of the enemy's strength who had just made a generous statement and swore to fight the enemy to the end.
"I have thought of a solution, but I am not very sure, Lord Eliza, please hand over all the flying units in your hands to me, I will do my best, if this plan can be successful, I think it will not be a problem to drag the enemy for a few days"
Alisa couldn't help but be taken aback when she heard this: "What do you want to do with the flying troops?" Do you want to take the initiative? ”
"Yes, by the time the enemy reaches the city of the waterfalls, it will be too late, and if you want to buy time, you can only find a way before the enemy approaches the city of the waterfalls."
Answering Elisa's question, Malodia took her eyes off her face, lest the other party show the sadness in her eyes.
Because she knows that even if she succeeds, she is afraid that it will be difficult to get out.
She suddenly regretted why she had come up with this solution, she didn't want to leave the elf man in front of her who was anxious because of her words, how reluctant she was to him.
But she also knew that if it was for him, no matter how dangerous it was, she would be willing to do it.
This has been the case for a long time.