"Hopefully you'll remember what you said tonight. The shadow sighed deeply.

......

Outside the window was a heavy snowfall, sprinkled like goose feathers, and the cold wind whistled over the city, with a sharp sound like the roar of the devil.

Iron Rock is covered in a layer of snow.

In the thousands of years since the establishment of Iron Rock City, it has not encountered many heavy snowfalls of this magnitude, and a cold snap seems to have fallen overnight, and the roads are frozen.

Two young priests of similar age sat sleepily by the fireplace, and in front of them, liquor at the right temperature was placed.

Even in this harsh environment, the priests maintained their own hedonistic habits in the temple.

"Wake up!" The old red-clothed priest tapped the table, his brows furrowed, obviously a little dissatisfied with the lazy performance of his two subordinates: "Go and ask the post station to determine if the temple has sent a letter." ”

The two priests stared at the confused eyes, and were just about to speak, when suddenly there was a creak of ordnance trampling on the snow outside, and as the door was pushed open, a cool breeze creaked through the crack.

An officer wrapped in a thick cotton jacket with a leather knee pad tied to his legs, and the snow buried above his knees, he stamped his feet vigorously, and complained: "This dog weather, sooner or later, will freeze people into ice lumps!"

"Commander Nolan, what's the matter?" the old priest asked.

"Bad news," Commander Nolan said crisply, "due to the sudden snowstorm, we don't have too much warm clothing and coal, and the horses are also frostbitten, since yesterday, horses have been dying one after another, soldiers have also developed frostbite, and most importantly, the Rangers can no longer penetrate deep into the Shadow Mountains, we are trapped in Iron Rock City!"

"So far, what we lack the most is medicine and quilts and coats to protect against the cold, if these two problems cannot be solved, the combat effectiveness of our soldiers will be greatly reduced, and we will no longer be able to form an effective defense force to prevent the attack of the Shadow Mountains that may break out at any time. ”

"It's a headache...... "The old priest rubbed his head and looked out the window, only the crusaders of the Holy See were still in a high state of mind when they were on duty, and the motley armies from all over the kingdom had already shivered and hid in the houses, and even if they had to come out on patrol, they would hastily turn around to deal with the inspectors.

It's not going to go on like this.

The old priest's brows furrowed, and the letter said that the soldiers of the Judgment Temple led by Xi Lan had set out from the Void Ancestor and rushed to Tieyan City with a large amount of supplies and medicines.

But to this day, he still hasn't seen any reinforcements, could it be that Xilan and they have encountered other things on the road and delayed them?

"Give the order that the Crusaders take over the posts of the royal army before the reinforcements arrive, at least then I can feel a little more at ease, and I know if the ragtag army will leave their posts in this bad weather," the old priest ordered, "Let the troops that have been replaced be replaced with axes, and go and collect all the dry wood or dead trees that can be used as fuel." ”

"If anyone dares to escape, the military judge can be executed without reporting!"

"Yes!" said Ranno saluted.

At the head of Iron Rock City, a group of soldiers wearing different uniforms were driven down by the Crusaders, and the soldiers who were driven down did not have the slightest expression of shame or annoyance on their faces, on the contrary, their joy was expressed.

The devil knew what a terrible errand it was to keep the head of the city in such weather, and the cold wind cut his face like a knife, and after standing for a moment, those exposed skin felt like they were about to be frozen and cracked.

My hands and feet were stiff, and I felt that the muscles in my body were no longer my own.

The soldiers looked back at the crusaders with serious expressions, dressed in neat armor, as if they didn't know what the difficulty was, and snickered: "These fools will know how powerful they are at night!"

"Horses are dead, soldiers are frostbitten, these are not the worst problems in Ironstone City so far. Walking at the head of the city with the lieutenant general, Commander Nolan looked at the Shadow Mountains buried by heavy snow in the distance, and his eyes showed a worried look: "The key is that we can't know the changes in the Shadow Mountains, whether those monsters are accumulating strength, and what is it...... Apostle. ”

"If the other party has just arrived, it must take time to get acquainted with this world, and during this time, it is the weakest time, but this heavy snow has buried all our channels. "Commander Nolan was very upset, although he didn't know how terrible the apostles were, but he had seen with his own eyes the ferocity of those dragon monsters, and according to His Majesty the Pope, those were only the lowest combat power under the command of the apostles.

The lowest combat power is so strong, so how terrifying will the high-level combat power of those monsters be?

How terrible were the apostles as their kings?

......

A large army arrived at the border of the Southern Forest, and the blood-clad Crusader cavalry marched along both sides of the riverbank, followed by a large number of infantry, uniformly clad in red cloaks, their dazzling armor reflecting a dazzling light.

At the back of the procession of wagons carrying baggage and grain and grass, Silan rode to a halt and watched as the endless crusaders covered the plain.

That's almost one-fifth of the strength of the Temple of Judgment.

From this, it can be seen how much His Majesty the Pope values Iron Rock City, and it can also be seen how jealous His Majesty is of the apostle that only exists in legends.

"My lord, have you noticed that the temperature is getting colder and colder!" a red-clothed priest rode to Xi Lan's side, he wrapped himself in a thick divine robe, and exhaled a white breath: "The closer you get to the Arctic Mountains, even the blood circulation in your hands and feet begins to be less smooth. ”

"I heard that it is snowing again in Iron Rock City, and it is estimated that the road outside the city has been blocked," Xilan looked into the distance with an expressionless face.

"And we're going to camp here tonight?"

"No!" Xilan shook his head, "The messenger has come to urge for the third time, and the soldiers of Ironrock City are suffering from frostbite in a big way, so we must rush to Ironrock City to support before there is any movement in the Shadow Mountains." ”

"Order the army, march at full speed, camp on the border of the Southern Forest Territory tonight, and be sure to enter Iron Rock City before sunset tomorrow!"

Night is slowly falling.

The Crusader soldiers defending the city withstood the cold wind blowing like bones, and maintained their resolute movements, refusing to move, like statues.

"There is a situation!"

The sentry on the arrow tower suddenly shouted.