Chapter 716: The Burning Forest

After days of fighting and marching, Christine led an army of Ntagre, and there were only two days left before the city of the waterfalls.

The two-day journey, of course, is calculated by the speed of the whole army's advance, in fact, if Christine is willing, he can attack the waterfall city faster, for example, he can take the flying troops, one step ahead of the ground troops, use the speed advantage to rush to the waterfall city, and then use the air superiority to attack, or let the flying troops escort Tren day and night, leaving a magic mark very close to the waterfall city, and then use the magic portal to avoid the pain of the army, Send his men directly to the vicinity of the City of Falls.

But Christine didn't do that.

Because of the battle against the elven kingdom, the Entagri Empire not only wants stability.

Although it has always been quite strong, the foundation of the Ntagri Empire is not as strong as many people think.

If you are not careful, once you lose the little capital you have now, although it is not as serious as the extinction of the country, it is estimated that the Entagri Empire can only return to Negan to regroup and wait patiently for the next better opportunity.

It seems a little strange to say this, after all, this time the battle plan is quite risky in itself, one is not careful, let alone defeating the elven kingdom, I am afraid that even Ofu will lose it in vain, but it is also because of this, and because of the investment so much before, so at this most critical time, the Entagri army is more stable, so as not to waste all the previous investment.

The defeat of Abbaden has given a good reminder to the Entagrean army, which is not invincible and can be defeated.

And the Entagre army, which realized that they relied too much on the magic portal, could not let Tren take risks again, let alone risk in the enemy territory, they could not bear the terrible loss of losing Tren, in fact, since the battle of Abadun, the Ntagrean army, which had a painful skin, paid more attention to Tren's safety, and used the magic portal more carefully.

What's more, the war between Bailders and Orpheus is also tight, and it is impossible for Tren to focus all his energy on the side of the elven kingdom.

Moreover, the lone army fought deep into the enemy's hinterland, and the elven kingdom was one of the several old powers in the continent, and the actions of the Entagri army seemed arrogant, but in fact they were as careful as walking on thin ice.

The Waterfall City is of great significance to the Elven Kingdom, and no one can guarantee that the Elven Kingdom will have any special arrangements in this area, and it is really not a wise move to divide the forces at hand in a hurry and only send flying troops to attack the Waterfall City.

Therefore, although Christine was a little anxious, she still followed Chen Jian's requirements and did not dare to take risks, but steadily advanced from the ground to the waterfall city.

However, as he got closer and closer to the Waterfall City, Christine's nerves, which had been tense, began to relax, because all signs showed that the battle plan of the Entagri army was successful, and the elven kingdom that was in a hurry to respond to the battle had no time to provide effective support to the waterfall city at this time, and the arrangement of the elven kingdom in the waterfall city was not as strict as the Entagri army imagined.

On the other hand, the war against the area around Falls City, commanded by Orison the Big-Eared Monster, is also progressing well, and the situation is developing in the direction of the Entagri army.

Therefore, even when he learned from the scouts' reports that the enemy army in Waterfall City had actually divided some of its forces to take the initiative to attack, Christine, who was very determined, was a little unimpressed, because he really couldn't think of what else the other party could do to recover at this point.

And the defender of the city of the falls, Elisa, Christine also knows, in the last war, he and many generals of the elf kingdom have friendships, for Elisa, Christine's evaluation is strong and capable, although the other party's performance on the battlefield is quite good, but after a few contacts with this elf, Christine always feels that the other party is in vain, and has no real skills.

So Christine doesn't think Elisa can do anything else in this predicament.

But Christine soon discovers that she was wrong.

Because that night, the sky in the direction of the waterfall city was red.

This unusual situation immediately aroused Christine's alarm, and he had a very bad premonition.

And the subsequent report of the scouts also confirmed that his hunch was not wrong: "Lord Christine, the enemy army from the city of waterfalls is setting fire to a large area of the forest"

"Burning the Forest?"

After being stunned for a moment, Christine slammed his fist on the table in front of him, and the strong force generated by his frustration made the cups and plates and dishes on the table jump wildly from the commander's dinner.

"I didn't expect there to be such a trick Elisa, you really have a set"

Christine was furious that he had a heart of contempt for such an important battle.

After a little thought, this former famous general of the Erathian Empire, who had been brilliant in the last war, clearly knew how effective the enemy's trick of setting fire to the forest was.

Because in the forests of Turalea, even the important roads connecting the cities pass through dense forests, and the enemy can definitely cut off the roads by setting fire to the forests.

Worse still, it doesn't stop there.

The road is cut off, and it's a big deal to try to get out of the way, in order to speed up the march, Christine has let the huge crystal dragons use their good rampage in the dense forest to force a shortcut.

But now the enemy is not setting fire to the road, and the red light coming from the sky has already shown how amazing the area of the enemy's arson this time is.

Moreover, the Tulaone forest was blowing a southerly wind due to winter at this time, and the enemy was planning and large-scale arson in the wind, if there was no accident, with the dense forest of Tulaone, this man-made forest fire would soon spread in the direction where the Entagrean army was located.

At that time, the ground forces of the Entagri Army will not only continue to advance, but they will have to work hard just to avoid this forest fire.

At that time, Christine will have to separate the flying troops from the ground forces in order to ensure that the city of Falls is captured on time.

But will the enemy's means be nothing more than arson? Will they sit idly by and watch the flying units of the Entagrean Army come on attack and be helpless?

What awaits the Entagri army in the City of Falls?

Thinking of this, Christine couldn't help but sweat a little on her forehead.

Meanwhile, somewhere near the city of waterfalls.

Elisa left a small group of soldiers to guard the military fortress of the city of waterfalls, but he personally led tens of thousands of elven soldiers, according to the plan made by Mallodia, scattered and set fire everywhere.

Because of their actions, the area near the city of waterfalls was completely caught in a sea of fire, and the dense vegetation of the forest of Turalone made the action of the defenders of the city of waterfalls go very smoothly, and with the help of magicians, on this day, even those towering giant trees in the area could not escape the fate of being burned by the elven soldiers, turning into giant torches that reached into the sky.

In addition to setting fire to the direction of the Entagri army, the elves from other directions of Waterfall City did not let go.

Taking advantage of the nearby river and destroying some of the forest, the elves also built a barrier around the city of the falls, and then set fire to all other directions, in order to prevent the enemy from using the magic portal to transport troops from other directions to attack the city of the falls.

Of course, this will also cause some trouble to the reinforcements sent by the Elf Kingdom, but at this moment, Alesa can't care so much, anyway, the flying troops of the Kingdom reinforcements can still fly over from the air to support, as long as they hold the Waterfall City before this, then everything is easy to say, and in the direction of the Kingdom reinforcements, due to the direction of the wind, the fire is unlikely to expand too much, and then try to extinguish it.

The fires skyrocketed the temperature of the city of the waterfalls, and the smoke and ash from the fires forced the local elven residents and soldiers to cover their noses and mouths with soaked strips of cloth.

The originally beautiful forest city has become a lonely city in the midst of fire.

This astonishing scene not only made the elven inhabitants of the waterfall city cry out in amazement, but even the elven soldiers who were busy setting the fire were also emotional, and some of the soldiers still had tears on their faces - although they did not have a good face for most of the elves of the other races, they loved this forest from the bottom of their hearts for so many years, which was fully reflected in their love of living on top of the treehouse.

Many soldiers are slandered by their own tactics because of this, but no elven soldier will be soft when setting fire, let alone deny how effective his tactics are.

Of course, Elisa was reluctant to take these forests, but at this moment, his mind was not on the burning forest in front of him.

While he was leading the soldiers to set the fire, Malodia also went out with all the flying troops of the city of the waterfalls.

The flying force had to go farther away to set fires so that the unprecedented forest fires could better intercept the enemy's movements, and Malodia also planned to set fire in other directions according to the enemy's subsequent movements, in short, she intended to do her best to contain the enemy's ground forces.

This practice is undoubtedly dangerous, as long as their whereabouts are discovered by the Entagri army, hundreds of dragons and thousands of silver Pegasus knights are definitely more than lucky.

Elisa strongly objected to Malodia's actions, but he was unable to stop her, and the elf attacked Elisa who was trying to convince her to abandon her plan, knocking him unconscious.

By the time Elisa woke up, Malodia had already forged his orders and set off with the men.

Riding around on a silver pegasus to check on the progress of the arson work, Elisa felt mixed feelings as she touched a swollen bag on the back of her head.

He never thought that he had just a whim, for his own future, and in order to save his life on the battlefield, and secretly recruited a female elf with the identity of an exile, would be so desperate to help him at this moment when he was facing the greatest crisis.

He never thought that he would simply use this female elf at the beginning, and now he has a secret affection for this female elf and is worried about it.

So when she woke up, Elisa made a decision.

If after this battle, both Malodia and him are still alive, no matter how great the resistance is, he will marry her.

What identity, what status, what fame and fortune, at this moment, in Elisa's eyes like dung, the female elf's actions of treating death as home for him made him realize the strong affection that the other party has always hidden, and at the same time, he finally realized it completely.

It's just that now, Alisa can't be sure whether he and Malodia will have a chance to meet again after this battle.

This made Elisa's heart feel like a knife, but it also made him fight with 120,000 points of spirit to deal with this difficult battle, and Malodia did it for him, and he couldn't live up to her hard work.

Seeing that the arson work was going well, Elisa sent a group of people to carry out the second task according to Malodia's plan.

He ordered his soldiers to destroy all the large rocks in the fireless areas around the city of Falls.

In order to keep the city of waterfalls longer, Malodia believes that the first thing to do is to disable the enemy's possible means of attack.

The stones in the sea of fire are naturally difficult for the enemy to use, so if the few stones in the remaining area are destroyed, the air attack tactics of the Entagre army will be useless because of the lack of materials, and the air superiority of the Entagri army is not so obvious in front of the defenders of Waterfall City, which has a strong military fortress.

Unless the flight unit of the Entagree Army is willing to go to great lengths to bring in the necessary rocks from afar, but this is obviously very unlikely.

With Elisa's orders, all the large stones that were visible to the naked eye in the area around the city of the waterfall were dismantled by the elven soldiers with various tools, and then they began to destroy all the stones they could find that they thought were large enough to threaten their lives.

With the city of the waterfall in danger at the moment of the great enemy, the elven soldiers have exploded with great enthusiasm for this otherwise boring work.

Malodia's plan allowed these soldiers to find a glimmer of life in despair, and the morale that had been somewhat depressed was actually restored a lot.

The elven soldiers who were guarding the fortress were not idle, and although there was nothing wrong with the military fortress itself from the hands of the forest dwarves, they still followed Elisa's orders and Malodia's plan, running around the fortress, reinforcing all the places they thought might not be strong enough, and even sealing off some of the entrances and exits in order to hold out in the fortress for a longer period of time.

In fact, for the Entagri army, this large military fortress located in the city of waterfalls is the real target they want to attack, because the elven kingdom in order to better control the sacred spring of the centaur clan in its hands, with the holy spring as the center, built this permanent military fortress, and the holy spring originally located in the wilderness, due to the establishment of the fortress, has become an indoor spring located in a solid stone chamber deep in the fortress.

In order to control this holy spring, it is necessary to first storm the strong military fortress that sits on it.

The absence of ground troops means that there are no siege equipment, and the enemy's aerial catapult tactics have also been weakened to a considerable extent, although the enemy's dragons can also cause some damage to the fortress, but that is no longer unacceptable, and the size of the dragons makes it impossible for them to attack some strong and small areas in the fortress, so in addition to strengthening the castle and sealing some difficult entrances and exits, the elves also focused on the street battles inside the fortress, The elves set up fortifications at some important points for defense, and the arsenal was opened, and bundles of arrows were placed in the fortifications for the elven archers stationed there to use at will.

Malodia believed that with the elves' advantage in bows and arrows, using such tactics, even if the enemy breached the outside of the fortress, the defenders of the city of Falls could hold out for a little longer.

She even suggested in a letter to Elisa that she set up more cross-fire points where they could cover each other, as well as multiple defensive lines, in key locations, as she believed that the enemy would likely send Angel and Demon warriors to fight in a battle that was destined to happen if the ground forces were unable to advance.

Elisa accepted Malodia's suggestion in full, he commanded tens of thousands of elven soldiers, from the outside to the inside in the city of waterfalls according to Malodia's vision, desperately doing all kinds of pre-battle preparations, he knew that there was not much time left for him, the fire was expanding, and the Entagri army, who were determined to win the city of the waterfalls, would definitely start to act immediately, and the defenders of the waterfall city might fight the Entagri army earlier than he originally expected.

Although facing such a predicament, Alisa is unprecedentedly high in fighting spirit, the previous uneasiness and panic caused by the attack of the Entagre army, at this time has been completely thrown out of the sky by him, Malodia has reduced the number of enemies for him to only the flying force is left, and he is even more personally dangerous, maybe he will never return, he can't tolerate himself in this situation, and continue to hide behind Malodia as before, waiting for the final result of the battle to come.

Under his personal leadership, the elven defenders of the city of Falls were busy until the evening of the next day, during which the soldiers took turns resting, but Elisa did not sleep, and after making sure that there were no problems with the external preparations, he looked around the fortress again.

Finally, after receiving the news from the scouts that a flying unit of the Entagrean Army was approaching the city of Falls, he donned his finely maintained chainmail that had not been used in some time, armed with the elven scimitar that had never been stained with the blood of the enemy, and carried the magic longbow that he had obtained from the elven king Parson due to his active performance in the last battle.

The battle is about to begin.

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