Chapter 26: Bloody Andorson (3)
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Andorson! An important city located on the western border of the Rohan Empire, it is the capital of a large territory with nearly seventeen fifth-order towns. In fact biquge.info, in terms of the actual area of the territory controlled by Andorsen, it is basically about the same size as a small principality. It's just that Andorson is not rich, although the huge Warcraft resources and forest resources of the Lost Forest and the special spell material resources have brought Anddosen huge benefits, but compared to the danger brought by the Warcraft rushing out of the Lost Forest every year, these benefits are simply too little.
Because the Lost Forest near Andorsen lacks a large area of Misty Forest as a buffer with the center of the Lost Forest, in fact, in the past, there were large areas of Misty Forest like the Lost Forest near Andorson, but later that Misty Forest was cut down and turned into land and fertile land, resulting in the tragedy of Andorsen now. Three successive generations of lords in history died in the attack of Warcraft, five lords were crippled in the attack, and two deserters were executed.
But no nobleman would be willing to give up the annual income of up to one million spell materials and Warcraft materials trading in Andorson, and all kinds of spell materials that flow out of Andorson every year, whether processed or unprocessed, represent a large amount of gold. Although the mages of the Rohan Empire are the worst in the entire continent, it is undeniable that its mage group, which sits on nearly one-third of the Lost Forest resources, has the most popular materials for mages in the entire continent.
In fact, every Lord of Andorson hopes to be able to use Andorson's rich resources of spell materials to recruit powerful mage power for himself before taking office, but basically in the end, the mage power around these lords is pitiful. It's never the lords on the surface who really control the trading of spell materials in Andosen, but the noble mages and the royal family of the Rohan Empire. It's not the lords who really call the shots in Andoson, it's the noble mages who hide in the shadows who are subordinate to the royal family. Although each of the lords of Andorson came to the fore after many competitions with the noble senate of the Rohan Empire, when they came to Andorson, they found that the situation here was more complicated than they imagined, whether they chose to side with the noble mage or the imperial family, they would offend the imperial noble senate standing behind them.
Even more terrifying than being caught at both ends is the lord of Andoson who is caught in pressure on three sides, and now the lord of this Anddosen lord is actually the weakest lord of the Andoson lord so far, and as for the strong one, it is basically either dead or disabled. Can we say Bill? Polly? Andorson is one of the most competent lords found by the Noble Senate, not only to the satisfaction of the Senate but also to the noble mages. It was even more satisfying to the current Emperor of the Rohan Empire, so he finally received the surname Andoson seven years after becoming the lord of Andoson, and became a veritable Count of Andorson instead of the previous Bill? Lord of Poli.
It's just that this lord of Andorson, who has been satisfying the leaders behind him for the past seven years, is now living in panic, as a nobleman who was elected by the noble senate and sent to Andorson as a lord, Bill? Polly's last name was supposed to be Gava, which is Bill? Polly? Gava. It's a pity that he is only the concubine in the family, that is, the kind that has no inheritance rights. It was Bill who was originally pushed out by the noble senators to be the new lord of Andorson? Poli's younger brother and sister-in-law of the Gawa family, Bisara? Prosperous? Gava. It was only the tragic death of the previous lord of Andoson that irritated the patriarch of the Gava family. That is, Bill's uncle, who was eventually sent to be this substitute for the dead and became Bill? Polly. Originally in everyone's eyes, Bill? Polly, the outcast of the family, would definitely follow in the footsteps of his predecessor and die in a so-called Warcraft attack without anyone's support, but he didn't expect that he would be able to handle the relationship between all the forces in a swaying way. It's like dancing on the tip of a knife, and it's survived until now. In fact, even the current emperor of the Rohan Empire recognizes Bill? Polly's ability to deal with relationships is very strong, if it weren't for his identity, maybe he would be the best candidate for the prime minister of an empire, but unfortunately, in the Rohan Empire, which focuses on birth, the possibility of a family's concubine wanting to become the prime minister of the empire is not high, let alone Bill? Polly was not exactly a concubine, and according to some people, he was simply the illegitimate son of the patriarch of the Valen family.
Whether it is an illegitimate child or a concubine, the only thing the current Lord of Andorson wants to do is to organize all the troops and mercenaries that can be gathered in the city, and then guard all the important positions in Andorson City, and of course, the most important thing is to protect his safety. Lord Andorson was notoriously afraid of death throughout the city of Andorson, and in fact if he hadn't been afraid of death, he wouldn't have hidden six or seven bodyguards in his carriage. At the same time, even the groom who controls the carriage is also a mercenary with a strength of up to the eighth order. If it weren't for this, Anderson's skinheads would not have killed hundreds of people when they attacked this lord, but they were all killed in less than ten minutes.
But now the lord still felt that he was not safe, because he had received the news that Paranon had been captured. Although it was the bald heads he hated the most who brought the news, he couldn't deny the trembling in his heart after hearing the news. At the same time, the lord was also glad that he had informed all the towns to evacuate after receiving news from Ruhan, although his original intention was to transfer all the soldiers in the town to Andosen City. But when the soldiers defending the town were evacuated, the inhabitants of the town became more and more insecure. Naturally, he fled to Andoson City. It's just that although Andorson's order to evacuate was fast enough, and the means used were smart enough, Paranon fell too quickly.
In fact, the first thing Andorson said when he learned about the fall of Paranon was not to ask how many people had survived, but why Paranon couldn't hold out for a few more days. This sentence made Lu Han, who was standing in the hall of the lord's mansion, vomit blood in anger, but when he heard that several other towns were surrounded by dead armies because they had no time to retreat, he understood why Lord Andorson said that. If Paranon had held out for a few more days, perhaps more towns would have been evacuated instead of half of the towns close to Paranon as they are now. Of course, these towns were always luckier than Paranon, and Ruhan, as Paranon's clerk, knew exactly how many inhabitants there were around Paranon. The number of residents and villagers outside the town who escaped alive was less than a tenth of what Paranon recorded, or less than 8,000.
It can be said that even if Paranon can be rebuilt, then its population will not be large enough for a fifth-order town, and it may only be considered a larger village. Of course, the current situation is that Paranon basically has no possibility of rebuilding, and as long as the army of death in Andorson's territory is not repulsed, then the entire Andorsen will not return to its original state.
As for whether the army of death outside the city of Andorson will be repulsed. Ruhan, like most players, has little hope. Because when they knew that the undead army was made up of the corpses of players who had died in Anclo's battle, they knew that Andosen was basically finished. Especially when players spying on the Principality of Ancolo post that most of the skeletons in the Principality have disappeared. Even the dullest of their minds know where these skeletons are now. One is decreasing or even disappearing, the other is suddenly appearing and still in a steady stream, and everyone knows where those skeletons have run now, so most players think that an empire is about to be added to the country that is now about to be ravaged by the dark forces. After all, millions of skeleton soldiers rushed into a territory, and as long as they were not accused, the number of dead creatures would increase several times when that territory was overturned, and then it would snowball bigger and bigger.
In fact, many players are very much in favor of Lord Androsen's approach of shrinking his forces and even abandoning all the surrounding towns. If the number of troops is not as large as that of the opponent, and at the same time, your own consumption will become part of the opponent's strength, shrinking the force or even abandoning all the outlying towns is the right way. After the shrinking troops are incorporated into the defense force of Andorson, the defense of the entire city of Andorson can be strengthened, and those city defense equipment taken from the evacuation town can be added to the ranks of the defense weapons of the city, which can effectively strengthen the city defense, and will not appear in the same situation as the original Paranon City. At the same time, it serves as the most important passage and the only road from Andoxon to other cities and territories. As long as the Andoson Territory is firmly defended, the army of dead creatures will not be able to storm the hinterland of the Rohan Empire. After all, after rushing through Andorson, it was an important fortress for the western border defense of Rohan, and the redstone fortress was originally established to fight against the beast tide of the Lost Forest. As long as the commander in command of the army of the undead is not stupid, he will not let Andoson, an important city with a population of millions now, stay in the rear of his army, after all, Andoson has a complete teleportation array system. As long as the Rohan Empire is ruthless, then it can teleport tens of thousands of iron cavalry to rush into Andorson, and give the opponent a hard blow from behind when the army of the undead attacks the redstone fortress.
Of course, if it's just the troops stationed in the redstone fortress, it won't make the player think that the army of the undead must completely deal with Andorson before they can attack the redstone fortress, so let them sit down, judging by the two huge warmage towers on the mountains on both sides of the redstone fortress. The Rohan Empire was able to firmly dominate one of the five great empires in the world of Etia with a small number of noble mages, not only by its huge iron cavalry troops, but also by the huge war mage towers of the Rohan Empire. These mage towers can be used for floating battles, and although the Hansting Empire also has such war devices, they are definitely not as terrible as the Rohan Empire. Because the two sides have completely different concepts for the use of the War Mage Tower. The Rohan Empire's War Mage Tower was built entirely to destroy the miè, so all of its qiē was built to increase the power of destructive spells, while the Hansting's Floating Tower was built to protect the city.
It's just that the prohibition that the five empires can't fight each other is strictly observed, and there are still huge territories in the entire Etian world that have not been developed, so the various empires have always been at peace with each other. So no one knows who is more powerful, the Hansting Guardian Mage Tower or the Rohan Empire's War Mage Tower, but in either case, the Floating Mage Tower has terrifying attack power, even the Hansting Mage Tower, which is claimed to be aimed at protecting the city.
Although because of the development of Andorson, the Redstone Fortress has shown signs of weakening. However, the huge military power of the Rohan Empire did not want the fortress to fall, and the troops stationed at the Red Rock Fortress every year were the most powerful troops in the entire Rohan Empire. At the same time, basically for a month every year, they will send troops into the Lost Forest to train, so that the recruits can see the blood, and at the same time, they will also hunt down the monster community that is dangerous to Andorson, and most importantly, get some money to subsidize the cost of the redstone fortress. Although this was a definite act of influencing the interests of the three parties of Andorson, even the Emperor of the Rohan Empire would not provoke the huge military group standing behind the Redstone Fortress. It's not that he can't afford to mess with it, but he doesn't want to mess with it, and no emperor would want to have the reputation of robbing soldiers of their property. The emperor who bears this reputation will eventually be abandoned by his own army.
It's just that when Andorson was in crisis, the Redstone Fortress forces didn't send troops to support it. It's not that the troops stationed at Redstone Fortress are unwilling, it's that they can't. Because when skeletons appeared outside of Andoson, dead creatures also appeared around the Redstone Fortress. Although the number is not very large, it effectively delays the plan of the troops in the fortress to go to Andosen to help. After all, the troops of the Redstone Fortress are only 45,000 even if you count the guards in the two War Mage Towers, and although the number of the hundreds of thousands of skeleton soldiers that appeared outside the city is not necessarily much less, there is no way to destroy the other party at once. That is, before the royal court of the Rohan Empire sent troops to support the Redstone Fortress. There is no way for a redstone fortress to disperse its forces to aid Andorson.
After all, no one knows if there are more dead creatures hidden behind these dead creatures, if the troops of the Redstone Fortress rescue Andoson, but the fortress behind it is breached by the swarming dead creatures. No one can afford to let the dead creatures into the heart of the Rohan Empire. Because of this concern, even if the commander of the Redstone Fortress received a message from Bill? Polly's letter for help, he also stubbornly did not send a single force.
For Chen Kai, when he arrived at Andosen, it was already the fourth day after the battle of Paranon, and although he hurried all the way, the people with two legs could not compare with the dead creatures who didn't need to rest, even if those dead creatures only had two legs like Chen Kai. As a result, Chen Kai arrived at Andosen. But he was blocked from the outside of Andoson City, and he had no way to face the high walls and the dense skeletons around him.
Although he already knew about the appearance of skeleton soldiers outside the city of Andorson, he did not expect that when he desperately moved his steps to reach Andorson when the undead completely surrounded the city, he still did not catch up. The dense sea of white bones outside the city reflected a miserable white halo in the sunlight, and the pair of eyes burning with soul flames in those bare white bones exuded endless disgust for living beings.
It's just that Chen Kai knows that these skeleton soldiers are just the vanguard of the army of the undead, that is, the cannon fodder army commonly known as it. If he commands the battle, he will definitely send a cavalry unit to clean up the city before the opponent surrounds the city, although this may cause some losses to the cavalry troops, but at least it can improve the morale of the defenders and reduce the number of undead in a certain way. It's a pity that Anderson's commander is clearly not qualified, and in fact it is. Bill? Polly is very good at dealing with all kinds of relationships, and he is very clever at it. But that doesn't change the fact that he's a coward. He did not even dare to take a step up to the city for fear that he would entrust the command of the battle of Andorson to the garrison of the city defense army, a young nobleman who was younger than him. The most important point is that this Baron of Bayan is not a big-hearted and resourceful man, in fact, he is more daring than Bill? Polly was just a little older, and he rejected the correct and simple way for others to send troops to sweep the low-level skeletons around them, and instead chose the tactic of shrinking.
Although this preserved Andosen's strength, it also severely damaged the morale of the city guards. What people fear most is not the vigorous death in battle, but the slow waiting for death in silence. Despair drives people insane, thus breaking the will of an army in their hearts. If at the beginning, Andorson's troops had an unforgettable hatred for the dead creatures because of the hatred of the death of their loved ones, and thus became a mourning army with the will to die, then after two days of encirclement and waiting, the morale of this army began to gradually enter the stage of imitation and helplessness. Therefore, the so-called soldiers are not because the strength of this general is too poor and the strength of the soldiers is worse, but because of the incompetence of a general and exhausting thousands of troops.
"Fourth! Can you figure out a teleportation scroll for me? Cowering in a pile of rubble at least five kilometers away from Andosen, Chen Kai used the communicator to contact Fei Yun, who was also in the game. Because of communication restrictions, he could only contact Fei Yun within a range of less than ten kilometers, and if he entered this range, he would not be able to contact the other party. Contact can only be made with the help of contact methods outside the system.
"This one! It's hard to estimate! Chief, it's hard to even get out of the whole Andorson now, and the city wall is too high, and the undead outside are broken, so I can't use the shadow to escape and touch it! Fei Yun's answer to Chen Kai hurt Chen Kai very much, of course, this is an obvious thing, if the thieves can easily pass through the blockade of the undead troops, then some of the thieves who are afraid of death in Andoson City have already escaped.
"Then try to figure it out!" Chen Kai's head quickly fell to the ground as he spoke. For he felt the rocks around him shake, as if a large army was moving. With the help of the faint moonlight, Chen Kai saw that the huge death legion on the road in the distance was slowly moving, the number of this legion was so huge, even if it was several kilometers away from the other party, Chen Kai felt that his heart fell into a dead silence in an instant.
"Damn it! Is it necessary to make such a big battle? The fourth informs Xiao Fei and asks him to find the clerk and tell him that there is an army of undead approaching to the north of Andorson, and let him think of a way to inform Andorson's guard army! Chen Kai's voice shouted anxiously in the team channel, if it weren't for the fact that Xu Fei was now in the spell area of Andorson, and the distance between him exceeded the communication limit, he estimated that he would notify the other party directly without Fei Yun telling him.
At Chen Kai's anxious shout, Anderson, a city that had only been established for less than five hundred years in total, was about to experience the largest and bloodiest battle in the history of its city establishment. Hardly a single civilian who survived the battle of Andorson was willing to return to the city, but for the inhabitants of the city at this moment, they did not know that the battle to decide whether they would live or die was about to begin.
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