152 The sky is full of flames

The Kingdom of Southern Madur is one of the oldest countries in the Nine Kingdoms of the Shang Alliance, and the first king of the kingdom, Alex Rodrin, is himself a nobleman of the Magic Empire, because he was held accountable by the Magic Empire's consuls, and had to join the camp of the rebel coalition.

In the process of fleeing, Rodlin was rescued by the Alpine tribe in the Sunset Mountain, and the daughter of the chief of the Alpine tribe fell in love with Rodelin at first sight. Later, when Rodlin joined the Rebel Alliance, a thousand warriors of the Alpine tribe joined together to overthrow the tyrannical rule of the Magic Empire, the master of the continent.

The Southern Madur Kingdom is located in the most remote northwest corner of the continent, more than half of the country is surrounded by the Sunset Mountains, the mountains are covered by heavy snow all day long, and the other half of the country, bordering Manning, Carthage and other countries, lack of basic agriculture, has always been one of the poorer countries in the nine countries of the Shang Alliance.

Most of the inhabitants of the Southern Madur Kingdom are descendants of the Alpine tribes. During the time of the Magic Empire, the Alpine tribes were originally a branch of the Barbarians, but they had long since moved to the Sunset Mountains in the northwest, and their living customs began to differ from those of the Barbarians who remained in the North.

The oppression of the commoners by the nobles of the Magic Empire will naturally not let go of the mountain tribes. In the entire northwest section of Sunset Mountain, there is almost no special production, only a magical bird "Haidongqing". It is a bird of prey that can assist the nobles in hunting, but it is very difficult to catch. A village of a mountain tribe may not catch a few in a poor winter. And the brutal nobles of the Magic Empire will only deal with civilians who are unable to complete their tasks in one way, and that is "slaughter".

Therefore, after the start of the First Continental War, the Alpine tribes also joined the side of the rebel coalition, and eventually made great sacrifices and contributions to overthrow the tyranny of the Magic Empire.

After the end of the war, no one asked to catch Haidongqing, a bird with a bad fate, finally regained its freedom, and the people of the alpine tribes also tasted the feeling of freedom for the first time. The hero of the tribe, Aris Rodrin, the husband of the chief's daughter, led the Alpine tribe out of the Sunset Mountains and established the kingdom of Southern Madur.

The Rodrins, as the kings of South Madol and the leaders of the Alpine tribes, ruled the country for many years after that, and the current King of Guadelin has only one daughter, Gualman Rodrin, 21 years old this year, who is the natural successor to the throne of South Madur (Note 1).

And today, the young and beautiful Princess Rodrin, dressed in a black mink coat, with her wheat-colored skin flushed to the ground, wearing a hat, was nervously standing on the balcony of the round tower of the royal palace in South Madur, overlooking the beacon fire in the distance. Her personal bodyguard, Vivena, was looking at her princess with a worried expression.

Two hours earlier, a weary knight, riding a black northwest-western horse foaming at the mouth, had galloped into the southern Madur gates and headed for the palace, shouting "Desic invasion!"

At that moment, Princess Guarman was accompanying her father, King Rodlin of South Madur, to celebrate his fiftieth birthday, and Princess Guarman personally sewed a red cloak of wolf skin for the king to try on, and the king was smiling and putting on the cloak when he heard a noise coming from the gate of the palace in the distance.

And when King Rodrin's first reaction when he heard the news, he actually asked his affairs officer with wide eyes, "Hot Springs Pass, we still have such a pass in South Madur?"

The affairs officer and the generals discussed for a long time and did not come to a conclusion, so they had to prepare to make amends and go to the royal library to check the information. However, in fact, there is no need, because the beacon fire from the north has also spread to the city of South Madur.

The Sergeant Major of the Black Hand lit the beacon of the news before the hot springs were breached, and the beacon of the emergency was only a little slower than the Yarlin who reported the news, and sent the corroboration to the city of South Madur.

"Gualman, you go back to your room first. King Rodrin, who was still smiling just now, changed his face for a while, his hands were still trembling, and finally he waved at his daughter.

Guarman returned to her bedroom at the highest point of the palace, in a tower in the palace, with a jutting balcony overlooking the whole of South Madur. At this time, Guarman hurried to the top of the tower and came to the balcony on the north side (Note 2).

Outside the city to the north, a thick pillar of black smoke was rising into the air, and Guarman knew that it was the camp of the city defense army outside the city. Farther north, a pillar of black smoke smaller than the other, like several black dragons hovering over the snowfields of northern Xinjiang.

The movement of the Southern Madur Kingdom was very fast, and the alarm bell began to ring in the sky over the entire city-state at the same moment as the beacon fire came. From the top of the palace, a group of city guards were assembling at the gates of South Madur, and the palace guards had also opened the gates of the treasury and distributed heavy weapons. From here to the north of the city, some soldiers are lifting the robes of some of the "behemoths", and Guarman can recognize them as "divine crossbows" used to defend the city.

There was a hurried sound of going up the stairs behind him, and Guarman didn't need to look back to know that the only person who could enter and leave here freely without notification was her personal maid and escort Vivina, who was a female warrior in her thirties, as the most outstanding "blood guard" of the Alpine tribe, Vivena was already the first warrior of the tribe at a young age. Because King Rodlin loved his daughter too much, Vivena was sent to protect Princess Guarman.

"Princess, King Rodlin has ordered me to escort you out of the city from the south of the city, and the city of South Madur will soon welcome the army of Desik, and the battle may be quite fierce. ”

"Vivina", Guarman didn't look back, "Is it really the Desik who came?"

"Yes, the soldier at Hot Springs, to be clear, saw a large number of Steppenwolf cavalry cross the snow-capped mountains of the Sunset Mountains in the north, and appear at the foot of Hot Springs Valley. ”

"Then, Vivina, you say, can those two crossbows on the city wall stop the world-famous Steppenwolf riding?"

Vivena was silent.

Because of the special topography of South Madur City, this country is basically surrounded by the Grand Canyon, Sunset Mountain and the merchant alliance countries, so on the wall of the capital South Madur City, there have always been only symbolic installation of a few crossbows, and they have not even been used since the day of installation, and there are only two on the north wall.

This time, the Desik Wasteland Warriors and Wasteland Cavalry suddenly crossed the Sunset Snow Mountain, which was like a desperate situation on earth (Note 3), and the entire city of Southern Madur was unprepared for this.

Princess Guarman, nervously looking at the beacon fire in the distance, the female guard Vivina looked at the princess worriedly, "Princess, let's go." The king has given the order that your chariot be outside the palace, and that we will take refuge in Manning by the south. This time the crisis is great, and the king he is ready. ”

"Ready, what are you ready?" Guarman suddenly turned her head and stared at her chief of guard with her big black jewel-like eyes (Note 4), "Preparations for martyrdom, or preparations for dying with the Deciks?"

"Thisβ€”" Vivena couldn't say.

"And, Vivina, I'm afraid I won't be able to go south!" Guarman's pupils suddenly dilated, and the moment she turned around, she noticed that there were also several black plumes of smoke in the south, which were so shocking under the snowfield.

Jim Guderian, the new leader of the Desik Wasteland Warrior Order, after taking over as the leader of the Warrior Order, his first task was to lead half of the Wasteland Warriors and Wasteland Cavalry through the terrifying Sunset Snow Mountain in the northern frontier to attack the Southern Madur Kingdom in the hinterland of the Shang League.

No one knows what happened in the Sunset Snow Mountain, the army of 8,000 people, the most elite core force of Desik, only 5,000 people can get out of the snow mountain alive. And the Desik soldiers, who were full of anger at the expedition, threw all their anger on South Madur, a completely undefended country.

Although the Southern Madur soldiers in the walled city in the first battle still had some courage, but in the face of great strength, even in front of the Desik Wasteland warriors who had lost more than half of them, they were powerless to resist.

Looking up at the head on the flagpole, the Southern Madur soldier who refused to surrender and cursed himself after killing two Desik warriors, was finally torn to pieces by the Steppenwolf who swarmed up, and the dozens of soldiers in the entire Hot Springs Pass did not escape a single one, and all fed the Steppenwolf.

And the one who angered him was the Southern Madur, who seemed to be an officer, who was cut off by Jim and hung on a flagpole to show the defenders of Southern Madur how strong Desik was.

The golden wolf's head on his waist was glistening, and Jim knew he had made a good choice, "General!"

Due to the geographical constraints of the Southern Madur Kingdom, the majority of the country's population lives in the city of Southern Madur, so after taking the Hot Spring Pass, Jim led his wasteland warriors to the enemy capital in the southeast without stopping at all.

As he approached the city of Southern Madur, Jim also saw the skyrocketing beacon, and it seemed that the enemy had received the news. In order to completely accomplish the strategic objectives of the Grand Duke, Jim divided the wasteland cavalry into several parts, and headed for the north, east, and south gates of South Madur.

Along the way, all the villages and outposts encountered were slaughtered by Desik's scimitar, leaving only fireworks in the sky.

Note 1: In the inheritance law of the mainland, the countries of the business alliance give women the right to inherit. And San Jose and Desique did not allow it.

Note 2: The South Madur Palace is located in the center of South Madur City, so the round tower of Guarman, in the center of the palace, has a circular balcony that overlooks the whole city.

Note 3: The Sunset Mountains run from north to south, in the northwest corner of the continent, and due to the climate, there is snow all year round. Therefore, the Southern Madur and Deshik people like to refer to this part of the Sunset Mountains as "Sunset Snow Mountains".

Note 4: The Southern Madur people are mainly from the Alpine tribe, as a branch of the barbarians, they also have black pupils, and Princess Guarman's bloodline is a combination of the descendants of the Alpine tribe and the Magic Empire, so they retain the obvious feature of black pupils.