Chapter 345: The Fall of Frozen City
"By the way, is there any latest news in the territory recently?" Barron was about to leave from Merol Town, when he suddenly remembered and asked the intelligence chief of Merol Town, he hadn't paid attention to the news in his territory for the past few days, so he wanted to ask.
"Uh, this?!" Barron forgot that Bill hadn't revealed Barron's true identity to the head of intelligence in Merrell, and that Barron had lost nothing to prove his identity after everything on his body had been destroyed in the passage of the Arctic Cavern.
The head of intelligence in Merol Town had just been recruited by Bill not long ago, so he didn't know much about Barron, only that Barron was a valued guest of Lord Bill.
If it is in the kingdom of Nad, especially in the Scanning Province, Barron goes to any town and information point established by Bill, and the person in charge there will know Barron's identity, because these people will see Barron's portrait again.
Of course, in these intelligence points, Barron has no problem obtaining ordinary information, but if he wants to obtain information above the classified level, he also needs a series of means to prove his own identity, after all, there are no fewer witchcraft in witchcraft that can change a person's appearance.
Therefore, when Barron asked about the information of the territory, the person in charge of intelligence suddenly did not know whether to answer this question or not, it was impossible to answer the information of the territory, and once the news in the territory was revealed from his side, he would be responsible for any problems.
But if you don't answer, it will cause Lord Bill's guests to be dissatisfied with him, and it will inevitably suffer a little at that time, especially if he has just been recruited, he must be more cautious.
Fortunately, as the person in charge of intelligence here, his thinking is still relatively clever, and he hurriedly said: "We are only responsible for the intelligence of the Icewind Kingdom, so we really don't know the situation on the territory side. ”
"You can ask Lord Bill directly about the situation of the territory, of course, if it is news from within the Icewind Kingdom, I still know a thing or two. ”
Barron nodded, realizing that his question was a bit reckless, after all, he also knew some of the rules of the intelligence organization established by Bill, so he said, "I'm sorry I was reckless. ”
"I'll go to Bill to inquire about the situation of the territory, so what's the latest news from the Icewind Kingdom, of course, I need a copy of the nearest route from here to the Nader Kingdom, if it's a map or something, it's even better." ”
It took Barron six days and five nights to make it from his camp at the foot of the Devil's Mountains to the town of Merrell, hoping to shorten the journey.
It's not that Bill gave him the wrong route, it's just that because of the war in Frozen City, many of the original roads were destroyed in the war, causing Barron to have to take many long detours before finally reaching the town of Meror.
When Barron's intelligence chief heard Barron's question, he quickly told him all the routes he knew, and recommended several routes that were relatively shorter and less time-consuming.
Barron took a brief look and found that the routes recommended by the intelligence chief of Merol Town were good, and the route was much shorter than the route he had first visited, but Barron had to choose from these routes and choose the one that suited him best.
But even so, Barron was satisfied, and at least each of these routes would save him a lot of time, considering that he would have to reach Ampton in Bolivar Province within a month.
And now it was almost ten days since he received the order, and it was almost ten days before he received the order, which meant that he had only twenty days to go all the way from the town of Merol to the city of Ampton.
"Huh?" When Barron was choosing the way south, he suddenly found a problem, so he asked directly, "Isn't there still a war going on over there in Icey City, why do you offer several routes pass through Icey City?"
The battle of the Silver Snow Corps to encircle Frozen City was very widespread, and almost all the roads within dozens of kilometers around it were destroyed, and Barron took a route that needed to pass through Frozen City a few days ago, and as a result, he was delayed for half a day near Frozen City.
"Uh, don't you know what's going on in Icey City? At this time, the head of intelligence in the town of Merol asked suspiciously.
"What's going on in Frozen City?!" Barron asked, confused.
At this time, the intelligence director of Merol Town, while directing his subordinates, put the items they provided for Barron on the sleigh one by one, and said to Barron: "I forgot, when the incident in Frozen City happened, you should have just left Merol Town and entered the Far North, and you don't know that this information is normal!"
"This information also came not long ago, three days ago, the royal capital of the Ice Wind Kingdom, Ice Sky City was officially breached by the Silver Snow Legion of the Nader Kingdom, and the [King of the Northland] Alander IV and [Ice Axe] Avjshik were killed in this battle!"
"Since Ice City has been breached by the Silver Snow Corps, there is no war near Ice City, and some of the originally destroyed roads have been repaired by the prisoners of war and ordinary civilians organized by the Silver Snow Corps. ”
"Therefore, you can completely advance from the side of Frozen City, and then go all the way south until you reach the Scanning Province of the Nader Kingdom!"
Barron didn't pay attention to what the other party said behind at all, he was completely attracted by his previous words, and then asked in surprise, "You said that Ice City was broken by the Silver Snow Legion?
The intelligence chief of Merol Town pursed his lips and said, "How is it impossible!" This news is true, not only our side, but the entire Icewind Kingdom and most of the Nader Kingdom should know about it, oh yes, now that Icewind City has been breached, then the Icewind Kingdom is naturally gone!"
After confirming the authenticity of this news, Barron was silent for a moment and then asked, "I remember that Ice City has two high-ranking knights, [King of the North] Alander IV and [Ice Axe] Afjesik, and the high-ranking knights of the Silver Snow Legion are only [Pale Knight] Auguste!"
"Although the number of soldiers in Ice City is less than that of the Silver Snow Corps, the high-end combat power is absolutely superior, and the number of the Silver Snow Corps is only twice that of Ice City at most, so it is normal for such a siege to be fought for half a year and a year. ”