The Xile River originates from the Kingdom of Tiga in the south of Elson, runs through the Kingdom of Elsen from south to north along the east side of the Dragon's Back Mountains, and finally flows into the southwest corner of the North Sea at Dragonshoubao, and is the most important river in the west of Elson. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Because of its proximity to the Longji Mountains, the Xile River connects most of the small waterways formed by the melting of ice and snow on the east side of the Longji Mountains, forming a huge water network. The Crystal Lake near Cook's Territory is also part of this water network, and the water of the Crystal Lake eventually flows into the Xile River.

And this is also the reason why the North Sea Fishmen were able to pass through most of the kingdom of Elson and appear in Cook's Territory, which is located south of Elson. After all, Dragon's Head Fort is only responsible for defending and intercepting large-scale and high-level fish-man invasions, and it is impossible to intercept all of them for small tribes that sneak in with the help of special weather. Therefore, even in the interior of Elson, as long as the water system is developed, there will be occasional fish-man invasions.

However, although the huge water system of the Xile River brought the invasion of fishmen to Elson, it also created the most basic conditions for the development of the western part of Elson, near the original area of the Dragon's Back Mountains. These waterways, like the blood vessels of the earth, not only met the needs of the pioneers for drinking water, but also connected the newly opened places with the outside world in the most convenient and inexpensive way - water transportation.

With water transportation, which is a low-cost and large-capacity mode of transportation, the resources obtained by the pioneers can be traded as easily and quickly as possible in exchange for other resources needed for construction, so as to speed up the development and construction. When the Cook family first opened up their territory, they mainly relied on water transportation to transport the felled trees to Blackstone County through the river in exchange for various construction materials.

In fact, the Elder Kingdom's pioneering territories like Cook's Territory are basically similar to Cook's Territory, built on a network of water formed by the Xile River. And after the development of these territories, they gradually turned the Xile River into a bustling and busy water system. Especially more than 30 years ago, after the royal family of Elson used a large number of men and asked a legendary mage to dig a canal to connect the Xile River with the Lego River, which flows through the royal capital, the water transportation of the Xile River has become more prosperous, especially in the lower reaches of the north, because of the wide river, there are often large fleets to and fro, and shipping is very prosperous.

However, since the last invasion of fishmen, the entire Xile River has been degraded. You must know that although the fleet responsible for the transportation of materials in Xuelong Pass is not a magic warship, it is equipped with an escort force that is far beyond the ordinary fleet. Even this kind of military fleet was killed by the fishmen, and the ordinary fleet did not dare to sail until the fishmen who invaded the inland rivers were exterminated.

During this time, although under the pressure of the royal capital and the nobles along the Xile River, the not powerful naval army of the Elsen Kingdom continued to search for fishmen in the lower reaches of the Xile River, and also killed many small groups of fishmen who took the opportunity to loot everywhere, but the high-level fishmen team that destroyed the transport fleet was never found, as if it had completely disappeared from the Xile River.

Although it was impossible to determine the movements of the fish-man attackers, on November 15, the second convoy carrying food supplies to Xuelongguan departed from Wangdu. After all, if we wait any longer, the northern part of Elson will be completely winterized, and the wide Xile River will freeze. At that time, even if there is no fish-man attack, the supplies will not be able to be transported.

However, compared to the last time, the escort force of the fleet this time is much stronger. Not only was he accompanied by an elite guard under the crown prince, but he was also escorted by the two largest ships of the navy. It can be seen that this time the crown prince has also invested enough money to support Baron Cook this time.

The huge fleet of ships set off from the royal capital, passed through the canal, and entered the Xile River. Although there were occasional traces of fishmen along the way, they were all small groups that had no effect on the fleet, and they were quickly strangled. In this way, the whole fleet completed most of the distance in a few days, and gradually approached the Snow Dragon Pass. After spending the night repairing at the Yuanmu Harbor, which belonged to the Benson family, and meeting with the reinforcements sent by Xuelongguan, the fleet marched at full speed, ready to reach Xuelongguan within a day.

At this time, Luo Sheng, who also left Xuelong Pass, did not join the escort team, but transformed into a dolphin, covering his body with invisibility and swimming in front of the fleet. This time, Luo Sheng acted alone, except for holding the important token given by Baron Cook, and taking the real guardian of the fleet once, and making an explanation, even Kelly, who was responsible for leading the reinforcements, did not know about the existence of Luo Sheng.

The reason why he left Xuelong Pass and came to escort the transport fleet was, of course, because this batch of food and supplies was extremely important. Although Baron Cook issued a bounty for transporting grain to stimulate caravans to deliver grain to Xuelong Pass, due to the freezing weather, difficult roads, and the secret obstruction of some forces, not much grain was actually transported to Xuelong Pass. Without the flotilla's food supplies, it would be difficult for Xuelongguan to survive the entire winter.

On the other hand, it was because Luo Sheng had nothing to do in the Snow Dragon Pass for the time being. After helping Carl complete the Shadow Slayer's transfer ceremony, the task of communicating with Master Lennon was basically handed over to Carl. After all, after a conflict with Andy, Luo Sheng has become the key monitoring object of the magic enchantment, and he is often under surveillance, so it is not suitable to contact Master Lennon too much.

On the battlefield, although the barbarian coalition army had been assembled and began to march towards Xuelong Pass, after all, there were no real troops coming to the city, and the battle to defend the city did not begin. And because of Tamor, Luo Sheng is a blacklisted figure in the barbarian clan, and it is too risky to serve as a scout and hunt the forward rangers of the barbarians.

The last time he was able to escape under Taymour, it was mainly because Baron Cook rescued him in time, not that Luo Sheng was really able to ignore the threat of the gold-level master. If it weren't for Baron Cook, Luo Sheng would have had to lose two life-saving hole cards last time. If you go on an adventure this time, you may not have the good luck of last time.

And after Luo Sheng's cultivation during this period of time, the reserve of soul points has been exhausted, and he needs a chance to kill the enemy. So after getting used to his newly mastered spells and making some preparations, Luo Sheng discussed with Baron Cook, and quietly left Snow Dragon Pass alone and entered the Xile River. Defend convoys while looking for opportunities to kill Fishmen.

As for why he acted alone, instead of joining the reinforcement team at Snow Dragon Pass, on the one hand, it was because the reinforcement team was mixed, although Baron Cook's personal guard captain Kelly led the team, but the members included people from various factions. For such a team, Luo Sheng is not very relieved. Rather than being subject to all kinds of restrictions, it is better to have the freedom to act alone.

On the other hand, Rasen, as a druid, is well aware of his strengths. Compared to other people who can only guard the ship on the boat, Rasheng can transform into a dolphin and act underwater, which can play a much greater role.

Like now, when Luo Sheng is swimming in front of the fleet, he is actually being a sentinel of the fleet. If the fish-man wants to ambush the fleet, Luo Sheng can find it in advance and give the fleet an early warning. So while Luo Sheng was swimming alone in the icy river, he used his powerful perception to explore the situation near the river and search for the traces of the fishman.

After searching all the way, Luo Sheng found no trace of the activities of the large number of fishmen, as if the fishmen had really returned to the North Sea. However, for this situation, Luo Sheng did not let his guard down. In this case, there are only two possibilities, one is, of course, that the fish-people have really retreated and are no longer ready to attack the convoy. On the other hand, there are other forces that help the fish-people hide their tracks and hide them. After all, as long as there are people who supply all kinds of necessary supplies, and there is no need to plunder food everywhere, the fish-people only need to find a hidden body of water to hide, and they will not leave much trace at all.

"Has the cooperation between the two sides been so deep? The Holy See of Light is really willing to pay for it!"

Of course, Luo Sheng would not be naïve to believe that the fish-men had completely retreated, after all, the Holy See of Light and the local nobles who belonged to them had spent so much money, and even did not hesitate to let General Barlow of the Benson family bear the blame, but also let the fish-men attack the transport fleet, and it was absolutely impossible to give up halfway and give up the attack on the second wave of the transport fleet.

The most likely explanation is that the Fishmen have cooperated deeply with the Holy See of Light and the Benson family, who have taken advantage of the Ground Snake to hide the real main force of the Fishmen, preparing to find the right time to strike a fatal blow to the transport fleet.

And if you want the fishmen in the semi-barbaric state to be willing to cooperate, and even willing to obey the arrangement of humans, the side of the Holy See of Light must have paid a huge price. And what is the specific price, through the secret transaction in Crystal Lake, Luo Sheng also vaguely guessed.

Although now Luo Sheng has not figured out what he got from the bottom of the crystal lake with the help of old Pike's memories. However, after being identified by the masters of the royal capital, the scales obtained from Andre were determined to be the chest protection scales from the legendary fishman sacrifice in the southern seas, which contained the breath and power of some legendary fishmen.

This kind of thing, in terms of value, is not very high, and for other races, it is at least a special magic material. However, for the gold-level powerhouses among the North Sea Fishmen, they can get a glimpse of the path of advanced legends, which has special value and benefits.

With a single scale, it is impossible for the gold-level fishmen to spy on the legendary realm, and naturally it is impossible to really invite the North Sea fishmen. But if the Bright Sect is willing to spend money and come up with something that is enough to make the North Sea Fishman advance to the Legend, then I am afraid that any top tribe of the North Sea Fishman will be tempted. After all, in the Ymir Continent, only the Legendary Rank is the core strength of a race. Without the protection of legends, it is impossible for a race to truly grow.

And just when Luo Sheng was thinking about what price the Bright Holy See had paid to make the fishmen obey his orders, he suddenly felt a palpitation, and at the confluence of the rivers in front of him, there was a terrifying water magic fluctuation faintly rhythmic, as if it was on the verge of an outbreak.

"The battle is about to begin!" Crushing the communication crystal in his hand, Luo Sheng dived to the bottom of the river without hesitation. Moments later, a huge wave that could only have appeared in the middle of the sea appeared on the Xile River, and smashed like a hill into the convoy of transport ships that had just activated its defenses. With a loud bang, a third of the transport ship directly disintegrated, turned into countless fragments, and fell into the Xile River.