Characters in this chapter: (Iris Harongoth), ('Giant's Buster' Tormond), ('The Dark Knight' Ricard).

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Chapter 012: (A Memory)

A pale cyan dawn flowed into the forest like a spring.

In the vast, wet meadows, there was a fresh morning light, at first bright red, then bright red, golden yellow.

Two little hyenas were playing happily on the grass, and their target was the little red squirrel. The little squirrel jumped up to the trunk of the tree in search of its favorite fruit, and the two dogs could only bark under the trunk.

Before dawn, Tormund hunted a few hares from the woods, as well as a small boar. Hunting was one of Vegea's earliest skills to make a living, and it was a breeze for Vigea's archers to hunt a few game.

The Virgians were busy teaching Iris how to skin and gut a few rabbits with a dagger. After Iris cleaned the rabbit meat, he skewered it with a few sharpened branches, and finally grilled it on a campfire.

The venerable Iris had never done such a dirty and disgusting job. But the bearded man told him righteously: if a man does not even master this survival skill in the wild, then he is not a man.

Iris has a docile personality, so naturally he won't refute the other party because of this matter. But if his servant Hart had seen this, he would have snatched the rabbits from Iris's hands and told the Virgians that he was Iris Harengus.

The boar was Tomund's food for the griffons. It wasn't the first time he'd hunted food for the monster, but he believed it wouldn't be the last. At least until they reach Elbel, he'll need to hunt food for the monster.

Although the giant's nemesis was a little unhappy, he knew that if he let this monster fly out of the city to hunt wild beasts in broad daylight, it would probably cause panic in the neighborhood. The monster will even fly to a nearby castle to poach the horses of a knight or lord.

If this monster were discovered, their whereabouts would likely be revealed. It won't be long before other Dark Knights ride griffons, or assassins who are good at tracking them out.

Ricard was sleeping on the grass nearby, having slept all night and keeping watch until dawn. They hadn't slept at night these days, and each time it was almost dawn that they chose a place to stay in the woods, and then rested until it was dark and continued on their way.

The Ubo Forest is the second largest forest in the Kingdom of Swadia, and its length encompasses almost the entire southern province. The whole forest area starts from "Harlengosburg" and extends west to "Nimega", then "Vasner Village", and ends at "Beauty Market".

At the end of the wooded area, the westernmost harbour town of Albel is only 50 leagues, and it only takes a day to ride a horse. The main thing is that the security of the Yubo Forest is good, and there are almost no traces of green forest bandits and rebels in the entire forest area.

"Bearded," Iris said as he roasted rabbit meat. "Can you tell me about the Dark Knight that happened during the Dark Ages?"

"Boy, you shouldn't have said that to me," Tormund pointed to the Dark Knight who was sleeping nearby. "You should ask Rickard, he must know these stories. "He's still the boy who hasn't grown up, and only boys want to hear stories. Tormund thought to himself.

Iris glanced over at the black-armored knight. "But he's sleeping—"

Then wait until he wakes up and ask him. Tormond picked up.

"A knight born out of darkness longs for light like a moth, even if it is burned by flames. Iris's gaze turned to the Virgians beside him. "Bearded, do you think Ricard is such a knight?"

"Of course, he wouldn't have shown mercy to our men that night, and then he chose to be captured. Although I don't know what the little giant of the Dao used to get Rickard to turn his allegiance to him. But I could tell in Rickard's eyes that he was a knight who valued honor. ”

"But what is he a dark knight?"

"When he wakes up, you can ask him," Tormund grinned. "Then come back and tell me. ”

"Will he tell me?" Iris was at a loss. He hadn't even spoken a few words to the other party, and he was even more embarrassed to ask the other party such a question.

Tormond said firmly, "He can't bear to refuse you." He asked again. "It's the sentence you just said that sounds very esoteric, who told you that?" is indeed somewhat esoteric for uneducated Virgians, but it is not difficult to understand.

"It's a passage I read from an old book about the Dark Ages about the Dark Knight. Iris replied with some frustration. "However, when Master Marco found out, he wouldn't let me read it and took away the ancient book. ”

Sure enough, as adults say, reading more books can indeed make people more knowledgeable. Tormund muttered to himself.

Iris asked curiously, "Did your father tell you that?"

Tomund replied in a sluggish tone, "My lord once told me that to become a good commander, you need not only rich combat experience, but also wisdom and strategy...... At the end of the day, he said that wisdom and strategy come from what he has learned from various books. ”

"Tell me your story, bearded!" said the boy suddenly.

"Me?" the Virgian smiled a little awkwardly. "I spent the rest of my life under your father, except for when I was younger. ”

"Shall you tell me about the protracted battle?" asked Iris, earnestly. Nothing captivates this boy more than a story.

"Since you want to hear the story so much, I'll tell you about it. Tormond laughed grinningly. "Let's cut a piece of rabbit meat first, I'm a little hungry, and I have to be full before I can tell you a story. ”

Iris did as he was told, cutting off a large piece of fat rabbit meat with a dagger, handing it to the bearded man, and then sat down quietly and waited.

"While the Swadias have quelled the threat of the Kugits from the east and the Rhodoks from the south," Tormond recounted. "In the north, the fierce fighting between the Nords and the Virgians in the [Zhivacheze] is also in its third year. ”

Defeated by Vedin Hareblex, King Vegia led the remnants of his army to Zhiwacheze, and Badin Harebrex, after amassing a large Nord army, also launched several attacks on Zhiwache.

Although in the first two years of the war, our cavalry was very good at hindering the advance of the Nords. But on March 4, 1233, the Nords finally crushed the garrison cavalry regiment of Zhiwacheze in a raid, forcing our army to retreat into Zhivacheze.

Riwache is an important port city on the northern edge of the Calradia continent. If this is captured, the Nord ships overseas will have another huge military port. This means that the Nords have built a solid logistics base.

The Rivacha is just as important to us Virgians, for it was the capital of our Virgians before the Star of the Continent [Živadine] fell into our hands.

Before the battle, both sides invested a lot of manpower and material resources and made full preparations. The 'Nord God of War' Gonding Harebrex personally led an army of 200,000 men and 300 warships, surrounded the Riwacha, determined to become another supply center for the Nords.

The soldiers and civilians of Riwa Cheze also made a desperate bet and vowed to live and die with the city. We did everything possible to strengthen the fortifications, and in addition to building two impregnable walls on the west side, we also built forts every 100 meters on the walls, and dug deep moats outside the walls.

At the entrance to the bay north of the city, we lock the water with thick iron chains so that no boat can enter. In places east and south of the city where it was difficult for the enemy to approach, we also built strong walls.

In the tense atmosphere of a decisive battle, the siege officially broke out on May 2, 1233.

The strategic position of Zhiwagatze was extremely important, as it was the gateway to the north of Veggia, and in the event of a loss of the Vigian army, the Nords were given a consolidated rear and could move further southward with greater care.

If this continues, Virgian may all fall into the hands of the Nords. If the Živa can hold on, it will first become the spiritual pillar of Virgian's war against Nord, and the only hope that Virgian can win the war. for our king is also in this city.

On May 2, 1233, the Nords began to besiege Živachetze, and before the attack, the Nords built more than 60 engineering forts around Živachetse and erected siege weapons. Constantly send troops to attack. However, the soldiers and civilians in the city resisted.

In the battle to defend the city, the Virgian marksman played a huge role. We used every cover to snipe at the unsuspecting Nord warriors, and the Virgian warriors wielded moonblade axes and fought fiercely at the head of the city.

The fierce fighting lasted for two months, and the Nords were unable to reach the head of the city of Zhiwacheze, so they began to besiege Zhiwacheze.

In the rear of Vegia, reinforcements to Živatze were also being planned. After years of preparation, the reinforcements initiated by Prince Berlak finally led 70,000 men to support the Japanese Wache.

At this time, the city of Zhiwacheze had been heavily surrounded by the Nord army for a year and a half, and the defenders in the city were exhausted of food, and we were looking forward to reinforcements from the south every day. However, apart from the dense Nords, only frustration and disappointment remained.

The Nord army was tightening the encirclement day by day, while devoting considerable forces to digging tunnels into the city. They tried to force our king to surrender the city.

Prince Berlek, the commander-in-chief of the Vigian Army, made a comprehensive consideration for this battle. He believes that the Virgians are facing an extremely serious test.

In order to turn the tide of the war, first, it was necessary to seize the opportunity to win the first battle, and secondly, he analyzed the current situation of the Zhiwacheze, and learned that the siege of the gate of Fort Bruga was not well guarded, and was a weak link of the Nord army.

Therefore, he decided to concentrate all his forces on the weakness of the besieging Nord army, break through the encirclement, and rush into Zhiwacheze.

After the battle plan was decided, Prince Berluck took the lead and led his cavalry to carry out a fierce assault on the Nords. Unstoppable, the Vigian army rushed into the Nord position, and after a fierce battle, finally made a bloody road to Zhiwacheze.

At this time, we also took advantage of the situation to fight outside the city to respond, and joined the reinforcements outside the city. Prince Berlec led reinforcements and entered the city on the evening of December 29, 1234, amid cheers.

The invasion of Zhivacheze by reinforcements did not mean the liberation of the city, as it was still under siege by the Nord army. However, the arrival of reinforcements in the city gave great encouragement to the people of Riwa Cheze, and their morale was boosted.

After the reinforcements entered the city, although the Nord army immediately reduced the encirclement and further improved and strengthened the siege fortifications.

On 7 February 1235, Prince Berlec personally inspected the forward positions and adjusted his deployment in preparation for a new battle.

During his meticulous investigations, Prince Berlek discovered a fatal weakness of the Nord army, that is, the various besieging forces were isolated in their respective fortresses or fortresses, and there was little contact with each other, making it difficult to concentrate their forces quickly.

On 16 February, Prince Berlek led the Virgian army and joined the Armed Forces of the Citizens of Zhivacheze to attack the Nord's fortress of Bruga, west of the city. Seeing that Brugase was already difficult to defend, the Nords immediately drew some of their forces to help.

This support force attempted to attack our flanks and rear and put us in a difficult position to be exposed to the enemy in order to relieve the siege of Bruga.

Prince Berlec ordered a part of his forces to form a strong defensive line to resist the enemy from the east, while he himself led his troops to continue the attack against the fortress of Bruga.

In this battle, the Nord army suffered a heavy blow, with 39,000 killed and more than 3,000 taken prisoner. The bell rang in the city, and the people rejoiced, celebrating another victory since the siege.

The victory over the fortress of Bruga was significant: we were able to control the outer areas of Zhiwacheze, opening the way to relieve the siege of Zhiwacheze, and the victory in the first battle greatly boosted the morale of the Vikchian army and increased the confidence of all the soldiers and civilians in defeating the Nords.

At the same time, the troops of our rear attacked from multiple fronts, and on a long front, there were battles with the Nords. Gonding Harebrex, the 'Nord God of War', who had withdrawn from the siege camp of Zhiwacheze, reorganized the Nord army and launched an attack on Zhiwacheze again.

However, at this time, the defense capability of the Riwa car had been greatly improved, and the besieging side suffered heavy losses. Gunding Harebrex was shot by my companion during a front-line battle.

With Gunding Rebrex's physique, the injury could have healed quickly. But the arrows are painted with **. Despite the rescue, Gunding Harebrec's condition is still getting worse and worse.

On March 30, 1235, Okadin Haribrex, who realized that his time was running out, retreated with his troops. He died while walking near the Wocheze. The Nords named the strait where Gangding Harebrex died, where they had landed, as the Gangding Strait.

"This is the famous battle of those years—" said Tormund in a long voice. "—The Riwa Chariot defended the battle. ”

"The man who shot the god of war with an arrow, Gunding Rybrex, is also an archer, and what is his name?" asked Iris, curious.

"Hantus. ”

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