An army marched quickly through the snow, and the outline of the city could already be seen in the distance, but as the distance to the city gradually closed. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The soldiers slowed down under the orders of the young general who rode their horses, and began to slowly advance in a posture of preparation for battle, which was a pre-battle adjustment.

A young man rode his horse alongside the imposing cavalry general, who was at the head of the procession, and the winter was unusually long.

The snow in the sky showed no sign of stopping, and the soldiers had long been accustomed to it, and their bodies were covered with thin flakes of snow.

However, the hands holding the weapons were wearing thick deerskin gloves, and their bodies were barely exposed except for their faces.

Even their necks were tightly covered by a ring of animal fur, and their bodies were even steaming during the march.

It is not only the iron will of the soldiers that can maintain a long-term high-speed march in such a harsh winter.

The warm clothes on their bodies felt that they were a luxury, not to mention the local army, even the elite troops of the empire were not treated so well.

You must know that when the Imperial Central Army was facing off against the Rose Army before, the weather was getting colder, and the single clothes they were still wearing, the contrast was really huge.

In addition to the tactical problems, the defeat of the Imperial Army Center also accounted for a large part of the factors of its own supplies and the complaints of its soldiers.

And almost at the same time that Lin Ye decided to march to the royal capital, two cargo ships secretly arrived at the port outside Rose City to load and unload goods.

These are the leather clothes and leather gloves that Lin Ye bought from the north at a great price before, they are well-made, absolutely warm, and the quality is superb.

If it weren't for the efficacy of this batch of warm equipment, they would not have been able to cross the Taren Mountains, and the loss was definitely more than 2,000 people.

Since taking Hammer City, they have traversed half of the Ironwall Province in the past week, and have conquered seven cities in succession.

Because they were moving so fast, the cities were either loosely defended and had insufficient garrisons, and they did not expect the presence of enemy troops at all.

With such a cold winter and a moon day, and being located in the heart of the empire, when this army suddenly appeared, the soldiers had not yet woken up.

The army, which had crossed the Taron Mountains from the south, swept through half of the province at a fraction of the cost.

And after they entered the city, not only did they not burn and plunder, but they distributed all the wealth looted by the governor and the city lord, which was unheard of.

Such a measure has won the popularity of most of the people of Tiebi Province, and is spreading from the city to the local villages and towns, but because the time is still short, it has only gathered a spark, but it is completely foreseeable that at most half a month will form a prairie fire, and the whole province is in turmoil!

Although this army did not commit any crimes against the people in the city, the purge of the nobles was extremely cruel, and a large number of old nobles were put on trial.

The tragic death of these vampires who squeezed the blood and sweat of the common people caused a great shock in the aristocratic circles, and they all fled with their belongings.

They have gathered in Iron Helmet to resist, and this army is also moving towards Iron Helmet, which will become a weather vane.

If the Iron Helmet City can be defended, then the Iron Wall Province will still be immovable, but once the Iron Helmet City is lost, the entire Iron Wall Province will definitely fall completely!

"My lord, we will soon arrive at the Iron Helmet City, and the outline of the Iron Helmet City can already be seen in front of us, but this city is no more impregnable, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and they may have been informed in advance that we are approaching, and it will be difficult to raid as before. ”

Kruff rode a whisper beside the commander of this army, Duke Lin Ye of the Far East, and he was referring to the raid on Hammer City.

If it hadn't been for Saige's trick into opening the city gate, they would have entered it smoothly and quickly diverted the tiger from the mountain to control the city gate.

With their military strength, even if they can also take Hammer City in the end, I am afraid that they will suffer a lot of losses, and at that time, Hammer City had limited troops.

A large number of soldiers were sent out by the governor Kamal, and it was not a wartime situation, and there were only about 2,000 troops in the city.

However, Iron Helmet City was different, and with the influx of large numbers of nobles and their private soldiers, the number of armies was directly increased to ten legions.

That is, a full 20,000, which is more than twice as many as the Rose and the Far East Alliance Army under Lin Ye's command!

"Don't worry, we won't attack the city, Cahill will send people to wait for us outside the city, such terrain will be advantageous to us. ”

Lin Ye shook his head slightly, his vision in the wind and snow was somewhat blocked, but the outline of the city was more than enough, and the wind was howling.

"Alas, waiting for us? Shouldn't they hold out now, trapping us alive in bad weather? How can they take the initiative to go out of the city to fight us? Isn't this a waste of giving up their own advantages? A good commander would not make such a mistake. ”

Crouff was a little puzzling, for an expeditionary force like theirs with a long run, the advantage was the unstoppable attack power.

The charging array in the field is absolutely overwhelming, not to mention the local army, even if it is the elite of the empire, it is a matter of five or five.

But if they choose to hold on, their lack of siege weapons and lack of supplies will be infinitely magnified.

If they don't take the Iron Helmet City within a week's time, they will run out of food and the war will be lost.

"If it's just military, we really don't have any chance of winning, but you must know that many times it is not only the military command that decides the war, but also many other things, such as General Adolf, who fought against us before, if he is not arrested, we have no chance of winning. ”

Lin Ye recalled the fight with Adolf more than two months ago, if it wasn't for Rhaegar who made a timely enough move, maybe he would have suffered.

In this sense, he was saved by Rhaegar against, and at this time he was facing a commander who was far from Adolf's military talent.

Even more so at the level of political decision-making, which is the key to his choice to march towards the Iron Helmet City.

"It's a pity to hear that General Adolf has died, and although he is an enemy, he is still a respectable veteran. ”

Crouff still has a high respect for Adolf, knowing that when he was still in the Oak family, he was only a mid-level officer.

Where is the qualification to confront Adolf? Now Liyue has become an important member of the Far Eastern Cavalry in one fell swoop.

This was an important opportunity for him to be able to add the title of general, which he cherished very much.

"Just stop here, there's a swooping terrain for us to fight, just wait here for the enemy to appear. ”

After observing the terrain from afar, Lin Ye waved his hand and ordered to stop, ordering all the soldiers to rest in place.