Chapter 47: The Ice Bridge
Behind this piece of fortification, Liu Fengxiang frowned - this influx of displaced people almost directly and rudely broke through the defense line of the Buyit River. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Originally, this temporary defensive line was far less powerful than the previous Sevasto fortress, and many places relied on the formation of soldiers to defend it. But this formation of soldiers, under the onslaught of these refugees, basically does not need to be maintained.
After all, the position where many soldiers stood was the node of the defensive magic array.
But these peasants, who were hunted down by the orcs, did not think of these problems at all—in their eyes, there was nothing more terrible than the orcs behind them. As long as you can escape south of the Buitt River, you are safe!
The nearly 100-meter-wide water surface of the Buyit River cannot stop countless human beings with a strong desire to survive, and the weather in September and the water temperature are not unacceptable. Countless villages north of the river jumped into the water like dumplings, and many villagers who couldn't swim cried and begged someone to take them.
And those villagers who don't know each other, who wants to bring someone they don't know at all at this time?
And countless people in the back flocked to the people behind who couldn't see the situation in front clearly, and subconsciously squeezed forward, so those in front, whether they could swim or couldn't swim, fell into the river one after another.
In this case, it is extremely uncomfortable to see the inevitable Liu Fengxiang's heart.
So, Liu Fengxiang issued an order. - "All magicians, unleash ice magic, freeze the river, and let the homeless people pass as quickly as possible!"
Andrew was immediately shocked when he heard this order, and hurriedly went to Liu Fengxiang to theorize, "Lord Commander, this matter must not be allowed! The Buitt River is such a wide water surface, and the magic power consumed to release ice magic to freeze this kind of water surface with wild energy is definitely not a small amount! In the case that the orc troops may directly follow these homeless people at any time, how can it be possible to spend magic power to freeze the water surface?"
After hearing Andrew's suggestion, Liu Fengxiang pondered for a long time, "Ben Jiang also knows this result, but can Ben Jiang watch countless people of the empire fall into the arms of death with this rushing river?"
Andrew glanced at the humans in the distance, and as a magister, he seemed to be able to see the wails and misery on the faces of those people.
There was a moment of silence, "If the orc soldiers followed these people and crossed the Buyit River on the ice formed by the magicians, then this war would not only be a tragedy in the north. I couldn't help but glance back behind me, "A group of magicians with insufficient mana, as long as they are dragged by the vanguard of 20,000 orcs, and a steady stream of orcs wade through the Buyit River, I am afraid that the northern frontier of the empire will be in no danger to defend." ”
Seeing that Liu Fengxiang was silent, "The lesser of two evils." I think that the death of hundreds of thousands of people in front of us can be controlled in the Niba Plain, north of the Buyit River, I think it is acceptable. ”
Hearing that Liu Fengxiang was still silent, after all, it was a friendship for many years, Andrew had to sigh, "That's it!"
With that, he turned around and went to lead the group of magicians to prepare to cast spells.
Since Liu Fengxiang did not comment on his suggestion, he could only implement this plan to the best - form enough ice for people to pass through as soon as possible, and then remove this ice as soon as possible.
If you can, you can even take advantage of this time difference to rescue these refugees on the northern front on the one hand, and on the other hand, you can also give the orcs enough blows.
Thinking of this, Andrew couldn't help but pray silently, at this time, he could only pin his hope on this uncertain prayer - you know, if it takes a lot of magic to form an ice layer that is 100 meters wide and thousands of meters long, then it will also take a lot of magic to remove this ice layer later!
At this time, the refugees who were rolling in the Buyit River found that the southern city wall was full of magicians, and they could not help but raise their heads and shout for help—"My lord, help us!"
These magicians could not do anything when they saw their fellow citizens rolling in the river. Freezing a hundred-meter-wide river is not something these low-level mages can imagine at all. This requires the entire group of magicians to release high-level large-scale ice magic under the leadership of high-level mages - and in order for these ice magic not to accidentally damage their compatriots in the water, it is also necessary to emit countless spiritual power imprints to protect these people.
It was evident that this work could only be performed by the tallest mage present at the moment—but Master Leo thought, "What does it matter to me whether these pariahs live or die?
In this case, Andrew can only do his best.
After gathering the magic of 20,000 people, Andrew felt the majestic waves of magic like the Buitt River in front of him stirring under the inspiration of his spiritual power.
Theoretically, if ice condenses on the surface of the water in order to quickly lower the temperature, it should be the sixth-order ice burst that is most suitable. But as magic, the original purpose of its research was not to protect people, but to kill people.
Ice Burst is extremely aggressive, and unlike other elemental magic, Ice Burst is a magic that in addition to the elemental damage that comes with the element, there is also the ice chip splash caused by the ice burst to kill, and for the physical destruction produced by this magic element, even if it is an elemental mark, it is difficult to keep people's names.
Therefore, Andrew had no choice but to choose the third-order ice magic, the Ice Technique.
Forcibly on top of this turbulent river, using ice magic elements, a thick layer of ice was formed.
Spreads a large area of magic imprint, maintaining a space about 100 meters wide - so that all living beings in this space will not be harmed by the elemental curse of the magic element.
I saw that on the Buyit River, which was originally relatively calm, a layer of ice quickly condensed at a speed that was almost visible to the naked eye.
Seeing this miraculous scene, the people who were still swimming frantically forward in the water suddenly understood that the magicians of the empire were using magic to build ice bridges!
Originally, several bridges over the Buyit River had long been demolished by the Fengxiang Legion that was ready to be deployed, but now with the use of ice magic, with great power, an ice bridge was generated out of thin air!
In order to hold the bridge in place, it spreads not only above the river, but also at the front and back ends to nearly 30 meters on both banks, and its thickness is increasing at a rate visible to the naked eye in order to carry a large number of people passing over it.
At this moment, the villagers who were still north of the river immediately knew that they were saved after seeing this ice bridge that appeared out of thin air! Immediately, people on both sides frantically rushed towards this piece -- at the same time, behind this city wall, countless escalators were also formed quickly, so that ordinary people who walked directly up to the city wall through the ice bridge could quickly flow to the rear. (To be continued.) )