Chapter347 The two curtain walls of Shelley's Fortress
As the last bleak autumn wind swept away the brief harvest joy on the Valoran continent, the temperature quickly dropped under the influence of the northwest monsoon, and the cold wind howling from the Freljord Ice Field caused the rock formations to freeze rapidly, and night fell and winter was approaching.
In the northwest of the Dalmo Plains, a lonely military fortress stood between the steep mountains against the frosty moon, as if it had been built by a god, and the cannon stones that flew from the sun could only knock out spiderweb-like cracks on the blue-gray walled battlements, but could not completely break the cold and hard walls.
The city wall is continuous into a pentagonal shape, surrounded by mountains on three sides, and on both sides is a twelve-meter-high boulder steel gatehouse, which has been completely blocked by the icy boulders poured with muddy water at this moment, coupled with the shaping magic of the legion mage, the stone gate that must be pushed and pulled open by steel hinges has been perfectly integrated with the city wall at this moment, and it is indestructible.
From the inside to the outside, the soldiers of the Noxian Warband are stationed on the three-story curtain wall, and the simple leather armor and temporary sewn fur coats on their bodies are not enough to completely protect against the cold, but fortunately, the Noxians are adapted to the cold climate of the Northland, and they will not affect their combat effectiveness too much in the cold night.
The outermost curtain wall was already filled with rolling stones, and the fortress was originally built in the mountains, and there was no shortage of civil and engineering boulders on the mountains, so the soldiers did not lack weapons to defend the city, and the food was enough to hold out for months, which also gave the soldiers enough courage to face the impenetrable siege.
Snowflakes drifted down from the sky in the mist, beautiful ice crystals obscured the view, greatly reducing the visual distance, and in the face of the unfavorable weather of the defending city, two legion mages appeared on the northwest and southeast sections of the city wall, using detection magic every once in a while.
The five remaining square-topped stone arrow towers were brightly lit, and the three improvised stone-throwing machines made by craftsmen were enjoying a rare tranquility, and in the next second, a screeching arrow made a screaming sound, and the five archers who were resting behind the battlements of the city wall quickly stood up and stared at the magical light under the city wall.
A dozen looming white shadows began to accelerate closer to the city walls, and the leader of the archer squad gave the order.
"Shoot the arrows!"
Next to the stone thrower, the thunderclap of the bowstring accompanied the whirl of arrows fired downward, leaving half of the corpses of a dozen frostwolf warriors who tried to attack the city gate by hooking through the hook to the night.
The Frostwolf warrior at the head is named Wanna, an elite warrior selected by Queen Yelena herself among tens of thousands of soldiers.
As a good thrower at throwing a flying cable, for Vanna, as long as the flying claws can hook the edge of the wall, even if the wall is ten meters strong, he can still walk like a fly, but unfortunately the Noxians are not soft persimmons, and the Noxian general who defends the city is not a straw bale, and the damned mage arrived as scheduled and saw through the hidden attack.
Although it was a tentative night attack, success could place the Ice Alchemy Bomb on the city wall to give the fortress one more breach and reduce the morale of the Noxians, and defeat was also a tired tactic, but the loss of several good players at a time also made Vanna a little distressed.
Back at the barracks, Wanna walked through the heavily guarded, past the troll camp that smelled of human flesh, and walked quickly to the Chinese army camp in the core, which was the camp of Caspar, the general of the Frost Kingdom and Queen Yelena's fourth husband.
Walking into the brightly lit camp, at this moment, the general Caspar wearing the iron chain mail of the Northern Goblin was discussing the plan to capture the fortress of Xuelai with several other generals, and the leader of the frost mages in a gray fur hat Gulina sat at the table silently, slowing down, and Wanner did not directly report what he observed, but stood quietly and listened attentively.
Jerichad, the commander of the Third Legion of the Frost Kingdom, who was in charge of contacting the Heidi Legion and had 5,000 barbarian warriors in charge, was reporting the latest battle situation of his allies to Caspar, who was sinking in the water, with a serious face.
ββ¦β¦ More than a dozen squads of the Heidi people left their posts without permission and ransacked several villages near the Karyas anvil on their own initiative, and as a result, Alice's stinky bitch seized the opportunity to quickly annihilate the hundred-man team that ransacked the village, and took advantage of the Heidi's failure to react, mobilized the elite to launch a night attack from the breach of the Heidi garrison's defensive line, and burned down one of the Heidi's granaries with fire.
Now that fool of Gugar has to mobilize half of his soldiers to besiege Fort Northumber and avenge his soldiers, Master Casper, it is useless for me to persuade them, and the Heidi people are probably frozen in their brains, and they are not as smart as my little Barty (a boar from the Northland, the mount of Jerichad). β
Hearing this, Caspar put his wise eyes on the map on the table, on the ghost-like map, Caspar struggled to find the location of the Karyas anvil, and the general smacked his lips secretly, and secretly glanced at Queen Yelena, the overseer and military advisor sent by his wife, the frost mage named Gulina.
This woman is mysterious every day, but the map is not very good, and it is not as good as her own urine.
With a cold face, he will rub a few ice magic, what's the big deal.
Thinking like this, Casper's waist bent slightly, and he came to the female mage with low eyebrows, and said softly.
"Lord Gulina, I don't know about this matter, what do you think?"
The body was unmoved, and a somewhat hoarse middle-aged woman's voice came from under the mage's hood.
"Queen Yelena's order is for me to assist the Admiral in the conquest of Noxus, and as for what to do, I think the wise Mistress Casper knows better than I am a layman."
Caspar was a little embarrassed, he didn't know if his belly was listened to by the magical female mage just now, and he was a little anxious for a while, and the hard beard on his face was supple under the effect of gravity.
"That, hehe, Lord Gulina, although I already have a countermeasure, I still want to hear my thoughts, maybe I can coincide with my thoughts and learn from each other's strengths."
Gulina was also a little speechless for Caspar, who was stalking and wanted to make her own plan, she would rather face the suppression of the Hall of the Nine Statues and cry the Void Watcher under the abyss, rather than look at this fool who had only one-third of the brain of a troll except for the strong and capable two cows.
It's true that he is a layman who fights a war, but Caspar and the 'generals' of the Frost Kingdom are even more laymen among laymen, and the witch trusts Yelena very much, and she is not easy to meddle in Queen Yelena's arrangements, but fortunately, although he is stupid, he is obedient enough and has the ability to execute.
After all, it's not useless.
Sighing secretly, Gu Lina said quietly.
"Following General Casper's will, I will talk to General Gugar tomorrow, the annihilation of the Noxians in the fortress of Xuelai is the first step for us to go south to seize the immortal fortress, we can't waste too much time here, as for the Emerald leading regiment stationed in Fort Northumber, I think we should use another way to contain the other party."
"That's right, that's what I mean, Jerichad, tomorrow you will assist Master Zorgulina in negotiations with General Gugar, and there must be no mistake."
"Understood."
After Jerichad responded, Casper proudly glanced at the other generals who adored him, and then at Gulina.
"Then I'll ask Gulina-sama to negotiate tomorrow......"
"More than tomorrow's events, General Casper, I want to know how the preparations for the tunnels are going?"
Finally talking about what he was good at, Casper patted his chest confidently, and the iron cage made a crisp sound of the chain mail.
"Two of the three tunnels have been completed, and one of the tunnels leading to the dungeon has had some minor problems due to landslides, but they will be fixed soon."
After arranging the next day's attack, Wanner was left alone by Casper.
"Thank you for your hard work."
"That's what I'm supposed to do, Master Casper."
For his most loyal subordinates, Casper finally stopped pretending to be himself, and his eyes were filled with the flames of hatred.
"Whether it's Heidi or Noxians, we have to pay a sufficient price, and when the Heidi are ready, we can do it, and this time, we must let the blood of these barbarians completely stain the land of the Dalmore Plains red."
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Surrounded by 70,000 people, Vakur didn't pay much attention to it, but instead lay on a comfortable fluffy stone bed and drank the bee wine, a specialty of the Emerald Collar.
The fortress was built by the Stuttgara people of the past, and the terrain meant that it was impossible for 70,000 men alone to break through a 30,000-strong fortress unless the enemy was a winged birdman or a burrowing gopher.
The Stuttgara people are famous architects, these mountain people who live in the north, near the frozen land and ice fields, have a unique understanding of stone and mud, and have built many miraculous defensive buildings in the mountains, including the Snow Fortress, the North Sea Fortress, and the Karyas Anvil are also from the Stuttgara people's handwriting, but unfortunately twenty years ago, the Stuttgara people disappeared into the long river of history for unknown reasons, what happened, no one knows, Only the buildings left by the Stuttgara people are still standing in the harsh cold winds.
When Heidi and the Freljord barbarians sent troops to besiege the Snow Fortress at the same time, Vakur and the other Noxian Wargroup generals understood the enemy's intentions and sent soldiers to search the Snow Fortress up and down several times.
In addition to the gate fortress and battlement curtain wall on the surface, there are dungeons and dark rivers connecting the underground world in the core fortress of the bulge, and the people of Stuttgara have long considered everything at the key five nodes.
The sturdy brick doorway only leaves a distance for three people to walk side by side, and on both sides is an abyss and an underground river dozens of meters high, and there is no possibility of sparing the fall.
As long as the big shield and spear are erected in front of the gate fort, no matter how many soldiers can break through the narrow defense line, even if the enemy is twice as large, they can only be dragged out of the gate fort, slowly consumed with the same force advantage, and in the case of leisure, Vakur does not have to worry about the enemy launching a surprise attack on the snow fortress by digging tunnels, not to mention that he has already arranged for the earth element mage of the black rose to be stationed at the key node, any wind and grass will alarm the mage, let the mage issue a warning.
When everything is ready, all you need to do is wait for the arrival of Noxus' reinforcements to resolve the crisis, but the slightly drunk Vakur is full of disdain for the enemy who has laid such a shoddy plan.
The rare tranquility did not last long, and suddenly there was a sound of conversation outside the door, and the next moment, the heavy wooden door was pushed open, and a young man with a tattoo on his face walked in, and Vakur was a little dizzy in the reflection of the firelight with silver steel scales.
This kid is just as good material as his father, but unfortunately he is too timid to know what it means to mess with himself.
Soldiers believe more in a general who drinks calmly in wartime than in a coward who patrols and lectures all day with a straight face.
"General Vakur, the enemy is eyeing the fortress, is it a bit out of place to drink now?"
The man lying on the bed put down the bottle of mead and raised an eyebrow at the visitor.
"Luo Yin, you, like your father, always like to make a big fuss...... Come take a sip, relax kids, and you'll be fine. β
Hearing Vacul talk about his father, Royin Sarapam was a little displeased.
"General Vakur, the total attack of 30,000 people in five battle groups is blocked here, we may be stabbed through the body by the enemy at any time, is this just a trivial matter in your eyes, General?"
The two guards stationed at the door glanced at each other, exchanged glances, closed the wooden door again, Vakur sat up from the bed, his face gradually sank, obviously only the curvature of the corners of his mouth had changed slightly, but it made Luo Yin, who had just begun to grow a beard, feel heavy pressure.
"Luo Yin boy, I know more about Xuelai Fortress than a woman's body, I know better than anyone how many people can be hidden in which hole, I have arranged the food and clothing of 30,000 people in an orderly manner, and now the barbarians of Freljord and the old fishermen on the seashore can only use trebuchets to consume our morale...... Do you feel like you're more qualified to command a Pioneer Band? β
A simple sentence made Luo Yin break out in a cold sweat, and opened his mouth stubbornly, Luo Yin found that his throat was a little dry and hoarse, and he couldn't make a sound for a while, so he could only touch the clean steel sword he wiped, as if this could give him some courage.
"Son of the Ursas family, I was already slashing people with a knife before you even started to feed, don't let your family be ashamed of you, retreat,
It's a good thing that you're willing to take the enemy seriously, but you shouldn't show panic on your face and run to question your superiors.
As a leader, as a general, composure and composure are things that must be mastered, no matter how bright your sword is, you can't kill many enemies, but your unchanging courage and composure can bring soldiers the courage to kill, helping you kill thousands of enemies......"
Educated with a scowl on his face, Luo Yin walked quickly out of the room where Vakur lived under the sneering eyes of the guards.
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