As soon as noon passed, the faces of Zhang Mohu appeared in the cold mist, and an army of unknown numbers was slowly approaching the western wall of Donglin Castle, and the sound of hooves was like thunder.

The horned soldier took a deep breath and blew the horns of the beast, and in the heavy and solemn sound of the horns, all the defenders were in high spirits and their eyes were awe-inspiring.

Manan, the general of the city guard of Donglinbao, drew his long sword, and his voice was thick and loud.

"Archers! Wait until the enemy is in range and shoot freely! ”

"Ballistaries! Aim at the enemy's siege engines! ”

"General! More enemies are coming from the west! No siege engines in sight! ”

The slightly shrill voice of the sentry came from the watchtower, and Manan quickly changed his order.

"That being the case, the heavy crossbow infantry is on standby! Avoid wasting arrows. ”

The soldiers were not afraid of the enemy from afar, and in Manan's decision-making, the middle and lower rank officers made more subtle adjustments, and Manan himself drew two archer troops from the reserve to the west tower in person, replacing the pikemen who could not function for the time being, and strengthening the lethality of the west wall.

After the battlements, the archers and crossbowmen interspersed to form a defensive line, because there were no siege equipment, the enemy could not climb the wall up to 12 meters with his bare hands, only a small number of spears and shields behind the archers to deal with the rain of arrows and unexpected situations.

There were a total of 30,000 defenders of Donglinbao, 10,000 of whom were stationed as reserves in the houses under the castle ready to support at any time, and another 15,000 men were stationed in three parts on the northern, southern, and western sections of the city wall, under the command of the two lieutenant generals of the legions and Manan.

The remaining 5,000 people were again divided into three waves, 1,000 to maintain law and order in the castle, 1,000 to guard the lord's inner fort, and another 3,000 to guard the armory, granaries and other important places to prevent spies from sabotage and deal with emergencies.

Under the rule of Ingnati Woods and his father's generation, Wintercastel made a great deal of fortune by mining open pit mines and quarries near the mountains.

With money, the Winter Fort armed itself at all costs, and after decades of accumulation, the Winter Fort had many arms and was fully equipped, and the treatment and pensions of the soldiers were extremely high, exceeding the average of the southern border of the empire, so the morale of the soldiers was high and the will to fight was strong,

The only problem was that Wintercaste was located in a somewhat remote location and there were few wars, but this helped the castle to flourish and more people choose to settle in the villages or towns around Wintercast.

All in all, relying on the advantages of the terrain, it is necessary to have at least five times more troops to attack the castle before it sits on the mountain, which is the understanding of most soldiers, and the food stored in the city is enough to maintain the food and clothing of 50,000 people for six months, and there is no need to worry about running out of ammunition and food.

"Woo woo~~~"

When the defenders of the city moved, the sound of golden horns suddenly came from outside the city.

As there were more and more enemies outside the city, the Nockland cavalry regiment lined up two miles outside the city to open a formation, and the infantry of about 10,000 infantry was divided into three phalanxes and carried improvised siege ladders to stop behind the cavalry, and the momentum was fierce.

[Less than 20,000 people dared to attack Donglin Fort, of which 5,000 were still heavy cavalry, is that old thing of Timoses crazy? 】

In Manan's thoughts, a knight on a tall horse raised his helmet and slowly approached the city wall under the protection of two other shield-wielding knights, stopping less than a mile.

In this position, although the crossbowmen on the city wall can effectively inflict damage on the knight, they cannot break through the defense of the kite-shaped shield and horse armor, as long as the knight wants to run and cannot keep it at all, it is the most suitable place to talk.

Manan fixed his eyes, who was Hajj, the deputy head of the Knights under Timothys, who came?

"General Manan, I haven't seen you for a long time, how are you doing lately?"

Hajay had a relaxed smile on his face, as if it were an impromptu gathering of old friends.

He smiled without changing his face, and Manan also raised his voice.

"Thank you for your concern, it was good before the 'deputy' knight leader Hajah came, but I don't know what it means that the 'deputy' knight leader Hajah led so many people to me to catch up with me this time?

It's just that Donglin Castle is too small, and the 'deputy' knight leader of Hajah is okay alone, and if you bring so many people, you can't accommodate the 'deputy' knight leader of Hajger, otherwise I would like to drink two cups of private honey wine with Your Excellency. ”

As the words fell, the soldiers on the city walls laughed, and Hajay's face froze.

Four consecutive 'deputy' with exclamation marks exited, even Hajay couldn't hold his face a little,

Over the years, no one knows that there is a corpse wrapped in a corpse on his head, but he doesn't put it on his lips on weekdays, after all, no one wants to offend a promising general, although he has a 'deputy', as long as he does not lead the Knights of Nochland to betray Timothys, he is the only commander.

Moreover, in the three competitive tournaments for the king of the South, he defeated all the competitors, won the supreme honor for Timoses, and qualified to entrench himself in Nocland.

Whether it is military strategy or combat, he is the best person in the southern part of the empire, and although the pride in his heart has never been spoken, he cannot tolerate such sarcasm from others.

"General Manan has a clever mouth smeared with honey wine, no wonder he can stand out and become a 'general'."

A smile was put on his face again, but Hajah's tone was cold, explaining what it means to be smiling and not smiling.

"Drinking and drinking are free, I don't have the leisure time of Lord Manan to grind his mouth,

This time I came for nothing else, it was on the order of Lord Timoses, the commander of the Southern Empire Alliance, to arrest and review Lord Yognati Woods.

Evidence of Lord Yognati Woods' collaboration with the enemy and treason was submitted to Lord Timothys, and after a preliminary review, Lord Yognati Woods was very suspicious.

This time it was a time of war, but Yin Natti Woods chose both ends of the snake and rat, betrayed the interests of the Southern Empire Alliance for his own glory and wealth, and privately colluded with the Jade Collar to secretly communicate with the money, burying the lives of hundreds of thousands of loyal soldiers of the Southern Empire Alliance.

According to the laws of the Southern Empire, the betrayer should have been executed immediately, but Lord Timoses remembered the old relationship and feared that someone else would frame him, so he sent me to personally investigate the matter of Lord Younati Woods.

As long as you get through one or two key points, you can know whether Lord Younati Woods is collaborating with the enemy and treason, as long as Lord Younati Woods is willing to go to Norkeland with me to cooperate with the investigation.

I have no intention of being an enemy of Donglin Fort, General Manan, if you are still a member of the Southern Empire Alliance, quickly open the city gate and let me enter the city, I believe that Lord Yin Nat Woods is innocent, but I personally believe that it will not change anything, I hope you can understand the stakes, don't embarrass me, so as not to hurt the peace. ”

After saying this, the soldiers defending the city couldn't help but be a little shaken, and Hajah's words were convincing, and it didn't seem like he was lying.

Although Manan, who had a gloomy face, did not know whether the lord he was loyal to was treasonous with the enemy, he knew that whoever wanted to attack the lord would not allow it.

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Not to mention the situation on the side of Lord Ingnati Woods, there are less than a thousand hoplites in the fortress, and if the knights of Hajah are really allowed to break into the castle, it is really not certain who will win and who will lose at that time.

With a plan in mind, Manan spoke.

"That being the case, after General Hajah retreats ten miles, I can make the decision to let General Hajah bring ten people into the fort for investigation, and without conclusive evidence of collaborating with the enemy, Ingnati Woods is still my master, so naturally I will not let you take it away."

"Hmph, do you choose to be stubborn?"

He had long known that Manan would not be able to open the city gate easily, and Hajay couldn't help but feel a little regretful at this moment.

"In that case, we have nothing to talk about, let's go to war."

"Lord Manan, do you want to shoot the enemy?"

"Not necessarily."

Watching Hajay leave with a cold gaze, Manan did not give the order to release the arrows, if he was sure that he could shoot Hajay, it would be fine, and if he was not too sure to carry out a sneak attack, it would not look good at that time, and it would affect his morale.

Back in the formation, Hajay found Lobito, who had been hidden and set up the formation, and Hajay was soon stunned.

There were more circles of gray-green magic powder on the originally empty flat ground, and five crystals that looked valuable were located in five different positions, forming five concentric circles connected together,

The gaps between the concentric circles depict a dense patch of unknown images and words, which for some reason Hajay felt as distorted as if they were animate.

At this moment, Lobito was using the bag in his hand to draw the core part, and after another ten minutes or so, the dark green crystal that had never left his hand was also placed in the center of the circle.

Standing up from the ground, Lobito had an unconcealable smile on his face.

"Your Excellency Lobito, did you succeed?"

Nodding, Lobito's shrill voice was like a Yaksha ghost.

"Although it took a lot of effort, but it was a success, General Hajah, this is your stage, I can't interfere too much, whether you can get the master's approval and enter Valhalla is up to you, the master likes the purest blood and death, do you understand?"

Thinking back to the Lord of Valhalla he had seen, Hajay's heart sank.

"I see."

Taking a deep breath, Hajah stepped back onto his horse and came to the front of the battle formation.

Hajay's eyes flushed a little with his bloodthirsty desire to fight, and he lowered his helmet as the man drew his sword.

"Kill them all! Not a single one to stay! ”

……

Brewsterburg, Lyster, who put down the urgent secret letter, exhaled lightly, and there was a little more smile on his face.

With Maudekaiser choosing to intervene, the situation became even more chaotic than expected, but not too much of a problem.

Not only has it been laid out in the southern part of the empire, but Maudecaesar has also extended her hand to the northern frontier of the empire, and her delusions are blooming everywhere to combat the arrogance of the Emerald Collar.

First of all, Vladimir, who reached a cooperation with Maude Caesar, started in advance, and united with Blanc to dig up Sein's bones without concealing LeBlanc, and used black magic and blood magic to successfully refine Sein into a war puppet.

With Sain as the vanguard, the Crimson Society as the main force, and a large group of blood slaves controlled by the Crimson Society, the coalition under Vladimir's command launched a frenzied attack on the Black Rose Mage Academy.

Originally, Black Rose would have suffered heavy casualties under the attack of the undead Sein, but because of Lyster's reminder, LeBlanc had already made preparations, successfully used Black Rose's traitor to deliver false news, and induced the attacker to break into the academy through deception to catch turtles in an urn.

The invincible Seon was finally trapped in the magic chamber by the mage of the Black Rose with a special steel hoop, and the rest of the Crimson Society mages and blood slaves were also killed one by one, which was a perfect thwart of Vladimir's plot, but unfortunately when LeBlanc led the counterattack, Vladimir had disappeared, and LeBlanc could only eradicate the remnants of the Crimson Society to retaliate.

On the other side, the security of the immortal fortress disturbed by Camille is getting worse day by day, and there are frames everywhere, and everyone between the old nobles and the new nobles is in danger and suspicious of each other.

In a high-pressure environment, the Immortal Fortress soon erupted in large-scale chaos, and more and more assassinations and vandalism had to put the Imperial Legion under martial law around the clock,

As a direct result, Brondackwill, who took refuge in Maude Caesar, was unable to condense the old aristocracy into a centripetal force against the Emerald Collar, and even the 'Emerald Collar's harmful theory' propagated to the people of the empire did not play a big role under Camille's interference [Camille disseminated the evidence provided by Lyist, and forcefully countered the claims of the High Command],

Although the outside world does not say it, at least most of the citizens of the empire living in the Immortal Fortress did not believe the evidence of the 'Emerald Collar Demon' issued by the Supreme Command [Note: The so-called evidence is the magic image crystal recorded by Timothy's mage, which records the image of Timothy's legion being attacked by the infected of the crystal magic potion],

He also did not believe that the Emerald Collar only sent 10,000 legions south to start a civil war, but preferred to believe that the Emerald Collar was framed, so that the people of the empire had a lot of resentment against the Supreme Command, which had been doing nothing but jumping everywhere.

Because of this, Brown, who had never been able to calm the chaos of the Immortal Fortress, could only concentrate on dealing with the hostile forces of the Immortal Fortress, and tearfully sent the work of the censorship mission to Demacia, who claimed to be the 'righteous city-state', so that Gavin II, who was about to follow Brown's back, was directly dumbfounded.

said that there is something to do with the big brother, and the blessed little brother follows, Demacia just wants to take advantage of the jade collar wall to fall down when everyone pushes it, and plant a flag to pick up leaks by the way, how can the little brother become the big brother who is a target now?

What puzzled Gawain II the most was that the censorship mission led by the Warlord of the Southern Empire Alliance, Timothys, and Brandacwell, actually succeeded in gaining the support of the Kingdom of Norsland and the Duchy of Valoran, and the three countries also took the initiative to recognize the 'righteous act' of the Kingdom of Demacia, and were willing to live under it, giving all verbal assistance except material and military strength.

Seeing that he has inexplicably become a surrogate father, Gavin II is bitter and can't say it, if he quits now, the so-called Demacian justice will become a joke,

But if he took the initiative to send an army, when the other three countries did not send a coalition army, it would become a country in Demacia to wage war against the Emerald Territory, and he couldn't afford this price.

Therefore, Gavin II, who was secretly scolded, could only find a more unlucky guy and went to Fidellet, and joined the envoys of the Kingdom of Norsland and the Principality of Valoran on the border of Fidellet.

Naturally, the three were kicked out for illegal entry because they did not have a pass, and each was fined two silver coins.

The so-called censorship mission has become a complete joke because there is no United Legion to suppress the formation.