Chapter 661: Ice Wind Fortress
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As the sun sets, a little afterglow shines on the majestic snow-capped mountains, the white ice and snow are covered with a dazzling coat, and the magnificent scenery of the extreme north is breathtaking!
It's just that the Thunder Sky Cavalry, which hurriedly arrived from the Titan Yanjing Spark for reinforcements, didn't have time to enjoy the grand scene in front of them, and under the guidance of the Icewind Fortress garrison air cavalry, they landed in the military camp of the fortress in an orderly manner.
The Taimur Snow Mountain stretches for hundreds of miles, is at the northernmost point of the Nine Heavens Continent, and is also the dividing line between the Nine Heavens Continent and the Extreme North Continent.
It is precisely because the barbarians are on the front line of resisting the demons, no matter how the barbarians harass and invade the human race in the south, whether it is the Glow Empire or the Gale Empire, they have always adopted a strategy of defensive counterattack, just to avoid weakening the strength of the barbarians too much.
It's just that the Taimur Snow Mountain is different from the God of War Mountain Range, its size is only a few tenths of the latter, both in length and width, and the demons can easily enter the Titan through the relatively flat and low areas on the mountain range, which makes the barbarians' defense pressure extremely great.
The Titan barbarians spent thousands of years to build ten fortresses and the Great Wall of Ice Walls on the snow-capped mountains, and this impregnable defense line and the barbarian legions stationed in the Great Wall of the fortress have become an insurmountable moat for the demons, but today in the face of the demons who have recovered their vitality and formed a million-strong army, this line of defense is extremely fragile.
The Icewind Fortress is one of the ten Tymur Fortresses, the largest and most important, and it sits in a huge canyon between two snowy peaks, with two ice walls that stretch for tens of miles to connect the other two fortresses to the left and right along the mountain.
As the first reinforcements to arrive at the front line of the Temur Snow Mountain, the Thunder Sky Cavalry was greeted by the Icewind Fortress garrison, and in the camp where the Air Cavalry was stationed, the Supreme Commander of the Fortress, the Marquis of Wisconsin, specially hosted a bonfire dinner, with hundreds of roasted cattle and sheep to welcome the Terran Sky Knights who arrived here from thousands of miles away.
Recently, the pressure on the Ice Wind Fortress has been extremely huge, and the Demon Clan's air cavalry frequently crossed the Snow Mountain defense line, although they did not dare to launch a direct attack on the Ice Wind Fortress with more than a dozen wizard towers and defensive circles, but they could completely bypass the fortress and break through other airspace, and even sneak attack the warriors guarding the Great Wall of Ice Wall.
Although the garrison of the fortress was full of air knights to intercept it, but the numerical inferiority caused heavy losses to their heroic actions, so far more than three hundred air knights have fallen in battle, forcing the Ice Wind Fortress to adopt a strategy of shrinking the defense, watching the demon air riders fly into the Titan territory from the Great Wall of Ice in a big way.
The arrival of the Thunder Sky Cavalry was undoubtedly a relief for the Icewind Fortress, and three thousand elite griffon knights were enough to build a solid barrier along the fortress line.
Bonfires lit in the huge camp, the flames of which dispelled the coldness of the night, and three thousand knights sat around hundreds of bonfires, and the smell of roasted meat and spices filled the air.
The Thunder Sky Knights, who had been rushing all the way, could finally relax for a while, they took out their bread and dry food and baked it by the fire, and many people took out their flasks and chatted with each other, and the atmosphere in the camp seemed relaxed and warm.
"If you don't come again, we will have to send a legion across the snowy mountains to attack the outpost of the demons!" The Marquis of Wisconsin said to Han Fei with a wry smile: "Our supply line has almost been completely cut off by the air cavalry of the demons, and the grain stored in the fortress can only last for another half a month at most, and this is still after the evacuation of most of the residents. ”
"At night, these 100 cows and sheep are all our meat!"
The predicament faced by the Ice Wind Fortress is actually a common problem of more than ten fortresses on the front line of the Taimur Snow Mountain, Han Fei already knew about it when he was in Spark, the Demon Sky Cavalry launched a large-scale attack to disrupt the supply line, and the biggest task of the Thunder Sky Cavalry Regiment was to drive the Demon Sky Cavalry back to the side of the Snow Mountain to protect the safety of supplies.
The supreme commander of the Ice Wind Fortress had gray temples, and his dark face was full of traces left by the etching of the Wind Sword and Frost Sword, although he was wearing the uniform of the commander, he looked no different from an ordinary barbarian knight, his expression was resolute and his eyes were sharp, revealing the unique aura of a soldier in a hundred battles.
For this marquis commander, Han Fei has a lot of respect, it is said that the other party has stayed in the Ice Wind Fortress for thirty years, and has repeatedly made military exploits from an ordinary knight step by step to his current position, although there are many opportunities to leave the fortress with a difficult environment and go to Yanjing Spark to live the life of a real nobleman, but he has always stuck to stand on the front line of resisting the demons.
"Marquis of Wisconsin, don't worry, the baggage team transporting supplies is already on the way, the first batch of supplies will be transported by empty camels, and our air cavalry regiment will sweep and expel the demon air cavalry on the front line of the fortress and along the way..."Han Fei unscrewed the cap of the bottle and handed the silver wine jug in his hand to the other party: "It is guaranteed that at most the day after tomorrow, the Ice Wind Fortress will get new supplies, and in a few days, the air-launched heavy crossbows and air-mounted heavy crossbows supported by our Radiant Empire will also be delivered!"
The air-fired heavy crossbow is a sharp weapon for ground fortresses or cities to deal with air horses, and the air horse heavy crossbow is an important weapon used by air knights against the enemy.
This time, the four major racial alliances, the Titan Empire specially requested these two heavy crossbows to deal with the huge number of demon air horses, and the placement on the ice wall of the Great Wall will greatly improve its own defense capabilities, at least the demon air horses will not dare to attack the guardian warriors on the Great Wall unscrupulously.
"That's great," said the Marquis of Wisconsin, delighted, taking the flask and taking a sip of it.
He smacked his lips and praised: "Good wine! I haven't drunk such good wine for many years, and after completely defeating the demons this time, it's time for me to retire and go home and enjoy life!"
Han Fei smiled slightly, knowing that this was just the other party's casual words, for this kind of real soldier, a luxurious and comfortable life was tantamount to poison for them, the spirit of bravery and belligerence had been dissolved into the bone marrow, and sacrificing one's life for the country and dying on the battlefield was the best fate they thought was it!
After taking another sip, the Marquis of Wisconsin handed the flask back to Han Fei, who shook his hand and said, "You can keep it, I still have a lot here!"
With a flick of his hand, he had another one of the same wine jugs in his hand, and Han Fei's Gift Ring contained a lot of good wine, some of which Vivien had stolen from her family's wine cellar, and it was a fine wine that her father was usually reluctant to drink.
"Then you're welcome!" the Marquis of Wisconsin laughed, and accepted it unceremoniously.
The two drank wine and ate meat, chatting quite speculatively, and after drinking a pot of wine, the Marquis of Wisconsin hesitated for a moment and said: "Marquis Han Fei, in fact, I have a plan to attack the demon outpost, but it has not been able to be implemented due to lack of strength, I wonder if you are interested in listening to it?"
Of course Han Fei was interested, although he was not good at commanding the legion to fight, but the truth that attack was the best defense was still very clear, and it was absolutely impossible to see the Demon Clan's air cavalry so rampant in the evening, without a little anger in his heart.
"Demon outpost? Sounds very good, Lord Marquis!"
The Marquis of Wisconsin's eyes flashed with excitement, he took out a magic map from his bosom and spread it out on the ground, pointed to the map with the help of the light of the bonfire and said: "Look, this is the Temur Snow Mountain, and this is our Ice Wind Fortress..."
His finger slid to the north of the map drawn, and finally stopped at a red dot: "This is an outpost of the Demon Clan, according to the reconnaissance of our Ranger Scout, this base is probably stationed with 1,000 Air Cavalry and 5,000 Demon Soldiers, and some magicians, the Demon Air Cavalry's attack on our Ice Wind Fortress is launched from this base, if we can completely destroy this stronghold, we will be able to greatly deal a blow to their sharpness and reduce the pressure on guarding the supply channel!"
Han Fei thought for a moment and asked, "So how much strength do we need to invest to ensure that the mission is completed?"
The Marquis of Wisconsin was obviously confident about this question, and he replied without hesitation: "Our Ice Wind Fortress can dispatch up to five hundred air knights, all of whom are elites who have experienced many battles, as long as your Thunder Sky Cavalry Regiment sends another thousand five hundred air knights, two thousand air horses are enough to guarantee the complete destruction of this outpost!"
"Your Excellency Han Fei, if you approve of this plan, I will personally lead the Ice Wind Sky Cavalry into battle, and of course the Thunder Sky Cavalry Regiment is still under your command!"
He looked at Han Fei expectantly, but Han Fei shook his head, his heart suddenly sank, and a trace of disappointment appeared in his eyes.
It's just that Han Fei's words made his mood change suddenly: "I agree with this plan, if you don't teach the demons a hard lesson, they won't restrain their claws, but if you go out to fight in person, Marquis, of course, our Thunder Sky Cavalry Regiment will also obey your command, including myself, because I am far inferior to you in terms of commanding battles in the air and being familiar with the demons!"
The Marquis of Wisconsin was stunned for a moment, then laughed, reached out and patted Han Fei's shoulder hard: "Okay! But you're welcome!"
"There are many brothers who have died at the hands of each other, and this time we have to pay for it with blood!"
(To be continued)