Vol.37 Sorrow and Ice
Unexpectedly, before leaving Haike Village, there would be people who traveled thousands of miles from the Dragon Realm to the Creation God Realm to send a great gift.
Siren is gone, and as a disciple of Chi Hanfeng, he must learn how to suppress his feelings - especially after General Chi is gone. Amy still had to face the fact that at the moment when Chi Hanfeng committed suicide, she had been tied to the chariot.
said goodbye to Grandpa Haber again, and in a light snow, Amy and his party set off - only Grandpa Haber and Daqingshan could find that Amy at this time was less immature than the fledgling teenager six years ago, and there were even traces of vicissitudes between her forehead and eyebrows.
It is said that there are several trails from the village of Heiko that lead to the Northern Union, and it was from this trail that Amy's father joined the army that year. It's just that Amy and Daqingshan are not familiar with this area, so they honestly head north to the treehouse bar, then west through the ice forest, and finally arrive at the ice fortress.
The Ice Fortress is also one of the largest cities on this continent, and from a distance, it looks like an ice giant standing on the snowy field.
Amy had already learned the news of Balbas's possible death in battle and the annihilation of the three ice and snow brigades from Daqingshan and Sharuo, and when she saw the ice fortress, her pace slowed down. I don't know if the inhabitants of the Ice Fortress already knew the bad news at this time......
Shortly after the advance, I saw the checkpoint, where a small group of strong warriors were checking the bags of passers-by - all this, and there was nothing unusual about it.
For most of the soldiers of the Northern Federation, the famous small mercenary group is still only in the thunderous stage, how do the soldiers know that they faced the two founders of the small mercenary group, but they only faithfully fulfilled their duty to check and waved their hands to let them go.
As usual, children play in the snow, older children carry firewood cut from the nearby forests, and small traders and vendors are in constant circulation.
It seems that the news of the defeat did not come.
From the Eminole Continent to the Frozen Continent, let's say that from the Ice Floe Harbor to the nearest Holy See Harbor to disembark, the distance in a straight line is also thousands of miles. Even the Wyvern Knight, if not the Wind Dragon Knight, cannot fly directly across the ocean - the dragon will fall into the sea from exhaustion. As for Phantom Beast Riders or other Raptor Knights, such long distances often require flying for days and nights, and there are no suitable islands in the ocean, so they simply cannot bear the work of messengers. Now that I think about it, the Redstone Emperor and the bigwigs of the military department must have regarded Daqingshan and his party as messengers by default.
To avoid leaks, Amy orders all the little mercenaries not to talk to anyone else - even if they see their own family members. The group hurried to the governor's palace.
The two squadron leaders of the Imperial Army on duty in front of the Governor's Mansion were shocked when they heard that it was Amy, the leader of the small mercenary group, and the deputy commander Aoyama Lianjue, who were visiting, but they didn't expect that the two ordinary looking teenagers in front of them turned out to be hot figures in the Empire - especially on the frozen continent, these two teenagers had a very high reputation, and the officer trotted all the way to the inside.
The position of Governor of the Northern Federation has always been held by the royal family, in the Amy Empire, this is a position above ten thousand people under one person, the founding emperor is thoughtful, in order to ensure that there is no rebellion in the Northern Federation, and also, but also to allow the children to be angry and strong, leaving such mandatory provisions in the ancestral system: 1. Even if you are a prince, you cannot be crowned a king after birth.
2. Each generation of emperors can only crown two princes as princes at most.
3. The Governor of the Northern Union must be a member of the royal family, and must be a prince.
In fact, in the imperial family, the system of descending from one generation to the next generation is strictly followed, and if there is no outstanding military exploits, even if you are a prince of one generation, ten generations later, you will only have the noble title of an ordinary imperial knight. Therefore, under such a system, each generation of the Governors of the Northern Union is the most trusted brother or nephew of His Majesty the Emperor, and is bound to be the best of the imperial family.
This generation of Governors is the younger brother of the Red Stone Emperor's mother, the Dragon Knight Prince Tiedu, who is just 30 years old this year. Compared to his predecessors, Prince Tiedu was also an extremely diligent man, and had been busy preparing his military affairs lately in order to give more support to the war in the empire's homeland, and he had not rested well for several days in a row. Hearing that the two supreme commanders of the small mercenary group were coming, Prince Tiedu's brows immediately furrowed together. The small mercenary group is now known as the Imperial Imperial Mercenary Group, and it is defending the temporary imperial capital of Hamburg City, how suddenly the two biggest officers put down the things in their hands, there must be something in them. Think back to a month ago, when a heavy red snow covered the entire Northern Union – and this is certainly not a good omen...... Maybe something will happen. His Excellency the Prince was somewhat uneasy.
It was the troubled times, and the Prince of Tiedu didn't have any swagger at all, so he took a few palace officials out of the council hall.
Both Amy and Prince Tiedu were surprised by each other's age. Especially the Prince of Tiedu, the two teenagers in front of him look like they are only 20 years old at most, in the imperial family, such an age is still studying in a magic school or a knight's school, even in the families of ordinary residents of the empire, 20 years old...... It's just the age when I just came out to help with things, and I didn't expect it...... These two teenagers turned out to be characters who wrote myths. If it weren't for the seals of the Redstone Emperor and the Imperial Military Department that the Imperial Officer had just handed over, Tie Du would never have believed the identities of these two teenagers.
Take your seat in the council room.
Prince Tiedu briefly greeted a few words, asked about the situation of Hamburg City and the Red Stone Emperor, and also expressed his deep condolences for the death of General Chi Hanfeng in battle. Without waiting for Daqingshan to answer the situation in Hamburg City, Amy stepped into the topic: "Your Excellency, we have brought bad news. Three of the Northern Federation's troops who went to support the empire were wiped out. ”
Yes?
Prince Tiedu and his three subordinates' faces instantly turned pale. The teacup in the hand of one of the staff members slipped silently, shattering on the cold marble floor.
The Imperial soldiers of the Northern Federation, formerly known as the most elite troops under the command of the founding emperor of the Empire, have continued to write the myth of invincibility for 500 years since the establishment of the Northern Federation Army, not to mention the total annihilation of a brigade, and no army has ever been able to severely damage more than one squadron of Northern Federation soldiers.
Daqingshan probably talked about what happened, and His Excellency Prince Tiedu was so angry that his hands trembled, and he slapped his palm on the table: "Head Amy, Deputy Head of Daqingshan, about the affairs of Eminole himself, there are two more worries, share one or two for my imperial brother, and I will definitely raise the army in the near future and sweep away the frozen diocese of the Holy See in one fell swoop!"
"Your Excellency, you should be careful in this matter, according to the historical performance of the Holy See and the Phanos Legion, they rarely fight uncertain battles, and they always plan before acting. Therefore, caution is good. Amy's kind reminder.
"Okay! The two of you told my imperial brother that the Northern Federation can dispatch more than three more elite troops at any time, and give me a year to dispatch twenty brigades. "You are a royal descendant, even if you are not the brother of Redstone, Tiedu also knows the truth that there are eggs under the nest, the Northern Federation hangs overseas, if the empire itself is conquered, with the power of a war zone, it will not be able to fight against it no matter what. Even if the two Hami kingdoms and the dwarven kingdoms were willing to support it, the total population of these three countries would not be as large as the two or three major war zones of the Amy Empire, and it would definitely be useless. The top priority is to keep the Amy Empire proper.
"Hmm...... We will definitely convey that. I think that the city of Hamburg should be relatively safe now, so His Majesty and the generals of the military department did not ask the Northern Federation to increase its troops again, and it is estimated that in the future stage, the main war will still take place on the south side of the empire and the south side of the Holy See. The use of troops against the Frozen Holy See that you just mentioned must also be under the consideration of the military department, after all, the Northern Federation is now the foundation of the empire. In the face of the extremely high status, Amy, who was a little mature, also spoke mellowly: "Before the official transfer order of the Imperial Military Department, I think that another group of young people will be recruited from the children of the Imperial Army, which is also the meaning of the Military Department, to establish a second-line army." ”
"Okay, I'll have the two captains accompany you to complete this. All equipment and supplies are directly allocated from the Ice and Snow Fortress Military Headquarters, 50% of which refer to the standard of the Swordsman Battalion, 30% to the ordinary troops, and 20% to the Snow Moon Legion. "Prince Tiedu is extremely generous.
"Not so much. Amy said lightly: "Your Excellency, you can refer to the swordsman camp for all." After all, the main force guarding the territory is still the regular soldiers of the empire, and the mercenary group is at most assisting the regular army of the empire, and several of the leaders of the small mercenary group are young people, so it is difficult for them to take on too much responsibility. ”
Prince Tiedu and several staff members were in awe, they didn't expect that this young man in front of him would be so able to let go, if he was a child of an ordinary imperial nobleman, he was only 20 years old and immediately had the opportunity to hold heavy troops, and even had the opportunity to become a feudal official, not to mention whether he had such a ability, but when the opportunity came, he would definitely not give it up like this. The evaluation of His Excellency Amy and the small mercenary group by the top bureaucrats of the Northern Federation immediately rose to a new level.
Daqingshan, Amy, and Sha Ruo came out of the Governor's Mansion and came to the Colonel's military field outside the south gate of the Ice and Snow Fortress, and Amy handed over the order of the Governor to the squadron leader on duty: "I am from the small mercenary group, and I am here to summon all the school-age teenagers in the fifth and fourth outer four of the Ice and Snow Fortress. There are things to discuss. ”
"Oh, the little mercenary group, Your Excellency is back from out of town, and I am very familiar with several heads of the northern federation of the small mercenary group. When I'm out on patrol, I often go to your manor house to disturb you. "The squadron leader was clearly a good talker, gathering his own soldiers and chatting with Amy.
More than 20 soldiers were summoned, and the squadron leader immediately ordered: "Go to the Nine Bells and Drum Tower immediately, ring the bells and drums of the troops, and order the boy scouts to gather." ”
"Wait......" Amy called back to the soldiers, "Squadron Leader, don't beat the bells and drums, just use the seal horn to blow the last part of the 'Northern Union Army Song'." ”
The soldiers were stunned, the last paragraph of the Northern Union military song, this paragraph will only be used when the coffins of the fallen soldiers are moved back to the Northern Union Military Cemetery, and ...... Once this paragraph sounds, it means that at least hundreds of soldiers have been killed in battle.
The squadron leader looked down at Prince Tiedu's order again, his brows furrowed slightly, he didn't know what the young man in front of him meant, such a summoning must be all the residents of the Ice and Snow Fortress, but the prince's order was written clearly, and it was inconvenient to ask more, so he immediately ordered in a deep voice: "Didn't you hear what the adults said? ”
Soon, nine bell and drum towers sounded the military song of the Northern Union one after another...... The last paragraph, blown three times in a row, followed by three long and two short Boy Scout gathering orders.
As the horn sounded, the entire ice fortress instantly fell silent...... All the inhabitants were recognizing the tune of the horn - the last one.
More than 60% of the residents of the Ice Fortress have immediate family members serving in the Imperial Army. Although there has been no conflict with the Hami kingdom in recent years, everyone knows that half a year ago, 20,000 Northern Union soldiers sang the same military song and boarded a ship to reinforce the empire itself.
The residents desperately suppressed the ominous thoughts in their minds and walked towards the military field of the South Gate School. The children were the fastest runners, especially the Boy Scouts of the sixteenth and eighteenth age, who ran all the way to the school military field with simple weapons for training, and stood in their own neighborhoods.
In less than thirty minutes, the entire school military field was full of residents, and residents were walking here in the distance.
A wave of magical light flashed between Amy's hands, unleashing the amplification technique.
After the release, Amy suddenly found out in a very humiliating way that she didn't know what to say in the face of countless worried eyes in the audience. Then I remembered that Chi Hanfeng and Balbas were killed in battle, and hot tears poured out instantly, and the young man's choked voice immediately resounded throughout the colonel's military field under the oscillation of magic. Panic spread through the crowd in an instant, and more and more people guessed what was probably going on.
Amy was tapped on the shoulder, and through the teary eyes, she saw that it was a small mercenary. The little mercenary pursed his lips vigorously: "Captain, let me tell you, I should have cried anyway...... If you are still like this, you are really ashamed of Uncle Balbas and Uncle Zirerog. ”
Amy nodded tearfully and patted Khuldu on the shoulder, releasing the magic on him.
"Uncles, uncles, aunts, and aunts, due to being framed by the Holy See, we ......" Khurdu couldn't control his feelings, and while crying, he told the story of the annihilation of the three integrated brigades of the Northern Federation Snow Moon Legion, the captain of the Third Light Infantry Brigade of the Northern Federation, and the First Swordsman Battalion of the Northern Federation.
Before he finished speaking, there was already chaos under the school military field, most of the family members of the swordsman battalion were in the southern city, and 90% of the knight brigade had made their home in the ice and snow fortress, and the sound of crying spread among the residents from small to large.
Huerdu wiped away a handful of tears and hissed: "Let's not cry, Uncle Zirerog's words: 'Several of his little cubs are over 16, if I can meet them, pass on a word for him: Die, beat hard!'"
"Daddy......" Two teenagers in a block finally couldn't help it, crying out loud, and a young man of about twenty years old squeezed in from outside, gritting his teeth while hugging the two teenagers, "Crying is a fart, Dad said, I want revenge!" Kill those bastards......" As he spoke, the three of them hugged their heads and cried.
Amy wiped away her tears: "Residents of the Northern Federation, I am Amy of the Little Mercenary Regiment, and I am also a native of the Frozen Continent. There is an eternal truth in the Ice and Snow Continent: 'The hatred of killing my father is not shared with the sky!' My stepfather Chi Hanfeng also died in the invasion of another continent, as an imperial soldier, if he died on the frontal battlefield, as a nephew, although we have hatred, but after all, this is war. But what about the actual situation? Whether it was my father-in-law or the three brigades that had been wiped out by the whole army, all of them were set up by the Holy See that we devout day and night, and they were killed in life and death! Tricks, a trick of the world, a despicable and shameless Holy See, in order to carry out their tricks smoothly, even, when they deceived the Redstone Emperor into sending them reinforcements, repeatedly demanded that the most combat-effective Northern Federation Legions be sent. Shameless, is there a more shameless person in the world than the Holy See? Be a bitch, set up an archway!"
It was the first time for Da Qingshan, Sha Ruo and other small mercenary group members to see such an angry Amy, their faces were pale, the meridians on their foreheads burst out, and beads of sweat were dripping down their foreheads, no one thought that young Amy said even more shocking words: "Such a shameless Holy See actually swears that he is the spokesman of the God of Light, and even there are really low-level gods who come out to support this shameless spokesperson." Today, under this bright world, if there is really a god in the sky, then look at me with wide eyes, I, Amy, swear, in my lifetime, will completely overthrow the current Holy See, if it is really the gods, I, chase up for nine days, down poor, revenge to the end!"
Listening to such rebellious words, Sha Ruo's face turned pale, and his body suddenly trembled, Da Qingshan felt it, and hurriedly helped his lover with his hand, and said in a low voice: "Amy is not targeting you." ”
"Fathers and elders of the Northern Federation, gather everyone, there is another purpose, in order to fight against the Holy See, the Fanos Continent, and the Burmese Yang Empire, the small mercenary group has decided to expand its establishment again from now on, and in the Ice and Snow Fortress, we will recruit 3,000 new mercenaries. In order not to conflict with the Imperial recruitment plan, the age of this recruitment of mercenaries must not exceed 18 years old and must not be less than 15 years old. Sign up today, and tomorrow, we'll leave the Ice and Snow Continent as a whole -- war! Every one of us will face war. The brave, want the Avengers, join us in the war!"
People in a frenzy rushed to the registration office in a frenzy...... In order to compete for a place, the teenagers even fought, quite a few people who were over 20 or even early 40 years old smiled innocently at the teenagers of the small mercenary group, hoping that the little mercenaries could see them as underage teenagers; It seems that the recruitment here is not a soldier who is about to go to the battlefield of death, but a super happy tour group.
Almost without exception, those who were pushed to the periphery by the small mercenary group members cried......
In the spring of the sixth year of the magic calendar, the small mercenary group recruited mercenaries in the name of the people in the Ice and Snow Fortress for the last time, and this recruitment, although it was repeatedly streamlined, but the final formation of a total of 4,500 people, more than double the expectation.
On the same day, the angry populace smashed all the papal seeks in the ice fortress, the priests and bishops who had been highly respected were driven out of the city with rotten eggs, and dozens of papal personnel who had a bad reputation were killed by the populace.
There are exceptions, a handful of priests who are able to unleash divine magic like clergy, but who have never preached the teachings of the God of Light in their own diocese, and who have only quietly served the common people. These pastors were not driven out like other pastors, despite some shocks. It was at this time that the inhabitants of the Ice Fortress discovered that not all priests believed in the god of light, and among the priests, some believed in different gods such as the god of the moon, the god of the sun, and the god of fire, and a very small number of priests claimed that they did not believe in any gods at all.