"Hard, push, push!"

The officer roared his horn, and one after another catapults were piled up in the city of Yajin near the city walls. The soldiers carried tools and timber back and forth, pushing heavy ballistas up the walls with their shoulders and setting up catapults under the city.

The logistics baggage soldiers removed all the wooden planks that could be dismantled in the city and made a large number of simple wooden shields.

The soldiers also knew that fighting would break out at any moment, and having lost the fortresses of the Eastern Front, the city of Yajin was exposed to the iron hooves of the enemy. The enemy's wolf cavalry, as well as those orc warriors, can go all the way south on the plains without hindrance, and it only takes two days to kill the city of Yajin!

Although the enemy has not moved, Duke Tulip is right: fate must always be in your own hands. We can't expect the enemy not to go south, so we should make more preparations now.

Therefore, although the officer supervisor was strict and almost harsh, the soldiers were mostly uncomplaining. After all, it's also about saving your own life.

There was originally a small hillside not far outside Yajin City, and Du Wei had already sent people up the hillside to cut down all the dozens of trees on the hillside. A lookout was erected on the hillside, and from this height it was possible to see miles away. It played a very effective role in the protection of Yajin City - although there were griffon knights patrolling the sky, there were only a hundred griffin knights in total, and there were always omissions in the patrol rounds.

In the whole Yajin City, it is in full swing. The military and the people are united. Preparations for the Great War are being carried out together. Countless wooden stakes were filled with nails and piled up on the city walls, and the doors of the gates were repeatedly reinforced, and a large pile of timber was placed on the spot at the gates of the city in order to meet the battle at any time. All the carpenters in the city were busy for days without a good night's sleep.

In the temporary commander's mansion in Yajin City, Du Wei was discussing the situation with eleven officers and cadets who had graduated from the military academy in his lineage, in addition to several local garrison commanders who had been transferred, and a few mid-ranking officers who had escaped from the defeated Storm Legion.

The rout on the front line almost swept away the high-ranking generals of the eastern defense line, but the high-ranking generals with outstanding martial arts skills. Most of them died while resisting the dragons that night. And as for those who escaped...... To be honest, Du Wei doesn't think much of these guys in his heart.

It may be understandable for ordinary soldiers to run away, after all, everyone runs with the scene of chaos and commotion, like headless flies.

But when a general escapes, it's a big difference! As a general. On the battlefield, he could not gather his own troops, could not calm the scene, and could not make effective commands and decisions -- Du Wei met with several generals who had fled back, but Du Wei, who had illusions about these people, then gave up completely.

Seemingly...... Even in the Storm Legion, there are heroic warriors like Fink the Lion, but there are still pustules. The few who escaped, when they ran out, some were even wearing only a nightgown. Some even estimated that they would run away after the city was broken, and even left their own teams behind.

It's even more ridiculous. After coming to Yajin City to meet Du Wei, he was ashamed to ask to re-command his original army - Du Wei immediately replied to him: Your army is no longer there. When you ran away, as a general, you abandoned your army yourself, and now you run to me, and you want to go back?

Joke!

As a result, Du Wei didn't care about the impact, and sent all the pus-filled generals who escaped to the logistics troops.

It is true that he has been appointed as the chief general of the Eastern Front, but if it is a normal situation. Du Wei also did not have the power to remove so many high-ranking generals from their positions at once. However, fortunately, now after the defeat, everything is in chaos, and no one has asked him whether the decree is in accordance with the rules, whether there is a military approval, and so on.

However, several urgent letters were sent from the military department. I heard that the news of the loss of the eastern fortress reached dìdū. It will shake the entire military headquarters upside down, and the regent is so angry that he flips the table on the spot. A series of urgent letters were sent to Yajin City, all in all, with one meaning: Du Wei, you now want people to give people, money to money, and give what you want......! Yajin City must be defended to the death, and it must not be taken back!

Because in the back, from the north to the inner belly of the empire, it is almost a plain area with a flat river!

"We still have a couple of questions. Gabri wiped his face with a hot towel, although his face was tired, but this kid's eyes were still very bright, the young man encountered such a big change when he first went to the front, Gabriel showed more and more abundant jīng strength, he dropped the towel, and said to Du Weizheng: "My lord, all the ballistas in the treasury have been erected on the city wall, but our problems are: First, we lack skilled gunners! In order for the ballista weapon to be effective, it must have skilled gunners and observers. We lack the personnel reserves of these two skilled arms, and now hastily let our men go up to control the ballista, I fear that even if a cow is put twenty meters away, they will be skewed. This is the first ...... The second problem is particularly serious, there are a lot of arrows stored in the treasury, but there is a shortage of crossbow arrows for ballistas, and now on average, each ballista can only have two base crossbow arrow reserves, once the war starts, I am afraid that once the battle is over, these reserves will be used up, and then, the ballistas on the city wall will become ornaments. ”

Gabri glanced at his colleague and said loudly, "If it's just ordinary arrows, the craftsmen in the city can still make some temporary." But this kind of crossbow arrow must be forged by professional military equipment. We can't make it ourselves. ”

Du Wei nodded, and glanced at his younger brother with satisfaction, this kid really deserves to be the land of the Luo Lin family. The inheritance of his father, Raymond Sr., is particularly evident in him. As soon as he arrived on the battlefield, he seemed to have turned into a little calf, and his whole body had inexhaustible strength. Looking at Gabby's red eyes, Du Wei knew that this kid hadn't slept for almost three days.

"Well, I have written down the two questions you mentioned, and I have already sent people to the rear to mobilize, and the people who were sent to the main eastern fortress to liaise have returned, and General Rostock has said that he will bring a batch of supplies to us as soon as possible. ”

After Gabri finished speaking, without waiting for Du Wei to ask, Alor immediately said loudly: "My lord." I inspected the city walls, and the walls of Yajin City were generally in good condition, and the pre-battle repairs were up to standard, but the western part of the city, because it was not far from the hillside, and I feared that if the battle began, the enemy would occupy the hillside. So we can look out into the city and observe all the activities inside us, but time is too tight for us to dig up that hillside......"

Du Wei tightly locked his eyebrows and knocked on the table: "This is a difficult problem, you all use your brains to think about it and see if there is any way." If you really can't do it, ask the magician to help. But it's a hillside after all, and I'm afraid it's not so easy to level. If that doesn't work, set up a few catapults in the west of the city. ”

After Yarol's report, it was a slender young officer with brown and black hair who stood up to speak. Du Wei glanced at this guy - Kira? Well, it's the guy with the same name as the Gundam protagonist among the cadets of his military academy.

"My lord, everything is still safe in the barracks, and we have sent a large number of junior officers to reorganize the defeated army of the Stormwind Legion according to your orders. But ......" said this, the young man's tone was a little embarrassed.

"But what?" said Dewey.

"In the past few days, some of the officers who have come here one after another to report on the rout at the front, and some have come to the barracks to demand that they take over the command of their old army. ”

Syllable!

Du Wei raised his eyebrows at that time. slapped the table fiercely, and suddenly shouted angrily: "Bastard! I lost the army in order to escape for my life, and now I want to be a general when I run back."

"Yes, sir. Kira said in a deep voice, "Some of them have the rank of commander and claim. They belong to the Stormstorm Legion. Although you are the commander of the Eastern Front, you do not have the right to remove the generals of the Stormwind Legion. There are also those who claim to invite General Rostock to come ......"

"Let them go!" Du Wei sneered: "These fearless ghosts, they dare to go to Rostock to have ghosts! The front line fortress has been lost, and Rostock is afraid that there is nowhere to vent his anger now, how dare these people, as the generals of the defeated army, go to General Rostock? Hmph!"

He suddenly lowered his voice, glared at Kira, and shouted in a deep voice, "I'll give you a military order...... I just don't know if you have the guts to do it!"

As he spoke, Du Wei's eyes flashed with a strange light, and there was a hideous sneer on the corner of his mouth.

"......" Kira glanced at Du Wei and took a deep breath: "Dare!"

"Okay!" Du Wei sat back: "If someone goes to the barracks to make trouble, you will drive them out! If you don't leave, you will be arrested and beaten with a military stick! If you beat the military stick, you will dare to make ......trouble." Du Wei said this, deliberately paused, and then said coldly: "I grant you the privilege, anyone who dares to disturb the military discipline of the barracks, no matter who it is, no matter how high or low the rank, kill!

After speaking, Du Wei grabbed the pen and paper from the table, and quickly wrote a special order of authorization, and then handed it to Kira, he deliberately looked at this young man coldly, wanting to see if he had the courage to do this kind of thing - after all, to do this kind of thing, although Du Wei said that he would bear it, but after all, as an executor, if he kills on a large scale, he will also offend many people.

The young man named Kira was silent, but he resolutely took Du Wei's military order with both hands, and then made a military salute and strode out.

Du Wei nodded with satisfaction - although it was not the same as the main character of the Gundam in his impression, this young man was a good seedling!

Du Wei leaned back and rubbed his sore brows, which had also kept him busy in the past few days. Glancing at the generals in the hall, he played jīng again, and listened to some other officers report on the city's military camp and city defense, and many other matters.

And at this time, suddenly a figure broke in from outside. There was a thud and the door to the hall opened. Then he strode in.

The person who came seemed to be a little reckless, but Shen Sè was quite calm, just running all the way, and seemed to be a little out of breath.

"Aslan, what's going on!" Alor reminded in a deep voice.

Du Wei saw that it was none other than one of the "Gundam protagonists" under his command, the guy named Aslan.

"Your Excellency. Aslan immediately stood up and saluted, but spoke quickly: "Outside the city, a group of wolf cavalry is approaching!"

Wow!

Upon hearing this, all the generals in the room immediately stood up. Some people even pressed their hands directly on the saber at their waists.

Aslan hurriedly continued: "The other party's wolf cavalry is only twenty horses, and the sentry post has been carefully checked, and there is no follow-up force of the other party nearby, so it is sure that it is a lone army." And...... They don't seem to be here to attack the city, but as if they're here to make them!"

"Coming?" Du Wei snorted.

"Yes, sir. Aslan stood up straight and replied, "This group of wolf cavalry is accompanied by about three hundred humans...... Look at the outfit and appearance. It seems to be our soldiers, probably prisoners of war!"

On the fifteenth day after the fall of the Eastern Fortress, finally, on this morning, the Sky and Earth Griffin Knights sent back the news that a group of wolf cavalry, holding high the banner of the Empire, had marched south from the fallen fortress, this group of wolf horsemen had only twenty horsemen, accompanied by about three hundred human soldiers and prisoners.

And they were under the watchful eye of the griffin knight. Along the way, he has replaced Yajin City. He claimed to have sent a handwritten letter from the commander of the sinners to the commander of the human army in Yajin City!

When this group of wolf cavalry came to the city, the human defenders on the city immediately stood up, and the soldiers clenched their weapons and stood on the city wall, nervously looking at these enemies not far from the city.

However, this group of wolf cavalry stopped about two hundred paces outside the city, and no further, twenty wolf cavalry stopped in the distance, and those werewolves full of spears rode on top of the giant wolf, holding long knives, and looked at the human soldiers in the city with cold eyes.

Du Wei personally led people to the city. Subsequently. The wolf cavalry were in a different place, and the three hundred human prisoners of war who accompanied them began to line up and slowly approach the city gate.

The 300 humans who accompanied them were indeed soldiers, as can be seen from the way they walked in formation.

Half of these people were somewhat wounded. Naturally, there was no armor or weapons on his body. It's all a simple cotton robe, and everyone is depressed. Sluggish look.

What surprised Du Wei even more was that among the three hundred captives brought by this team of wolf cavalry, there was a person he knew who walked in the forefront!

Lockhart!

When Lockhart returned to the city with the other prisoners, the rest of the prisoners were immediately picked up by the city's soldiers. Lockhart, on the other hand, met with Du Wei, and he personally handed over a handwritten letter to Du Wei about the falling snow.

"You...... Not dead?" Du Wei took the letter and did not look at it immediately, but looked carefully at the young man Luo Lin he had seen at the beginning, and his face showed a hint of joy.

Then he went up and hugged the young man, patted him on the shoulder, and laughed loudly: "Lockhart! Haha, I remember you kid! You're not dead! Great! Do you know that when I thought you were dead, I thought you were dead, and the few of them cried fiercely!"

Lockhart took a step back and looked at Du Wei, his expression was very excited, but then his eyes were gloomy: "Thank you, my lord, for your kindness...... Please accept this letter and ...... I'm going to go back and tell Jīng Lingwang about your reply. ”

"What? Do you want to go back?" Du Wei frowned, his eyes were puzzled: "Since you're back, you don't have to go back! You are the future star of the Decepticons, last time I thought you died on the front line, they blamed themselves deeply, and I am also very sad! Since you are back, how can you still let you ......?"

"Your Excellency. Lockhart smiled bitterly, he suddenly knelt down on one knee, raised his head to look at Du Wei, and said solemnly: "My lord, please believe that my loyalty has never wavered! It seems to know you very well. And it's familiar to you. This time it asked me to come back to deliver the letter because none of the wolf horsemen spoke our human language. I was in the enemy camp and learned their language, so I was sent to act as an interpreter...... And the snow it demanded that I have to go back...... Because there are still 2,000 of our prisoners of war in the fortresses on the front line. Falling snow it says if I don't go back......"

Lockhart's eyes were full of yīn haze.

"You're saying that Falling Snow sent you back to deliver the letter, if you don't go back...... He threatens you with the lives of the remaining two thousand prisoners of war?!"

Lockhart nodded heavily.

Du Wei fell silent, he looked at the young man in front of him, these rì people passed in the enemy camp. Lockhart looks much more mature and stable than the hot-blooded boy in the Northwest Barracks. The enthusiasm of young people on his face has gradually turned into the perseverance of a mature man.

"Why?" Du Wei whispered, "Why does it think so highly of you?"

"I don't know. Lockhart shook his head: "I've been around the falling snow, I think...... It seemed completely different to me, and to other prisoners of war. I can't think of any special value to it myself. I'm just a junior officer, and I don't have much valuable intelligence here. ”

Du Wei frowned. There's something odd about it.

"This is not the place to talk. Du Wei took Rohart back to the city, and Rohart followed Du Wei all the way, without saying a word, surrounded by Du Wei's entourage, looking at the returning "prisoner of war" with strange eyes. And Rohart walked all the way, his fists clenched, as if there was a hint of shame on his face.

"You don't have to feel guilty. Du Wei suddenly turned his head, glanced at the young man, and said gently: "It is not your fault that you have been captured by the enemy! As a soldier, you have done all your duty! You fought bravely." It's not a shame to cover the safe retreat of your comrades and get captured after a fierce battle! Lockhart, it's not a shame to be captured, you don't need to keep your head down. ”

"But...... I was supposed to kill myself......" Lockhart burst into tears.

"That's stupid to say. Du Wei shook his head: "On the battlefield, all kinds of unpredictable things will happen. Is it a foolish idea to commit suicide as a sign of loyalty if you are captured?"

After a pause, Du Wei suddenly smiled bitterly: "Besides...... I don't know why, but that falling snow values you so much if it doesn't want you to die, with its ability. You can't die if you want to, I understand. ”

As soon as he said this, the depression in Lockhart's heart dissipated slightly. Du Wei led him back to the mansion and broke up his entourage. Talked to him alone for a while.

Lockhart immediately remembers how he was captured in the first place. Then after being captured, he was kept imprisoned by the side of the jīng spirit king Luoxue. These things have happened since the rì child, and they have been carefully explained. He didn't hide it in the slightest, and even the various special treatments that Luo Xue gave him bluntly, and he didn't worry about whether these words would arouse Du Wei's suspicions.

Finally, talking about the fall of the Eastern Fortress, Lockhart said: "From the loss of the river to the fall of the fortress, the entire battle plan was personally commanded by King Luo Xue of Jīng. When there was a battle on the Rì River, they deliberately put on a posture to cross the river, attracting our warships to the river, and then attacked underwater with the Hippo Orcs, annihilating the power of our water warships in one fell swoop and clearing the biggest obstacle to crossing the river......"

At the end, Lockhart burst into tears: "My lord, I am in the enemy's camp, and every time I see those compatriots who have died in battle, I am still alive...... I feel guilty all the time!"

Du Wei asked for a while, and when Lockhart talked about Luoxue's command of the battle this time, and about the changes on the battlefield one by one, this young man said that he was clearly adjusted, methodical, bit by bit, and his mind was extremely clear.

Du Wei was surprised in his heart, and deliberately tested him a few times, but found that this young and enthusiastic young man, after following Luoxue in the enemy camp for a few months, seemed to be a different person, as if there were already some hills and valleys in his chest, talking about the battle situation, talking eloquently, whether it was talking or vision, it was far higher than before!

"You...... These rìzi, by the side of the falling snow, have learned a lot of things. Du Wei suddenly sighed.

"Yes...... Many. Lockhart lowered his head: "This jīng spirit king doesn't know why, he treats me very favorably, and he even takes the initiative to discuss a lot of issues with me, and I always think about it afterwards." It's as if it's all deliberately instilling this knowledge in me. Even...... It also often discusses history books with me. ”

Du Wei fell silent. After a while, he forced a smile and glanced at Lockhart: "Okay, you don't have to worry about it, I don't doubt you." It's just that I can't figure out the intention of Luoxue for a while. ”

"Your Excellency. Lockhart's eyes were red: "I'm in the enemy camp, and all I think in my heart is that I can simply die, or ...... I just hope that one day I can come back. But now ......"

Lockhart choked up as he said this.

Du Wei patted him on the shoulder and whispered, "I understand your feelings. I finally came back. I have returned to my own side, but in the blink of an eye, I have to go back to the land of tigers and wolves, get along with the enemy chieftain day and night, and can't come back to reunite with my brothers and relatives, I can understand the pain in your heart. ”

After a pause, Du Wei sighed. Looking at Lockhart's young face: "You...... When I thought you were killed, I had already sent someone to your house. Your parents are well, and your siblings are good. Although I am sad for you, since your family has been from Lorraine for generations, there is naturally someone to take care of you. I later made arrangements that one of your sisters would be assigned to work in Lorraine Castle, and that someone would take care of them in the future......"

Lockhart wiped his tears vigorously, then took a deep breath, a trace of absoluteness flashed in his eyes, and said proudly: "Thank you, sir!" Time is of the essence, not to mention things at home...... My lord, before I came, Luoxue said that you would like to read the letter immediately and ask me to bring back your reply. I have to go back before tomorrow rì falls, otherwise the words ......"

Du Wei nodded, and then he opened the letter from the falling snow and looked at it.

Open the stationery. I saw that the text on the letter paper was very beautiful, and I didn't expect that Luoxue, the jīng spirit clan, actually wrote an extremely beautiful text of the Roland Continent, and its penmanship was actually an extremely gorgeous kind of "hooked angle flower style".

The handwriting is delicate and gorgeous. One word and one line. It's indescribably beautiful. But this calligraphy alone made Du Weiduo sigh to himself that he rarely wrote in his own ordinary life. The handwriting is very clumsy, and the only thing that looks good is his own signature - because he is a high-ranking official after all, and there are still many documents that need his signature in Pingrì.

But if you look closely, the content of this letter is impressively as follows: "The letter reads Duke of Tulip, Dewey Rollin Rudolph:

See the words like meeting!

Thinking about the time when I hunted the northwest with Your Excellency, it has been more than four years in the blink of an eye. I am in the bitter cold land of the far north, and every time I think of your demeanor, I am fascinated. Looking back on the past, you and I talked about the past and the present, arguing about the world's major events, walking alone in the northwest, thousands of miles of yellow sand, green grasslands, and kind snow-capped mountains.

It's a pity that you and I are enemies today, and we will no longer be the fun of sitting and talking, and I regret it!

You can remember that you and I had an appointment in the past, and your Excellency has words, and I also have aspirations.

Today, I have led hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and I have gone south in the past, and I am sincere in my ambition in the past. Sigh that Roland's style is the same as before, but the old people are no longer there, and I don't feel very emotional.

Yesterday, I heard that Your Excellency had also come north, and I was very happy. Although I can no longer sit and talk about the Tao, I can lead the troops with Your Excellency to hunt on the battlefield, and life is like this, it is very fast!

This time, the momentum of you and me has become fire and water. However, I also have the feeling of the past and do a foolish thing. Therefore, I hereby write this letter and sincerely invite you to meet with you. Although it is inevitable that the battlefield swords and soldiers will meet each other, if you can get together first and then draw your sword to see each other, this heroic man will also!

If you are interested, you should not doubt my sincere invitation! I know that Your Excellency is open-minded, and in the past the northwest was bold, and you will not be ashamed of me for being a child!

I have a long heart, and I am full of words! I want your Excellency to be incomparable, and it will not make me look at the moon and talk empty!

If you are willing to be invited, the bright moon is above, and I will not do any harm. If in doubt, smile and burn this book.

Falling snow word. ”

The handwriting was elegant and beautiful, and it was over here, but after Du Wei read it, he was stunned for a moment, and after a while, he read the letter again.

After reading the letter, Lockhart saw that Du Wei was not happy or angry, but there was a faint strange smile......

Finally, Du Wei put down the letter, patted it lightly on the table, and then smiled!

"Haha!ha!What a falling snow!What a jīng spirit king!"

Du Weiang suddenly stood up, his eyes flashing: "At this time, it actually invited me to an appointment! If someone else wrote this kind of letter, I would definitely think that the other party was crazy...... But what about it...... Well, it's probably the only one that writes this kind of thing!"

After finishing speaking, he stood up and walked around the room twice, as soon as Rohart heard it, his face suddenly changed, and regardless of Du Wei's reaction, he quickly went up and picked up the letter and looked at it twice, and his face changed suddenly: "My lord......! You!you!You must not go!!"

Du Wei had already stood still at this moment, and sneered: "Why don't you go." If I don't go, won't I be looked down upon by this guy......?"

As he spoke, Du Wei glanced at Lockhart, who was full of worry: "Don't worry, I won't be in danger." This jīng spirit king...... This falling snow ...... Hey, hey!"