Agricultural proverb: "Ruixue is a good year." ”

The expectation of heavy snow for farmers who wait in the field all year round is incomprehensible to those working in other professions.

Heavy snowfall, especially early arrivals, is extremely important for farming!

First of all, the insects that wreak havoc on the crops are actively engaged in all kinds of "warm-up exercises" in the autumn to prepare for the succession of the next generation, and when the heavy snow arrives, it will directly kill the adults, and the insect plague will definitely not occur the next year; second, the snow can make the overwintering crops sleep early, and the snow water can also moisten the roots of the crops. A snow for three years of fat, there has always been such a saying in the countryside.

As a matter of fact, it is not the peasants who are bent on tending to the land, but the soldiers who look forward to the snow the most.

-- "The Art of War" Chapter 7 Jade Shatter Plan When the Marquis of Linhe left the city of Hamburg, he was in a very happy mood.

As one of the Empire's finest officers, the Marquis knew a common sense of military use: a stupid general could defeat an army commanded by two excellent generals at the same time. Similar examples of warfare are not uncommon in history. The more excellent the general, the more he has his own completely different style of employing troops, and this style will not only infect the staff and officer corps around the general, but even the army under his command for a long time will form its unique characteristics. Two equally excellent generals, due to their different styles of employing troops, may have completely different commands for the same battle, coupled with the taboo of soldiers who order multiple soldiers, it is difficult not to defeat the battle.

The small mercenary group is a military organization that has risen rapidly in just a few years, and every battle it has experienced can be called a chestnut in the fire, and the tiger's mouth is extracted. It is precisely because of this that the only person who can perfectly command a unit with a distinct personality like the small mercenary group to fight, except for the few commanders of the small mercenary group, is probably the late General Chi Hanfeng.

Therefore, Lin He made up his mind to hand over Hamburg City to Amy, Daqingshan, and Horns, and chose to be in command of the inside line.

The internal battle has begun since the generation of Viscount Fan. The so-called internal operations have only one meaning in the Northern Theater of Operations -- to remove nails.

When the Founding Emperor canonized his vassals, almost all of the northern mountainous areas were assigned to the founding fathers from the staff and internal affairs. Among the four great families of the empire, the Delaware family and its retainers have a total of more than 80,000 acres of fiefdom in the northern mountainous area. Like all nobles in the empire, in order to defend against thieves, most of the nobles built large and small fortresses in their territories, among which the larger ones were no smaller than the size of medium-sized cities.

Viscount Fan once mobilized 40% of his forces to uproot nearly 10 fortresses, but unfortunately, the price was also quite heavy - after all, these fortresses have been in operation for more than 300 years, and there are almost no defensive corners.

Lin He was still quite confident - using three dragon knights to conquer the fortress was definitely overkill. In fact, it is also true, after Lin He left the city of Hamburg, he quickly eliminated all kinds of fortresses in the mountains at a rate of almost one a day, and with the coordinated operation of the three dragons, several forts that were claimed to be no less than Hamburg became history in the dragon's breath. More fortresses chose to surrender. Successive succession of the immediate family members of the defectors were summarily executed, and many more suspects were thrown into black jail.

Just when the Marquis was having a good time, the two Phantom Beast Knights sent by Amy finally found him. Like everyone else, when Lin He heard that Fanos had created a floating city in the sky of Hamburg City to attack, Lord Marquis subconsciously opened his mouth wide......

In the middle of February of the 6th year of the Magic Calendar, Lin He returned to Hamburg as fast as he could, and when he comprehended an attack on the floating city, he, like Amy and the others, looked forward to the coming snowfall like a peasant!

Speaking of which, many things in the war of the gods are quite helpless, such as famous cities. In the continent of Eminole, there are many famous cities that are difficult to conquer, such as Scambrai, Hamburg, Ulu, Lionheart City, etc., but sadly, none of these cities have been conquered in the War of the Gods, and Hamburg, which is known as the number one, has been repeatedly defeated! On the contrary, some cities with only earthen walls in remote areas have survived.

Every other day, the ice city like a small mountain peak slowly rises with the sun in the east sky, and the big rocks fall like raindrops. The only thing to be thankful for is that the floating city itself is already quite heavy, and it is impossible to carry real stones, only the water dragon and the ice magister team up to create ice projections, and all the buildings in Hamburg City are made of granite, and the quality of the ice is still far from granite. Otherwise, the city of Hamburg would have ceased to exist on the first day of the rise of the floating city.

Even if it is ice, when the quantity reaches a certain scale, quantitative change will inevitably lead to qualitative change, countless ice blocks continue to shake the joint of the city bricks, and when the floating city flies for the 17th time, the strong walls of Hamburg City finally could not bear the continuous impact, and collapsed in an angry wail!

It was not only the city wall that collapsed, but also a foundation of three large steps under the city wall that was 40 meters wide, and the cyan granite pushed the cold soil layer down like mud, and the farthest part flowed out for 200 meters!

The moment the city wall collapsed, the hearts of Lin He, Amy, Da Qingshan and others almost collapsed at that moment, and both Amy and Da Qingshan saw an unprecedented paleness on each other's faces. Without the 10,000-year-old rock-made walls, would Hamburg still dare to call itself the strongest city in the world? Even if the city was full of catapults, would it be able to withstand the enemy's attack?

Having lost the catapult and the city walls, the whole war, at this moment, fell to the enemy.

The empire lost the city of Khanbao, and could choose a place to fight again; General Lin He lost the city of Khan, and went to the western theater of operations to have a chance to turn around; however, the small mercenary group lost Hamburg, which was nearly 10,000 mercenaries...... Don't...... has always been accompanied by the good fortune of the little mercenary group, has it been resolutely gone since yesterday?

At that time, Mora Beast, who was supervising the battle at the bottom of the mountain, was just about to order the ground troops to attack the city of Hamburg, but was immediately stopped by Dahaino, who arrived in time.

Dahaino is certainly not soft-hearted, and he is not sympathetic to the city of Hamburg. Isn't that the spokesperson of a fool?!

Once the ground troops are thrown into the city street fighting, the floating city will lose all its aggressiveness, and the combat effectiveness of the Fanos soldiers in the ice and snow can be compared to the small mercenary group? What are you kidding? Probably except for the silver snow wolf mercenary group, no one dares to argue with the small mercenary group in the snow war. Isn't this the way of his own life to resist the enemy's spear? Moreover, six to ten thousand troops were invested in a siege of the city, and now there is Amy, a little fox, on the other side, will he devote the greatest combat power to a duel? If that is the case, then he is not Amy, he is afraid, he simply shows the enemy weak, simply opens the gate and puts the Fanos soldiers in, and then besieges these soldiers from the outside, if that is the case, the floating city...... There is no need to exist.

In addition, there is no need to attack now, such as the Hamburg City, a pure brick city wall with a rice-shaped structure, once it collapses, if you want to repair it, you need to at least open it up and rebuild it, otherwise, there is no way to repair it, and whether or not to put ground troops into attack at this time will not have a positive impact on the subsequent war;

Of course, Jiang is very old, Mora Beast listened to the analysis of the marshal, and a layer of sweat broke out on his head, which of the senior officers of the Western Expeditionary Army has not suffered a heavy loss under Amy, there are only things that the officers of the Western Expeditionary Army can't think of, but there is absolutely nothing that Amy can't do. Moramon was indeed a little afraid of what he had just done.

Seeing the enemy under the mountain surging up like a tide and then receding like a tide, Amy and Da Qingshan looked at each other and smiled bitterly, and both of them immediately guessed the reason for this coming and going, and even guessed that the latter order must come from a cunning commander like Dahaino.

For the city of Hamburg, the war has reached the point where there is no rice to cook.

After Earl Linhe hurried back, he had tentatively invested in the dragon knight and more than a dozen phantom beast knights to rise into the air, hoping to eliminate this hidden danger. It's a pity that Hamburg City can't compare with its opponents in terms of quality and quantity - at the moment of the big war, Reynolds has been in Dahaino's camp for nearly 20 days, and the combat power of high-level divine dragons is by no means understandable to ordinary dragons, especially those fourth-order dragons, who are oppressed to death by the dragon power of high-level divine dragons. In addition, there are three magisters and many high-ranking priests on the floating city, and their understanding of magic is not as good as that of dragons. In the war between the dragon knight and the magister, the phantom beast knight was not the same at all, it was not a combat power of the same magnitude at all. The Elven Elders can't harness the dragon, otherwise, they might change the war.

In any war, strength is the foundation that surpasses everything. When there is a world of difference in strength, all wisdom becomes worthless.

Amy, who is full of opportunities, Da Qingshan, who is thoughtful, Lin He, who has made outstanding achievements, and many powerful officers in the imperial ace army, face the floating city that is slowly moving in the sky and constantly creating ice cubes, there are only four words to describe their feelings: helpless!

Fortunately, Hamburg City is mostly a two-story building, and the next floor is mostly under the ground, and after the huge ice blocks flatten the previous building, the half-standing ruins and ice blocks reformed a stable structure, even up to 2 meters thick, so in addition to the heavy casualties in the first battle, most of the combat power of Hamburg City was effectively preserved.

After the city wall fell, Lin He, Daqingshan, Amy and other senior officers held a one-night pre-war meeting, and finally had to formulate a relatively negative strategic thinking, nine words: "show the enemy weak, space for time."

It's really dramatic, not long ago, Reynolds and His Majesty the Pope were in a secret conversation, and the strategy set by the two kings for the arrogant Chi Aotian Army was exactly these nine words.

The most important thing about this strategic thinking is to show weakness to the enemy - it is necessary to convince Dahaino that the combat power of the city of Hamburg is greatly weakened, and that the soldiers and civilians in the city are suffering heavy casualties. Only in this way will Dahaino not increase the speed of the siege, and can delay as much time as possible. In order to create this illusion, Amy and Daqingshan personally led the elves, blocking swordsmen, and magic swordsmen to attack at night, repeatedly sneaking into Dahaino's camp, and even set the forest on fire. As the floating city continued to attack, such night raids became less and less frequent, and the scale became smaller and smaller, and eventually disappeared. At the same time, the city of Hamburg began to strictly enforce the light control, and in the later years of Hamburg, there were no lights at all at night - like a dead city. In addition, the stove is constantly being strengthened to reduce the amount of cooking smoke. In short, all of this will only give Dahaino a judgment - the city of Hamburg has suffered heavy casualties.

Exchanging space for time, at this time, Amy and the others are looking forward to two things the most, the first is the comeback of His Excellency Lu'er. Kelesit battled, Lu'er was attacked by the Magister and the high-level priest, and was seriously injured and had to escape into the dragon realm to recuperate, the time in the dragon realm is much slower than the mortal world, it is estimated that it will take a few days for Lu'er to be raised, as long as Lu'er appears, then Renol's dragon will not have any advantage, and it is very likely to smash the floating city in one fell swoop;

Come to think of it, Dahaino didn't know the climate of Hamburg City at all, and in normal years, Hamburg City has a continuous snow after autumn, and the ground is quite cold - otherwise why Hamburg's house has a floor underground, only underground can reduce the invasion of cold air. Living in tents or huts, there is no way to protect against the cold, and most of Dahaino's subordinates are Fanos soldiers from the extreme south.

In the days that followed, Daqingshan, Amy and others were almost counting their fingers and living their lives.

In fact, the strategic thinking of the city of Hamburg has been very effective. It's not just Dahaino who is convinced, Reynolds has ridden the dragon several times in a row to hover low above Hamburg City, and even guided the dragon to launch the dragon's breath, but there is little reaction in Hamburg City. Everyone believed that it was only a matter of time before the city of Hamburg was attacked.

This error in judgment, in addition to Amy's first-class acting skills, also increased the misjudgment of the senior officers of Fanos - no one had ever used such a jaw-dropping weapon in war, everyone, including himself, was deceived by its huge appearance, and no one believed that anyone could survive the attack of such an extremely sharp weapon of war.

It was under these circumstances that Reynolds felt extremely comfortable attending the inauguration of the Temple.

Before Renaud's departure, Dahaino promised with great confidence that he would send troops to take over the iron mines before the autumn - in the eyes of His Excellency the Marshal, there was no need to mention the word Hamburg anymore - it had long ceased to exist. As for the officers in the city, Dahaino will definitely be captured without a guarantee, after all, most of these officers are phantom beast knights and dragon knights, and if they are determined to escape, especially at night, there is no way.

In Dahaino's calculations, on March 10th ~ 15th in the summer of the 6th year of the magic calendar, the floating city will use the "jade shattering" attack in the last attack - that time, the entire floating city will be out of the magic master and priest, and no longer carry any other siege weapons, when the floating city enters the sky above the city of Hamburg, the magic master and priests will all leave the floating city by themselves through the levitation technique, and finally, when the effect of the floating technique disappears, the floating city weighing 10,000 tons will come from the sky and completely bury the entire Hamburg! No matter how many troops there are in the city of Hamburg, even if they can't be killed, the tens of millions of pieces of ice that are shattered by the sun and blown by the north wind at night will inevitably seal the entire city into a big ice stone, without air, no race can survive!

In Dahaino's plan, there is not much difference between getting Hamburg in 6 years or 7 years in the magic calendar, and it is the most important thing to get this city on the premise that his subordinates will not suffer too many casualties - after all, this is a different continent, and only by maintaining good combat strength will there be more space. This has always been Dahaino's command thinking.

Amy, Da Qingshan, and Lin He could never have imagined that there were such vicious schemes waiting for them in the earthly world. They had made a fundamental mistake - they thought that Dahaino cared as much about the steel base and the city as they cared about, and they would not have known that Dahaino, including all the senior officers of the entire Western Legion, had long been tired of this city, and they liked an iron ore with a constant supply of weapons, rather than an easily defended fortress.