The year 1341 of the Lamanic Nova, the beginning of the year 1142 of the creation of the god Suomir.

In the middle of winter, storms rolled up on the east coast.

The great Padrosi Empire's war machine was activated, and an army of hundreds of thousands of people was assembled in one direction.

Northern expedition.

This majestic march scene was used by scholars in the empire to compare the founding emperor of the Gulaman Empire, the conqueror Sisario J. V. Gallokondi, but this was not much agreed with by Sigsumond I himself.

"The Founding Emperor was indeed a great ancestor," said His Majesty the white-haired Emperor Padrosi, "but he was confined to his limited vision of the times, and was never able to truly conquer the Suomirs." ”

"Even if we defeated Aurora, even if we defeated them and sent garrisons, we still didn't erase anything from the hearts of those people in the Northlands. ”

"That's hope. ”

Suomir was the heart of the empire, and even though they were ostensibly suppressed and subjugated many times in history, they never really accepted the Lamanites as their suzerain.

The invasion and integration of cultures was extremely difficult, and the sun of Lamani was weak in the face of the cold of the Northland, and could not penetrate the solid ice of the Northland.

Whether or not Suomil was conquered is an argument that has been debated between historians and literati. At the level of the state and even the royal family, this small country has undergone many major changes, and the entire political situation has been defeated many times. Those who have absolute confidence in the Lamani culture also talk about the conquest of Suomir by the founding emperor, but on the other hand, scholars who like to study history and culture take a different perspective and realize that the culture of the Suomir has never changed.

The discussion between these two factions has not ceased to this day. And the relationship between the two countries is by no means black and white.

In today's Padrossi, there is an idiom read: "Artimatina Suomir, Farito Asuomir" - meaning "success is also Suomir, defeat is also Suomir", although after expanding the meaning it can be used to describe success or failure related to something, but from the original meaning it is not difficult to see the close connection between the rise and fall of these two countries.

Thousands of years ago, the Lamanid Empire, after conquering Suomir, especially the region of Aurora, which the northerners were proud of, turned the area around the northern part of Europe, especially the area around the Heinzswom meteorite lake, into the best arsenal of the Laman Empire with the help of excellent local mineral resources and forging technology.

Without Aurora, there would be no such famous Lamanite legions, and if it weren't for the Laman Empire's arsenal here, the Suomirs would not have such excellent blacksmithing skills.

It's all going hand in hand.

The resourceful Aurora was the cornerstone of the prosperity of the Laman Empire, but it was also the source of the empire's demise.

The Suomirs never gave up their rebellion, and when the Lamanite Empire entered its twilight years, the White Church was born and established itself in Aurora.

Those who are familiar with the history of religion know that the division of empires was more of a disagreement between the two major denominations of the early church, in addition to the uneven distribution of power and resources. And in this brutal civil war of the destruction and division of the Laman Empire, the Suomirs also took the opportunity to break away from the rule. The devastated Lamanites divided into two branches, one moved westward and sowed many civilizations along the way, eventually creating many countries on the west coast of the Inland Sea, and the other claimed to have inherited the Lamanid orthodoxy and established a new calendar, calling itself the "Great Lamanid Succession", that is, "Padlamencia", and eventually evolved into the current Padrossi Empire.

The relationship between Suomir and Padrosi is like a double helix of fate that is hard to sum up in simple words.

After the civil war that followed the fall of the Lamanite Empire, not only Suomir, but the entire east coast was actually divided into countless small states. The Padessi, despite their claim to be the legitimate successors of the Lamanids, were in fact only one of the countries on the east coast during the period 1-751 of the Lamani New Calendar.

Its real rise came after 751 A.D. After nearly 500 years of territorial expansion, loss, and recapture, the East Coast was truly unified once again by the current Emperor of Padrossi, Sigsumond I.

Pretty much – that's the point.

Suomir was the last piece of the puzzle missing from the ideal map of Sigsumond I.

The great Emperor Padrossi never intended to have peaceful dealings. On the one hand, he was well aware of the stubborn character of these northerners, and on the other hand, peaceful reunification was never his character tendency.

He personally led the astonishing empire of this vast empire that ended in the mountains to the south and plunged east into the Palohian plateau, and the emperor had been more adept at fighting than holding on from the time he ascended the throne.

These are psychological factors, from the point of view of history and national sentiments, and even related to religion. The presence of the pope in the north, the leader of the Jetinas, had always been a source of resentment to the Empire, and although the Church in Heinzswerm was the oldest, they wanted to keep both theocracy and human rights in the hands of the Empire.

"The emperor of the greatest nation under heaven should also be the head of the church. "As the country prospered, the self-confidence of the people swelled rapidly, and the fact that Higsumond I did not deny or obstruct it proves to some extent that he thought so too.

The Pope must have known this, so he sent Hymirin and others to rescue the crown prince who was close to Suomir and Yetina.

But in addition to the above factors, there were more urgent and practical reasons for the conquest of Suomir by Higsumond I.

- Wealth.

Heinzswerm has always been a land rich in minerals, and has accumulated a wealth thanks to the export of weapons and armor in large quantities. Coupled with the fact that the lakeside church is the place where the Pope is located, the donations of the faithful and even the gold and silver sacrallows that have been passed down for thousands of years, the hidden wealth of the entire Aurora region is extremely staggering. To the eyes of the Padrosi, the Talva-Suta, which stands at its southern entrance, is like a miser's pocket – just in and out.

Higsumond I was a warlike emperor, and the people always boasted of the vast army of nearly a million he had raised, and praised their victories – but that was at best.

If you change the angle of this statement a little, it will become: Sigsumond I was an emperor who was "only" good at war.

He did not know how to do internal affairs, and all the infrastructure in the empire was the result of the efforts of the Crown Prince Hermes to unite the Church over the course of more than twenty years. His Majesty the Emperor, the great victorious general, knew nothing but war and conquest, and his army was paid for all by war reparations and looting the goods of the defeated countries - in other words, he was feeding the war with war, which is why this vast empire had such a powerful war machine.

But there has been no war on the east coast for more than ten years, except for the dwarves in the south who cowered in the mountains and hid in tunnels without any oil and water, and the only thing left was Suomir, who had a complicated relationship and where the church headquarters was located.

Either disarm or continue to plunder and oppress the conquered peoples to maintain the army that Padrosi is proud of.

The choice of Higsumond I was not unexpected.

"Just Suomir," he said.

"It's a small country with a tiny population," he said.

"A small country that has been at peace for so long," he said.

"All it takes is a little intimidation of the million-strong army that our country is proud of, no, even if they see the flag of our country. He said, "These people should surrender." ”

Padro Silaman Novaya 1341, Suomir Creation 1142 February.

The Battle of Winter began.

The vanguard of 55,000 men was composed of five elite Lamanite legions led by Prince Nigsson and cavalry units.

At Talva-Suta, they collided head-on with an army that was not lost to them in terms of equipment and numbers.

The Suomir army held a white flag embroidered with gold trim, depicting white lily of the valley and icebergs in the north.

The man at the head was dressed in a new silver armor, and the bright red cloak behind him was hunting in the cold wind.

In the winter sun, he raised his freshly crafted sword, a meter and a half in length, and its gauntlet was in the style of Suomir, with the tip of the sword pointing upwards in a V-shape.

The glittering blades reflected the sun's radiance, and the sparkle of all the warriors was as resolute and unshakable as the long winter.

"In the name of the Church, in the name of Suomir. ”

As he spoke, the crowd began to chant his name.

"Heinzsworm!" they shouted.

The Lamanites didn't react for a moment, thinking they were calling out the name of the meteorite lake.

"Gun in position!" rang out in a southern accent of Lamani.

The spears of the knights hung down and were ready under the command of Prince Nigsson.

"Charge!" the horse raised its hooves, but for a moment something rumbled in the sky.

And immediately after all the Lamanites saw it.

Above the thick winter clouds, He broke through the white clouds and swooped down with white wings. The feathers above glistened in the sun, and the massive body covered the ground in shadows for a moment.

The horses were all frightened and began to panic and lose their formation, and the last scene in Prince Nigsun's eyes was the moment when the knight with the bright red cloak swung his great sword.

"Rush!!"

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The first battle of the Winter Campaign ended three hours after the start.

Siegsumond I, who was firmly seated in Southern Europe in the rear, was ready to hear the news of the victory, and welcomed a trembling messenger.

More than 40 percent of the legions were killed, 30 percent were captured, and the remaining 30 percent fled to the Palohian plateau.

Prince Nigsun was captured and beheaded, and his head was thrown back with a trebuchet.

The Emperor was silent for a long time after hearing the news, and the messenger was lucky to save his life, but the people of Suomir, who were still in southern Europe, were not so lucky.

In retaliation, the emperor transported them to the bottom of the Talva-Suta line for mass execution.

He intended to thwart the Suomir rebellion, but this immediate effect in the face of the highlanders and southerners, who had been oppressed and did not dare to resist, only strengthened the Suomir people.

If Higsumond I, who had been mocking the Founding Emperor of Laman for "being limited by the times" a month earlier, had not been blinded by his inflated arrogance, perhaps he would have reviewed history to understand why the great Sisario had adopted a soft policy towards Suomir.

It is a taciturn people, born and raised in the snowstorms of the Northland, they are very patient, and they prefer peace rather than the Skings, who are close to each other.

If things can be made peaceful, the Suomirs will endure some losses. But there is a bottom line to all this.

When it was touched, how decisive this nation could be, the people of the empire should not have forgotten.

The emperor should not have forgotten.

But they were blinded by the title of "the greatest country in the world", and their self-confidence began to swell, and they began to take everything seriously.

"As long as you have the most powerful million-strong army in the world, there is nothing that cannot be defeated. ”

Disrespectful, disrespectful, and not taking the gods and the church seriously. Blindly only know the consequences of preaching force, they are very fast.

You're about to taste it.

On 17 March 1341, the Suomirs abandoned the whole of southern Europe and retreated to the Talva-Sutta Line. The quartermaster of the Padrossi Legion, who had collected food from the locals, went to every village, but the buildings were empty.

22 March, Aurora del Sud.

A raging fire was ignited.

After the grain and grass were gone, the remaining houses and fields were set on fire by the hands of the people.

Children over the age of 11 and even pregnant women in October were armed, and they wore holy insignia and stood throughout the Talva-Suta line under the name of the White Church.

This is the result of inflated arrogance.

An army of hundreds of thousands, nearly a million people, under the scorched earth policy and sworn resistance, could not get a grain of grain from southern Europe.

And this game was just beginning, and the Lamanites, who reacted, began to transport grain from within the empire. And the navy of the Kingdom of Suomir, which had long been prepared, set out from the port of Suomarina in the north, first cutting off the supply line of Padrosi from the sea.

They didn't just loot, they detained people and ships directly in the port of Suomarina, and released the news that any merchant ships that helped the empire would be plundered by Suomir pirates.

This cut off the sea transport, which could transport large quantities of supplies at once, and after several failed attempts, the Empire mobilized a large number of logistical forces and stretched the supply lines overland to transport supplies - this time from the east.

The Highlanders raised the banner of rebellion against the Empire.

Having lost the reserve army, the posts on the Palohia plateau were swallowed up by the frantically charging highlanders. And among them are many Suomir warriors wielding large swords.

Conclusions can be easily drawn.

The Suomirs raised the banner of rebellion against the Empire, and after winning the first battle, they held off the other attacks of the Empire and spread the news far and wide, thanks to the strong defensive ability of the Talva-Sutar Line.

Many immediately began to respond.

The overland supply transport, which had to travel for a week, was constantly attacked, with heavy casualties and losses, and finally the emperor had to hastily call a halt to the damage.

The supply line was cut off.

Refusing to disarm, Higsumond I, who set out with a huge crowd of hundreds of thousands of people with the intention of intimidating the surrender of this small country with a large number of people, was overconfident and only brought supplies for three weeks in order to march hastily, and now he is in a dilemma.

The soldiers of the Legion were starving for a long time, and Suomir's long and harsh winter was also a great year. Until April, it showed no signs of waning its power, and was only getting colder every day.

Since April 1, heavy snow has completely blocked the road. The troops who had cleared the road with wooden shovels a few hours earlier were covered with snow a few hours earlier, and at the same time they had to face the attacks of the Suomir rangers who were flying and running freely in their sleds.

More than a thousand Imperial people died trying to clear the road, and Suomir was killed less than one-twentieth of them.

An army of hundreds of thousands was trapped in southern Europe, unfed, unable to attack or retreat, only in front of the small forces of Suomir, who were constantly harassing them.

It's just a drain.

"It's the presence of dragons. ”

"Suomir's protector dragon, he is calling for the wind and snow. They said.

"We have offended the gods, and this is our punishment, our punishment for attacking the Holy Land. The fanatical believers among the soldiers kissed the emblem with tears in their eyes and begged for forgiveness, but were taken away by the officers on the grounds that they had "broken their heads from the bitter cold" and never returned.

"Death to those who flee, death to those who surrender, and death to those who misappropriated armaments and materials without authorization. "The repressive policy was enacted, and the chaos that began to emerge was brought under control through strict curfews and management on all fronts. But if the root cause is not addressed, this order is only temporary.

"The emperor is too old to begin to lose his mind, and the victorious general of his youth is no more!" At the end of April, even the supplies of the aristocratic class had to be strictly distributed. When people are hungry, they will start to make trouble, and the restlessness will be transferred from the lower class to the upper class, and the nobleman who has no mouth will naturally lose his life after that.

The long snow lasted until May, when it began to get smaller, and the Empire finally took a turn. The 100,000-strong troops of Higsumond I, led by one of his generals, were stationed along the route to secure the land supply lines, and the supplies were drawn from the central and southern parts of the country, and the supply of the army began to ease, but this raised another problem.

By sea, a procession of highlanders, Suomirs, and ecclesiastical envoys made its way to the south of the empire.

After the death of Prince Nigsun, who was a hostile church, the local believers and church workers tried to stir up the people but were unsuccessful. And the troops sent by Higsumond I to levy food were crookedly and helped to fan the flames.

"Oppressed people, stand up and take back what is yours!"

"In the name of the church, we are all the people of the gods, so why should you hand over the food you have worked so hard to cultivate!"

The simplest of questions is like a butterfly flapping its wings and eventually forming a storm.

It gets out of hand.

The prosperous Padrossi Empire was torn apart in just a few months.

And the originally proud people of the empire suddenly noticed that this huge empire, their beautiful life, which should last forever, was so fragile.

Suddenly, they began to think of the good of Crown Prince Hermes, even though the people were afraid of the Emperor's presence at the time of his arrest and execution. But it was only when he was trying to build and equalize the conquered tribes, for he knew that only in this way could the nation be truly unified if they were truly integrated into the empire and with a passionate love for the empire.

The current empire is thriving on the premise that the Patrosi oppressed other Lamanite peoples, and this oppression was justified because they had the most powerful army in the world, and others were powerless to resist.

When this army was withdrawn, the whole country was ready to move.

At the end of May 1341, the snow continued to fall in Aurora.

Historians of the empire, sorting through this chain of unrest in fear, invariably attribute the beginning to the rout of the elite forces led by Prince Nigsson in February.

For four months, the Imperials were unable to advance in the cold and lack of supplies, while the Suomirs revolted on all fronts. On 1 June, a proclamation from the assembly of the Suomirs, who had been much delayed, finally reached the ears of the Imperials.

And with its arrival, opposition began to emerge even within the borders of the Empire.

"My name is Hermering Heinzwöm. Son of Hermes Gasu Saxiyutu. ”

"Son of Bishop Ella Erin Gunnan. ”

"O righteous fellow citizens of the Church who believe in the Church all over the world. ”

"Listen to me—"

The final blizzard has arrived.

The entire East Coast is under the-for-tat confrontation of two men who are related by blood with a large age gap.

And the scholars of the imperial capital dipped themselves in ink with fear and wrote such words on the paper with trembling hands.

"Aurora's nightmare. ”

"This is where it begins. ”