Backed by the Aron Mountains, the largest mountain range that traverses the northern part of Normandy, the terrain is winding, with many peaks, from the foot to the top, all of which are pale black rocks, some places are very prominent, as if they are about to collapse, and some places are concave again, as if there are many deep caves inside, and in the crevices above and below the rocks, there are wild miscellaneous trees with bent branches growing everywhere, like the coarse hairs on the giant's body, which are painted with a layer of vast ink.

The unique geographical location of Truburg allows it to obtain a rare shade in the hot summer, and the surrounding mountains are as sharp as a sword, and the undulating mountains effectively resist the invasion of heat waves.

Due to the relatively high potential, the wind from the north passes through here, taking away the heat of the day, sending a cool breath, in the early spring, you can already feel the chill here, when these chills extend to, it creates a high wind and cool climate here,

In addition to the danger here, Fort Tru itself is of great strategic importance, the history of Fort Tru is quite ancient, the castle originally belonged to the Bessaril people, and the Bessalil people were defeated by the Normans who rose to the south 2 hundred years ago. Since its establishment, Fort Tru has been a fortress of many disasters.

The surrounding rolling mountains, the mountains here are very low, to be precise, it is a continuous belt of high mountains, on these high mountains, overgrown with thorn trees and huge elm trees, because it is located in the north-central part of Normandy on the junction of the mountains and plains, so the commanding heights of Truburg have become a battleground for soldiers, every force that tries to control the north or the central march will inevitably capture Fort Trou, the original Normans were like this, and the current Salander expeditionary force is also like this, from here you can look down on the entire central Normandy region,

In fact. With the expeditionary force setting off a bloody storm in central Normandy, most of the original inhabitants of Fort Tru moved away, and as the main force of the expeditionary force entered, it soon became a huge barracks.

The streets were filled with heavily armed expeditionary soldiers. Occasionally, some civilian-looking people walked by, and they also looked fierce. With hideous eyes and a weapon with him, he knows at a glance that he is not a good type. If you stand silently on the top of the fortress, you can also see these fierce guys walking around the streets. They don't take the expeditionary force units seriously, of course, they never take the initiative to make trouble with the expeditionary force, they are mercenaries,

After receiving that the Central Army had routed the friendly forces on his right, Starshuil immediately played the Golden Bullet Offensive, since it was impossible to recruit elite combat soldiers in a short time, then hiring with money was the easiest and most direct way, no matter in any country. In any land, mercenaries are a profession that will never be wiped out, and they are brave and good at fighting, regardless of right or wrong. As long as the money is given, even the civilians will not spare the slightest,

They were warriors who fought for gold, and the expeditionary force was not short of money. This was well known, and as word spread through the Guò underworld, a large army of mercenaries soon appeared near Fort Tru. The number reached 5,000 people, from different nationalities, and even many nationalities had never even heard of Starshoe, these miscellaneous mercenaries were organized by Starschuil as the Third Army of the Expeditionary Force, because of the overall combat strength and ordinary expeditionary forces, so they were placed at the forefront of the whole day's defense line by Starschuil

As the supreme military commander of the self-proclaimed Independence Army, Starschuil set up his headquarters near the southeast tower of Fort Tru, where there was a lonely four-story courtyard with lavish but somewhat old decorations, which had once been the residence of local lords.

Because there has been no one to maintain for several months, the walls that were once carved with exquisite statues are only broken walls with broken hands and feet at this moment, and obvious cracks can be seen in some places, revealing the red stones inside, even if it is the room inside the watchtower, there are many cracks, when Starschuil first moved in, there were swarms of rats in it, showing off his might, and the harmful Starschuil used his personal guard, and it took two full days to penetrate the wall and make holes, and barely shrunk the rat infestation.

If it weren't for the heavily guarded surroundings, no one would know that this was the residence of Starshuil, the core of the tens of thousands of troops directly commanding the expeditionary force, and only the dense horses at the door could whisper to passers-by that this place was unusual.

After lunch, the sun seemed quite gentle, and a woman in a long black dress quietly came out from the south side of the four-story building, and walked very reluctantly to the four-story position, accompanied by a maid

The sun reflected her tall and plump body, leaving a faint figure on the stone slab on the ground, her face was dignified, her temperament was gentle, her head was held high, her eyes were not squinted, and the long black skirt tightly covered every unit of her body, without the slightest possibility of leakage, invisibly exuding a sense of inviolability,

Her name is Luciene, a beautiful woman who is very famous in Salander, because she was captured by the Normans and sold to a great lord in Normandy, and as a result, the big lord was hanged in the attic of his castle by the expeditionary force.

Hearing that the expeditionary force was frustrated in the south, and her savior Starshuil led the army to garrison Fort Tru, Lucini came here on her own initiative, nominally a newly recruited logistician of the Salander expeditionary force, in fact, only a very small number of people in the know knew what she was coming for, but they were all silent. Of course, Lucini herself knows that there are some unpleasant rumors behind it, there are always some gossip spreading, and even the content of some gossip is quite unsightly.

The two Salander soldiers at the door, seeing Lucini's arrival, gently retreated, they were all guards who followed Starshuil, and naturally knew what to do at this time. Because there are very few people who live in an ascetic way, there is no door to the headquarters of Starshuil, and everyone can go directly to it.

Lucinie's steps were light, barely making any sound, so Starshuyl didn't notice it. After eating, Starshuil sat on a bench in the middle of the headquarters, sitting on a map in a daze. There are only red and blue dots in the eyes. But it was Luciene, the three men beside him, who found the arrival, and they all crept away. Lucini stood in silence for a moment. There seemed to be something strange in his eyes, and he didn't speak, just stood there quietly

The slanting sun is like a shadow, the beauty is like jade, and the subordinates around Starshuil all subconsciously looked at Lucie's back, revealing a look of fascination. Lucine used to be known as the first beauty in the South, and although after all these years of turbulent displacement, her bright colors have not been detracted in the slightest, but have added a bit of mature beauty. Just one stop makes it difficult to take your eyes off yourself

I don't know how long, but when I looked back thoughtfully, Starshuyl seemed to say something, only to find that everyone was gone, and the entire headquarters seemed empty, except for the two guards standing at the door. But the guard's eyes didn't seem to be as strict as usual, but seemed to be a little out of his mind.

"What's going on?" said Starshuil, turning in exasperation, just in time to face Lucien, who was standing brightly

"You...... Why are you here?" Starshuyl was stunned for a moment, his tone trembled, and he seemed to stare at the beauty in the black dress in front of him in disbelief

"Didn't you always want to avoid me, and now I'm here myself!" Lucine said. said in a cold tone, not at all like the rumors of the outside world full of ambiguity and love, the strong smell of gunpowder and this cold feeling made the two look more like enemies

"Nope. How could I avoid you!"

Starshuil's face slapped in embarrassment, and he replied, "It's dangerous here, it could become a battlefield at any time." You'd better go back to Kyoto first, trust me, as long as the problem is solved, I'll give you an explanation!"

"Confess, what confession!" Lucini sneered, "If you still had some courage at the beginning, how could you have left me alone and slipped away, if it wasn't for waiting for you, I wouldn't have been caught by the Normans, but now you say that you want to give me an explanation, don't you think it's too ridiculous? After years of humiliation and the tragic death of all your relatives, do you think you have the qualifications to bear this qiē?" "I admit that it was my fault back then, but it was I who saved you from the hands of the Normans" Starshuil replied with an ugly expression, "When the country is in trouble, the fate of the individual is like duckweed in the wind, not only you, even I was captured in Normandy and sold as a slave, now we have the opportunity to control our own destiny again, why don't we want to be able to end this troubled times, so that countless Salanders who were torn apart in that war can be in this land." Returning to the old years and time, I know that it is very extravagant and ridiculous to talk about this now, and I can only say that as long as there is hope, I will do it!

"You ......" Lucien's face was cold, she didn't expect the other party to say such a moving word, and her cold eyebrows were no longer able to insist, but she wanted to continue, but Starshoe's subordinates had hurriedly walked in and stopped Lucien, Starshouil turned her back, obviously not wanting to continue

"You're a bastard!" Lucini stomped angrily at the other party's resolute intentions, and left extremely unwillingly, her expression revealing an unconcealable depression, as if something precious had been broken

"What are you doing?" said Starshuyl when Lucine was gone. The face is a little unsightly,

"Lady Lucien ...... just now," one of the men replied in a low voice, not daring to look Starschuil in the eye. Starshuil was indeed surprised, and a little frightened, as if everyone looked at themselves a little strangely,

"What's new?" said Starshuil, after a moment of silence.

"Not for the time being, the Imperial Central Army, which had routed the Second Army, did not turn to us, but went further north," one of his subordinates replied in a low voice. "Further north?" "Further north," Starshuyl frowned, returning his gaze to the military map on the wall, trying to get rid of all the things that Qiē had to do with Lucien, and concentrating on the current situation. Faintly, he seemed to have a little feeling, judging from the map, now the Imperial Army is surrounded on three sides, facing each other on the line of Normandy and Kyoto, dividing the entire area into four areas,

The advance of the empire's three-way army is not fast, but the troops are very tight with each other, and it is almost difficult to find the flaws of unilateral defeat, which shows that it is well-trained, and it is worthy of being called the elite of the empire in a hundred battles.

Although the defensive line of the expeditionary force was relatively solid, the Imperial Army mastered the Second Army Corps, and formed a sharp knife against the expeditionary force. forced the expeditionary force to have to deploy a large number of troops on the front of Kyoto,

According to Starshuil's prediction, the goal of the Imperial Central Army should be to attack the Kyoto defense line from the direction of Said, and if that is the case, the cavalry of the Central Army will inevitably suffer heavy losses.

During the period of Normandy defense, Kyoto stretched more than ten kilometers outside the city, all of which were trenches dug by Normans, because Normans believed. As long as the other side's terrifying cavalry troops do not appear,

It is impossible to break through Kyoto, which has as many as 60,000 people, with less than 30,000 infantry, and in fact, the advancing Imperial Southern Army seems to have no suspense, and in less than half a month, the inferior infantry has strongly defeated the Normans with as many as 60,000 people. Because of the tight schedule, the Southern Army did not fill in the trenches, and for the cavalry, there was hardly a place to step on the horse's hooves outside Kyoto. Once the advantage of war horses is abandoned, with less than 10,000 troops of the Central Army, it will definitely be a bloody battle to overcome another expeditionary force of 20,000 people that is already in full battle.

However, Starshuil is not completely reassuring either, as it is on the northeastern side of Kyoto. Another Imperial army had captured Balchik, threatening the security of Normandy and Kyoto from the flank. Despite the fact that the expeditionary force also arranged a considerable number of troops here, it was impossible to completely stop the offensive of the imperial army, it must be said, in the direction of Balchik. It is indeed a weakness of the expeditionary army.

The two armies held each other, and the formation was like a curved crescent, and it was like a full moon scimitar, the back of the knife was the expeditionary army, and the outside of the blade was the imperial army.

Because of the existence of the fortified walls of Kyoto, the expeditionary force was not in danger for the time being, but the initiative was in the hands of the imperial army, and the three armies were encircled, and they would use guò to rob this scimitar. It's very interesting.

In terms of troops, the number of the Imperial Army was equal to the number of the Expeditionary Force, which finally exceeded 60,000 at the end of March after integration, and was divided into the First, Second, and Third Army Corps, of which the Second and Third Army Corps advanced southward to form a huge inverted triangle, the center of which was Normandy Kyoto.

According to Starshuil's opinion, it should not be so easy for the Falcon Imperial Army to get through the trench that stretches for dozens of kilometers, not to mention, the empire seems to have a lot to take into account, and their main goal is still to suppress the armies of the surrounding countries, and to eliminate the legions of Caesar Solon and Salon who are in charge of this matter, and now the legions that the empire can mobilize are the Central Guard Corps known as the Falcon Talon,

However, from which direction will Hukochili, a fierce general, carry out a surprise attack?

The expeditionary force's extermination policy made the area they traveled almost alive, and the problems brought with it were also very prominent, the expeditionary force was almost a blind man, and they had too little information about Hukochili's intelligence.

Starshuyl also struggled to draw a pattern from the opponent's past battles. Starshuil thought about it again and again, but he was never at ease, and he didn't sleep well at night. Truth be told, Starshuyl doesn't feel like Hukochili is his opponent. When he was fighting on the battlefield, Hukochili might not know where he was, how capable a milky little guy could be?

It's just that the title of the Imperial Central Army is too scary, and the momentum of the attack is often difficult for others to resist. It gradually created the myth of the Central Army. If you change the angle, even if you have this elite division in your hands. He is also sure that he will completely defeat the other party, and even unify the entire continent. "There must be a way!" sat down unconsciously. Starshuil looked at the detailed comparison of the forces of the two sides, hoping to find a way to break the three-way army, and these figures were clearly marked in the lower right corner of the military map.

The Imperial Central Army is accurate to every infantry squadron, but in fact, these numbers do not have much significance, the battles of the Imperial Central Army and the Expeditionary Army cannot be measured from the regular numbers of Expeditionary Force soldiers, in some cases even more than twenty,

In the previous days, the Imperial Army was quietly gathering forces and increasing the pressure on the expeditionary force itself, and the expeditionary force would certainly not sit idly by, and would also do everything possible to increase its own strength. After the Battle of Said, there has been no large-scale clash between the two armies, because both sides are preparing for the final duel and gathering all the forces that can be gathered. The cavalry of the Central Army really stopped outside Kyoto, causing a sensation throughout Normandy Kyoto,

Of course, the Salander army also has its own cavalry, but compared with the cavalry of the Central Army, the cavalry of the expeditionary force is greatly inferior in terms of equipment, if they directly collide with the regular cavalry of the empire, most of them will be wiped out, and from the perspective of combat experience, the other party is a veteran of the battle, and the Salander people who do not attach importance to cavalry, most of the recruits this time are new soldiers, and many are people from other countries,

For recruits this. Starshuil had no complaints. After all, the expeditionary force is also struggling now, and it needs to be replenished everywhere, and he should feel relieved that there are enough new soldiers to replenish him. As for when these recruits will be able to form combat effectiveness, that is something he needs to worry about. (To be continued.) )