The beginning of this year is destined to be a time of war.

From Loklond to Mourngate, from Blood Cliff to Besilico to Ironwater City,

Along the way, there were Dutch soldiers with halberds everywhere. They came from all directions, carrying carriages loaded with supplies, and leading dragon lizards hunted from the southern jungle————

This kind of thing is a unique species in the vast jungle in the south of Noxus. They are fierce predators and ferocious beasts on the battlefield.

When he saw those huge beasts that were seven or eight meters tall, Julian was really worried about Draven who rushed to support and the Noxian army who stayed in Besilico.

But when passing Besilico, he still resisted the urge and did not make any stop————

Julian knew very well,

In war, when the number of people reaches a certain level, the power of individuals is greatly weakened.

He alone can fight against a thousand or ten thousand people, but facing more than two hundred thousand rebels, Julian's best course of action is to follow the empire's instructions.

First relieve the siege of Samali, and then use the unique position offshore of Fahlgren to contain the rebels.

"Samali..." Oh, Samari here refers to the person next to Julian,

As the successor of the Samari tribe, this female swordsman is the only one who has been given the name "Red Sword", and her name is Samari Red Sword.

Although other tribesmen also have the three characters "Samali" in their names, they can only have other names.

When he first learned about this, Julian was still hesitating in his mind whether the female swordsman's name was Samari or Red Knife. However, after calling her several times and finding that the female swordsman didn't care, he decided

It doesn't matter anymore,

"Sha...Sha..." He tiptoed and opened the bushes that blocked his sight, and carefully looked out.

After observing carefully for a moment, Julian called out to the female swordsman in a low voice.

"Whoosh." After an almost inaudible sound, there was a breath a foot away behind him. Julian did not look back, his eyes were still looking not far ahead.

There is a beach with hard soil. Wooden fences and boulders have piled up a camp with thousands of people, facing the island a few miles away.

Julian knew that the island in the distance was Falgren, the hometown of the Samaritans.

On this side of the coast, there were four or five camps of the same size stretching for more than ten miles along the coast. Julian glanced at it and made a rough calculation in his mind. The number of people was about 20,000.

This number made him frown:

"The numbers don't match up..." Lowering his voice, Julian said with a serious face, but his eyes did not look behind him. Instead, he crossed the shore camp and patrolled the sea in the distance.

There are more than a dozen warships cruising in the strait between the island and the mainland.

Julian saw the sign of 'Iron Water City' on the raised sail.

It is a strategic city located in the southeastern corner of the Valoran continent. It faces Bilgewater across the Watcher's Sea, and is located at the sea navigation center from Besilico to the City of Progress.

Relying on maritime trade, Ironwater City easily gathered countless wealth, and became one of the few city-states in the vast territory of Noxus to have an established maritime fleet.

Tieshui City was the initiator of this great southeastern rebellion.

According to the information he received from the Imperial Military Headquarters before departure, Julian was very clear about the ambition of Joachim Hohenzollern, the lord of Iron Water City and the head of the Hohenzollern family who had lived here for generations - to get rid of the shackles of the empire and split the country.

The land is sealed.

Unique geographical advantages, a large naval fleet, and a steady stream of high-quality wood, stone, and dragon-lizard beasts from the southern jungles are the foundation for the rebellion in Tieshui City.

It is also a power that the empire cannot give up.

Once the war succeeds, Noxus will suffer unimaginable losses.

And Hohenzollern will rise from the thousands of unknown families in Runeterra and become a huge threat to Noxus!

This is absolutely intolerable!

Julian knew this and knew the pressure on him.

This pressure is different from the one faced by General Delevingne who needs to consider a frontal war.

If we simply consider resolving the crisis in the Samari tribe, then only Julian alone will be enough.

But the difficulty lies in this matter. The key to this matter is not to resolve it, but to keep the Samari tribe as intact as possible and make it a nail in the enemy's heart.

Under this situation, fighting alone is much less effective, and instead requires the support of the Samari tribe to complete.

Therefore, as soon as he discovered the discrepancy between the number of enemies and the amount of intelligence, Julian began to worry about the Samari tribe on Falgren Island.

Are they resisting or have they fallen?

Julian didn't know, so he needed Red Knife's answer.

"No." A cold voice sounded behind the ears. The female swordsman's voice seemed to always be so calm.

She knows her own tribe better than Julian, and naturally knows many inside stories that Julian doesn't know.

"Samali has lived on the twin islands of Falgren for thousands of years. The island's defenses are strong enough to withstand a siege by tens of thousands of people for a period of time, and they will not be lost so easily." Julian followed the bushes that were being pulled apart.

After observing carefully for a moment, Hongdao whispered calmly:

"Those people in Iron Water City, the chief elder of the tribe has dealt with them, and is very aware of their strength. If the intelligence given by the empire is correct, with less than 10,000 people, they are not even qualified to climb Falgren.

No,"

"And there is a discrepancy in the current intelligence. Either the war masons and scouts made miscalculations, or... the great elder has other plans."

Any other plans?

Julian repeated Red Knife's words and thought to himself,

The great elder in Red Knife's Mouth is Samari Red Knife of the previous generation. He was once a master assassin who was feared by everyone inside and outside the empire.

When the war in the southeast just started, it only took a week or two for the rebels to attack Besilico, and it took even less time to besiege Fahlgren.

Since the Samari Assassins are powerful enough to compete with Duke Kao, and they would not be able to break through their hometown so easily, then what Red Knife said is very likely to be true.

'But, what exactly is the great elder's plan?'

Yulian was worried a lot, and he made an agreement with Red Knife to go to the island after nightfall to find out.

And while they were waiting for the sunset,

On Fahlgren Island in the distance, the afterglow of the setting sun shines on the simple camp set up on the beach. The golden sunshine brings a rare warmth.

And in the jungle not far away, dozens of figures are silently hiding in the gaps in the woods————
Chapter completed!