The strong wind was whistling past with flying snow, and the biting cold wind made it difficult to open one's eyes. In this freezing cold, two groups of cavalry were marching at full speed.
The wind and snow ahead gradually eased, and after the Wolf Cavalry Corps marched for a few more kilometers, the snow stopped and the temperature also rose, reaching about minus 40°C.
What's under your feet is no longer an ice sheet, but frozen soil covered with thick snow. Every time you step on the snow, there will be a crunching sound.
Due to the low temperature in the ice wind belt, civilians in the north cannot live there. It is the second natural barrier in the north besides the "Wall of Atad".
These two barriers are not without their shortcomings, especially the ice wind belt, which severely restricts trade in the North. On the contrary, it also makes the outside world less understanding of the North, adding a bit of mystery to the place.
On the dragon's back, Su Xiao glanced at the map in his hand. According to what Turte said, if he wanted to raid Winter City, he had to break through several levels first.
The first is the sentry line. It is best to break through this layer of defense. At the edge of the ice wind belt, there is a sentry tower made of ice every 500 meters. The most indispensable thing in the north is ice. You only need to pay the human cost.
A perfect cordon can be created.
The sentry line was broken through by Baha and Ofu. Baha was good at assassination, while Ofu of the Holy Emblem was good at using poison and infiltrating. Before becoming a doctor, she had been trained as an assassin by her father.
After passing the sentry line, it is the conventional defense line. The troublesome thing is the hidden sentry. Once discovered by the hidden sentry, the ice troops in front will be fully mobilized to form a blockade.
Su Xiao looked to the horizon and looked at the position of the sun. It should be morning now, and the cold wind around him made him unable to feel the temperature of the sun.
After waiting for more than ten minutes, a message came from Baha that the 'nails' had been removed and it was now possible to pass directly through the sentry line.
After Su Xiao gave the order, the wolf cavalry continued to march. After a while, sentry towers made of ice appeared in front.
Off was standing on the top of one of the watch towers, and around the watch tower, there were several Iceborn soldiers hanging, and they were all strangled by a very thin silk thread.
There was a crisp sound, it was a corpse being hung by Ofu, the corpse's neck was twisted at an abnormal angle.
Hearing the crisp sound, Ofu slapped her forearm, and the silk thread binding the corpse broke away. She reacted quickly, but it was too late.
Kakaka~
Ice appeared on her fingertips and quickly spread to her hands. The fire spell on her armor was immediately activated, but the spreading ice only slowed down a bit and had already clung to her little finger and ring finger.
, about to spread to the palm of your hand.
With a swipe, two fingers flew up. Ofu took two steps back and used a short knife to pick out a roll of bandages from her pocket. After biting the handle of the short knife, she began to wrap the bandage on her hand. Her expression
He was calm, but the handle of the knife in his mouth made a clicking sound.
This is the enemy's rear area. Unlike the main battlefield, there are hidden murderous intentions here. Some seemingly inconspicuous things can be enough to take away lives.
"What's going on?"
Turt's shout came from under the watchtower.
"Mu Shi, check it out (it's okay, my finger is broken)."
Ofu spoke with her dagger between her teeth. After quickly treating the wound, she was about to jump off the sentry tower when she suddenly felt a vibration under her feet. Without any hesitation, she immediately jumped up.
boom!
The sentry tower where Of was just now exploded, and a pillar of ice-blue light shot into the sky.
Ahead, the wolf cavalry army that was marching in a hurry stopped and looked to the rear.
"Gan! What's going on over there with the Holy Emblem?"
Baha cursed lowly. The beam of light rising into the sky was too conspicuous. It was obvious that the Holy Emblem had made a mistake when handling the sentry.
After a while, the army of the Knights of the Holy Emblem arrived from behind, and the leader of them, Tourt, looked a little ugly.
"The enemy died... and came back to life."
"Resurrected? Are they undead?"
Baha thought about why there was something wrong with the Knights of the Holy Emblem.
"What are undead?"
Turt has obviously never heard of the concept of undead. The extraordinary power in this world is magic, crystallized power, etc.
"A tough thing to deal with."
Baha did not explain specifically what the undead are. So far, it has not seen undead enemies in this world. It is more eroded by a kind of cold energy, and that cold energy has dark characteristics.
This is essentially different from the undead system. One is energy erosion and the other is soul awakening, which belong to two different power systems.
On the boundless snowfield, the Wolf Cavalry Legion and the Holy Emblem Knights gradually got closer and began to charge together. Due to the accident just now, their own traces have been exposed.
This is certainly not good news, but it is not serious either. There are many hidden sentries behind the northern border. Even if they are not discovered now, they will still be detected by the hidden sentries if they move forward for more than ten kilometers.
The total strength of the Wolf Cavalry Legion + Holy Emblem Knights is nearly one million. As long as the Iceborn in the north are not blind, they will soon notice this army.
Boom, boom, boom!
Blue beams of light rose up in front, and the garrison troops at the rear of the northern border were fully mobilized. They had obviously discovered the Wolf Cavalry and the Holy Emblem Knights.
Such a large enemy force rushed out of the ice wind belt. After learning the news, the northern officers on the northern defensive line were so shocked that their blood almost ran cold. If this large army broke through the defense line and entered
At the very back of the northern border, the consequences are unimaginable.
The seven garrison troops located at the rear of the northern border all showed greater coordination than before. They first deployed their defense lines into a large row, and then pushed forward.
Looking down from above, you can see that several layers of human walls composed of ice-born soldiers are advancing rapidly on the snowy field, while a few kilometers away on the opposite side are the Wolf Cavalry Legion and the Holy Emblem Knights charging at full speed.
"Attack! Encircle the enemy!"
A northern officer stood roaring from a high place, and on both sides of him were Iceborn warriors swarming past.
Judging from the number, this large force composed of seven northern garrison troops has a size of at least 1.6 million. This is only an advance army, and there will be no shortage of reinforcements in the rear.
The Northern Territory must have the confidence to dare to fight Duoyin. Not to mention other things, in the cold environment of the Northern Territory, if you want to survive here, you must be able to hunt, and you can also hunt extraordinary beasts.
Such a living environment makes almost everyone in the North a soldier. Except for the young and old, those who pick up weapons are warriors.
The cold wind was whistling in his ears, and Su Xiao was overlooking the battle situation below. The enemy troops were semi-encircled in a C-shape, and his own troops were like sharp cones, piercing the enemy's encirclement.
A dull crash came from below, and the breaking air waves blew up large snowflakes. The charging cavalry was not easy to block.
The Wolf Cavalry Legion and the Holy Emblem Knights broke through the enemy's defense line in a very short period of time and successfully created a breach. As a result, the momentum of their charge was stopped.
As soon as our cavalry slowed down, an enemy force appeared in front. The number of this enemy force was about 100,000, just in front of the Wolf Cavalry and the Holy Emblem.
Don't underestimate these 100,000 ice-born soldiers. Their position is really good. After they suffered more than half of their casualties, the surrounding large forces surrounded them.
Seeing this, Su Xiao ordered the Wolf Cavalry Legion to break through to the right wing. The Holy Emblem understood this and immediately broke through to the left wing.
Unknowingly, the Wolf Cavalry Legion has been surrounded by the enemy. The opponent's top commander is very difficult to deal with. In other words, this is normal. The opponent is responsible for guarding the rear of the northern border. Without hard power, he cannot sit in this position.
superior.
In the chaotic battle group, the Wolf Cavalry broke through to the right, and the Holy Emblem broke through to the left. Around the battlefield, more and more enemy soldiers came for reinforcements, almost forming a huge circle, completely surrounding the Wolf Cavalry and the Holy Emblem.
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Among the rebels, the legion commander Stuart slashed the enemy with one sword. He looked high in the sky and saw that the black dragon was still circling, indicating that the time had not come yet.
"Breakout with all your strength!"
Turt shouted. In fact, he was saying something sarcastic. His real purpose was to get the Holy Emblem Knights to gather their formation and prepare for a breakout.
That's right, the Wolf Rider and the Holy Emblem were surrounded here, which was done deliberately by Su Xiao and Turt. If they hadn't done this, they would have encountered many obstacles along the way to Winter City.
We currently have nearly a million soldiers, and they are all elites. If we want to trap these two elites here, we must at least use three times, or even more than three times the number of troops to fight a war of attrition.
Otherwise, not only will these two elite groups not be able to be trapped, but they will be gradually cannibalized.
If the North wants to surround the Wolf Riders and the Holy Emblem, it will inevitably deploy a large number of Iceborn warriors. In this way, the defense line behind the North will be empty.
Bang!
A signal flare was launched in the distance, and a huge ф mark appeared high in the sky. The mark was blood red and could be seen from a long distance away.
"roar!!"
The demon flame dragon Barbatos roared in the sky. Hearing this dragon roar, Turt, who was in the chaos, took out a metal pipe from the saddle, pointed it at the sky, and pulled off the thin wire on the metal pipe.
rope.
Bang.
A golden signal flare rose into the sky. After the flare appeared, all Holy Emblem Knights activated the charge spell on their armor.
The Knights of the Holy Emblem formed an array in the chaos. Not only that, the Wolf Cavalry on the right wing were coming towards this side with all their strength.
More than half an hour later, the wolf cavalry surrounded the Holy Emblem Knights and separated them from the surrounding Iceborn soldiers, killing blood everywhere.
The Knights of the Holy Emblem roared in unison, and golden brilliance emerged from their bodies. They had already set up a charging formation and began to break out directly ahead. The wolf cavalry in that direction immediately moved closer to both sides, leaving a wide passage.
Rumble…
Horse hooves trampled the ground, and the snow was melted by the flames. The 490,000 Holy Emblem Knights of the Holy Emblem Knights almost formed a whole, and the shadow of a huge flaming lion appeared above them, roaring to the sky.
The entire Knights of the Holy Emblem rushed towards the enemy in front with a proud attitude. In just a few minutes, they broke through the enemy's frontal defense line and rushed towards the vast white snowfield ahead.
Located behind the Knights of the Holy Emblem, the Wolf Cavalry Legion also rushed out. As soon as they broke out of the encirclement, the Wolf Cavalry stopped and stood in a large row, blocking all the enemy troops in the rear.
The enemy troops from the rear rushed towards them, but fell like wheat. The Knights of the Holy Emblem had already run away, and the Wolf Cavalry Legion showed its ferocious side.
After blocking the enemy forces in the rear for a full 10 minutes, the Wolf Cavalry Legion turned around and rushed towards Winter City.
First, lure the enemy here to reduce the strength of the enemy's rear defense line. Then the Holy Emblem will be responsible for breaking out, and the Wolf Cavalry will be responsible for breaking up the rear. This is a plan that has been agreed upon long ago.
The demon flame dragon Barbatos was flying at full speed. Su Xiao stood on the dragon's back, and directly below him was the army of wolf cavalry running wildly on the snowy field.
After running for an hour, the Knights of the Holy Emblem appeared in front, and the speed difference was reflected at this time.
After marching at full speed for 2 hours and 37 minutes, a magnificent city appeared in the wind and snow ahead. This is Winter City, the main city in the north.
