Duke Tulip defeated the enemy on the eastern front and recovered the fallen eastern fortress.
Subsequently, a series of small-scale battles took place on the Eastern Front.
In June, humans began to rebuild the fortress. Du Wei proposed a new idea, abandoning the northern city wall and using the original relatively complete southern wall of the fortress to construct a new line of defense.
The human rear sent tens of thousands of workers northward, and the main fortress in the middle quickly added a division of reinforcements to Du Wei.
From mid-June to the end of June, in just half a month, the criminals on the north bank of the river launched six small-scale attacks.
The human army defended the river beach, and both sides paid a considerable price in casualties. The river beach was once occupied by the criminals, but relying on the powerful impact of the Thunder Cavalry, the orcs no longer had an absolute advantage in the field. There were even several times when Du Wei's
Under the command, the humans deliberately abandoned the river beach, and after letting the opponent's small army cross the river, they launched their thunder cavalry to attack the opponent's formation.
During this period, the orcs' wolf cavalry and thunder cavalry fought again three times, ending in a complete victory for the thunder cavalry. Of course, it must be noted that as for the criminals, the number of wolf cavalry dispatched was limited, and the thunder cavalry maintained a numerical advantage. As for Luoxue,
It seems that there are no plans to send more wolf riders.
It even made Du Wei wonder at one point: Where were Luoxue's wolf cavalry sent?! Could it be that on the Eastern Front, it only had two or three thousand wolf cavalry under its command?
However, the Thunder Cavalry is not completely invincible. At least the terrain of the river beach and the soil are too soft, which limits the Thunder Cavalry's charging combat effectiveness. Even in a battle, the Thunder Cavalry had already pushed the opponent's formation back, resulting in a small wave of thunder.
The rider overran his head and hit the muddy area of the river beach, almost falling into it.
In the six battles, neither side invested much troops, and the criminals mainly focused on harassment. I have to admit that this approach has indeed greatly slowed down the process of rebuilding the fortress of mankind.
In July, the center of the war shifted to the main fortress in the middle.
Because Duwei's victory on the eastern front made General Rostock, the main commander in the central region, feel disgraced. Therefore, the Storm Army in the central fortress launched a "summer offensive" in July.
Combined with the Thunder God's Whip Legion led by Alpay in the western fortress to conduct a side feint attack. The Storm Legion in the central fortress conducted the main attack.
Tens of thousands of human troops walked out of the city wall, and after careful preparation, launched an offensive, once threatening the sinners' camp.
But in the subsequent field battle, they encountered a counterattack by the main force of the orcs, and both sides suffered a lot of damage.
But the result was... General Rostock's summer offensive did not achieve the expected goal. It failed to break through the opponent's camp and failed to force the enemy to retreat.
On the other hand, Alpai, who was on the western defense line, achieved a moderate victory. This victory can be called a "miracle".
Alpai's Thunder God's Whip unit. Since the war began, the Western Front has not been an area where the enemy has attacked, so the pressure has not been great. In this feint attack in conjunction with the central summer offensive, the Thunder God's Whip on the Western Front.
Under Arpai's order, an army of ten thousand people sneaked into the Qilima Mule Mountains, advanced through the mountain roads, and detoured to the rear of the guilty people.
That area has been occupied by the sinners. The human sneak attack army burned down three villages and towns of the sinners along the way. These villages and towns were all built based on the original villages and towns abandoned by humans. At the same time, many sinners' villages were burned down in a fire.
farmland.
Subsequently, under the pursuit of the opposing force's blocking force, this army of 10,000 people sneaked back into the mountains, walked on the mountain road, and got rid of the enemy's siege. Finally, they set up an ambush and successfully annihilated an army of more than 1,000 people.
The orc army.
It is worth mentioning that accurate information was obtained later that this sneak attack army of ten thousand people was led by Arpai himself! As the commander-in-chief of the Western Front, he was willing to take such a strange risk and achieve such a victory.
Suddenly, Alpay’s reputation skyrocketed!
In August, the war situation temporarily fell into calm.
However, in October, after a good harvest, the criminals' rear launched a fierce offensive again. This time, the main area of the attack was still the central area!
This is very obvious: although the empire has the strongest military strength in the central fortress, once the main defense of the central fortress can be broken through, the human armies in the east and west can be separated by a long distance!!
For this attack, according to statistics, the orcs assembled a total of more than 100,000 troops and launched three fierce offensives. In one of them, they even dispatched Behemoth and many giant monsters.
During the battle, Hussein, who was sent by Du Wei to the central fortress to assist in the battle, showed his prowess and killed four giant beasts with his own hands. During the battle, he also killed an orc leader. According to later
According to reliable information, the leader of the orcs killed by Hussein was Baistin, the white rhinoceros, a high-ranking general in the orc army.
But this is the end.
After three fruitless attacks, the orc giant Rock was angered. One of the three giants of the orcs, a holy-level powerhouse, one day at the end of August, he came alone to the wall in front of the central fortress and asked him by name to challenge him.
A powerful man of the holy rank of mankind.
As a result, in that battle, tens of thousands of soldiers from both the human and criminal sides witnessed a rare "holy battle".
The fight between the two saint-level warriors was such that the sky and the earth turned pale and the sun and the moon became dim. After fighting fiercely for a whole day, the two saint-level warriors fought to the end, but they could not decide the winner.
Before Yan Yan left, he shouted in front of everyone: "There are indeed such strong people among human beings!"
However... the words said by the holy master of the sinners were later considered to be deliberately fabricated by humans in order to put themselves in front of themselves. Because... first of all, as an orc, Rock is unlikely to
He could speak human language, but even if he did, humans wouldn't understand it. Secondly, with Shi Yan's violent personality, it's unlikely that he would say such words that would boost the enemy's morale and destroy his own prestige. With Du Wei later
My guess is that the orc saint-level warrior probably said something like "Damn, you're so cruel".
However, being able to witness a holy battle with one's own eyes has already dazzled tens of thousands of warriors on both sides of the battlefield.
Hussein's name as the "Saint Protector of the Country" spread throughout the mainland.
At this moment, even if some people suspect that he is the temple traitor Hussein... it doesn't matter. Because he has become a fighting hero.
In October, the criminals on the Western Front launched several retaliatory attacks, but due to Alpay's excellent command, they were resolved one by one. Alpay's reputation once again rose to a higher level.
For a time, a rather embarrassing scene formed in the northern theater of the empire:
There are three theaters: eastern, central, and western. Duwei in the east and Alpai in the west have achieved very impressive results. Duwei's victory in annihilating tens of thousands of orcs and regaining the fortress is so brilliant that no one can surpass it for the time being. And Alpai has achieved remarkable results.
Pai also won praise for his courage and wisdom in personally leading tens of thousands of troops to suddenly attack the enemy's rear.
But it happens that Rostock in the center, as the nominal commander-in-chief of the Northern Front, has not been able to show any military exploits until now. It seems that... he has been completely stolen from the limelight by two juniors from the east and west.
.
It also made the main force of the Storm Legion feel quite shameless.
In November, on the eastern front, the criminals finally launched a large-scale attack. Du Wei thought that Luoxue probably did this on purpose.
Because the stalemate on the eastern front and Luoxue's inaction in the past few months probably caused dissatisfaction among the orcs. In order to quell the dissatisfaction of the allies, Luoxue launched this attack with considerable effort. Tens of thousands of orcs crossed the river, and there were elves in the sky.
The clansmen helped in the battle and also sent dragon clans to the battle.
As a result... Du Wei actually defended the fortress... defended the dilapidated fortress that was only half built!
The situation is quite strange...
At the beginning of the battle, the sinners had a dual attack on the ground and in the air. Duwei personally led the gryphon knights to counterattack. Faced with the panic of the gryphons, the elves fought with the gryphon knights with superior numbers.
.In this battle, the gryphon knights led by Du Wei were outnumbered by a hundred against thousands, and they were not at a disadvantage. However, after the dragon clan joined the battle, Du Wei was forced to retreat.
The magician team loyal to Duwei fought to assist the Griffin Knights in defending the airspace. During this battle, Duwei's magician team suffered considerable damage, with more than ten magicians killed. The Griffin Knights finally suffered casualties.
As for the ground troops, although the Thunder Cavalry is powerful, it cannot help much in the defense of the city. Moreover, the orcs came prepared this time. After the last battle, the orcs seemed to have learned how to lengthen the human shield wall.
The tactics of Spear Land greatly limit the role of Thunder Cavalry.
During the battle, the fortress wall once failed, and the situation fell into crisis... But...
This time, it was not Du Wei who created the miracle!
But...
Regarding that battle, a strange legend was formed among the troops on the Eastern Front afterwards. When everyone mentioned the scene that day, they all showed shock and fear, as well as a hint of awe.
If you mention the scene that day, the soldiers on the Eastern Front will tell you:
"That day... what a miracle! That day, our section of the city wall had been lost, and Duke Tulip's air knights could only barely resist. Those orcs attacked like crazy as if they were desperate... Damn it, our city wall is still there
The construction was not completed, and there were several large gaps, so we could not form an effective defense. I watched helplessly as our flags fell down on sections of the city wall, and those long-haired orcs rushed up...
At that time..."
If you continue to ask at this time, the person who answers you will probably swallow hard, with a weird and miserable look on his face. If there is wine next to him, he will immediately grab it and drink it hard.
, as if he needs to be brave.
"At that time... I, and all the brothers around me, seemed to hear a voice from the sky at the same time. Yes, that's right! That voice came from the sky! It was a woman's voice, the voice
It's so cold that when you hear it, you feel all the hair on your body stand up! That voice is as if a woman is directly in your ear, saying to you, 'Everyone, look up at the sky. Don't lower your head!'.
Then……"
"Then...I looked up and saw a fairy falling from the sky! I swear to the gods, I am absolutely not lying! She must be a fairy! Damn it, although she is high in the sky, I can't see her face clearly, but I
I bet she is the most beautiful woman I have ever seen in my life! From a distance, I just looked at her shadow. I was stunned! And then..."
"Then, the fairy pulled out a long sword, severely cut off a large handful of her long golden hair, and quickly threw it forward... and then..."
"Later, the battle was over. Guess what? I tell you, I was so scared that I peed my pants! We were warned by the woman's voice and everyone looked up at the sky. We were not allowed to look forward. As a result, the woman
After she shed a piece of hair, the sounds of the orcs shouting around her quickly disappeared! After the surroundings became silent, the woman disappeared from the sky and could no longer be seen. As a result, we lowered our heads and saw that
See... below the city. On the battlefield, those orcs that were swarming over like ants, one by one, all turned into... stone statues! What do you think this is if it's not a miracle? I guess... the woman who appeared in the sky
, couldn’t it be that the goddess appeared? It would be great if that were the case! Goddess bless you! Long live Roland! Long live the empire!!”
"Long live Roland! Long live the Empire!"
The surrounding soldiers were shouting together, and many of them were holding iron wine glasses in their hands.
This is a tavern in the fortress city and has now been turned into a resting place for soldiers.
A young boy, with several burly men in robes standing behind him, who looked like guards.
This young boy has a beautiful face. He looks like he is only in his early ten years, but he looks very good.
After talking to a few drunken soldiers, I finally found out about the battle...
Charles, the current emperor of the empire, his eyes are getting weirder and weirder.
The goddess appears? The goddess bless?
All turned into stone sculptures?
Tulip Duke, my teacher, what tricks did he do again?
Seeing the drunken soldiers all around him, the attendants around Charlie were a little nervous. They quickly gathered around and protected the little emperor in the middle.
This time, His Majesty the Little Emperor came to the Eastern Front in person. The purpose was to express condolences and reward the soldiers on the Eastern Front. What an honor it is for His Majesty to come in person! Although everyone knows that His Majesty the Little Emperor has not yet taken charge of the government, he is, after all,
emperor!
It's just... His Majesty, the little emperor, has so many weird ideas, and he wants to play games like private visits... Alas, it's only us guards who have to suffer.
"Your Majesty." A guard leader leaned into Charlie's ear and begged in a low voice: "There are a lot of people here. Let's go to the commander-in-chief's palace to see Lord Tulip Duke."
"Why are you anxious?" Charlie said with confidence: "Here are the warriors of our Roland Empire! As the emperor of the empire, am I still afraid of danger among the warriors of the imperial army?"
What he said was very beautiful, and the guards around him couldn't help but show admiration. However, the little emperor's desire to perform seemed too strong, and he even wanted to get double the low-quality ale from the counter to return this with the soldiers.
His move was a bit too much, so he tried to talk about it, but he was finally stopped by the guards.
"Okay, let's go see the teacher." Faced with the guards' obstruction, Charlie actually gave in half-heartedly. He was just pretending. If he had to be the emperor and really huddle with these soldiers to drink that low-quality ale, he would
I just don’t want to!
"Goddess bless you! Long live Roland! Long live the Empire! Long live Duke Tulip!!!"
When he heard the first two sentences, little Charlie smiled, but when those drunken soldiers shouted the last sentence, a strange flash appeared in Charlie's eyes.
"Let's go."
He seemed to have finally lost interest, turned around and was the first to walk out of the soldiers' entertainment tavern.