February 2 in spring is known as the day when the dragon raises its head. In the calendar, at 12 noon on this day, the moist and warm airflow from the southern part of the Eminor continent will replace the dry and cold north wind from the ice and snow continent. On this day, people hope that the water system will
The sacred dragon raises its head to stir up clouds and make rain to nourish all things.
On February 2, spring of the 7th year of the Magical Calendar, the northern part of the Huayu Plain that was supposed to usher in the first spring rain ushered in the second fire in just half a year.
At 12 noon, the fire had swept 40 miles south, and the fire was more than 160 miles wide from east to west. This fire burned for four days and three nights before it gradually extinguished.
There were more than 673,000 priests, soldiers, civilians, and laborers stationed in the Baili Alliance of Xidijun Cluster. After the fire, those who finally escaped by chance were only 78,300, which was just over a fraction. Moreover, the survivors
70% of the victims also suffered burns and scalds.
Among the 26 regiment commanders of the West Emperor's participating cluster, 19 were killed in the battle; 283 of the 1,000-man commanders were killed in the battle; the death rate for troops below 100-man commanders exceeded 70%. The casualties were heavy and unprecedented.
His Majesty the Pope, several cardinal archbishops and most of the priests escaped by chance. The reason is very simple. Most of the priests are able to skillfully release the floating technique. They can even cross the Mississippi River by using the floating technique, not to mention the three trenches.
, in addition, the most basic holy shield of the priest is 20% to 40% immune to fire attacks. Most of His Majesty the Pope's personal guards are fantasy beast knights, who can fly and escape...or retreat naturally easily.
Very.
The sweat-blooded cavalry mercenary group suffered heavy losses. They blocked the river with their iron hands. Hanhan, the two main leaders, drove the dragon to chase Lingyun and Huerdu. The dragons were leaderless, and they were all knights. The panicked horses first drove away their own camp.
After being rushed to pieces, less than ten soldiers from the mercenary group finally escaped from the sea of fire.
What is even more unbearable for the Sweat-Blooded Iron Cavalry A-level mercenary group is that the dragon knight Hanhan died in battle!
Of course, Tayan's wishful thinking included several dragon knights from the Fanos camp. Elder Qingluo had been waiting for Ling Yun and Hu'erdu on the periphery with his wild eagle, blocking the river with his iron hand. Han Han had just chased him out of the thick smoke.
When he came out, the short elf bow in Qingluo's hand shot out all the kelesit arrows in an instant. The Iron Hand blocked Grand Duke Jiang from left to right, but he was still hit by two arrows.
I feel sorry for Han Han, the super brave warrior on the Soul List. He drank a glass of Tayang cocktail and his eyes were dim. He sat down and was shot in the neck by Qing Luo's arrow. Just as he was about to call the captain to retreat, Ling Yun
drive
The giant dragon chased up from behind, wielding the blue stone sword with both hands and slashed hard. Han Han, the deputy leader of the Sweat Blood Cavalry, was cut into two pieces. Han Han sat down and the fire dragon's spine was cut off by the blue stone sword, and he fell to death.
On the banks of Fanshui River.
Xiuda's mount dragon is a fire-type sacred dragon, which has a natural immunity to the flames. The dragon power emitted by the high-level sacred dragon directly dispersed the surrounding smoke. Xiuda saw Hanhan die in battle from a distance, and the iron hand
Grand Duke Lanjiang was shot and wounded by Qingluo, and then he saw Chi Aotian leading Yao Lilong to fly like a oriole over Fanggang City.
On the bloody night in the imperial capital, the three brothers and sisters of Xiuda joined forces but could only draw a tie with Chi Aotian, and were killed by Chi Aotian. Xiuda knew that there was a gap between him and Chi Aotian, and there were also eager hunters beside him.
The huge gap between Qingluo and the human knights could no longer be bridged by the level of the sacred dragon. Therefore, Xiuda and the Iron-handed Grand Duke of Riverside responded to each other and withdrew from the southwest.
What surprised the world was that at the last moment, the two commanders-in-chief, Norton and Menton, miraculously commanded most of the legions directly under their headquarters to withdraw from the fire scene. They chose the exact same retreat direction - the Fanshui River on the north side of the camp.
, these two orc commanders were as calm as the snow-capped mountains of Messis in front of the fire, and their subordinates had absolute trust in their direct commanders, and quickly moved closer to the two legion commanders, Fano.
Si Shuangdun commanded the troops to rush north towards the fire, pushing down the earth walls and pushing the obstacles such as horses and horses into the ditch. Then he dug the earth and filled up the ditch, then came to the south bank of the Fanshui River and followed the south bank all the way to the trench.
Retreat to the southeast. These two legions are mainly composed of bears, orcs, centaurs, and human knights. They hid in the Fanshui River several times when the flames came back. Finally, they retreated safely, and the two legions merged during the retreat.
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From another perspective, the fiasco of Fanshuihe was a trap set by the black-robed priest Tayan, and it was also the West Emperor War Cluster that defeated itself.
Not to mention that Norton ordered three trenches six meters wide to be dug on the north and south sides of the camp in order to prevent Chi Aotian's expeditionary force from attacking the camp. After all, this was still a part of Tayang's trap and was impossible to prevent.
As early as the autumn of the 6th year of the Magic Calendar, in order to completely encircle and annihilate the Chi Aotian expeditionary force after the Battle of Twisting, the coalition forces at that time set fire to the thousands of miles of virgin forest in the Lanshan Mountains. This fire burned the vegetation completely.
The fundamental reason why the forests in Lanshan Mountain have not been cut down for thousands of years is because this vast forest is used to block the dry winds in the desert from going south.
The forest was burned down, and the dry season in the Flower Language Plain in the 6th year of the Magic Calendar came extremely early. Affected by the dry airflow of the desert, not a single snowflake fell for the whole winter, and the pastures, dwarf willows and other shrubs were withered and yellowed and fell off; the same fire caused
The main peak of Lanshan Mountain, which is composed of sedimentary rocks, has been completely burned. Tayang and
It only took two days for the two magisters to create a huge wind vent on the Bald Ridge of Tongshan. Without this strong wind, even if the joint camp was completely on fire, it would not spread quickly and burn out for dozens of miles in one breath, at least half of it.
The soldier was overtaken by fire and burned to death on the grassland after escaping from the camp.
Looking further afield, for the Zoroastrian Cult, if the Sacred Church had not wiped out all of them, the chief priest of the Zoroastrian Cult would never have led a team to personally preside over the Shuangxiu Luo Sacrifice. Then... whether this fire can be burned is another matter.
In short, due to a combination of circumstances, the two warring parties in the Huayu Plain fought hard with a hammer and in less than half a year, in the end, the entire 600,000-strong army was neatly buried in the northern part of the Huayu Plain.
On the morning of February 2nd, Chi Aotian drove Yao Lilong through the fire field many times. Every time he returned to the sky above Fangan City, his brows furrowed tighter. Soldiers are more valuable than speed. This is the most basic common sense in using troops.
, but the huge area of the sea of fire in front of him obviously made it impossible to use troops. Finally, at 12:00 in the morning, Chi Aotian finally gave the order: "Retreat the troops!"
On the evening of February 2, the spring rain, which was four hours late, finally started to fall sparsely. It rained all night. In the spring rain, the fire in the distance was still burning. Early the next morning, Chi Aotian's expeditionary force gave up its station.
Vatican for more than a month
City, in order to bypass the sea of fire, they had to walk more than 70 miles westward along the Fanshui River. They crossed the Fanshui River in one afternoon. Immediately, the expeditionary force once again entered a state of forced march, with the goal -
Uru City, the capital of the Holy Church.
This time the forced march was more difficult. In the spring of Huayu Plain, who knows what wind will blow at the next moment. If you accidentally get caught in the sea of fire, this joke will definitely be immortal. Therefore, the expeditionary force had to detour through a very large road.
of arc.
On February 9, spring of the seventh year of the Magical Calendar, Uru, the capital of the Holy Church, came into the sight of Chi Aotian's expeditionary army.
The history of Ulu has been traced back 13,000 years. Of course, Ulu at that time was not even a town. It was an unknown village with only 12 households. It was also the most typical natural village on the grassland. When the water and grass were abundant,
There will be regular herdsmen driving their cattle and sheep to graze. If the water and grass wither, the herdsmen will abandon this place without hesitation. It was in this small village that the great natural mage Ulu Mo was born, who is famous in the magic world.
Yada.
After the Magic Martial War, the Anti-Magic Alliance expelled the remaining forces of the Magic Empire to Azure Island. The Eminor Continent and the Ice and Snow Continent have not seen a truly great magician for 7,000 years. At that time, the top magicians could learn
The magic is the fourth-level magic wind dragon. This situation began to change until Ulu Moada entered the magic academy as a thief.
During Ulu Moada's life, he excavated more than 1,200 tombs and monuments, most of which were left over from the Magic Empire. Bearing the charge of being a tomb robber, Ulu Moada re-established a complete
It has three major magic systems: fire, wind and dark, and has organized the sacred magic. Therefore, Ulu Moada can be called Leonardo da Vinci in the era of magic renaissance.
After Ulu passed away, the small village where he was born became a place where future generations of magicians pay homage to the past, and was named Ulu Town. As for the establishment of Ulu city, that happened in the last 400 years.
Compared with other imperial capitals, Ulu City itself is not tall. The city wall is only 9 meters high, and the tallest tower is only 12 meters high. There are only four gates in total, which are placed in four square directions from south to north.
From city walls to towers to ordinary houses, the materials used are all blue bricks of uniform specifications - in the hinterland of Huayu Plain, all the materials are red soil and grass.
In Dianzi, not to mention the towering ancient trees, you can’t even find a palm-sized stone, and all the buildings can only be built with burnt bricks. Blue bricks, countless green brick buildings, make the rainy Ulu City look clean and fresh.
Walking in the green brick alleys after the rain, you will always have the illusion of walking into a historical corridor. This is the biggest reason why Urudo scholars.
The buildings in Ulu City are also aligned from south to north. Except for churches, there are no luxurious residential buildings. Nobles from various countries do not like to buy real estate in Ulu City - this city is not suitable for nobles and rich people to live.
There are many priests on the street. Priests with titles such as bishop, archbishop and cardinal can often be encountered.
It is difficult for nobles to find a sense of unity in their fiefdoms in the city; the rich do not like this city even more. The life of the priests is very poor, especially the ascetic monks, and the lives of the loyal followers of the Holy Church are also very frugal. In addition,
Residents of this city regard donating property to the Temple of Light as one of the important criteria for judging their honor, and the rich are unable to hide in time.
A big city without rich people and nobles undoubtedly has another unique charm: fairness. Therefore, a considerable number of immigrants from other empires choose to settle in Uru. According to incomplete statistics, within the city of Ulu and within the 20 miles surrounding Ulu
There are 800,000 people living in it.
There are two tallest buildings in Ulu.
The Guangming God Statue and the Guangming God Worship Hall perfectly form the first group of important buildings. The Guangming God Statue is 35 meters high and is carved from a complete fragrant sandalwood tree, making clever use of the fibers separated during the growth process of the fragrant sandalwood tree.
Fork, the arms, ivory guard plate, crown, etc. under the Temple of Light are carved in turn. The whole statue is integrated. From any angle, it feels like you are looking up to the sky. You can't help but bow down to the Temple of Light.
The Temple of the God of Light is 32 meters high, 112 meters long, and 76 meters wide. It is also square and square, facing south and north, and symmetrical from east to west and north to south. The east-west central axis equally divides the entire Ulu City. There are a total of 48 magnificent black marble pillars around it.
It is said that the 48 marble pillars were specially designed by His Majesty, the third king of the Amy Empire.
Gifted. The roof of the temple is milky white. These white slates were mined from the tens of thousands of years of ice at the eastern foot of the Holy Snow Mountain by the mercenary empire. They have a unique and elite look, especially in the clear night.
, looking from a distance, the milky white palace roof and white clouds merge into one, it really feels like heaven and earth.
Due east of Ulu City, there is another group of tall buildings - the Holy Church Headquarters and the Theological Seminary. Since it is located in the same city as the Temple of the God of Light, the highest vault of the Holy Church Headquarters Cathedral is only 23 meters. The Holy Church
The headquarters is composed of nearly a hundred courtyards, large and small, and each courtyard is completely independent in function.
Famous ones include the Inquisition, the Ascetic Trial House, the Promotion Trial Grounds, etc. Most of these courtyards are not open to the public. The style of the seminary is exactly the same as that of Ulu City, except that the courtyard walls are the same as those of Ulu City.
They were the same height, so it seemed a bit cold in the college. Sha Ruo graduated from here.
"Major General, Major General..." Qu Jianhong led his mount dragon and ran back from the front of the team.
Chi Aotian's eyes glanced over coldly, and Qu Jianhong subconsciously let his eyes wander for a moment: "Major General, the scouts reported that a large number of people suddenly walked out of the gate of Wulu City, and there has been no contact yet."
Oh? This is really a strange thing.
Since three days ago, the two Crazy Eagle Battalions have been closely monitoring Uru. According to the previous information, Uru City should be an empty city now.
News of Chi Aotian's expeditionary force returning from the Desert Empire was sent to Ulu City for the first time. At least 50% of the residents in the city fled. The residents who did not flee were die-hard believers, and they believed everything officially promoted by the Church.
, they firmly believe that under the protection of the Temple of Light, more than 500,000 elite troops will defeat Chi Aotian's expeditionary force until no bones can be found... In fact, no bones can be found. The only regret is that the main
The predicate and object have just changed positions.
Not long after the defeated soldiers of Fanshui River fled into Ulu City, the expeditionary force's eagle elf knights also chased Ulu City. They watched the whole city explode. Then, a large number of people poured out from Ulu's south gate, east gate, and west gate.
Escape team. Half a day later, the streets of Ulu City were empty, leaving only garbage on the ground.