Chapter 1019

North of the misty sea, an unknown glacier coast.

The eagle roared across a track from the sea shrouded in ice and fog. The surging waves rolled up and down, rolled up the waves mixed with broken ice, and rushed to the rugged coastline. On the "port" made of floating ice, the broken shape could no longer be seen.

The gloomy sky obscured the brilliance of the sun, and the towering waves tore the floating icebergs into countless pieces in the biting sea wind - this is the boundary of the Empire, the "west end" of the fortress of duanjieshan, and the end of the glacier wasteland.

Grey water bay.

It is named not because of the color of its sea water - in fact, the sea water here may be more blue than the gem River - but because its sky is as dull as a pool of stagnant water whether it is cloudy or sunny.

A fleet of more than 200 warships is hard to berth on the rugged coast in gray water.

The biting cold frozen the sails into ice, and the sea wind mixed with ice particles hit the deck and hull "black and blue";

The Elven warriors soaked in armor by the sea formed a neat queue, stood on the shaky "floating ice coast", dragged the iron rope covered with frost, and dragged the warship behind them to a position close to the shore.

From time to time, there is a sound of falling into the water or ice cracking from the floating ice; But the coast is still silent; Very "tacit understanding" ignored those compatriots destined to freeze or drown, and did their best to complete the work in hand.

Despite such difficulties and dangers, this huge fleet gradually completed the work of berthing and berthing; At the same time, an army of nearly 10000 Elven warriors has completed landing and gathered in the wilderness on the edge of the coast.

They wore wide sleeved robes similar to ordinary Elven warriors, but much heavier, with simple scales and armor, and leather leggings outside their leather boots; The long knife in your arms wraps the scabbard with warm animal skin, carries it behind you with your luggage, and carries the long gun on your shoulder.

In this "iron forest", there are a large number of Elven warriors dragging carts full of materials from the landing warships - spare weapons, dismantled siege equipment, arrows, food... The expedition fleet has no livestock on board for all convenience, and all transportation needs to be completed by themselves.

On the choppy shore, an elf warrior standing with a knife monitored the progress of the warship's berthing and watched the calm and tacit compatriots between the waves and the glacier; No matter how the waves roared, he stood still.

Because all the Elven warriors were watching him; As long as he is still standing here, the morale of the army will not be low, and he can complete all seemingly impossible things with all his strength.

Because he is the eagle king of the Azores.

Forty thousand elite and two hundred large warships, but they were still full of dangers. Even his flagship almost capsized. Finally, he reached gray water bay before the ship sank.

But this is only the beginning.

Because then this huge army will cross the whole duanjie mountain range, all the way south from the north of the mountain range, arrive and break through all the outposts, strongholds and fortresses of the sakran Empire along the way, and finally break through the impregnable fortress of duanjie mountain, threatening the cold wind of winter and invading South.

This is a gamble, a gamble that is absurd to the extreme.

Not to mention how 40000 troops braved the Blizzard to march in the glacial wasteland; The fortress of the broken boundary mountain is a "imperial gate", which has poured into the essence of the whole empire and spent a lot of money. There are two full legions stationed in the fortress. It's hard to break through.

Even if we break through it, East Saxony in the south is not without risks. There are still countless fortresses and fortresses on the way; At the same time, nearby Byrne and Boye can also send cavalry support.

East Saxony in plain terrain is simply the most suitable natural battlefield for cavalry fighting!

After all, the duanjie mountain in the North was originally the biggest strategic defense center of the Empire; Under normal circumstances, attacking the empire from here is tantamount to the full counterattack of the whole empire.

However, the prerequisite for all this is "normal conditions".

But the current empire is absolutely abnormal!

To her west, lottel, the most religious of the Holy Cross, was completely restrained; In her northwest, eboden, the only sea port, was occupied, the ocean fleet was completely destroyed, and many forces were contained in order to resist the strong enemy;

In her core territory, the rebellion continued because of the new emperor's accession to the throne and internal contradictions, and the successors of the Empire are doing their best to counter the rebellion; In her southwest, Arle, who was originally relatively estranged, still didn't return completely and always swam around the periphery.

Under such circumstances, the empire can really mobilize the strength to resist the strong enemy in the north, only a small half of West Saxony, a poii who has just experienced the Centaur war and has suffered serious damage to his strength, and Bain who is still accumulating strength.

The seemingly "stable" empire is about to meet the enemy on three sides, and neither of the two battlefields has an advantage and advantage.

The Empire was well aware that the Azores had not launched a general attack, which itself proved that they had not invested all their strength; Under such a premise, the Empire could not put more power into a strong fortress in the north. Basically, it could only hope that the fortress of duanjieshan could "create another brilliance" and resist the enemy outside the glacier wasteland.

Therefore, the once impregnable fortress of duanjieshan is in the weakest period in 13 generations!

Of course, the fortress of duanjieshan is still very strong; Even if the garrison is less than 10000, if you want to break her, you have to pay the price of bleeding - such a fortress that has never fallen, her meaning and "legend" are enough for a coward to fight to the death.

It is precisely because of such a gamble that he, as the eagle king, must become the leader of this army - only he can ensure that the whole army has absolutely sufficient confidence in victory, even no doubt.

But he also knew that it was absolutely impossible to break such a strong fortress only by relying on the elite of 40000 Azores; What's more, once the Imperial Emperor opposite learned the news, he would not give up the great opportunity to reinforce troops to the fortress of duanjieshan, block or even annihilate himself.

Therefore, the victory of this war requires not only the bravery of Azores Elven warriors, but also other forces.

That will be enough to turn things around on the battlefield.

"Your Majesty, the army has been assembled;" an elf warrior appeared behind him, kneeling in the snow: "just wait for the last batch of materials to be removed from the warship, and you can officially set off."

The eagle king nodded slightly, as if he didn't pay much attention to all this: "how's the fortress in gray water bay? Is it still there?"

"It has been captured by us. The remaining defenders refused to surrender, hid in the warehouse with the grain and burned themselves to death." the respectful Elf Warrior replied calmly, neither proud nor angry:

"I have ordered their bones to be taken out of the ruins and buried under the gate of the gray water bay fortress together with other defenders."

"Very good."

The eagle king turned and knelt in front of him, in addition to the elf warrior, there were two imperial Rangers; The iron rope originally used to tow the truck was wrapped around the two people.

The tattered armor, the blood marks on the corners of the mouth and the scars on the body, the bruises and frostbite, and the eyes that wanted to let the other party die almost made it clear that they were captured after their reconnaissance and resistance failed.

"Do you know who I am?"

The calm voice was not violent at all. On the contrary, it was gentle, which stunned the captured two;

Then one on the left of the two nodded actively.

"That's good." the eagle Wang said plainly: "as far as I know, when you were exposed, you two shot and killed one of my subordinates with a bow that can launch arrows with one hand, seriously injured one and slightly injured three..."

With his words, the two Rangers' faces showed tension again, and fear of retaliation.

"But I don't blame you." the eagle king said:

"Because everything you do is out of your duty and loyalty to the monarch - your sin is the sin of your monarch. You can't blame the dispute between the two ancient countries."

In another word, the two people who were sweating were relieved again, and they felt almost frozen up and down and trembling in the snow.

"So... Please also bring me a few words to the emperor of the Empire in return for my protection of your lives."

The eagle king was very calm: "I am in the north, and he is in the South - if he wants to fight a fair and just battle with me as the emperor, please take his most elite army to duanjie mountain fortress and wait for me there."

"It won't be long before my army and I can get there and launch a general attack on the fortress of duanjie mountain; I will take the fortress, I will cross his territory, and then take his capital, his throne and his empire!"

"Tell him that if he wants to hold on to all this, then do the same thing to me and take back his iron crown... At duanjieshan fortress, I will do what he wants."

As he spoke, the eagle king squatted down slowly and showed a faint... Smile in the surprised and vigilant eyes of the two Rangers:

"Is that ok?"

Stunned, they just nodded hard and couldn't even speak.

The next second, the eagle king fiercely pressed the handle of the knife around his waist.

"Clang!"

In the bright moonlight, the two Rangers only had time to hear the sound of metal fragmentation.

Then when they recovered and opened their eyes, they found that they were still alive.

The chain on my body has fallen into the snow beside me, without any trace of damage!

"Go back."

The eagle king got up and left without looking back.

The elf warrior on one side immediately followed, leaving only two Rangers still stunned, kneeling and shivering in the cold wind.

Until the eagle king went away, they were at a loss and fled in a hurry.

"Your Majesty, are you really so confident?"

While following the eagle king, the elf warrior always kept a step away, less than two steps away: "this is tantamount to alerting the southern empire. Their emperor will go north and kill you at all costs!"

"Yes, the core of the plan is to alert them, draw their emperor's attention to the north and fight with us." the eagle king did not change his face:

"We cut off one emperor's head and another - this will cause enough commotion in our enemy's camp. Those nobles who were loyal to their emperor will be headless."

The elf warrior frowned slightly: "but it may also make them more united."

"Maybe, but what's next?" the eagle king asked in a deep voice: "in order to prove their unity and loyalty, they will come to us regardless of everything; we just need to defeat them again, and the Empire... Will fall apart!"

"An empire with an absolute mind will be our strong enemy; but a reckless monster with many brains, huge and fat, will only be the beast to be slaughtered under our long knife."

"The rest only needs to be handed over to my sons who think they are extraordinary - the Azor Kingdom, which will continue in their hands."

"Are you... Going to sacrifice yourself?"

The voice of the elf warrior trembled.

"I will not sacrifice any elves, including myself." the eagle king sighed, "Sir, if you still don't believe that we can win the final victory, then all I can give you is to leave as soon as possible."

Hearing this, the elf warrior lowered his head and asked no more questions.

The stalled eagle king stood in front of the roaring coast, and under him was the 40000 Azores elves who had been assembled and on standby.

The next moment, condescending, he raised his long knife and looked at his compatriots who were also looking at him:

"People of Azores, we are already standing in the northernmost part of the imperial territory, and the south is the gate of this ancient and rich country;"

"Now that we have come to the northernmost part of her, there is only one place to go - South, South, all the way south, until our long knife plows every inch of their land, until our footsteps step through every village and town;"

"Until their evil gods fall, until we win a bright future for the ancient Azores with our long knife - we will put away our knife!"

"Now, I invite you, beg you, order you to follow me..."

"Capture the broken boundary mountain!"

In the loud cry, the Azores elves for miles were facing the strong wind, from the icy coast to the glacial wasteland shrouded by wind and snow.

On the hillside not far from the army line, the burning gray water bay fortress is like a huge torch. Flames and thick smoke rise into the sky, which can be clearly seen among the snow-white mountains.