Chapter 477： Enter the mountain fortress

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"But what? Do you want to despise this king's flag and His Royal Highness the princess?"

Hearing this, Burt's expression froze, and he said solemnly again: "Isn't your courage a bit too big?"

"Sir General, forgive me, the villain never meant it!"

On the other side, I saw the captain of the scout hurriedly knelt down on one knee again, and said, "It's just that General Bai, three days ago, gave a death order not to let anyone approach the area near the mountain fortress!"

After speaking, the captain of the scout looked at Bert's stern eyes and added in a low voice, "Furthermore, no matter whether the enemy or me, if we find out, we will shoot them directly, and if we disobey, we will be punished with severe punishment."

"What? How could Old General Bai give such an order?"

Hearing this, Ju Bai couldn't help but frown slightly, and then said, "Even if the current situation is critical, it can't be indiscriminate and treated as the enemy, right?"

"Doing this can indeed ensure the safety of the fortress to the greatest extent possible. After all, it is an extraordinary moment."

With a slight wave of her hand, Ariel said to the captain of the scout: "Take us there, I swear in the name of the fifth princess of Leng Yan, and I promise that you will not be punished in any way."

"...As ordered! Her Royal Highness."

After pondering for a while, the captain of the scout gritted his teeth and nodded, and then instructed the other soldiers around him to notify other nearby sentry troops and the interior of the fortress.

In this way, in just a moment, the team of one's own party began to advance again.

Seeing this series of pictures, Lei Xiao nodded thoughtfully.

It has to be said that this old Bai is still an extremely cautious character.

Next, under the guidance of the scout captain.

The long queue took about an hour to walk, and in front of the group of their own, it suddenly became clear.

At this time, Lei Xiao noticed that they had already passed through the forest among the mountains.

And between the two peaks several hundred meters ahead, a towering giant fortress caught everyone's eyes.

Viewed from the front, this huge fortress standing at the pass has a roughly square structure.

On the left and right sides are a cylindrical fortress, and the middle part is composed of a very thick-looking city wall, which connects the left and right cylindrical fortresses together.

At first glance, it looks like the towering front is actually three peaks, which can be described as extremely shocking.

Seeing this, Lei Xiao narrowed his eyes and continued to observe.

On the city wall, the red flags symbolizing the cold flames are fluttering in pieces, and the arrow towers and watchtowers are evenly distributed. The lowest point is at least 15 meters high, and the highest point is more than 20 meters. .

Moreover, a giant metal suspension bridge has already been lifted high.

And around the city gate, there are sharp deer villages that look extremely sharp.

All in all, the entire gigantic fortress felt like an indestructible giant peak, and there was an inviolable awe-inspiring air everywhere.

"As expected of the mountain fortress that the Holy Night Army has always feared."

Raising his eyebrows slightly, Lei Xiao shifted his gaze and began to observe the mountains on the left and right sides.

On both sides of the mountainside, there is indeed a cold flame fortress, which looks obviously smaller.

However, the two small fortresses are on a high terrain, and they are in a condescending situation. They are horns with the mountain fortress in the middle, and they are indeed very easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Especially those two small fortresses, located on the top of the mountain, no matter how large the number of Holy Night Army is, it is impossible to launch a large-scale siege of troops, which is almost equal to losing the numerical advantage.

And the mountain fortress in the middle can only launch a full-scale attack from the front, and to a large extent, restricts the actions of the Holy Night Army.

"By the way, according to Lin's information, the garrison in the mountain fortress is mainly the Lengyan Royal Legion with the strongest combat power under Bai Lao, with a total of more than 12,000 people, while the other two small fortresses are close to 10,000 respectively. Human size."

Nodding thoughtfully, Lei Xiao continued to think while following the team: "Such a configuration of soldiers can indeed support each other.

It is conceivable that no matter which fortress the Holy Night Army attacks, the other two fortresses will send troops at the same time when the troops are exhausted. The answer is naturally self-evident. "

"In addition, even if the 80,000 Holy Night Army is desperate and forcibly eats the 30,000 Cold Flame Army, it will undoubtedly lose the power to drive forward."

Realizing this, Lei Xiao nodded slightly: "I think this is the reason why the Holy Night Army, which has an obvious advantage in numbers, has not launched a general attack.

After all, at this stage, the new King of Holy Night is still in a state of indecision, making the reinforcements almost without any guarantee. "

Just when Lei Xiao thought of this, his long team had already arrived not far from the mountain fortress.

At this point, Lei Xiao further noticed.

The area directly in front of the mountain fortress was a natural depression, which undoubtedly made the siege even more difficult.

"I have to say, this is a natural defensive holy place."

Just like that, Lei Xiao thought as he continued to advance in the team.

It didn't take long for everyone to breathe a sigh of relief when their long team finally stood not far from the gate of the giant fortress.

Especially those Leng Yan residents who had just escaped from the vortex of war had an uncontrollable look of joy on their faces.

After experiencing this series of twists and turns, they have been on the dark line of life and death, struggling for so many days, and finally they have seen the dawn of hope!

Realizing this, a pair of heartfelt grateful eyes began to project towards the backs of Ariel and Lei Xiao.

On the other side, looking up at the giant fortress in front of him, Lei Xiao discovered.

I saw that on the fortress, sometimes there were looming colorful magic streamers flashing.

It seems that the periphery of the entire fortress must be equipped with some kind of defensive type of magic enchantment.

"Lord Lord, according to the information obtained by the subordinates, a buffer-type defensive magical barrier is arranged on the periphery of the mountain fortress."

At this time, according to the previous arrangement, Lin, who was not in the team, but hidden in the surrounding area, came over with a sassy voice.

"So it is." Hearing this, Lei Xiao replied softly.

With the increasing knowledge of this world, Lei Xiao had already learned about it before.

In this world, there are many kinds of magic enchantments, and their functions are also different.

Just like the detection-type magic barrier, the defense-type magic barrier is also divided into many types.

The buffer-type defensive barrier that Lin mentioned just now is one of them.

The "fortress wall" stored in the enchantment crystal obtained by one's own party in the ship of longevity is another kind of absolute defensive enchantment.

"It goes without saying that an absolute defensive barrier can completely block all physical attacks and magical attacks. Of course, the premise is that the supply of magic power is sufficient.

Once the pressure caused by the enemy's attack is far greater than the magic power supplied, it will naturally collapse. "

Nodding thoughtfully, Lei Xiao continued to think: "The buffer-type defensive barrier is like an invisible magic buffer, which can greatly reduce the strength of the enemy's physical and magical attacks.

Compared with the former, although it cannot achieve complete defense, it can still cause the defenders to suffer casualties to a certain extent, but the consumption of magic power is much smaller, and each has its own merits. "

Just when Lei Xiao thought of this.

Accompanied by a crisp "crashing" sound between the metal chains, the giant metal bridge suspended high not far away began to slowly descend.

In the end, only a sound of "bang" was heard, and the dust was everywhere, just completely covering the deep ditch outside the city.

Immediately afterwards, the giant gate of the fortress slowly opened.

A Leng Yanjun commander in black armor, surrounded by hundreds of soldiers, hurried up to meet him.

Upon closer inspection, I saw that Commander Leng Yan, who was not wearing a battle helmet, was probably around forty years old, with a faint smile on his face.

And, judging from its very good atmosphere.

This person's strength is almost comparable to that of the two kingdom generals, Bert and Ju Bai, and he is obviously also a senior powerhouse around the fourth rank and five stars.

"Aogu, deputy general of General Bai, pays respects to Her Royal Highness!"

When he was near, with the crisp sound of the armor colliding, the deputy general named Aogu immediately knelt down on one knee and lowered his head towards Ariel.

"Deputy General Aogu doesn't need to be more polite." Nodding slightly, Ariel nodded lightly.

"Thank you, Your Highness Princess!"

After standing up again, Vice-General Aogu turned to Bert and Ju Bai who were standing beside Ariel, bowed slightly and said, "Lord two kingdom generals, we haven't seen you for a long time."

After speaking, Aogu smiled warmly, and his expression was like seeing a close friend whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

On the other side, Bert and Jubai both nodded slightly.

Judging from the indifferent expressions of the two, it is obvious that they are not as familiar with Bai Lao's lieutenant as the other party shows.

"Ogu? I've heard that name before."

Seeing this, Lei Xiao on the side couldn't help but have a thoughtful look on his face.

According to the information previously provided by Lin, Bai Lao had two lieutenants by his side, one was Aogu in front of him, and the other was beheaded by tiger sticks on the initial frontier battlefield.

"According to Lin, the one who was killed by the knotweed at that time had a bad reputation within the Leng Yan Army. He was known for being ruthless and bloodthirsty, and he even drew his sword against his soldiers. , it is exactly the opposite.”

Looking at Lieutenant General Leng Yan who was still smiling in front of him, Lei Xiao continued to ponder: "It is said that this person is very popular in the army, he belongs to the type of both sides, and he understands the rules among nobles very well.

However, Bert and Ju Bai were not well received by them. After all, these two were new nobles who had climbed up from the bottom. They were straightforward and honest, and hated the double-edged swords and flattery among the traditional nobles the most. "

Thinking of this, Lei Xiao squinted slightly, and said in his heart: "It must be precisely because of this that Bert and Jubai suffered from the exclusion of most traditional nobles."

"Lieutenant General Aogu, what about General Bai? Why don't you see his old man?"

Immediately afterwards, Ariel could not help but frowned slightly, and then asked.

"this……"

Hearing this, Aogu suddenly showed a look of embarrassment. After pondering for a while, he responded: "To be honest with Your Royal Highness, General Bai started retreating and training three days ago."

"Retreat to practice? Could it be that General Bai is going to attack the fifth-order powerhouse?"

Hearing this, Burt's old face couldn't help showing a look of doubt, and he pondered: "A dozen years ago, the strength of General Bai has indeed reached the level of the fourth-order peak..."

Ningmei thought for a moment, the doubts on Bert's face became more obvious, and he said: "However, it is very difficult to attack the fifth-order powerhouse.

Even with perfect preparations and ample time, it is almost a near-death situation. Why did General Bai choose to make a breakthrough at this critical juncture? "

"That's right. Once the Holy Night Army gets the news and launches an attack at this time, the situation will undoubtedly be extremely bad."

On the other side, Ju Bai nodded and said in agreement, "After all, being promoted to a fifth-rank powerhouse is completely different from other lower ranks, and it takes a very long time to do so.

And once it is interrupted in this process, the result is no different from the failure of promotion, ranging from a sharp drop in strength, severe physical damage, or even a direct fall on the spot, is not an impossible thing. "

Hearing this, Lei Xiao groaned and nodded slightly.

As the two said, it is indeed an extremely difficult thing to advance to the fifth-order powerhouse.

And Bai Lao chose to advance at this time, which is indeed a bit difficult to understand.

However, this point can also explain the order that Bai Lao issued before.

"Perhaps, General Bai is trying to break the boat wants to make the Holy Night Army die in one fell swoop."

Directly opposite, Aogu sighed lightly, shook his head and said, "During this time, the old man has been working too hard."

After speaking, Aogu lifted his spirits and bowed to Ariel: "Your Highness Princess, you must be very tired on the way? It's dangerous here, it's better to enter the fortress first and then talk about it."

"Never mind." Hearing this, Ariel nodded slightly and said, "Just listen to you."

At this moment, Aogu's somewhat alert gaze fell on Lei Xiao and the three of them, Chaoyan and Ye Cang on the bright side, and said in a deep voice, "These are..."

"These three are the mercenaries I hired, don't worry, they are all my own."

On the other side, according to Lei Xiao's previous words, Ariel responded lightly.

"So that's how it is..."

I saw Aogu's scrutiny eyes, and they stayed on Lei Xiao's body for a while, then smiled and said, "Then please come with me next."

"Then there is Mr. Lao."

With the same faint smile, Lei Xiao responded lightly.

At this time, the three of them had already taken off the illusion cloak, and instead put on a dark green hood, which happened to be a ranger's dress.

In this way, the wide hood can not only cover most of the face, but also meet the identity of the mercenary, it can be said to be the best of both worlds.

The reason why Lei Xiao gave up the illusion cloak was naturally because the powerhouses of the fourth rank had undoubtedly already possessed the ability to see through the illusion cloak.

In this way, under the guidance of Aogu, the long team of their own has all entered the gate of this sturdy giant fortress.