Duanjieshan fortress.


    Although the garrison in the fortress has been preparing for war since leaving the floating city of "horn Castle", in fact, since the "war", there is no tension in the whole fortress, as if everything is the same as in the past.


    Of course, this is not without reason - after all, although the Azores have declared war on the Empire, there is still no army under the control of the fortress, let alone an encounter or siege.


    If it had not been for the total annihilation of the church Knight Commander Naze and his 1000 cavalry, the defenders of duanjieshan fortress might have no idea that the Azores were the strong enemy of the Empire.


    In addition, it is the "blessing" of Boyi Hussars.


    What is "slightly different" from the imperial principalities is that Boyi''s army is mainly nomadic instead of recruiting agricultural soldiers. The valiant Hussars are also good at herding and running businesses; When he answered the Duke''s call, he was also a whole nomadic group. Naturally, it was impossible to completely ignore his family when he set out.


    Naturally, the machete Archduke, who was originally born in daboyling grassland, has long been accustomed to this kind of thing, and she is even less likely to intervene - even she is doing it herself, so that Jonah''s tribe can earn the biggest sum.


    So this brave but lax Hussars regiment, in addition to their luggage, also brought a large number of "leather goods" and "self brewing" from Boyi, and set up a market in the camp outside the great wall of duanjie mountain.


    Relying on self brewed milk wine and a small amount of Byrne''s wine, these fierce "machete warriors" quickly opened a market in the garrison of duanjieshan fortress; For a time, the "night patrol" task became a beautiful job in duanjieshan fortress, and these big soldiers who stayed in the barracks fortress all year round and had nothing to "entertain" at all, "spending power" amazed Boyi''s horseback people.


    With the help of alcohol, a good thing loved by everyone, the two sides who had not had a good relationship quickly established a friendship - a considerable part of the Legion stationed in duanjie mountain fortress traveled to Boyi with Brandon, and naturally became the "middleman" of both sides.


    Three days later, the deputy commander of the fortress accidentally caught a legion soldier who went to the boy camp to "patrol". After finding out what happened, he immediately removed him from his post and sent him to prison. Then, with a black face, he ordered all soldiers going out not to carry property.


    It''s hard to tell how effective such severe punishment is, because the soldier also found a lot of white notes - these people''s business is big enough to keep accounts!


    As the deputy commander of duanjieshan fortress, of course, he can''t give orders to the Boyi people. He can only "suggest" Archduke salina Jonah to control her army and don''t "go too far".


    Naturally, the result cannot be too good; Machete Archduke, who is used to such things, certainly can''t restrain herself on such small things; The Legion soldiers who got Boyi leather goods were also unwilling to hand over their warm and comfortable fur coats.


    One can imagine how angry dreisis was when the military''s mind was so slack; But in addition to these "unimportant" small things, he really couldn''t find anything to blame for his regiment.


    After all, the legions that can be sent to garrison duanjieshan fortress are absolutely elite. No army in the whole empire can do better than the "black wall" before the war.


    The trenches and traps outside the Great Wall should be "maintained" once a day. The projection weapons and temporary small defense facilities in the city wall have long been properly built. The amount of "Alchemical weapons" such as igniters and alchemical bombs in the fortress is enough to support ten battles.


    Armor, weapons, food, medicine... The supplies that can be prepared have been prepared enough to last for a year; The soldiers'' daily training is always at their best, and the patrol work is not stopped all day. No enemy close to the fortress can escape the investigation of the Rangers.


    The empire is preparing for the "Duel" war between Azores and imperial rulers with the "specifications" to resist the invasion of demons.


    But why


    Why is the more fully prepared you are, the more afraid you are of "what you still lack" and "what you have forgotten"?


    What is it... What else do you forget and don''t notice?


    After all


    "Is there a messenger from the blood skeleton Valley?"


    The familiar voice interrupted dreisis''s thinking. He instinctively turned and bowed to connord desallion, who suddenly appeared behind him.


    "Not yet, but the first batch of baggage teams have successfully arrived at their destination!"


    The deputy commander of the fortress said respectfully, without the panic of being asked suddenly.


    Connord stood behind the battlements of the city wall, silently watching the glacier wasteland in the distance, without saying a word.


    "Do you want to send someone to urge?" dreisis asked tentatively, "Duke Byrne has been stationed in blood skeleton Valley for nearly a week, but no messenger has been sent, which is really..."


    Before he finished, connord raised his hand and stopped him.


    "If Loren Turin believes that he is in a situation where he should not contact me, it proves that he should not contact me." connord said in a deep voice:


    "He is not Sally Jonah, not Brandon... This man is very cautious, sometimes even too cautious; he must have a reason; as his emperor, I trust his judgment."


    Dreisis bowed his head and dared not say anything more.


    "But what you said is also very reasonable. Send a messenger to ask." Connor suddenly changed his words: "don''t tell him in the name of inquiry - inform him that the civil war in East Saxony is coming to an end, and I will soon call Brandon to lead the local army of East Saxony."


    After a little thought, dreisis understood the meaning of this "notice"; To inform the other party of the next combat steps is to implicitly ask the other party to report the extent of the current combat.


    "Can he understand?"


    "He will understand."


    Conrad has no doubt about it.


    Without much delay, dreisis immediately sent guards to summon the messenger and ordered him to take his Majesty''s message to the blood skeleton Valley - even if he really didn''t understand why Conrad trusted a wizard and "colluded" with his highness Brandon.


    "Although there was no news from Duke Loren, our Rangers found traces of the enemy''s march on the west side of the boundary."


    After arranging the messenger, dreisis continued to say in a deep voice: "now it is basically certain that the main army of the Azores is still in the west of the boundary breaking mountain. Only a small group of elite appeared in the blood skeleton Valley across the mountains, and it is likely to have retreated long ago."


    "At their present speed, the enemy will arrive at the fortress of duanjieshan and launch a siege as soon as tomorrow or five days later." dreisis looked at Conrad:


    "Judging from our past experience and the enemy''s way of attacking the city, the only option for the enemy to attack the fortress of duanjieshan is to attack at any cost; but we are fully prepared and will never give them such an opportunity!"


    "According to the conclusion of the battle of eboden, the enemy had little means to counteract the cavalry raid, so Archduke saleka Jonah organized an elite cavalry to attack the flanks of the siege army when necessary; if we could take the opportunity to attack and destroy the enemy''s baggage forces..."


    "Past experience?"


    Connord interrupted him very abruptly.


    "Your Majesty..." when the deputy commander of the fortress wanted to say something, connord turned to look at him.


    "Dreisis, I ask you," Conrad said, "if I gave you an army of 40000 people to attack and seize the fortress from the north of the barrier mountain fortress... What would you do?"


    "I..." dreisis frowned slightly and didn''t understand what the emperor wanted to do: "I will use a small number of troops to test the Garrison''s defense and strength, and then organize as many attacks as possible in the shortest time to gradually break through the fortress''s defense."


    Connord continued, "in other words, when the fortress is captured, your army has lost its combat effectiveness, right?"


    Dreisis nodded, which he did not deny and felt nothing to be ashamed of.


    No, he even feels a little proud - because this is the north gate of the Empire, which is an iron wall built by his Garrison for many years; Any enemy who wants to attack here must do a good job in the end that "fighting to one soldier and one soldier" may be defeated and return home.


    "So... The enemy should also know this, so they will never attack us in this way." Connor gave him an expressionless look:


    "Past experiences, battles, and even information we already know may not be as meaningful in the face of this army as we thought."


    "In other words, just as we will not fight as they think; the Azores will never attack the fortress of duanjie mountain in a way that must be a failure, just like us."


    "Yes..." dreisis lowered his head and whispered bitterly.


    "Don''t get me wrong, dreisis, I didn''t mean to accuse you." Conrad shook his head. "Before we really fight the enemy, we don''t know what they look like, what tactics and characteristics they have, and what weaknesses we all know."


    "Therefore, we will fear; after all, for a completely unknown existence, anyone - including me - will feel fear, which is normal and reasonable, because without fear, we will not have courage."


    "But we can''t be controlled by fear, let alone panic and don''t know what to do. That''s the real danger." connord stared at dreisis with his head down and his face full of shame:


    "If Sarika Jonah is afraid, I will have to lose a good cavalry commander, but I can''t help it, because I have plenty of such people;"


    "If Loren Turin is afraid, I know I can let the oath Knights replace him and lead the fortress''s army north to guard the blood skeleton Valley, which is nothing;"


    "If all my generals are frightened in front of the elves, it doesn''t matter - I just want them to fear me more than the elves;"


    "If I''m scared too... I know I have my most trusted drexis Ernst who can take command at a critical time and replace me."


    "So... Dreisis." Connor sighed and patted him on the shoulder:


    "If you are also terrified... What do you want me to do? Who can expect rich experience to carry on the plan against the fear of an unknown battle?"


    "Your Majesty --!!!"


    Without half hesitation, dreisis knelt down on one knee with a bang.


    As the actual power holder and imperial aristocrat of duanjieshan fortress for many years, he has not heard of flattery and "appreciation" from the royal family - as an imperial aristocrat, he has long been immune to these.


    But when this praise comes out of connord''s mouth, the meaning is completely different; He understood that the emperor was purely out of the recognition of his years of service and the trust and affirmation of his ability.


    Connord shook his head helplessly.


    Whenever things change, he will feel the wise and wise of his father, akhat II - it was the most wise decision for his fashionable and young father to defeat the demon invasion under the duanjieshan fortress, to leave his most trusted dreisis in the duanjieshan fortress and gradually support him to become the fortress commander rather than bring him back to the imperial capital as a confidant.


    Because the general was so simple that he almost wrote his likes and dislikes on his face; Of course, if it''s just like this, the superior has the right not to consider the feelings of the people below; But dreisis is also an extremely vulnerable guy to other people''s words.


    With only one word, he can immediately recover his reason from tension and find a calm and decisive backbone; From this point of view, he is no different from the ordinary soldiers under his command.


    However, it is for this reason that a strict commander like him can be trusted by the soldiers - because they all know that "general" is no different from himself and will never pit himself.


    Loyal but honest generals, capable but rebellious priests, capable but not ambitious royal members, ambitious but also capable spikes... My father can always do his best to arrange them in the most appropriate position.


    And they are willing.


    "Woo - - - -!!"


    With the horn ringing through the whole fortress, beacon towers were lit one after another, illuminating the bleak duanjie mountain.


    "It''s the sentry tower in the West - Azores, they''re coming!" dreisis stared at the direction of the horn in amazement:


    "But... They should have at least one day to go..."


    "If the war is predictable and predictable, we don''t have to take so much trouble to build such a solid fortress, dreisis."


    Coldly looking back, Conrad pressed his shoulder: "get ready to fight, my general."


    "The war has begun!"