Imperial Crown

The continuous heavy rain finally passed.

The sky cleared, the sun burned the ground, and the cicadas, which had been dull for a long time, began to cry again.

"The war is about to begin."

Raven stood on a high platform, overlooking the Eivor camp in the distance.

After the heavy rain, it will take up to 3 days before the Eivors will attack.

Initially, Raven's goal was to quickly break through the blockade and return to the Wall of Sighs.

But as his understanding of the battlefield deepened, especially after seeing the opponent's camp layout with his own eyes, Raven completely gave up this idea.

The location of the opponent's camp was chosen extremely cleverly.

The 20 camps are connected into an ellipse, completely blocking the access to the High Wall of Sighs. At the same time, they also capture the essence of the battle formation. No matter which camp is attacked, other camps can quickly support it.

If you want to win now, the only way is to fight head-on.

"Are you all ready?" Raven asked in a low voice.

"Yes, my lord." Hu Xia stood up straight: "Everything has been arranged according to your instructions. Now our camp is not inferior to the high wall!"

This sentence is of course an exaggeration, but now Raven's camp can indeed be said to have been built like a turtle shell.

There are wooden barriers on the outside, which are 30 meters thick. They were installed during heavy rains. Now most of them have sunk into the soil. Whether you want to move them or break them apart, it will not be easy. thing.

The camp wall is 4 meters high, and there are shooting towers that are 8 meters high inside. The crossbowmen can attack the attacking enemies from a high position without having to worry about the opponent's counterattack.

The crossbowmen chosen this time were the auxiliaries accompanying the army, that is, the legions from Hippox and Essex counties.

"My lord, do you really not want to set up another camp or let the heavy cavalry go out alone to set up a camp?" Hu Xia asked.

"There's no need for that." Raven shook his head: "You can't expect the same tactics to always work wonders."

"Just like the Wind King, just like the anvil and hammer tactic last time, after using it once, you have to acquiesce that the opponent already has a way to break it, and then use this as a basis to deploy tactics."

There was a gleam in Hu Xia's eyes.

He followed Raven all day long just to hear these words and enrich the content of his book.

If it weren't for Raven, he would have even wanted to take out a pen and paper and start recording on the spot.

"Then, my lord, what tactics do you want to use this time?"

Raven glanced at him: "There are no tactics. This battle can only be fought head-on."

After saying that, Raven turned and walked towards the tent.

Hu Xia saluted respectfully, and when Lei Wen's back disappeared, he impatiently took out a charcoal pen and notebook, and started writing with his left hand wearing four gold rings.

"Before the war began, my lord once again asked me how to win the war.

It seems even heroes can get confused.

This makes me feel honored and a little troubled at the same time.

After all, even a genius like me, favored by the God of Wisdom, cannot come up with brilliant ideas every time.

The tactics from the previous two times can no longer be used.

This is the consensus reached between me, who has an excellent mind, and my Lord, who has keen war instincts.

‘I only have you, Hu Xia. ’

The black-haired man looked at me with sincere appreciation in his eyes:

‘I know this is unfair to you, but under my command, you are the only one who has the wisdom to see through the battle situation. ’

I need to stress again that I am not vain.

It was only Baron Raven's sincere attitude and unparalleled charm that moved me.

If not, how could a man like me, who possesses astonishing wisdom, willingly serve him?

'My lord, you have perfected counsel and strategy. ’

‘Now, you have an army of 10,000 against 200,000, and any tactics are useless. ’

'There is only one thing that is needed most, and that is...

courage! ’

I saw a hint of trance in the man's eyes.

'courage? ’

he asked.

'Yes, courage. ’ I nodded, held his somewhat cold hand, and said in a deep voice:

‘Draw your sword, my lord, and cut off all obstacles before you! ’

‘Have courage and you will be invincible! ’

There were no words of gratitude, no words of encouragement, but at this moment, through those deep eyes, I knew.

I have ignited the fighting fire in his heart! "

After writing this, Hu Xia stopped writing with satisfaction and read it twice again, feeling more and more satisfied.

When this book is released, his fame will spread throughout the continent!

"The sage with the wisdom of the stars, the first think tank of Baron Raven, the most intelligent man in the empire, Mr. Hu Xia!"

But now, there is still one problem left unresolved.

Hu Xia's eyes fell on the camp of Eivor's army, and he suddenly shuddered.

Will you really win this time?

"We will win!" Earl Palmer said resolutely in the central tent of Eivor camp: "Raven has no chance of winning."

"But the premise is that the two of us must work together and not give Raven the slightest chance!"

Marquis Faraday said with a gloomy face: "Of course, do you think I will still hide my secrets at this time?"

Of course, military exploits still come first, but if you can't win, how can you talk about military exploits?

He has clearly experienced Raven's "little tricks".

It was obviously on the land of Eivor, but now Faraday felt that he was waging a war in a foreign country.

"Correct your mentality, Marquis Faraday." Palmer said: "I know you are very angry now, and it is the same for me."

"During this period, I have lost nearly 5,000 logistics troops, not to mention the wolf-faced army."

"It's not that I'm relying on my old age to show off, but if we can't calm down, we may fall into Raven's trap."

Faraday never liked other people's preaching, especially since he knew that Palmer looked old, but in fact he was only a dozen years older than him.

But facing the current situation, he still suppressed his dissatisfaction.

Nodding, Faraday motioned for Palmer to continue.

"1,000 heavy cavalry is Raven's trump card." Earl Palmer pursed his lips: "To be honest, whether it is my wolf-faced army or your volcano army, they need to use their utmost energy to compete with them. confrontation."

"And this time, Raven has made up his mind to use the turtle tactic. Faced with his condescending long-range attack, we will definitely suffer considerable losses."

Marquis Faraday understood this.

Raven's defenses are tight, and the shooting towers erected will provide considerable range advantages.

On the other hand, the heavy rain has just passed. Although the storage is relatively tight, the trebuchet's belt is still seriously affected by moisture, and its elasticity and toughness are far less than before. It can no longer function after ten and a half days.

Adding the two together, even if they have more long-range power in their hands, they will still have to suffer a lot of losses if they want to suppress Raven's long-range troops.

"Leaven knows that the two of us are independent leaders. If I were him, I would definitely choose one of our two armies to carry out a key attack to divide us."

"I'm not an idiot, I can imagine this." Faraday frowned.

"It's one thing to think about it, but it's another thing whether you can realize it when the time comes, and whether you can control your anger after realizing it. You should be able to understand what I'm talking about, right?" Palmer said.

Faraday took a deep breath and wanted to say something, but in the end he said nothing.

He knew what Palmer was implying.

These words were both an admonition and a threat.

After the death of the previous generation of Grand Duke, Faraday was also qualified to inherit the Grand Duke's throne. Unfortunately, his bloodline was inferior to that of Eivor VIII, and he was not crowned in the end.

In fact, Faraday knew that it was unlikely that he would inherit the title of Grand Duke long before that, but this did not prevent him from killing dozens of servants to vent his anger after learning that he had lost the election.

If this battle cannot be won, Palmer may still escape unscathed.

As a former grand duke candidate and a thorn in the side of Eivor VIII, Faraday will definitely be regarded as a scapegoat by Eivor VIII.

This damn old fox!

Cursing secretly in his heart, Marquis Faraday's plump lips trembled twice:

"I understand, I will fully cooperate with you in this war."

"No matter how much the loss is!"

Earl Palmer nodded, not intending to push Faraday too hard: "Then thank you, Lord Marquis, for taking the overall situation into consideration."

"Don't worry, I will take action with you this time and transfer the main force to Raven's side."

"Sighing at the high wall, it is enough to leave a legion to look after it."

"And once you win, the credit will still be yours."

…

In the blink of an eye, 5 days passed.

The muddy ground finally became dry under the scorching sun.

A long horn pierced the sky, Eivor's barracks opened the door, and the soldiers poured out and lined up like a swarm of insects.

Even after the losses caused by the siege, the number of this army was still 70,000.

The blue shirts are connected into one piece, which is like a lake appearing out of thin air on the earth.

Quantitative changes can always bring about qualitative changes.

70,000 people, a total of 13 legions. Among them, the number of long-range troops alone is at least four legions and 20,000 people!

This kind of quantity can no longer be contained by Feng Wang, who is only around 100.

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Even the firepower composed of these 20,000 long-range troops is enough to destroy most legions!

What's more, there are a full 8,000 heavily armored soldiers in their front line.

There are still more than 3,000 wolf-faced legions, and their features are not easy to distinguish at this distance; but the volcano legion beside them is enough to distinguish the two.

Not only because of the lava-like crimson armor worn by the soldiers of the Volcano Legion under their blue uniforms, but also because of the exaggerated weapons in their hands.

Heavy hammers, great axes, sickles, and hooked halberds are all specially prepared to break through heavy armor.

Intensive drum beats sounded, and the military formation of 70,000 people began to move forward.

The footsteps of 70,000 people seemed to shake the earth!

Click click click…

On the wall of the village, Hu Xia's teeth bumped against each other, and his whole body was trembling.

This was not the first time he had witnessed war. He had seen the previous battle with Du Duo clearly in the camp.

70,000 people were only twice as many as Tu Duo's army in number, but their momentum was completely incomparable.

It is simply about flooding and filling the wilderness!

For a moment, Hu Xia only had blue eyes.

The opponent was getting closer and closer, changing formations midway, firmly surrounding the entire camp from all sides, and then began to squeeze inward!

When the battle line approached 100 meters of the village wall, the crossbowmen on the shooting tower began to throw crossbow arrows.

This was the first time that Hu Xia heard the sound of tens of thousands of crossbows firing at such a close range.

The dense sound of the crossbow strings came together, almost bursting his eardrums, and then came the crossbow arrows that almost covered the sky.

Some were blocked by the shield, some passed through the gaps in the shield, and some directly shot the shield into pieces.

Blood bloomed on the ground, and the corpse fell down, but the opponent's advance did not stop.

Especially those soldiers of the Wolf Faced Legion. Their heavy armor can withstand crossbow arrows at long distances, so they rush the fastest.

Even when they were close, their bodies were covered with arrows, but they still rushed to the outskirts of the camp without slowing down at all.

Juma had been doused with water in advance and could not be ignited for a while, so they only used the most primitive means to destroy it.

Hu Xia suddenly realized that his side might not be the protagonist.

At least the other party doesn't collapse at the first touch like the villain in the story.

A low voice of chanting a mantra came.

Hu Xia looked back and saw Lei Wen taking out the tree of life staff and mumbling something.

A burning sensation rippled out, and Hu Xia quickly took two steps to the side.

Thick flame elements gathered on Raven's staff.

After singing the last syllable, Raven raised his staff high, and a trace of blue fire rushed into the sky.

If Hu Xia knew Elvish, then he would know that the last syllable means:

"Meteor blast!"

A shadow appeared on the battlefield, getting bigger and bigger!

It was a meteorite that fell from the sky and was as big as a house.

It plummeted down with a rumbling roar, wrapped in frightening blue flames, and the flame tail it pulled up opened layers of fire rings in the air!

That's like a sign of the end of the world!

At this moment, a barrier shining with golden light suddenly stood up above the landing point.

boom--

The meteorite hit the barrier and immediately shattered from it, turning into finer pieces of flame stones scattered. However, the moment it hit the barrier, they were extinguished one after another, leaving only wisps of green smoke.

"Guardian of Glory, third-level magic." Lei Wen's eyes were a little deep:

"It seems that the Church of Light has finally intervened!"

This is not surprising. After all, Thomas is only the Cardinal Archbishop of Nord Diocese and the Archbishop of Eivor Diocese. I am afraid he also has his own interests.

"So be it."

Raven held the staff beside him, but stopped casting spells.

The crowd was too dense, and even if Raven used the Eye of Truth, he could not locate the divine magician.

He had to guard against the opponent's magician's methods.

Eivor's ranged troops were finally within range, and arrows began to rain down on the camp.

"Go down." Lei Wen said to Hu Xia: "I can't protect you in this environment."

Hu Xia originally wanted to show off as a hero, but when a crossbow arrow grazed his ear, he immediately shrank back under the village wall.

The auxiliaries on the shooting tower were distracted by the enemy's long-range troops, and Eivor's army began to clean up the outer fortifications in an organized manner.

From day to dusk.

Raven didn't take action, and the other party's magician never showed up.

When the horn sounded, Eivor's army withdrew in an orderly manner, still able to take away the bodies of its own people.

During the day, even with the shooting tower present, more than 700 crossbowmen as auxiliary soldiers were sacrificed.

That night, nearly 300,000 crossbow arrows were collected from the camp and walls.

Day 2, Day 3…

The Eivor offensive continued, repeating the same tactics as Day 1 every day.

And Raven has been standing on the city wall, reaching a strange balance with the other side's magician.

Until day 4.

The outer fortifications have been completely destroyed.

And Raven didn't intend to use the ground as a prison.

Three days of attack and defense have resulted in the attrition of approximately 4,000 people on the other side.

And Raven has also figured out the combat qualities of the opponent's army.

The sun jumped into the horizon, and the first ray of morning light fell on the earth.

The four gates of Leiwen's camp were opened, and the troops poured out from it, forming a formation with their backs to the camp.

In the center, there were a total of 4,000 1st Legion of the Eagle Army equipped with plate armor.

On the left wing is the 5,000-strong Second Army of the Eagle Army.

On the right wing is the 3,000-strong 1st Independent Legion of the Eagle Army.

The eagle war flag buzzed over the city.

"Raven is inviting a fight." Marquis Faraday said coldly, with a hint of sarcasm in his words:

"Obviously if he sticks to the camp, he has a better chance of winning."

"This little guy seems to like stud very much. The previous two times, the outcome was determined by one battle. This time, does he think he can replicate his previous success?"

"This blind confidence is exactly the same as that guy Tu Duo."

"No wonder Tu Duo's son would join his army."

Earl Palmer put on his helmet:

"If he wants a decisive battle, then give him a decisive battle."

"Send my order and the whole army will attack!"

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