Chapter 1014

Eboden, gem River, imperial fortress.

evening.

A bloody encounter half an hour ago had just ended with the retreat of the Raiders of the Azores.

Exhausted and scarred, the soldiers of El mans and the soldiers of the imperial Legion had no intention of pursuing. They were even too lazy to raise their bows and crossbows and shoot a few arrows at the fleeing enemy.

They just cleaned the messy battlefield without saying a word, gathered paoze's bodies, dug a big pit in a soft place beside the river and buried it on the spot.

Wearing a dark blue cloak, Archduke ellemans rode on a strong war horse, personally holding an iron crown flag in the middle of the battlefield. Where all soldiers can see, he held his chest high and looked motionless at the direction of the enemy's evacuation.

Only those who are closer can see a trace of fatigue in his silver gray pupils.

Once again, let the enemy evacuate safely.

Another meaningless victory.

Clenching his teeth, the iron face of Archduke ellemans contained anger.

Facing the Azores Elven warriors, the Legion soldiers in heavy armor can only resist positively, but it is difficult to carry out effective resistance; However, it is difficult for the Flemish soldiers with two weapons and light armor to gain an advantage in one-on-one combat.

Even if a small-scale battle is won, it can only be a disastrous victory. If the army with a small number or no fortifications encounters a raid, it will almost come to an end that the whole army will be destroyed.

This is an unprecedented enemy.

No longer a brainless demon, no longer a refugee of the trend of evil believers, no longer a knight in heavy armor and a conscript waving a spear and shield... But a warrior with superb combat skills, wielding a sharp knife and cooperating with tacit understanding.

Not one or two, not dozens or hundreds, but hundreds or thousands!

Such an opponent that he has never faced is very difficult for Uli vilz, Archduke of ellemans, who has received traditional imperial education; Obviously, he is the one who occupies the geographical, military and material advantages, but he is passive everywhere.

Obviously, Emperor Conrad of the sky palace is also very clear about his "insufficient ability", so his task is to "stick to" rather than "attack", and even explicitly requires himself not to launch any offensive against the elves trapped in eboden city.

Yuli weiltz didn't feel humiliated for being "despised". What really made him miserable was that he felt "relieved" in his heart.

Unless there is a miracle, you can't win by yourself... Yuli vilz knows that.

So he set up a military camp at the important ferry of the gem River, set up arrow towers and fortresses at all the traffic arteries along the border of eboden, and approached eboden city by step, locking the enemy's activity space bit by bit.

Of course, the last sentence is nonsense, because the enemy's activity space is not outside the city of eboden - as long as the port of eboden is not recaptured, the initiative of the war will always be in the hands of the elves.

Therefore, his real "mission" of Archduke ellemans is actually to guard the river course of the gem River and ensure that the ELF's military front will not touch the imperial capital; At the same time, we will make full preparations for the decisive battle in the coming spring.

The decisive battle at the beginning of next spring

Can you really hold on to that time?

"Are you complaining about yourself again?"

The sudden sound made Yuli vilz look back, and Severin de sallion who came with him appeared behind him.

"Your Excellency the Minister of military affairs, I......"

"No, don't explain, I understand." Severin desallion waved his hand and smiled nostalgically. "I've worked with your father and uncles. I've seen this face countless times."

"You ellemans, whenever you encounter problems, you will complain and blame yourself. You think it is caused by your lack of ability - I really don't know whether you should say you are modest or arrogant."

Yuli weiltz was slightly stunned, lowered his head in some thinking, and looked at the traces left on the battlefield.

Severin desalion, who didn't know what he was thinking, shook his head and patted him on the shoulder with half comfort: "don't think about it. We are not the protagonists in this battle - we have completed the task by blocking the battlefield and ensuring that the enemy won't threaten the rivers of the imperial capital and the gem river before the end of winter."

"Leave the rest to our invincible emperor Conrad, ha!"

"Seal off the battlefield and guard the river." Yuli weirtz whispered slowly, frowning and staring at the enemy's retreat direction: "we beat back the enemy's temptation and surprise army, seal off the battlefield and guard the river..."

"Or do our enemies want us to think so by all means?"

Huh?

Wen Yan's military minister looked tight: "what do you mean?"

"Nothing, just..." Archduke Ellerman looked complex, and his silver gray pupils never left the direction of eboden City:

"Just suddenly feel that this possibility exists..."

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"Puff --!"

The spear that ran through the top of the ogre's skull was forcibly pulled out by Leia upside down; The plasma gushing out of the shrill wail dyed half of the Female Elf's body red, and the world in front of her was temporarily dyed red.

While the ogre fell down, the three figures had torn open the curtain of wind and snow, threw down the deep forest castle in the distance and attacked her.

These stupid monsters have realized that if they don't kill this "little spot" as soon as possible, they will be killed one by one.

"Boom --!"

With a heavy roar, the dying ogre was patted into meat sauce by his compatriots, and the stinking liquid gushed like explosive slurry.

Without a moment's pause, the soaring Female Elf suddenly threw out the long gun by turning and falling inertia.

The shadow tore the cold wind and pierced the ogre's eyes in the wail.

The falling Female Elf suddenly stepped on the ogre's face door, stepped hard, pulled out the long gun, and jumped at the third Monster without hesitation.

Like the spirit in the ice and snow, it dances against the wind in the cold wind.

"Pa!"

A loud noise, mixed with a roar, burst in Leia's ear.

The long gun in his hand was not unexpectedly broken at the moment when the ogre's claw touched it, leaving only half of the barrel in his hand.

Throw away the gun, and the fairy with her mouth tightly took out two short guns of one foot and a half from behind.

"Dang --!"

Two short spears, one foot and a half, were combined in mid air.

As a gift from the little wizard, Leia never left.

Pooh!

In the sound of flesh and blood tearing, the ogre waved her claw and was directly shot through; The tip of the gun was horizontal and then torn.

The howling ogre fell to the ground.

The fairy with her mouth tightly closed, like a falcon hunting prey, shuttles rapidly in the wind and snow. Every time she swings a long gun and aims at the target, it is as natural as clouds and flowing water.

Every attack is a single blow to defeat the enemy, and never procrastinate.

"Ah, ah, ah --!!!"

The Female Elf roared, clutching the long gun with both hands and penetrating the ogre's chest, but her huge body staggered and tilted back under the action of severe pain and impact.

"Boom --!"

The ogre fell to the ground.

The female elf who lost her leverage point landed steadily, holding a long gun and standing on the battlefield full of Ogre corpses.

The white snow was filled with liquid emitting a strong odor, and the hot "water vapor" rose, enveloping the panting Female Elf, whose thin body was too thin.

Behind her, the battle outside the wall of Shenlin castle was over; Under the resistance of elves and dancers, before the single ogres could get close to the city wall, they were shot into a sieve by crossbow and arrow rain and fell one by one in the snow outside the city wall.

The Female Elf gently raised her eyes and looked at the opposite side of the battlefield. She could see the triangular flag of the Azores and the dense figure.

In the cold wind, they stood opposite and watched the ogre driven by them die at the foot of Shenlin castle. They didn't want to intervene or intervene from beginning to end.

An elf warrior standing with a knife stood right in front of the army, looking at her with cold eyes and some provocation.

"Come on --!"

The Female Elf holding the long gun stood in the middle of the battlefield and roared in the direction of the ELF:

"Azores blood relatives, don't you want war? Come on!"

"Don't you still want to take more land? Come on --!"

"Don't you want to kill more people? Come on --!"

"I give it to you, all to you!"

"Just step over my body!"

The bloody spear was raised and pointed straight at the opposite side. The Female Elf roared out of her clenched teeth word by word:

"Come on!"

"I'm right here!"

"Come and kill me!"

The roar of tearing heart and cracking lung echoed in the cold wind.

But there was no response from the Azores army opposite.

They are like sculptures in the ice and snow, standing there motionless, allowing the female elves to "show off".

The first Elf Warrior looked at the Female Elf coldly and smiled contemptuously; He put away his long knife and waved his hand behind him.

The Azores elves who got the order finally moved; But instead of attacking, they slowly withdrew back to their camp.

A kind of anger that was "despised" rushed into the heart of the Female Elf.

But after so many things and being entrusted with the important task of guarding her home, she didn't lose her temper as in the past; Coldly looking at the figure of the enemy leaving, he clenched his hand with a long gun.

Why, why not attack?

It took a lot of trouble to drive the ogres to attack the city. Is it just to see if these monsters can break through the defense of Shenlin castle?

It's impossible. They've obviously planned this war for a long time. They can't do such a stupid thing;

Or

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"Temptation?"

The Minister of military affairs frowned in confusion and looked at Duke Elman: "you mean the enemy is also testing us?"

"In addition, there is no second explanation." Yuli weiltz nodded slightly: "the ellemans soldiers who participated in the battle of eboden told me that the enemy has never planned to attack the city immediately, but has purposefully organized a frontal battle with the defenders; on the one hand, such a battle may erode the effectiveness of the defenders, on the other hand..."

"It's also the best way to understand and find out our way of fighting." the military minister's expression became serious.

"It's the first time for both Azores and us to confront a completely unfamiliar enemy - understanding each other's tactics, fighting methods, each other's strengths and weaknesses is the most important information for a commander."

So not only the Empire, but also the elves are taking advantage of the present opportunity to test the Empire.

Archduke ellemans said in a deep voice: "the other side knows very well that they can't get any support before the end of winter; instead of sneaking into a city that can't be defended even if it is defeated, it's better to take advantage of the opportunity of confrontation with us throughout the winter to understand the fighting mode of the Empire as much as possible."

"This information is very important. We have to..."

The Minister of military affairs just wanted to say, "we have to report to your majesty at once", but on second thought, how could connord not have expected this result?

Since the two sides are in a state of long-term confrontation, it is almost inevitable to test each other - the tactics, characteristics and advantages and disadvantages of the Empire will be exposed to the enemy one by one.

"It sounds scary, but in fact, it can be understood as long as you think about it carefully." the responding Military Secretary smiled and patted Yuli vilz on the shoulder:

"Since it's a matter of no choice, why think so much?"

"No, the other party doesn't just want to know us - they want more than that!" Archduke ellemans frowned and looked more and more nervous:

"Temptations and raids force us to stop and confront them. It's just... It's like trying desperately to make us think that they will be like us. When next spring, we'll have a bloody war to decide the victory or defeat of both sides!"

"Isn't that right?"

"Of course not! If the enemy has few troops, they certainly want a quick decision, but their current situation is not like planning a decisive battle at all, but more like preparing to annex our land step by step and move to the territory of the Empire!"

"In fact, I have a more worried guess..." Yuli vilz looked anxiously at the military secretary who had not yet understood:

"What if the enemy doesn't intend to fight us in eboden, but wants to turn it into their colony and base camp and push forward step by step? What if the capture of eboden port is just their cover, and the real attack target is elsewhere?"

"This... The coastline of the empire is very long, but the only place where ships can dock is eboden!" Severin de sallion couldn't understand: "if they don't land in eboden, where can they park their fleet?"

"This is also what I want to know... What is their real goal? Is it really just to declare war and make the Empire bow down?" Archduke ellemans shook his head and looked involuntarily to the South:

"Maybe the Duke of Byrne, who had confronted the Azores, would know something... What is he doing now?"