On the city streets of the cold-chilled northern city of Xhosa, heavy horseshoe-nailed horseshoes trampled on the icy streets, kicking up a shower of white snow

"Urgent war report!" the herald rode through the streets on his warhorse, and the red feathers representing his identity on his helmet were blown by the wind, like a faint red line moving,

Hearing that it was a war report, the patrolmen on the street got out of the way,

The herald cavalry reined in his horse in front of the steps in the center of the city, skillfully flipped down from the warhorse, and in the bewildered eyes of everyone, the herald hurried up the steps, shouting "Urgent war report!"

"Urgent battle report?" At the end of the steps, a captain of the guard in black armor stretched out his hand to stop him, "Stop! Your Majesty is holding a military meeting, if there is anything to do just leave it to me"

The herald hesitated for a moment, handed over the battle report in his hand, and said breathlessly, "Please report to your majesty immediately, a large number of reindeer approaching at high speed have been found in the northeast direction, and the scouts think that this is likely to be a sign that the northland people are moving aggressively!"

"Are you sure you're not mistaken" The captain of the guard frowned slightly and took the information, the negotiation treaty had just been signed, and many people thought that there should be no resistance in the northland, and now receiving such a report, it is really a little unbelievable,

The captain of the guard hesitated for a while, a meeting was being held above, and if the intelligence was confirmed to be just a false alarm, he would not have good fruit to eat

"Please also send it to Your Majesty immediately, the enemy is moving very fast, and it should be outside the city of Xhosa by the time it gets dark!" the herald saw that the captain of the guard had not moved for a long time, and his eyes looked up anxiously at the sun that had begun to turn west, and urged eagerly

"Which unit are you from?" asked the captain of the Black-Armored Guard with a stern expression, and the hairy sunset shone like a red bloody light on the walls of Xhosa

"Bad omen! Is this true?" the captain of the black armor guard wavered a little, and at this time, the herald hurriedly took out a document with a seal in his arms, and said with a solemn expression

"Please also take a look, this is the certificate of General An Shaokangdu, who is in charge of the front line. When he set out, General An Shaokang specially instructed that this information was related to the safety of His Majesty, and that the people of the Northland would come in large numbers and could reach the city of Xhosa at any time. If it cannot be delivered to His Majesty as quickly as possible, I am afraid that the army will suffer unimaginable losses

The herald's voice stopped, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and then continued, "General An Shaokang Du also said that the Northlanders have always been a treacherous race and are not trustworthy, although there was a jump first, but the other party took advantage of our negligence to launch a sudden attack. When the time comes, it will not only cause losses to the army, but it will also be difficult to retreat safely."

"An Shaokang Duqi's letter!" The black-armored guard hurriedly took the herald's paperwork, his eyes swept over, his face changed slightly, and he said indignantly, "Why didn't you scoop it out earlier, you wasted so much time out of thin air!"

The captain of the black armor guard didn't dare to delay even a moment, and directly scooped up the battle report to the second floor of the civic center, passing through the corridor on the second floor that occupied the guards.

"Bang" The door of the conference room was pushed open from the outside,

This military meeting gathered all the officers of the northward army at the level of squadron commander and above. There were more than thirty people sitting in the conference room, the door of the conference room was pushed open, and several fierce eyes almost turned around, everyone wanted to see who was so bold as to dare to break into His Majesty's military meeting

"What's the matter?"

The fat man stood in front of the large military map on the wall, turned around with some displeasure, and marked several arrows on the map behind him, the long, wide arrows, as red as blood, from the depths of the plateau in the northern cold lands. It crosses a large area of land in the East Courtyard Prairie and then splits into several small arrowheads in the northern part of Dorok. This meeting was not only to discuss how to withdraw troops from the Northlands, but also to take the opportunity to open a breakthrough from the north of Dorok,...,

"Urgent information!" Under the fat man's gaze, the captain of the guard hurriedly stepped forward with a nervous expression, and respectfully handed over the information in his hand to the fat man. He whispered, "Your Majesty, the urgent information sent back by the scouts in front of me has found signs that a large number of reindeer herds are moving in the northeast direction, and it is likely that they are from the Northlands."

"Northland people, reindeer?" The fat man was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly took the information, his eyes took a closer look at the spread out information, and a sneer suddenly appeared at the corner of his mouth

"Sure enough, I still came, although I thought of this possibility, but I still didn't expect Asu Russia's action to be so fast, signed on the same day, and regretted it on the same day, sure enough, it was still not a small family, fortunately I temporarily sent scouts at various intersections, otherwise this time I almost capsized in the gutter"

"陛xià"

At this time, the adjutant Prais also walked in from outside the conference room with the same solemn expression, he handed the fat man a similar piece of information, and said, "This is a letter sent back by an informant who we bought in the Asoan Russian Department, the Northlanders have torn up our previous treaty, according to what he said, the Northlanders gathered in the Asoan Russian Department are almost out of the nest this time, and the Asou Russians personally led the team, gathering more than 1,500 reindeer chariots and nearly 20,000 elite Northland people, wanting to take advantage of the dark to preemptively attack and catch us off guard."

"The first strike is stronger, and the second strike suffers!"

The fat man said coldly. Even the fat man didn't expect that Asu Russia would have such courage to take the initiative to attack, and it was in the dark night of ice and snow that it would indeed give a devastating blow to the Falcon Army stationed outside the city

Although the city of Xhosa is also a city, it is actually just a small town surrounded by earthen walls, except for 5,000 guards stationed in the city, the other 15,000 people have set up tents outside the city, which is also one of the reasons why the fat man decided to withdraw his troops.

The Northland is not only bitterly cold, but also has few large-scale towns, which leads to the Falcon army that is accustomed to advancing according to the stronghold, and it is difficult to adapt to this barren and cold geographical environment, only in the more than half a month of deep into the Northland, before fighting with the Northlanders, the Falcon Army has lost more than 1,000 people due to frostbite, accounting for one-twentieth of the entire army

If we continue to adhere to the previous strategy of advancing north and encircling the country, whether we can completely defeat Asovian Russia or not, the frostbitten non-war attrition alone may reach one-third of the whole army, and the most powerful troops of the Central Army will be consumed in this way

"How many troops can we assemble in Xhosa now?" asked Prais next to him,

"The army outside the city and the guards inside the city combined, there are about eleven thousand people. The rest of the troops are still stationed, and even if they are dispatched now, it will be difficult to arrive in a short time!" Prais replied with the same stern expression, "The enemy is menacing, and we should better avoid its edge." This dispatch of the Northlanders should have been improvised, much earlier than we expected, although it gave us a great deal of suddenness and caught us off guard.

But for themselves, it is not very advantageous, marching in the cold night, running for a hundred miles. , they can't prepare too much, and if the surprise attack fails, they will inevitably choose to retreat,

When the time comes, we will be counterattacking, and we will definitely be able to inflict heavy losses on the Asovian Russian army that has been running all night!, as long as we find a way to drag the enemy down and drag it down. The sharpness of the people of the Northland will drop greatly, and we can scatter and attack them, and annihilate them individually. The main question at the moment is how our forces should be arranged. Which direction to focus on guarding. ”

The fat man touched his chin, basically calmed down, shook his head and said, "The impact and mobility of the reindeer cavalry are very strong. Without the assistance of cavalry. It is unrealistic for us to want to rely on the infantry, to completely drag them down, they are four-legged and we are two-legged. And this is still their territory, one is not good, but it is possible that we ourselves will be dragged down"...,

The fat man turned around and asked, "Where is Rui Tangtingna's cavalry?"

"The eldest princess's 8,000 cavalry, about 30 miles west of our camp, should be able to arrive in 2 hours if they are fully reliant!" The locations of several units of the Dongting people were quickly marked on the map

The fat man said slowly, "What about the army of the Western tribe?"

"Bokasli's location is here!" Prais pointed to the location of the Spanish army on the military map on the wall, and said, "Bokasley's Spanish army has just suffered heavy losses in the north, plus many wounded have frozen to death, and the number of troops that can still be used is definitely not more than 5,000 people, whether they can protect themselves is a question, so I don't think they will rush to our army after receiving the order."

So. The only thing that can be used is the newly formed Fifth Regiment of the Central Army, their station is Gem Fort 10 miles away from us, their soldiers are now concentrated, they were supposed to be withdrawn, but they have not fully set off, and even the newly appointed Fifth Banner Commander Crimson Erdo is still there. Although some of the soldiers of the Fifth Banner Regiment are newly recruited troops, they still have a certain combat effectiveness under the training of Crimson Erdo!"

"Now there is only this, order the Fifth Banner Regiment to move closer to Xhosa as quickly as possible!" The fat man gave an order with a stern expression, this counterattack by the Northland people did catch him a little off guard, and the scattered troops were indeed a little scattered, which was also no way, it was impossible for the army to camp in the field, so although the distribution points of each town were a long distance away from Sacco, where the base camp was located, they had to adopt this kind of temporary mobilization and panicked arrangement

Watching the herald scoop out the conference room with the order signed with his name, the fat man thought for a moment and said viciously, "This battle is a decisive battle between us and the Northlanders, and he wants to attack our base camp, then we should also fight back in the same way, tell Sù Bokalis about the news, let him rescue it is impossible, but let him go to dig out the empty base camp of the Asu Russian people, that guy will definitely be happy to go!"

"The people of Dongting have always been good at fighting but they are also very cruel, Your Majesty let the Western Army go like this, I am afraid that every Qiē of the Asu Russian clan will be ruined under the butcher's knife of the Western Army!" It is better to order other troops to be ready for battle at the same time, and quickly return to reinforcement within fifty miles of Sako, and form an encirclement of the Northland people with the base camp for this assault, and the troops fifty miles away immediately march to Mokhanu, the base camp of the Asu Russians, and under the internal and external attacks, even if the reindeer cavalry of Asu Russia comes and goes like the wind, we can calmly encircle and annihilate it!"

"Well, it's a good idea, although it seems a little too cruel to let the brutal Spanish tribe participate in the war, but for this evil wolf in the north, it can also have the effect of cutting the grass and eradicating the roots, if it can be smoothed, the northern border of the empire can be peaceful for at least twenty years"

The fat man nodded solemnly, slammed his fist into the center of the map behind him, and said loudly to the officers of the Central Army attending the meeting, "You all heard it, immediately return to your respective troops, in this battle, I will annihilate the Asu Russians in one fell swoop." Let the banner of the empire fly forever on this land!"

"Yes" The passionate voice came from below, and dozens of falcon officers stood up in unison, gave a military salute to the fat man, and then left the venue in an orderly manner

"Quick. Immediately armed!" There was soon a cacophony of voices in the city, and the soldiers who were still resting were quickly assembled, and the range of the patrol extended five miles outside the city, and behind the low earthen walls was fixed by falcon stakes, on top of which a platform walkway was erected to stand people, and the crossbowmen lined up in a linear line above these treads,...,

Garrisons outside the city were also quickly moved into the city. Five thousand hoplites in heavy armor quickly formed a heavy line of streets and alleys within the city walls, and in front of their spears and shields were all kinds of miscellaneous objects used to block the impact of the chariots.

Outside the city was a perimeter of a wooden fence more than a meter high, and although the perimeter of the thin and low wooden fence was a bit ridiculous, as countless black triangular spikes were thrown into the space of about 30 meters between the wooden fence and the low city wall, everyone knew that the patrol cavalry in the north was going to be unlucky

These sharp triangular spikes were mass-produced by blacksmiths with molds and were equipped by the most elite Central Army under the command of Fat Man. It was first known that the purpose of these spikes was to defend against the Kujits, who were charging in cavalry clusters, but with the annexation of the Kugit steppes, the use of the spikes diminished. This time, the fat man deliberately brought nearly 200,000 spikes in stock, which was used to prevent the reindeer cavalry that made him remember in the Battle of Motu

The cold wind blew, and soon the spiky triangular spikes froze, and one by one the sharp metal spikes disappeared into the ice mist that flowed like water on the ground

In the evening, as the last rays of the sun set into the horizon, the world began to fall silent, and the distant earth suddenly let out a slightly trembling roar, a sound similar to the rising tide of the sea, very small at first. But it soon became bigger, and the distance became more and more close

The fat man climbed to the top of the tallest building in the city, a four-story house, with a brick wall of loess mixed with plant poles, revealing an earthy yellow different from the white of the eternal wilderness in front of him, before the Falcon Army arrived here. The building is a meeting place for locals, so there are earthworm-like decorations on the earthen wall of the gate, revealing a strong religious smell

The distant rumbling sound was caught in the wind, and the earth trembled slightly in front of this might, and countless black dots were like torrents pouring down from above, colliding heavily with the wooden fence in front.

The reindeer herd arrived as scheduled, and their fat bodies directly tore through the wooden fence, but they collapsed one after another in the area full of iron nails

As the reindeer fell in large numbers, a group of Northland warriors in gray leather armor also emerged in the deep mist, riding strong reindeer, using the reindeer in front of them as cover, if not noted, they would probably be considered part of the reindeer herd, this is the usual sneak attack tactic of the Northlanders, because the reindeer will make a heavy rumble similar to that of war horses when they impact, so the skilled reindeer cavalry will use the reindeer herd to hide themselves

These reindeer cavalry were rushing to the front, about a thousand people, and when they found that the reindeer in front of them had fallen and neighed, they hurriedly grabbed the reindeer under their crotches with a panicked look.

"Smash it!" Because it was dark and the reindeer cavalry didn't know what was happening in front of them, they drew their sharp axes from behind their backs that could be hurled, although they were not as skilled as the Hurricane Axe warriors, but it was not difficult for them to launch a neat projectile on the move. A squad of reindeer cavalry turned in response,

The short tomahawk that rotated at high speed slammed into the fence, and the violent tearing sound was accompanied by a strong snapping sound, even an iron shield could not withstand so many heavy axes. Sawdust flew sideways, and the thin wooden fence was shattered countless times, and it was smashed and shattered, turning into pieces of fragments and shooting out in all directions.

"Shoot!" The falcon crossbowman on the opposite side also unceremoniously pulled the bronze trigger of the crossbow

"Whoosh!" white light instantly covered the reindeer cavalry hovering in front of the wooden fence, and the unprepared reindeer cavalry fell off their horses as if swept by an invisible giant scythe

Affected by this blow, hundreds of people fell in front of the reindeer cavalry, and they hurriedly turned in fright, and on a high slope behind them, Asu Russia, who was wearing the crown of three adults, raised the golden sword representing the authority of the tribe in his hand, and the sound of the tall cold winter bear skin drums hanging on the reindeer chariot on ten sides was like thunder in the sky.

In front of the tall drums of each person stood a big man of the Asu Russian tribe holding the leg bones of a giant beast on the ice, and every time, the blood of the person who struck it boiled.

"Rush, kill all these inlanders!"

Beside him, countless cavalry driving reindeer formed a torrent of impact, and countless sharp bone knives were raised in their hands, as if adding a glowing river to the earth.

I've had a bad cold these days, I'm dizzy, and I'm very confused, I'm sorry for you (to be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )