In mid-June, the Dorok Mountains, which had always been weak in decadence, suddenly declared war on the Empire, and the border troops of the Dorok Council, without declaring war, suddenly crossed the border line of the southern mountains in a big way, and in just two days, two small cities located on the southern border line fell one after another, and 1,300 soldiers of the Falcon Empire who swore to defend to the death were killed.

The Salon Legion, which was responsible for the defense of the Rond side, was quickly mobilized, but because it was a passive defense, the current situation was not optimistic, and the Salonite Legion stationed in the territory of Rond, although it was in the limelight in the Battle of Roude, but it also paid a lot of price.

The corps lost nearly a third of its soldiers, and most of the troops that are still stranded in Kyoto are new recruits, some of whom have no combat experience, and experienced veterans are stationed separately on the border, so it takes time to mobilize and assemble.

Faced with the pressure of the Dorok army, Salon, on the one hand, began to shrink the defensive line, and on the other hand, reported the situation to the fat man,

According to intelligence, the total strength of the Dorok people this time reached a very considerable 120,000 people, including 40,000 parliamentary troops, 50,000 troops of various tribes, and 30,000 combined troops of some borderline southern tribes.

Because of the weakness of the Falcon Army's build-up, Dorok's army adopted a strategy of fan advance, intending to divide several strong forces under Salon's command before the Salon Legion was fully assembled

On June 11, in the Pomion area on the border of the Paravon and Dorok mountains, Blanco, the commander of the Fourth Banner of the Western Legion of the Falcon Empire, stopped his war horse in a mountainous area, his eyes looked at the mountain in front of him with some solemnity, and his two eyebrows were tightly twisted.

The Pomion region in front of him is a typical mountainous terrain, with steep mountains and curved curves. A gentle trail hides into the mountains in the distance, which is an extension of the Great Basin.

The rolling hills resemble a herd of livestock, immersed in the yellow-orange mist of the sunset. In the distance stood the snow-capped Mount Ebrerus, and in all the regions of the Falcon Empire, even the mountains south of Vekia, there was no area as full of mountains as the Pomeon region, and there was not a single complete flat land.

Some people say that this is because the gods who created the world of zào were trapped, and accidentally put all the mountains in the nearby areas in Palmion. will lead to such a result.

Of course, Bronco, who was once an excellent mountain hunter, did not see it that way, and with his many years of experience in crossing mountains, it was precisely these huge icy ridges surrounded by wisps of white puffy clouds that formed most of the semi-rings, which shielded the warm and humid Paraven Basin in the south from the cold winter winds from the Dorok Mountains, forming the Paraven Basin, which is full of verdant wonders even in winter

"My lord, can we really walk through here during the day?"

The young lieutenant next to him, Angelisstaff, frowned at his concerns, and most of the time had passed since the required crossing. But the mountains in front of me are still endless,

When he was transferred from Su Ruo's side, although he was already mentally prepared. The Fourth Banner Regiment, which was dominated by lightly armed mountain infantry, was still unfortunate to find that it was a little at a loss in the face of this stretching mountainous area

"This is a military order, no matter what, we must pass guò within the specified time, otherwise we will not be able to afford to delay the warplane," Blanco replied to him with a stern face, although he had long heard of the precipitousness of the Pomion region, but at the moment he faced it head-on. It is only then that I fully experience the feeling of powerlessness, and the road marked on the map can be two or three kilometers away in a straight line, but it often takes four or five hours to walk on a rugged mountain road, and it will be uphill and downhill. can tire people half to death, so it's no wonder it's called the "throat mountain road"...,

"Your Excellency. Let's give the order to rest first, otherwise, the soldiers will be a little overwhelmed!" Adjutant Angelisstaff said with a smile on his face, wiping a handful of sweat

"When the order was given from above, there must not have been too much consideration for the complexity here, and no one thought that there were so many mountains here, if everyone was exhausted at once, it would be difficult for the troops to attack at night!"

"It seems that this is the only way!" Blanco nodded helplessly,

As a unit responsible for surprise attacks, if you consume too much body on the way, even if you can rush to the target of the surprise attack, you can only watch the opponent's camp gasp for breath powerlessly, as the order is given, the marching queue will soon be scattered on both sides of the road, because there is a strict order that no fire is allowed, the hungry falcon soldiers can only eat the dry bread that has been prepared for a long time,

The hardest is still those soldiers who carry siege equipment accessories, they are basically tall and strong, the body is excellent, and they are also used to climbing mountain roads, but carrying dozens of pounds of mechanical parts, long-distance rush is still very fatal, it doesn't matter if you go up the mountain, it is the most headache when you go down the mountain, the mountain road is generally a little slippery, and if you are not careful, you will even roll down with the parts, because more than a dozen of them have been injured

"Where should we be now?" After casually eating some dried meat from the horse's sac, Blanco wiped the minced meat left at the corner of his mouth with his hand, stood up and took out the topographic map from the horse's bag, spread it out on a relatively flat stone slab, and after careful comparative study for a while, both Blanco and his lieutenant believed that the troops were not far from the target that needed to be attacked

This is the intersection of the Paraven Basin and the Dorok Mountains, in the era of the Ryordian Kingdom, in order to control this mountain road with the two kingdoms, and to achieve an advantage in the situation with the Dorok people enough to deter each other, the Ryordian people spent great strength to build a mountain fortress in the center of the mountain road, and with the fall of the Ryordian Kingdom, this mountain fortress also fell into the hands of the Dorok people,

With the outbreak of the war between the Falcon Empire and the Dorok Mountain Alliance, this choke point, along with the choke point between the two countries, has become an extremely important strategic point, both the Falcon Empire and the Dorok people value the importance of this mountain fortress.

The night soon darkened, and the rested Fourth Banner Regiment continued to advance, and in the dark mountains, Blanco easily discovered the location of the Panshan fortress, and the dazzling lights were undoubtedly the culprit of the exposed location

Blanco breathed a sigh of relief. Hold up the lookout glass and take a closer look at your target. Looking through the lookout glass, the walls of this mountain fortress in front of me are not very high, but they rely on a very steep mountain. A huge barrier is formed

It is said that at the time of its construction, the kingdom of Ryerdian was engaged in a life-and-death battle with the kingdom of Rad, and almost most of the country's military and financial resources were drawn, so this mountain fortress seemed a bit perfunctory.

After decades of wind and rain, cracks have appeared on the dilapidated city wall, and clumps of shrubs have grown chaotically in the gaps between the stones of the city wall, and the entire city wall is mottled with doves color.

"What a blessing!" Brownau breathed a sigh of relief, and all his worries were gone with the wind, such a winding fortress. There are traces of cutting corners everywhere. For such a fortress, which was supposed to be made of granite heads, the foundations should have been dug very deep,

However, the original builders were obviously lazy, and most of the walls did not use complete stones that required a large number of craftsmen to cut, but chose large blocks of stones found nearby to build perfunctory, and the foundation was dug very shallow. Although the stone looks very strong on the outside, it is completely different from the ground when it comes to resisting trebuchets. Not to mention the throwing fuel bombs brought this time...,

The mountain winds are strong at night, and even in June, it's a little cold. The night is very heavy tonight, probably due to the frequent rainstorms recently, and the whole sky is inky black.

On the walls of the Panshan Fortress, there were Dorok soldiers patrolling in twos and threes. They wore relatively rudimentary armor, because they came from different tribes, so there was no uniform without uniforms, about half of them held the traditional long spears of the Dorok soldiers, and the rest were mostly javelins and bows and arrows, and their weapons and equipment were very rudimentary. But the morale seems to be pretty good, in fact, it's not that the Dorok army lacks weapons, but the troops stationed here are just some miscellaneous troops, and in the faction-ridden Dorok army, they belong to the outcasts who have no one to take care of them at all

"Order everyone to rest on the spot and attack in the middle of the night!" Blanco briefly communicated with several summoned squadron leaders about the plan for the upcoming attack. Let everyone cheer up and tell everyone that whoever is the first to rush in will be rewarded with 100 gold coins! Hearing such news, the tired troops began to cheer up,

"The first squadron is responsible for containing the city gate, the second squadron is responsible for attacking the arrow tower, and the longbow is responsible for suppressing the archers on the city wall......" Blanco began to arrange his troops simply, although the mountain fortress in front of him is simple, but this is indeed a natural danger that cannot be opened, otherwise it will not become a pass to guard the choke mountain road,

Both sides of the fortress are strange rocky cliffs, very steep and smooth, even with the ability of a mountain falcon can not easily cross the past, in the shortest possible time, concentrate all the forces to launch a full blow, become Blanco's first thought of the way, after arranging a qiē mouth, Blancokka began to order the siege soldiers to assemble the siege catapults, and ten heavy Thor cannon barrels were also unloaded from the horses,

In the quiet night, Thor's rangefinder looked up at the fortress halfway up the mountain with a solemn expression, and after carefully measuring for a while, he said, "The target distance is 324 meters, the height is 71, and the left rotation is 12 degrees." As soon as Blanco gave the order, ten Thor bullets would roar away, completely smashing the floodgates.

Originally, according to the general fortress configuration, this important gate must have been made of pure iron, or it was also guarded by an iron fence, but the people of Ryordian who built this fortress in the first place, because of financial constraints, or thought that no matter how the kingdom of Ryordian fell, it would definitely not fall to the day when it was attacked by the Doroks.

So the gates of the fortress were made of huge cedar trees nearby, painted with black lacquer, making them look like iron gates from a distance, and the Goudes at that time were completely unaware that the consequences of cutting corners could change the direction of a war

"My lord, give the order to attack!"

The adjutant urged in Blanco's ear, but Blanco was silent and did not speak, his eyes were firmly fixed on the target in the distance, he didn't know why, he felt that tonight, something seemed to be happening in the fortress in the distance, because no matter how lax, there should not be only such a small number of patrols on the city wall, but it seemed that he was deliberately placed there to show himself, as if he was there to say, "Come on, come and hit me!"

"The other party seems to have opened a pocket and is waiting for him!"

Blanco rubbed his temples with a depressed face. He did not give the order to attack, but searched the peaks around the fortress with his eyes, and sure enough, on a peak on the left side of the fortress. He saw some suspicions through the goss, because it was night, so he could only see some dense small black spots through the goss, which could be bushes or barracks.

Blanco preferred to believe the latter, according to intelligence. Now in charge of garrisoning Panshan Fortress is Tofika, one of Dorok's famous generals. This is a veteran who is more than half a hundred years old, and in the era of confrontation between the Ryordian and the Nord Kingdom, the Dorok people are left and right between the two countries, and some of them propose to take advantage of the contradictions between the two countries to take the opportunity to gain the independence of the Doroks,...,

However, this Tofika believed that if the state was founded, it would inevitably be attacked by both kingdoms at the same time, and in the end the decision was rejected because of the attitude of the military. Angry independents called this famous man with a clear view of the big picture "Coward Tofika"

This time it is at odds with the Falcon Empire, in order to complete the strategic goal in the shortest possible time. The parliamentary army almost gathered most of the generals on the southern front, and in the face of the western front, which did not have much merit to gain, most of the generals chose to remain silent, and in the end, it was this spurned veteran of the battlefield who jumped out again without fear of slander, expressing his willingness to guard the choke track.

If the intelligence is correct, it is very likely that an experienced veteran, knowing that the fortress is old and difficult to defend, will station an ambush on the commanding heights on the left

And at this moment. The Dorok people in the fortress had no idea that the Falcon Empire's army was approaching the fortress, and the veteran Tofika was arguing with his lieutenant with a flushed face.

"I don't think the Falcon will come from here, unless they're all crazy enough to force an attack on a well-defended fortress in a narrow mountain pass!"

The young adjutant refuted the veteran Tofika mercilessly, and there was no respect for the senior in his tone. In fact, he didn't need to compliment this senior who had lost his position, because it wouldn't be long before he would be transferred to the Southern Cluster, which was just a temporary pedal for him.

Since Dorok declared war on the Falcon Empire, in order to make up for the lack of officers in the expanded army, Dorok has aggressively used many young nobles to serve in the parliamentary army, many of them are like this, they don't have much combat experience but like self-righteous young people, most of them are passionate and full of illusions about cruel war,

In fact, this is also the reason why the mountains of north-central Dorok have been calm for too long, there has been no war in the north-central region for 70 years, and the memory of the war there can only be vaguely seen in the so-called glory of the ancestors and the poems of Aaron's radical poets, young people's understanding of war is more inclined to the legend of heroic epics, but the protagonist is himself.

For this kind of young man who does not know the height of the sky, the veteran Tofika has seen a lot, and he didn't want to pay attention to it, but he had to explain it himself, because this adjutant's background is extremely tough, although it is the position of an adjutant, in fact, he is simply sent by the parliament to monitor him

The Panshan Fortress is located at a geographical chokepoint, with access to Paravon in front and the hinterland of Dorok in the back.

The adjutant thought that it would be a huge mistake to set up a garrison outside the fortress, and that the strength of the fortress was only about 5,000 people, and the division of 2,000 men at once would undoubtedly greatly weaken the fortress's defenses.

Tofika was very annoyed by the adjutant's arrogance, the appearance of this famous Dorok general who was famous in the eastern mountains was really not flattering, a huge garlic nose occupied almost a quarter of the range of his face, and under the two slender eyebrows were a pair of eyes full of anger and bloodshots, if it weren't for the scar on his left cheek, which made his awkward face a little more terrifying and murderous, many people would think that this guy was just a butcher in a town

He snorted and said, " The Falcon Army has always been good at fighting, and the ability to siege the city is known as the first in the mainland, to put it bluntly, with the ability of our soldiers, two can't win a Falcon Army, so we can't fight with the Falcon Army head-on, but must try to ambush, their army comes from afar, it must be exhausted, as long as they are given a heavy setback, even if the Falcon Army is good at attacking the city, it will become demoralized, and then it will become a protracted war, we are sitting on a fortress, and the other party will run for a long time, and the shape will become powerful for us."

"Then what if the Falcon Army doesn't come? Do you want 2,000 excellent soldiers of Dorok to be exposed to the sun and rain on the top of the mountain forever?" The young adjutant pursed the corners of his mouth with disdain, and said with a contemptuous face, "As soldiers, what we should think about is how to annihilate the enemy, but you are always exaggerating the combat power of the Falcon Army, you should look south, our army is marching there, and the high-pitched song of Dorok is resounding throughout the land of Nord!"

"The triumphant march to the south, the high-pitched war song resounding throughout the great land, what are you kidding! Could it be that Dorok's hope is such a person!" Tofika looked at the young adjutant's arrogant face, and was speechless for a moment (to be continued). If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )