total conquest

Chapter 361 The Slughof Fortress in Famine
After Emperor Karl's speech, the entire continent has entered a state of combat readiness. During this period, some people asked why they didn't send a large army to attack Huanglong, and put the battlefield directly in the Chaos Wasteland. This question was immediately rejected by all members, except for the belief in the empire. Except for Sigma's soldiers, the rest of the races couldn't bear the corrosive influence of the chaotic atmosphere at all, and couldn't fight for a long time. But it's not as simple as being attacked from the back. At that time, how many troops will go in will be beaten by meat buns, and they will never return.

At the same time, the empire's armies began to gather at the five fulcrum cities of the Great Wall, where they would begin to deploy defenses across the entire Great Wall. From north to south, these five cities were the only coastal city of Norden City, and Keith. Von-Lauken Castle, which is closest to the city of Rif, is located in the Ottoman city on the only road into Ostmark province from Kislev, Essen, the second largest city in Ostmark province, and Vampire East Silva Waldenhof is the easternmost city in the province of Nea.

In addition to Waldenhof, the other four fulcrum cities of the Empire will deploy 80 troops (land warfare and long-range troops). Except for 50 regular troops, the remaining 30 are all excellent militias. As far as troops are concerned, if the melee sequence lacks people, go to melee combat, and if the long-range sequence lacks people, go to long-range combat.The command of the five cities is not all from the Empire. Norden City and Von-Lauken Castle are defended by the Empire, Ottoman City is dominated by dwarves, Waldenhof is naturally exclusive to vampires, and the nearby Zubar Mountains are fully entrusted to Treant.

As for Bretonnia and Tyrell, the two countries with long coastlines, they can't send one more soldier. Although the border prince has supported the two countries with 20 troops, it is still a drop in the bucket. This is really because of the vitality of Bretonnia Seriously injured, there are not so many people who can be armed, and even children who have reached the age of 15 are issued weapons immediately, so Zhang Hao can only let Grimgor wait at the border of the southern wasteland. The two countries will inevitably cause panic, so they can only temporarily stand still and continue to recruit more tribes to prepare for the war.

Currently, within the entire Great Wall of the Empire, there are 150 million coalition forces of various races (including the undead army that forms the Baal Mountains but does not count vampires). The total number of reserves from all races is 300 million, including 50 from Bretonnia, Tyrell, and Border Princes, and 80 from reserve. .There are 800 wood elves building a new stronghold along the coast of the southern wasteland, with no reserves.Now more than [-] million soldiers within the Imperial Alliance are standing ready, waiting for the moment darkness falls.

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Three months later, at the Slughov Fortress, Petlev looked angrily at the official letter in his hand. This letter came from his superior city, the Ostrosk Fortress, although it is not known whether it was written by Holden himself. Yes, but the above content is the same as the dozens of previous replies, refusing to provide the necessary food and cold protection materials that need to be replaced for the Slughof Fortress. In this perennially frozen place in the north, there is no meat, no wine, and no protection against the cold. The clothes here are not even able to sustain the basic life. The price of the food here is ten times that of other places, but relying on the various rare animals and plants in the forest, you can still eat so many times a month. , coupled with the supply from the southern provinces, the northern provinces still rarely experience shortages of supplies, but this kind of thing happened in Petrel just one and a half months ago, after there were no animals in the Frost Forest. husband.

There are various indications that the war is approaching, but no matter how elite the soldiers are, there is no way to fight hungry in this cold weather. The cold weather will not only affect the soldiers' movements, but also make their thinking dull. Moreover, once a war breaks out, soldiers who expose their bodies outside their warm clothing are prone to frostbite, especially their hands. If the treatment is not timely or there is no good environment for cultivation, the soldier will basically lose his combat effectiveness.So when he sent a letter to the Ostrosk Fortress for the tenth time, Petlev stated that he had conceded defeat, and at the same time asked nearly a thousand residents to co-operate, hoping that Holden could take them in first, but unexpectedly, Hallen Dun even drove them back without even opening the city gate. The letters were delivered by hanging baskets on the city wall. The residents who had no choice but to endure hunger and return again.

The content of the letter ordered him to stick to the fortress, and did not order anyone not to leave. Once found out, he would be punished as a crime of treason. Just when Petlev wanted to contact the court directly through the communication crystal, the court sent the video first and strongly condemned him. Petlev wanted to escape, and also ordered him to stick to the fortress until the last moment, otherwise everyone in the fortress would be punished as treason. Kislev's treason is not as simple as beheading, they will kill you Strip off your clothes, head out into the ice and snow, be preyed upon by giant bears, and live or die, and the marks of shame will be etched on the faces of you and your family, even the little ones.

After the court envoy finished speaking, he turned off the video without giving Petlev any chance to defend himself, which made him fall into despair. How could Holden, as a prince, have no one to take care of him in the court?Unless he went directly to the palace to meet the king, his words would not reach the king's ears at all with the communication crystal.If he was the only one, it would be easy to say, at worst, he would go directly to the empire, but now there are still [-] soldiers and tens of thousands of residents in the fortress. He regained his strength, sent soldiers out to look for food, and at the same time asked for help from other cities. After it was believed to be taken by someone, the reply came from the Ostrosk Fortress. Petlev’s people did not even The range of the fortress could not go out, and it was completely controlled by Holden.

Non-violent and non-cooperative, Holden insisted on replying to dozens of replies from Peterlev, but he just refused to give any support, and threatened that if he dared to take people out of the city, he would be attacked immediately. There is really no way for Petlev. The storage is empty, and all the food is distributed to the residents. The soldiers who go out can't even bring back a bird feather. They can only eat leaves every day (northern vegetation, similar to pine trees), You said that if Holden doesn't care about it, then Petlev has an excuse, but he answers every letter seriously, but apart from all kinds of nonsense, it just doesn't mention food and supplies. , This gave Petlev some hope, and made him always think that Holden was just angry. After all, the Slughof Fortress is full of elite soldiers from the north, so it would be nice to let him vent his anger, but every time he replied, he would be angry again. It all ended in disappointment, and it took until the legendary Chaos invasion three months later.

(End of this chapter)