Why did the lord rebel

Chapter 299 Visitors from Yongri City

In the midst of intensive preparations for war, the deep winter of the wasteland has arrived.

For four or five days in a row, the northeast wind kept carrying the snowflakes from the Dust Mountain Range and swept towards Shuangfengling, covering the newly built tall stone wall with a layer of pure white embellishment.

Seeing that the evacuation work in the rest area is coming to an end, and the traffic conditions on the wasteland have also become worse as the temperature drops, since the beginning of this year's peak trade season, the Phoenix Terrace, which has been in and out of vehicles and brigades, is also tight at this moment. Closed the door.

The beating heart of the wasteland economy is finally taking a brief break.

Even the Igor Pioneer Army, which has been training all year round, did not continue to drill in this bitter cold season;
In addition to the routine morning run, the main tasks of the soldiers of the Pioneer Army these days are to sit in the Tongque Terrace barracks, maintain their weapons with whetstones and sword oil, and follow the masters of the artisan group to overhaul the siege arms:
Ballistas and trebuchets placed around the Phoenix Terrace may damage parts due to severe cold;
On the eve of this war, Frost Maple Ridge must ensure that they can go into battle at any time and operate as usual.

And the last batch of those who braved the heavy snow to rush back to the territory were the scouts sent by the lord to the Dust Mountain Range.

This group of light cavalry, which was designed to detect signs of orc invasion, failed to bring any useful information to the lord and Sean Mountbatten:

According to the reports of the scouts, the entire Dust Mountain Range was as calm as usual. After the heavy snow covered the mountain, even the traces of birds and beasts were very rare, let alone the traces of the invasion of the orc army.

The high-level officials of Shuangfengling who gather on time at the Vincent Palace every night also agree that the weather these days is too bad. hour -

——There are even some overly optimistic high-level people who believe that the invasion of orcs may have to wait at least until the beginning of next spring and the climate warms up: There have been countless examples in history that invading harsh terrain in winter is undoubtedly an outright suicide!

But Xia Houyan sat on the Iron Throne of the Vincent Palace, feeling extremely depressed:

He was already ready to fight the invading orcs and make a fortune in war, but this sudden blizzard stopped the Goddess of War from breaking the Soul Land;
The atmosphere in the Soul Cracking Land today is very strange:

Everyone knows that there may be an army of orcs ready to go on the opposite side of the Dust Mountain Range, but they can't fight for a while;
As a result, the entire Frost Maple Ridge had to maintain a tense state of combat readiness, confronting the air of the Land of Cracking Soul passionately.

The strange and calm situation of the wasteland was also sent to Count Dimitri, the Governor of the Southern Territory, who is currently sitting at the mouth of the Lion Heart River - the Giant Whale City, along with the letter from the lord.

After learning that there was no sign of orc invasion for the time being, the governor of the southern border also acted uncharacteristically and did not continue to force Shuangfengling to transfer siege weapons to the north bank, but Earl Dimitri still urged the "honorable Duke of Frostfengling" to go to the north bank as soon as possible. Syria.

According to the conjectures of Katerina and Commander Cousins, the reason why Earl Dimitri was so anxious to let the lord pass was actually political:
After receiving the mobilization order from the Imperial Army, all major territories in the south have mobilized conscripts from their own territories to form a coalition on the north bank to prepare for the attack of the orc divisions;

But now, nearly two months have passed since the mobilization order, but there is still no summoning from the orcs. These southern nobles must be a little impatient:
You must know that the so-called "conscripts" are actually ordinary citizens in the territory, and these farmers and workers who are supposed to be engaged in production and pay taxes now have to carry guns and halberds in the coalition camp every day, guarding The "orc raid" that didn't show up at all - in the long run, it will definitely hurt the interests of the major territories.

Needless to say, these days, Count Dimitri, Governor of the Southern Territory, must have been repeatedly pressured by the southern nobles to request the lifting of the mobilization order;
However, Earl Dimitri, who is responsible for defending the southern border, would never agree to withdraw the coalition forces and disband the conscripts. Once the coalition forces are disbanded, you nobles and rich landowners will feel at ease, but if the orcs come, we will What can resist the blade of the wolf cavalry?
——Sometimes, private interests and public interests have such conflicts.

And the reason why Earl Dimitri invited the officials of Xiahou to cross the river for a party is very simple now:
It is purely that he wants the Duke of Shuangfengling, the "President of Southern Military Affairs", to take the blame with him in the past, so that the two good brothers can hold hands and withstand the attacks and pressures of the nobles together!

Once he figured out these joints, Xia Houyan was not stupid, and directly fed Dave the invitation letter from Earl Dimitri, pretending not to see it.

However, Earl Dimitri's attached letter from the military information from the east has made the high-level officials of Frost Maple Ridge very interested.

According to the description of the intelligence, the festering situation in the east has been stabilized in the past two months:

Grand Duke Rosario, who was injured on the battlefield, has basically recovered and returned to the command position of the Eastern Army;
At the same time, the central army from the imperial capital has also rushed to the front line of the Yongri Mountains, and finally filled the gap in the soldiers of the Eastern Army, which suffered heavy casualties;

In the occupied area in the eastern part of the empire, the human civilians have gathered more than once to rebel against the rebels and beat the invading orc invaders!
——Although under the suppression of the wolf cavalry, it is difficult for these rebels to reap any results, but after all, it involved the energy of the Glorious Federation and greatly relieved the pressure on the front line of the Yongri Mountains.

Under the ebb and flow, the Glorious Federation, which had been triumphantly advancing all the way through the "Ice Demon Mammoth", finally suffered a serious setback.

In the past two months, the orc army of the Glorious Federation launched four strong attacks on the last line of defense of mankind, the Yongri Mountains, but each time they were repelled by the heavy firepower of the human coalition forces.

Even a week ago, in the so-called "Mountain Climbing Offensive" launched by the Glorious Federation, the orcs dispatched a total of nearly sixty "Ice Demon Mammoths", but they failed to break through the "Setting Sun Pass" of the eastern gate of Eternal Sun City!
According to the news, in this pass offensive and defensive battle, the only dragon knight in the empire, Baron Wolfgang who belongs to the Central Army, even drove his own wind-type silver dragon mount to kill all directions and shine on the battlefield!

Baron Wolfgang has always been stationed in the imperial capital, and His Majesty's strongest trump card besides Master Mephisto. At this moment, he also risked everything to go to the battlefield, and almost immediately reversed the disadvantage on the battlefield——

——The ice demon mammoth, known as "the magic resistance is arrogant to the world", may be able to withstand the firepower of the imperial magicians, but there is no way to use dragon language magic!

As a result, this "mountain-climbing offensive" came to an end without a problem, and the federal army had to withdraw from the Yongri Mountains, intending to appease the occupied area first and then move westward;
And the imperial coalition forces, which had already suffered heavy losses, also did not have the strength to highlight the defense line of the Yongri Mountains and regain lost ground.

As a result, the mountains in the southern border were covered by heavy snow, and both sides in the eastern border took a step back—this battle of fate between the two races of humans and beasts, just like this, in the winter of [-] in the Imperial Calendar, some kind of unstable global situation was reached. Territory ceasefire.

However, Xia Houyan, who was sitting upright on the Phoenix Terrace, was bored. He didn't wait for the orcs that he was thinking about to invade, but he waited for a group of guests that he had almost completely forgotten——

A whole team of elf mages came from Yongsun City, the capital of Stardust Elf Protection Country.

This group of elf mages is the reward that Master Belgrade promised Shuangfengling to provide Her Majesty the Elf Queen with the novel "Flower of Abundance".

Although Xia Houyan has always been extremely greedy for troops and supplies, he still has a bit of self-knowledge. He also knows that it is wishful thinking to exchange for the extremely precious mage group just based on the garbage novel named by Vierf, a waste foodie:
May I ask, what is a magician?
The magician is the darling of the elements and gods, the proud son of heaven who is born in the whole continent, and the veritable god of war!

On this continent without coal mines and steam engines, the reason why major civilizations can continue to achieve technological progress and break through the Malthusian trap in a sense is precisely because of the magician's supernatural control over the power of the elements!
If it is said that a group of studio writers can get a large team of magicians to help each other with a group of studio writers randomly coding out cool articles, this is no different from writing novels on the earth in exchange for a lithography machine. The ultimate insult to the great profession of "magician"!

Therefore, in Xia Houyan's original idea, the Stardust Protectorate would at most send a few low-level elf mages to Shuangfengling in the name of "supporting the mage group", and it would be enough to deal with it——

——Of course, Xia Houyan will not have any opinion on this. After all, no matter how small a mosquito's legs are, it is still meat, and no matter how low-level a mage is, a mage is still a mage. How much is the work of Dongbingku's writers worth? The lord naturally has a steelyard in his heart.

But Xia Houyan never expected that the one sent by the Stardust Protectorate turned out to be a serious "Mage Corps" worthy of the name and innocent!
This foreign aid team braved the heavy snow and knocked on the gate of Phoenix Terrace. There were as many as 20 people in total.

The lord, who was wearing a nightgown and didn't even have time to change into his boots, hurried to the entrance of the Phoenix Terrace, almost biting his tongue out of fright at the scene in front of him:
In this 20-member team, each member is actually wearing a silver headband unique to elf mages. Looking around, you can see a piece of silver light shining in the jungle with pointed ears!
——Different from human mages who use the color of their robes to distinguish between ranks (Master Laurie's gray robe is mainly dirty), elf mages will inlaid gemstones of different colors on their headbands to distinguish them;

And Xia Houyan just glanced at it briefly, and saw a large piece of blue crystal symbolizing the middle-level mage, and amethyst symbolizing the high-level mage;
As for the elf who led the team, it was even more awesome. In the middle of the silver headband, there was actually a fiery red diamond that symbolized the rank of a junior magister!

"Honorable lord, I am the junior magister of the water department of the Stardust Protection Country, Calvino Spiritual." The handsome middle-aged elf with a slightly melancholy brow walked towards the lord wearing a nightgown respectfully. After a salute, the gesture was extremely elegant.

However, his blond hair was still mixed with snow particles, and the overcoat on his body was also covered with frost dust. The whole person really looked a little embarrassed, which was quite inconsistent with the elves' tradition of attaching importance to appearance.

"Master Lingge, hello, hello..." Xia Houyan hurriedly saluted, but his heart was already turbulent:

Magister!This old handsome guy from the Stardust Protectorate is actually a damn serious water-type junior magister!
Could it be that the world has changed overnight, and the majestic magisters are already worthless in the Stardust Protectorate, and can be exchanged for novels? !
The lord is still doubting his life, but Calvino Master of Spiritual Song has already opened his mouth with a smile.

"My lord, we have heard about your wisdom and kindness in the Stardust Protectorate." Xia Houyan couldn't tell whether the spiritual song master was being polite or sincere because of the elf's unique noble demeanor. "Our group of elf mages came here to assist you at the order of Her Majesty the Queen... In the days to come, I hope we can cooperate happily."

It has to be said that although the ancient elven civilization has long since collapsed, the arrogance of this race has not diminished in the slightest.

If it were a human being, they would definitely say "offer my loyalty" when meeting the new boss, but the rhetoric used by the master of spiritual songs is "happy cooperation", which vaguely implies that both parties are equal.

However, the lord of the chauvinistic tradition who has seen the elves from Vilf, of course, would not care about these details - after all, Vilf, who knows nothing but eating, usually even "warms the bed" They have to compete with other "lower races" in such details, and the arrogance of the elves can be seen.

Therefore, Xia Houyan hurriedly accompanied the smiling face, and respectfully invited Calvino Master Lingong and his party, who came in the snow, into the banquet hall of Phoenix Terrace in Shuangfengling.

And after entering the magnificent Vincent Palace, the contempt hidden in the eyes of the elf mages quickly turned into confusion, confusion and bewilderment.

God is sorry, before starting this journey, the spiritual master and the elf mages who accompanied him all had the sad thought of being "sent to the wasteland to suffer by Her Majesty the Queen"-even the elves of the Stardust Protectorate, for the cracked The desolation, poverty and barbarism of the land of souls is also a little heard.

However, Calvino Spirit Master's preconceived notion of Frost Maple Ridge was undoubtedly defeated:

If we say that the towering stone wall and arrow tower can only make the master of spiritual songs think about where the stones were obtained in this wasteland territory, and the siege equipment with claws and claws can only make the master of spiritual songs think about the militarism and barbarism of this territory. The belligerent curled his lips. If the majestic Vincent Palace can only make the master of spiritual songs re-evaluate the wealth of the Duke of Shuangfengling, then the interior decoration style of the Vincent Palace will completely impress the noble elves. shocked.

The entire Vincent Palace, except for the design of the lord's hall, which originated from a lord who was extremely lacking in aesthetic ability, the rest of the interior decoration was completely designed by "Flower of Abundance" Vilf, full of elves. Stylistic, hopelessly aestheticist tendencies.

In fact, Xia Houyan himself often disliked that the ubiquitous embroidered tapestries, velvet carpets, maiden jade carvings and crystal chandeliers in Vincent Palace are really full of vulgar little bourgeois style and completely divorced from the revolutionary practice of leading the masses!
But these boring decorations, in the eyes of a group of elves such as the master of spiritual songs, have completely different meanings:

We all know that wealth can never conquer the elves, because no matter how rich you are, you will not be as rich as your ancestors!

But it is also well known that even the proudest elves bow their heads to true art!
So, when the group of elf mages followed the lord into the central corridor of Vincent Palace, they saw the huge romantic oil painting "Nature When "Guiding the Elves", the soul song master completely fell into a state of aphasia.

Xia Houyan squinted at the group of old-fashioned hats, and thought to himself that there are dozens of ancient paintings of elves in the treasure house of Longgu Peak, and I still have dozens of them in my warehouse...

(End of this chapter)