Heart of the Castle

Chapter 385 Standing on guard, the magic army is approaching

The Great Wall of Ice Wall is not a long-awaited idea after many arguments. In fact, it is just an idea that Li Wei came up with after seeing the protective ice wall of the Fortress of Forever.In normal times, no one would agree, because the scale of the project to build the Great Wall is too large for ordinary people to imagine.

Building a city wall to protect the entire northern border of the Kingdom of Arthur has been conceived by all the lords of the northern border, because the land in the northern border is far wider than other parts of the kingdom, even if it is relatively bitter cold, the land area is enough to make up for the barren zone coming loss.However, the barbarians and half-orc bandits who came south from the extreme northern ice sheet are a serious problem for the lords of the northern border. Although they cannot capture the castles with heavy guards, they are an out-and-out battle for many villages and farms. Unforgettable disaster.The winter in the northern region was always extremely cold. Except for these bandits who were already familiar with the severe cold, even well-trained professional fighters could not be active in the wild for a long time, let alone the militiamen who were temporarily trained.

Before Li Wei, some lords had thought of similar ideas. However, building fortifications along the long northern border was simply not something that any local lord could afford, even if all the lords in the north worked together.Moreover, this fortification must not be afraid of the severe cold and snowstorm in winter in the northern region. If it is built with logs, although it can save a lot of money, it will not last much time at all.

The water-condensing potion brought by the little spirits of the Miyun tribe solved the biggest problem in building the Great Wall - building materials.The water of the Heihe River can be said to be inexhaustible, and with the help of the large equipment made by those little spirits, it is very simple to raise the river water to a height of more than ten meters.The next problem that required a lot of manpower was also quickly resolved under Li Wei's call. Almost all young and middle-aged male leaders in the territory gathered on the south bank of the Heihe River, forming more than a dozen large construction sites on the bank of hundreds of kilometers.

The knights under Li Wei became the temporary leaders of these construction sites, leading the soldiers and the people to carry out the construction, while the priests of the Earth Temple and the Storm Temple were responsible for healing injuries with magical spells and potions. These people who had no worries suddenly broke out Unleash amazing power.Under the arrangement of the old red-robed scholar Master Su Jiade, everyone worked in shifts. It only took five days and nights to build a towering ice wall in several places on the south bank of the Black River where the water flow is relatively gentle and easy to swim.

After the completion of these places, everyone including Li Wei breathed a sigh of relief. These days, the demon army is like a sword hanging over everyone's heads. The line of defense was cut to pieces.Although the title knight Wilps led hundreds of elite light cavalry far out of Heihe to scout the movements of the demon army on the extreme northern ice field, but those who are familiar with the strength of the demons know that the speed of the light cavalry is no faster than that of the demon army. No matter how fast the demon army is, even if the demon's direction is discovered in time, at most one or two hours of preparation time can only be obtained.

After the completion of the ice wall at the key position, the Heihe defense line can be said to have begun to take shape, but Li Wei and others did not relax at this point.After a short rest, they continued to extend the built ice walls to both sides and connected with other places. At the same time, a large number of logs were cut from the forest to build tall watchtowers behind the ice walls.

This kind of engineering works day and night. At night, pine torches and bonfires illuminate the various construction sites, just like the stars from the sky fall into the world and gather in clusters on the south bank of the Heihe River.As time passed, the ice walls at those important positions gradually joined together, glowing bluish-white in the sunlight.

Although the weather these days is extremely cold, with cold winds that can almost tear the skin, there is no snow, and there are no annoying dark clouds in the sky. When the last ice wall finally closed, there was a good omen, a towing The meteor with a long awn tail passed overhead with a roaring sound, and threw it in the direction of the extreme northern ice field, and then gradually extinguished.Usually this situation means that the enemies coming from that direction will suffer a disastrous defeat. Everyone who saw this scene shouted and raised their tools or weapons.

"Good omen, good omen!"

"The devil will be defeated, God has already doomed it!"

"Father God bless us, and bless our lord, Lord Levi!"

"Long live the Guardians of the North! A miracle has happened!"

Thousands of voices sounded from the south bank of the Heihe River, echoing endlessly in the air, accompanied by the crackling of the small spirit's homemade muskets, and the accompanying wailing sounds from time to time, making it very lively.People became more and more excited. Many soldiers climbed up the newly built watchtower, waving their arms towards the dark north. Dragunson climbed the highest, stood on it and raised his two-handed giant sword high, sending out Fierce shouts.

"Come on, demon boys, I can't wait to drink your blood with this sword!"

That night, everyone was so excited that they couldn't sleep, and so did Li Wei and others. People's shouts resounded everywhere in the night sky, and it didn't gradually subside until dawn.

Before dawn, the rapid sound of horseshoes knocked on the banks of the Black River, and many people crawled out of their tents with sleepiness. The sentry on the watchtower stood up straight and looked into the distance, seeing a series of horsemen galloping towards the horizon. figure.Those figures were getting closer and closer, and soon came to the north bank of the Black River. At this time, they could clearly see the black ring armor and woolen cloaks they were wearing, as well as the great griffin flag flying above their heads.

"It's Mr. Wilps, Mr. Wilps is back!"

Shouts of joy immediately spread throughout the camp.

Ten minutes later, the team came under the ice wall from the pontoon bridge across the Heihe River. Since there was no entrance and exit when the ice wall was built, they could only use a machine called a "spirit crane". To pull the city head.This experience is really too much for the heroic war horses. They screamed and kicked desperately, and when they returned to the flat ground, many of them shook their hooves and couldn't stand firmly.

Breakfast was being prepared in the camp. The cauldron was set on the bonfire, and there was steaming hot broth in it. From time to time, pieces of meat and carrots would come up from the bottom of the pot. Swallowing saliva.

Wilps was also quite exhausted. Although his physique was far superior to that of ordinary soldiers, the tasks he shouldered were also much heavier. In fact, if he hadn't been interrupted along the way, the cavalry reconnaissance team would definitely not be able to retreat unscathed.Even so, in front of the superior enemy, the cavalry reconnaissance team still fell into a hard fight, nearly 20 people were injured, three of them were seriously injured and needed immediate medical treatment.

After Li Wei heard the news of Wilps' return, he immediately walked out of his tent and saw the title knight covered in blood and ice appearing in front of him. The young lord immediately went forward and looked him up and down. With Wilps.

Wilps' body left many traces of fierce battles. The upper end of the shield was cracked, and half of the head of the griffin on it was missing. Purple magic blood, but Wilps himself seemed unscathed.Seeing Li Wei walk in, he knocked on his breastplate and said loudly. "Your Excellency, Flame Wheel Willpus has completed the task of scouting the demon's movements, and I'm here to report!"

The voice of the title knight is sonorous and powerful, but there is a tired hoarseness.Li Wei hurriedly stretched out his hand, grabbed his shoulder and said, "Master Wilps, what's the situation, are you injured?"

"I'm fine, I fought with a group of Winged Demon scouts for a while, and killed two of them." Wilps replied lightly, and then his face became serious, "Your Excellency Levi, please call the knights and soldiers immediately , Get ready for battle. The place where we encountered the vanguard of the demon army is only a dozen kilometers away from Heihe, and if calculated according to the current marching speed, we will arrive before this morning!"

Although he had such a premonition, Li Wei still felt his scalp explode when he actually heard this sentence from Wilps. "I see, Master Wilps, this information is very timely." He took a deep breath, turned around and ordered the Riat knight standing aside, "Riaat knight, ring the alarm immediately, the ice wall All the sentries on the Great Wall boarded the watchtower, and when they saw the army of demons appearing, they immediately lit the beacon!"

"I obey, Your Excellency the Lord!" Riat Knight replied with a layer of red blood on his face, knocking on his breastplate vigorously, then turned around and ran out of the camp.

Li Wei turned to another knight beside him. This knight was much taller than the Riat knight. The sheet metal armor on his body was extremely heavy, and he wore a helmet in the shape of an eagle on his head. "Knight Dragonson, this is one of the three areas where demons are most likely to attack, and the task of guarding is entrusted to you."

"Your Majesty Li Wei, please rest assured!" Dragongsun grinned, showing a cruel and rude smile, "If you want to pass through here, you have to step on my corpse of Dragunson!"

"What I want is not your sacrifice, but to minimize the loss." Li Wei replied, "Knight Dragonson, the pontoon bridge here must be destroyed immediately, and the water condensation potion must be prepared. Although its hardness is comparable to that of steel, it is not indestructible and must be repaired at any time.”

Hearing Li Wei's solemn voice, Dragunson restrained his savage temperament, kowtowed on his chest with his most solemn expression, and at the same time replied, "I obey, Your Excellency Levi."

"As for you, Lord Wilps." Levi finally said, "Please go to eat and rest with your cavalry immediately, and recover your strength as soon as possible."

"Just let them go to rest. I have no problem at all now. This kind of fatigue is nothing to a title knight." Wilps shook his head and said, "Your Excellency Levi, please just order !"

"Your most important task now is to rest." Li Wei raised his hand and said, "This time the demon army is coming fiercely, and the battle will definitely not end soon. Your strength is our indispensable and important wealth, so before the battle begins, every day Every minute of rest is precious."

This reason convinced Wilps, who considered the title of knight for a while, and finally nodded in agreement, and then followed a servant into the tent, took off his armor to eat and rest.Li Wei stood in the camp for a while, looking to the north, and soon the alarm bell sounded from the watchtower behind him, and then many big messenger crows screamed and flapped their wings straight into the sky, flying towards all directions.

There was a trace of tension in Li Wei's eyes, but he was soon overwhelmed by the raging fighting spirit, "Come on, devil!" His voice was deep and powerful, and the hand that clenched the hilt of the sword was slightly glowing with silver-white fighting spirit. "Let you taste the wrath of the soldiers and civilians in the northern border, and you will be bloodied under this Great Wall of Ice!"

　The rumor and text, today is [-] words, strive to exceed tomorrow!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)