Lord of War

  Garrod Fortress, in the history of the Kingdom of Darbion, has the nickname "the gate that cannot be broken".

  In history, this fortress has blocked more than three enemy forces that directly threatened the survival of Bion. No matter how difficult the war is, this fortress has never fallen. And the most important thing is that Garrod Fortress has always been under the direct control of the Royal Family of Darbion. Every commander of Garrod Fortress is the most trusted confidant of the current King Darbion. Therefore, the so-called countermeasures simply do not work. .

  If you want to take Garrod Fortress, you can only rely on a strong attack.

  The reason why Asuna was able to win this fortress with only 130,000 troops back then was because there were more than 100,000 players in support at that time, so in fact, the real strength was more than 230,000. But even so, after this battle, Asuna still has less than 60,000 troops left. As for the players, there are 60,000 to 70,000 players who have fallen by level three or four or more. Among them, the Principality of Ryan was more famous at the time. Three of the large-scale guilds suffered a blow that nearly destroyed Xing.

  This battle is tragic.

  However, in a world that has changed history, Asuna won this fortress without difficulty at all.

  Because the two sides have a huge gap that has been completely irrecoverable: the sanctuary powerhouse.

There are a total of four sanctuary powerhouses on Asuna’s side. Even though Moro VII even dispatched the royal guards to Garrod fortress for reinforcements, facing the joint efforts of four sanctuary powerhouses and more than 200,000 troops— Among them are the Boulder Family’s Agave Army, the Hopson Family’s Hopson Guard, Asuna’s Thundering Front, Sean’s Cecilia Guards, and even Faith in Ice and Snow. The priests of the goddess of winter, the combat power of these troops is by no means as simple as one plus one equals two, so this attack on Garrod Fortress can be said to have no suspense at all.

  From the first day, Asuna directly launched a storm, even using the advantage of the sanctuary strong to directly suppress the defenders at the wall, opening a way for her own troops to climb the wall. By the evening of the first day, the first and second outer walls of Garrod Fortress were captured, and Darbion’s army could only be forced to fight on the inner wall.

  The next war will be a deadly battle without sleep.

  Then at noon the next day, the defense of the three walls of Garrod Fortress was completely defeated, and the Darbion Army was forced to enter the street fighting stage. By midnight, the Royal Guards of Darbion was almost annihilated, but the sanctuary powerhouses of the Boulder family and the Hopson family were both injured by this, but fortunately they were immediately caught by Florence. Pod, the strong sanctuary under his command, rescued him.

As for the strong sanctuary sent by the Principality of Ryan to assist Asuna, he was greedy and eager. Although he killed the commander-in-chief of Garrod Fortress and his accompanying guards, he was also trapped. In the game, the Royal Guards, which was finally routed, and the soldiers of the Kingdom of Darbion who fought unrelentingly, were forcibly killed.

  It’s just that even so, the general power of Darbion Kingdom has been completely lost, and the fall of Garrod Fortress is only a matter of time.

  However, Asuna obviously didn't have time to wait any longer. At dawn on the third day, she gave an order to withdraw and defend, and a fire ignited the entire inner city of Garrod Fortress. The raging fire burned for three full days before it was gradually extinguished. It was four days later when the flame was naturally extinguished. At this time, the Garrod Fortress was already scorched, and in order to prevent being burned to death by the fire, Darbion’s army had no choice. Do not opt ​​out of Garrod Fortress.

   Therefore, if it is said that Garrod Fortress was captured by Asuna in only three days.

  But when Asuna led her army to leave Garrod Fortress, it was August 21, 1874.

  In the Kingdom of Darbion, after the loss of Garrod Fortress, there is no danger in the whole territory to defend. Almost all the terrain is flat, and there is no terrain that can be used as a defense—unless it is artificially established. Although the Kingdom of Darbion still has an army of about 100,000, but these are private soldiers distributed to the nobles everywhere and urban defense forces under the direct jurisdiction of the royal family. Even if they are forced to gather for a while, it is still a question of who can command them. .

  Morro VII has basically dispatched the generals who can command the battle, but until now, these generals have not passed the news back. Basically, what kind of fate will be completely imagined. So now Dabbion is already in a dilemma of having no soldiers, even if it was Moro VII who roared and threw around in the hall of the front hall of the palace, he even killed four noble family heads in one day. , And still no one dared to take the command of this leader.

  The end of this war is moving towards an end that is clearly visible to everyone.

  Dragon Ridge is a mountain range that crosses Dabion and Fascism. The legend of this mountain range is a ridge formed by a dragon bone after the death of a magic dragon. Of course, few people believe this legend. But the only thing that is certain is that the settlement of the Kingdom of Darbion here is indeed a very big advantage, because the mountain on the west side of Molong Ridge has become very steep and steep, almost all of which are lined with strange rocks, and From time to time there will be peculiar fluctuations sweeping by.

Whenever this kind of peculiar fluctuation sweeps past the magic dragon ridge, the strong below the middle sanctuary will temporarily lose power, usually for one to two days, only the upper sanctuary strong can resist this kind of fluctuation. But the strength will also be weakened. On the side west of Demon Dragon Ridge, this kind of fluctuation will become particularly strong, and the mountain is extremely steep, so if you want to try to climb through Demon Dragon Ridge and directly attack the royal capital of Dabian Kingdom, it is better to launch it directly. The whole nation broke through the Garrod Fortress.

  This is the real reason why Garrod Fortress is said to be the last gateway to Darbion’s capital, and the kings of the Fascist and Darbion Kingdoms are separated by a single mountain, but they have always been in peace. However, if Garrod Fortress is breached, the political, economic, and power core of the Darbion Kingdom will be completely exposed to everyone's eyes, completely losing all the ability to resist.

Of course, if the Royal Guards of Darbion were still there, there might be something to fight for, but because of the wrong decision of Moro VII, the last Jing Rui troops of the kingdom were ruined ahead of time—even though this force did perform well. With its due value, Asuna suffered a heavy loss in the battle of Garrod Fortress. In the end, the army of more than 200,000 people was only 70,000 people, but this also completely chilled the Kingdom of Darbion.

  So after leaving Garrod fortress, Asuna arrogantly marched in a straight line towards the capital of Darbion without falling into the city.

On this marching route, Asuna will pass through two noble territories and two imperial territories. The total number of soldiers on these four territories exceeds 50,000, while only three remain on Asuna’s side. In the case of sanctuary powerhouses, two of them are still seriously injured. If these troops dared to launch a suicidal offensive counterattack, although they would eventually end in annihilation, they can at least fight for Asuna to have only 30,000. people.

  If this is the case, then the losses in this war are more than heavy.

  At the very least, Thunder's Front will inevitably become an army that can only appear in historical books. The Tequila Army and the Hopson Guard will inevitably suffer heavy losses, and perhaps the Cecilia Guards will face a fourth reorganization.

  But it's a pity that after these 50,000 soldiers heard about Asuna's marching route, they actually chose to evade and did not dare to resist. This made King Moro VII so angry that he smashed valuables worth tens of thousands of gold coins on the same day, and on the second day after that, a large number of residents began to flee from the city, and the Principality of Ryan had never been paid attention to. The people of Dabion in here finally began to choose to accept their fate.

  And their behavior finally angered Moro VII, who had completely lost his sanity.

  The incompetent but eager king to become a virtuous king finally gave the order to close the city in annoyance, and will kill anyone who dares to disobey.

  On September 2, 1874, a riot broke out in Buluocheng, which was closed for three days.

  After hearing this information, Asuna only showed a smile on her face, and she looked at Simi's gaze with a hint of approval: "Like this kind of psychological tactics, I still have to listen to you."

  Simi faced Asuna’s compliment, but she only showed a quiet smile. She glanced sideways at William in the camp, and saw that William was staring at the strategic map intently, and a trace of disappointment flashed in her eyes. But soon, Simi adjusted his mentality again and said with a smile: "I'm from the Mage Tower. Such psychological tactics are also one of the required courses for the Mage Tower. Did you forget that I passed with a high score? "

   "Okay." Asuna chuckled, "Then what do you do next?"

"You can start claiming that you will surrender and not kill." Once Simi gets serious, the calmness cultivated in the atmosphere of Mage Tower also gives her a solemn and serious temperament, and the whole person becomes much more charming, "and Start to accept the troops that are willing to surrender.... But one thing you must remember is that anyone who obeys King Darbion and swings a knife at his own nation will not accept his surrender."

   "This...will it worsen the situation?" Asuna frowned slightly.

"No." Xiao En, who heard the conversation here, suddenly said, "This method is indeed very good, and it should be said that he is from the mage tower." Xiao En smiled and looked at Asuna before continuing. Said: "We can continue to use the method of handling the name certificate."

   "Vote for the name?" Asuna looked at Sean with some confusion, "What is this?"

"It's a kind of psychological tactics." Sean was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that he had only explained to William once, and had not explained to others, and this kind of thinking processing method belonging to the earth and the celestial people in this world Obviously a bit too avant-garde.

"A psychological tactic invented by Lord Sean." William stood up from the sand table of the strategic map. He had just inserted a few flags on this map, so that the red flag just completely surrounded an area. If you look closely, you can find that this area just doesn’t fall into the city. "In simple terms, it means that the other party will have a common subordination psychology.... To make a simple ratio, if a group of civilians and a nobleman have a little contradiction, Then, with the power of the noble, these civilians can be killed easily. At this time, a civilian who does not want to die will attack the noble. If there are other civilians to report at this time, then they can get out without risking being hanged. danger."

"So to vote for the name..." Simi seemed to understand something, and a flash of excitement flashed in his eyes, "This commoner forced other commoners to work on this nobleman? In this way, even if someone reports it, then the first one The person who reported the death is also the one who died?"

"Yes." Xiao En nodded, "So we can use it this time....Anyone who has harmed their own citizens can forgive as long as they can prove that they have a heart of repentance. If they are willing and unwilling to repent. Fight, then we promise that the other side will not confiscate their property after the war."

"This plan seems to work." Simi pondered for a moment, and then said, "In this way, if you don't fall in the city, you will immediately be in chaos. Now there are only 30,000 defenders who don't fall in the city, but There are more than 200,000 people trapped in the city..."

  Speaking of this, Simi noticed that both Sean and William had the kind of smiles that were holding the victory. She immediately understood that these two guys had already planned how to win the game. And Simi also found that if they were to follow the method of the two of them, they could even take down the city without blood, and completely end the war, and they could also expand the size of their own army.

  This is a plan that kills two birds with one stone!

  Simi knew that she still underestimated Sean. Although through contact with William before, she knew that William is a very difficult tactical master, but he is also good at tactics. If it involves psychological warfare, Simi believes that he can still force William to hesitate. That is to say, at that time, I felt that it was not easy to control such a talented tactical master Sean, but he did not put Sean too much in his eyes.

Until this moment, Simi realized that Sean alone can only be regarded as a fierce general at best. His overall view of the war is simply horrible, and although William has a certain overall view of the war, it is not his area of ​​expertise. , He is better at using resources to counterattack passively, even if he takes the initiative, it is only to induce the opponent to take a shot to break the silence. But once the two men in front of you join forces, then the rules on the board will soon be changed, because although the two cannot far exceed their opponents in the overall situation, they can be perfect in tactics. To complement each other, forcing the opponent to be completely desperate.

  Once these two men join forces, it is a hundred times more dangerous than fighting alone!

  Simi’s heart beats suddenly.

   Then soon, the tactical plan that Sean, William and Simi jointly worked out, was immediately publicized.

  From the moment this combat plan began to be implemented, it was officially announced that the dusk of Darbion had finally arrived, and it was sinking rapidly to the west at an astonishing speed.

  On September 13th, 1874, 12,000 people from the two armies formally surrendered to Asuna.

Asuna quickly placed these two armies, not only did not disband them as a source of supplementary troops for her own army, but even registered them, officially declaring that they will become citizens of the Principality of Ryan from today, and they can enjoy The treatment of regular soldiers to the country. Of course, the most important thing is that Asuna did not treat them as cannon fodder or frontline army, but arranged a second-line support position for them. The main offensive force is still the three families of Asuna, Hopson, and Boulder. The main force of the army.

  After seeing this situation, the armies of other territories finally began to surrender to Asuna.

  Except for the 25,000 garrisons of Darbion that did not fall into the city, the other 75,000 Darbion’s forces finally surrendered to Asuna.

  On September 19, 1874, all the territories of the Kingdom of Darbion fell, leaving only the royal capital representing Darbion’s political, economic, cultural, and power center. With ri, Buluocheng finally broke out in the largest riot and conflict in history. In this conflict, more than 40,000 people died, but there were also 17,000 guards who paid heavy sacrifices.

  By the time of September 21ri, there was only one palace left in Darbion that had not fallen. Other nobles, even the nobles who lived in the city, also chose to join the rioting crowd. An unprecedented turmoil finally made thousands of guards have to surrender, because now it is obviously impossible to defend the palace by relying on them alone, so instead of being killed by the angry residents of the capital, it is better to choose to surrender.

  It’s just that, even so, it’s not an easy task to take down the palace where the Darbion royal family lives in one go.

After all, the layout of the palace is actually more like a fortress. It seems that the first King Darbion expected this to happen. Therefore, the more important the palace is, the fewer roads can pass. The narrower it is, the more conducive it is to defense.

   But no matter how he can defend, he still cannot withstand the internal division.

On October 2ri, 1874, after retreating to the palace’s treasure house for ten days, Darbion’s last king, Moro VII, died at the hands of his son, and he was still miserably chased by his sons. The sword divides the corpse.

  At this point, the nearly 400-year rule of Darbion Kingdom has finally come to an end, and the war between Ryan and Darbion has finally been formally declared over. From this day on, the name Dabion will be overwhelmed by the long river of history, completely becoming a name that will only appear in history books. (To be continued.)