Leishan Fortress was built two hundred years ago. In order to permanently resist the orcs moving south, Fernando I, the first majesty of the Holy Alliance Empire, used huge manpower and material resources to build a fortress in the naturally formed fractured canyon of the Hengduan Mountains, which is the only place connected to the Nantalun Prairie. and the North Talon Prairie Passage, and built a solid fortress. After the fortress was built, Fernando I stood on the fortress wall and looked north, sighing, "I'm afraid only the anger of the God of Thunder can break through here." The Thunder God Fortress also became known as This is how it got its name,
In order to effectively resist the attack of the northern orcs, the Thunder God Fortress is actually divided into three parts. The northernmost part is a solid wall that blocks the passage between the north and south Talon grasslands. It is five kilometers long in the canyon, and is built on both sides of the canyon. Meandering for about two kilometers and a total length of seven kilometers, it is the first line of defense for humans against the orcs. It is said that only the wrath of the God of Thunder can destroy this place. This is also the true Fortress of the God of Thunder.
This solid city wall is quite thick and the defense is very tight. It is always on alert and any non-Thunder Fortress garrison is prohibited from entering or exiting. There is a gate in the center of the city wall. If it is fully opened, ten people can enter. The knights entered side by side. This was the only way in and out of the Thunder God Fortress from the Talon Prairie in the north. In the battle fifty years ago, the orcs pressed forward in full, posing a great threat to the walls of the Thunder God Fortress. But at that time The defender commander boldly led 10,000 knights to break into the orc position from here, disrupting the rhythm of the orc attack, and finally crushed that orc attack.
For safety reasons, the inside of this city gate is blocked. The giant gate up to three meters thick, the iron gate weighing more than 10,000 kilograms, and various deadly mechanisms on both sides of the city wall passage will make attackers To stay away: Rather than entering the Thunder God Fortress from there, it would be safer to climb directly over the city wall and the loss would be smaller.
The city wall of Thunder God Fortress is completely a small street. Eight carriages can easily drive side by side on it. If the enemy starts to attack, the commander on the city wall can easily and flexibly deploy his troops according to the enemy's forces. , there is a stacked wall about one person high on the outward side of the city wall, which can effectively defend against the enemy's long-range bows and arrows.
Every one hundred meters or so on the city wall, there will be a section that protrudes from the outside of the wall. This is a tower. With facilities like towers, the soldiers stationed inside can interact with the soldiers stationed on the wall to eliminate In the blind spot under the city, attack the enemy from three sides from top to bottom. The towers are usually stationed with quite elite archer troops. Their shooting range can cover the two towers on their left and right, maximizing long-range fire support.
About one kilometer south of this section of the city wall, which is the southern exit of the Grand Canyon, is the military camp of the Thunder God Fortress. The entire military camp stretches for more than ten kilometers and can usually garrison more than 100,000 troops. Between the camp and the northern city wall It is a smooth and flat road. Once an enemy attacks, the garrison here can rush to the front line as quickly as possible. Usually, the garrison here will call this military camp: "Camp No. 1."
"Camp No. 1" not only has soldiers stationed here, but also twelve giant trebuchets. The range of these trebuchets is about three to five kilometers. In times of crisis in the war ahead, tens of thousands of trebuchets can be thrown here. As long as the timing is right, this kind of boulder falling from the sky can destroy the enemy's attack and crush their will.
About five kilometers further south, on the Nantalun Prairie, there is another military camp. This is where Ryan and the others rest. In fact, strictly speaking, this can no longer be called a military camp. It almost contains a city. It should have all the facilities: bars, churches, magic guilds, mercenary guilds, various shops... Businessmen from other parts of the mainland will sell their goods here, and the defenders of the Thunder God Fortress will also take turns to take vacations and come here to relax.
Since the garrison of Thor Fortress is one of the most elite armies in the empire, it is basically impossible for many soldiers here to return to their hometown to visit relatives before retiring. Therefore, the garrison leader of Thor Fortress acquiesced to them taking their families and building a wooden house here. Or set up a tent. During their vacation, they can do whatever they want. Many soldiers also married the daughters of Clay herdsmen here and multiplied and multiplied. So over the past two hundred years, a village has been formed here. It is quite a lively city, but its predecessor was a military camp after all, and most of the people living there were related to the garrison, so the name here is still habitually called "Military Camp No. 2".
With Bart as a qualified guide, Ryan and the others quickly became familiar with this place. The soldiers here mainly came from the northern part of the continent, the area actually controlled by the Fernando royal family, while the vast majority of the businessmen who came here to do business came from the southern part of the continent. Among them, there are the most merchants in Free Paradise. However, due to the current state of alert, the "military camp" seems quite deserted. Basically, there are no soldiers wandering around. Even if you occasionally see one, they will rush past.
Although the orcs are coming fiercely this year, the residents and merchants here don't care at all, because the orcs have not crossed the Thor Fortress in two hundred years, and they probably won't this year. Besides, the more the war is like this, the business of those merchants will be worse. The better, all because the soldiers of Thunder God Fortress face life and death every day. Maybe if they don’t enjoy it today, they will have no chance to survive tomorrow. As long as they withstand the initial fierce attack of the orcs and enter the stalemate stage, the garrison of Thunder God Fortress will They will be rotated down for repairs in a planned manner, and that is when the place becomes lively.
All the supplies brought by Lille and York were packed into a warehouse three kilometers outside the military camp. There were a thousand soldiers guarding it. It must be absolutely foolproof. The sets of equipment for lifting heavy objects have been assembled. were transported to "Camp No. 1" on standby, and Lille and York were also divided into four groups, taking turns stationed next to the equipment, ready to repair various problems that occurred.
Seeing that this place is shrouded in the clouds of war, Ryan calculated that it has been almost three months since he received the news from Thunder God Fortress and sent a messenger, and he arrived here now. He doesn’t know what is going on with the war now. We have lost a lot of money. Is it big? So Ryan couldn't help but ask this question,
Bart's reply shocked Ryan and others. They thought that the war should have entered a life-and-death situation long ago, but they never thought that until today, the defenders of the Thunder God Fortress were ready, but the huge army of the orcs still did not exist. Although they appeared, their vanguard had already stayed about fifty kilometers away from the Thunder God Fortress. The Thunder God Fortress sent a large number of scouts, but they were unable to pass through the orc blockade. Over the past few months, the scouts of the Thunder God Fortress suffered heavy losses. Now I have to shrink back,
Ryan couldn't help but wonder: "What do the orcs mean? Is it a bluff?"
"What do the orcs mean? Is it a bluff?" General Kyenst, the top military officer of the Thor Fortress, was sitting alone in the combat command room, looking at the map around the Thor Fortress and thinking repeatedly. He saw a large number of orcs gathering troops in the distance. It has been almost three months now. According to the past situation of the orcs, they would soon arrive at the Thunder God Fortress and launch the most ferocious attack. But now, the orcs are mobilizing in a leisurely manner. They are not at all like their ancestors. Kind of tough,
For this matter, General Kyenst was already worried about his white hair. General Kyenst, who was born in the Royal Knights, was sent to the northern defense line of the empire, Thor Fortress, ten years ago. Three years later, he took over and retired. The position of the former general has become the highest military officer here. In recent years, although the orcs have occasionally attacked the Thunder God Fortress, their strength is very weak, with the most at one time being less than 50,000, and their combat effectiveness is not very strong. General Jienst is very He easily led the garrison of Thunder God Fortress to defeat them. If the orcs hadn't left more than 10,000 corpses, General Keenst even thought that they were just fulfilling a tradition left by their ancestors, just like the nobles of the imperial capital in the cold winter. Everyone has the habit of taking a boat to go south for vacation in advance.
Now, General Kyenst has gone through the descriptions of the orc attacks by the top military commanders of Thor Fortress over the past two hundred years, but he can't find the orcs' intentions. Therefore, General Kyenst is in a dilemma: continue to remain vigilant. This state will quickly deplete the morale of the garrison and fall into a kind of mental fatigue, which will affect the combat effectiveness; but once this alert state is lifted, if the main force of the orcs rushes on a starry night, it only takes two days to attack the Thunder God Fortress. At that time, the human army had just lifted its alert state, and the soldiers were relaxed. Maybe they would be attacked by the enemy in a sneak attack.
After much deliberation, General Kyenst felt that the best way at present is to break through the orcs' blockade and find the location of the orcs' main force. As long as the orcs' intentions are understood, it will not be difficult to deal with it. From the day it was built, the Thunder God Fortress has been The intention of mankind has been expressed without doubt, that is, to only defend and not attack. After all, the orcs are defeated and the worst is to retreat north. But once the humans lose the Thunder God Fortress, it means that the orcs can escape and cross thousands of kilometers of prairie in the south. , directly attacked the imperial capital of the Holy Alliance, Fernando City,
In the situation where he could only passively defend, General Kyenst had no choice but to rub his aching head and continue to think about countermeasures: In the current situation where the enemy's situation was unclear and the scouts suffered heavy losses due to the enemy's tight blockade, how should Looking for a breakthrough
"We still have to continue the investigation. As long as the enemy's situation is unclear, our army will not be able to rest and reorganize for a day. It will be detrimental to our army if it continues like this." General Keenst said a few words to himself, then he picked up the quill and wrote in Three lines were written on the notebook in front of him: "Intelligence, main force of orcs, mercenaries."
"Perhaps, I can use the power of these mercenaries."