01.
Some things feel like time is so slow when going through it, so many things happen in just one day and so on. But when you look at it through the smoke and clouds of time, you will often have such thoughts, and you will feel that it is just a momentary thing. This is actually a very normal state of mind, one is that standing and talking does not hurt the back, and the other is that people cannot sympathize with themselves too much.
The day before, the whole country of Mülheim was immersed in the wedding of Ice Emperor Claude, and the war broke out that night. Hill and the Grand Maester held an emergency meeting to formulate countermeasures, and successfully stopped the Dijon people at the fourth outpost—that is, the outpost that Carl Richard was in charge of. Then Hill and the Grand Maester rushed to the front line. After destroying three waves of Dijon at the fourth outpost, reinforcements from all over the place finally arrived. When Hill noticed the Dijon, or the true intention of the Church of Light, It was the next night.
In just two days, if you study everything carefully, everything can fill a book. It reminded Hill of Hemingway's "For Whom the Bell Tolls," a book about war that takes place in three days. It is said that this book was translated as "Battle Bell Tolls" in the past, and Hill prefers this version of the translation.
When looking back on the past, he often used words like "a period of life". Later, when Hill looked back on this experience, the most impressive part of his military life was the tragic scenes during the war, but what occupied most of his military life was how the soldiers Gathering up the corpses of comrades-in-arms sadly and silently, how the wounded groaned in pain in the tent, and the endless blizzard and the vast snow field, I don't know when the enemy will continue to attack, and when the comrade-in-arms who just talked with me will die...
But of course there are better memories, under the lamps of the military tent, people of insight jointly formulate strategies against the enemy, and sincerely wish Milheim long live, wishing the warrior eternal life, and sitting with Monroe by the bonfire in the dark Whisper together.
But after all, this is not a routine life, but an experience in a special period, so there must be an ending.
Hill stood on the outpost with a solemn expression. Behind him was a snowy night, and the lights lit in the tent were blown messily and crumbling.
"Bite once hard, and make the people of Dijon completely regret being with the Church of Light."
He whispered.
02.
Ice Emperor Claude himself did not come to the front line, although he wanted to come, but his ministers held him down.
One is that the front line is dangerous, and the other is that this is the majesty of the emperor, as the saying goes, it is putting on airs. Ice Emperor Claude is noncommittal about the latter, he believes that fighting with the soldiers is the real majesty of the emperor. But he cared more about the former. After all, he was a human being, and he couldn't run around like Hill. In addition, Hill meant that the Ice Emperor stayed in Winter City, so he had to wait obediently.
The wedding between him and Olivia went very well, but the wedding night was completely ruined. Fortunately, neither of them paid much attention to it, and even Olivia was happy and relaxed. Everyone said that the queen knows the general situation, but the ice emperor Claude smiled wryly and thought that the queen wished him to stay away from her bedroom.
But the Ice Emperor didn't do nothing and just waited obediently. He appointed Grand Scholars Lennon and Hill to command the army. During the order, Hill changed his vest. This time, his name was Riddle, and he claimed to be a secret weapon cultivated by the Ace family. He was proficient in military affairs and had close ties with the Dark Holy See. This appointment made things easier for Hill.
In the early morning of the third day, inside the outpost.
Hill and the grand maester stood on one side of the table, the nobles of each territory stood on both sides of the table according to their titles, and Monroe sat in the corner drinking tea. In the previous meeting in Mulheim, Monroe sat in the seat of the bishop of the Church of Light, and now he occupies this place, and everyone knows it by looking at the cassock of the Dark Holy See on his body.
There were not so many formalities in the military meeting. Hill was the first to speak, and said straight to the point: "Now that the army is converging, I guess some of the enemy's traitors will follow."
A nobleman immediately said: "What, are you doubting our men?"
So stupid. Hill thought. Before he could open his mouth, the Grand Maester opened his mouth and sprayed. After spraying, he was thrown out of the meeting by someone. Another nobleman said a little worriedly: "What if he holds a grudge?"
"That's just right," Hill said nonchalantly.
The murderous intent hidden behind his words made everyone stand in awe, and no one dared to sing the opposite this time.
Viscount Andrew of Star Fort thought for a while and asked, "How to deal with the spies? Show them the anime?"
When the bearded Viscount Andrew said this, Hill couldn't help laughing: "Ahaha, that's an idea, but it seems a bit wasteful to me."
Viscount Andrew shook his beard and said, "Are you reluctant to part with the projection stone?"
Hill couldn't help but the corners of his lips twitched, ah, he finally knew what the grand maester meant when he said "don't discuss with those people, those people are Sabi": "I mean we can send wrong news, use these Spies, use your tricks."
Although he had no experience in war before, Hill's thinking has been sorted out now. Everything is difficult at the beginning. He supported the Grand Maester and Monroe at the same time, and let them drag him past the beginning, and now he has entered his final stage. One of the areas he is good at is intrigue.
None of the people here are fools, or even if they are fools, they will not be too stupid. After Hill briefly explained his thoughts, everyone agreed. It doesn't matter if you disagree, because Hill is "announcing things" rather than "discussing countermeasures."
After the meeting, according to the plan, Grand Maester Lennon sprayed the Dark Pope in front of the outpost, and his roar spread far and far, straight into the sky (… ). Hill felt that he had a good idea, let the Grand Maester and the Wailing Banshee have a child, and combine the strengths of the two, and maybe become a generation of God of War (… ).
The soldiers next to him could clearly see that the dark pope's face was ashen at the time, and he almost rushed forward to destroy him. Later, he was persuaded by everyone. But the dark pope's lingering anger persisted, and he left with Black's remaining army and the necromancers at the headquarters of the dark church.
Hill followed Monroe and pretended to break with the army. On the way, Hill asked curiously: "Monroe, did you feel when he scolded you?" Hill felt that Monroe probably didn't feel it.
Unexpectedly, Monroe replied: "I have feelings, I will be very angry, and I really want to crush him to death."
"Pfft?" Hill was a little surprised.
"Because the demons are like this in theory." Monroe explained: "The mood swings of the demons who have just changed jobs are much greater than those of humans. Although I have been a demon for a year, I am still just a newborn demon. , I have all the shortcomings of the newborn demons."
Hill thought about the shortcomings of the newborn demons in his mind, and then shuddered a bit: "So...it's really hard for you. I thought that you became a demon, and you were much calmer than when you were a human. You are really a special case. It doesn't look like…”
"Of course not. Reality is not an idealized novel. When I was a human being, I was just a stronger human being than ordinary people." Monroe said lightly: "I have gone through everything I have to go through to become a demon, just like now. , I am still angry, and I still have the anger of being misunderstood by you. I can feel a lot of intense emotions rolling in my chest, but I can suppress them with my will."
Monroe said this in a calm tone, as if talking about someone else's business.
This terrible willpower will really produce a thrilling charm.
Hill felt that Monroe was always tempting him anytime and anywhere. Though Monroe probably didn't mean it himself.
Hill saw that his eyes were still as black as the dark night, and there was little left of the temperature in the past. Even if he touched his hand now, it was as cold as a dead man... No, he doesn't even have hands anymore, there is no traditional meaning body. But Hill also knew that his eyes would turn red for him, that he could use magic power to simulate a suitable body temperature, and that his remaining temperature and feelings were dedicated to himself.
"I'm as easy to get carried away as the newborn demons, so Hill..." Monroe looked at Hill quietly, "Don't always show this expression of wanting to eat me, I can't help it, demon It's easy for the race's pursuit of desire to take over my brain."
"Okay, there's still work to do in the future, and it's not good now." Hill said unwillingly.
"And this unwilling tone, please restrain yourself." Monroe said, "It will also make me lose control."
In fact, it sounds like it will make him feel hot all over.
Hill glanced at Monroe, bit his lower lip, smiled evilly, and went up to grab him by the collar, and said in a provocative manner, "Hey, buddy, you are very arrogant."
Monroe stared at Hill for a while, their eyes intertwined, Hill felt as if he was dragged into the darkness burned by karma, and the hot feeling in his body became more and more obvious. Then he saw Monroe showing a gentle smile: "Because I am proud of being favored, I know you will forgive me."
Hill let out a slow breath.
He felt that he was almost driven out of his mind by the beauty, and then he reluctantly and reluctantly loosened Monroe's collar: "Okay, I will forgive you this time... Dan, I will wait three days and three nights after the war is over, let You can't get out of bed."
After he finished speaking, he patted Monroe's chest with the back of his hand. It was a very frivolous gesture. In fact, it would be quite disrespectful if it happened among human nobles.
"Okay." Monroe didn't care, and said briskly, "Then it's settled."
Hill: "..."
This guy Monroe evolved really fast.
03.
The break meant that the troops were divided into two groups, and Hill kept Leona Bell with the grand maester, including the dark elves who had retreated before, as an insurance.
Then he asked the soldiers of the Black family to retreat slowly towards the canyon to confuse the enemy, while Hill and Monroe quickly went to the canyon in secret. The outpost where Mülheim's main force is located is more than ten miles away from the canyon, which is quite close.
Hill originally advocated defending in the canyon when he was in Winter City, and gave up all the outposts outside. This was an obvious and suitable option. Now that the Dijon tribe is attacking so frantically, it seems that guarding the canyon is the wisest choice for Mülheim, and everything else is stupid. Under such circumstances, Hill feels more and more that there must be ghosts behind this. There is no good thing in the sky, only disasters. Hill is actually a pessimist, but he uses the philosophy of a pessimist to do optimistic things.
After arriving in the canyon, Monroe used a very high-level time-reversal spell. People from the Church of Light had indeed been here, but the surroundings looked very normal, and they didn't know what layout they had made in advance.
Hill stepped on the falling snow on the canyon, admiring the magnificent scenery of the canyon, the sky, and the snow field, and said, "Be reckless, can you?"
"How reckless is it?" Monroe asked.
"Don't care about anything, let those troops withdraw directly to the canyon." Hill said.
"Oh, that's really reckless," said Monroe.
There was a bit of humor in that, and Hill laughed.
The mountains on both sides of the canyon tower into the sky, and the canyon is so narrow that only five or six strong men can pass side by side.
"Flash floods, earthquakes, avalanches..." Hill said, "In such a narrow canyon, these can easily bury an army. It is very dangerous to let the army withdraw directly under such weird circumstances. But there are still I'm with you, the other party didn't expect it."
"So, are you going to make a move?" Monroe said.
"I didn't intend to keep the hand from the beginning," Hill said. "I don't care about the rules of the game. I said it from the beginning."
"Okay, I understand." Monroe nodded sharply.
"Don't stop me? Don't persuade me?" Hill asked.
"I choose to believe you when everything is impossible to judge." Monroe said, "You are my standard of judgment." He said these words lightly, as if in novels and TV, the characters said these lines It should be accompanied by affectionate background music, appropriate lighting and shadow effects and a serious expression, but he said it in a chatty way, and because of this, it seems to be from the heart and moving.
Hill looked at Monroe for a few seconds, he pulled Monroe over, and the two kissed quietly in the canyon.
Six hours later, the place where they kissed will be red with the blood of war.
04.
After the Dark Holy See left, the Dijon tribe organized a few more attacks, and Mülheim suffered heavy casualties.
The casualties of the Dijon tribe cannot be described as serious, but tragic. No one planned to go back alive before charging, whether it was the regular army or cannon fodder.
According to a captured Dijon population, the population of Dijon grew too rapidly this year, and the chief planned to reduce the population reasonably, which was also one of the reasons for launching the war. The news infuriated and frightened the Mülheimers, and Mülheim's army fought and retreated, eventually retreating into the ravine where they intended to hold off the Dijonians. During this period, the grand maester has not used weapons from the devil world. This guy has a big picture. Hill thought.
Seeing them retreating into the canyon, the attack of the Dijon people temporarily slowed down.
This made Hill, who was hiding in secret, even more sure that there was a special ambush here in the canyon. He adjusted all his states in advance, prepared to break his wits with his strength, and after breaking the wits of others, he would counterattack with his own wits and let the first This time, the Rong people were in agony, the pain went to the bone, the pain went to the soul, and the pain was so painful that they never dared to wage war against Mülheim and the demons.
At such a juncture, the dark elves of Winter City sent information.
The young master of the White family rebelled, and the White army from Winter Harbor surrounded the palace of the Ice Emperor directly after arriving in Winter City on the grounds of aiding the front line.
When the information came, there was a shock. University scholar Lan Nong fainted on the spot.
Hill's heart was cold.
Interlocking. Good strategy.
"Look." Hill said to Monroe next to him, "I insisted on getting the Yulan Empire to support me. Is this judgment correct?"
Calculating the time, the Yulan Empire's army should have arrived at Winter City soon.
Leader - Jefferson Jackson.
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