Shape of the Wind – Volume Meteorite Chapter 8: Blood-stained mountain city

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Leng Mengxue’s concert was scheduled to be held on December 3rd. It was originally Shangri-La’s grand festival day. It is said that on this day thousands of years ago, a certain brave man who saved the world was here for hundreds of villagers. And challenged the poisonous dragon, and finally succeeded in killing the dragon, allowing the people to live and work in peace and contentment. In order to commemorate this event, later generations decided to hold a large festival on this day.

In the past, when the Brothel Alliance mastered Shangri-La, in addition to allowing entertainers to participate in celebrations, it would also hold a martial arts competition, where a lot of money was used to lure masters from all over the mainland to compete. While satisfying the citizens to watch the battle, it also Take advantage of the opportunity to manipulate the gambling market and win a lot of votes.

After Shi Chong took over the Shangri-La, in order to assure the citizens that the prosperity would continue, he needed to create a more lively pomp than before. From this point of view, Leng Mengxue’s timely return has indeed given Shi Chong a great help. Although there is no time to hold the martial arts competition, in addition to the scheduled concert, other celebrations have also been arranged. On December 3rd, give Shangri-La a grand banquet that is not inferior to previous years.

Happiness is often formed by contrasting the suffering of others. The citizens of Shangri-La have more or less opinions about the current situation. No matter how well Shi Chong conceals it, many people still find it difficult to break free from the state of mind of the "defeated man" and are unhappy with the conqueror who came from afar. However, since Reins' aggressive invasion of El Tienor and the outbreak of war, the mood of Shangri-La citizens has changed.

They are also experiencing war, but people "during the war" and "after the war" have two different mentalities. In contrast to the people of El Tierno, who are suffering from war and lack of supplies, the citizens of Shangri-La cherish the existing prosperity and happiness. At least, they have only lost a small amount of freedom. They are not related to hunger and death. adjacent.

In contrast, the situation of the Eltinos is worse. Hulagu’s basic strategy is to abandon the territory outside the Central Capital and use the vast territory to consume Reins’ lack of manpower, so no matter how fierce the war is, before the enemy’s feather arrows hit the walls of the Central Capital , All has nothing to do with him.

Although Zhongdu itself cannot be self-sufficient, as long as the supply route to the west is maintained, even if the Reins Army takes all the east of Zhongdu, Zhongdu will be able to support it with its strong walls without fear of the enemy. The army's fierce attack.

"Think of it as normal. Anyway, the enemy army can't suddenly appear in Zhongdu City. Whether it's flying or digging tunnels, as long as they march in the usual way, we must have time to prepare."

Xu Liewu's attitude is so laid-back. In the eyes of the people in Zhongdu, it is indeed very effective in calming people's hearts, but the same words are heard in the ears of the people in the war zone, but they inevitably generate anger and resent their fate of being abandoned by the state.

Although Reins has always called for the righteous and humane nation, the dominant influence in this war is after all the dark wizards of the Dark Sorcerer Institute and the Baijia decision-making group on the island of Corca, West Sicily. No matter which side it is, it has nothing to do with humanity. To be clear, they lack even basic humanity. We must expect them to be kind to the people in the occupied territories. This extravagant hope is fundamentally a cause for fish, but they are required to cover up the war. The inhumane behavior of this group of inhumane cold-blooded things is familiar with them, and they don't have to give orders.

In spite of this, compared to the vast land and resources of El Tienor, Reins’ military strength appears weak. Although the elite and powerful combat power quickly wiped out the El Tienno army encountered, when the battle was over, Starting the actual occupation process, the serious shortcomings of Reins' lack of manpower were exposed.

"There is no way. Construction is not the same as simple destruction. If the order from above is to kill and slaughter all the people in the occupied area, it would be simpler, but the problems of comforting people and expanding supplies cannot be dealt with. Do it for robots."

During continuous wars, a five-color flag officer contacted West Corca Island with such feelings, and this indeed represented the heart and predicament of the Reins Army.

However, leaving aside the victims who have been "dead without evidence", Reins still maintains the supply and security of the occupied areas on the whole, and gives the people of El Tien a "new ruling ratio" as much as possible. "It used to be better". However, in order to race against resources and time, the Reins Army shortened its offensive line, no longer consumed more troops, and moved straight toward the center.

Judging from the rapid speed of annihilating the enemy and expanding the scope of occupation, the Reins Army can be said to be proud, proving that they not only deal with the demons, but also deal with the human army. However, in addition to their victories, they also have hidden worries: On the one hand, the Third Army, which is intact in the capital, is a powerful enemy of unknown strength. How well Xu Liewu will train them is really unknown. ; On the other hand, the strongest Second Army of El Tienor is marching from Free City in a hurry, preparing for a tail attack.

Despite the absence of the coach Zhou Gongjin, the Second Army is still a healthy brigade with both strength and fighting spirit. If under the command of Xu Liewu, the Reinth Army is flanked back and forth, then Rein is at an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers. The Sri Lankan army may even be wiped out overnight.

The leaders of the major forces are closely watching the evolution of the situation and are also speculating on how Reins will respond. Gengoro and Izumi Sakura, who live in the free city, have discussed this several times in private.

"Using military orders without authorization to start wars is something that Hua Bianque, the ghost witch, can do, but the entire war process is meticulous and smooth and smooth, and there is no extra order. This is not what she can do with her willful spoofs. , There must be an important person from the Bai family presiding over the overall situation."

Gengoro guessed this very early, but he is not sure whether Shirai has returned, so he can only lock the speculation on Alcatraz Island, and cannot be sure of the special object.

"There are certain signs of the Bai family's style of doing things, so it is speculated in this way that their possible way to respond is..."

Using the advantages of less military power and rapid action, first avoid the fate of being pinched, and then try to defeat the enemy individually; or turn back, first set up an ambush to the Second Army, and attack head-on; or maybe you can...

Gengoro and Izumi Sakura thought about seven or eight contingency strategies before and after, each of which is feasible, but also quite risky. As long as a mistake in action, the blitzkrieg will turn into a head-on head-on, or be sacrificed by the enemy. Dragging the ground and losing the advantage of rapid action may wipe out Reins' entire army.

How will Reins command this battle? How to avoid the fate of being trapped? This is a mystery that makes all major forces rack their brains. Whether it was Gengoro, who was so busy in Liberty City, or Xu Liewu, who was laid-back in Zhongto City, all were looking forward to the answer to this question. However, at this time, they never thought that the answer would be revealed in this way.

The answer to the mystery was revealed in the early morning of December 2nd. A piece of military paper was urgently sent to the Second Army. It was also within a quarter of an hour after receiving the paper that the Second Army changed its marching direction. Abandoning the attack on the Reins army to the northeast, he moved quickly to the west, in order to return to The Hague in the shortest possible time.

Sima Zhongda threw troops, the Witch Army is invading, please come back quickly!

The emergency information contained in this military order soon spread to all parts of the Continent of Wind, and the people who received the news woke up like a dream, remembering the number one foreign trouble of Eltinus.

Originally, the Second Army was stationed in The Hague to prevent enemy invasions from across the sea. Just like the five-color flag fighting the demons for many years, the Second Army has also been confronting the Witch Army from the Ice Continent, and fierce battles are frequent. In the official record, there has never been an army from another continent crossing the sea to attack the continent of the wind, but those soldiers who use the pirate flag and use the equipment and weapons of the regular army are self-evident. They have repeatedly harassed and plundered and tried. Obtain supplies from the Continent of Wind.

In the Zhongdu Incident a few months ago, Gong Jin mobilized the Second Army to leave the defense and attacked the free city in one fell swoop. He became an unexpected surprise, but the base of The Hague was empty and undefended. Although this is a risky move, it also has a basis for the risk. The dozens of pieces of information obtained by Gong Jin clearly show that the regimes on the two continents of Bing and Yan are fighting fiercely, and their military forces are extremely tight. Although Sima Zhongda Anxious to obtain supplies from elsewhere, but his own front is maintained at a critical point, it is impossible to dispatch a large army to attack The Hague.

Based on this judgment, Gong Jin believes that The Hague can maintain a safe state for about half a year. Therefore, he mobilized the Second Army to conquer the free city, but he never thought that it was only a few months before the powerful enemy on the other side of the sea could fight from the quagmire. Get rid of the dilemma, and in turn attack the Continent of Wind. Perhaps because of the plan to make a quick battle, the number and scale of the Witch Army's attack this time were ten times that of the past, and the mighty 200,000 fleet was approaching The Hague.

In terms of distance, the route of the Second Army can be kept unchanged, and Reins will be attacked, and the Third Army will be headed to The Hague by Hulagu. This way, there is plenty of distance and time, but Eltinus The shortcomings of the generals’ disagreements were fully exposed at this time. Xu Liewu did not want to spend his strength on this kind of thing. While he ordered the Third Army to stick to the Central Capital, he urgently passed the order to the Second Army. They rushed back to The Hague.

The source of the Medici family’s power is martial arts, and in the territory of El Tienno, it is the southwest region. Even if the entire El Tienno area is ravaged by war, as long as the southwest region is safe, it will not harm their economy. strength. With this as the main premise, when Hulagu saw that the purpose of the Witch Army's attack was only for plunder, not for a long time, it became a trivial matter.

Originally, Xu Liewu was not the kind of emperor who thought of the suffering of the Li people. Since the real enemy that can threaten him is Reins, how can there be any reason to spend precious troops on others? For this level of warfare, just hand it over to the Second Army.

Under Xu Liewu's strategy, the Second Army became the most exhausted group of soldiers on the Continent of Wind. Seeing that he was about to enter the occupied area of ​​Reins, fight to the death with the hateful enemy, and regain the homeland, there was news that his hometown was invaded by the enemy. The people were furious, beat their chests, and had to give up the attack and rushed to The Hague.

Psychologically, The Hague is their hometown, where their parents, wives and children are. The Second Army, which has fought against the Witch Army for many years, knows the other side's brutal means of destruction, as long as you think that your family is in this way Under the danger, who can feel at ease?

Even if Zhou Gongjin is sitting in the town, it may be difficult to calm the fears of the soldiers, not to mention that Gongjin is absent. It is only Jiang Zhong, who is the deputy, who is temporarily in charge of the command, is unable to suppress the soldiers' stupid actions. What's more, they received Xu Liewu's edict. If they disobeyed their orders, they would behave like a rebellious king.

In public and private, the generals of the Second Army could no longer find a reason, so they had to abandon the Reins Army bitterly and turn to the west.

Actually, if it were a few months ago, Eltinol would never fall into such a predicament. Even if Shi Chong refused to send troops back to help, Xu Liewu refused to transfer his troops away from the capital, Xu Liewu could still issue orders. To Wu Lian, let Wang Wu lead the Fifth Army to attack. Even if he is usually unwilling to obey Eltinus' orders, Wang Wu, who acts in a humanitarian spirit, will definitely not stand idly by. Instead, he will immediately mobilize his army to personally resist the invasion of thieves from another continent, but at the moment when Wang Wu is seriously injured. , Wulian Orcs are filled with righteous indignation, how can they come to help?

"Xu Liewu is definitely not a fool, but it is because he is too shrewd and too willing to plan for himself, so he will take advantage of us. Every smart person has the problem of being too selfish, taking the whole situation into consideration. But it has reduced the bargaining chip in his hand, this kind of thing is meaningless, Xu Liewu will not do it."

Bai Qi once said this on Alcatraz Island. Xu Liewu and Zhou Gongjin are smart people with a hundred plans. If you want to compare them with clever strategies and want to win one step, it will be extremely difficult, but they will never leave the sect. As long as they are still human, there will be some people* ** And emotional fetters, grasp these things, to speculate their thoughts, then it is inseparable.

In spite of this, the subordinates who followed Bai Qi were all admired, because he was able to drive the troops of another continent to attack The Hague at this critical time point, and perfectly defended "so that the Second Army can’t get on anybody alone." The rhetoric of "Eastern Battlefield", such a magical calculation, I really don't know how to do it. Is it possible to get in touch with another continent just by blowing air on the beach every day?

But...The Ice Continent is located on the west side of the Wind Continent, but Young Master Bai Qi looks eastward. No matter how strong his telepathy is, this kind of thing is too incredible, right?

"It’s impossible to dispatch troops by agreement. It might be feasible if there is an arrangement in Chiba’s home, but in the history we know, there has never been such a thing as a military alliance between the four continents. I have never concluded a cross-continental contract."

Bai Qi faintly answered the questions of his subordinates. Sitting in the mechanical wheelchair, his expression was still calm and calm. He simply turned the wheelchair and looked at the far end of the sea and sky. In the rosy sunset, I feel the passing of time and my own life.

In his hand, he was playing with a hard slap-sized card. Some of his subordinates recognized that it was a gift from Li Yu to Lancelot. Reins had received an unimaginable amount of military expenses. Unrestrained and unlimited withdrawal, this gold card has been cancelled the account a few days ago, so it becomes invalid. I don't know why Young Master Bai Qi still reluctantly gives up on this waste paper and plays with it again and again.

"Appropriate intelligence and judgment, sometimes a piece of waste paper is enough to drive a big country..."

Bai Qi’s whisper, the subordinates were all confused. Except for Oda Ka who was next to him, no one understood the meaning of this sentence, and no one knew it, just a few days ago. , The Great Flame Army, which was fighting to the death of the Witch army, suddenly announced the withdrawal of troops. Without the slightest sign beforehand, it abruptly abandoned the defense and withdrew far to the outer line of defense of its own border.

The Wu Nation army, which suddenly relieved its pressure, had no time to pursue it. After a suspicious investigation, it was confirmed that the enemy army was really leaving and was not using a strategy to lure the enemy. Following, the Wu Nation was finally able to catch a breath. The army moved its sights to The Hague, which was completely undefended because of Zhou Gongjin's move. It aggressively invaded and looted supplies before the powerful enemy attacked again.

The source of this series of changes is naturally the weird behavior of the Yanzhi Continental Army. It clearly gained the upper hand in the war, but inexplicably withdrew its troops. What is it for? The truth of this mystery was revealed only a few months later. In order to cope with a bizarre and huge expenditure, the military budget of the Flame Continent was completely emptied, and it was unable to support the existing war. In order to avoid the collapse of the front, the troops had to withdraw hastily.

This incident is absurd, but it did affect the military and political situation between the three continents. The Yanzhi Continent even listed this matter as the top secret. The military decision-making class is ashamed to talk about it. The facts It was only a little bit before the angry generals were about to turn the army and attack the Continent of Wind first.

In short, Bai Qi successfully defended his rhetoric and prevented the Second Army from entering the battlefield in the east, while the Reins Army marched toward the center with a thunderous force. At the same time, there were some commotions extended by Shangri-La. The incident occurred in Liberty City, one of which was in a small town on the western border ─ "Dog Shit Mountain."

"Guo Shi Mountain", another more formal name, is "Snow Mountain". As the name suggests, this is the largest settlement of the Snow Tribe on the Continent of Wind. In terms of geographic relations, this place actually belongs to the territory of Wulian, but the martial orcs are unwilling to admit that there are a large number of Snows in the territory, and prefer to regard this mountain as the territory of a free city. Although the actual distance remains the same, psychologically speaking, "adjacent" is better than "cohabitation".

The villages where the Xuetes gather are simply garbage dumps in the eyes of other races. Of course, no one would take the initiative to contaminate them, but because of the habits of the Xuetes, they often pick up some messy things when they go out to live and eat. When things came back, there were some treasures among them, so occasionally some merchants would visit and endure the uncomfortable feeling of contact with the Snowman and trade.

One thing that is rarely known to outsiders is that in this solitary and secluded mountain, there is actually a magnificent temple. Although the scale is not very large, the decoration is really gorgeous and extraordinary. Not only the floor and beams are covered with gold foil, but the main beams are also decorated with gems and crystals of various colors, such as sapphires, red agates, green emeralds, amethysts, yellow ambers... …The magnificent brilliance of different colors surrounds the glittering pillars like a rainbow, which makes people almost unable to open their eyes.

The building materials and decoration are extremely luxurious and expensive, but the overall building is too tacky, like the residence of a certain upstart local rich man, which makes people involuntarily despise. However, as long as you think that this is a deep mountain and wild ridge, and the Xuetes, who live a life of poverty and poverty, how much effort and time will it take to build this temple, the standard of criticism will be relaxed.

The religious view of the Xuetes belongs to polytheism, even a bit of fetishism. I believe that there are elves in every object. As long as you see something special, you will pick it up and worship, so in this golden temple On the altar, the gods of various religions are in a mess, the statues of Reins, the pictures of the sages in the White Deer Cave, the cross of the Holy Church in Jerusalem, the roots of some thousand-year-old trees, the remains of large stones, and some things even Unable to name it, it seems that it is not so much an altar as a garbage pit.

In the eyes of outsiders, it is incredible that the Xuetes have always been greedy and selfish to build such a magnificent temple. However, the Xuetes who live in this village devoutly enshrine the treasures of gold and silver in the temple, praying for the blessing of the gods.

They are not greedy for money, but compared to treasure, they look forward to something intangible. For example, they can travel freely without being blinded and discriminated against by other races. They live in remote mountainous areas. Reverted to the original name "Ashaburu", not because of its residents, it was called "Shit Mountain" or "Snow Mountain" by the outside world.

Because of this expectation, the expensive objects in the Shrine have never been stolen for thousands of years, and the outside world does not know that there is such a gorgeous building in the mountains, so there has never been a robbery incident. Until today...

A large group of thousands of people attacked the Xuetshan Mountain at a swift speed. Regardless of equipment and scale, they are not comparable to ordinary wandering thieves. The Snowman quickly confirmed that the person who came was the regular army of Eltinus. For some unknown reason, the soldiers of Eltinus invaded the village of Snowman. They killed everybody and set fire to all they could see. House.

Some people tried to avoid the temple, but a dark shadow that fell from the sky flew down to the entrance of the temple first. The jet-black bat wings made the Snowman think of an ominous whisper that had recently spread: there is something extremely The evil, peerless beast, where its bat wings flew, death and destruction also came at the same time.

"Q...Kirth?"

The dwarf Elder Snowman trembled and said the ominous name, and the person who came to answer all this with slaughter.

In order to protect the temple, the Snowmen fought for a short period of time, but because of the disparity in their combat power, the battle had not even had time to become fierce, and it turned into a unilateral **** massacre. In the end, the man who won the victory shook off the pieces of flesh and blood from his hands blankly, stepped on the golden stairs stained with blood, and slowly entered the temple.

"...Where did the golden statue...was placed? Shouldn't these snowmen be hidden? They have to be sent to Shangri-La, not much time is wasted..."

After a short search, he found that Yutaka in a corner of the temple? The golden statue cast by Beethoven himself, just as soon as he stretched out his hand to take it, a young girl's voice came from the door of the temple.

"There is a saying in the old proverb: Don’t grab food from the snowman’s bowl. It means don’t fight with beggars, which is to advise people not to kill them all...you don’t look like a young man. Stupid, how come to emulate this stupidity?"

The end of Volume 5 of "The Story of Grace"