She Is Not a Witch Chapter 373: The last tenderness

At the end of May, the capital of the northern border fell, Duke Raven died in battle, and there was no leader for a while. At this critical moment, Elon Trey, who had been deprived of his inheritance rights before, stood up again and issued an edict to the surviving lords in the northern border Order, gather at your own location.

Although Elon was disinherited before, the Duke of Raven has not confirmed a new heir, and the younger generation of the Trey family has no one whose prestige can be compared with it, so even if his identity has been It is not as lofty as in the past, but at present, it is the only reliable and convincing choice.

The remnants of the army began to gather, half a month later, a small number of elites carrying Queen Tesslin also landed in the windy mountain castle, and met the son of the raven.

Her Majesty the Queen issued an edict announcing Elon Trey as the new Duke of Raven to confirm the legitimacy of his power, which brought together the northern border that was on the verge of fragmentation.

Although the Dryas organization wanted to interfere and prevent such a thing from happening, they were already exhausted after taking the Black Crow with great difficulty, with a large shortage of supplies and a lot of personnel losses. Sigh for it.

The time has come to June, the weather is slightly warmer, the situation has been suspended, and both sides are preparing for the next decisive battle.

Although the Dryas occupies a lot of land in the northern border, the time is too hasty. In just 1-2 months, it takes extra energy to appease and stabilize the northern territories with a strong will to resist. The length of the logistical supply route also limited the force to continue to attack north.

Nowadays, there is no smooth and fast road, and many things can only be carried by horse-drawn carts, and the speed cannot be increased.

Crownell on the front line, currently the former command center of the Dryas.

In the center of the round table in the room is a small firewood pile surrounded by stones. Charcoal and firewood are burning inside, and sparks emit from time to time, emitting gentle heat, making the room surrounded by stones warm.

Several generals, as well as more than a dozen staff officers and senior military officers sat around here, discussing the current military situation and strategy.

"It's getting colder as you go north."

"Yes, firewood for heating has become an important military material." A general sighed.

"Many of our soldiers come from the south and are not used to this climate. Those stationed in the barracks are fine, but it is difficult for the soldiers who go out to investigate."

Although low-level superhumans have a certain ability to resist the cold, it is not unlimited. Such behavior will also consume a lot of mana and attention, which cannot be balanced with the task.

"Yes, so at present, most of them rely on the assistance of elf allies to obtain the distribution of the opposite army."

Compared to humans, there are many more high-level transcendents among elves, and many elves are also good at shuttling through the forests in the cold zone, and they are lighter and faster.

After the generals lamented the increasingly difficult situation recently, they began to formally discuss how to defeat the last force in the northern border.

"I thought defeating Duke Raven would be the end of the game, but I didn't want the enemy to stay behind, which made our strategic goal fall short."

"Unfortunate, such a situation."

"Things are always so difficult, every step needs to go forward with all your strength."

These generals were not like the nobles in the past. They were born to sit in high positions. Almost all of them came from civilians. Horrible and brutal.

If it is not possible, no one wants to experience this kind of thing again, this is not a game, the number of people is just a number, behind it can represent a family, there are countless laughter and tears, expectations and sighs.

"I learned from the captured soldiers that the Duke of Raven never thought of escaping in the end. With his old-fashioned and traditional style, escaping is an extremely shameful thing."

"But in the end, how did it happen?" Some people asked.

"Then we have to mention our old opponent, the same young general."

"Isaiah, it really is an idea he can come up with. This person will not be restricted by traditional concepts and face. He is an alternative among nobles."

"There are very few people he cares about. In other words, he was originally from a small nobleman, and he doesn't have much feeling for the so-called fame and honor. For him, he only needs to protect the people close to him."

"So, it will be a difficult opponent." Another person added.

"For Isaiah, does Mr. Rock have any good suggestions?"

The words turned to a corner of the room, a man covered his face with a hat, leaned on a wooden chair and closed his eyes to meditate.

"He and I were friends when we were young, and we each fought each other in the camps of the Eastern and Western Empires before, and we knew a lot. This does not mean that we can fully grasp each other's ideas. Ideas, so that everyone will not easily fall into his traps and traps." He took off his hat with his hands and sat up.

After a modest self-introduction, Rock slowly told about Isaiah's previous deeds, as well as the characteristics and tendencies of the command in the war, which also allowed the generals present to find their way of thinking slowly.

Different from those generals in the empire who came from prestigious schools, most of the generals in Dryas are young, only in their 30s. The high-achieving students of the Bridge Pier College of Never Falling, their military strategy knowledge is continuously summed up by the organization in actual combat, and slowly explored and practiced from the teaching of knowledge.

Although they are not as good as those geniuses, their excellent organization and disciplined army also allow them to win without being too clever in military strategy. In addition, if an organization's army can only rely on the commander's excellent intelligence to win, then this has reached a very dangerous state, and it is a last resort and something that should be avoided as much as possible.

After a short month of peace, the two sides fought again at the end of July. The warmest season in the northern border has also become the most difficult season for the northern lords.

In the early days, the Dryas's army had the upper hand and gradually approached the territory where Her Majesty the Queen was. The resistance also made many righteous soldiers hesitate and their morale was low.

The heavily damaged former army had to stop again, and the rear base camp of the Dryas also sent an order to temporarily stop the attack.

"Why!?"

Although it has been expressed that it will respect the orders of the rear headquarters, some officers on the front line are still full of anger and confusion.

"Enough is enough. If we continue like this, we will deviate from our original intention." The messenger replied.

Different from the front-line officers who have been trapped and wrapped up in various emotions, the rear of the organization has been looking at the issue of fighting the northern border cautiously and calmly.

"What we want is a united country and a future of common happiness. If the war is allowed to continue in such a brutal and aggressive way, then such an idea will be broken."

The intensity of the Northern War has exceeded the originally preset threshold. This has forced the Dryas organization to pause and start to conceive new methods to solve the problem in a gentle and more effective way.

It may be a matter of a few months to rely on force to unify, but the sequelae and historical problems brought about by the war will not be quelled even if it takes a hundred years. This is why the Dryas organization is so cautious. Now, the reason why they set up such an organization is to avoid the same tragedy from happening.

"Our enemies have never been the residents and the general public in the north, or those are the ones I need to fight for, our future brothers and comrades-in-arms, but the real enemies are actually only a handful, that is, The original nobles in the northern border, those who hold power, but are extremely rigid and conservative."

After explaining the reason for this order, although the officers gradually understood, they were worried about the future policy.

If you don't rely on war, do you still count on verbal wars to make the other party give up?

"It's not a war of words. Even I know that such a thing is unrealistic. It's just that what we need is something that can change the situation of the battle and reduce casualties at the same time."

"So, what are you referring to?"

"Wait for a while, you will understand in a few months."

Uncharacteristically, the army organized by the Dryass no longer insisted on attacking, and started a new round of defense construction to appease the people.

A lot of seeds and fertilizers were shipped from the south, and many elves who were good at planting were also mobilized to the north to help the local residents who were already short of food to start farming, and strive to obtain enough food in the second half of the year to supplement those who were taken by the nobles. Expropriation, and few granaries left.

The northern border was originally barren, and within a few years after the cold disaster, the food was still in a state of frequent shortage and needed to be purchased and transported. On the eve of this war, the nobles expropriated a large amount of food, which caused many local residents to Already half-starved.

It's just that such a situation is often covered up by cruel and direct wars, and no one cares and pays attention to it. It was not until the time passed, and in the second half of the year, that the famine situation gradually spread, and many residents began to worry and panic. .

This assistance from Dryas tree can be said to hit people's hearts directly, and it has softened the local residents who were fiercely resisting, and it has also greatly relieved the overworked members of the organization responsible for comforting them.

Slowly, when the troops stationed in various places helped the local residents cultivate, some ideas and concepts finally began to spread to the gradually loosening local residents.

For people who work with you, reclaim the land, help you build reservoirs, roads, houses, sit by the campfire, eat together, and talk about the world, it is difficult for you to be as hostile as in the past.

Slowly, with this kind of simple behavior, the members of the Dryas organization were gradually accepted by the local people, and they began to communicate with each other. Talking about things in their respective hometowns, about the future, about children, about future life and so on.

When people have good expectations and imaginations for the future, then everything will be peaceful and stable.

During the chats and exchanges among the members of the Dryas, these residents gradually learned what the current life in the southern border is like, the civilization of the new world, the incompleteness and inadequacy of the past system, the fact that the empire will eventually be eliminated, and so on.

If one person's words may be lying, but hundreds of people, thousands of people, are they all lying, and are they all speaking so truthfully, logically and vividly?

Some things cannot be stopped once they start. Once the mind wakes up, it will be difficult to return to the previous chaotic state.

Gradually, the tension between the local residents and the local garrison ceased, and they became wary of each other, and various construction projects of the Dryas were gradually carried out.

At first, it was a work-for-work relief, allowing everyone to participate in the construction of roads, and then distributed food and food, and then organized and established a local branch of Dryas, slowly absorbing local people to join.

Finally, the northern border was slowly assimilated and joined the organization, becoming a member of it.

The time in the second half of the year slowly passed by. By November, the roads between the front line of the northern border and the central part of the empire had basically been cleared and leveled, and the traffic became much faster. Tiny black shadows flew across the winter stratus in the sky.

Cedar Collar, Three Post Mountains.

Snowflakes like goose feathers are continuously falling from the sky, filling the sky and the earth, and the white flakes of the snow are everywhere, dancing in the blowing north wind.

The forests and rocks on the land are covered with thick snow, forming a huge contrast with the dark leaves below and the ground, like a pure white world dotted with countless black spots.

Amidst the howling cold wind, iron-gray shadows flew high in the sky, the fortress and city walls below were so small, covered with thick snow and blended into the surrounding environment.

Deflect the wing, look through the frost-covered glass, pass through the snowy world, and finally freeze on the castle on the mountainside in the distance.

The gray figures began to descend and dive.

Snow flakes were pulverized on the wings of the high-speed flying across the sky, stained and turned into hoarfrost and ice on the wings, and as these wings pushed down, the roar of the propeller rotation began to grow louder , reverberating among the mountains.

Adjust the direction, turn the fuselage in an arc, avoid the tall mountain peak on the right, and pass through the huge canyon in front, and dense buildings can be seen below. This is a northern city, many of which are still smoking .

But these flying shadows did not stop, but continued to move forward until they gradually reached the destination in the field of vision.

The cover under the engine room was pulled open for this, and the heavy and black projectile fell with it, looking from a distance like a thin black line.

The rising explosion flame cloud broke the silence of this winter day, and the huge explosion sound accompanied by the fire light came after a few seconds, accompanied by the huge shock wave, such an explosion went up along the foot of the mountain , The strong fortress and castle were directly flooded with flames.

The blazing fire shook the cold, near-stationary world.

In the cold winter, there is a suffocating heat wave spreading, the snow on the surrounding mountain peaks is rolling down, and the sound of snow melting water can be heard everywhere.

When the first batch of iron gray shadows flew over, the forts and towers that originally stood on the mountainside had all collapsed, and there were traces of burning flames everywhere, forming a sharp contrast with the snow-white land.

But this is not the end, more and more grand clusters are approaching.

Those gray steel bodies ~IndoMTL.com~ passed through the insurmountable peaks and frozen soil in winter, and came to this distant mountain range, the sound of the propellers on their wings converging together, Such a shock, covering the sky.

Looking at the sky, the local residents saw scenes that countless people will never forget.

The wings made of steel covered the sky and the sun, and roared endlessly, bringing a trembling whistling sound, and countless black figures fell down.

After descending a long distance in the sky, these figures spread out again in the air, forming white circular cones one after another.

The soldiers of the Dryas landed in a surprise attack on the core of the northern border. Once they landed, they quickly gathered and advanced, breaking through the incomplete defense lines one by one, knocking down the guards stationed there, and gradually cooling down towards the flames. advance through the ruins.

Their goal is to end this war with the least casualties.

With the most violent explosion and attack, give the world the last tenderness.

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