Chapter 426: Avalon Fortress (Part 2)

Avalon is the name of one of the female knights among the 12 Knights of the Round Table under the "King of Knights" thousands of years ago.

Perhaps because he is a woman, the "Knight King" particularly favors women. He is the first recorded monarch on this continent to use female soldiers and allow women to participate in politics.

Among the 12 Knights of the Round Table under his command, 5 are women.

Among these five female knights, the most famous is Avalon.

Avalon is the beloved general of the "Knight King" and a famous warrior.

Generals generally have battles they are good at and battles they are not good at. Some generals are good at infantry field battles, some are good at cavalry attacks, and some are good at making plans.

What Avalon is best at is defending the city.

Avalon is the most adept at defending the city among the 12 Knights of the Round Table.

She once achieved the feat of using only 50,000 people to hold off the onslaught of a million-strong army for half a year.

The fourth emperor of the Britannia Empire was a fervent admirer of the "Knight King".

During the reign of the fourth emperor, the Holy Hiran Empire in the north rose at an alarming rate.

In order to guard against this growing neighbor in the north, the 4th emperor built a fortress between the two countries, in the northern part of the Britannia Empire.

Between the Britannia Empire and the Holy Hiran Empire lies a huge mountain range running east to west.

This huge mountain range running east-west is called the [Eghar Mountains].

The Eghar Mountains are an east-west mountain range with an astonishing average altitude. According to estimates by experienced geographers, the average altitude of the Eghar Mountains is at least 3,000 meters.

It is the tallest and most massive mountain range known to humans today.

The Britannia Empire and the Holy Hiran Empire used this east-west Eghar Mountains to divide their national boundaries.

The huge Eghar Mountains are a natural barrier. Unfortunately, this natural barrier has a fatal flaw.

That is, there is a gap in its "barrier".

There is a point in the middle of the Eghar Mountains where the altitude is so low that people can easily pass through it and cross the Eghar Mountains.

To put it simply, it's like there is a place in a tall city wall where there is no wall.

The people of the Britannia Empire and the Holy Hiran Empire both call this narrow gap in the Eghar Mountains the [Aghar Corridor].

Whether the Britannia people want to go to the Holy Hiran Empire, or the Hiran people go to the Britannia Empire, they have to pass through the Eghar Corridor.

As the only passage between the two countries, the strategic value of the Eghal Corridor is so high that it can be imagined that it is undoubtedly a "must-have" for military strategists.

The Britannia Empire and the Holy Hiran Empire each control half of the Aighal Corridor.

The Britannia Empire controls the southern half of the Aghar Corridor, and the Holy Shiran Empire controls the northern half of the Aghar Corridor.

In order to guard against this extremely aggressive and vicious neighbor to the north, the fourth generation emperor of the Britannian Empire built a new building at the northernmost end of the empire, in the southern half of the Eghar Corridor controlled by the empire. fortress.

After the fortress was built, the 4th generation emperor named the new fortress at the northernmost tip of the empire [Fortress of Avalon], borrowing the name of the Knight of the Round Table who was brave and good at fighting and good at defending the city thousands of years ago. .

The reason why the new fortress is named Avalon Fortress is also for good luck. It is hoped that this new fortress can become an iron wall that cannot be attacked and will never fall.

Because of the important location of Avalon Fortress, citizens of the Britannian Empire also habitually refer to Avalon Fortress as the "Northern Gate of the Empire."

While the Britannia Empire built the Avalon Fortress in the Aghar Corridor, the Holy Hiran Empire also built a fortress in the Aghar Corridor specifically to protect against the Britannia Empire.

This fortress was built by the Holy Hiran Empire in the northern half of the Eghar Corridor.

It's called [Muhawicz Fortress].

The two fortresses looked at each other from the north to the south.

The war between the two countries basically went back and forth between these two fortresses.

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In the early morning of the second day after arriving in the northern capital, Su Cheng hurriedly continued northward, heading to the northernmost tip of the empire and the northern gate of the empire, Avalon Fortress.

Go and meet the entire army of the Knights of Michael who are now at Avalon Fortress.

In order to welcome their new leader, all the soldiers of the Michael Knights made a special cleansing of the Avalon Fortress.

After learning that Su Cheng would arrive at the Avalon Fortress this morning, the four commanders of the Michael Knights led their respective deputy commanders and their respective commander-in-chief, before dawn. He waited at the south gate of Avalon Fortress, quietly waiting for Su Cheng's arrival.

Although they knew that Su Cheng would arrive at Avalon Fortress this morning, no one knew what time he would arrive this morning.

So everyone could only wait in line before dawn, waiting silently for Su Cheng until Su Cheng came.

Everyone waited until the dark sky turned into a fish-belly white, and then they finally waited for Su Cheng.

"Commanders!"

The soldiers standing on guard on the city wall shouted to the four military commanders standing under the city wall:

"I saw a cavalry approaching from the south quickly!"

As soon as the soldier finished speaking, everyone heard the sound of horse hooves coming from far away.

After hearing the soldier's report and the sound of horse hooves, everyone's expressions gradually became solemn.

Including the orange-eyed man who had been impatient and yawning from the beginning.

After hearing the announcement from the soldiers on guard and the sound of horse hooves, the orange-eyed man calmed down some of the impatience and fatigue on his face, and straightened his slightly skewed posture.

Not long after the soldier on guard issued the notice, a heavily armed elite cavalry entered the Avalon Fortress through the open south gate.

After entering the Avalon Fortress, this elite cavalry informed everyone that Su Cheng's chariot was coming.

Then, everyone heard the rumble of carriages and horses approaching one after another.

A carriage team escorted by hundreds of elite cavalry passed through the open south gate of the fortress and entered the Avalon Fortress.

Su Cheng's car - is here!

After the carriage team entered the fortress, the people who had been waiting for Su Cheng before dawn gave a standard military salute to the carriage team with uniform movements.

"Welcome to the leader!!"

They greeted in unison towards the convoy of carriages... no, it should be said towards the most luxurious carriage located in the center of the convoy of carriages.