Chapter 474 [0469] The Battle Begins!

After just a few words with his brother, Ino's identity certificate had passed the verification - another team of shield guards came out and escorted Ino and the Archon into the Mithril City, which was on full alert.

After arranging the ruler in a temporary camp, the shield guard took Ino through several inspection posts and entered the military camp that was fully in combat mode. Finally, he met Heng, the commander of the Northern Second Army. General Charles.

General Henchal is a serious uncle who is nearly fifty years old. He has been responsible for the defense of the northern border in Mithril City for more than ten years. He can be regarded as an experienced "iron wall of the northern border".

It seems that because of the tense situation, although he is in the city and there is no war yet, Henchal is still wearing full body armor and seems to be fully ready for battle - and since him, what Ino saw along the way All soldiers, whether they are militiamen or regular troops of the Second Northern Army, are also fully armed and ready for battle at any time.

"Miss Ino, right?" Henchal didn't say much greetings when he saw Ino, "You came from Forsbarrow on the order of Count Laxana?"

"That's right." Ino nodded, "Come to Misilver City specifically to transport the food needed for the winter."

"I have no control over the affairs between your lords." The serious Henchal shook his head, "But I must explain that Mithril City does not have the manpower to help you with transportation."

"I have brought reliable people here." Ino was clearly prepared for this, "I promise not to affect any action plans in Mithril City."

"That's good." It seemed that because Ino expressed his position clearly and quickly, the general finally nodded slightly, "Now the barbarians in the north are ready to make a move, and the situation in Misilver City is tense. I hope you can understand."

"That's natural."

"In addition, regarding the military situation in the north, I have sent a special envoy to Forsbarrow to directly contact the Third Army." Henchal continued, "But since you are here, I will simply say a few words to you. , I hope you can report to Count Laxana truthfully."

"no problem."

"The barbarians in the Freljord are particularly crazy this year." Henchal didn't compare the map or take out any documents. He just spoke as if he was familiar with the road. "They gathered a large number of people and attacked our dragon and bird knights—— Dragon Bird Knight, you know?"

"Know."

"In the past, the Freljordians would not take action against the Dragon Bird Knight. I think this may be a signal." Henchal continued, "Although Mithril City often faces the Freljord Barbarian attacks, but in my impression, this place has never faced a large-scale invasion - although the barbarians are violent, they lack the tools and equipment needed to attack the city. Under normal circumstances, only militia is enough to attack the city. The city caused huge casualties to them."

Ino nodded, indicating that he understood.

When she was a child, Mithril City had suffered several attacks, but as General Henchal said, the Freljordians had never been able to do anything against the northern fortress.

"But this time, judging from the fact that they attacked the Dragon Bird Knight, it seems that the barbarians in the north have also mastered many means of siege." Henchal frowned and said, "They can shoot down those who fly in the air for reconnaissance. Dragon Bird Knight, the Freljordians' projectile weapons have obviously improved, so we must not look at them with the same eyes as before!"

Ino nodded again.

"You must inform Count Laxana when you go back." Henchal warned earnestly, "Don't be stingy with manpower and materials. The barbarians of the Freljord are a group of terrible destructive maniacs. We can't even treat Noxar as such." Looking at them from the eyes of the people, one cannot be too careful with such a group of guys who are no different from wild beasts!"

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After some instructions, Ino finally passed the "review" of General Henchal, met the person in charge of material management of the Crown Guard family, and successfully received the food supplies that had been agreed upon.

Although the manpower in Mithril City is tight, these supplies have been loaded into the carts and hitched to the horses early.

It seemed that because the atmosphere in Misilver City was getting increasingly tense, the northern war horses that were pulled as draft horses were somewhat agitated. Ino and others spent a lot of effort to calm down these agitated northern war horses.

"In this car are the grass harvested and stored in the summer." The wrangler who is usually responsible for training these war horses reminded, "I have added salt, soybeans and oats in advance according to their taste. Now that it is cold outside, the war horses need To avoid losing weight, feed the horse four times a day, preferably at six o'clock in the morning, at noon, and at midnight."

"Understood." Ino had also served Scarash and was familiar with taking care of large animals. "No problem."

"The Northern War Horses have good endurance and are fast, but they also need to be carefully raised." Seeing these tall Northern War Horses being used as draft horses and being hitched in front of the cart, the herdsman couldn't help but exhorted, "They can Eat snow directly, but it must be clean snow. You must not let them eat snow that has been stepped on on the road just for convenience..."

"Don't worry!" Ino smiled after hearing this, "I guarantee that the ice and snow they eat will be absolutely clean!"

In the evening of that day, after several warnings and a lot of work, Ino finally led the royal guards and drove the cart pulled by the northern war horses to leave Mithril City from the south gate.

As the dusk deepened, after leaving the Silver City, Ino and the Archons rode their horses, quickly left the road, and went directly to the frozen canal, stepping on the thick and solid ice cover, heading southwest.

After the Dragon Bird Knight was seriously injured and the Dragon Bird died, when Ino led the Archons to transport food along the waterway back to Fosbyro, the entire northern border of Demacia entered a state of full alert.

The three main northern corps, the First Northern Legion stationed in Urwendale, the Second Northern Legion stationed in Silver City, and the Third Northern Legion stationed in Fosbyro, all entered the first level of combat readiness. The soldiers canceled all rotation vacations and were ready to start fighting at any time.

At the same time, the militia organizations in the north also became active. Militia organizations of different sizes in different places gathered in towns and fortresses of all sizes in the north according to the combat readiness plan.

Throughout the entire northern border, all strongholds without walls over 12 feet high were abandoned, and the residents were relocated to the nearest stronghold with walls over 12 feet high, with strong defenses and cleared fields.

The expedited envoy has already ridden a dragon bird to the capital. If nothing unexpected happens, the main field army of Demacia, including the Fearless Vanguard, will also be mobilized and ready to set out at any time to support the northern border defense line.

This is not because the Demacians are nervous, but because they have never seen such an astonishing gathering of the Freljordians, and it is on the Sangigra Plain!

If these Freljord barbarians go south, I am afraid that the entire defense line of Demacia in the north will face a serious impact!

Considering that the Freljordians always bully the weak and fear the strong, and they will never stop taking advantage of them, so when they make up their minds, they must fight back fiercely, only in this way can they dare not go south!

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Sejuani was completely unaware of the nervousness of the Demacians.

She even thought that the warriors under her command had hit "a polar snow sculpture domesticated by the Avarosans" that day!

Although Sejuani was somewhat dissatisfied with not being able to shoot it down directly, the good news is that since then, no strange birds have appeared in the sky above the Sangigra Plains - many guys with ideas stare at the sky every day, hoping to find an uninvited guest, and then perform a bow and shoot to win Sejuani's favor.

In this way, when the northern defense line of Demacia was mobilized, the warriors of the Winter Claw also completed the assembly.

In the cruel winter, those who can travel through mountains and rivers to accept the mobilization are all strong warriors. Although when the assembly time is over, there are only less than 20,000 people under the banner of the Winter Claw, but these more than 10,000 people are all good fighters.

Sejuani believes that with these warriors, she can completely push Avarosa!

No pre-war mobilization or verbal encouragement was needed. When the assembly time ended and the low horn sounded, Sejuani only needed to ride on Steelbristle and lightly grab the flag fluttering in the wind from the frozen ground.

Sejuani held the fluttering flag tightly in her hand, and the thick flagpole did not move. Under the gaze of all the warriors, she raised the flag high and pointed it to the west.

A stream of hot air blew out of Steelbristle's nose. The extremely large Juvask boar raised its head proudly and took steps in the direction pointed by Sejuani's flag.

Behind Sejuani, countless warriors of the Winter Claw either walked or urged their mounts, like migrating salmon, forming a silent river, rolling all the way west on the Sangigra Plain.

This was destined to be a journey of destruction, looting and killing.

The warriors of the Winter Claw don't have much supplies, so they will destroy all the tribes they see and rob all their food supplies.

They will kill all the old and weak in these tribes, and then absorb the young and strong and children into the Winter Claw tribe, making them a member of the Winter Claw.

This huge team is like a greedy snake, devouring all the tribes in front of it while expanding the size of the team, starting from the Sangigra Plain, rolling all the way to the core area of ​​the Avarosa tribe.

This time, Sejuani will use iron and blood to tell her former best friend that in this harsh land of Freljord, power and strength are the only truth!

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Ashe has been in a bad mood recently.

This year, the winter in Freljord came a little early, and a batch of cassava planted by the Avarosa tribe failed to survive.

Although cassava vines are edible and can be used to fill the stomach, mothers who eat too much cassava vines will have no milk, and weaned children will find it difficult to digest cassava vines. It is foreseeable that this winter in Avarosa will not be easy.

If the stomach is not full, the mouth will not be closed. Although the Avarosa people still trust and support their war mother Ashe, there are more and more voices of dissatisfaction in the tribe.

Even many more radical young people have put forward requirements, hoping to form a special looting team like the Winter Claw to sweep the surrounding shortages and rob them of the winter supplies they have hoarded.

In this regard, Ashe naturally refused.

She left the Winter Claw and rebuilt Avarosa because she could not accept Sejuani's values ​​and was unwilling to feed her people by killing the old and weak and looting others.

Although life may be a little harder this winter and the children may be malnourished, at least they will not starve to death!

Instead of looting and killing people in winter, it is better to spend more time weaving nets, and try fishing at sea after the ice and snow melt next spring. The "spies" that Ashe sent to Demacia before have now returned. They have learned the special skills of Demacians in making nets. Maybe they can catch more fish next spring.

In this case, Ashe can only reject any form of looting suggestions while personally comforting the tribesmen.

Winter is coming, is spring far away?

Cassava planting has proven to be feasible. This year we are unlucky. The Breath of Anivia came too early. Next year, we can eat roasted cassava in winter and eat as much as we want!

Moreover, starting next year, the size of the Yukal group of the Avarosa tribe will soon reach more than a thousand. In autumn, they will be grazed on a large scale to make them fat in autumn, and they can even be killed for meat in winter!

By then, the children will not only have Yukal milk to drink, but also meat to eat. The children who have chewed the bones will definitely grow into the best boys!

Others would only regard these words as empty promises, but when Ashe, who held the Avarosa Ice Bow and worked hard to raise a large new Avarosa tribe, said this, everyone was willing to believe it.

In the past ten years, although every winter was always difficult, and most of the children survived their naming day in only two winters, it is undeniable that the life of the Avarosa tribe is getting better little by little.

Cassava is not delicious, and there is always a lingering earthy smell, but it can fill the stomach and allow the old and weak who had to be abandoned before to survive the harsh winter.

Although Yukal's milk is fishy and smelly, and burping after drinking it will make people feel miserable, thanks to it, the survival rate of infants and young children in the Avarosa tribe has increased significantly in recent years.

On the ice field of Freljord, it is a very difficult thing to survive, and what Ashe can do is to make this difficulty less difficult.

Although many people think that the Avarosa tribe lacks the "glory of Freljord", and their planting and animal husbandry are "learning from weak warm-blooded people" in violation of their ancestors and traditions, no one can deny that it is through this means that the Avarosa tribe has gained a firm foothold in Freljord.

Now, another winter has arrived, and just as Ashe was thinking about next year's plan, the bad news finally came.

The Claw of Winter launched a surprise attack.

For some reason, the polar snow sculptures failed to give warnings as before, so that five days ago, the Neuskara Pass leading to the Freljord Plains in the West Freljord subcontinent fell to the enemy.

Braka, an ice warrior stationed at Neuskara Pass, was killed by Sejuani in a one-on-one battle.

Kalya's Little Classroom·Yukar:

A large livestock in Freljord, it looks somewhat similar to a camel, with thick long hair on its body, edible meat and milk, but with a strong body odor.

PS. 17k/200k were updated this month. When I woke up in the morning, I saw the game where RNG lost to DFM. I was stunned.