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GOR Chapter 589 "Reignite the Flames of War! The Behemoth Enters the Stage! "
All over the continent, regardless of the size of the nobles or the officials, almost all of them had their eyes focused on the imperial capital at the beginning of the 966th year of the Empire. They wanted to see the secret battle between the most popular Duke of the Tulip Family and His Highness the Regent.
The Tulip Family's private army had blocked the imperial army from entering their territory. After that, both sides had a war of words. Then, the Prince Regent issued a private military order to summon the nobles and the Prairie King sent an envoy to the Imperial Capital.
As long as one wasn't a fool, one would be able to figure out what was going on.
Although the Imperial Capital was still peaceful on the surface, the whirlpool under the surface was gradually becoming more and more frightening.
In contrast, the war zone in the North was the focus of less attention.
This wasn't because the Empire didn't pay attention to the war in the North.
However, the Roland Empire has been established for thousands of years. Up until the current Augustine Dynasty, whether it was the former Emperor Augustine VI or the succeeding Prince Regent, the Augustine Dynasty, the current Augustine Dynasty, the former Emperor Augustine VI, has always been ambitious. Even with the Northwest Warlords, the Prairie Invaders' harassment at the border was only a small problem. It could only be considered a local war.
The Empire was a behemoth that sat on the entire continent. It had a population of tens of millions, a vast territory, and millions of soldiers.
At this time, even the most pessimistic person didn't believe that the Empire would fall just like that.
As for the invasion of the monsters in the North, in the eyes of most people, it was just a local war. The Empire sat on the entire continent. Whether it was in terms of population, resources, or the number of soldiers, it was enough to give people confidence.
Even when the situation at the frontline was more severe, in the hearts of many people, the invading monster races were only equivalent to another grassland war. No one would really think of this "local war" as a big problem.
Therefore, in the center of the Imperial Capital, the power struggle between the Emperor and the Prince attracted more attention.
However, after the King of the Steppe, Saladin, sent a messenger to the imperial capital to hand over the arrogant letter of credence, the imperial palace was silent for a few days before finally compromising with the Tulip Family.
An order was issued, stating that the prairie people were arrogant and had offended the dignity of the Roland Empire. The Tulip Family, which was responsible for guarding the border, was ordered to reorganize their army and teach the prairie people a lesson.
The subtext of this order was that the Regent had given up the intention of transferring the Tulip Family's private army away from the Northwest.
In this round of chess, it seemed that the young Duke had won yet again.
Afterward, both sides were at peace. It was said that the little Emperor of the Empire, Charles, was entrusted by the Regent to pay a visit to the Duke of the Tulip Family. As for whether the two sides reached any private agreement regarding this visit, outsiders did not know.
However, this matter seemed to have dissipated, and the tense atmosphere that shrouded the imperial capital gradually cleared up.
At this point, many of the big and small aristocratic families who had been watching from the sidelines heaved a sigh of relief.
After all, in this silent struggle, most of these big and small aristocratic families were on the side of the Tulip Family. After all, the imperial family had suddenly raised a knife against the Tulip Family. Only God knew if this was to reduce the power of the Tulip Family, or if the imperial family was preparing to use a knife against the entire aristocratic class.
This kind of thing was often very easy to cause the fox to grieve for the rabbit's death.
Moreover, the Regent's order of "conscripting the private army of the aristocratic lords to participate in the war", although the words were relatively soft, the meaning behind it still gave rise to a trace of resistance in the hearts of many aristocratic families.
Fortunately, the Duke of the Tulip Family resisted this order. Otherwise, if the Duke of the Tulip Family had given in and obediently handed over the family's private army, then wouldn't the other aristocratic families have to follow suit?
These private armies were all armed with their own money. They were all private property, and no one was willing to send them to the frontline to die.
In this world, there were many people who benefited from public interests, but there were very few who had the noble idea of sacrificing their family for the country.
The storm in the Imperial Capital seemed to have dispersed. Although everyone knew that this matter would be difficult to resolve sooner or later, on the whole, many people were still relieved.
At this time, in the warm spring, the war in the North finally kicked off with a bang!
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Year 966 of the Empire, 9th of March.
Sunny, windless, cloudless.
Early in the morning, the observation soldiers on the city wall reported that the monster race seemed to be acting strangely.
After hearing the report, General Rostock didn't dare to slack off. He immediately personally led many of his subordinates to the city wall to observe.
General Rostock was very clear that the monster race had been all talk and no action throughout the winter. They had been slow to attack, but he wouldn't slack off because of this. At the beginning of the war last year, General Rostock had deeply experienced the strength of the monster race after a few fierce battles with them.
The other party hadn't launched an attack throughout the winter. He was afraid that they were waiting for the spring to bloom and the soldiers to finish their preparations before launching a thunderous attack.
Moreover, for a long period of time, the Empire was almost unable to spy on the other party's military situation.
Of course, it was useless to send cavalry scouts out of the city to scout because even when the Orcs weren't attacking, there were large groups of Wolf Riders roaming the occupied areas. The human cavalry scouts went out twice and suffered great losses, but the benefits were almost negligible.
As for aerial reconnaissance, it was gradually suppressed by the Sinners.
Ever since the arrival of the Elves, the Elves who had the ability to fly had firmly grasped the initiative in the sky. General Andre of the Air Force had also sent out a few reconnaissance airships, but without exception, they were all chased back by the Elves. Both sides had also had a few small skirmishes in the air.
Judging from the results of the battle, the enemy Elves were in the air. Flying Archers had a lot of advantages against the relatively heavy and slow airships. Not to mention, the airships' combat power was mainly in the air. When they encountered an enemy in the air, they would lose almost 90% of their combat power.
It could be said that in the battle for "air supremacy," the Sinners seemed to have the upper hand.
The only valuable information was brought back by Longbottom when he led the motley crew of mercenaries to the enemy's rear for "airborne harassment operations." Only then did the head of the northern war zone know that the Sinners had been resting for the entire winter. They were cultivating, farming, and building towns and settlements. It seemed that these guys were planning to take root here!
After hearing this news, General Rostock was also deeply worried. It seemed that the enemies in front of him were much more difficult to deal with than the Prairie people. In the past, the Prairie people only relied on the advantage of the Prairie cavalry to harass the Empire for a while and leave after plundering.
However, these monsters seemed to want to settle down here!
Although the Empire had done a thorough job of scorched earth clearing before the war, but … after all, the food, livestock, equipment, and weapons could be brought back. Those that couldn't be brought back could be burned on the spot.
But the land couldn't be brought back!
The land occupied by the Sinners was from the south of Frozen Forest to the north of Kabasky Defense Line. Although it was a relatively long and narrow area, the land area was about half the size of a province of the Empire. There was no way to stop the Sinners from planting and building houses here.
As for the barren land in the north, how could the Sinners grow enough food … General Rostock couldn't understand this point. But now, he had to worry!
Originally, the higher-ups didn't have any objections to giving away these useless barren lands. After all, the weather in the north was very cold. Every year in October, when the wind blew in the north, it would be a world of ice and snow. This kind of cold and frosty weather would last until April or May of the next year.
In the past, this land was definitely not suitable for farming. What a joke! In a year, more than half of the twelve months would be freezing. How could this land be farmed?
Therefore, giving away these useless lands and building the Kabasky Defense Line in a place with geographical advantage wasn't a strategic mistake.
But this year … the strange weather was too abnormal! Not only did it not snow in the north, but it was also warmer than the south! Moreover, there was plenty of rain!
With this kind of weather, the Orcs could easily turn the barren lands into farmlands and accumulate their food bit by bit.
After a few months, it should be time for the first batch of crops to be harvested.
Every time they thought of this, even the most devout believers couldn't help but mutter in their hearts, "Is God protecting these damn monsters? Otherwise, why is the weather in the north so favorable to them? "
Therefore, on the 9th of March, when his subordinates reported that the enemy was moving, General Rostock didn't dare to be careless. He immediately led his men up the city wall.
Sure enough, as soon as he climbed up the city wall, he took the binoculars from his subordinate and looked towards the north. The enemy camp, which had been quiet for the whole winter, was indeed bustling with noise.
In the originally quiet enemy camp, the Orcs with long fur all over their bodies came out of nowhere. They put on their metal armor again and held their weapons. Some were lining up, some were sharpening their swords, and some were shouting … The scene was in full swing.
What Rostock didn't know was that after the Elf King Luo Xue came to the frontline and learned about the predicament of the Orc army in the previous "air raid" by the humans, he immediately gave an order to mobilize a large number of dwarf craftsmen into the army. After that, the Orc camp was different from before.
During this winter, the dwarves used their innate ability to dig caves that were similar to cellars in the army camp. The dwarves' skills were indeed extraordinary. Those caves were very sturdy and hidden underground. They didn't seem stuffy at all and were enough to defend against the humans' air raids.
Sure enough, there was no race that could beat the Dwarf Race when it came to digging holes.
Above the caves, wooden planks covered with thick grass and soil were lifted up. Small groups of Orcs walked out of the cellars, picked up their weapons and put on their armor. After a whole winter's rest, these Orcs were full of energy. Moreover, with the natural racial characteristics of the Orcs, after winter, many Orcs began to shed their long fur normally and looked even more sturdy and strong.
After the bugle horns were blown, the orc armored phalanxes that had once made the human soldiers' scalps numb came out of the camp's wide open gates.
Muffled loud noises came from afar. Then, many black dots could be seen slowly approaching from the huge Orc camp. The Orc warriors in the camp immediately retreated like the tide and made way for those black shadows.
As they got closer and closer, the Imperial generals could see the black shadows clearly through the binoculars and couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air!
Monsters! Real monsters!!
They were all gigantic monsters!
From the looks of it, those monsters were taller than the trees next to them. Some of them were even over ten meters tall!
Those monsters were covered in long brown fur, but under the sunlight, it looked like a faint golden color! The monsters stood up like humans. Their lower limbs were short and thick, while their upper limbs were thick and long. They also had a long tail behind them that was like an iron chain. They were as huge as oak trees! Their heads were huge and slightly flat. They opened their mouths and roared at the sky. Their roars were like the howls of ten thousand beasts. Even from a few kilometers away, people who heard them changed color!
They walked over one by one, leaving behind countless deep footprints on the ground!
Those monsters all had huge iron rings around their necks. Under the iron rings, thick black iron chains were dragging down, but hanging from them was a hexagonal iron hammer! Those huge iron hammers were as big as cows!
But they were carried by these monsters without any difficulty!
General Rostock counted carefully and found that there were more than 20 of these monsters! When the nearby Beastmen saw these monsters from afar, they all looked up to the sky and let out long roars as they cheered.
There were even some beastmen who retreated and bowed to the monsters.
Those twenty monsters finally arrived at the Crime's camp and lined up in a row. Their thick nostrils were breathing heavily and puffing out white smoke. Their huge eyes stared at the human city wall in front of them and they let out low growls from time to time.
Looking at the row of monsters whose heads were almost as tall as the city wall, the human defenders on the city wall couldn't help but subconsciously tighten their grip on the weapons in their hands. Many of them revealed an unnatural look of panic in their eyes.
General Rostock's face was also ugly. Behind him, some generals couldn't help but curse in surprise. "Who can tell me what the f * ck are these things!"
"Go!" General Rostock looked back at his subordinates and said in a deep voice, "Go, ask all the mages to come up the city wall and help! Also, inform the Holy Order! "
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The battle started at noon.
Throughout the morning, the human defenders were alarmed by the roars of the monsters from time to time. As for the Beastmen, they were lined up in a phalanx formation, followed by rows of catapults.
At noon, a few orcs dressed in strange animal skins appeared. They looked extremely old, and some were so thin that they were almost skeletons. Their robes were colorful as though they were pieced together with the skins of different wild beasts. Their wrists, ankles, and necklaces or bracelets made of strange animal bones were wrapped around their necks. When these old orcs walked out, the warriors in the square formation behind them all knelt down. They even threw the shields and weapons in their hands to the ground and prostrated themselves respectfully.
The old beastmen danced for a while, and the bone ornaments they wore on their bodies rattled. Then, they started chanting strange incantations. Sometimes, they became low and sometimes high-pitched, as if they were singing a strange song. The old beastmen tried their best to dance and sing for a while before they were exhausted.
And at this time …
Under the noon sun, those old orcs weren't ordinary dancing gods. They were special existences with noble statuses in the Beastman Race. Even the Patriarch of the tribe or the King of the tribe had to show respect to them! These old orcs were the symbols of authority in the Beastman Race. There were two reasons for their existence: First, they represented the Beastman Race in offering sacrifices to the gods. Second … They were specialized in domesticating the most powerful war weapons of the Beastman Race.
Behemoth Beasts!
After these old orcs performed an ancient ritual, they stopped dancing. A few of them took off the bone ornaments on their necks or wrists and held them in their hands. But after a series of strange incantations, they turned into fine bone powder!
As the wind blew, the bone powder scattered and immediately dissolved in the air. Under the sunlight, the humans on the city wall could clearly see this magical scene …
The color of the bone powder in the air suddenly expanded. Under the sunlight, it turned into a faint golden arc of light and immediately spread out, quickly enveloping all the Beastman phalanxes behind it!
As for those Beastman warriors, they were bathed in that arc of light and immediately became restless. Then, one by one, the Beastmen stood up and started roaring loudly. Their roars were filled with fury and fury. Some even grabbed their weapons and raised them towards the sky, vigorously beating their chests …
Gradually, all the Beastmen started shouting wildly! Their bodies seemed to be covered in a layer of light, and within the light, the bodies of those Beastmen seemed to faintly swell up. Their hair stood on end and their eyes were bloodshot!
That sudden berserk aura could even be clearly felt by the humans on the city wall!
The twenty Behemoths standing there were also bathed in the arcs of light that filled the sky. Then, one by one, the behemoths seemed to be enraged. Originally, they were just growling in a low voice, but now, one by one, they raised their huge heads, as if they had broken free from some invisible shackles, and roared towards the sky!
The roars of the 20 Behemoths sounded like countless beasts roaring in one's ears, and also like a series of thunderclaps striking one's heart!
Then, those Behemoths roared together, and a huge vortex suddenly appeared in the air in front of them. That vortex grew bigger and bigger, faintly showing signs of approaching the city wall …
Finally, "Boom!"
With a loud bang, the vortex exploded like a bomb, and a shockwave visible to the naked eye swept towards the city wall. In an instant, a strong wind blew, and the shockwave hit the city wall. There seemed to be a faint fluctuation of some kind of power that could frighten one's mind!
On the city wall, many officers saw that the situation was not good. They opened their mouths to shout and warn everyone to be careful, but their voices were immediately cut off by the wind!
With a loud bang, the shockwave instantly covered the entire city wall. Countless soldiers on the city wall seemed to subconsciously lower their heads to resist the wind, but at the last moment, they realized something strange!
It turned out that when the shockwave swept over, it did not seem to have the force of the wind that they imagined. Everyone stood there, but it seemed as if the wind had no force at all. Although it seemed fierce, it did not make them feel anything at all!
At this moment, the mages of the empire who were invited by Rostock finally arrived at the foot of the city wall. However, they were met with the aftermath of the gale.
The human soldiers on the city wall looked at each other in bewilderment, but some of the mages below were shocked and immediately exclaimed, "What the hell is this?!"
"Psionic Storm! It's Psionic Storm!! "
"Buzz!!"
As soon as the magician called out, the roar of the Behemoth could be heard from afar.
But this time, the human soldiers who heard the roar immediately felt something different!!
When the roar of the giant beast entered their ears, it seemed to be ten times more violent than before. It was as if after hearing that roar, an inexplicable fear surged up from the depths of everyone's heart like a tide, causing their bodies to go limp and numb in an instant.
There were even some soldiers standing on the city wall who felt an indescribable sense of despair and fear when they heard the roar. Their limbs went limp, and the weapons in their hands fell to the ground.
There were even dozens of human soldiers who fainted as soon as they closed their eyes. Some simply fell straight down from the city wall, smashing into a pile of meat paste!
"This is magic!!"
A mage from the Magician's Guild who came to the frontlines wore a white robe, indicating his status as an Advanced Grand Mage. At this moment, his expression was grave as he suddenly soared into the sky and floated above the city wall!
A voice immediately transmitted using magic, "All mages pay attention, this is a Psionic Storm! Chant light incantations to resist!! "
At this time, the sounds of banging and banging continued. Even more soldiers were stunned, their eyes filled with fear. Many of them threw away their weapons, and some even sat down on the ground. Only a few generals, who possessed the strength of a Martial Warrior, were able to release their Dou Qi to clear their minds and dispel the strange feeling of fear in their hearts.
One by one, the mages flew up and opened their hands. Following the lead of the first mage, more than ten human mages in the sky quickly chanted light magic incantations.
The incantation was transmitted to the ears of the soldiers with mana, causing many of them to gradually recover from their daze.
At this time, the horn of the beastmen sounded!
Amidst countless shouts and roars, the beastmen in black iron armor raised their shields and approached the city wall like giant iron tortoises.
After the twenty Behemoths collectively released a 'Psionic Storm', they roared anxiously and rushed towards the city wall with large strides!
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! The twenty Behemoths ran as if the ground was shaking.
"Ballistae!! Aim at those monsters!! Quick!! "General Rostock roared angrily," Kill them!! Kill them!!! "
Some of the soldiers in the tower were still affected by the Psionic Storm, while some had regained their senses. Although they still felt that their reactions were sluggish and their limbs were sore, they still managed to change the direction of the ballista cannons under the continuous shouts of their commander. They pulled back the noose and aimed at the giant beasts that were running.
After the sound of the ballistae being pulled, whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh! One after another, huge ballista bolts whizzed out and shot towards those Behemoths …
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