The strategy of the nomads was the same everywhere. They relied on mobility to attack the enemy's weakness and brutality to destroy the enemy's will. Therefore, the nomads in the Mystic Land were also very good at massacring a city and not sealing their swords for three days.
This method was effective against ordinary countries and cities. The cowardly people in the enemy's camp would choose to help out because of the tragic situation of the people in front of them. They would disintegrate their own people from the inside in order to survive.
But against the Magic Tower, this method was not so effective.
A Magic Tower could only house 20 people at most, and the Tower Master had absolute authority. In the face of war, the Tower Master did not rely on people to fight, but on the Magic Tower. Therefore, if anyone dared to show weakness in front of the Tower Master and say anything about surrendering, they would be killed without a second word. This could also save one person's rations.
Therefore, there were only two options left for those who wanted to attack the Magic Tower: to fight head-on or to run out of food.
And if one wanted to surround and starve the people in the Magic Tower, one had to consider that the Magic Tower's attack range was in the tens of kilometers (kilometers). How many troops would it take to completely surround the Magic Tower and how much would it cost to scorch the land around the Magic Tower? Most importantly, how much time would it take to run out of food in the Magic Tower?
If the Tower Master dared to go to the extreme, he could easily spend several years with an army of hundreds of thousands of people. For example, he could use his own apprentices as emergency rations …
Therefore, the Lord's forces who wanted to target the Magic Tower rarely chose to surround the Magic Tower. Because it would consume a lot of manpower and resources, it was very likely that the expected results would not be achieved. After all, as long as one of the Tower Masters survived, the enemy would be able to maintain full combat power.
If they attacked head-on, there was no Magic Tower that could not be broken. But before achieving the goal, the person who gave the order had to be aware of the large number of sacrifices. Against a war fortress, there was no easy way to take it down.
And in the invasion war initiated by the Suritang Empire, their cruel actions after invading the enemy's country caused the Tower Master, who was in the enemy's territory and sided with the enemy, to be dissatisfied. Therefore, he refused to submit to the Empire.
As the saying goes, when the emperor is angry, the land for thousands of miles will be scarred. This situation also happened in the Mystic Land. It was true that many people died this time, but they were the tens of thousands of corpses left behind by the attacking soldiers. There were only five people on the Magic Tower's side. The Tower Master and his wife. Among the three students, one was an official Magician and the other two were apprentices.
In order to set an example, the Great Khan of the Suritang Empire ordered the killing of all the captives. Even though there were only five of them, tearing them apart was not enough to appease the army. Then, the Great Khan of the Suritang Empire ordered the killing of all the captives. Such cruelty indeed made the owner of the second magic tower that the army came into contact with to voluntarily surrender and promise not to become enemies with the Empire.
What followed was the most puzzling command in this war. It came from the Khan of the Golden Family: Lure and kill, destroy the tower, and leave no stone behind!
The original intention of the Tower Master was to allow the conquering army to walk past. He would leave the position of the invaded country and no longer interfere with any war of the Empire. Just like the Magic Tower in the Suritang Empire, both sides were at peace. But in the end, the corpses of him, his students, and his family members were impaled by wooden stakes and stood on the ruins of the magic tower.
No one's position as the Tower Master was obtained peacefully. There must have been bloodshed in the early stages, and it might even be the result of several generations of people. Although the completed magic tower could not be inherited by one's family or one's students, the Magicians who built the magic towers all looked at their own contributions to the world with a higher perspective.
Magicians believed that the magic towers that went deep into the wilderness were the shelter of travelers and the vanguard that protected the civilization. With each additional Magic Tower, they would be able to protect an additional area of people and open up an additional inch of land in the Wilderness.
Under such circumstances, anyone who destroyed a magic tower was like touching the nerves of the entire Magician community. If it was a magic tower that was built in the city to serve the nobles, it would be fine. If it was a magic tower that was at the frontline against magic beasts or deep in the wilderness being destroyed, it would be taboo for the entire Magician community.
Even if they did not talk about ideals, a magic tower was the foundation of the Tower Master's life. It was the final fortress and also the place where they would be buried. If it was about rules and morality, it would be fine. But threatening a Tower Master with bloodshed would only release the beast in their hearts. Those who could become Tower Masters were once ruthless people.
Because of this, after the tragedy of the second magic tower, almost all the magic towers in the Suritang Empire rebelled. The Magicians used magic towers without restraint and bombarded the people left behind by the Empire as long as they entered the attack range of the magic towers. A huge and powerful Empire and the Magicians community entered a state of total war in an instant.
The nomadic army almost did not need supplies from the rear, but it did not mean that they would cut off all contact with the rear. When the Khan of the Golden Family found out about the fire in his backyard, the arrogant him of course did not choose to compromise. Instead, he fought back in a high-profile and unrelenting way.
The invading army in his hands split up and attacked, destroying one Magic Tower after another. They wanted the world to understand that, compared to the Magicians, they were the real rulers of the world!
This move did not make the Tower Masters choose to submit. Instead, the magic towers that had no intention of fighting against the Suritang Empire also went on the path of hostility. Even the Golden Khan's Court was destroyed by the headquarters of the Dushanbe branch of the Society of Sorcerers.
Whether it was the soldiers left behind who wanted to disarm the magic towers or the Magicians who used magic towers to brutally kill women and children, the Khan's Court launched a counterattack was unknown. In short, the cruelest battle in the war of the Northern Region happened between the Golden Khan's Court and the headquarters of the Society of Sorcerers, which were originally interdependent.
The offensive magic used by the towers was all of a strategic level, which meant that it was a wide-range attack. There was no way to distinguish between soldiers and women and children. Not to mention, for the nomads, anyone who could mount a horse and pick up a bow could be considered a soldier. There was no way to strictly distinguish between soldiers and civilians. They could only distinguish them based on age and gender.
Therefore, the Golden Khan's Court, which was mainly composed of women and children and a few elite troops left behind, was destroyed by the magic towers of the headquarters. Perhaps in the counterattack launched by the Society of Sorcerers, this was not the war that the Suritang Empire suffered the most casualties, but it was definitely a turning point in the fate of the Northern Empire.
The final result of the war was that the Suritang Empire broke off from the Magician community. The two divisions of the Society of Sorcerers in the Empire, Dushanbe and Ashiha, were destroyed, and all the magic towers in the territory were razed.
The price paid by the secular regime was that a powerful empire that could sweep through the Mysterious Land almost fell apart. The authority of the Golden Family was no longer there, and the local people were almost independent. Even the hawks in the other four empires believed that there were only four empires left in the Mysterious Land. How could there be five?
The biggest reason for all of this was that for a powerful regime, the magic towers that they had spent a lot of money to build did not bring them any war benefits.
The Magicians' treasures? How could that compare to the wealth of an empire? Even if they were more precious, what about the quantity?
Food? A magic tower could only feed a dozen people at most, which was enough for a year. In the army, it was not even enough to fill the gaps between the teeth.
Population? Women and children … Even the kittens in the magic tower were all captured. How could that compare to the soldiers who had died?
Conclusion: Attacking a magic tower without any reason was definitely a loss for a country.
The Suritang Empire's high-profile invasion made all the countries in the Mysterious Land tense up. Even the military alliance under the table began to be formed. However, the most powerful country in the world fell heavily, and it seemed that it was the kind that could not get back up.
All the nobles, generals, and kings who were paying attention to the war raised the Society of Sorcerers to the same level as them for the first time. It was because they had to do this. An empire that was so powerful that no one dared to look directly at it was ruined by the Magicians.
It was only then that everyone noticed the Magic Towers that were scattered all over the Mystic Land, and wondered what kind of existence they were. For the rulers who wanted to invade and annex other countries, the negotiation with the Society of Sorcerers was an unavoidable hurdle.
The worst thing was that even if the Society of Sorcerers made a decision, there would be a considerable number of tower owners who acted on their own and did not listen to the Society of Sorcerers. The Society of Sorcerers did not have absolute authority over the tower owners. It was even less than the king to the nobles.
It was also the first time since the war in the Northern Region that the representatives of the powerful political forces in the Mysterious Land sat together to negotiate with the Society of Sorcerers. This included specifying the ownership of the territory within ten kilometers (10 kilometers) of the magic tower and taking a neutral position and not interfering with the rule of the nobles. There was also the clause that the tower owners had the power of life and death in the magic tower, which was also clearly recorded in this period.
These agreements seemed to be acknowledging the power of the tower owners, but in fact, they had invisibly stifled the development of the magic tower in terms of power. Of course, the Magicians did not fail to understand the calculations of the nobles, but they still accepted it. After all, for most Magicians, they would rather focus on magic research and were not so interested in running their own forces. These agreements could be considered as mutual benefits.
In short, since there was no such thing as "I come, I see, I conquer" in the Mysterious Land, there would be no such thing in the future. This was because no force could ignore the magic towers in the Mysterious Land and invade others at will. The Magicians' likes and dislikes were not like those of the common people who could be influenced by some random righteousness.
In the same situation, if it were the famous empires or forces in history, would they be able to break through such a predicament?
Countless military scientists, generals, and people who wore crowns and had noble bloodlines all had the same thought: it was impossible. Even the Dark Army that once ruled the Mysterious Land a thousand years ago could not do it.
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