Why did the lord rebel

Chapter 363: The Peak on the Dust Mountain
At nine o'clock in the morning, the bright and scorching sun of Haven Continent is gradually rising in the eastern sky.

The rugged body of the Dusty Mountains, like a giant's spine, is covered with snow and ice that never melts all day long.For thousands of years, this high mountain has stood silently on the eastern frontier of the land of broken souls, and spread a gloomy shadow as quiet as autumn water to the hills at the foot of the western mountain.

As the journey approached the mountains, the sun in the east gradually faded behind the most terrifying member of the southern Dust Mountains, the Spike Peak, which jutted out like a beast's horn.

It was at this borderline between light and shadow that Lord Elliot Igor, the Duke of Frost Maple Ridge and the "Interim President of Southern Military Affairs", squatted down gently under the watchful eyes of his followers, and used his own The silver-handled commander's knife pushed aside the pale half-frozen soil on the ground.

In this layer of soil that has been turned over like a hole in the flesh, there is a tree species the size of a red bean. Its outer skin has been a little shriveled, but it still stubbornly pierces a section of emerald green from the most tip position. buds.

The wilderness of the land of cracking soul is actually very similar to the land here.

On the surface, this southern wilderness is a dead zone where life is extinct, just like the frozen soil at the foot of the Dust Mountains, forever covered with ancient frost that horrifies anyone who sees it;

But if the soil layer is really removed, there may still be a little water and nutrients that can nourish life under the frozen soil on the surface;
And the Land of Cracking Soul probably isn't as cold as it is in the legend, so cold that it keeps people away from thousands of miles away.

Calvino Lingong, the elven magister, came over and looked down carefully at the tree species dug out by the lord.

"This is not a local plant seed...it's not from the west of the Dust Mountain Range." The spiritual master wrapped in a wolf fur robe, his pointed ears were a little red from the cold, but his whole body was still looking radiant, "The origin of this tree species It’s from the Federation of Glory. I guess, it was accidentally brought from the hometown by some ‘Hammer of Purgatory’ soldiers last winter, and then trampled to the ground by the orc troops on the march.”

"This shows that we have found the right direction. The 'Hammer of Purgatory' invaded the Land of Soul Breaking from this road." Xia Houyan exhaled.

"After all, we followed the march traces left by the orcs." The spiritual master smiled.

Xia Houyan nodded, and waved to Alice Comstock who was at the side.

The captain of the female guard hastily handed over a small kit.Xia Houyan stretched out his command knife, carefully picked out the tenacious sprouting tree species from the soil layer, and then put it into the kit with his fingers.

"When we go back, I will plant it on the balcony of the Horned Eagle Manor." Xia Houyan smiled at the spiritual master, and the elf magister nodded in agreement.

There were footsteps not far away, one light and one heavy.

It was Chris Mann and Juan Clemente.The two supreme commanders of the Igor Pioneer Army rushed over from the front of the team.

"My lord, we have figured it out." Chris stretched out his right hand in a porcupine leather glove, pointing to the towering mountain to the north of everyone, "The mountain to the north should be Jackdaw Peak—according to Dewen...uh, Master Ner'zhul explained that their 'Hammer of Purgatory' is the Soul Breaking Land that entered from the east side of Jackdaw Peak."

"So, the secret road that passes through the dust mountain is not far ahead." Xia Houyan stood up, wiped the dirt on the blade of the command knife on his trousers, "tell everyone to work harder...we will fight for today Find and enter the secret passage.”

Chris and Clement agreed, and ran back to the team to deliver the order.

At this moment, the team that is marching at the foothills on the west side of the Dusty Mountains is the elite pioneer army led by the lord himself to surprise the land of the Orc Federation.

This urgently formed army has less than [-] people, but it has brought together almost all the capable and good men accumulated in the whole territory in the past two years——

Almost all members of the "Northern Blizzard Mage Corps" have come out, not to mention the political commissar of the pioneering army who has received elite training from the Huangpo Military Academy, the Tongquetai warriors equipped with "Fourier's Transformation Armor" and the Elven Blade, and the lords. The hard-working death knights accounted for a considerable proportion of the team.

This raid on the federal border through the secret passage of the Dusty Mountains may be the first time that the Igor Pioneering Army has fought outside the country in an organized way, and Xia Houyan had to spend his own capital.

In fact, the elites that Shuangfengling can produce are far more than this, but firstly, the territory needs to be guarded by people, and secondly, in a hurry, the entire Shuangfengling can only produce [-] horses to support long-distance The horses marching hastily are ready for riding.

It was also because of the good leg strength of the "Southern Pony", a specialty of the left bank town, that it only took a short time from the time the plan was finalized, the team set off from the Phoenix Terrace, and then they arrived at the foot of the Dusty Mountains and began to search for the entrance of the secret passage. to two days;
However, after reaching the hilly area at the foot of the mountain, the terrain became more and more complicated, and the team members had to lead the horses to march, so their pace slowed down a little in the past two days.

"I don't know that after entering the secret passage, it will take a few more days to reach the federal territory on the other side of the mountain." Master Laurie took the reins of the white horse "Meteor", walked quickly from the end of the team, and caught up with the lord. pace.

Xia Houyan took the reins from the master, shrugged and said:
"'Master Ner'zhul' told me that last winter, their Purgatory Hammer Division walked in the dark secret passage for three days and four nights... But it was a divisional march, and the slow speed is understandable—— If the conditions in the secret road are right, we can go on horseback, and it should be much faster."

"How could there be a secret passage leading to the opposite side hidden in the middle of the dust mountain?" Alice asked curiously, tilting her head.

Xia Houyan turned his head to look at the two knowledgeable magicians.

The spiritual master shook his head:
"The history of this wilderness of the land of cracking souls is really too long... In the barren era 1000 years ago, the south of the Lion Heart River was the core area of ​​the ancient elf empire. It is true, but there are too many historical materials from the period of the great empire. Lost, even us stardust elves don’t know much—and in the dark era before the elf empire, there may be other owners of this land..."

"We should look for a chance to dig the whole land of cracked soul." Master Laurie said without any style of a magic scholar. "There may be many ancient treasures hidden in this wasteland soil."

Xia Houyan thought of the Purgatory Beacon, and nodded in agreement with Master Laurie's point of view.

——When they left the territory a few days ago, John Samonen had just used the Purgatory Beacon to successfully summon the first little devil from the Purgatory Realm; next, John will follow the research plan to find a way to permanently summon the little devil technology.

But during the march, Xia Houyan didn't have time to care about the progress of John's summoning experiment.

According to the special envoy of the Eastern Army, the federal army temporarily repelled by the Eastern Army's bloody battle in the Burning Crystal Canyon may make a comeback at any time and launch a second wave of offensive.
Therefore, this pioneering army team crossed the dust mountain and arrived at the orc territory on the opposite side one day earlier, and made waves in the empty area of ​​​​the Federation one day earlier, which is equivalent to sharing a lot of pressure for the canyon front in the east:
In war, time is life!
Xia Houyan and his party didn't dare to stay where they were, and led the horses to follow the team to the east——the Shuangfengling scouts in the front team were already busy looking for the mountain passers-by under the guidance of "Master Ner'zhul", the leading party. The entrance to the road is now, but they don't have to hurry, these high-level leaders of the territory, just follow the middle of the team.

Xia Houyan walked while watching Sean Mountbatten pull out a federal topographic map from his backpack.

The Chief of Staff of Shuangfengling, who graduated from the Imperial Military Academy, was of course unwilling to stay at Shuangfengling and be left out of this epic military operation—after entrusting the affairs of the staff department to Alan Hotelling , Sean also put on a field uniform and a saber to join the Shuangfengling Expeditionary Team.

It's just that the leather marching backpack, which was considered suitable for the muscular men of the pioneering army, seemed a bit too big and exaggerated against Xiao En's frail body.

"My lord, 'Master Ner'zhul' just told me that the exit on the other side of this secret road through the mountain is facing the 'Tongge Desert' in the south of the border of the Glorious Federation." Sean Mountbatten pointed to the map and said , "After we find the entrance to the secret passage in a while, we are not in a hurry to enter. We have to cook some alpine snow here and fill the kettle before we talk."

"Just left the wasteland and entered the desert again?" Xia Houyan shook his head and smiled, "The scenery along the way is really beautiful!"

"This is the so-called 'Road of Decay' and the harsh geographical zone!" Sean laughed, "But don't worry, we won't trek for too long in the 'Tonge Desert'—after passing through the Dust Mountains, we will They will go directly north in the desert and arrive at the so-called 'Oasis of God's Grace'. This oasis is the island of life in the Tongge Desert, and it is also the settlement of a group of sub-orcs."

Suborc people... Xia Houyan smacked his lips when he heard this concept.

Although it is only one word away from "orcs", sub-orcs are not that kind of rude and savage green-skinned species;

In fact, in terms of appearance, the sub-orcs on the Haven continent are obviously more similar to humans, but because of their blood, they have certain animal characteristics...

... In short, Forry.

As early as the early days of the empire, the sub-orcs were legal citizens of the empire. However, as the people in the empire rejected humanoid creatures, these sub-orcs were eventually expelled from the empire's borders, in the territory of the demons and the federal land settlements were established.

Last winter, the "Hammer of Purgatory" division invaded Soulbreaker, and brought many sub-orc artisans along with the army. After the division was defeated, these sub-orcs were killed together with the dwarves and trolls in "Hammer of Purgatory". Frost Maple Ridge has been captured, and most of them are currently serving hard labor in Frost Maple Ridge—among these sub-orc captives, there is a cat-eared girl who is good-looking, and was assigned by the lord to be a maid in Horned Eagle Manor.

"So the Tong Ge Desert on the other side of the mountain is actually the territory of the sub-orcs?" Xia Houyan asked.

"Yes." Sean nodded, "The desert is not a good place to live. All production and life must revolve around the 'Oasis of God's Grace' - the federal orcs themselves don't bother to live in this kind of place, so they arrange it for the sub-orcs. It became a ghetto."

Xia Houyan immediately thought of the fact that the empire had assigned him to the idiot wasteland as the lord, and said to himself that no matter what race, the world is indeed equally unfair.

"The Oasis of Divine Grace where the sub-orcs live is the first target we need to capture in this expedition." Sean's finger stroked from south to north on the map, "Of course, the life and death of sub-orcs is basically the same as that of federal orcs." It has nothing to do, so if we want to respond to the war in the east, we must quickly go north after conquering the Oasis of God's Grace, protrude from the Tongge Desert along the river, and reach the "Warsong Great Plains" in the southern part of the Federation where there are many orc towns. It's time for us Shuangfengling people to really flex our muscles in the enemy's territory."

Xia Houyan tilted his head and thought for a while, then suddenly smiled and said:
"First conquer a small stronghold to try your hand, and then go all the way north to start the real war—how is our plan so similar to the 'Hammer of Purgatory''s original plan to conquer Frost Maple Ridge and then cross the Lionheart River?"

"It's quite similar." Sean laughed.

"Our trip is a mirror version of the 'Hammer of Purgatory' surprise attack, it's normal." The spiritual master interjected.

"Then we won't be like the unlucky 'Hammer of Purgatory', who didn't even see the face of the big city, and died in this copper desert first?" A materialist who has never cared about any taboos The lord, the words are not surprising, "Isn't that a joke?"

Sean Mountbatten rolled his eyes wildly:
"That can only show that your necromancer magic is not good enough... I told you before I left, this trip, our expedition team is actually just a side dish, and you are the secret of our Shuangfengling Weapons..."

"Solemnly declare...even if necromancer magic doesn't work at that time, I don't blame it. It's...that person." Xia Houyan solemnly extended his middle finger, and poked it in the direction of the sky, without hesitation. The blame was given to Big Brother Yan Wangye.

Thinking that the boss was talking about Sean, God of Death, and Master of Spiritual Songs, he nodded ignorantly.

"Theoretically speaking, we won't encounter too many obstacles after we first enter the border of the orcs." Sean shrugged. "Now the main force of the orcs is almost all in the north. The only possible threat is that the Glorious Federation may be in the ' After Hammer of Purgatory lost contact, deploy some troops near the exit of the secret passage to prevent us from retaliating against them in the same way as others - but considering the tension of the war in the eastern border, the orcs have enough power to garrison here Probably not too many troops, we are enough to solve it.”

Xia Houyan smiled and said:

"I don't even think they will send troops to garrison... After all, the Glorious Federation must not have imagined that we can obtain the secret text to open the secret passage from the high-ranking divisions who died in battle through necromancy..."

"I agree." Sean smiled slightly, "But after arriving at the border of the orcs, there is one more thing that needs to be decided by you—that is, what should we do to inflict the greatest damage on the Orcs Federation and force them to withdraw from the northern front Force, thereby relieving the pressure on the Eastern Army of the Empire.”

"What is 'how should we do'?" Xia Houyan asked.

"I suggest massacring the city." Sean Mountbatten looked at the lord steadfastly.

The spiritual master was dumbfounded.

While the lord of Shuangfengling and the chief of staff were still looking at each other quietly, the scouts from the front team suddenly pierced the sky:
"Here! We found the entrance to the secret passage!"

(End of this chapter)