Chapter 477 [0472] Both Sides Suffer
Ashe's return declared the failure of Sejuani's quick-win strategy. After seeing their own war mother, the Avarosans, whose morale was boosted, finally temporarily forgot the fear of death.
The city wall can no longer stand.
Sejuani, who was aware of the problem, now needed to consider how to withdraw from the battle - she looked past the swarming Avarosan people who were not afraid of death, and looked at the interior of Frost Harbor and the city wall. There are densely packed tents underneath.
Due to insufficient productivity, although the Avarosan people built tall city walls, they were unable to search for enough stones or bake enough bricks to build residential buildings. Therefore, including Ashe's War Mother Hall, most of the The buildings are still tents.
At most, it has changed from a mobile tent to a permanent tent.
In order to avoid the direct invasion of wind and snow as much as possible, many tents are crowded together under the city wall of Ningshuang Port - in Demacia, there are no such residential buildings near the city wall, but in Ningshuang Port Frost Harbor, the Avarosan people obviously do not have this experience.
Narrowing her eyes slightly, Sejuani quickly found a solution. She took the flag of Winter's Claw from the hands of the attendant warrior behind her, and then shouted loudly: "Avarosa's cowardly war mother has been I’m back, I’m going to fight her head-on!”
Although it was a retreat, Sejuani's words had a subtly more heroic meaning. The soldiers of Winter's Claw cheered, and their morale was actually a little boosted.
"Now, I need a few real warriors to teach these Avarosan people who only know how to hide behind the city wall a lesson!" Sejuani continued, "Light up the torches you carry with you, go ignite their camps, ignite Their warehouses tell them with burning flames that hiding behind the city wall is doomed to death! "
Sejuani's words once again caused a burst of cheers from the Winter's Claw warriors. In the cheers, many people took out the ignition devices they carried with them, ignited everything that looked flammable around them, and then rushed towards the city wall. under.
The Winter's Claw people obviously have their own unique opinions on arson. Even after hearing Sejuani's shouts, the Avarosan warriors were already prepared, but they still bypassed their defense like loaches. He rushed to the camp closest to the city wall and found the most flammable oil-soaked rope or tanned fur.
Amidst the anxious and angry shouts of the Avarosans, blazing flames burned and billowing smoke began to rise.
As for these "warriors" who set fire, it was as if they had accomplished a feat worth boasting about. They laughed in the flames and allowed the Avarosans' weapons to pierce their bodies, and finally perished in the flames.
The fire began to ignite from the tent under the north city wall, and then started to burn all the way south with the wind. The rolling tongues of flames seemed like a mighty fire demon, making the people of Avarosa dizzy. They allotted their hands to put out the fire. On the one hand, he rushed towards the city wall, wanting to keep all the invading enemies behind.
However, Sejuani and other Winter's Claw warriors had taken this opportunity to get off the city wall, mounted their mounts, turned back to their formation, and began to attack the returning Ashe.
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Ai Xi also saw the fire in Ningshuang Harbor from a distance.
Like other Avarosan people, Ashe was also dizzy when she saw the raging flames starting to burn, but the anger did not go to her head. She did not go to Sejuani, but bypassed the cold winter. The encirclement of the Claw returned to Ningshuang Port from the direction of the seaside.
When Ashe returned to Frostport, the fire in the city had been basically under control. The Avarosans, who lacked the means to extinguish the fire, quickly destroyed some tents and used an isolation belt to prevent the fire from spreading.
It's a pity that even though they moved very quickly, almost a quarter of the tents in Ningshuang Port have been burned to ashes in the flames. A warehouse near the north of the city has also been burned down, and hundreds of thousands of pounds of various materials have been burned. The food was burned.
The excited Avarosan warriors petitioned for battle, and some even cut their faces and swore to make the Winter's Claw marauders pay the price!
However, as a war mother, Ai Xi did not agree to go out to fight in the city, nor did she allow any form of pursuit.
"War Mother!" The war priest who had delivered news to Ai Xi had already lost an arm. When Ai Xi issued an order prohibiting leaving the city to fight, he crouched in front of Ai Xi in pain, "Winter Claws" They burned down my home and took off one of my arms. This hatred cannot be eliminated no matter what!"
"It is for revenge that we have to stay in Frostport." Ashe raised her voice. "The raiders of Winter's Claw have no supplies. They have nothing to eat now. Soon hunger and cold will Will become our messenger of revenge and bring them the coldest pain!"
Hearing what Ashe said, the warriors of Avarosa finally calmed down a little, of course, just a little - many people still couldn't accept watching the marauders leave, and couldn't accept only relying on cold and hunger to seek revenge.
Rather than letting their enemies die of cold and starvation, they prefer to complete their revenge with their own hands.
"We suffered a shameless sneak attack by the Winter's Claw." Ashe, who knew what the soldiers were thinking, continued, "In Frost Harbor, we launched a heroic counterattack, but judging from the results, our combat experience is not as good as these calamities. The looters come in abundance - this is not because we are not brave, but because we lack actual combat and have not experienced a lot of battles. Although we have the determination and courage to defend our homeland, we do not have the means to protect everything!"
Ashe's self-examination silenced everyone. Even if they were unwilling to admit it, the Avarosans who had personally experienced the battle had realized the huge gap between themselves and the enemy.
As Ashe said, their combat experience was not as good as those of the looters!
"So, everyone who has experienced this battle is a precious seed. You cannot waste your precious life on revenge that can be completed by wind, snow and hunger. You must use the rest of your life to pass on this life-and-death experience!" Ashe's voice rose again, "Living with shame and hatred is a braver choice than impulsively seeking death. Warriors of Avarosa, our lives are still going on, and we still need to survive this particularly cold winter!"
The warriors of Avarosa were silent. Although they were willing to believe in their war mother, for the Freljord people, it was much more difficult to endure humiliation than to give it a try. They could only look at Ashe and wait for her to continue.
"Today, if one more warrior falls here, there will be one less pair of eyes watching over the spring herd, and the cunning direwolf will have one more chance to attack the calf of Enuk." Ashe opened her arms, "And, I promise that today's attack will never happen again! From today on, Avarosa will not only accept homeless people, but also brave warriors. In addition to the towering walls, we also need people who are dedicated to guarding the walls - if you want revenge, then you have to train well in the future!"
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Relying on her personal prestige, Ashe finally suppressed the enthusiasm of the fighting faction to pursue, and continued to be on guard while starting to clean up the ashes in the city.
In this situation, Sejuani was very uncomfortable.
As mentioned earlier, in order to create a time difference, Sejuani and her Winter Claw elite stayed up all night last night, abandoned all the big animals, and marched all the way after a full meal. They finally got rid of the elite team led by Ashe, arrived at Frost Harbor in the early morning, and launched a surprise siege.
As a result, at the critical moment, Ashe's return led to the failure of the siege, and after the battle, Ashe did not lead the team to chase out. Even though a large part of her house was burned, she still sat on the city wall and waited for it, as steady as an old dog.
This result is unacceptable to Sejuani.
Previously, due to the harassment of Ashe and her elite team, Sejuani's plan to feed the enemy was greatly reduced. Unlike the battle east of the Neuskara Pass, since the two sides began to contact, the Winter Claw has never been able to break through any large strongholds. Even if they can occasionally sweep a few small tribes along the way and get some supplies from these unlucky guys, the quantity is also quite limited.
Even though Sejuani had come all the way here, and the number of warriors following her exceeded 7,000, the rations they carried with them could not even sustain one meal.
Under the blowing of Anivia's Breath, the winter of Freljord has already arrived. The Winter Claw army, which failed to take Frost Harbor, is now almost out of food.
Man is iron and food is steel. Without food, the Winter Claw warriors will soon become weak. No matter how powerful the warrior is, under the debuff of hunger, they will become lambs to be slaughtered.
Advance, can't advance; retreat, can't retreat, Sejuani was at a loss for a moment.
"Let's go." Just as she was thinking, Udyr finally whispered, "Let's go while we can still get rid of them!"
"...Where to go?" Sejuani gritted her teeth, "If we go back the same way, I'm afraid that not even one-tenth of the people can return to the Neuskara Pass."
"We can take a detour. There are places where we can get supplies along the way." Udyr replied, "The guide said that from here to Neuskara Pass, in addition to Avarosa, there are many other tribes - although we can't completely defeat Avarosa, we can also change the targets of looting."
"But the savings of those small tribes may not be enough." Sejuani shook her head, "We must find a "We need to build a large tribe to get enough supplies for a safe retreat."
"We still have a lot of mounts."
"No, these mounts cannot be moved." Sejuani shook her head, "This is the foundation of our conquest. The warriors of Winter Claw will not abandon their weapons and mounts. They are not useless Enuks!"
"Then what do you want to do?" Udyr frowned when he heard it, "Do you want to continue the attack?"
"No, we go north and take a detour from the frozen plains!" Sejuani took a deep breath, "You go to contact the Ursine, you are a beast spirit walker, you can communicate with them, right?"
Sejuani's words made Udyr's eyes widen. He looked at Sejuani in surprise, as if surprised by her decisiveness and boldness.
"Bearmen, they are not easy to talk to." Udyr's right hand rested on the tattoo on his left arm, "They are the Lost, people who have lost themselves and fallen into madness under the power of Volibear. It is not a wise choice to cooperate with them."
"But you are a beast walker." Sejuani looked at her sworn father with burning eyes, "I have seen you communicate with the power of the old gods."
"This is not a simple matter. We can return in a more secure way-"
"That means failure." Sejuani rarely interrupted Udyr's words, "The War Mother should not fail, it will disappoint her people."
Udyr's lips trembled.
This tall and strong beast walker narrowed his eyes slightly, staring absentmindedly at the war mother riding on the back of the Juvask boar in front of him. In Sejuani, he saw the decisiveness of his former lover, as well as an ambition and aspiration that was completely different from hers.
An indescribable pride and worry surged from the bottom of his heart. Udyr could only breathe a sigh of relief and nodded silently.
Having got the answer she wanted, Sejuani took the battle flag representing her and raised it high.
The warriors of the Winter Claw began to gather.
"The cowards of Avarosan dare not fight us!" Sejuani's voice was still high, still full of passion and fighting spirit, "Then let's go sweep the West Freljord, sweep their allies, and let everyone here know that the Avarosans are just a group of cowards who only know how to hide behind the city walls!"
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The thick dark clouds covered the sky again.
Under the blowing of Anivia's breath, heavy snow fell again, covering the scorched earth in Frost Harbor and the blood on the city walls.
The first large-scale battle between Winter's Claw and Avarosa quietly drew a comma in this heavy snow - both Ashe and Sejuani knew that this was not the end.
The Avarosa people licked their wounds behind Frost Harbor, waiting for the arrival of spring; while the warriors of Winter's Claw followed the War Mother, arduously climbed the North Mountain, crossed the Icethorn Mountains, and passed through the territory of the Ursine.
Udyr used his amazing willpower to survive the test of the will of the Old Gods. Here, Winter's Claw recruited a group of Lost allies - then, together, the two sides swept the entire frozen plains.
In this primitive and wild land, Sejuani got enough supplies and finally returned to the Freljord Plains smoothly, ending her expedition as a winner.
After the Winter Claw army left, a survivor named Tryndamere climbed up from the ruins of his tribe. He dragged his seriously injured and dying body and began to pursue a journey of revenge.
Winter Claw destroyed his tribe.
Then, he had to go to the forces hostile to Winter Claw.
After several inquiries, Tryndamere embarked on the road to find the Avarosa tribe.
Kalya's Little Class · The Lost:
Those who accept the power of the old gods and eventually get lost in this power are called the Lost. Among them, those who get lost because of Volibear's power often become giant bears similar to Volibear. This is the origin of the bear people.
PS.25k/200k, RNG is really... hard to evaluate; and EDG is also quite outrageous.