Chapter 884 [0881] Different National Attributes

Ashe hurried, but she couldn't arrive before the fall of Fokarodna.

Now that the city has changed hands and become the forward base of the Noxians, it would be extremely difficult for her to take it back.

Although Avarosa also has special engineers, these engineers composed of furnace owners are usually responsible for equipment maintenance and camp building. It is a bit difficult to ask them to be responsible for siege.

So, when Ashe led the team to the foot of Fokarodna and tried to attack the city wall, she hardly gained any results.

Even if Avarosa's archers can suppress the projectile firepower on the city wall for a short time, they have no way to climb over the city wall.

Moreover, although some of the looters have left, there are still many wandering around. If the Avarosa people really devote themselves to the siege, these looters may not mind giving her a hard blow from behind.

If something happens to the team at hand, the Avarosa tribe will be in real danger.

In this case, no matter how anxious Ashe is, she can only stop temporarily and lead her troops to defend to prevent the situation in the Rakstak Plain from further deteriorating.

For her, the only good news is that since she finished the Anivia Trial, the Avarosa tribe has been preparing for war. For a while, there will be no problem with the supply of her army, and there will be new support in the future.

She can still wait.

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Unlike Ashe, although the Noxian army in the city of Fokarodna is in an absolute advantage for the time being, their supplies are a bit tight due to the long supply line and great transportation losses.

Especially when Ashe started to camp outside the city.

In order to urge the follow-up supplies, Draven, who hates writing, had to write directly to his brother for help.

However, what he never expected was that what he received next was not the military support he expected, but a fierce scolding.

In the letter, Darius directly denounced Draven's acceptance of the city of Fokarodna as "absolute nonsense" - for Noxus, this trip to Freljord was just a support and a political deal, but now with Draven occupying the city of Fokarodna, the Noxians suddenly stood in the foreground.

It was agreed to play support, why do you suddenly have to carry the team?

Previously, Darius hoped that Draven would pay attention to the channels for material transportation and set up outposts in the Black Forest along the way. That was to strengthen the defense level of the Noxian Empire for the northern border and avoid the reappearance of the Black Forest Federation, a divisive organization.

This does not mean that Noxus intends to occupy a large amount of land in Freljord - not to mention how the income from the city of Fokarodna is transported to Noxus, just the current food, drink, defecation and urination of these soldiers have already put great pressure on the Immortal Fortress.

Considering the current situation of the kingdom, Darius's words were very tactful, but the accusation in them made Draven blush.

However, when Draven had already begun to think about how to leave Freljord decently, Darius suddenly changed his tone.

Since we are here, we should make the best of it.

The Noxian Empire will not give up any land that has been swallowed by them.

Now that things have come to this point, giving up the city of Folkarodna is completely inconsistent with the consistent style of the Noxian Empire. Giving up after occupying it will expose the weakness and all the problems of the Noxian Empire. At that time, the Black Forest area is likely to appear again, and once the road to the Black Forest is cut off, the Noxian army can only wait for death on the spot.

In this case, Draven can only go all the way.

Next, the Immortal Bastion will do its best to support, so Darius hopes that Draven can win a hearty victory to show his authority and power.

Once there is a decent victory, even if the Noxian army leaves on its own initiative, there will be room for buffering.

In addition to these rational analyses and orders, Draven, who is very familiar with his brother, immediately felt that the second half of the letter might be the key. Although his tone was extremely serious, with a strong sense of accusation and sarcasm, Draven always felt that he also wanted to take over the city of Fokarodna directly, and Darius seemed to be proud of it.

Finally, after putting down the letter, Draven fell into deep thought.

A quarter of an hour later, Draven finally took action for the first time - he just sucked his saliva and chose to get up silently.

That's right, he thought for a long time, but in the end he didn't have a decent idea at all.

Fortunately, although Draven himself is not good at thinking, he still has people under his command - Draven, who came to his senses, found Tamara as soon as possible.

I really can't understand the meaning of it, but Tamara can!

Come on, Tamara, help me interpret what we should do next!

When Tamara was invited to Draven's resting place, she seemed very anxious.

"What happened?" Without caring about too many hypocritical greetings, Tamara asked directly before she even sat down, "Is there a response from the Immortal Bastion?"

"I shouldn't have told you before that I wrote a letter to my brother, right?"

"That's not hard to guess. I'm a member of the War Masons."

Obviously, for war masons, geographical analysis, observation of words, and disguise to win over are their most important courses. Only by mastering these skills can a war mason become a qualified spy.

When Swain had just succeeded as the commander-in-chief, the War Masons were an organization directly subordinate to him. Many of their talents were subsequently promoted, and Tamara was one of the best.

In addition, Delevingne never hides his emotions, and Tamara grew up with him and knew him very well, so she realized the key to the matter as soon as they met.

The only thing that could make Draven look like this was the letter sent from his brother from the Immortal Fortress!

Seeing that Delevingne still looked like a curious baby and was still asking questions, Tamara ignored his frequent questions and turned to look at the letter.

This time, Tamara did not disappoint Draven. She quickly discovered Darius' true thoughts from between the lines of his words.

"The commander-in-chief doesn't want you to withdraw, but you must be ready to withdraw."

This answer is a bit convoluted.

But then as Tamara gave a specific explanation of the reason, Delevingne finally understood.

The reason for not wanting to withdraw is out of consideration for the reality of Noxus. Considering that the Black Forest region has just returned and people's hearts are still in turmoil. Considering that the Noxus Empire will never play the role of a soft persimmon. Considering that Nok There are still many areas in the Sass Empire that have not been recovered, and the entire empire has not been restored.

These realistic problems were loaded together, which resulted in Draven stepping into Lissandra's trap and biting this exquisite piece of bait. He could only go to the dark side.

In contrast, "preparing to evacuate" means that you are ready to bargain, and at the same time, you will not be in a hurry when you actually evacuate.

And if possible, this posture can also confuse the opposing army and horses, causing them to misjudge their own side.

In other words, Darius hopes that Draven will stay in Forcalodna City and assume a retreat posture before new changes occur. He can advance, attack, retreat or defend.

Anyway, the Avarosa people outside the city have nothing to do.

I will try my best to torture the people in the Immortal Fortress. If I can really gain a foothold here, then maybe we will have Noxus' own northern trade!

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Darius, who has his own calculations, obviously does not know that just when he is planning to collect a temporary tax and send a special team that does not require much logistical supplies to the battlefield and to Freljord, in In Demacia to the west, more than 10,000 elite soldiers have gathered around Green Teeth Peak.

The number of 10,000 people is just a drop of rain for Noxus, which often has an army of 100,000, and for Freljord, where all the people are soldiers.

But considering that Demacia has its own military performance and talent training, the combat effectiveness of these ten thousand people may be quite terrifying.

The gap between 10,000 retired professional soldiers and 10,000 militiamen may be greater than 10,000 men and 10,000 pigs.

Now, these ten thousand people will serve as the vanguard, marching eastward, crossing the Nocmooch Plains, then turning north in the Black Forest area, taking Tukgul to Freljord, and supporting Avarosa. .

While the team was gathering, Lux was not idle either. A series of envoys had already set off one step ahead of the army, and successfully obtained the right of passage from the principalities and city-states along the way - for this, Demacia paid a price It is an open business market.

Since Demacia's international reputation was pretty good in the past, and it had never had the habit of territorial expansion, the principalities and city-states along the way were more worried about the Demacia's request for a passage, but what the Noxians would do after everything was over. revenge.

Yes, the Demacians say their final goal is the Freljord.

But...who knows if they might meet Noxians halfway and have a massive encounter break out?

War is not a game. War involves all aspects of economics and politics. In addition to their own interests, principalities also need to pay attention to their own security issues - Demacia is okay, but Noxus will really expand its territory!

It is precisely because of Noxus' various criminal records that when Demacia makes a request for passage, most city-states and regions will readily agree.

Especially the principalities and city-states close to the Black Forest area.

Noxus took back the Black Forest without bloodshed, forcing them to face the threat of Noxus again. After the disintegration of the Noxus Empire, quite a few of these principalities were dumbfounded. .

Not only do they have to face the pressure from Noxus again, but they also have to worry about Noxus shamelessly engaging in a wave of "settlement of accounts."

In this entanglement, the young and promising Laxana took the initiative, sent a large number of envoys to communicate with her, launched a diplomatic offensive through fierce contrasts, and received amazing support.

Although the principalities and city-states along the way do not agree with the Demacian army entering the city or camping near the city, they are willing to "provide some supplies within their ability" to "ensure the sufficient supply of Demacian supplies."

Unlike Draven, whose eyes lit up when he heard that Fokalodna could be taken, the envoys in charge of diplomatic activities had a special bottom line confirmation before departure. They rejected the help of these city-states and principalities and took the initiative to turn the donated supplies into purchased materials.

Demacia has money.

We won't take any advantage of you!

This is certainly not because the Demacians are stupid and rich. The main reason is that in addition to military goals, this army also has propaganda attributes. According to Lux's plan, this army will show the style of Demacia to the principalities and city-states along the way while advancing eastward.

For the residents along the way, the power represented by an army that "pays for fair trade with its own money" is obviously easier to accept than the power represented by an army that "prompts the lord to collect more taxes from his own family."

Demacia now needs an opportunity to send goods to the Valoran countries. The cities have been built. Even if part of the eastward strategy is disrupted, the part that can be implemented must be resolutely implemented!

Moreover, purchasing supplies by oneself is a kind of market development. Considering the terrible length of the supply line for this trip, in addition to ensuring sufficient supplies and sufficient transport personnel at the Greentooth Peak base, Lux also put forward the requirement of "sufficient supply channels for supplies".

If we can establish contact with local lords and self-employed farmers in various duchies, then even if there is a problem with the overall supply line, at least we can rely on spending money to purchase supplies in a short period of time to ensure that supplies will not be completely cut off.

For the greedy Noxians, even if they realize that the city of Fokarodna is the bargaining chip for the Frost Witch to drag them down completely, and they know that occupying this city will become the first target of the Avarosa army, they are still unwilling to spit it out.

From Draven who accepted the deal to Darius of the Immortal Fortress, they are unwilling to give up the benefits they have obtained - and the reason for this is not only greed, but also related to the national attributes of Noxus.

Noxus cannot be weak!

On the other hand, Demacia is more confident. Lux believes in Demacia's production level and is more convinced that even in the fairest trade, Demacia will not be the one to suffer losses - so she can arrange everything calmly, generously and fairly.

Demacia is always fair!

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