Chapter 886 [0883] Secretly Crossing Chencang

Darius is not a fool.

Although he could not figure out the cause and effect behind it, it was not difficult to see from the Frost Witch's "kindly giving up" the city of Folkarodna that she was trying to drag Noxus into the water.

At this time, she also sent a special frost guard envoy, which further highlighted her fearless attitude, as if she was sure that Noxus would stand on her side to fight against the alliance between Avarosa and Demacia.

In a sense, this can be regarded as coercion.

But the question is... does Noxus have a choice?

For Darius, if he was asked to fight Demacia and Avarosa alone, he would have absolutely no confidence - he is not a fool, as the commander-in-chief, how can he not know what Noxus is now?

The empire's territory has not been restored yet. At this time, he went to war with Demacia. Even if it was at his doorstep and had the advantage of close supply distance, he did not think the advantage was on Noxus.

But if the Frost Witch also got involved, then maybe things would be different.

Moreover, it is not difficult to see from the behavior of Demacia sending envoys to ask for the road to be opened that the Demacians do not seem to want to start a full-scale war. At this juncture, if the operation is done properly, perhaps Noxus can take advantage of the first-hand advantage to first capture the vanguard of the Demacia Northern Expedition Army, and then stabilize the defense line and slowly plan.

While rushing to the reception room, Darius outlined the possible follow-up plans in his mind. If everything goes well, perhaps the future situation will be very different!

However, what Darius never expected was that the Frost Guard envoy brought him a huge surprise.

The witch lady is not only willing to take on the task of facing the Avarosa people, but also supports a priest group!

Darius climbed up in the Northern War Group with military merits, but he fought with the Freljord raiders for ten years, but he has never seen the Freljord people take out a mage group!

Now the Frostguard envoy opened his mouth and asked for a 200-man priest group to support him, which made Darius look at the Freljord people with new eyes.

Of course, this priest group was not given for free - the priest group plus the subsequent miners, the Frost Witch wanted to exchange the city of Falkalodna from Noxus.

Considering that the remaining miners and miners' families were the content of the previous agreement, it was almost a Frostguard priest group in exchange for Falkalodna, and this deal was not really profitable.

But considering the length of Noxus' supply line at this time and the vanguard of the Demacia Northern Expedition that arrived at Nokmochi, this was the most favorable choice for Noxus at this moment.

Of course, negotiations or alliances require bargaining. Darius also intends to get more from the Frostguard Emissary. If possible, it would be good to send back some of the blacksmiths that were previously robbed by the plunderers. But unfortunately, the Frostguard Emissary seemed to have drawn a bottom line long ago and held on tightly. No matter what Darius said, she only had one response.

"Agree or not."

Darius, who left the negotiation several times, couldn't help but overturn the table in his office, but faced with this kind of negotiation that was almost coercive, he still had no choice after all.

Time is not on the side of Noxus.

In the end, Noxus and the Frostguard reached a final consensus. After exchanging conditions, they formed an alliance to jointly deal with the offensive from Avarosa and Demacia.

The covenant is quite unfavorable to Noxus.

But in fact, in the alliance between Noxus and the Frostguard, Noxus's position is not as disadvantageous as reflected in the alliance treaty.

Noxus could actually take a step back. At most, it could give up the city of Fokalodna, lose the face it had just regained, delay the time for the reunification of the Noxian Empire, and let the Demacia go north through Tukurgul!

On the contrary, it was the Frostguard tribe. At this time, Lissandra really needed a helper to relieve the pressure and give herself a chance to seize the initiative in the battle.

The reason why Noxus seemed to be restricted everywhere during the process of the alliance, and was obviously the one who was dragged into the water, but ended up in the most embarrassing situation, was that Darius didn't know anything about the Frostguard tribe, the relationship between Avarosa and the Frostguard tribe, and the purpose of Demacia's northward march.

From Darius's perspective, the conflict between the Frostguard tribe and Avarosa was a struggle for hegemony between the two major tribes of Freljord, and the expansion of the Frostguard tribe westward into the Raxtak Plain.

For Darius, who had served in the Northern Warband for many years, this kind of tribal conflict should be the main cause of the tribal war in Freljord.

However, the actual situation is that this is a war involving the direction of Freljord civilization and the means to fight against the void, which is a situation that Freljord has never had in thousands of years.

In the "tribal hegemony" war that Darius knows, the Frostguard tribe will never personally participate in it. The Frost Witch will only serve as an arbitrator from a high position, overlooking the attack of the Freljord tribe, and then reward the final winner and take him for her own use.

This conflict between Avarosa and the Frostguard tribe is the first time that Lissandra has faced a direct challenge since the ancient battle of the Howling Abyss.

Although Lissandra was still unaware of Ashe and Lux's participation in the Trial of Anivia, the Frost Witch had to face the worst and prepare in advance.

Therefore, the alliance between Noxus and the Frostguard tribe was actually because the Frostguard tribe needed Noxus more.

Unfortunately, Darius was not aware of this, and they had completely lost the initiative. They became thugs who had to bring their own dry food after being dragged into the water. It can be said that they suffered a great loss.

After the establishment of the alliance, the only way Darius could comfort himself was to focus on the future after the victory of the war - if this war was won, the unification of Noxus would be unstoppable!

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With the signing of the covenant, Lux, who was waiting for news in Noxmochi, finally waited for Noxus's approval.

The guy who came as an envoy seemed to be a great Noxian who was a war stonemason. Although he completed the task well and repeatedly emphasized the relevant agreements that the Demacia army needed to abide by during the transit, it was obvious that allowing the Demacia army to pass through the Noxian territory smoothly made him feel very ashamed.

From the beginning, his face flushed, and he was in a red temperature state from beginning to end, like a pufferfish full of air, which could explode at any time.

For the Demacians, the pain of the Noxians is their happiness-if it is not the wrong occasion and the discipline does not allow it, I am afraid that many Demacian soldiers will not be able to help but start to jump on the face and taunt on the spot.

What, you are not convinced?

There is no use in being unconvinced. The treaty was signed by you Noxus. Since the Battle of Tobysia and the disintegration of the Noxian Empire, you are no longer the Noxian Empire that makes Demacia worried and needs to station troops on the border!

The only difference between Noxus and other Valoran principalities is that the territory is a little bigger, and sooner or later it will be included in the category of others!

In the end, the angry Mr. Puffer left first, leaving only some clerks to communicate with Demacia. When they were asked if there were any markets and cities along the way, these guys who looked like rookies didn't know anything.

This obviously represents the attitude of Noxus. They will only allow Demacians to pass through to the minimum extent. As for more logistics coordination and additional supplies, don't even think about it!

Of course, the Demacia Northern Expedition Army had already anticipated this situation.

In fact, while waiting for the arrival of the envoy, Lux had already reached an agreement with the Grand Duke of the Principality of Noxmochi. This city will serve as the logistics replenishment base for the Demacia Northern Expedition Army-in a wasteland outside the city of Noxmochi, Demacia will build its own warehouse as a storage center, and keep purchasing in the market of Noxmochi.

From the beginning, the Northern Expedition Army never thought of getting logistical help from Noxus.

Therefore, even if the messenger left early and only left some rookies to do the job, there would be no problem for the Northern Expedition to move forward.

At most, the consumption would be greater.

At the same time, the air force outpost of the Northern Expedition also received news that the Noxian army in the city of Fokarodonna was gathering and seemed to be preparing to retreat - it seemed that the Noxians were indeed scared.

Most of the commanders who received the news breathed a sigh of relief. During the period when the Dragon Bird Knight messenger was sent to notify the Avarosa tribe and coordinate the takeover of the city, they looked jubilant at the routine military meeting.

Even though Lux no longer regarded Noxus as a competitor, this situation of completely suppressing the former opponent still made many people happy.

However, the decision-making commanders headed by Lux could not laugh at all.

Although neither the intelligence team nor the air force reconnaissance system found any tricks by Noxus, as long as you think about why the Noxians attacked the city of Fokarodonna, it is not difficult to find that there must be the shadow of the Frost Witch behind Noxus.

Therefore, no matter how cooperative Noxus is and how painful the envoys look, it cannot be confirmed that they will not cause trouble later.

Or the more "normal" the Noxians look, the more "abnormal" they are.

It is based on this judgment that the Northern Expedition Army continuously sends intelligence team members and air force to investigate the Dragon Bird Knights, not to confirm whether the Noxians have ambushed, but to find the specific location of the ambush.

But the problem is that no matter how they search, the Northern Expedition Army has not gained anything.

It's as if they really intend to give up Fokalodna and let the Demacia Northern Expedition Army pass through Tukugul smoothly.

From Lux's perspective, she has dispelled the fog of war through high-altitude vision, but even so, she has not found the ambush of the Noxians, which makes her feel great pressure.

So, the question is, where did the Noxians avoid the reconnaissance of the Northern Expedition Army?

In fact, the answer to this question is actually very simple-the Noxians did not arrange any ambush in Tukugul at all.

Their goal from the beginning was to resolve the battle in Freljord.

The reconnaissance results of the Dragonbird Riders showed that the Noxians seemed to be about to withdraw from the city of Folka Rodna, but in fact this was just a rotation operation. The Noxians who withdrew from the city of Folka Rodna would not return, but would enter the Dragon Spine Mountains with the assistance of the Frostguard Priests.

Although the arrival of summer has made the temperature in Freljord milder and the detection range of the dragonbird riders has been significantly improved, generally speaking, they still have to move along the Black Forest-Tukugul line and cannot travel freely between the north and south sides of the Dragonspine Mountains.

After all, it is a bit difficult for dragonbirds to fly over the Dragonspine Mountains, especially when carrying people on the back.

Moreover, even if there are occasional dragonbird riders searching along the Dragonspine Mountains, they will not find any traces of Noxus - because after the Noxus evacuates the city of Folkarodna at night, they will enter the range of the Dragonspine Mountains as soon as possible, and then enter the glacial cracks under the guidance of the Frost Guard priests.

This method of passing through the glacial cracks was discovered by Silas at the beginning. After he fell into a dream, Lissandra also learned about this method.

Above the snow line of the Dragonspine Mountains, there are a large number of ancient glaciers that have not melted for years. As long as they find a place with a stable structure and natural glacial cracks, the Frostguard Priests can open up a "soldier cave" for the Noxians, and make this soldier cave accessible by extending the glacial cracks.

In fact, while Lux was still leading the Demacia Northern Expedition to advance carefully to avoid possible ambushes, the Frostguard Priests had already opened up a glacial crack that could travel back and forth between Freljord and the Black Forest.

Through this glacial crack, the warband that Draven had brought to Folkarodna before was slowly returning to the Black Forest and preparing to regroup.

At the same time, in the Immortal Bastion, Noxus also carried out a comprehensive mobilization - not only did all the warbands enter a state of readiness, but the blood magic creations that had not been activated before were also unsealed again.

Darius's idea was very clear. He wanted to wait until the vanguard of the Demacia Northern Expedition passed through the Black Forest, crossed Tukugul, and arrived at Fokarodna, and then rely on Draven's mobile forces and the main force from the direction of the Immortal Bastion to attack from the east and west, and cut off the main force of the Northern Expedition in the Black Forest.

In Darius's view, this was a very perfect battle plan. Unless the Demacians turned against them first and took the initiative to attack when Noxus fulfilled the treaty, they would be forced to fight and be ambushed.

When Draven's troops returned from Freljord along the glacier cracks, the initiative on the battlefield had already fallen into the hands of Noxus!

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