Chapter 219 The War of the Living

The Usato Mountains, located in the middle of Kantadar, are the center of the kingdom's north and south, and have been a natural barrier for the capital for hundreds of years.

Relying on the momentum of the mountains and backed by mountain streams and rivers, the two desperate mountain passes in the north and east of the kingdom are said to be unbreakable and never fall for a thousand years.

If the Orland army wants to attack the Usato Kingdom, theoretically they can only go around and march to the plains and valley entrances in the southwest.

In reality, this is almost an impossible idea, because the "corridor" of the kingdom in the southwest is already in the heart of Kantadar.

Looking at the history of war between the north and south kingdoms, ignoring the pass of the Usato Kingdom and going deep into the center of Kantadar, they must bear the risk of the Kantadar army going directly north through the mountain pass in the kingdom connecting to the east, cutting off the retreat of the Orland army.

The previous kings of Orland have not been without heroes who have marched to the Usato Kingdom, but every time they faced the two steep mountain passes, they returned in defeat.

However, things are unpredictable.

The dangerous pass that even a hundred thousand troops could not break through has now opened many mountain gates for the Northern Kingdom from the inside.

Orland's vanguard took over the empty northern Usato city gate from the Kantadar people.

The giant crossbows densely covered on the towering walls and towers had long been dismantled and destroyed.

Ledwin, dressed in military uniform, rode a flying dragon and entered the mountain city from the air that no previous kings had ever set foot on.

The fire dragon named "Overlord" raised its wings and stirred up a gust of wind, and its body fell into the square with a bang.

The giant beast raised its long neck, the ferocious dragon head roared in a low voice, hot flames gushed from its mouth and nose, and its vertical pupils stared at the dragon-slaying statue of the ancient King Kantadar in the square, suppressing his instinctive anger.

Ledwin looked at the giant stone statue carved with the ancient southern king.

The abstracted and giantized King Kantadar stepped on the dragon corpse, held the Uriah sword in his right hand, and held the dragon horn in his left hand, holding high the dragon head that had turned into a skeleton, symbolizing the feat of killing the dragon.

The difference is that although this majestic image of slaying a dragon is fictional.

But the deed of killing a fire dragon is a fact.

The dragon head held high by the stone statue is not a stone sculpture, but a real dragon bone skeleton.

In the history recorded in the Northern Kingdom for hundreds of years, five fire dragons raised by the royal family died in bloody battles with Kantadar.

Two were sacrificed in the northern territory, and three were killed in Kantadar.

One died in Shuangxia City in the west, and one died at the hands of a great knight in the southern kingdom.

Another one died under the dense crossbow arrows at the Usato Mountain Pass.

"Tear down the dragon skeleton and transport it back to the dragon tomb in the country for burial." Ledwin ordered the surrounding guards in a deep voice.

Several of the king's guards immediately climbed up the statue and broke the statue's raised arm.

The heavy dragon head skeleton fell down, and the statue's left hand was smashed to pieces, but the solid dragon bones rolled to the side without any signs of damage.

After the soldiers dragged the dragon bones away, Ledwin immediately urged the war beast under his seat, which had been unable to restrain itself for a long time.

The flying dragon moved its limbs and crawled towards the stone statue, roaring.

It rammed into the statue, crushed it and pushed it down, and trampled it with its claws.

Looking at the dragon beast under his seat venting its anger, Ledwin's face, which was chiseled with a knife and an axe, could not help but show a trace of pleasure.

He no longer worried whether this was a conspiracy of the Kantardar people. After all, the price of handing over the mighty pass of the Usato Kingdom was too great.

And the prince who sent someone to deliver the secret letter had ascended the throne as the new king of Kantardar, which meant that Aviut was probably dead.

The frequent inquiries during this period, as well as the lack of resistance from the northern border of Kantadar since the southern expedition, finally convinced Ledwin that civil strife was breaking out in the southern kingdom.

It was just that I had not heard of the instability of the throne of the king of Kantadar in previous years. I wonder what kind of change happened, and the crown prince of Aviut had to bow down to himself, a foreign enemy, and ask for help.

Duke of Aberle.

Aviut's half-brother?

The guy who provoked the civil strife in Kantadar, in a sense, was closer to the throne than himself more than a decade ago.

Ledwin smiled ironically.

But in any case, he had now accomplished a great feat that his "cousin" could never achieve in his lifetime.

After completing this southern expedition, no one would dare to question his kingship.

The army entered the territory of Kantadar and accepted the submission of the new king of the south. He was worthy of the ancestors of the Drakmar family and the dragon crown on his head.

Lelia.

Time will prove that I am more worthy of being king than him.

Leidwin closed his eyes, feeling a little regretful that his old friend could not witness this moment.

But soon, he put aside his long-lost memories, and countless means of suppressing the eastern nobles emerged in his mind.

With the merits of this battle, he had the support of a large number of emerging lords, and he had more capital to control the Osdor family.

No matter how many tricks a fox has, it can't resist the trend of God's help.

Leidwin didn't stay at the mountain pass for too long. He handed over the Gray Shirt Valley Army led by Trosa to guard behind him.

After a short rest, he immediately led the royal army to continue to cross the mountain pass in a mighty manner, all the way south to Usato Territory, and entered an uninhabited area.

The army arrived at the majestic Kantadar King City in a few days and set up a camp outside the city.

Leidwin sat firmly in the military tent and met the envoy sent by Kaso.

The one who came to meet was the palace prime minister of Kantadar.

But Ledwin was not polite and directly ordered Casso to go out of the city to attend the meeting in person.

Watching the old palace prime minister leave angrily, Ledwin stroked his beard without any urgency.

The other party gave up the mountain pass, and the sincerity was indeed great, but if he wanted to fight with Aberle's army to save the crown on his head, the price was far from enough.

He didn't want to use his army and the blood of the Orland people to be played by this immature boy.

Time and chips were on Orland's side. Before Aberle's army arrived, he believed that the little king would succumb to the cruel reality again.

While waiting for Casso to come, the next day, Ledwin suddenly heard that Earl Thorn Flower and Earl Rahman brought many lords to the army to ask for an audience.

He was a little surprised. He had just sent a Pegasus messenger to issue an assembly order. How come these ministers came faster than Pegasus? Unless these people happened to be halfway before the messenger set off.

Eliver was an important force guarding the safety of the east side of the southward army. Earl Rahman should also be expanding in the west of Cantadar with Wester's army.

Ledwin frowned and raised his hand to summon the ministers. He just hoped that the situation in the rear would not change at this time.

Southwest of Usato Territory.

Having just captured another important town in the Royal Territory that was loyal to Aviut, the army led by the Duke seemed to be close to the Royal City from the map.

But Abeler was in the tent, with no joy on his face.

"Did you see it with your own eyes?" He repeatedly confirmed with the spy in a stern voice.

"It is the black dragon emblem of Orland, there is no mistake." The spy lowered his head and replied in a deep voice: "Nearly 20,000 northern troops have entered the Royal Territory. Some people have seen flying dragons. It may be that the King of Orland is personally leading the expedition."

Abeler, who felt that he was already one step away from the throne, heard the words and gritted his teeth and cursed: "Caso, this little bastard!"

He knew very well that he could not enter the pass with his army, so he had to take a detour to bite the Royal Territory. There was only one possibility that the 20,000 Orlanders would appear outside the Royal City.

".Traitor to the country, collusion with Orland, my brother should have strangled this bastard to death in his cradle! When he enters the royal city one day, I will cut him into pieces with my own hands!"

Hearing the Duke's gritting teeth, the Shannan lords and generals under his seat fell silent and looked at each other. Some people couldn't help but murmur in their hearts.

It seems that you would spare His Highness Kaso's life if you entered the royal city.

Although everyone knows that His Majesty Aviut and many princes and nobles were not killed by the Duke, it doesn't matter. Leading troops to march into the royal capital is essentially the same as regicide and seizing power. Duke Aberle and Prince Kaso have long been fighting to the death.

It's just that letting the Uriah people massacre the royal territory and plunder at will to make military pay is the same as colluding with the Orland people to enter the pass.

"Sir, shall we continue the attack?" asked a general.

Abel slowly suppressed his anger and closed his eyes to meditate.

With such a change, of course, he had to act quickly.

But one's own family knows one's own business.

Although he claimed to have returned with 100,000 troops from the Eastern Expedition, in fact, the 120,000 troops assembled by the kingdom before the war with Serian, and more than 30,000 Kantardars and Urias fell under the city of Rolandar.

Then the strange domain of the evil city swallowed up the news of the king's brother and the ministers, and nearly 30,000 elite Kantardars disappeared without a trace, and it was unknown whether they were alive or dead.

He seized the opportunity to quickly pull back the 60,000 troops in the country, and halfway there were nearly 10,000 troops of lords from all parties, who left the army and returned home because they did not obey him.

Among the 50,000 people now, nearly 20,000 are the Uria cavalry who lost the original tribal chiefs and were extremely difficult to control.

If it were not for the promise that they could freely plunder the rich Usato Kingdom as a reward, these Urias would have run back to the southern grasslands to seize power.

Now the only forces that truly obey orders are the 30,000 troops around him.

And it is obvious that he has been fighting for a long time, while the Orlanders and Casso are waiting for the opportunity.

30,000 vs. more than 20,000, such a scale is far from forming an absolute advantage in terms of military strength.

And if Casso really lets the Orlanders in to garrison the royal city, facing the fortified city, he will not be able to win again, and he must have the power of the Uriah people.

But it is not enough. The Orlanders have already entered the royal territory, and it is hard to guarantee how many troops are behind.

After thinking hard for a long time, he said bitterly: "Wait a few more days, send someone to urge the Uriah army leaders behind to catch up as soon as possible.

Tell them that if I lose, they will spit back everything they have robbed, and Casso will not let them go."

After dismissing the military meeting, Abel immediately ordered his attendants to bring paper and pen and write a secret letter himself.

A letter to Earl Fercon, the leader of the western nobles.

The letter bitterly described the false king Casso's treason and the harm of colluding with the Orland army, and promised the Falcon family a large piece of territory.

Helplessly, he now had to hold his nose and speak kindly to the western nobles who had not yet taken sides.

Abel believed that once the Falcon family knew that Casso was colluding with the north, they would never stand idly by.

Hearing that the Orland people had seized a lot of rich land in the northwest, the trade on the sea and land would definitely be affected, and the Falcon family would no longer tolerate the monarch of Kantadar being controlled by the Orland people in the future.

Thinking of this, Abel felt a little relieved.

He knew that with the wealth of the western territories, especially the southwest, it would not be surprising to raise tens of thousands of troops. As long as he had the support of Falkan, his chances of winning would still be huge. Even if he did not come to help him, if Olander was there The Usator Kingdom invested a large number of troops, and the coalition forces in the western part of Felkang were able to take advantage of the emptiness behind their battle lines to launch a counterattack.

After writing the sincere letter and having his personal companions rush to the Western Port on the Manticore starry night, Abel wrote another piece of paper.

This second letter must be delivered to the Orland army entering the customs by a spy.

Regardless of whether the leader is the old dragon from the north, he promised that if the other party retreats from the royal territory and waits for him to ascend the throne, he will cede the entire northern territory to Orland with Mount Usato as the boundary.

Blushing empty words might not be able to impress the other party at all, but Abel couldn't think of any other way at the moment.

The camp of the Royal Army of Orland.

Following the lord and the nobles, he withdrew from Ledwin's military tent.

Leon passed through countless red-robed and silver-armored king's guards and left with everyone.

He looked around at the endless royal barracks and sighed silently in his heart.

This trip cannot be said to have been a success, but it did make him feel disappointed.

In fact, on the way, everyone learned from General Trosa that the king had actually led his army into the mountain pass and arrived at King Kantadar's city. Everyone understood that the advice about withdrawing troops to prepare for war to resist the disaster in the east was destined to not be accepted by the king. Accepted.

Now it is learned from His Majesty Ledwin that the new king of Cantadar, on the condition of surrendering to Orland, has borrowed troops from the north for help to resist the rebels, and the situation will not be shaken.

They knew that if it were them, they wouldn't be able to sit back and wait for a once-in-a-millennium opportunity.

This means that Oland will become the overlord of the Western Continent in this generation, and no king will give up this opportunity.

"Fortunately, His Majesty is willing to send people to the east to investigate the situation. If the kingdom can end the war in Kantadar as soon as possible, it may not be too late to turn around. It's a big thing that can only be done by a few of us. "Yes." Elliot patted Leon on the shoulder and expressed comfort so that the young man would not be too angry at the king's indifferent attitude.

Leon looked sideways and said sincerely to his lord: "Thank you for your trust and help, Lord Elliot, you are right, we have tried our best."

His gratitude to the Lord of the Thorn Flower comes from the bottom of his heart.

Whether it was to Count Rahman, a group of family allies, or even to the king, Earliful claimed that the ongoing disaster was the result of intelligence he had sent and himself to explore in the east.

He didn't tell the truth. In fact, it was just one-sided words from a newly promoted lord.

This may be to increase the credibility of the information in front of the nobles and the king.

But it also means that Elliot trusts himself without reservation.

Leon turned around, looked at the king's tent behind him, and shook his head.

It's a pity that Ledwin will not give such trust to their warning at this time.

Not only did they not pay too much attention to the so-called disaster in the east.

Ledwin also issued an edict to everyone in person. All the lords participating in the southern expedition must mobilize their troops and assemble under the command of General Trossa outside the mountain pass in the northern part of Usato.

The army of the dead is clearly about to sweep across the earth.

But among thousands of living people, they had to kill each other first.

Leon really couldn't laugh at this rather ironic situation.

Because he can't escape either.

According to the king's mobilization edict, a baron like himself, according to his military obligations, must at least provide a company of one hundred soldiers to follow Earl Elliot's army and join the war that is very likely to break out in the territory of Usato.