Chapter 850: Fully Crossing the Lake

The Leatherman witches were surprisingly consistent in their attitude towards the dark witches.

Even though the other party had already sacrificed tens of thousands of Leatherman people, which was a heinous act.

They still had an unrealistic fantasy, wanting to find the place of their soul totems and try to purify and save them from the darkness.

Without the last attempt, they would not give up easily.

This made Gavin, an outsider, somewhat difficult to understand, because falling into darkness involves the soul and the human heart, which is a very complicated matter.

At the beginning, many people did fall like the earth spirit witches due to various external reasons (not limited to the soul being infected by the dark power, the evil god's power being distorted, the evil faith brainwashing, etc.).

If the erosion is not serious, or they are rescued soon after the erosion, they may still be able to restore a certain nature - it is basically impossible to fully recover, especially for those with a heavier negative energy bias like the shadow.

Because during the erosion process, they do not directly distort a person's personality like the evil god's power, or infuse the evil god's thoughts, but dig into and amplify a person's emotions or desires in a certain aspect.

An irritable person will become more irritable and angry.

A greedy person will become more stingy and greedy.

A lustful person will become more attached to beauty. Although he doesn't want to admit it, Gavin found that since he had the Vizeme Manor, his control over this aspect has obviously weakened a lot.

In short, even if the dark power is really driven out, many people will never be able to turn back, because many amplified evil ideas and concepts have taken root deep in their hearts.

But on second thought, the ideas of these Leatherman witches are not incomprehensible.

Maybe they want to set an example for other sisters, so that one day, when they are accidentally polluted, other sisters can reach out and help them.

In this world, all kinds of dark forces are everywhere. Even if they stand at the top of the counter-claim power, they can't ensure that they won't have a day of Tao.

Gavin couldn't force it, so he agreed and said, "This kind of thing should be treated with caution and differently. For people like Lord Earth Spirit who passively fell into darkness, we should naturally focus on rescuing them.

For those who actively walked into darkness like Witch Dushan, there is no need to waste energy. As long as they are caught, they should be judged on the spot and should not be given any breathing space.

It's a pity that she took away the Earth Totem Tree, which left hidden dangers for the Totem Dream. She is likely to take advantage of the natural connection between dreams and directly invade the Totem Dream with the power of shadows. My lords, you should take precautions in this regard as soon as possible."

After the Earth Totem Tree was completely transformed into a shadow by the Dark Witch Dushan, it developed its own characteristics - entering the Shadow Plane.

This is why the Light Witches almost got caught before.

The Shadow Nightmare Tree was no longer in its original place, but was dragged into the depths of the Shadow Plane by Witch Dushan with powerful Shadow power.

"We have realized this problem. Not only do we need to prepare the totem dream, but we also need to protect the dreams of ordinary people and the totem land to prevent her from using various dreams as a springboard to corrupt and manipulate those ordinary people and totem dreams."

"And all the totem spirits related to the earth will also become vulnerable groups because of their attributes."

"This defense area is a bit large, and it is difficult to take care of it! After all, dreams are too mysterious and complicated."

"If we disperse the guards, it will definitely not work. What if we establish a common defense line? As long as they are located within the country, After the individual dreams of the Leathermen are generated, they are automatically merged into the totem dreams and collectively protected! "

"If the earth totem tree is successfully planted and integrated with our four element gates, it may be possible, but now there is a missing link, I am afraid it will be difficult to deal with."

"The earth totem fruit is produced by the totem tree. Can a new one be produced? To fill the gap?"

At the end of the conversation, all the Leathermen witches turned their eyes to Gavin. In this matter, as the initiator of the totem dream and the planter of the totem tree, he has the most say.

Gavin spread his hands helplessly and said, "In theory, dream fruits can produce multiple fruits, but the situation of the Totem Tree is a little different from the Nature Balancer and other Dragon Acorn Trees. It combines your totems and elemental characteristics.

Except for the four elemental fruits before, there is no sign of producing new ones.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that they were not planted before and the number of totem spirits in the totem dream.

If a large number of new totem spirits are added, especially those with earth attributes, it may be possible to produce new earth totem fruits."

"This is indeed an idea worth trying. . "The Sunrise Witch first affirmed, then said with difficulty, "It's just that the earth-based totem spirits are the most difficult to migrate. Many of them are closely related to the land. Once they leave, many fortress roads and the villages they guard will be exposed to the Tukan people. "

"This matter is not so urgent. Even with the combined efforts of many sisters, we still dare not say that we have mastered one percent of the totem dream ability. The Dushan people are weak and forced to transform. I am afraid that they will not be able to use it to stir up trouble without three to five years. We still have time to fill the gaps. Now we still need to guard against the Tukan people.

For this rescue, we have used elemental power on a large scale, which can easily cause elemental chaos and cause various extreme and abnormal weather. Now that part of the power of the Earth Spirit Sisters has been stolen, I am afraid that the situation will get worse and the complete freeze will be advanced. "There was unconcealable worry in Shui Ling Witch's expression.

Gavin's heart skipped a beat involuntarily. This was an emergency. It was not in his plan at all. He hurriedly asked, "How early will it be?"

"If nothing else happens, it will only happen in the last two or three days." Water Spirit Witch conservatively estimated, "Even if we try our best to calm down the chaotic elements, we can only delay it for one to two days."

Gavin thought about it for a moment, shook his head and said: "If this is the case, there is no point in continuing to delay, but it will be a waste of energy and resources. Instead of doing this, it is better to arrange the battlefield in a way that is more beneficial to us.

I suggest that we use the fastest speed to erect a great ice wall on the west bank of the lake, but not in the direction of the giant valley, but in the direction of Sesk where the totem tree cannot cover, especially Lake Mosantir.

In addition, to select the elite among the berserker warriors, at least 50,000 elites must be organized to prepare for a quick attack south. "

"Are you worried that after Asen Lake freezes, the Tukan people will move south along the lake in large numbers and launch an attack from the direction of Sesk?" the water spirit witch said thoughtfully.

"Yes." Gavin peeled off the cocoon and analyzed, "From the beginning, the Tukan people probably had this idea. After all, compared to Asen Lake, the junction of the two lakes is the narrowest place.

Smart people know that the shorter the time spent on the lake, the better, because it is much easier to break the ice than to freeze the lake.

This chance was originally only 50%, but with the Totem Dream, it became 100%.

The threat of the Totem Dream to the ordinary soldiers of Tukan is too great. Yamen Khan has already fought with us several times in the Totem Dream, so it is impossible not to know how to avoid his edge.

The dark witch left the elemental totem trees in other directions not to be eroded, but came to the Moshantir Peninsula. It was probably part of the deal with the Tukan people.

After all, neither the Tukan people nor the dark witches knew about the existence of elemental totem trees before this. Their initial combat goal could not be against them, but to prepare for the large-scale crossing of the lake by the Tukan people and seize the elemental totem trees. The tree is a temporary change after we counterattack. "

"The commander's analysis is reasonable. If I were Yamen Khan, I would not let the soldiers cross the lake forcibly at the risk of unknown attacks. Changing the crossing location and drawing our troops out is the best way."

"We have always called the North Road the main force of Tukan's army, mainly because Yamen Khan is there. In fact, their troops on the South Road are not weak at all. The leader of the army is Huba, the eldest son of Yamen Khan. generation.

It is said that he is the best at using soldiers among the Tukan people. He studied in the Xianglong Empire for ten years and studied the art of war intensively. In fact, many of the Tukan people’s wars were directed by him instead of Yamen Khan, but Yamen Khan could Khan possesses the power of killing and is so dazzling on the battlefield that it directly overshadows his brilliance.

Even if Yamen Khan does not go south, we must be prepared for him to directly cross the city of Moshantir, cross the river from the south, and attack our flanks from the north. "

"I think Commander's plan is feasible. No matter what, we can't let the Tukan people cross the lake easily. Even if we don't annihilate them all, we must inflict heavy losses on their main force so that they can't quickly advance to Teflan from Sesk. Mu, gain time for the Faerun coalition led by King Asan to land."

"I agree."

"I agree too."

The Leatherman witches raised no objections to Gavin's ice wall plan again and unanimously approved it this time.

The battle for the elemental totem tree triggered by this dark sacrifice was slightly better because of the interlocking conspiracy of the dark witch. Not only did she take away the earth totem tree and put a Haslan witch into a sealed state, but it also completely disrupted the world. The balance of the elements in Leatherman's kingdom.

The weather took a turn for the worse. That night, the temperature reached the lowest point in the history of the Leatherman Kingdom, more than 50 degrees below zero. Earthquakes occurred frequently on the Mosantir Peninsula. Although mainly small earthquakes of magnitude 3 and 4, the place was still shaken. The situation is stirred up, and everyone is in danger.

Both the Leathermans and the Tukans are preparing intensively. They know that a decisive battle that will affect their future destiny is about to break out.

In fact, the eyes of most of Faerûn are focused on this place as Lake Assen freezes rapidly.

Just as Gavin speculated, after two days and two nights of severe cold, the ice surface of Lake Assen could withstand large-scale troop movements on it, and the Tukan army on the northern route led by Yamen Khan headed north collectively.

They did not take the rugged mountain road, but ran wildly on the flat ice of Lake Assen.

The benefits of doing this are obvious. Even if the ice is relatively slippery and it is impossible to gallop on the horse, the smoothness cannot be compared to that of entering the Leatherman Kingdom plateau and mountainous area.

Moreover, the Tukan people were well prepared, rushing to make a large number of sleds in advance, and even equipped a large number of war horses with tailor-made non-slip horseshoes.

In order to avoid the Assen Lake navy from attacking from under the ice, the Tukan people did not go deep into the Assen Lake, but quickly advanced along the shallow water area.

Seeing that the other party was so cautious, the Leatherman Kingdom decisively gave up the attack. The water there was too shallow for the Leatherman navy to use, and it was also too close to the shore. A large number of Tukan people fell into the icy water. If you can escape back to the shore and the damage will be greatly reduced, it is better to focus more energy on preparations.

As soon as the Tukan army in the north began to move south, their southern army came out in full force and rushed forward. In just three days, they penetrated the entire Moshantir Peninsula and surrounded the city of Moshantir. The 50,000 Leatherman berserkers stationed there could not move at all, and there was no way to form a two-sided attack when the Tukan people crossed the lake on a large scale.

…

Winter Claw February 15th.

The Tukan people launched a full-scale battle to cross the lake.

Because of Gavin's intervention, this war was completely different from the history he knew.

Not only did it break out half a month earlier, but even the direction of attack had undergone a large-scale deflection.

In order to ensure the success of the lake crossing operation, the Tukan army can be said to have come out in full force. Except for the 100,000 Tukan elites who besieged the city of Moshantir, the rest of the army was fully invested.

Among them, there were 200,000 Tukan people and 300,000 slave soldiers of various kinds, a total of 500,000 troops, scattered along the lake line of 100 kilometers, divided into more than 500,000 legions, and marched towards the west bank of Lake Asen.

"I didn't expect these barbarians to be so proficient in the use of strategies and tactics, and to use their numerical advantage to the extreme. Their offensive forces are so scattered that you will be forced to follow them and garrison all along the line. Fortunately, you built an ice wall overnight, otherwise, with only 80,000 of you, I'm afraid you can't even withstand a charge from the other side, and they will rush directly to the north bank." The speaker was King Yasang.

Standing on his right was Gavin, and on his left was the Red Feather Witch.

They were now at an altitude of nearly 10,000 meters, from which they could overlook the center of the battlefield of Lake Asen. On the ice surface covered with thick snow, the dense Tukans and their slaves were like marching ants.

As the initiator and commander-in-chief of the Feren coalition, King Yasang paid close attention to every move of the Tukans.

Especially when the war broke out ahead of time, the Feren coalition was not fully prepared, and their main force was still floating on the Falling Star Sea.

Once the Tukans break through the defense line of Lake Asen and advance in Cesk with great force, capture Tevram, and block their main force in the Falling Star Sea, they will fall into a passive position.

"Although these nomadic peoples are very barbaric, their main opponent, the Xianglong Empire, is an ancient empire that has been passed down for thousands of years and has an ancient wisdom civilization. It is said that they highly respect various strategies and tactics."

Gavin replied with a smile: "After fighting with such opponents for a long time, they will definitely learn something from it. So, can we be careless in dealing with them? Your Majesty, please look, the first surprise gift we prepared for them has begun."

"What surprise gift?" King Yasan looked curious and puzzled, looking in the direction pointed by Gavin, his eyes flashing, and the magic aura lit up.

This is a sign that the Eagle Eye Technique is activated.

With King Yasan's status and strength, all kinds of strengthening methods in the mortal world that can be piled on his body have definitely been piled up long ago.

He has at least a series of conventional spells such as Eagle Eyes, Clairaudience, Secret Eyes, Languages, Dark Vision, Words, Detect Magic, Read Magic, See Through Invisibility, Giant Transformation, and Shrinkage.

As for whether there are any secret, lost, or even enhanced spells that the battle mages have studied, it is unknown.

The effect of the spell immediately magnified King Yasang's vision to the maximum, allowing him to easily focus on the situation on the surface of Lake Asen. He couldn't help but take a breath and said, "What's going on?"

The Tukan army, like an ant colony, is not only spread out widely, but also very long, because they have to drive a large herd of livestock and a large amount of military supplies.

The vanguard has crossed the center line of Lake Asen, and there are still a large number of Tukans and military supplies who have not completely left the shore to cross the lake.

The unusual place came from the Tukans' vanguard.

The thick ice layer of Lake Asen suddenly collapsed on a large scale, and puddles with a diameter of no less than 400 to 500 meters appeared. It happened that when the Tukans and their slaves were walking on it in large numbers, they fell into the cold lake water with their horses.

Even though he was nearly 10,000 meters in the air, King Yasang seemed to be able to hear their desperate roars and desperate attempts to swim to the shore.

But doing so was just a futile struggle.

Not only because most of them were poor swimmers, but also because of the continuous low temperature, they had to wrap all the clothes they could wear on their bodies. Even the slave soldiers were at least wrapped in a layer of animal skin coats, which were soaked by the cold lake water, severely limiting their ability to move in the water.

The most deadly were the enemies in the water. Those who were good at swimming would be treated as special treatment and directly dragged into the deep water, leaving only a series of bubbles rising. When they appeared again, they were already hundreds of meters under the ice.

Or they would be drowned alive.

Or they would frantically slap the ice from below, falling into endless despair. With their swimming ability, the possibility of finding an exit or breaking the ice on the water surface was zero. This was an ice layer that could withstand tens of thousands of war horses galloping on it. Their previous carriers now became their deadly cages.

King Yasan would never simply think that the ice layer of Lake Asen was overwhelmed and was trampled by the Tukans.

The Tukans were very cunning and cautious, and they were not stupid enough to rush to the front.

The ones driven in the front were a large herd of cattle and sheep, followed by slave soldiers of various races, and finally the Tukans.