Chapter 310 Crossing the River

Three days have passed since the scouts discovered that Princess Viola's team appeared on the other side of the river. These three days were definitely not easy for the defenders in the Lookout Fortress.

There are about 6,000 soldiers of the Subia Demon Kingdom in the Lookout Fortress, of which about 1,000 are the original garrisons of the fortress. Their main job is to ensure the smooth flow of supply lines. The other 5,000 were gathered from the retreating troops.

The selection criteria are that as long as you see the enemy, don't run away, don't sneak around and become a deserter...

The army of the Subia Demon Kingdom is not weak. They are very confident that they dare to fight head-on no matter how powerful the army is. Although Qihang City has not been captured for a long time, they have been attacking cities and strongholds all the way, which can be said to be full of momentum.

However, when faced with the terrible celestial phenomenon comparable to the doomsday scene, morale collapsed all of a sudden. They never figured out what was going on with them.

In addition, the commander was beheaded by Princess Viola, and the loss of the highly respected Kingdom Tiger stabilized the army. The large number of new recruits who joined later made it easier for fear to spread, and the degree of organization was destroyed all of a sudden.

This is why an army of nearly 90,000 people was chased by an army of 25,000 people.

These days, wars are fought for morale. It sounds incredible, but in fact, there are many examples of a hundred people chasing a thousand people.

And during these three days, Viola did grasp the pain point of the opponent's low morale.

It is said that the best military operation is to attack the enemy's strategy, the next best is to attack the enemy's alliance, the next best is to attack the enemy's soldiers, and the worst is to attack the city.

In the art of war, attacking the heart is the best, attacking the city is the second, psychological warfare is the best, and military warfare is the second.

So during these three days, Viola ordered people to set up camp on the other side of the river in a swagger, and throw the enemy heads collected on the battlefield at irregular intervals every day.

It doesn't matter if they can't throw them into the city, as long as the defenders on the city wall can see them clearly.

At first, the defenders of the Fortress of the Watch would send people to collect the remains, but later they simply became numb. Many people huddled in the fortress. Whenever they heard the muffled sound from the roof, they all huddled tighter like ostriches.

Especially the soldiers who retreated to the Fortress of the Watch, they were always worried about whether the terrible celestial phenomenon outside the Sailing City would repeat itself, but now they might hope that the destruction would come earlier, and the feeling of waiting for the death sentence in fear was even more uncomfortable.

The general defending the city stood on the city wall, holding a telescope, watching Viola's soldiers laughing and throwing a net of heads with a catapult, and he was furious.

In anger...

He was angry.

The soldiers were scared, and there was really no other way except to be angry.

He was angry not only because of the behavior of the Avarus Demon Kingdom Army, but also because Isaac, the grandson of the Tiger of the Kingdom, left him behind to cover the rear.

From a tactical point of view, there is nothing wrong with this. The main force has lost its morale. Once caught up, it is likely to cause a larger-scale panic and rout.

In order to give them a chance to regain their morale, they must enter the Kaimen City south of the Lookout Fortress before the pursuers arrive, and cooperate with the local garrison to fight against Viola's army.

But this is undoubtedly a very dangerous job, and the garrison generals who chose the worst lot are of course dissatisfied.

What's more, Isaac also left the team behind, riding a horse with only a few guards and leaving the army with collapsed morale to the staff.

No matter what the reason is, this is undoubtedly desertion in the eyes of outsiders.

But no matter what, the military order is like a mountain. Isaac asked him to hold on in the Lookout Fortress for five days. By then, not only will the main force have entered the Kaimen City, but even the cavalry from the Kaimen City may be able to rush to the Lookout Fortress for support.

Although these three days are difficult to endure, thinking that more than half of it has passed, if he grits his teeth and persists, Princess Viola will definitely be blocked out.

The general was so confident because he had the advantage of natural barriers.

A big river blocked Princess Viola's way forward. They had thought about building a bridge, but a floating bridge was not so easy to build.

First, they had to send people to cross the river, pull ropes on the other side of the river, and then use the ropes as a frame to put empty wooden barrels to provide buoyancy. Finally, they nailed wooden boards on top of the wooden barrels and fixed the water barrels. Only in this way could they barely build a floating bridge.

But the defenders of the Lookout Fortress would not just sit there and watch.

Once the bridge was built, cavalry and archers would be sent out to harass.

They were too demoralized to dare to confront them head-on, but they still dared to disgust them from afar.

It took a long time to build a bridge, and there were almost no shelters on both sides of the river. Standing on the Lookout Fortress, it could be seen at a glance. It was not an easy task to build a bridge here and force a crossing of the river.

The general defending the city was also very clear about this. The only thing he couldn't understand was why Princess Viola didn't take a detour when she knew that a strong attack would fail, but just camped on the other side of the river.

This gave him a bad feeling.

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Demon King Year 648.

Mid-November, 8pm.

Night inevitably fell, the cold wind from the north swept across the land with a knife-like cold, the sky was covered with dark clouds, and a snowstorm came as time went by.

The literal heavy snow restricted the vision, and the magicians in the Lookout Fortress used spells to confirm that the snow would only last for half an hour at most, which was a rare comfort.

But losing the movement of the other side of the river for half an hour was dangerous enough, and the generals guarding the city specially sent people to patrol near the river bank, ready to take people out to interfere with the bridge-building work as soon as they found any movement to build a bridge.

A huge bonfire had been lit on the city wall, but it didn't seem to bring much warmth to the soldiers on duty. They shivered and tried to keep themselves warm.

The army of the Subia Demon Kingdom was not used to the climate of the north, and the winter cotton clothes were overdue, which was one of the reasons why the army had to retreat.

The general defending the city grabbed the city wall and looked outside the city. Although he tried hard to see clearly, the wind and snow still obscured the situation on the other side of the river.

"Report! The army of the Avarus Demon Kingdom is building a bridge!"

The arrival of the messenger made the general defending the city feel nervous. Sure enough, they took the opportunity to build a bridge.

However, the wind and snow can only last for half an hour. Is this time enough to build a bridge?

There is no time to think about it. Princess Viola's army must not be allowed to cross the river anyway, otherwise with the current morale of the soldiers, the Lookout Fortress will definitely not be able to defend.

"Order, all cavalry get on the horse!"

The general defending the city immediately walked down the city wall and joined the cavalry who were ready to attack at any time. As the capstan lifted the castle gate, hundreds of cavalrymen rushed out with the rumbling of horses' hooves.

However, halfway through, they encountered panicked scouts.

"General! The Avarus Demon Kingdom army has crossed the river!"

"Impossible!"

A pontoon bridge that can accommodate 25,000 people is not something that can be built with just one or two bridges. Even if only the vanguard is sent over, at least ten pontoon bridges are needed.

It took no more than half an hour from the time the messenger discovered the bridge-building operation to the time he rode back to notify the general and then received the news and rode over. To put it in a broader sense, it took only half an hour for the other party to start building the bridge. It was simply a fantasy to build ten pontoon bridges in such a short time, and it was impossible even with magic.

The general led the team forward without giving up. After passing through the curtain of wind and snow, he saw countless torches and dark shadows moving in his direction. It was estimated that there were at least 7,000 or 8,000 of them.

The Avarus Demon Kingdom army had really crossed the river.

The general was already half-hearted, and immediately turned his horse around:

"Let's go back and inform everyone to prepare for the city defense battle!"

When the pontoon bridge was not yet built, we could still rely on cavalry to harass them, but now that they have crossed the river, the hundreds of cavalry we have are just going to be killed.

What the general couldn't figure out was what method the Avarus Demon Kingdom army used.