Monarch of Evernight

Chapter 1: 61

There is a vast area between Zhao Valve and Bai Valve Battle Zone, the terrain is volatile, the hills and canyons are staggered, and a few stone forests burst up and stood on the ground. At the bottom of the canyon, the rivers roar past, the water rushes, and there are reefs everywhere, even those who are watery dare not enter.

This vast area is a natural battlefield. Due to the complex terrain and inconvenient transportation, many places are inaccessible to even the heavy-duty trucks with the best off-road capacity. Therefore, neither Zhao Valve nor Zhang Valve built large fortresses in the area in the early days of the war, but only small fortifications.

At this moment, along the simple logic of the canyon, a force is moving in the direction of the Zhao Valve. There are only a dozen trucks in this cadre of about a few hundred men, loaded with heavy equipment and wounded, so most of the fighters can only move on their own feet.

Many of the warriors walking on the ground were also wearing bandages and some were infiltrated with blood. Almost every truck has a lot of bullet holes, the roof of one of the most miserable cabs doesn't fly, and there's only half the hood left. Whenever there is a slightly bigger bump, the car will moan and eject a lot of steam, raising doubts that it will completely anchor on the next road.

The truck and the warrior had a valve crest on them, apparently just removed from the front line. Despite what appeared to have just been a bitter war, they nevertheless maintained a basic military parade and did not lose their morale.

Following orders from officers, the force split dozens of people and a truckload of supplies and began building defensive positions on the roadside hills, while the rest continued. Everything is organized, and from these details, it can be seen that the private army of Zhang Valve, though not so famous, is also a rare elite.

Moving forward for more than a dozen kilometres, the force split up dozens more and again built defensive alert positions. The rest walked another 20 kilometres, with a hill on the distant horizon and a castle hidden from the top of the mountain.

Commander Zhang picked up the telescope and gradually the castle became clear in view. This is not a small stronghold, but a fortress that can accommodate at least thousands of people. Fortress walls, several military flags flying against the wind. Seeing the words "Zhao Yin" on the military flag, the officer's tight face finally appeared a little more relaxed, exhaled heavily, and commanded: "Send someone to return to the general immediately, say that we have reached the Zhao Valve defense area. ”

The captain immediately stepped out of the command vehicle, removed a locomotive from the rear compartment and drove away, disappearing at the end of the road from the rolling dust.

At this moment, in a small conference room in a fortress not far away, seven or eight generals were crowded, with the exception of two men who were general uniforms of the Regular Legion of the Empire, all bearing the symbol of Zhao Valve or the Legion of Wolf Smoke. Instead of depressing deterrence, this has increased. It is well known that Zhao's private army and the Wolf Cigarette Corps are still above the Imperial Major Corps.

Centered and seated by a lieutenant general whose hair is already a little white, he is locking his eyebrows and staring at the map laid on the conference table. On his left, he sat with a young general with a sword eyebrow star in his eye. He looked less than thirty years old and wore the rank of Major General. There are two more generals under the age of thirty, one of whom looks like only 234. The remaining generals, also mostly between 30 and 40, rarely exceed 40.

Only two generals belonging to the Imperial Legion are around fifty, all Major Generals. And when they look to the middle-spoken lieutenant general, there is awe in their eyes.

Zhao Zhuoyan, the fourth son of the Duke of Yan Guo, has been on the battlefield since the beginning of the 16th year of age. It has been more than 20 years since the battle was fought. Life has rarely had any success. It's just that his style is steady, and his soldiers are like rocks, but it's not as easy to attract attention as Zhao Weihuang's wind and thunder volcano style. However, Zhao Zhuoyan cannot be underestimated, regardless of his performance or strength.

This time presiding over the Floating Battlefield Zhao Valve War Zone is a recognition of Zhao Zhuoyan's strength.

Although Zhao Zhuoyan's reputation is not obvious, most people in the Imperial Army know him, and they know that this is the most headache type of opponent.

The two Imperial Generals looked past the other General Zhao, especially the Major General on Zhao Zhuoyan's left, for an extra period of time, and then looked at each other and saw the strong consternation in each other's eyes.

Zhao Junhong, one of Zhao's four sons, is also a model of fame since his youth. If Zhao was not too bright, his reputation should be more than that. It just didn't occur to everyone that after demonstrating superb command talent, Zhao Junhong's battle force also advanced sharply, even breaking through. At this moment, it is Grade 12, and he is temporarily driving alongside Zhao Jundu.

And the young man sitting next to Zhao Junhong, Zhao Junsu, but in the early twenties, is also Brigadier General. So far, the old four sons of Zhao have all been war generals, from needing family care to being able to stand in their way.

Zhao Fenglei sitting on the other side, although older, is also comparable to Zhao Junhong and Zhao Junsu. Now, anyway, he is also a Major General, absolutely a Major General in the Imperial Army. Throughout his life, Zhao Valve also has Zhao Jundu, Zhao Ruoxi and Zhao Yuxue, which are the essence of the valve.

This is Zhao Valve, not the talent Jiji can describe.

At this time, Zhao Zhuoyan, who had been silent for a long time, finally raised his head and looked around for a week, silently said: “This time to take over Zhang Valve's army, it is about the national transportation, there is no need to say more about the significance. This battle employs the strategy of Junhong, only succeed, do not fail! Whoever leaks it, it's military law, no mercy! ”

Zhao Zhuoyan spoke loudly, and everyone responded loudly.

From the map, it can be seen that in the vast area between Zhang Zhao Er Valve Battle Zone, there are nine fortresses situated, hidden in the Nine Palaces layout.

Zhao Zhuoyan said: "This time the Zhang Valve is defeated, the Dark Race will not stop, the army must be the tail disease chase, at the same time multiple ways forward, circumvent the enclosure, to exhaust Zhang Valve's army outside my Zhao Valve defense area. These nine fortresses are of utmost importance, and it is imperative that the Dark Army be delayed as long as possible so that the Zhang Valve Army can withdraw smoothly and enter our defensive zone. With the exception of the three fortresses on the front line, the other fortresses will be held for at least three days, after which I will organize reinforcements to receive them. ”

Everyone looked at the nine fortresses, even those with no military connections, and knew how difficult it was to block the Dark Army with only hastily built fortresses, almost a necessarily dead task.

When he saw the crowd's face, Zhao Junhong suddenly smiled. “This battle is not without a chance. In the eyes of the Dark Race, it is obviously much more important to pursue Zhang Valve's army than to pull out a small fortress. As long as we hold the first wave of offense, the Dark Army will leave a small force behind to continue its attack and the main force will continue its pursuit, bypassing the fortress. ”

The two Imperial Generals nodded, looking better immediately.

The Lord of these nine fortresses is the top priority. Zhao Zhuoyan looked around for a week and said: “You can choose which of the fortresses you like. ”

There will be frowns, there will be contemplation, silence. Choose which fortress will depend not only on yourself, but also on who will be the Lord of the fortresses around you. In a fierce battle, fortresses work together and echo each other, but the key to staying together. The three fortresses on the first line were to be equipped with two generals because they took over first. Upon completion of the mission, the Front Line Guards will withdraw to the Second Line Fortress and join the Guards there, and so on.

At this point, Zhao Junsu stood up and tried to reach out to the three fortresses on the first line.

Zhao Zhuoyan did not wait for him to say, “Junsu, you defend Fortress 7. ”

Zhao Junsu dashed and asked: "Why? ”

Fortress 7 is located on line 3, closest to Zhao Valve Base and the lightest defensive pressure. While there will certainly be forces of the Dark Race detouring from the periphery, the strength is no greater than that of the army pursuing Zhang Valve on the middle road, and there is a forward and backward response, which is easy to guard.

Zhao Zhuoyan looked slightly heavier. "Military affairs, is it a play? How can you defend the fortress in front of you? ”

Zhao Junsu's face was white. Although he was a little uncomfortable, Zhao Zhuoyan Jiuwei was very heavy. Since the order had been given, he did not dare to publicly resist orders. He had to sit down depressed.

Zhao Junsu began, then several generals opened their mouths and chose the fortress. Zhao Zhuoyan from Zhenzhong Palace to cope around. Zhao Junhong and Zhao Fenglei and the two Imperial Major Generals chose the three fortresses on the first line respectively.

At this point, Zhao Fenglei suddenly said: “The whole defense system is still weak. It's not enough! ”

Zhao Zhuoyan did not move his voice, "Tomorrow Yukira will arrive, and two other generals will accompany her at home. ”

Zhao Fenglei shook his head: “It's not enough to add a rainbow cherry. ”

How does Zhao Zhuoyan not know what Zhao Fenglei can see? He sighed, slowly: “This is unthinkable. The Dark Race is so fierce that even a valve has been defeated. Where is the battle for ease? Several large fleets of outer empires are struggling, and perhaps it will only be easier if they divide their victories and fail to allow the Dark Races to surrender again. ”

What if the Imperial Fleet loses? There was more than one person who came up with this idea and didn't think about it anymore. If the Imperial Fleet is defeated, more than 100,000 troops on land are doomed to fall. Perhaps only a few of the world's children and powerful people can escape.

Zhao Fenglei suddenly said: “This battle is vital, but I, Zhao Valve, seem not to have used enough. ”

All eyes fell on Zhao Fenglei. Zhao Zhuoyan couldn't see what he was thinking, just asked: “Why say that? ”

Zhao Fenglei exhaled, "Did you all forget the thousand nights? ”

Zhao Zhuoyan frowned slightly and did not speak at the moment.

Zhao Fenglei continued: “If Thousand Nights were also there, and he and Kindu were to travel outside, the Dark Army would surely lose each other and not be able to siege the fortress at all costs. The pressure on our defense will be much lower. ”

Zhao Zhuoyan's eyebrows slightly lifted. He seemed to have made some moves, but sighed. "Thousands of nights are free hunting, now fighting over the Li family. After all, he is not one of Zhao Valve's men, nor does he serve in our regiment, and I have no authority to transfer jurisdiction. ”

Zhao Fenglei grinned. “Why isn't he with Zhao Valve? Don't forget, he died in the fourth son's apartment. Besides, while we are fighting here, he is fighting for his reward at Lee's house. Why can't we say anything? I think that at that very moment, for the sake of the big picture, we should issue a call order for Thousand Nights and order him to return immediately! ”

Zhao Junhong stood up and drank: “No! ”