"But what? Do you want to despise this king's flag and Her Royal Highness?"

Hearing this, Burt's expression froze, and he said in a deep voice again: "Isn't it a little too courageous for you?"

"My lord, forgive me, the villain has no such intention!"

On the other side, the scout captain quickly knelt down on one knee again, and said: "It's just that the old general Bai gave a death order three days ago, and no one is allowed to approach the area near the mountain fortress!"

After finishing speaking, the scout captain looked at Bert's stern eyes, and added in a low voice: "And, regardless of the enemy or us, if we find out, we will shoot and kill immediately, and if we disobey, we will be severely punished."

"What? Why did General Bai issue such an order?"

Hearing this, Ju Bai couldn't help but frowned slightly, and then said: "Even if the current situation is critical, we can't discriminate between black and white, and treat them as the enemy, right?"

"Doing this can indeed ensure the safety of the fortress to the maximum extent. After all, this is an extraordinary moment."

With a slight wave of her hand, Ariel said to the scout captain again: "Take us there, I swear in the name of Leng Yan's fifth princess, that you will not be punished in any way."

"...Obey! Her Royal Highness."

After pondering for a while, the scout captain gritted his teeth and nodded, then ordered the other soldiers around him to notify the other nearby sentry troops and the inside of the fortress respectively.

Just like that, in just a moment, the team of one's own party started to move forward again.

Seeing this series of pictures, Lei Xiao nodded thoughtfully.

It has to be said that this Bai Lao is still an extremely cautious person.

Next, under the guidance of the scout captain.

After walking for about an hour in the long line, in front of the group of my own party, I suddenly realized.

At this moment, Lei Xiao noticed that they had passed through the forest among the mountains.

And between the two mountain peaks hundreds of meters ahead, a majestic giant fortress caught everyone's eyes.

Viewed from the front, this giant fortress standing at the pass has a roughly square structure.

There is a cylindrical fortress on the left and right sides, and the middle part is composed of extremely thick walls, connecting the left and right cylindrical fortresses together.

At first glance, it looks like there are three peaks towering in front of you, which is extremely shocking.

Seeing this, Lei Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly and continued to observe.

On the city wall, red flags that symbolize cold flames are spread out in a row, and there are evenly distributed arrow towers and watchtowers. The lowest point is at least 15 meters high, and the highest point is more than 20 meters. .

Moreover, a huge metal suspension bridge has already been hoisted high.

And around the city gate, there are even more sharp deer villages, which look extremely sharp.

All in all, the entire giant fortress feels like an indestructible giant peak, and there is an inviolable and awe-inspiring aura everywhere.

"As expected of the mountain fortress that has always been feared by the Holy Night Army."

Raising his eyebrows slightly, Lei Xiao moved his eyes and began to observe the mountain peaks on the left and right sides.

On the mountainsides on both sides, there is indeed a Lengyan Fortress, which looks significantly smaller.

However, these two small fortresses are on a relatively high terrain, and they are in a condescending posture. They are like horns with the mountain fortress in the middle, and they are indeed very easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Especially those two small fortresses, which were located halfway up the mountain, no matter how large the Holy Night Army was, they would not be able to siege the city on a large scale, and it was almost like losing the advantage in numbers.

As for the mountain fortress in the middle, only the front can launch a full-scale attack, and to a large extent, it restricts the actions of the Holy Night Army.

"By the way, according to Lin's information, the garrisons in the mountain fortress are mainly the most powerful Lengyan royal army under Bai Lao's command, with a total of more than 12,000 people, while the other two small fortresses are each close to 10,000. human scale."

Nodding his head while pondering, Lei Xiao continued to think while following the team: "Such a configuration of soldiers can indeed support each other.

It is conceivable that no matter which fortress the Holy Night Army attacked, the other two fortresses would send troops at the same time when they were exhausted, and the answer was self-evident when they were waiting for work. "

"In addition, even if the 80,000 Holy Night Army puts all their eggs in one basket and forcibly eats up the 30,000 Lengyan Army, they will undoubtedly lose the power to drive forward."

Realizing this, Lei Xiao nodded slightly: "I think this is the reason why the Holy Night Army, which is obviously superior in numbers, has not launched a general attack for a long time.

After all, at this stage, the new king of Holy Night is still in a state of hesitation, making the reinforcements almost without any guarantee. "

Just when Lei Xiao thought of this, his long team had already arrived not far from the mountain fortress.

At this moment, Lei Xiao noticed further.

The area directly in front of the mountain fortress is a natural depression, which undoubtedly increases the difficulty of attacking the city.

"I have to say that this place is simply a natural holy place for defense."

Just like that, Lei Xiao continued to move forward in the team while thinking about it.

Not long after, when our long team finally stood not far from the gate of the giant fortress, everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Especially those residents of Lengyan who had just escaped from the vortex of war could not restrain their joyful expressions on their faces.

After experiencing this series of twists and turns, they have been struggling for so many days on the dark line of life and death, and they finally saw the dawn of hope!

Realizing this, a pair of eyes of gratitude from the heart began to cast towards the backs of Ariel and Lei Xiao.

On the other side, looking up at the giant fortress in front of him, Lei Xiao noticed.

On top of the fortress, from time to time there are faintly visible colorful magic streamers flashing past.

It seems that there must be some kind of defensive magic barrier arranged around the entire fortress.

"My lord, according to the information obtained by my subordinates, the outer perimeter of the mountain fortress is a buffer type of defensive magic barrier."

At this time, according to the previous arrangement, Lin, who was not in the team but was hiding in the surrounding area, immediately heard a sassy voice.

"I see." Hearing this, Lei Xiao replied softly.

As he became more and more familiar with this world, Lei Xiao had already understood it before.

In this world, there are many types of magic barriers, and their functions are also different.

Just like the detection type magic barrier, the defense type magic barrier is also divided into many types.

The buffering defensive barrier mentioned by Lin just now is one of them.

And the "fortress wall" stored in the enchantment crystals obtained by one's side in the ship of eternity belongs to another type of absolute defensive defensive enchantment.

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"Needless to say, an absolute defensive barrier can completely block all physical and magical attacks. Of course, the premise is that the supply of magic power must be sufficient.

Once the pressure caused by the enemy's attack is far greater than the magic power supplied, it will naturally fall apart. "

Nodding his head while pondering, Lei Xiao continued to think: "The buffer type defensive barrier is like an invisible magic buffer, which can greatly reduce the strength of the enemy's physical and magical attacks.

Compared with the former, even though it cannot achieve complete defense, it can still cause the defenders to suffer a certain degree of casualties, but the consumption of magic power is much smaller, and each has its own merits. "

Just when Lei Xiao thought of this.

Accompanied by the crisp sound of "cracking" between the metal chains, the giant metal bridge suspended high not far away began to slowly descend.

In the end, there was only a "boom", and dust rose up everywhere, covering the deep ravines outside the city completely.

Immediately afterwards, the giant gate of the fort slowly opened.

A commander of the Lengyan army in black armor, surrounded by hundreds of soldiers, rushed up to meet him.

After careful observation, I saw that Commander Leng Yan, who was not wearing a helmet, was about forty years old, with a faint smile on his face.

And, judging from its extremely good breath.

The strength of this person is almost comparable to that of Bert and Jubai, the two generals of the kingdom, and he is obviously at the level of a senior strongman around the fourth-rank and five-star level.

"Old General Bai, Deputy General Ao Gu, pays homage to Her Royal Highness the Princess!"

When he got closer, accompanied by the crisp sound of armor colliding, the deputy general named Aogu immediately knelt down on one knee and lowered his head towards Ariel.

"Vice General Aogu, you don't need to be too polite." Ariel nodded lightly and said with a slight nod.

"Thank you, Your Royal Highness!"

After standing up again, Lieutenant Ao Gu bowed slightly to Burt and Ju Bai who were standing beside Ariel, "You two generals of the kingdom, we haven't seen each other for a long time."

After finishing speaking, Aogu smiled warmly, as if seeing a close friend whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

On the other side, Bert and Ju Bai nodded slightly.

Judging from the indifferent expressions of the two, it was obvious that they were not as familiar with Bai Lao's lieutenant general as the other party showed.

"Ogu? I've heard of this name before."

When Lei Xiao at the side saw this, a pensive look appeared on his face.

According to the information provided by Lin before, there are two lieutenants beside Bai Lao, one is Aogu in front of him, and the other has been beheaded by the knotweed in the initial border battlefield.

"According to Lin, the one who was beheaded by the knotweed at that time did not have a good reputation in the Lengyan Army. He was known for being ruthless and bloodthirsty. He would even draw his sword at his soldiers, and this Augu , it is exactly the opposite.”

Looking at Lieutenant General Leng Yan who was still smiling in front of him, Lei Xiao continued to think: "It is said that this person is very popular in the army, he is a well-rounded, slick type, and he knows the rules among nobles very well.

However, Bert and Jubai didn't like them very much. After all, these two are new nobles who have climbed up from the bottom. "

Thinking of this, Lei Xiao frowned slightly, and said in his heart: "It must be because of this that Bert and Jubai are excluded by most of the traditional nobles."

"Vice General Aogu, where is Old General Bai? Why can't he be seen?"

Immediately afterwards, Ariel couldn't help but frowned slightly, and then asked.

"this…"

Hearing this, Ao Gu suddenly showed a look of embarrassment, and after pondering for a moment, he responded: "To tell you the truth, Your Highness, the old general Bai has already started to practice in seclusion three days ago."

"Cultivation in closed doors? Could it be that old general Bai is going to attack the fifth-order powerhouse?"

Hearing this, Burt's old face couldn't help showing a look of doubt, and said in a deep thought: "More than ten years ago, the strength of the old general Bai has indeed reached the level of the fourth-order peak..."

After contemplating for a moment with his eyebrows fixed, the doubts on Burt's face became more obvious, and he said, "However, it is extremely difficult to attack a fifth-level powerhouse.

Even with all the preparations and plenty of time, it was almost a narrow escape. Why did General Bai choose to make a breakthrough at this critical juncture? "

"That's right, once the Holy Night Army gets the news and launches an attack at this moment, the situation will undoubtedly be extremely bad."

On the other side, Ju Bai followed suit and nodded, echoing: "After all, promotion to a fifth-ranked powerhouse is completely different from other lower ranks, and it takes a very long time to do so.

And once this process is interrupted, the result will be the same as a failure in the promotion, ranging from a sharp loss of strength to severe body damage, or even falling directly on the spot, which is not impossible. "

Hearing this, Lei Xiao groaned and nodded slightly.

As the two said, it is indeed extremely difficult to advance to the fifth-tier powerhouse.

And Bai Lao chose to advance at this time, which is indeed a bit incomprehensible.

However, this point can also explain the order that Bai Lao gave before.

"Perhaps, Old General Bai is trying to kill the Holy Night Army in one fell swoop."

On the opposite side, Ao Gu sighed softly, shook his head and said, "During this time, his old man has been too busy."

After finishing speaking, Aogu cheered up, bowed to Ariel and said: "Your Highness, you must have been very tired all the way, right? It's dangerous here, why don't you go into the fortress first."

"Forget it." Hearing this, Ariel nodded slightly and said, "Just listen to you."

At this moment, Ao Gu's somewhat wary eyes fell on Lei Xiao and Zhao Yan and Ye Cang who were on the bright side, and said in a deep voice: "These people are..."

"These three are mercenaries I hired, don't worry, they are all my own."

On the other side, according to Lei Xiao's instructions~lightnovelpub.net~ Ariel responded lightly.

"It turned out to be like this..."

I saw Ao Gu's scrutinizing gaze, and after staying on Lei Xiao and the three of them for a while, he smiled and said: "Then please come with me next."

"Then it's up to you, Your Excellency."

With the same faint smile, Lei Xiao responded lightly.

At this time, the three of them had already taken off their illusion cloaks, but put on dark green hoods, which happened to be a ranger's attire.

In this way, the wide hood can not only cover most of the face, but also meet the status of a mercenary, which can be described as the best of both worlds.

The reason why Lei Xiao gave up the illusion cloak was naturally because the fourth-order powerhouse undoubtedly had the ability to see through the illusion cloak, so there was no need to draw the other party's attention on this point.

In this way, under the guidance of Aogu, the long team of our own all entered the gate of this fortified giant fortress.