Chapter 2770

Northern Territory, Ice Wind Zone.

A gale carrying flying snow whistled past, the bone-chilling cold wind making it hard for people to even open their eyes. In this bitter cold, two groups of cavalry were marching at full speed.

The wind and snow ahead gradually lessened. After the wolf cavalry legion marched for a few more kilometers, the snow stopped, and the temperature rose slightly, reaching about minus 40 degrees.

Underfoot was no longer an ice sheet, but frozen earth covered with thick snow. Every step taken on the snow would make a crunching, crunching sound.

With the low temperatures in the Ice Wind Zone, Northern Territory civilians could not live there; it was the second natural barrier of the Northern Territory, besides the "Wall of Yata De."

These two barriers were not without flaws, especially the Ice Wind Zone, which severely restricted the Northern Territory's trade. Conversely, it also made the outside world less knowledgeable about the Northern Territory, adding a touch of mystery to this place.

On the dragon's back, Su Xiao glanced at the map in his hand. According to Tuert, to launch a surprise attack on Winter City, one had to first break through several checkpoints.

First was the sentry line. This layer of defense was the easiest to break through. At the edge of the Ice Wind Zone, there was a watchtower built of ice every 500 meters. The Northern Territory lacked nothing more than ice; it only required labor costs to create a perfect warning line.

The sentry line was broken through by Baha and Oufu leading their men. Baha was skilled in assassination, while Oufu of the Holy Emblem was skilled in using poison and infiltration. Before becoming a physician, she had always been trained as an assassin by her father.

Past the sentry line was the conventional defense line. The troublesome part was the hidden sentries. Once discovered by a hidden sentry, the Ice-Born troops ahead would fully mobilize, forming layers of blockade lines.

Su Xiao looked toward the horizon. Judging by the position of the sun, it should be morning now. The surrounding cold wind made him unable to feel the warmth of the sunlight.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, news came from Baha's side that the "nails" had been pulled out, and they could now pass directly through the sentry line.

After Su Xiao gave the order, the wolf cavalry continued their march. Before long, watchtowers built of ice appeared ahead.

Oufu was standing at the top of one of the watchtowers, and around the watchtower hung several Ice-Born soldiers, all of them strangled by an extremely thin thread.

A crisp snapping sound came; it was a corpse hanging from Oufu's thread, its neck twisted at an unnatural angle.

Hearing this crisp sound, Oufu patted her forearm, and the thread binding the corpse detached. Her reaction was fast, but it was too late.

Crack, crack, crack~

Ice appeared at her fingertips, rapidly spreading toward her hand. The flame spell on her armor activated immediately, but the spreading ice only slowed down a little; it had already clung to her little finger and ring finger and was about to spread to her palm.

With a swish, two fingers flew off. Oufu stepped back two paces and used a short blade to pick a roll of bandages from her waist pouch. After biting the handle of the short blade, she began to wrap the bandages around her hand. Her expression was calm, but the knife handle in her mouth was bitten until it clicked and clattered.

This was the enemy's rear. Unlike the main battlefield, it was hidden with murderous intent; some seemingly inconspicuous things were enough to take a life.

"What's going on?"

Tuert's shout came from below the watchtower.

"Mu Shi, Duan Le Sou Zhi (Nothing, just a broken finger)."

Oufu, biting the dagger, spoke. After quickly treating her wound, just as she was about to jump down from the watchtower, she suddenly felt a vibration under her feet. Without any hesitation, she immediately leaped to the side.

Boom!

The watchtower where Oufu had just been exploded, and a pillar of ice-blue light shot into the sky.

Ahead, the wolf cavalry army, which was marching rapidly, stopped and looked toward the rear.

"Damn it! What's going on with the Holy Emblem side?"

Baha cursed in a low voice. That pillar of light shooting into the sky was simply too conspicuous; it was clear that the Holy Emblem side had made a mistake while dealing with the sentry post.

Before long, the Holy Emblem Knights' army arrived from the rear, and Tuert, who was at the lead, looked somewhat ugly.

"The enemy... came back to life after dying."

"Came back to life? Are they undead?"

Baha realized why the Holy Emblem Knights had run into trouble.

"What are undead?"

Tuert had clearly never heard of the concept of undead. The extraordinary power in this world consisted of spells, crystal power, and so on.

"A very troublesome kind of thing."

Baha did not explain specifically what undead were. So far, it had not seen undead-type enemies in this world; there were more cases of being eroded by a cold energy, and that cold energy had dark characteristics.

This was essentially different from the undead system; one was energy erosion, and the other was soul awakening, belonging to two different power systems.

On the boundless snowfield, the wolf cavalry legion and the Holy Emblem Knights gradually converged and began to charge together. Because of the previous accident, their own tracks had already been exposed.

This was certainly not good news, but it was not considered serious either. There were many hidden sentries in the rear of the Northern Territory; even if they weren't discovered now, they would be detected by hidden sentries after advancing another dozen kilometers.

The wolf cavalry legion plus the Holy Emblem Knights totaled nearly a million troops. As long as the Ice-Born of the Northern Territory weren't blind, they would soon notice this large army.

Boom, boom, boom!

Pillars of blue light rose into the sky ahead. The garrison troops located in the rear of the Northern Territory had fully mobilized, clearly having discovered the wolf cavalry and the Holy Emblem Knights.

With such a large enemy force rushing out of the Ice Wind Zone, upon learning this news, the Northern Territory officers located on the rear defense line of the Northern Territory were so shocked that their blood almost ran cold. If this army broke through the defense line and entered the very rear of the Northern Territory, the consequences would be unimaginable.

The seven garrison units located in the rear of the Northern Territory all erupted with coordination far exceeding the past. They first set up the defense line in a large row and then pushed forward.

Looking down from above, one could find that several human walls composed of Ice-Born soldiers were advancing rapidly on the snowfield, and a few kilometers away on the opposite side were the wolf cavalry legion and the Holy Emblem Knights charging at full speed.

"Counterattack! Surround the enemy!"

A Northern Territory officer roared from a high place, with Ice-Born warriors swarming past on both sides of him.

Judging from the numbers, this large force composed of seven Northern Territory garrison units had a scale of at least 1.6 million or more, and this was just the vanguard; the reinforcements in the rear would not be few.

The Northern Territory dared to go to war with Duoyin because it certainly had its own confidence. Not to mention anything else, with the bitter cold environment of the Northern Territory, knowing how to hunt was a must to survive here, and it was hunting extraordinary beasts at that.

Such a living environment made the Northern Territory almost a nation of soldiers; except for the old and young, picking up weapons made them warriors.

The cold wind whistled in his ears. Su Xiao was looking down at the battle situation below. The enemy was surrounding them in a C-shape, while his own troops were like a sharp awl, stabbing directly into the enemy's encirclement.

Dull impacts came from below, and the broken air waves blew up large patches of snowflakes. Cavalry that had already started charging were not easy to block.

The wolf cavalry legion and the Holy Emblem Knights broke through the enemy's defense line in a very short time and successfully carved out a breach. As a price, the momentum of their charge stopped.

Just as their own cavalry slowed down, an enemy force appeared in front. The number of this enemy force was about 100,000, just blocking the front of the wolf cavalry and the Holy Emblem.

Don't underestimate these 100,000 Ice-Born soldiers; they were in such a perfect position. After paying more than half in casualties, the large army around them closed in.

Seeing this, Su Xiao ordered the wolf cavalry legion to break through to the right flank, and the Holy Emblem side understood and immediately broke through to the left flank.

Unknowingly, the wolf cavalry legion had been surrounded by the enemy. The opponent's supreme commander was very troublesome, or rather, this was normal; the opponent was responsible for the garrison duties of the Northern Territory's great rear, and without hard power, one simply couldn't sit in that position.

In the chaotic battle group, the wolf cavalry broke through to the right flank, and the Holy Emblem broke through to the left flank. Around the battlefield, more and more enemy soldiers came to reinforce, almost forming a huge circle, completely surrounding the wolf cavalry and the Holy Emblem.

In the chaotic army, Legion Commander Tuert slashed an enemy soldier with his sword. He looked up at the high sky; the black dragon was still circling, indicating that the time had not yet come.

"Break through with all your might!"

Tuert shouted loudly. In fact, this was the opposite of what he meant; the real purpose was to let the Holy Emblem Knights close their formation and prepare for the breakout in a while.

That's right, the wolf cavalry and the Holy Emblem being surrounded here was done intentionally by Su Xiao and Tuert. If they didn't do this, the road to Winter City would be met with layers of obstacles.

At present, their own soldiers numbered nearly a million, and they were all elites. To trap these two elite forces here, one would need to bring out at least three times, or even more than three times, the troop strength to fight a war of attrition round after round.

Otherwise, not only would they not be able to trap these two elite forces, but they would instead be gradually eroded.

If the Northern Territory wanted to surround the wolf cavalry and the Holy Emblem, it would inevitably have to mobilize a large number of Ice-Born warriors. In this way, the defense line in the rear of the Northern Territory would inevitably be empty.

Bang!

A signal flare rose into the sky in the distance, and a huge "ф" mark appeared in the high sky. The mark was blood-red and could be seen from a great distance.

"Roar!!"

The Demon Flame Dragon, Barbato, in the sky roared. Hearing this dragon roar, Tuert in the chaotic army took a metal tube from his saddle, aimed it at the sky, and pulled the thin string on the metal tube.

Bang.

A golden signal flare rose into the sky. After this signal flare appeared, all the Holy Emblem Knights activated the charge spell on their armor.

The Holy Emblem Knights assembled their formation in the chaotic battle. Not only that, the wolf cavalry on the right flank were charging toward this side with all their might.

More than half an hour later, the wolf cavalry surrounded the Holy Emblem Knights, separating them from the surrounding Ice-Born soldiers, killing them until blood covered the ground.

The Holy Emblem Knights roared in unison. Golden brilliance emerged on their bodies. Having already set up the charge formation, they began to break through to the front, and the wolf cavalry in that direction immediately moved toward both sides, giving way to a very wide passage.

Rumble...

Horse hooves trampled the ground, and the snow was melted by flames. The 490,000 Holy Emblem Knights of the Holy Emblem Knights almost formed a whole, and a huge phantom of a flaming angry lion appeared above them, roaring at the sky.

The entire Holy Emblem Knights charged toward the enemy in front with a proud posture, like a hot knife through butter, breaking through the enemy's front defense line in just a few minutes and charging toward the white snowfield ahead.

Located behind the Holy Emblem Knights, the wolf cavalry legion also followed and rushed out. Just after breaking through the encirclement, the wolf cavalry stopped, stood in a large row, and blocked all the enemy troops in the rear.

The enemy troops in the rear rushed over but fell like wheat being harvested. The Holy Emblem Knights had already run far away, and the wolf cavalry legion showed its ferocious side.

After blocking the enemy troops in the rear for a full 10 minutes, the wolf cavalry legion turned around and charged toward the direction of Winter City.

Luring the enemy here first to reduce the troop strength of the enemy's rear defense line, then the Holy Emblem would be responsible for the breakout, and the wolf cavalry would be responsible for covering the rear; this was a plan that had been agreed upon long ago.

The Demon Flame Dragon, Barbato, flew at full speed. Su Xiao stood on the dragon's back, and directly below him was the wolf cavalry army galloping on the snowfield.

After running for 1 hour, the Holy Emblem Knights appeared ahead; the difference in speed was reflected at this moment.

After marching at full speed for 2 hours and 37 minutes, a magnificent large city appeared in the wind and snow ahead. This was Winter City, the main city of the Northern Territory.