When the situation was in chaos before, the soldiers of the Frozen Fortress had some illusions, thinking that Larson was still commanding the battle somewhere and fighting alongside everyone. As long as the general who had guarded the fortress for 28 years was still there, the Six Kings would

The survivors will never be able to capture this place.

But when Larson's body was pushed out and Asuma was beheading him in front of everyone, this illusion was completely shattered.

What Asuma had just beheaded was not only Lassen's head, but also the morale and confidence of everyone. The soldiers on the inner wall were already in a state of panic and were in a state of extreme panic.

"We...we should surrender..." A young recruit said with fear in his eyes, "The Frozen Fortress must be undefendable. If we continue to resist, everyone will die...We should surrender.

..."

Some veterans couldn't help it anymore, grabbed the recruits' clothes and shouted: "Do you know what you are talking about? Surrender?! General Larson was insulted in front of us, and you actually said you wanted to surrender?"

The recruit replied excitedly: "What else can we do? Ashuma said, those barbarians have 800,000 troops. Even if one of our four legions is not dead, the full number will be a little more than 30,000, let alone those who are dead now."

I don’t know how many brothers have been killed, and the outer city wall has fallen, so what are we going to do with it?"

The veteran roared: "We have to fight even if we can't fight! We shoulder the responsibility of guarding the frozen fortress. We are guarding the gate of Doguland. Even if we die, we have to sleep here. If the enemy wants to enter the kingdom, they must get it from our corpses."

Cross over!"

The recruit pushed the veteran away violently, even pulled out his sword and pointed it at him. He opened his eyes and said, "If you want to die, you can die yourself! My wife and children are here, and I must keep them alive. Who dares to take my family's money?"

My life is used as a bargaining chip, who should I fight to the death with?"

The veteran glared and cursed angrily: "What's the use of showing your sword to me? Do you think that if you surrender, you and your family will really be safe? Look who is talking outside, it's that treacherous French bastard!"

Look what those barbarians did! If they really wanted to persuade them to surrender, how could they set fire to and kill them when they entered the city?!"

Everyone subconsciously looked towards the occupied city in the north, looking at the destroyed buildings and the corpses of soldiers and civilians on the streets, and fell into silence.

The veteran gritted his teeth and said: "These barbarians have no intention of letting us go! As long as we open the city gate and hand over our weapons, they will immediately turn their backs on us! They will chop off the heads of your wife and son in front of you.

, when the time comes, you will definitely regret why you surrendered in the first place! Why didn’t you stick here!”

Just as the recruit was about to say something, another soldier muttered: "Even if you want to defend, you can't defend..."

The soldier lowered his head, with cold sweat on his forehead, and muttered in despair: "General Lassen is dead, and the senior generals of the four major armies are also dead. We only have some of the highest military positions here."

Commander, there is no one who can command large-scale legion operations, how are we going to fight against the barbarians?"

The soldier's words brought morale to a freezing point.

War is not a stage for lone wolves. 1,000 soldiers fighting each other and 1,000 soldiers organizing a coordinated attack are two completely different scenes.

The significance of the existence of generals is not only their spiritual support, but more importantly their commanding ability. A legion must have a mature command system to exert its due combat effectiveness. A legion without a command is just a pig with only weapons.

, the enemy can play with it however they want.

Now that Larsen is dead, the senior generals of the four major legions are also dead, and the only top positions left are "Commander of Thousands" and "Centurion", middle and lower-level officers who can lead troops into battle but do not have the ability to coordinate the overall situation.

No one can play the role of "commander-in-chief", and the entire ice fortress' command system has been paralyzed.

This must have been planned by Asuma and the Six Kings remnants. The main purpose of last night's drastic change was to completely annihilate the Ice Fortress headquarters. If it hadn't been planned for a long time, there was no reason why not a single general had escaped like this.

The surrounding atmosphere was about to reach freezing point. Both the new and old soldiers were lowering their heads sadly at this time. Some were sobbing quietly, some were patting their heads in annoyance, and some were cursing traitors like Asuma that they would not die well. However, cursing would end in the end.

Just cursing and words cannot turn into a blade to kill the enemy, nor can it bring them out of desperate situation.

Just when everyone didn't know what to do, a slightly trembling young voice sounded: "I'll take command."

Gu Cai

Everyone was stunned and looked in the direction of the sound.

I saw Solandel standing in the middle of the crowd. She had a lot of blood on her face and body because of running away all night, and her red eyes looked very haggard. She swallowed unconsciously and stood up on her own initiative.

He told everyone: "General Lassen is no longer here, and I will direct everyone's operations for him."

The soldiers looked shocked. You looked at me and I looked at you. They both saw the disbelief in each other's eyes, as well as a deep sense of distrust.

A captain stood up and said in a choked voice: "War is not just playing house. How can you, a child, have the qualifications to say such things? Could it be that you have commanded a legion in combat before?"

Solandel pursed her lips and shook her head slightly: "I have no actual combat experience...but I have studied the complete legion command system at the "Laurel Academy" and also conducted a lot of war game exercises on the sand table. If you all

Trust me, I can try to direct."

"Laurel Academy..." the commander muttered, "General Larson graduated from there..."

As the highest-ranking institution of higher education in the Kingdom of Doguland and Lassen's alma mater, the name of Laurel Academy has ignited some hope in the eyes of many soldiers.

Of course, there are also some people who think that Solandel is too young to take on this important task and has no actual combat experience. Isn’t that nonsense? Can actual combat command be the same as talking about it on paper?

What's more, someone speculated on Solandel with great malice and shouted directly: "Don't believe her! She must want to trick us into staying here to delay the enemy, and then escape by herself!"

Suddenly, there was a lot of noise, and everyone looked at Solandel with sinister eyes, and their distrust was palpable.

Solandel didn't argue about anything, she just took out a jade whistle from her arms and blew it hard.

"call out--"

Following the sharp whistle, there was a powerful neighing sound from behind, and a white horse galloped on the steps, scaled the city wall, and jumped to Solandel's side amid the exclamations of the crowd.

Everyone took a closer look and realized that it was not a "white horse". Although it had a mane as pure white as snow, there were long horns on its forehead that no horse could have. People with eyesight had already recognized it. This was impressive.

A unicorn!

This unicorn was a birthday gift Solandelle received when she was 12 years old. This time she traveled to the Frozen Fortress, she brought this riding beast with her.

In the legend of Doguland, the unicorn is a sacred beast that can distinguish good from evil and will not show even a little closeness to the unclean. Only those with pure hearts can gain its favor.

The unicorn walked around Solandel, lowered its noble head amidst everyone's exclamations, and allowed Solandel to caress it.

Solandel stood beside the unicorn, reflecting the crowd in her blue eyes, and said firmly: "Please believe me, everyone, I will not run away like a mouse, but will stand beside you and fight side by side.

"
Chapter completed!