The first thousand two hundred and four chapters fire
The cold wind howled with blizzards, and the streets and alleys of New Dunker Port were covered with several feet of snow. The old snow had not yet melted, and new snowflakes had fallen. Layers of snow piled up.
Together, the snow on the streets becomes thicker and denser, gradually forming a thick layer of ice.
In the huge New Duner City, only on the most important avenue in the city, there is a small group of old people holding shovels, struggling to shovel the snow on the street. As for the snow on other streets in the city, there are only
It's up to each household to solve the problem themselves.
On weekdays, a large number of elites are organized to do things like shoveling snow, and they are completed with the fastest efficiency under the leadership of the city hall. But this year, due to Arthur's recruitment order, all the elites in New Dunark have been transferred.
In the army, there will definitely not be more than a thousand young adults in the city aged between fifteen and forty.
And these people are basically the rich and nobles of New Dunerker. Don't expect them to work hard in the blizzard.
In the city hall of New Dunker, the current mayor and a group of noble city councilors were sitting in the conference hall with gloomy faces, staring blankly through the large floor-to-ceiling windows at the heavy snow whistling outside.
"Firewood, this is a very critical issue!" The chubby mayor finally spoke: "Without enough firewood, New Dunerke cannot survive this winter. But as everyone knows, the five northern towns have
All the woodcutters in the province have been conscripted into the army, so... there is no more firewood for sale on the market!”
An equally chubby congressman knocked on the conference table in front of him in distress: "What's even more shameless is that the firewood from several neighboring provinces in the south is sold out on the road before it can be transported. Occasionally, a truck of firewood passes through the waterway.
When shipped here, the price is already comparable to the best quality wheat flour. The cost is too high, and the citizens of New Dunerque cannot afford it!"
Everyone's faces looked ugly.
Without firewood, there is no way to light a fireplace. Without a warm fire, the city of New Duner is now filled with the elderly, the weak, the sick and the disabled. There will inevitably be a lot of frostbite and frostbite in this extremely cold winter. It is unimaginable that New Dunker will die after the spring begins.
What a hellish scene it would be in Erke, even the most courageous and lawless nobles would not dare to imagine the consequences of such a tragic situation.
The criticism of the imperial public opinion, the severe punishment of the imperial emperor, and the anger of the soldiers who returned from the expedition?
Well, if those warriors who entered the Fourth Abyss came back alive and saw that all their families were frozen to death, they would simply use their weapons to chop the entire family of noble men in the city into pieces.
Right?
"Firewood. Firewood!" The mayor shook his head bitterly: "We are lucky, the Seine River flows through New Dunerke. Therefore, we can obtain firewood supply from the imperial capital. Of course, it can meet the needs of the entire New Dunerke winter.
The supply of firewood is a huge number, and the freight is expensive, which costs a lot of money. But we must provide enough firewood."
The congressmen had gloomy faces and bowed their heads in silence.
Providing enough firewood means that they have to pay for expensive fuel out of their own pockets. This is a huge cost, and this cost did not require them to spend a single copper in previous years. New Dunerker
When the young and middle-aged people are not transferred away, they can just go to the mountains and cut down two trees, which is enough for the whole family to consume for a month.
Not to mention there are a large number of woodcutters who make a living from logging. They are enough to ensure that there is sufficient and cheap fuel supply on the market.
"Our Highness the Prince, he made the most foolish decision this time!" One of the most courageous congressmen finally spoke.
"Maybe we should contact the nobles in other cities. We should jointly petition His Majesty. We don't need a lord who is so cruel and unreasonable." Another congressman sneered with a gloomy face: "This winter, the five northerners will
Life in all the provinces is difficult. After the spring begins, I don’t know how many living people will be left in these five provinces. But it’s not a pleasant sight to think about.”
"Impeach Arthur, the upstart!" A small nobleman with a low title but a long family history stood up and waved his fist vigorously: "Impeach him. Either drive him away, or we will take the tribe with us
Move away. If he continues to act recklessly, these five provinces will be destroyed."
The mayor sneered a few times and shook his head vigorously: "Now these five provinces are on the verge of death. Dear members, the five provinces in the northern part of the empire are on the verge of death."
Sighing deeply, the mayor spread his hands helplessly: "We will discuss the issue of impeaching him later. The main issue now is, what to do with firewood? We can only take out our own gold coins and go to the imperial capital to collect a large amount of firewood."
The firewood is then sent to New Dunkerque through the Seine River, and then distributed equally among the people in the city.”
"Gentlemen, this is our only way!" The mayor looked bitterly at the green-eyed council members, and sighed helplessly: "If we still want to leave a good reputation, if we don't want to see new
Dunerki has become a hell, and if we still want to save our lives after those soldiers return home, we can only spend enough gold coins!"
The council members sighed at the same time, and then reluctantly nodded in agreement with the mayor's proposal.
The foundation of their family is in New Duner'ki. They have interests in New Dun'er'ki and share life and death. If New Dun'er'ki is destroyed, then their family will become a rootless tree, and their family will also be in trouble.
Soon to die. So in this most difficult moment, they must keep New Dunerq. No matter how stingy they are, they must spend enough gold coins to maintain the supply of firewood.
Just as the councilors were discussing and calculating how much cash they could spend to buy firewood, a huge explosion suddenly shook the entire city hall building. The three-story hollow floor-to-ceiling glass windows emitted terrible shattering.
There was a crackling sound, and dozens of huge pieces of glass exploded into pieces. Countless broken glass pieces flew into the air, smashing the heads of several unlucky congressmen in the conference hall.
"What's going on?" The mayor quickly ran under the conference table to hide, and then howled at the top of his lungs.
Two guards broke into the conference hall. Cold sweat broke out on their foreheads, and they screamed in terror: "We are under attack! A huge fireball fell on the City Hall Square, and the carriages of the congressmen and the carriage drivers were all bombed.
Dead!"
In the Municipal Square of New Dunerque, a huge hole with a diameter of more than 30 meters is emitting billowing heat. The snow in the entire Municipal Square has been evaporated into water vapor by the heat, and the billowing heat waves are spreading in all directions. The Municipal Square
A circle of large trees covered with thick ice armor suddenly burst into flames, like torches spitting out flames several meters high.
This is an extremely powerful magical fireball. The mage who inspired this fireball is at least a saint-level power. Being able to erupt the most common fireball with such a powerful force is something that even the most powerful mage can do.
Not to this extent.
Another fireball with a diameter of more than three meters fell from a high altitude with a bright flame tail. This time, the fireball accurately hit a hotel opposite the city hall. The fireball tore off the roof of the hotel and penetrated into the heart of the hotel.
Then it exploded with a bang.
This luxurious hotel has more than a hundred rooms, and now the windows of these rooms spurted out dazzling pillars of fire at the same time. The scarlet flames quickly wrapped around the outer wall of the hotel like poisonous snakes, in just a few breaths
In a short time, the hotel building collapsed, and all the guests and waiters in the hotel were killed in the flames.
The mayor and council members witnessed this horrific scene with their own eyes through the shattered glass windows.
A tall and thin member of Parliament howled at the top of his lungs: "Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Someone attacked New Dunerque! Where are our city defense troops? Where are our militia regiments? Where are our police officers? Our police officers?
Where is the city defense general? Contact the sailors of the garrison fleet, this is an enemy attack!"
Everyone looked blankly at the congressman who was so frightened that he almost had a schizophrenia.
City defense troops? The five thousand city defense troops in New Dunerker have been transferred.
Militia group? The 30,000 militiamen in New Dunkerque had long been recruited by Arthur.
Sheriff? He is now a colonel in Arthur's Legion.
As for the general of the city defense army, whether he is willing or not, this guy has now held the rank of Lieutenant General of Arthur's Legion, and is leading a legion full of new recruits to trek through the wilderness of the Fourth Abyss, looking for someone.
That frosty door where I don’t know where it is.
"The garrison fleet, go to General Neville for help! He has at least thousands of people left behind!" The mayor is the mayor after all, and he reacted immediately. Now the young strength left in New Dunirk is
There are less than a thousand strong people, and they are basically the children of nobles and wealthy people. It is impossible for them to withstand this sudden attack.
Apart from these unreliable young and middle-aged men, there are now only a large number of old, weak, sick and disabled people left in New Dunerkin. Their best use is as human shields. It is impossible to expect them to fight.
At the military port of New Dunerker, the North Sea Guard Fleet, which had just been reorganized for three days and had just set up a complete command structure, had mobilized as quickly as possible. Neville stood fully armed at the front of the empire.
On the light flagship, orders were issued loudly.
Powerful fireballs roared down one after another from very far away, landing randomly in the seawater of the military port and on the nearby hills. The power of each fireball was extremely astonishing. Several medium-sized warships were unfortunately caught.
The fireball hit, and the battleship a hundred meters away was lifted into the air by the terrifying explosive force, and exploded into countless fragments in the dazzling firelight.
A raid, and such a powerful raid!
But where is the enemy? Less than half of the city of New Dunerker has been in flames, but they haven't seen where the enemy is yet!
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