On this continent that runs through the entire planet, what separates the four empires from each other is not only the "Great Rift Valley" formed by being cut off by the cataclysm, but also the cold and harsh climate, which can be said to be a natural border.
North and South Poles.
However, since the empire's tax collection teams and legionary cavalry almost never set foot in these two bitter cold places, there will still be civilians who cannot bear the war, hunters trying to obtain precious furs, and mine owners who want to mine undiscovered mineral veins.
As well as adventurers trying to explore ancient ruins, and of course, there are also pirates who regard all the previous ones as prey and are more ferocious than ordinary robbers and bandits.
Under the struggle between multiple forces, these two snow-covered lands far away from each other have also formed their own unique but somewhat similar power structures.
The residents of the far northern province of Skyrim are called Nords. Each city lord lives in the stone city he built or simply lives in the ancient ruins found in the mountains. They fight with each other endlessly over trivial matters.
And when the North Sea Empire launches an expedition to tax them, the Nords will elect a "Supreme King" to lead a coalition composed of their own supporting personnel to deal with the "Southern Olds".
If all parties provide strong support and repel the imperial forces, then everything will continue as usual and the city lords will continue to fight each other. If all the forces defend themselves wisely and the coalition is defeated and they have to submit funds to the empire, they will blame each other.
The other side sent too few men, so they should bear more money and continue to fight and kill.
In comparison, the Sturgia people living in the southernmost province of Solstheim are relatively simple - they were "recruited" by the empire.
Unlike the pirates in Nord, whose status is no different from that of bandits, all the lords in Sturgia are pirates, and all of them have the titles of "Prince", "Grand Duke", "Count" and "Count" awarded by the South China Sea Empire.
With nominal noble status such as "Baron", their main task is to attack all ships in the surrounding waters except the South China Sea Empire, and at the same time hand over the harvest to the South China Sea Empire in proportion.
Obviously, the Sturgians are not as unruly as the Nords, and are very satisfied with the current situation under the sojourners. They have never considered that once the South China Sea Empire declines, they, the "sea pirate nobles" who have already offended all other forces, will
How to survive.
Skyrim Province, Whiterun City.
This is a city located in the "middle" of Skyrim Province, in other words, it is the "North Pole". Due to its special location and continental environment, it is extremely cold for half of the year and is difficult to survive, while the other half of the year is relatively warm and can even pass as a grassland.
, the lord who originally chose this location to build the city because the construction speed was too fast, it took the entire clan a month to move in before discovering the problem.
The final fate of that unlucky lord is unknown, but the city he built and the name of the city "Xueman" are still preserved, which means, "see white and run away."
However, this is not the season when you need to run. Judging from the raven flag with a blue background and gold rim that is flying at the top of the city, it has obviously been occupied by a certain lord, and judging from the flags with different designs surrounding the city,
After analyzing the army from six sides, it is obvious that the lords occupying this city are not very popular.
Even in the far north, the methods of siege are still much the same. Infantry charge forward with siege ladders, catapults suppress them from a distance, and archers sit behind the arrow walls to suppress counterattacks on the city walls while covering the rams.
It is gradually approaching the siege tower. As for the cavalry? Unless the commander of the city thinks that the advantage is great and decides to attack the city, there will be no chance for the horses to appear.
Winter! Winter! Winter!
Due to the poor accuracy of the trebuchet at the top of the city, although it successfully destroyed the tall siege tower, it was powerless against the shorter battering ram. After it arrived at the main entrance of the city, it began to bombard it. Some people originally tried to attack it on the city wall.
The infantry attacking with projectiles had to pick up their melee weapons again and go behind the door to stand by.
Winter, winter, boom!
In the end, Xueman's main entrance was smashed into scattered pieces of wood by the battering ram, and the infantry following it poured in, shouting slogans of unknown meaning.
"You will be killed like a wild beast!"
"Die! Wild dog!"
"I'm going to use your skull as a bowl!"
"you--"
Peng!
With a huge muffled sound, the dozen or so Nord infantry at the front seemed to have collided head-on with a running snow monster, flying back almost in a straight line, knocking the friendly troops behind them to stagger, and about half of them were
It turned directly into black smoke and disappeared.
When they looked up, they saw a tall man nearly three meters tall, wearing heavy mail and holding a giant hammer as big as a door leaf standing opposite the city gate.
"[This road is blocked]." He roared in a muffled voice.
The frightened soldiers tried to escape, but the Nord infantry who were rushing towards the door behind them did not know that there was a gatekeeper here and were still rushing forward. They had to raise their weapons again and aim at the tall giant and place their hope in him.
When his attack speed was slow, his knees hurt and he was knocked away again.
"Where are you looking! Bastard!" At the giant's feet, a strong, bearded short man was waving the ax in his hand and cursing.
Compared with the fierce battlefield at the city gate, the battle for the city wall was even more intense. Dozens of siege ladders were set up directly on the crenellations of the city wall. The infantrymen kept climbing with shields under the cover of the archers below, just waiting.
Jump on the city wall and start killing.
Due to the angle, it was difficult for the archers guarding the city to aim downwards. They basically had to fight with three battle losses for one. The infantry guarding the siege ladder and preparing to strike when the soldiers ascended the city appeared. Their equipment looked like
Not very sophisticated either.
And just when the first batch of siege soldiers finally stepped onto the city wall...
"Get down!" A tall, fat man with a beard wearing a horned helmet kicked down the siege ladder in front of him, causing him to fall down together with the other climbing siege soldiers below.
"There is a flaw -" an archer in green put down his bow, took off his dagger from his waist, and stabbed it accurately through the waist of the siege soldier who was climbing so that his weak ribs were exposed, and then turned around
Pick him up and throw him off the wall.
"Watch your head!" A plain-looking infantryman wearing nomad armor suddenly took action. The mace directly hit the siege soldier wearing a sturdy helmet on the head, knocking him unconscious on the spot.
Then he was struck down by other spearmen guarding the city.
The noisy and fierce fighting continued until the soldiers on the siege became demoralized and turned and fled, while the defenders began to seize the time to repair the city gates, treat the wounded, and replenish the lost arrows.
At this time, at the highest point of Xueman City, beside a city defense trebuchet, stood a heroic woman wearing heavy armor and holding a sword and shield, and a tall, thin man wearing an exquisite cloth robe and long hair shawl.
"The enemy has 143 injured and 602 killed, and we have 114 injured and 51 killed." The tall and thin man bowed slightly: "Although the siege is still going on, we are temporarily victorious, Queen Sif."
"We should have discovered the usefulness of 'First Aid' and 'Surgery' earlier," Sif turned to look at him: "Is it really impossible to add them? Pegasus?"
"Attributes and skill levels are linked. Even after such a battle, their levels have not improved. It seems that they have to wait for upgrading to add points," Pegasus replied: "But because all the points were invested in the early stage
In terms of tactics, command and engineering, and the improvement of these skill levels has caused the upgrade to be too fast, my current level is a bit..."
"We won—!"
"For the Queen!"
"yeah!"
Below, the soldiers who realized their victory belatedly and the "heroes" among them began to shout and laugh.
"Forget it," Sif sighed, holding her forehead: "It's not like we can't fight just by relying on them."
