The front line of the war zone in late winter, the main fortress of the late winter fortress group.
In the deputy commander's command tent, the silver-haired paladin Nelson Sunblade was listening carefully to the report of a hornbill.
Four days have passed since the last time he reported to General Edwin about the changes in the rear. During these four days, the hornbills in Blackhorn Town and the neighboring Frost-covered Valley and Midway Town have received orders to begin.
I searched around for information about the many recent demonic attacks.
Especially the information about attacks on mining convoys and the seizure of mine carts.
After careful investigation by a group of hornbills, a total of eight mine car plundering incidents have been confirmed, of which five were successful and three failed. The last plundering incident occurred near Black Point Town. All mine cart plundering incidents occurred.
All of them are winged demons from the sky.
Wing Demons are very mobile and are air units. They have always been a penetrating demon force that is difficult to guard against. It is normal for them to appear in the rear and attack any target.
But this time, all the mining convoys that were successfully attacked by the Winged Demon disappeared completely, which gave it a slightly different flavor.
While investigating, the hornbills slowly smelled something amiss. They noticed that there seemed to be a hand hidden in the shadows that had been manipulating something.
As a result, the hornbills stepped up their efforts to collect information and included towns further afield within the scope of their investigation.
However, no similar events were found around these towns. It seems that these winged demons are only interested in the mine cart transportation teams around these three towns.
They reported this information to Nelson, and Nelson, who had already expected it, had roughly guessed what the evil conspirators wanted to do.
Among the three towns that were attacked, Frost-covered Valley and Black Point Town are the two closest to the World Stone teleport point and the largest lighthouse crystal production area in the late winter war zone.
Midway Town is the only way for the rear to transport strategic materials to the front.
No matter what they want to do, the ultimate goal must be to attack or occupy these three small towns, forcing the frontline defenders to allocate a large amount of manpower and material resources to defend, in order to significantly weaken the defense capabilities of the fortress group in late winter.
And their plan also had another purpose, that is, no matter which town really fell during the attack, even if it only fell for one day, it would have a huge impact on the front line.
These three small towns are the top priority that must be defended in the late winter war zone, so no matter what, as long as their plan is implemented smoothly, there will be trouble on the front line in the late winter war zone.
Nelson continued to ask the reporting hornbill if they had found each other's nest, or if they had found out the relationship between the local escapees and this incident.
However, the investigation time obtained by the Hornbill was too short, and this more in-depth information has not yet been grasped.
Nelson sighed softly.
If there is really no other way, the only option is to put the three towns into a state of total martial law. No one is allowed to enter or leave the town, and lighthouse crystal mine carts from the mining area are not allowed.
But this state of martial law will definitely not last long. All human towns need lighthouse crystals to maintain the normal operation of the town. One or two days are fine, but over time, when the lighthouse crystals in the town are exhausted, what will happen?
Something big is going to happen!
And it's okay to say that in Frost-covered Valley, it's really difficult to implement complete martial law in Black Corner Town and Midway Town.
Blackhorn Town is the closest human town to the World Stone teleportation point. The only town closer than it is the Blackstone Connection Point.
However, the Blackstone Connection Point is just a temporary camp, and the facilities inside are not complete at all. If Black Point Town is closed, even tasks may not be sent out from the Blackstone Connection Point.
How can the newcomers who have just arrived in the second world and are still lingering in the back accumulate military exploits?
The situation in Midway Town is even more serious.
This small town built in Iron Helmet Mountain is an extremely important strategic material transfer point and transportation hub.
Once this place is paralyzed, the front lines of the war zone in late winter will be unable to obtain lighthouse crystals and various strategic materials from the rear mining areas.
Therefore, this method is destined to treat the symptoms rather than the root cause, and can only be used to solve urgent needs when the detailed time of the opponent's launch plan is known.
The more Nelson thought about it, the more he frowned. After all, the time was too short. Even the hornbill couldn't find out in a few days what the Evil Contractor had planned for half a year...
"Hey..." The silver-haired legendary paladin let out a long sigh.
Those damn rats in hell really hit their weak point this time!
Shaking his head slightly, Nelson cheered up, suddenly turned around, grabbed a silver-white long knife placed on the weapon rack next to him, and walked out of the tent without saying a word.
The hornbill, which was half kneeling on the ground, was stunned for a moment, and then felt a gentle force lifting itself up from the ground.
Then, Nelson's order came to his ears.
"Block the news of my outing and don't let anyone know except the commander-in-chief.
Order the Hornbill to set up branches in various places and ask them to send out capable manpower to assemble in the three places of Midway Town, Frost-covered Valley and Black Horn Town.
Order the managers in the three towns to strictly inspect all convoys transporting lighthouse crystals into the city during this period, and ask them to pay attention to the escorts, and not to take them lightly just because of their professional status!"
"Yes...yes!" The hornbill was stunned. When he reacted again, Nelson's figure had disappeared from the city.
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Nelson's order was quickly passed on, and within a day, a large number of seemingly inconspicuous professionals suddenly began to gather in the three small towns mentioned in the order in the rear of the entire late winter war zone.
At the same time, the managers of the three small towns also received direct orders from the deputy commander-in-chief of the theater Nielsen, requiring them to secretly increase the number of town guards, strictly inspect all convoys transporting lighthouse crystals, and specifically point out those who are not allowed to be escorts due to their profession.
The person can be easily released into the town based on the identity of the person. The person must be found out and verified that there is nothing else in the minecart before the person can be released.
At the same time, the commander of the theater, General Edwin, also issued a direct order, ordering the three small towns of Frost-covered Valley, Black Horn Town and Midway Town to strictly investigate those who wander around or in the towns that have been marked by the Hornbill organization.
As for the fugitives, once they find anything wrong, they can be imprisoned directly first.
A feeling of impending storm began to slowly ferment in the three small towns, and the managers of the three small towns soon unanimously doubled the number of town guards.
The town of Midway, which has an extremely important geographical location, has done more thoroughly. The managers of Midway Town not only increased the size of the town guard, but also took extremely tough measures to drive away all the fugitives who have been wandering in the town all year round.
Got out.
This move was a bit too drastic and almost triggered a backlash from these escapees.
But fortunately, the hornbill troops appeared in time to suppress them and told them that these three towns were not safe now, and if they wanted to save their lives, they had better go north.
Almost at the same time that the three towns completed their guard expansion work, the Lighthouse Crystal Mine convoy led by the leader of the Evil Contractor officially arrived at the escapees' foothold in the rocky mountains northwest of Black Point Town.
Another fierce game between humans and demons is about to take place. (To be continued)
