A week after the army led by Brando arrived at the Niam River, the first batch of armored ships bought by Yulei was delivered to the north bank of the river. A thousand ships! This is only the first batch of armored ships, which is already the same as the current number of armored ships of the coalition. The financial resources of the Holy Fire Sect are really astonishing. The coalition forces cannot accuse Taoyuan of "favoring one thing and favoring the other" because the Holy Fire Sect has already offered 300,000 gold coins per ship. Faced with such a large deal, the coalition forces can still offer 280,000 gold coins per vessel. If you can get an armored ship from Taoyuan for the price of a ship, you should be grateful. As soon as the armored ship was delivered to the Holy Fire Cult, they began naval training. The Holy Fire Cult does have more resources than the coalition forces, and they even have a quite large number of naval forces. This part of the navy was originally the army of coastal countries. After the outbreak of the Black Death, these countries fell apart, and many coastal navy also fled inland. This military gathering of the Holy Fire Cult is unprecedented, and there are many people with amazing military talents among them. Naturally, we can think of the dangerous river Niamh, so when recruiting troops, we pay special attention to those who can swim. , among the 230,000 troops, more than one-third are skilled in water, and at least 20,000 are sailors. They will not suffer any disadvantage compared to the coalition forces. Although there is no help from Taoyuan Navy, their navy training is still carried out in an orderly manner. The densely packed ships on the other side of the river were like a large group of terrifying piranhas. After obtaining the armored warships, the coalition forces on the south bank no longer dared to cross the river to provoke. The Holy Fire Army could finally feel proud and no longer live such a frustrating life. They reveal their ferocious nature. Practice and sharpen your sword every day, ready to attack the south bank at any time. Especially the forward army, which has suffered enough humiliation in the past few months, has been training particularly feverishly. As the commander-in-chief, Nalande gave up his good life and ate and drank on the warship. Although Brando made it clear that he did not care about Parliado's death, Nalande could not pass his own test. As the supervisor of the forward army, Parliado's honor and disgrace were tied to that of the forward army. Parriado's head hanging by the coalition forces has become a joke across the continent. As the head coach of the forward army, he has an unshirkable responsibility. Apart from fighting tooth for tooth and using blood and victory to restore honor, Naland could not think of any other way to go. He has never been a knight of water and land. In just one month, he trained himself into a water dragon and worked harder than anyone else. The elegance and elegance have been abandoned, and Naland has become darker and slimmer. The fire in his eyes burned more and more intensely. ¡ Since the night of the assassination, Yang Zheng disappeared from the public¡¯s sight. Although that assassination was rendered invisible by Yang Zhengdi's fierce methods, it brought the martial law of the entire coalition to its peak. Crescent City has undergone a major cleaning inside and outside the city, and daily inspections of people coming and going have become very strict. If there is any slight abnormality, he will be taken away and thrown into prison. He will not be released until the eight generations of his ancestors are examined. Therefore, it has become extremely difficult for the Holy Fire spies still in the principality to obtain information. And after that night, Yang Zheng became the number one person on the Holy Fire Cult¡¯s blacklist. The spies worked hard to dig out all the clues about Yang Zheng. But they found that there was no trace of Yang Zheng. It is already known to everyone that Yang Zheng has become the head coach of the coalition forces. But this same coach never showed up during practice. Yang Zheng handles official business in a low-key manner every day. Kai was recuperating, and all the command and coordination of the war fell on his shoulders. Although Kaiwo¡¯s think tank can help Yang Zheng handle affairs, as the commander-in-chief, Yang Zheng still needs to have more control over the status of the army in his hands. This army was taken over halfway, so it was more difficult to command. Fortunately, Yang Zheng's display of power that night and killed Parliado had brought his reputation to its peak. Every soldier in the coalition army respected Yang from the bottom of his heart. politics. Yang Zheng's orders have always been effectively implemented. The spies don¡¯t know what Yang Zheng is doing every day, and the mystery makes the Holy Fire Sect at a loss what to do. Generally speaking, in any war, both sides will dig out the opponent's coach, because a person's character and command methods are traceable. War is the art of command. If you see through the opponent's coach, you will have the upper hand. Yang Zheng is like a character who appeared out of thin air. Apart from holding the palm of Jinparan and possessing unfathomable military force, the Holy Fire Sect does not have any information about him. This is also the reason why the Holy Fire Cult has been reluctant to launch an attack. But small-scale testing has already begun. Outside the water camps on both sides of the Niam River, the opponent's warships often appear. If they are tempted, the magicians will usually launch several large-scale long-range attacks and quickly evacuate in front of the opponent. Sometimes two small forces meet in the middle of the river. Because neither side has the support of a large force, the two groupsThe troops will choose to fight fiercely. Both sides will suffer casualties. It is rare for one side to win completely. Such small-scale contact is not only conducive to mutual understanding of each other's combat capabilities, but is also a good way to train one's own troops. Neither side has ever fought a serious water battle, so they can only train their troops and accumulate experience through battle. This situation lasted for half a month. The fighting situation has developed to the point where there are more than a dozen small-scale firefights every day, and the number of casualties is no longer a few, but dozens, and sometimes there are even hundreds of deaths. Except for the fact that no large-scale water war has occurred, the war has opened its bloody mouth and mercilessly devoured lives. However, under such circumstances, Yang Zheng still did not come forward. His low profile has made many soldiers in the coalition feel uneasy about what their coach is doing. One day in late autumn, the fog was as thick as ever. The cold wind howled on the river, and also rolled the moist water vapor on the river to the shore. The soldiers stood shivering in the cold wind. The increasingly cold weather told them that winter was not far away. , entering winter will be every soldier¡¯s nightmare. The Niam River is a river that will not freeze, but in winter fighting on the river, once they fall into the water, the biting cold will take away the lives of the soldiers in a short time. By then, falling into the water will mean death. The same goes for good water-based ones. No matter how high the fighting enthusiasm is, it will be extinguished in the cold wind. On the beacon tower thirty miles away from Crescent City, several coalition soldiers gathered around and stamped their horns. Their lips turned purple from the cold and their huddling bodies looked a little embarrassed and depressed. "Damn it, it's getting colder and colder, but we can't warm ourselves by the fire. How are we going to survive after winter?" A veteran complained loudly, looking at the gray sky, and his voice was trembling as the cold wind blew through his throat. . His eyes were fixed on a pile of firewood in the center of the table, with a bucket of kerosene beside it. The other two soldiers also stared at the pile of firewood. This feeling of being able to see but not be able to light it made them even more painful. It was like a beggar who had been hungry for several days and saw a chicken drumstick in someone else's bowl. The cold is even worse. A soldier hugged his arms and jumped hard, trying hard to look away from the pile of firewood, and deliberately joked: "Brother Adam, what do you think will happen if we light this fire?" How many times did the veteran read? In the annual book, he showed off in an elegant manner: "Come on, little boy, come on and play the Beacon Fire Allied Forces, and you will become as famous as Queen Youlan of the Great Yan Dynasty, hahaha" In the history of the Northern Continent, there were once There was a very large Great Yan Dynasty, which was the peak of the monarchy. However, the last emperor of the Great Yan Dynasty was an ignorant and ignorant king. In order to win the happiness of his beloved Queen Youlan, he and the queen once hunted to a beacon tower. Under the queen's coquettishness, the beacon tower was lit, and the entire defense line was mobilized. Unexpectedly, Queen Youlan was the sister of the king of a vassal country at that time, and she deliberately placed her next to King Yan. Queen Youlan this time The army of beacon fire drama caused loopholes in the defense line, and the king of the vassal states at that time directly captured the capital of Dayan, leading to the collapse of the dynasty. This is a famous allusion in history, but it is very appropriate to put it here. Ada was very proud of her accomplishments, but she could see Brad across from him, whose whole face turned pale, and who was taking out two pieces of flint and banging them hurriedly. Perhaps because of being too nervous, the flint failed to produce sparks several times. Ada hadn't come back to his senses yet, and shouted: "Brad, you are crazy, you can light a beacon and chop off your head." At this time, another soldier, Cage, pushed Ada hard, and then went to grab it. The kerosene: "Idiot, look on the river, look look" Ada turned around, her eyes suddenly widened After a moment, a lung-breaking voice penetrated the sky: "Enemy - attack - pull -" A ball of flames shot up into the air, dancing in the strong wind, and then a signal magic bomb flew into the air and exploded. A soldier under the beacon tower galloped towards Crescent City on horseback. Ten miles away, the beacon tower on another hill also burst into flames