Chapter 452 (1/2)

The rebelling nobles were powerless against the First Ar in every confrontation to decide the victor The First Ares before their enes Moreover, the eneht, and the First Army only had to pursue and capture theh one territory per day and quickly conquered the regions governed by the Elk, Wolf, and Wild Rose families However, when the troops reached the Maple Leaf territory, they began slowing down

They encountered some unexpected issues

”dahold” Brian stared at the Earl's loorily ”It's protected by a moat!”

”Was anyone hurt in the past round of attacks?” asked Iron Axe coldly

”Two unlucky men ounded, one in the ar, but it doesn't seereat disadvantage because they were shooting upwards froround, so even if the enemies only had bows and bolts, they could still contend with us”

Iron Axe knew that Brian was right No one had expected the Earl of the Maple Leaf Family to have a castle built like a tohich was supported by mountains and cliffs The streae were led into a five- the castle Since the water was constantly flowing, although there were blocks of floating ice and snow, the ate was the only entrance into the tower, so in order to reach it, they had to cross the bridge, where the enemy's force was most concentrated

There were no concealments around the Earl's castle, only plains of snow, so standing on the higher groundcrossbow bolts After two rounds of probing attacks, the First Army only shot down three or four people and suffered ht cannons with us,” said Brian bitterly ”If we shot a few cannonballs at their gate, they would surrender in no ti thehold, and the snow's too deep” Iron Axe glanced at the sky ”Let's call it a day and arrange for the troops to set up camp”

The territory of the Maple Leaf Fahold, next to Ie, and it lay on the border of the Western Region Si here took almost a day, and the uncleared snow on the paths made it i to reports, the Maple Leaf Family barely contributed to the rebellion, and even the Earl himself didn't participate This meant that their resources and poere all intact and stored in this guarded tower, e weapons

At night, bonfires were lit in the camp's tents

”What should we do to wood into the fire pit ”Order the soldiers to rush against the rain of arrows? As long as we can blast through that damn steel door, they're done for”

”But the First Army would also lose dozens of soldiers” Iron Axe shook his head and didn't answer If he were still in the Iron Sand City, he would gladly sacrifice hundreds of soldiers to coretful However, after he caion, he felt somewhat protective of the soldiers whohness Roland put so much effort into

After a long pause, he sighed ”Let's use the witches”

Brian was shocked ”The witches?”

Iron Axe didn't want to do this either He remembered the prince had once told him that a decent army should be able to complete its mission independently at all times However, this was not ioal of uniting the Western Region in a week and to ive up his pride

Also, His Highness also said that a good general accounted for his soldiers' lives