The Knight's Journey to the Empire

The border dividing the Principality of Golia and the Kingdom of Essex is a majestic mountain range called Drakent.

The Drakent Mountains run from east to west, traversing and circling the earth. Its western part originates from the Chaos Empire west of the Principality of Glia, while its eastern part ends at the famous dangerous place on the continent - the Misty Swamp.

The average altitude of the Drakent Mountains is not high, around 1000 meters.

However, the overall topography of the mountains appears to be relatively fragmented, with various dangerous peaks and deep ravines intertwined and the terrain is complex and changeable, steep and tortuous, which is daunting.

Not only that, inside the mountains, there are all kinds of deep ravines and caves crisscrossed with each other, filled with abundant water. Each one is as bottomless as an abyss and mysterious.

In some deep caves, there are even powerful and unknown monsters living!

It can also be said that the formation of the Misty Swamp is largely due to the influx of groundwater from the Drakent Mountains.

For the Kingdom of Essex, if they want to attack the Principality of Golia, they must cross the Drakent Mountains.

Only in this way can the army of the Kingdom of Essex advance into the core area of ​​the Principality of Glia.

The only passage through the Drakent Mountains is the steep canyon known as the Maghreb.

The Maghreb Canyon is located in the western part of the Drakent Mountains. It is a narrow canyon more than three kilometers long.

At its narrowest point, the canyon seems to have been split open by nature with a giant axe. It is only about two hundred meters wide, with nearly vertical cliffs on both sides, making it extremely steep.

During the time of the Essex Empire, the Essex Empire built an impregnable fortress, the Maghreb Fortress, at the narrowest point of this long and narrow Maghreb Canyon.

The original purpose of building this Maghreb Fortress was to guard against the attack of the Chaos Empire.

That’s right, it’s to guard against the Chaos Empire!

Why is this so?

We can understand this by analyzing the special terrain of the Principality of Glia!

To the south of the Principality of Glia are the Drakent Mountains that border the Kingdom of Essex; to the east are the Barinas Mountains that border the Kingdom of Midburg; and to the north are the Anatolia Mountains, known as the "Mother Continent"!

The western border of the Principality of Glia and the Chaos Empire consists of a flat Pegasus grassland in the southern half and a vast water area of ​​Lake Duolun in the northern half.

So judging from the terrain, the Principality of Glia should be within the sphere of influence of the Chaos Empire.

But history is so wonderful!

When the Essex Empire was effectively ruling the Principality of Glia, the Chaos Empire had not yet appeared in the long river of history.

Finally, with the passage of time, the Essex Empire gradually declined. When it entered the era of the decline of the empire, the Chaos Empire began to rise quietly!

Therefore, the Essex Empire, which was on the decline at that time, was worried about the threat from the Chaos Empire, so it decided to take defensive measures, and then chose the Maghreb Canyon in the Drakent Mountains to build this magnificent and indestructible Maghreb Fortress.

Of course, if this happens, it would be equivalent to the Essex Empire handing over the territory of the Principality of Glia.

However, from the time the Maghreb Fortress was built until the fall of the Essex Empire, this fortress never played a specific role, and even the number of wars that broke out was very small!

Since the founding of the Chaos Empire, it has been constrained by the Kingdom of Melville to its west, and later the Federal Republic of Melville, so it has no ability to move eastward and occupy the land of the Principality of Glia.

[Note: The Kingdom of Melville is the predecessor of the Federal Republic of Melville. The Federal Republic of Melville is a parliamentary federal republic established by the Republic of Melville on the basis of the Kingdom of Melville and in conjunction with some of the surrounding small countries]

Moreover, since the Essex Empire has implemented effective rule over the Principality of Glia for hundreds of years, the two places are very similar in politics, economy, culture, ideology and other aspects!

Therefore, whether it is the people of the Principality of Glia, the people of the Kingdom of Essex, or even the people of the Kingdom of Midburg, they all generally believe that the Principality of Glia is an integral part of the Essex Empire.

Therefore, this is why if the Kingdom of Essex wants to restore the glory of the Essex Empire, it must conquer the Principality of Glia.

Otherwise, the so-called glory of the Essex Empire would be incomplete!

But now, this magnificent Maghreb Fortress has become an important obstacle hindering the Kingdom of Essex from advancing into the Principality of Golia.

Because since the founding of the Principality of Glia, this fortress has been firmly in its own hands, and in the past hundred years, it has been continuously reinforced and comprehensively upgraded!

Today, the Maghreb Fortress is made entirely of huge rocks weighing thousands of pounds, and its height reaches an astonishing 20 meters, which is even higher than the city wall of the capital of the Principality of Glia.

[Note: 20 meters is roughly equivalent to the height of a five-story building!]

Longbows and arrows, battering rams and rolling stones, kerosene and gold juice and other city defense equipment, as well as swords, shields, armor, grain, bacon, fresh water, oil and salt and other war supplies.

The amount of these things stored inside the Maghreb Fortress is so numerous that it is difficult to count.

Moreover, the number of troops stationed in the Maghreb Fortress alone is as high as 50,000. It is no exaggeration to describe the fortress as "crowded with people".

In addition, outside the Drakent Mountains, the Principality of Glia has stationed 100,000 troops who can advance into the Maghreb Fortress at any time to assist in defense or carry out rotations.

What’s more important is that the person in charge of the fortress this time is none other than the old General August, known as the “Silver Fox”.

Therefore, it is safe to assume that in order to resist the attack from the Kingdom of Essex, the Principality of Glia has already regarded this fortress as its own and is willing to do everything it can to defend it.

Of course, there is actually another important factor why the Principality of Glia attaches so much importance to this fortress!

That is the terrain in the heart of the Principality of Glia, which is basically a vast plain with flat terrain!

Therefore, if the Maghreb Fortress is unfortunately breached by the enemy, the army of the Kingdom of Essex will be able to march straight in as if they were in an empty space, all the way to the capital of the Principality of Glia!

By then, the Principality of Glia will probably have no chance to surrender!

But now the Maghreb Fortress not only has high walls and solid city walls, but also has abundant reserves of various materials and sufficient troops to defend the city. What's more, the experienced and strategic General August is personally in charge of command and dispatch!

Therefore, if the Kingdom of Essex wants to successfully conquer this impregnable military fortress, the difficulty is really not just a little bit!

It is no more difficult than ascending to heaven!

Anyway, it is impossible to break through without paying the price of hundreds of thousands of casualties!

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