Chapter 214: Kongsberg

"Just to provoke her. After the breakdown of the negotiations, war is inevitable. I hope she can lose her temper so that I can find an opportunity to capture her. The war will be easier to carry out without a leader, and I can even force Fluker to surrender directly. It's a pity that she remained indifferent even when being called a bitch. She has a really good heart. Maybe I should have used more insulting words to scold her at that time."

Diluka looked at Richard and shook her head: "In my impression, Sister Freya has never been angry. She has heard many similar words in the long war years. "

Richard smiled and said, "It's me who made a fool of myself. Let's not dwell on this issue. You should return to Tordheim immediately. A new war has begun."

Freya did not lie. Fluke was not afraid of war. Richard's army, which attacked from Gretz, encountered stubborn resistance from the beginning. This was also related to Fluke's urban divisions. Fluke is the largest country in Yggdelsir and has the most cities. This country has a capital, four metropolises, and dozens of small and medium-sized cities. The capital, Raikongol, is located in the center of the country. The transportation network is well connected to various cities. There is a metropolis to the north and south of the capital, and another one to the southeast of Fluke, close to the divine domain. The last one is at the northwest border of Fluke, next to the empty strait that connects Fluke and Greze. This empty strait is now in Richard's hands, so Richard's northern front encountered strong resistance as soon as it left the empty strait. The metropolis Kongsberg has one-tenth of Fluke's population. Freya, who escaped from the negotiation site, is now commanding here. When the war comes, everyone here will be a soldier, and men, women, and children will take up various weapons to resist the invaders.

The southern front that launched the offensive one day later was much stronger than the northern front. The empty strait connecting Tordheim and Fluk is also a border, but there is no city like Dadu that is easily defended and difficult to attack with a large population. They are all remote villages. The only thing that requires some effort is the Visma Fortress in the empty strait. This empty strait is also the most special. It is the only empty strait in the whole Yggdrasil with three fortresses, and it is also the largest empty strait in terms of area. Among the fortresses in this empty strait, only one belongs to Tordheim, and the remaining two are guarded by Fluk and are all well-defended. In comparison, the Visma Fortress located in the middle of the three fortresses is the strongest. The walls here are long and thick, the terrain is steep and difficult to climb, and the defense is also elite. The other North and South Wismar fortresses are more like forest strongholds. But this is not a problem for Zonoz. Since he conquered Tordheim, Zonoz has been studying how to conquer this fortress. Those gullies are like flat land to him. One of the plans he formulated even uses the strong physique of the Faceless Men to fill the road with sand and stones. For the Southern Front, as long as they conquer the two empty gorges, there will be an endless plain in front of them. In the end, they only need to decide whether to attack Trondheim in the south or the capital in the center according to the battle situation. Even

if Richard in the north conquered Dadu, the road ahead is all hills. There is one good news. After Yorum and Richard agreed to play the pain and pleasure game at a specific time, he joined Richard's troops. Richard immediately used her in the siege team. Yorum, who could block pain or rely on pain to strengthen herself, showed great advantages in siege. She successfully climbed the city wall several times, not only attracting a lot of firepower, but also maintaining the morale of the troops because of her continuous desire to attack.

However, the final fall of Kongsberg had nothing to do with these soldiers on the front line. After more than a day of attack, they still failed to take the city gate and suffered huge losses. At this time, Ain's siege troops rushed to the battlefield, and Richard immediately put them into battle. Speaking of Ain, because Ligredo went to conduct scientific research, the siege artillery was commanded by Ain alone, and Zonoz also took the initiative to transport the artillery assigned to him to support the attack here. The artillery bombarded for a whole day, and half of the city of Kongsberg disappeared. Without the protection of the barrier, the soldiers and citizens chose to fight or evacuate, and most chose the former. Yorum and several legions fought street battles among the ruins. The shouts of killing echoed everywhere in the city. Until the city fell, Richard could still vaguely hear the roar of fighting in the city.

Kongsberg held out for a week and a half, but eventually fell. Freya fought until the last minute and then withdrew from the battlefield. It was the first time that Richard did not spend the night in a conquered city. Not only Richard, but all the soldiers did not. The capital of Kongsberg is now a dead city in the true sense. There is no living being here. There are collapsed walls and broken wreckage everywhere. The people here fought until the last moment of their lives, every one of them. After the smoke, the cold wind blew, and countless resentful souls cried. In the end, the city was burned down by Richard. For the first time, Richard was worried about the prospects of the war. If people everywhere were like this, then Fluke's strategy would be extremely difficult.

"Is the battle in the south going well?"

Sitting in front of the crackling fire, Richard asked Primathis who was sitting nearby burning intelligence.

Primadis threw all the unnecessary data into the room and looked up to answer, "So far, it's been going smoothly. The two fortresses on the empty canyon have not stopped them. Zonoz still used the tactic of filling the pit. Diluka's Pegasus Legion attacked from the air. Zonoz led the Faceless Men to carry the attack and forcibly created an artificial hillside. The soldiers climbed up the hillside to the city wall. The Southern Front is now marching on the plains southwest of Fluk. "They learned our lesson and did not attack the big cities. They pretended to attack the capital, forcing soldiers from some cities to fight outside the city. On the plains, Fluke's army was not that strong. But now most of the troops choose to defend the cities, and the troops in the southern capital are constantly raiding the supply routes of the army. Before solving the problem in the rear, the southern army will not make any big moves."

"Where's Freya?"

Primadis shook his head: "There's no trace of her yet."

Richard frowned. Freya's beauty and figure would attract attention as long as she appeared on the battlefield, but she was not found on either the northern or southern battlefield. After the battle of Kongsberg, Freya disappeared. Richard didn't know why Freya didn't come out of the game when the country was invaded by foreign enemies and the situation was urgent.