Monarch of Evernight: Eleven Frost Thunder Temple

bsp;There are strict regulations on the title of nobility in the empire. Anyone who pays military fees and donations below the rank of lord is a false title, and cannot inherit it without an actual fief. However, any title related to the territory, even if it is only the viscount level, is subject to the award, inheritance, and performance of the title. There are strict laws and regulations regarding power distribution.

Special feudal lords are hereditary and will not be surrendered. Every word in the name is also particular, and they will never be randomly sealed. The initial title of every feudal lord comes from the expansion of territory. The price of not surrendering is the loss of the first inch of land, which means the title will be reduced and the title will be transferred. At this moment, Song Zining is asking for the title of Marquis of Xinjiang, and there is no specific area yet. The ambition behind it is already obvious.

Song Zining wants to use his own efforts to open another high-grade family! Song Zining was like this, but what about Qianye? Lan Xincheng suddenly had an idea and his heart skipped a beat: Is this Qianye trying to claim the throne? Great Qin is not the only country established by the human race.

Lan Xincheng glanced at Qianye and Song Zining, his heart was stirred, and he immediately put the idea aside. Since the other party didn't say it clearly, he just couldn't hear it. Qianye's current relationship with the empire is delicate, and there are too many forces involved in him. Lan Xincheng is a soldier, not a politician, and there is absolutely no benefit in getting involved.

As for Song Zining's three conditions, if you think about it carefully, there are many clues. Qianye has made it clear that he will not be under the empire's control in the future, but Song Zining seems to still intend to stay within the empire's system.

The status of feudal lord is special. If Song Zining obtains this title, he will officially enter the upper echelons of the empire, at least in terms of status, and he will be qualified to know secrets. At the same time, during the period of expansion, the feudal lords could develop their private armies almost without restriction, expand their territories externally, and seek support from the imperial army when necessary. .

Song Zining's request for a title is extremely clever. It seems that the empire has not made any real gains at all, but if you think about it from another angle, when Song Zining makes this title worthy of the name, it means that the ownership of the territory he has acquired has been recognized by the empire. Even if the imperial family wanted to save their own face, they would not easily allow other forces in the empire to invade Song Zining.

So the value of the title depends entirely on Song Zining himself. And this Seventh Young Master, who was once regarded as the future military **** of the empire, has already proven his ability with several miraculous achievements in the Evernight Continent.

As soon as Lan Xincheng figured it out, he knew that the three conditions proposed by Song Zining were intertwined, and there was probably no room for bargaining.

However, one thing is not very clear, that is, what are those frigates used for? This kind of frigate is fast and flexible, but its shortcomings are also obvious. Its defense and range are not very good. It can only move with the fleet and has limited ability to perform tasks independently. Especially in the expedition fleet, frigates are even more limited due to their poor endurance. Therefore, in a fleet configuration that focuses on outer space warfare, destroyers and above are the main force.

This is why Lan Xincheng is confident in delivering the frigate even if a war in outer space is imminent. On the decisive battlefield in outer space, there is basically no room for frigates to play.

But since Song Zining insisted, in Lan Xincheng's view, these were not unacceptable conditions, so he was naturally happy to agree. As an important member of the military, Lan Xincheng has a very high level of information that can be checked. He has also studied in detail the battle cases of Qianye and Song Zining. The series of results that almost go against all common sense in war can only mean one thing, that is, Qianye The real combat power of Ye and Song Zining was far higher than the paper data.

In this case, Lan Xincheng gritted his teeth and agreed to all Song Zining's conditions. The next step is to handle the handover of the battleship. These general affairs will be handed over by Fang Zhan and Anhuo, while Lan Xincheng himself travels day and night back to the empire to submit Song Zining's request to participate in the war.

On the next day, Song Zining selected a group of mercenaries with crew experience from the Dark Fire mercenaries. Qianye also transferred a group of crew members and Gaohu people from the Hall of Heroes to accompany Fang Zhan to receive them. Battleship.

When the aerostat Fang Zhan was riding in took off, Qianye suddenly said to Song Zining: "Are we really going to participate in this war?"

"You have already decided, haven't you?"

Qianye was silent for a moment and said: "I'm still hesitating, mainly because I'm not sure whether that plan was drawn up by... Lin Shuai."

"There will be no difference. Only Commander Xitang can come up with this kind of plan that can accurately calculate all factors, at least all the forces in the empire. If it were King Qingyang, I am afraid he would have been impatient. I went to the Floating Continent to find a strong man of darkness. Others may be able to come up with a similar plan, but they cannot grasp the overall situation so well, and they cannot handle the details so perfectly. There is a kind of balance in this plan. To the extreme beauty. Well, war is an art, Teacher Zhang Jing really doesn’t deceive me.”

Song Zining’s previous analysis was quite serious, and the last sentence made Qianye’s frowning eyebrows relax a little.

Song Zining looked at Qianye and said solemnly: "You don't have to participate in this war. You don't owe the empire anything at all, but the empire owes you. If you still feel that you want to treat someone on the empire's side You have to make up for it a little bit, and you have already made up for it in the maelstrom. You don’t know what everything you did in the maelstrom means to the empire.”

Qianye smiled faintly and said: "I don't do anything because I feel I owe something or to make up for it. What I do is what I think I should do, or it's just what I want to do."

Song Zining remained silent.

"Will you join the war?" Qianye asked.

"Of course I want to participate. It's not so easy to get a feudal lord, so you have to be willing to do something about it. You know, after the end of the empire's great development era, there were almost no new titles after the Duke of the Kingdom. Even if A person like Lin Shuai, who has the title of ruling the country and enjoys the title of feudal lord, is still inferior to him." When talking about this, Song Zining was quite excited.

Qianye looked at Song Zining who loved both power and money. He couldn't help but shake his head, and most of the gloom between his eyebrows disappeared.

Song Zining added: "If nothing else, if you give me command all the way, it should save many lives in the empire."

Qianye nodded and said: "In that case, you are participating in the war, why don't I participate?"

Song Zining glanced at Qianye and no longer struggled with this issue, but asked: "There is a key point here. Do you plan to let the Hall of Heroes participate in the battle?"

Qianye said: "The first battle is the key, and the Hall of Heroes must be used. Now it has gradually integrated with me, and it is almost impossible for outsiders to take it away."

Song Zining frowned slightly, relaxed it after a moment, and said slowly: "Okay, let's show it to the world. If we lose this battle, then of course there is no need to mention anything. If we win, you and I After such great achievements, the empire will never try to steal your things again. What's more, even if someone dares to be greedy, it will probably not work. There are many people in the empire who are willing to help you. "

The last few words made Qianye a little confused. Of course there were people in the empire who were willing to help him, but they also had to find a helper. When it comes to major interests, there are many constraints that affect the whole body. What's the use of talking about it now.

However, Song Zining always only spoke half a sentence, and was often so mysterious that he didn't know anything about it in the end. Qianye was too lazy to chat with him and didn't ask any more questions.

Now that the plan to participate in the war has been decided, the focus of Dark Fire's subsequent operations has changed accordingly. Song Zining recruited sailors and gunners from all over the neutral land, while also continuing to recruit experienced mercenaries. On the other hand, the imperial army had left behind a large amount of weapons and equipment when they withdrew. Song Zining took these out of the warehouse and began to arm the Darkfire mercenaries in batches.

After taking down the stronghold on the other side of the floating land, it still needs to be held for a period of time, so ground troops are very important. The mercenaries of the Neutral Land have strong individual combat capabilities, but compared with the dark races, they are inferior in military organization and overall equipment.

Now there are elite troops from the two camps on the floating land. Their individual combat power is not inferior to that of the mercenaries in the neutral land. Their command and discipline and even the combination of arms are far better than the ragtag troops who have never participated in a decent war. If the two sides meet in the wild, even if the number of mercenaries is doubled, they will be easily defeated.

On the one hand, Song Zining must make up for the equipment gap, and on the other hand, he must strengthen the discipline and tactical literacy of the mercenaries in the shortest possible time. Before the latter attacked Tingchao City, the Dark Fire mercenaries had received specialized training, and a large number of veterans survived after the battle. Song Zining used the veterans as his foundation and continued to expand the number of Darkfire mercenaries, training day and night.

Qianye received a special mission assigned by him to visit the Frost and Thunder Temple.

Carol of the Frost and Thunder Temple once had a relationship with Qianye, and her support in several key battles was also the reason why Qianye got through the difficulties. In this expedition to Floating Land, Dark Fire's biggest shortcoming was that there was no divine general to take charge. Although Qianye has the strength to rival a divine general, he is not yet a divine general after all. The face-to-face confrontation between the true and divine generals is still very dangerous.

Qianye once promised Carol that he would seek a fiefdom for her. Then this battle for the destiny of the empire is the best opportunity. At least with the cooperation deal, the empire will not stand in the way when occupying extraterritorial territory in the future. Otherwise, according to the empire's usual methods of promoting foreign affairs, proxy wars alone can bring down a small country.

With this relationship, Song Zining asked Qianye to visit the Frost and Thunder Temple to convince Carol to help.

Carol is not the only general in the Frost and Thunder Temple. It is said that the strongest one among them is actually Carol's younger brother, and his strength is far superior to Carol's. If there is support from the Frost and Thunder Temple, at least while Song Zining and Qianye leave to join the war, Nan Qingcheng will no longer be spied on by anyone.

Qianye soared from the Dark Fire Headquarters, straight up to Yunxiao, and after flying out of the protective layer of the land mass, he entered the Hall of Heroes that had long been in the void.

The huge body of the strider slowly turned, its tail swinging rhythmically, like a giant whale entering the water, swimming towards the depths of the void.

After half a day, a piece of land wrapped in silver appeared in front of the fleet. This landmass is much smaller than the East China Sea, barely maintaining the level of a protective layer. Because it is tilted to face the sun, it has a cold climate and is covered with ice and snow.

Qianye hovered the Hall of Heroes above the ice and snow continent, jumped out of the ship, and shot towards the continent like a meteor.

There is ice and snow everywhere on the landmass. The strong wind blows like a knife, and fist-sized snowballs whistle in the wind. Hitting the body is like being hit by rocks. Ordinary people simply cannot bear it.

Qianye was in the air, and through the wind and snow, he saw a high mountain in the center of the continent, with steep walls and several whirlwinds whirling around the mountain.

On one side of Qianye's body, he took advantage of the wind and flew towards the mountain peak. The legendary mysterious and powerful Frost and Thunder Temple should be on the mountain peak.

The cold wind was strong and powerful, blowing Qianye towards the mountain peaks like cannonballs. Qianye adjusted his posture in the air, spread out his limbs, and clung to the mountain wall like a spider.

Not far away is a winding mountain path, covered with thick ice and snow. If you don't look carefully, you can't tell there is a road there.

Qianye was too lazy to climb up the stairs and simply climbed along the mountain wall. The storm around the mountain peak is a fatal danger to ordinary strong people, but it is not enough in front of Qianye, who has an ancient vampire physique. Qianye was like a spider with long arms and legs, moving upward quickly and reached the top of the cliff in a moment.

The top of the cliff is another world.

There are no snowballs and ice cubes whizzing around here. There are blue black ice everywhere that have existed for who knows how many years. Qianye stands on it, and his figure is refracted by the icicles. There seem to be more than a dozen Qianye. Stand here.

This is a breathtakingly beautiful world, but the temperature is so hopelessly low that even Qianye feels the slightest chill. A rough estimate is that the temperature at the top of the cliff is probably below minus 150 degrees. At such extremely freezing temperatures, even steel will become brittle, making it impossible for ordinary life to survive.

Occasionally, colorful ribbons can be seen floating in the sky, often dyeing half of the ice peak into bright purple and red. However, these seemingly beautiful ribbons are actually extremely dangerous. They are caused by the force of the void leaking out of the weak points of space, and they can transform into space rifts that can separate everything at any time without warning.

In the center of this beautiful but dangerous ice peak, stands a temple made of ice and snow, with twelve giant pillars tens of meters high shining in the sun. The main body of the ice palace is also nearly a hundred meters high, with a three-shuttle icicle standing on the top. I don’t know what it symbolizes, but the ancient and sacred atmosphere blows in my face.

This is the Frost and Thunder Temple.