You traitors! Dwarf traitors!! You will definitely be punished!!!"

In the border city, a dirty middle-aged dwarf cursed loudly and was then escorted out of a dilapidated house by several Daxia soldiers.

Facing his curse, the dwarves standing around said nothing, looking at him with complex and indifferent eyes.

The reason for treating him like this is because this guy is most likely a spy of Romanov.

He mingled among the refugees in the border town, and from time to time he would use his words to secretly provoke these refugees into trouble.

However, what he didn't expect was that several dwarves who felt there was something wrong with this guy actually reported it to the city lord's palace last night, and then the current scene happened.

And all of this was due to Xia Qi's previous good deeds.

Furthermore, Romanov also overestimated the loyalty of the people to him.

Although he is not a tyrant, he has nothing to do with a wise or benevolent king.

For the common people, it can only be regarded as average.

Therefore, the people's feelings towards him are also average.

If converted into loyalty, it would be roughly sixty-five to seventy.

Normally, there would be no trouble or trouble, but because of Delin's previous forced recruitment, the loyalty of the people here began to decline.

It was at this time that Daxia's army captured these cities, and through their military discipline, initially gained the trust of the dwarves.

Later, Xia Qi ordered the construction of porridge sheds, distributed hot porridge, and rescued the dwarf refugees in winter, which made him more popular among the dwarves.

After such a set of actions to win over people's hearts, it was impossible for Romanov's spies to cause any disturbance in the city.

Jin Ming did not plan to carry out a public execution for the captured dwarf spy.

After all, although the other party is a spy, he is also a dwarf. Although public execution can have a deterrent effect, it will also affect Daxia's newly improved popularity among the dwarf community to a certain extent, which is not cost-effective.

So even if it needs to be dealt with, it's best to do it privately rather than in a big way.

Besides, he now has a better way to deal with it than directly executing him.

"Then, it's up to you two and the Goblin King."

As he spoke, Zhou Yu hugged his fists at Jin Ming and the two men in brocade clothes next to him.

Needless to say, these two men must be from Xiuyiwei.

The so-called embroidered clothes, as the name suggests, are gorgeous clothes.

As for the destination of this dwarf spy, it is naturally the prison of Xiuyiwei.

As for the Xiu Yiwei, their reputation in Daxia can be described as polarizing.

While the officials hate them to the core, they are also afraid to the core. Once they hear any news about the Xiuyi Guards, they will be frightened and tremble like a frightened bird.

Of course, these are limited to corrupt officials.

For upright officials, the embroidered guards will not come to their homes when they have nothing to do.

But among the people, among the common people, the reputation of Xiuyiwei is still good. After all, they arrest some officials who are usually superior.

Naturally, the people like to hear and see these things.

But now we are in a border town on the front line, so escorting him back would inevitably be too troublesome.

At the same time, due to the language barrier, the task of questioning had to fall on Jin Ming.

Soon the next day, a confession was sent to the city lord's palace.

As the interrogator, Jin Ming went directly back to his temporary residence in the border town and stayed behind closed doors for several days.

Really, the shadow that night brought to Jin Ming was too great.

I had nightmares for several days in a row, all of which were about the interrogation that night and the dwarf’s shrill wails.

The information that the dwarf spy knew was extremely limited, less than a page. Zhou Yu read it at a glance.

Originally, he was thinking about whether he could extract some useful information from the dwarf spy, but it was obvious that Romanov was very cautious and did not fully inform him of his plan.

For the time being, I just want him to do some provocation among the refugee groups to see how many people are still on his side.

But apart from that, they didn't find anything. At least they also tortured out two names from the mouth of the dwarf spy, who were obviously his accomplices.

Now, this winter on the front line suddenly became lively.

In comparison, the winter in Daxia is much peaceful.

Of course, this peace refers to the peace of the people.

After winter comes, many people can live a relatively leisurely life. They eat hot pot every day, drink some wine, chat with people around them, read newspapers, and learn about national events.

As for Xia Qi, he was naturally busy as usual.

The emperor seems to be aloof, but he is not that easy to be in charge of. Just being an emperor all year round, I don't know how many people can be persuaded to retreat.

For now, just preparing for war in the coming spring is a very cumbersome matter, enough for them to spend most of their time.

Coupled with some official reports sent in on weekdays, it was enough to completely reduce Xia Qi's leisure time to zero.

In this way, time passed quietly.

The cold winter slipped away unknowingly in Xia Qi's busy life. As the weather gradually became warmer, Xia Qi was about to go on a military expedition in person.

While Xia Qi was leading the army from behind to march in person, on the other side, Xiao Ke, who had assembled enough troops in one winter, also began to attack the border of Goblin civilization!

Amidst the sound of the attack horn, war elephants charged crazily on the battlefield, and the siege equipment kept pushing forward, as if they were trying to forcibly break the city.

However, Dunk Joseph did not intend to sit still and wait for death.

After all, we are not fighting an invasion war now, and there is no one-month time limit.

Once the border city is occupied by the enemy, the enemy will not retreat as before. In that case, the situation will only become more and more unfavorable for him.

Therefore, Dunk Joseph did not hesitate at all, and made a prompt decision to attack Xiaok.

For a while, Xiao Ke's side was playing very lively.

On the other side, the infantry unit led by Suo Chao was not in a hurry to take action. They temporarily set up camp dozens of kilometers away from the Goblin civilization.

According to the initial plan, they would let the main battlefield fight for a few more days. They would wait until the other side had almost attracted Dunk Joseph's troops and attention before taking action.

At that time, while distracting the opponent's attention, they might be able to capture a city by surprise.

Xia Qi really doesn't need to worry about the battle situation on this side in the short term.

But things are not going well for the dwarf civilization.

Just after winter, the vanguard army led by Jin Ming launched a new round of operations using the four dwarf cities that had been occupied by them as strongholds.

The continuous sound of gunshots constantly stimulated the eardrums of every soldier, and the firepower network formed by a large number of dwarf musketeers continued to suppress the Daxia army that was trying to charge forward.

During this long winter, Romanov ordered the production of gunpowder to be stepped up and transported to the front line.

At the same time, he also ordered a semi-permanent strong trench to be built outside the city, which was directly connected to form an extremely long battle line.

Ironforge has already exploded, so that big explosion has to make some sense.

The biggest achievement of that big explosion was to deprive the vanguard army of nearly 80% of its powerful orc units.

As for the pandaren transferred by Xia Qizheng and the pandas...

The Bears led by Bell entered hibernation when winter came. Although they have woken up now, their long hibernation has consumed a lot of energy and their combat effectiveness has dropped significantly. For the time being, there is no hope.

Up.

As for the Pandaren, although they do not need to hibernate, they alone cannot do it because the number of their tribe is really insufficient.

In this way, the trenches have room to play.

At this moment, Romanov no longer intends to defend the city.

If we fight a city defense battle, there are three cities in a line behind him, and his troops are divided into three, making it impossible to fight.

Therefore, he directly pulled up a semi-permanent trench in that area to protect all three cities behind it, and put all the frontline troops into this trench, intending to intercept Daxia's army here!

Without those front rows that looked like orc chariots, and now faced with the dwarf civilization relying on trenches to fight a stronghold battle with them, this battle suddenly became difficult to fight.

If we were to attack with force, the cost of casualties would inevitably be too high.

The changing situation brought the frontline battle, which was launched in early spring, to a deadlock.

After receiving the battle report, Romanov's gloomy face finally showed a smile.

Fortunately, his hard work this winter was not in vain.

Without the thick-skinned orc units, it would be really difficult for Daxia on the opposite side to face his tactics.

"Transmit the king's order to appoint Fielding as the commander-in-chief of the eastern battlefield, and then send an additional 20,000 troops there. Those invaders must not be allowed to break through the eastern battlefield and advance over again!"

Before Romanov's appointment came, Fielding took the initiative to fight with Daxia's army.

The dwarves rushed out of the trenches and took the initiative to engage in close combat with the Daxia army on the opposite side.

Jin Ming, who was originally unable to make any achievements because of the trench, could not bear it when he saw this?

Immediately the order was given and a full-scale charge was launched.
To be continued...