This year's winter was especially cold.
The Holy War Army had deployed three thousand soldiers downstream on the Bro River to prevent Roman's army from leaving the pass.
That place was originally a desolate wilderness with scattered trees, rarely visited and undeveloped.
Roman had landed there when he plundered Kant Territory, fought with the allied nobles, and waged war against the rebel army.
Three wars, each larger in scale than the last.
People trampled, horses galloped, and the transport units completely cleared the mixed woods, turning it into a simple ferry crossing.
Now, it actually benefited the Holy War Army—just blocking the critical downstream ferry point meant that for dozens of miles along the Bro River, there were no large-scale landing points.
