"Oh, Loren and Charlotte, so fast!"
In the camp, which is not spacious, a long table occupies one-third of the space. Facing the gate of the camp, Brandon sits with a smiling face. On both sides are dreisis, deputy commander of duanjie mountain, and salika Jonah, Archduke Boye.
Lorraine and Charlotte who entered the camp just occupied the last part of the long table.
His royal highness supported his elbows on the table, gently patted his palm, and his upturned mouth was filled with a naive and brilliant smile.
"Well, well, then everyone is here - let's discuss together with one heart and one mind and be happy. What should we do next!"
in a cheerful frame of mind? be of one heart and one mind?
Glancing at dreisis with cold eyes and the machete female Archduke who showed no weakness opposite, the black haired wizard with twitching eyes did not find any connection between the atmosphere in the camp and these two words.
It is reasonable to say that at this time, everyone present should get up, ask for instructions or speak actively, brainstorm and participate in the discussion, and finally be decided by the decision-making leader - why does Loren know, because Bain's round table parliament is this model.
But at present, the dead silence and tit for tat between the two sides... It is obvious that "warm and active discussion" does not exist at all.
Everyone here is nothing more than a trend of common interests, or a choice without choice; Knights and soldiers at the bottom may be willing to work because of Brandon's impassioned speech and encouragement, but these people will not.
If Sarika is willing to cooperate with Brandon when necessary because of her "friendship over the past few years", dreisis really has no choice - he may have more resentment against Brandon than his good feelings.
The cold scene lasted for a full minute. Brandon waved to the night watchman behind him as if he hadn't noticed anything: "come on, Edward, first explain the current situation and share the latest information!"
"Yes."
Edward, the night watchman who nodded slightly, walked out from behind the prince, glanced at the black haired wizard inadvertently, and then unfolded a map on the long table in the center.
"First of all, the eboden defense line has been broken."
Taking out the stabbing sword from his waist, Edward pointed the tip of the sword to the upper reaches of the gem River: "from the information just sent back, although the enemy has broken through the defense line, it has not completely defeated the Legion guarding the border."
"Along the line of the gem River, the Armand legion of Duke Uli vilz, the Archduke of Armand, is chasing the Azor elf forward down the South; while behind the front, the Imperial military Secretary Severin desallion, with the help of the dragon, does everything possible to assemble scattered forces and reorganize the Legion."
"According to the known intelligence, only 30000 pioneers of Azores are threatening the capital golovon, and they land along the gem River and go south; the remaining troops are entangled with the light infantry legion of El Mans, or are firmly blocked in eboden by the defense line organized by Lord Severin de sallion. It is not our threat for a short time."
"But... It's only a short time." Edward slowly raised his eyes. "Intelligence from the port of eboden, a new Azores elf fleet has crossed the fog sea and landed in eboden."
"Force, unknown; equipment, unknown; whether there is follow-up reinforcements... Unknown." the night watchman said coldly:
"All we know is that they are coming, and they are still arriving at our port and coast - eboden and fog moon court. Soon, a large number of Azor Elves will land to supplement their army with more troops and resources."
"Once the enemy increases troops, the eboden line of defense will collapse, and Lord Severin de sallion's 30000 Legion will retreat into the hinterland of East Saxony, or go south to meet the Archduke of elmond;"
"What will be waiting for them will be 30000 elite pioneers of Azores elves and tens of thousands of elves coming from the rear. Their only choice is to break through the siege and enter the defense circle of the imperial capital Golovin as soon as possible."
"If so, we, who are still on the duanjie mountain, will be the last mobile force in the empire that can move freely and have acceptable strength; our deployment and plan will be directly related to whether the capital Golovin can still get external reinforcements."
"Then let them come."
Dreisis's face was cold and his eyes narrowed into a gap: "we will make these long ears regret - the eagle king's head is only the first, and sooner or later there will be thousands of heads as sacrifices for the dead imperial soldiers."
"Save it, you'd better save your life first and be realistic." Sally Ka opposite was not polite. A pair of boots were tilted on the table, and the soles were facing the door of dreisis:
"It was Loren who killed the eagle king, and it was Loren who defeated the demon invasion. If it weren't for him, let alone the duanjie mountain fortress, it's hard to say whether we could sit here."
"You --?!"
"What am I?!" the Archduke of machete stared back directly, her fierce eyes looked like a female wolf on the grassland: "I tell you I'm so impolite - don't think we're comrades in arms in a war. I'm the Archduke of Boyi people. Boyi people have this temper. Don't think we're good babies of lottel!"
"Speaking of lottel..."
Before the two sides fought, Edward immediately took the opportunity to turn the topic: "the lottel Legion led by Archduke Reuven Fred officially fought with the elves on the shenlinbao front."
"But the war situation was very unfavorable to lottel - the Azores drove a large number of Ogres into lottel, causing a lot of damage and casualties. Lottel had to put more valuable troops into the rear line to maintain order and stability."
"Due to the relatively closed area and the broken territorial border, Archduke lottel has been fighting alone so far." Edward said in a deep voice:
"If we can't save the imperial capital Golovin from the Azores, get through the West sakran eboden lottel transportation line and reinforce Archduke ruven frieder, then lottel's fall is almost inevitable!"
The voice fell, and the atmosphere in front of the long table finally became a little heavy from silence.
Brandon's casual smile seemed to be very satisfied with the tension of everyone - after all, only by making everyone nervous can he have the right to speak to the unpopular crown prince and the next generation of emperor.
Only in the most critical moment can people want to get a "Dragon Emperor", and even don't care whether he is a ridiculous tyrant or not.
"Well, enough bad news."
With her shoulders in her arms and her eyes across her eyes, Sarika Jonah glanced at the night watchman: "tell me some good news. Don't make it as if the empire is coming to an end."
Dreisis snorted coldly, but he didn't quarrel with machete Archduke any more.
"The biggest good news at the moment is that the imperial capital has not yet fallen."
Edward's expression was still indifferent, and he said faintly, "80000 Bain troops have passed through the mountains of ellemans and entered the hinterland of the imperial capital in Western Saxony."
"Judging from the sequence and all possible obstacles, it is enough to station in the capital golovon before the official attack of the elves and complete the defense deployment of the capital;"
"Thanks to the quick decision of the countess Charlotte Turin for all this."
The voice fell, the night watchman bowed slightly to the Countess of red blood Castle opposite, and the eyes on the scene turned to the direction he was facing.
"There's no need to praise it so falsely. It's just the duty of a loyal minister to the Empire."
Facing the eyes of the crowd, Charlotte, who was neither humble nor arrogant, raised her proud chest and turned her smiling eyes to Brandon sitting directly in front:
"The trust in the bravery and determination of his Highness Prince of East Saxony is the important factor that can make Byrne make up his mind - Byrne will never break his oath, let alone betray his friends."
Trust in my bravery and determination... Brandon, who was just able to smile, didn't even dare to look straight at Charlotte's piercing eyes.
What, if I dare to hesitate a little longer, you will cut off my logistical supplies and directly wave the army north, right? Right?!
From the first meeting, Charlotte seemed to become Brandon's natural enemy. Every time she met, she would leave some "very bad" memories.
"The 80000 Byrne legion, together with the subsequent reinforcements - the information from the south, Byrne is still recruiting new soldiers, and the armies of Arles and El mans are also gathering one after another - enough to form an absolute advantage over the Azores who besieged the imperial capital."
"Of course, plus 20000 Hussars from Boyi, they have now crossed the border of East Saxony and pushed towards the gem river."
"It is not only to relieve the enemy's siege on the capital, but also to provide reinforcements to lottel and relieve the pressure from the Western battlefield; then make use of the abundant resources of the capital, Golovin, to regain a firm foothold, establish the eboden defense line and gradually push the battlefield to the north."
"Once the enemy's offensive momentum is contained, the situation of this war will return to what his majesty connord planned before his death - assemble the power of the whole empire in eboden and stand in the final decisive battle with the Azores!"
At this point, Edward's expression finally changed a little and his tone was heavier: "this will not be a war that can be ended by one or two battles, but it will be able to distinguish the victory and defeat due to the change of strength in a very short time."
"If we win, the Azores will not retreat, and we will completely annihilate them in eboden; the next empire can spend ten, twenty or even thirty years to rebuild the ocean fleet - whether it is war or peace at that time will be up to us."
"If you lose... There's nothing to talk about."
Lauren nodded slightly.
Yes, if we really get to that stage, the empire that has lost all its elite forces, let alone resistance, I'm afraid even the power foundation to maintain the rule has been exhausted. What else can we talk about?
In front of the long table, where the atmosphere was somewhat depressed, people had different expressions.
Holding her shoulders, Sally Ka Jonah looked cold, as if she had never thought that the Empire still had the power of a war - even two emperors died. She almost thought the Empire was coming to an end.
If it had not been for this, the Lord of BOI would not have been so rude to dreisis.
Dreisis, who closed his mouth tightly, lowered his head and glanced at the dark haired wizard from the corner of his eyes; Byrne's strength and financial resources are far beyond his imagination.
Even in the "black Duke era", the 100000 Legion was the limit of Byrne's thirteen leaders, and even the Empire had to bear considerable expenses to maintain such a huge force.
However, according to the news just released by night watchman Edward, it seems that this is not the limit of their strength - obviously, they have been out, and the principality can effectively search for financial, human and material resources and continue to recruit troops.
Has Byrne's strength expanded to such a terrible level in just a few years since Loren inherited the title?
Judging from the current situation, I really don't know whether it is good or bad.
"To sum up... That's all the information we can collect so far." Edward silently took the stabbing sword back to his waist and looked up at the Dukes: "if there's anything else you want to ask, please..."
"Stop talking nonsense."
Machete female Archduke raised her eyes and impolitely interrupted, "come on, what do you want us to do?"
"Since you can talk here, it means that you have already made a detailed deployment, right, eh... Little spy?"
Edward's expression was as stiff as ever. He stood straight and looked at the people present:
"Before the decisive battle with the enemy, we should gather as much strength as possible and weaken the enemy's strength at the same time, so... Sabrina Jonah, Archduke of Boyi."
The indifferent pupil turned to the aggressive machete female Archduke: "please immediately lead your elite to the western border of East Saxony to receive 20000 boa hussars, and then rush to the border of Baoshi river at full speed."
"At present, Byrne's Legion should have been stationed in the imperial capital. Your task is to harass the back line of the Elves as much as possible, buy time for the Flemish Legion and Lord Severin de saleon, and try to establish contact with them and cooperate with the Byrne Legion in the imperial capital on the periphery, so as to protect the imperial capital."
Sally card didn't speak, just held her shoulder and looked up to show that she knew.
"Then the deputy commander of duanjie mountain fortress, Lord Ernst dreisis."
Edward, who was a little helpless, turned his eyes to the most trusted adjutant of emperor connord: "the rebellion in East Saxony has been basically calmed down, but the unrest still exists. We need an experienced commander to sit in the rear and ensure the stability of East Saxony when the army goes south."
"Therefore, we will hand over East Saxony to you - including complete administrative and military power. You can enlist any army or warehouse with the authorization of the prince of East Saxony to ensure that the stability of East Saxony will not be affected."
Dreisis nodded without any reaction.
He knew that as a confidant of emperor Connor, he could not be fully trusted by Brandon. He was basically expected to be arranged to maintain the situation in the rear.
"Finally..." Edward slowly raised his head and looked at the black haired wizard and the Countess of red blood Castle opposite:
"It's part of Byrne."