Chapter 4： Princess' decision

The territory in the northeast of the Kingdom of Aldo is adjacent to the highest mountain range in the known world—the Rocky Mountains. Between this majestic mountain range and the hinterland of the kingdom, there is a vast plateau, which people used to call the Eastern Highlands. One area also belongs to the kingdom, but there are scattered barbarian tribes, large and small, who do not obey the culture. Some of these tribes submit to the kingdom in name, while others are rebellious and often make trouble on the border. However, due to the complex terrain, difficult supplies, and altitude sickness, the kingdom has been unable to do anything about them. Fortunately, these tribes do not belong to each other, and they are in a state of disunity, relying on the mutual containment of those tribes who submit to each other, there is no major problem.

But this year is different from usual. It is the time of spring plowing, and all the tribes, large and small, who have always been at odds with the kingdom, have come together to attack. The army stationed in the border area was caught off guard. When the news reached Jingyao Fort, the situation on the highland was already very corrupt.

After an urgent discussion, the high-level officials decided that the eldest princess would personally lead the army to drive them away. Although everyone can see that something is obviously wrong, and I have never seen the barbarians work together like this, but it is too late to check carefully. Seeing the arrival of spring plowing, it would be terrible if the barbarians rushed into the hinterland of the kingdom. Cutting through the mess quickly is the right thing to do.

The improvised barbarian tribal alliance is obviously no match for the well-trained regular army of the kingdom. After more than a month of fighting, the barbarians are about to be driven back to the plateau. It happened—"Greed Wolf" Giles reversed.

At the place where the Kingdom's army was stationed, a military meeting was going on in the heavily guarded central tent.

"Her Royal Highness, generals, that's all I know. I think everyone has a general understanding of the situation in the capital."

A man with a mustache, hooked nose, and thin cheeks just finished introducing the latest information about Jingyao Castle.

After that, everyone was silent for a long time, and only the sound of everyone's breathing could be heard in the quietness of the camp. After a long time, a voice broke the deadlock, "Fortunately, His Majesty the King did not fall into the hands of the rebels. Is he safe now? Where is he?" It was a young general who spoke, and his brown hair stood on the ground like steel needles. On the top of his head, even if he neglected to take care of it because he was busy with the war, it was hard to hide his heroic spirit.

"Please rest assured, His Majesty the King is safe now, and the court doctor and the imperial priest are also accompanying him to serve."

Viscount Klein, the young general who asked the question just now nodded, and did not delve into the second question just raised. Even the Royal City Guards, which have always shown their loyalty, were instigated. Who can guarantee that there is no one in this camp? Two undercover agents.

After the silence was broken, other people started talking.

"Please assign me an army immediately, and I will definitely smash this gang of rebels into pieces and regain the capital."

"You can't act rashly. The war with the barbarians is not over yet, so you must not disperse your forces."

"What? Are you going to let those **** run amok? Don't forget, there are a lot of military supplies in the capital, and they were all emptied by the rebels when they returned late."

"Cut, a bunch of idiots who don't understand strategy."

"What are you talking about? Lester, do you dare to fight us?"

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Sitting at the top is a woman wearing knight armor, with dazzling bright golden wavy hair, and a face that can make people intoxicated without makeup. Catherine Rodney—the king of the Aldo Kingdom Her Royal Highness, at this time, her pair of sword eyebrows were tightly knit together, and her blue eyes were fixed on the map in front of her.

The quarrel among the generals didn't seem to affect her. After a long time, she raised her head and straightened her body.

"Everyone", as soon as she opened her mouth, the surroundings immediately fell silent.

"I think it's better to hear the reactions from other places in the kingdom first. Sir Merlin, tell me what you know."

Earl Merlin with mustache nodded to the princess and continued talking.

"At present, apart from those who have colluded with him before, no other nobles and forces have come forward to respond to Giles. This is also the most strange thing. With Giles' apparent strength, even a sneak attack like now , Compared with us, the odds of winning are only 50-50. Moreover, Duke Dodge has clearly declared that he will be loyal to the royal family and will fight Giles to the end."

"Oh... that's great." Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. The territory of the Dodge family is located on the only way to the royal capital from the territory of Giles. With such a nail, the main force of Giles will not be very Successfully supported the rebels in the capital.

"But unfortunately, with Giles' rebellion, many dark forces became restless. The pirates on the northwest coast and the bandits in the southern mountains suddenly became rampant, and the security of the entire kingdom began to be chaotic. At present Many lords are preoccupied with their own affairs and are unable to withdraw to serve as the king for the time being. In addition, many people are obviously in a wait-and-see state, neither expressing their support for Giles nor explicitly expressing their support for the royal family."

"The **** at both ends of the gang! They must not be spared." A general slammed the table in front of him fiercely.

"Do you have any good opinions on the next move?" the princess in military uniform asked the generals.

Klein pondered for a while and said: "Your Highness, I think the first task is to recover the capital. If the king is not in our hands, the blow to the morale of the army and the people will be too great. Fortunately, the old Duke Dodge blocked the main force of Giles. It's a great opportunity for us."

After hearing this, everyone echoed Klein's opinion.

Catherine also nodded, expressing her approval for Klein. Then, she stood up slowly, with a trace of determination on her face, and all the generals focused their eyes on her. They knew that the princess had already made a decision in her heart.

"Leicester, you immediately lead 1,000 cavalry day and night to choose a road to Dodgeland, and you must help the old duke guard the pass."

"Yes, if the person is locked up, the person who is locked up will die!"

"Horman, lead your people to the capital to investigate the situation of the rebels, and report any situation immediately."

"Yes!"

"Dawn, inform Chief Zherov that he can act. After the matter is completed, he will be the Earl of the Highland officially recognized by the kingdom."

"I'll do it right away."

"The remaining people, act according to the plan set before! Be sure to end the war here within ten days."

"Of order." The rest of the people responded in unison.

Then the meeting came to an end, and everyone went back to assign their tasks.

Only Earl Merlin was left behind, and he immediately knelt down to the princess on one knee after everyone dispersed. UU reading

"Your servant is incompetent. He failed to detect the information of the rebellion in time, causing the capital to fall and His Majesty to suffer. He really deserves death."

"You are indeed to blame." The princess looked at him with a stern look.

"Father entrusted you with a heavy responsibility and entrusted the kingdom's intelligence system to you, but you actually let the rebellion happen under your nose. The fall of the king's capital, let alone other impacts, is just a blow to the morale of the army, you know How big is it? How many family members of generals and soldiers live in the capital, do you know?"

Earl Merlin buried his head even lower, and he could feel the anger in the princess's eyes without looking, "Please give me a death sentence, Your Highness."

"Enough is enough, now is not the time to discuss whether to punish or not. From now on, the intelligence system will focus on the Giles rebels, and no trace of their actions will be let go."

"Yes, I will definitely make amends, and there will never be such a big omission again."

"And those fools, you have to keep an eye on me, I don't want another rebel army to appear out of nowhere behind us."

"That's for sure, and I have one more suggestion about the local lords."

"Oh? Let's hear it."

"For those local lords who don't understand their attitude, we can catch them both openly and secretly. In the dark, I will deploy people to strengthen monitoring. In the open, we can send royal commissioners to their territories. On the one hand, we will publicize Giles' crimes along the way, and on the other hand, we will urge them. Hurry up and send troops to serve the king, first suppress them morally."

"This plan is good, let's do it like this. It just so happens that a large number of fleeing nobles from the royal capital came to the army in the past few days. The royal commissioner will choose from them, and you will be fully responsible for this matter."

"Yes, I'll arrange it now."