16th, two o'clock in the morning.

A burst of white light flashed in the teleportation array in the magical area of Felder City Garden Castle, and Sir Rue arrived at his destination after nearly ten minutes of space travel.

It took the old knight several minutes to recover from the care of the two apprentices, and then he walked straight to the administrative area of the Garden Castle.

In the main hall of the beautiful garden castle, an emergency military meeting has just ended, which makes the originally solemn main hall look a little messy.

Surrounded by the white and green stag coat of arms in front of the hall, candles and magic lamps, Baron Mondstadt-Jean fell asleep on a bench made of purple shirt carved with an intricate curved pattern.

"Squeak"

The two doors of the hall, more than three meters high, were pushed open by a small crack, and the castle steward, Sir Eborg, who was directing the castle servants to carefully clean the hall, looked at the door with an unhappy face.

Sir Rue stood in the doorway with a frail figure, his face a little pale from the teleportation magic.

...

Mondstadt-Jean, who had just fallen asleep, was woken up, and he had no time to get angry, for the orders brought by Sir Rue made him a little difficult to accept.

"Is this an order from my father himself?" said Mondstadt-Jean, holding a parchment scroll full of words, staring at Sir Rue with an expression of disbelief on his face.

Above, there is a general idea of the plan for the 'Great Retreat',

What was difficult for him to accept was that inside the parchment was a document of appointment to Sir Ruet.

Rue-Izezer was appointed by Duke Eric as the military coordinator of the Felderland, and was in charge of the 'Great Retreat' plan and had full authority to coordinate the military command of the Felderlord during the implementation of the plan.

"I saw it written by the Duke with my own eyes. Lord Ruet bowed respectfully, pointed to the letter in Mondstadt-Jean's hand, and said, "In the next five days, I hope that the nobles of the Felder Territory will cooperate with me." ”

"You—" A sudden wave of anger rose in Baron Mondstadt-Jean's heart.

"The Duke's orders are orders that no one can disobey. The manager Aibog preemptively said, "What do you need?"

Sir Rue ignored the words of the castle steward, and his heart suddenly moved when he looked at Mondstadt-Jean's expression at this moment, and said, "This is the Duke's death order, of course, if you are on the sidelines, the 'Great Retreat' plan may go more smoothly." ”

"Lord Mondstadt. Sir Eberg read the contents of the parchment scroll with Mondstadt's approval, and he quietly grabbed the topic, "Since it is a death order, I think it is better to follow the orders of the Duke." As he spoke, his sharp gaze fell on Sir Rue, "Sir Rue should know the Duke's temperament very well, right?"

As soon as the words landed, Sir Eberg's sharp gaze narrowed, and he turned to Mondstadt-Jean and whispered humbly, "From now on, the entire Felder Territory will serve the plan of the 'Great Retreat'. His voice grew lower and lower, and when he suddenly shut up, he looked at Sir Rooe and said, "You may give orders now." ”

Sir Rue's cleverness was of no use in front of Sir Eborg, and he could only smile awkwardly at the other man's words, and could not interrupt.

When Sir Eberg finished speaking, Sir Roue could only sigh in his heart.

A few seconds later,

Sir Roue regrouped his thoughts, looked at Baron Mondstadt-Jean and said, "First of all, we need to ensure the stability of Fort Threk, in the next five days..."

"I'm more worried about the problems of Fort Slek than you, but there is nothing we can do about it right now!" Mondstadt-Jean couldn't help but interrupt, "There are nearly sixty thousand elite troops of elves outside Felder, and their huge army of magicians can break our gates without even heavy siege weapons, and I can't send a single reinforcement to Fort Slek right now!"

"There are nearly fifty thousand townspeople around Fort Selek," said Sir Ruai, "we just need to give them hope that the soldiers and civilians of Fort Selek will desperately defend the walls... So, now you need to write a letter to Mrs. Reggie and tell her that reinforcements will arrive soon. ”

"You want me to deceive them?" Mondstadt-Jean's eyes widened, "Do you want me to be dishonored in front of the Feld Lords?"

Mondstadt Jean is young, but he's not stupid.

"We can write a letter, and we will send you a piece of your appointment with the Duke. "I remember Sir Rue's cousin, Knight Poole-Ezek, who seems to be the commander of the Siege Guards, right?"

Rue-Izezer was eager to strangle Sir Aemond to death, but in Mondstadt-Jean's gaze he could only say, "I have not been in contact with the Poole Knight for more than five years, and besides, this is a war that concerns the entire Felde Territory, and my personal relationship with him will not help in the battle at Castle Threk." ”

"Sir Ruet, I know what you're thinking. Mondstadt-Jean didn't want to talk any more, he looked at Sir Ruie and was silent for more than two or three seconds before saying, "What I want to tell you is that it doesn't matter if you lose the trust of the entire Feld Lord, because the Jean family will trust you, my father and I will trust you, and you don't have to worry about your future... So, put away your little cleverness and show your wisdom and determination as the military coordinator of the Felder Leader. ”

Baron Mondstadt-Jean had already come to his senses and wondered why his father had put an outsider in charge of such an important project.

Because, the executor of this plan will offend the nobles of the entire Felder Domain.

As the heir to the Jean family, he needs to take a stand: "In the next five days, or even longer, I promise that the retreat route you have drawn up will be absolutely complete. He took a deep breath and emphasized again: "Until your plan is not completed, I can even give my life to guard the safety of this lifeline, this is my promise." ”

Mondstadt-Jean's resolute assurances left Sir Jean Rue speechless, and as an old man who had served in the court of the Garden Castle for more than twenty years, he was well aware of the resistance and troubles that would be encountered in this plan of the 'Great Retreat'.

After all, not everyone is willing to evacuate their homeland,

But not everyone can evacuate ... Duke Eric himself once said that he only needs useful people!

Old Sir is well aware,

When he successfully evacuated, he would be greeted with endless invectives and accusations, and even an angry judgment from the nobles.

When the time comes, Duke Eric, as the ruler of Feld, can only hand him over to appease his anger.

Therefore, the moment he saw Mondstadt Jean, he subconsciously wanted to pull the other party into the water, but after facing Mondstadt Jean's words, he suddenly came to his senses.

Or rather, he convinced himself to believe Duke Eric.

...

Things were much simpler when Sir Rue-Eze figured it out, and as the chief adviser to Duke Eric, who had strict requirements for his subordinates, his abilities were beyond doubt.

Within five hours of the conclusion of the negotiations between Sir Rue and Mondstadt-Jean, the 5,000 militia guards were quickly assembled under his supervision.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the merchants and owners of the handicraft workshops in the city of Felder were invited by the militia guards to the Garden Castle, and two hours later, the goods in the city's major warehouses began to be loaded with truckloads.

In the face of the onslaught of the elven army on the frontal battlefield, Sir Rue adopted the 'cannon fodder tactic' that was spurned and banned by the nobles... In other words, a large number of peasants and soldiers are used to consume the enemy's stored supplies and soldiers' physical strength in order to achieve the purpose of delaying time.

It's a nasty tactic, but it's very effective.

After all, this is filled with human life!

On the afternoon of the 16th, Sir Ruet led his newly formed militia of two thousand guards in the direction of Fort Tillman.

He needs to personally confirm the absolute safety of Tillmanburg's north, as well as the 50,000 repeaters and various ordnance armor stored in Tillmanburg, which were originally intended to be sold to the Central Empire and the Klan Territory, and now become important war preparations for the war against the elves.

...

Maybe it's an accident, or maybe it's the arrangement of the goddess.

On December 16th, almost the entire continent of Alan became a battlefield except for the Kru Collar and the Drake Mage Tower.

On the Hoko Islands, the southernmost part of the mainland, on the Mesto Plain in the middle of Harvey Island, the two sides suddenly ignited a war after more than half a month of confrontation, and for a time the entire island was full of flames.

In the northwest of the continent, the war between the dwarves and the Ice Maple Clan is also getting bigger and bigger, and now, the dwarves have invested a full four hoplite legions in this war, and they have vowed to occupy the entire territory of the Ice Maple Clan within two months.

Next to the battlefield of the Dwarves and the Ice Maple Clan, the Orc Northern Clan and the Two-Headed Clan have gathered their own heavy forces in the border area despite the approach of winter, preparing for a protracted and bloody battle.

However, the main force of the three major orc tribes is fighting in the land of the former empire's Klan Territory, and the young Great Chief Shikan-Silver Axe has completed the encirclement of the Festo Overseer's headquarters, and after nearly half a month of persuasion to surrender to no avail, a doomed annihilation war officially began today.

It was also today that the Duke of Trofil of Cullen declared his independence at Château de Eli in Cullen!

The Grand Duchy of Rigrock, which he founded, was established and officially entered the political arena of the continent of Alan, and at the same time, the Duke of Trofil vowed to cut off Ferrola's head within a month in front of all the nobles of the Karen Domain.

In the town of Tyre on the Suk Plain in the middle of the continent, the four legions led by Prince Sinda have basically wiped out the rebel First Legion.

The town of Tyre is back in the arms of the Empire!

On this day, the news spread throughout the Suk Plain.

But the truth is that all Prince Sinda gets is an empty town and tens of thousands of townspeople waiting to eat and drink... Around the town of Tyre, including most of the territory of Hatis, there are patches of trampled farmland and destroyed pastures!

Now, Prince Sinda is facing not only the supply of the army, but also the tens of thousands of townspeople who need to feed, and even the phenomenon of starvation death in Suke City.

At this moment, there is only one voice left in the cabinet:

End this damn war before the spring of next year!

As a result, the negotiations with the orcs were officially made public and progressed rapidly, and the orc army stationed in the Tefalo steppe began to withdraw to the Klan territory in an orderly manner.

And the four legions under the command of Prince Sinda have become five... Plus the Fourth Imperial Cavalry Corps, which had been withdrawn from the southern part of the Tefalo steppe.

In addition, negotiations between the cabinet and the Chamber of Commerce Alliance began as early as the 14th, but compared to the negotiations with the orcs, the negotiations are progressing too slowly... During the negotiations, the supplies contributed by the businessmen were like wet wipes on the prostitutes, and they could only be squeezed out little by little.

The condition of the Chamber of Commerce was that the Imperial Cabinet should have additional seats dedicated to their representatives, which was strongly opposed by the upper nobility of the Empire.

On the 17th, negotiations between the Central Empire and the merchants continued.

Prince Sindar received a notification from the military headquarters that Beren Val, the deputy commander of the Yekjar military port, took advantage of the lack of a commander in the fleet and the main navy of the military port was stationed in the imperial capital of Suke, and let his subordinates take control of the First Fleet to rebel against the empire and defect to the merchant rebels.

Although, before that, Prince Sindar had long been prepared to lose the town of Yekjar and its military port, he did not expect it in this way.

The young prince could not accept such an outcome, and at the suggestion of the Marquis of Barry, he planned to order the Combined Fleet remaining in Crewe to encircle the First Fleet traitors.

But it was at this time that the military report led by Felder reached the prince.

At the same time, it arrived in the hands of the prince, and there was also a notice about the people of the imperial capital Suke City frantically looting supplies.