Cooktown, a port market town founded by the Feld people two hundred years ago, was originally used to transport grain to and from the Central Empire, and after the local government gradually became independent and powerful, the Feld nobles originally wanted to use the port of Cookzhen to compete with the northern Crewe and goblins for maritime trade, but in the end ended in a crushing defeat.

Later, the Feld people discovered that the imperial nobility liked the luxury goods they made, and the port gradually became a gathering place for Felder's export of luxury goods, so that the port city continued to be rich for a hundred years.

The Feld people, with their peculiar minds, with the roughest steel and purple gold ore, built the whole town to be as beautiful and luxurious as possible.

But at this moment, the haze of war has overshadowed the market town, the flames of war and the smoke of gunfire have obscured the original charm and luxury of the market town, the steel and metal decorations of the city have been dismantled and forged into weapons, and the wooden planks and hard rock of the houses have been used to strengthen the walls or make rolling stones.

At the wharf of the deep-sea port, dozens of merchant ships were crowded with fleeing crowds, sailors waving tickets with their inks still in their hands bidding, and people surrounding nearby were bidding or pleading.

On the streets of the town, Imperial soldiers can be seen dismantling houses that have long been deserted, and truckloads of arrows and fire oil are being transported from warehouses to the city walls. On the battle-filled city walls, officers of various departments habitually made pre-war speeches, encouraging soldiers with encouraging words, recruits listened excitedly, and veterans silently checked their equipment.

Outside the city walls were endless undead creatures, making the coastline, which was already cool in early spring, even colder, and the rich evil that filled it dimmed the magical energy emitted by the crystal tower of the market town.

On the watchtower of the wall, Lundin-Reagan furrowed his eyebrows, looking at the undead army that was constantly gathering in front of him, thinking about something that only he knew.

"They don't seem to be in a hurry to attack!" Hades looked at his boss now, and there was a feeling of relief in his heart, after all, he had supported Silas-Marne's decision to retreat, and now it turned out that he was right before.

"According to conservative estimates, there are nearly one and a half million undead in Felder City, how many do you think we are facing us?" Baron Prut, the commander of the Fourth Army, also disagreed with Lendin Reagan's previous decision, so there was some irony in this sentence.

"Although King Misha's army retreated to Fort Selek separately from us, we still have nearly 200,000 elite Imperial soldiers on our hands, and as long as the allies in Canyon Fortress are willing to cooperate with us, we can fight a beautiful defensive counterattack in Cook Town. Lundin-Reagan still had a hint of thought.

He wanted to win this war too much, because now that His Majesty the Emperor was unconscious, his magic advisor had quietly told him that His Majesty's chances of waking up were pitiful, so he wanted to win this war, to win the undead legion that even His Majesty the Emperor could not defeat, and then return to Crewe City with a gesture of victory, then... Anything can happen.

It's a huge temptation that even a man like Lundin Reagan can't resist if he's been through the erosion of time.

"You still want to continue your defensive counterattack strategy?" Hades said with an expression of disbelief, "Sir Marne has already given the order for us to retreat to Castle Threk, you are the one who has led us into the abyss, and now what you should do is to save the main force of the Empire... 200,000 soldiers, young soldiers are not your political bargaining chips!" he pointed at Lundin-Reagan and sternly asked, "How long are you going to fantasize?"

Rendin Reagan's face became a little ugly, but reason told him that now was not the time to quarrel with Hades.

"There's no way back!" Lundin-Reagan pointed to the army of the undead, "and now we can only get out of it with a fight." ”

"We can contact the Empire's navy, you can't let your ambitions bury the Empire's 200,000 elites!" Baron Prut frowned, "This time, even if I am sent to a court-martial, I will not obey your orders again." ”

"Sir...", the commander of the 6th Heavy Infantry Army, Viscount Tiv Gmet, was also not silent, "You can't do it...", his words made people think, and then he added: "Let's contact the naval fleet of the Misha Kingdom before the Undead Legion attacks, they will help us retreat... These warriors are innocent, and the Empire needs them now. ”

Hearing Viscount Tif's words, Lundine Reagan's heart had already hit rock bottom, and he looked at his chief of staff, Baron Parlett Tokes, and the commander of the 3rd Mixed Army, General Amos.

"My lord, we have no chance of winning. Baron Tox's tone was tactful.

Amos remained silent, as if he hadn't seen the inquiring gaze from Lundin Reagan, but Baron Tox's statement was telling.

At this moment, the atmosphere in this city wall post suddenly became serious, and the commander's entourage subconsciously clenched the hilt of the sword at his waist, and the sentries on the side would never have thought that they would be involved in this dispute, they all subconsciously took two steps back to the side.

It was only at this point that Lundin-Reagan found himself as if he was isolated.

"Kick Kick" There was a sound of footsteps in the stairwell of the watchtower, and a herald appeared at the staircase, "My lord, the warships of the Combined Fleet have appeared in the harbor, and General Buck has brought orders from His Majesty the Emperor!"

"His Majesty's order, are you sure?" said Lundin-Reagan's face changed slightly.

"Yes!"

Port Terminal...

Lundin-Reagan held the letter of order in his hand and watched the other army commanders who boarded the battleship, and the bitter taste spread in his heart.

His Majesty the Emperor's letter of order was simple: the main force of the Empire evacuated Cooktown on the Confederate fleet, and the mission of Lundin-Reagan was to leave the Queen.

There is no blame and no punishment.

"I'm not that kind of person after all!" Lundin Reagan muttered, now that he had woken up from his dream, he turned his head and saw the soldiers who had stayed with him, and said in his heart: I'm a little sorry for you.

...

The defeat in the northern jungle barrage at Fort Tillmann led directly to a series of routs for the Confederates over the next ten days. At the same time, in the next half month, the undead legion, under the leadership of Ferrola, wreaked havoc in the eastern territory of Felder's territory.

Eventually, Fort Serek was also lost, and the troops of the Kingdom of Misha retreated to the fortress of Passy under the orders of Pedi.

The 150,000 troops of the Undead Legion pursued the army of the Kingdom of Misha to the Passy Fortress, and fought fiercely with the Werewolf Legion in the south of the fortress for two days, and finally the giants in the mountains poured out of the nest to help the Werewolf Legion repel the Undead Legion.

Then, for half a month, the undead army did not set foot in the area of the Passy Fortress for half a step.

Time flies, and in the midst of a standoff with the undead legions, the weather in the fortress of Manwis Canyon is gradually warming up over time.

Krulian Empire, in the Council of the Emperor of Kavarburg in the city of Crewe.

Peddy, who had returned to the Imperial Capital a month earlier, was talking to his newly appointed Prime Minister and Under-Secretary of the Military Aircraft Division, Tamik Gale, the former Bishop of the Church of the Light, who had been appointed Prime Minister of the Government immediately after his resignation as Bishop and was given the title of Baron, the former Prime Minister of the Government, Sir Bipp Weiss, now the Earl of Weiss, who retired in a nice estate in the town of Balan.

Baron Tammick kept flipping through the documents in his hand at the moment, and said quickly and rhythmically in his mouth: "Although the war with the undead legion is very costly, but it is precisely because of this war that the manufacturing industry within the empire is undergoing changes, and the magic energy crystal has been used in various fields and industries in the past three months, but now most of the empire's magic energy reserves are provided to the front line, if..."

"It's impossible to reduce the cost of the battlefield, the magic energy crystal is an important energy source to ensure the life of a soldier, we can't joke with the life of a soldier. War Minister Fred Netto instinctively interrupted Tamik.

If it were in the old Empire, Baron Tamik would have retorted: soldiers are meant to be consumed.

But now His Majesty the Emperor has established the Ministry of Information, while promoting the supremacy of imperial power, it is also emphasizing that all subjects under the emperor's rule are equal... To put it in layman's terms, except for His Majesty the Emperor, everyone below is the same.

"I'm not talking about cutting the front, I mean... Can we increase the production of magic energy crystals?" Baron Tamik wore a gentle smile characteristic of his episcopal days, "I heard that the El Luk City National Laboratory has successfully developed the knowledge of magic circles that can be used to obtain magic energy by methods other than meditation based on the information obtained from the undead legions, and I think we can promote this technology to achieve mass production of magic energy." ”

"This technology is still in the research stage!" Seeing Tamik looking at him, Archmage Leah said, "At present, the cost is too high, and only purple gold can be found to replace items, and the efficiency is not high, it is not as good as the magic energy crystal tower designed by the joint laboratory." ”

"Let's not talk about this for now. Pedi stopped Tamik's further questioning, looked at Chancellor of the Exchequer Derick Danny and asked, "How is the monetary reform going?"

"Everything is going well, there is already a chamber of commerce using banknotes issued by the Central Bank of the Reich, and the shares of the West Road Mining Complex have been growing steadily, although some unpleasant things have happened during this period, but the help of the police station has been perfectly resolved. Darek Danny replied lightly, the initial results of the currency reform have reduced the pressure on the finance department during the war.

"Hmm!" Pedi nodded as he flipped through the documents submitted by the Finance Department, which recorded the details of the currency reform, and the same document was also submitted by Herman, the governor of the castle.

Pedi casually flipped through a few important places, and when he saw that there was no problem, he put it down, and then looked around at his Minister of Military Aircraft: "What else do you have to do?"

Tamik immediately took out a document from his skin, "Your Majesty, the city council has submitted a message about..."

(As mentioned earlier, because the empire became somewhat unstable after the power of the nobility was weakened, Pedi reopened the Council of the Nobility, but renamed the City Council, which was composed of representatives of the nobility sent by each city and region, but did not have much power, and could only raise opinions or quarrel.) ）

"The Prime Minister's Government will take a look at the proposal of the city council first, and if it can solve it, it will be solved first. "Pedi doesn't have any interest in that.

Tamik smiled bitterly, if he could decide something, he still needed to bring it up at the meeting?

However, he wouldn't be stupid enough to continue talking about it.

"If it's all right, let's go out first, except for Ser Fred and Master Leah. Pei Di was very unceremonious, if it wasn't for the daily meeting that was a rule he set, he would have wanted to skip it directly, after all, the most important thing now is the war with the undead legion.

When the chief of staff heard the emperor's words, he immediately opened the door for the ministers, but saw that the young captain of the guard, Bezer, was just about to knock on the door, and after the two looked at each other, Bezer immediately flashed to the other side.

After the ministers left, Bezer whispered something in Wolfma's ear.

"What's the matter?" asked Peddy, who noticed the small movement at the door.

"Your Majesty, news from the Eluk Collar... General Drahier has awakened and is now heading for the Imperial Capital. Wolf Ma reported truthfully.

Pedi was stunned, "You mean my elven advisor Drahiel?"

"It's him!" Wolfma said in an affirmative tone.

"This is good news. Pei Di couldn't help but smile, "When will he arrive in the imperial capital?"

"The city of Iruk has arranged a transmission device for him, and General Drahir will arrive in the imperial capital in three hours. ”

"It's noon... Wait until you tell the queen that I won't go to her for dinner at noon. Pedi's delighted mood lasted less than three seconds, and then he ordered, "Now let Chief of Staff Brooke in, I have something to ask him." ”

Now, the war against the undead legions is always on the back of Pedy's mind.

While Wolf Ma nodded and retreated, Pedi waved his hand to his clerk: "You all go down, you don't need your records for the next meeting." ”

With that, Pedi closed the papers he was looking through, took out his cigar from the drawer and trimmed it, and when Chief of Staff Brooke walked into the room, he looked at Sir Fred, who was sitting across from him, and asked, "You told me that we could fight back as long as we waited until mid-May, and now... Tell me the exact time. ”

"It won't be May 25 at the latest, and it will take some time for the orcs and dwarves to assemble their armies. Fred got up and walked over to the huge map placed under the magic lamp, pointing to the ruins of the northern part of Fort Tillman, "The elves have finished purifying this area, and King Shikan Khan received word yesterday afternoon that his army will arrive here around the 20th, and the dwarves will be slower, they need to be around the 23rd. ”

Pedi took a cigar in his mouth and looked at the vast net that the Allies had formed against Felder's territory, which clearly showed that nearly a million troops were gathering in his name.

"The orcs have regrouped an army of 150,000, and the dwarves have also been enraged by the explosion of the undead legion in Karen, this time it is almost a national mobilization, gathering a full 180,000 troops, plus the 200,000 main forces of the Elven Kingdom stationed in the fortress of Bandara, we have deployed nearly 550,000 troops on the northern front!" Felder said with a little excitement as he said these words, "In addition, in the south, the Misha Kingdom and the Hoko Islands have almost poured out, gathering nearly 300,000 troops. ”

"And in the fortress of Manwis Canyon, in addition to the empire's newly formed eight army groups, two paladin legions, five heavy cavalry corps, and five mage corps to enter the 500,000 army, there are also 100,000 magic warriors and 20,000 mages in the mage tower, 100,000 soldiers from the two regular army groups provided by the Balu Kingdom, and 50,000 goblin mercenaries from the Clarkley Islands, a total of 770,000 troops!"

Fred kept marking on the map, "At the same time, there is also the 80,000 Misha Kingdom army that originally existed in Passy Fortress, so this war with the undead legion... The total number of troops we have thrown into the war may exceed that of the undead legions!"