Just as Peidi left the Imperial Capital, a majestic blood eagle pierced the clear blue sky, flew towards the Imperial Capital, and then headed straight for the Imperial Military Headquarters building.

Since the assassination of the Vice-Chancellor, Baron Gordon Eyre, and the exile of the Marquis of Eden, the Supreme Commander, for embezzling huge sums of military funds, the heads of various offices and the noble soldiers who are idle at home have become active.

The title of Minister of War was enough for them to renounce the so-called aristocratic etiquette, which was, after all, a cabinet seat.

And while the chiefs of various departments were busy competing for cabinet seats, a blood eagle quietly landed in the military intelligence department of the military department, and after the officers on duty saw the information, they wanted to report it to Lion Castle and the cabinet immediately.

But the news was soon known to the commanders of the military department, so they asked for themselves to deliver this information... Because this is the best opportunity to get close to the emperor and the prime minister, these days, they are trying to create such an opportunity.

Now, that opportunity is right in front of their eyes.

In this way, the intelligence students who were supposed to arrive at the Prime Minister's Office and Fort Lion were delayed for several hours, and later, an officer on duty in the Military Intelligence Service could not stand it and secretly arranged for a spies from the periphery of the Military Intelligence Service to arrive in the cabinet in the name of the Chief of Military Intelligence.

Soon, the information was transmitted from the cabinet to His Majesty the Emperor, who had just woken up from his nap, and by this time the various chiefs of the military department were still arguing over who should send this information.

"I have a sense of foreboding," the Emperor said to Bailly, the governor of Lion Castle, with information about Sir Yale's death.

"The Twak Leader has already gathered 10,000 elite cavalry, and things are not too bad, even if the Koren Fortress is lost, I believe that the Barrett family will be able to effectively block the attack of the barbarians. Bailly said.

"I'm worried about the orc tribes in the Western Continent, and I heard that this damn group of orcs has mobilized all the warriors of their tribe to fight us!" Laubert frowned slightly.

Bailly was stunned, "You're worried that they're going to flank the Crane collar back and forth?"

"That's a good idea, isn't it?" said Laubert, "If the orcs really attack the fortress of Anku with all their might, with the strength of the Klan Territory, they must mobilize the entire territory to defend it, and then, their rear will be..."

The Emperor did not continue, but the meaning was already obvious, and after thinking for a moment, he asked, "Will our First Legion still be able to fight?"

"Of course, it's just—" Bailly stopped talking.

"Just underarmed?" Rawbott continued.

"Yes!" Bailly nodded, "You don't have to worry too much, we have an entire legion of paladins and a legion of mages from the Drake Mage Tower. ”

"Come on, Bailly, I know better than you the current situation of the Paladin Legion, and the entire legion has less than two thousand people. The Emperor sighed, "As for the Wizard Corps, they are too old to even walk, so it's okay for them to guard the city and transfer them to Anku Fortress?"

"Even if there are only two thousand paladins, their charge can crush any legion on the continent. Bailly said confidently, "Moreover, many mages in the Empire have volunteered to go there after hearing the news that the orcs are about to attack Anku Fortress on a large scale. ”

"Oh?" the Emperor raised his eyebrows, looked at Bailly, and asked, "You released the news?"

"Why? They have their own channels. Bailly humbly bowed his head.

"Huh. The Emperor chuckled softly, then stared at the information in his hand, "Is Sir Pedi leaving?"

"According to the military department, they should be leaving this morning, maybe out of town by now. Bailly replied that he had guessed the Emperor's mind.

"Let the War Department draw up two appointments, first, to appoint Sir Pedy as the supreme commander of the Coron Fortress Command, and second, to appoint Sir Andy as the under-secretary of the Coron Fortress Command. The Emperor put down the note in his hand, "Let Sir Andy follow the officers of the military department to catch up with Sir Pedy... Also, tell the church that it's an order. ”

"Yes!" said Bailly, bowing back.

The Emperor looked at Bailly, who was slowly withdrawing, at the empty hall, and muttered to himself, "Orcs, barbarians, six dukes, this is a headache..."

......

Fortress Cologne, two days ago, three hours after Alfred and others found out that Sir Yale had died, Captain Ravan of the Magician concluded that the cause of Sir Yale's death was...

He was actually overtired and went into shock, and was frozen to death because no one took care of him!

This made all the officers in the fortress look at each other.

Then, while everyone was debating how to report it, the scouts suddenly reported back the military information that the barbarian troops in the wild mountains had been deployed, and their vanguard army would be in the city in a day at the latest.

This is undoubtedly bad news to add insult to injury.

Everyone subconsciously looked at the Chief of Staff Ike, who was now the supreme commander of the fortress.

Although the generals were also skeptical that the chief would be able to lead them out of their predicament, because since Ike was transferred to the Koren Fortress, he had either stayed in his cabin to keep warm except for necessary meetings, or led a group of retinues to hunt in the woodlands northwest of the fortress...

Even, many soldiers did not know that there was such a chief of staff in the command headquarters of the fortress.

However, smart people are worth it, and it is not Ike's incompetence at all, on the contrary, it is because he is very wise, after all, the supreme commander of the Coren Fortress is Sir Yale, and as the chief of staff, and the chief of staff transferred from elsewhere, it is an embarrassing existence.

But the clever Ike has always kept a low profile, and it is easy to resolve this embarrassment.

...

Ike was stunned when he looked at everyone's gazes, and didn't react for a while. Because, in the past, in such meetings, it was always when Sir Yale asked him to speak that he would express his opinion, and most of them agreed.

He never imagined that there would be a day when he would make his own decisions.

"Sir?" Knight Alfred frowned at Ike's appearance and reminded him.

"Yes. Ike hurriedly lowered his head in thought to hide his predicament.

After a few seconds, he looked up again, casually scanning the room.

Ike is not an idiot, he has received a good education since he was a child, his knighthood course has not fallen for a day, and he has been the chief of staff of the Koren Fortress for almost six years.

So, he still had a clear idea of how to fight the barbarians.

"How many people are in the Barbarian Vanguard and where are they now?" was busy discussing the aftermath of Sir Yale, and Ike didn't even notice the scout's report.

"Five thousand people, now directly north of the fortress, near the glacial lake at the foot of the Hamik Snow Mountain. The knight of Alfred looked at Ike seriously, he hoped that the other party would take this war seriously, after all, it was related to the life of a soldier in the fortress.