In the castle of dawn in the Xiongdu de Maximia, Gavin IV was staring at the Minister of War Andrew, who was kneeling in front of him.

In fact, Jiawen IV has not shown a smile for a long time, and in such a big country, how can such troublesome and trivial matters be said in a word?

In the past, Jiawen IV was always annoyed that his old father nagged him about some state affairs, but in his heart, he actually preferred to be a general who led troops to war.

But overnight, Jiawen IV's status changed from a prince to a quasi-king, and there was no one to guide him on what to do, how to do it, or who to send to do it?

After all, state affairs are different from military affairs, for example, there is a voice in the country now, saying that the succession to the throne of Jiawen IV is not legitimate, because no ceremony was held to announce it to the world, and it has not been blessed by the temple and recognized by the parliament, and some people even deduce that this is because Jiawen IV is too brutal and has captured and mutilated so many demon dyers, and such a person is naturally not suitable to wear the crown that symbolizes supreme power!

If this matter is in the army, it is very easy to deal with, and it can be solved by disturbing the army's morale with a single word of killing, but if it is placed in the country, can it continue to be killed?

In addition to the most obvious contradictions between the magicians and the royal family, there are also some contradictions such as those between the nobility at home, and between the nobility and Noxus...... It was like a mountain that suddenly crushed Gawain IV and made him feel suffocated.

And today Andrei sent him another piece of news, which in itself does not matter whether it is good or bad, but at this time, it will inevitably cause trouble for King Gawain IV.

The news is, "According to Taylor's report, the Independence Army has applied for long-distance training in order to strengthen its training, and the destination is Irwindale!"

The problem is that Andre is thinking about how to reply to the letter with a good encouragement first, and then gently suggest daily training, not to run so hard and so far, and all the forces along the Black Sea fortress to Irwindale have sent messages questioning, "Why is a complete army inexplicably forced to cross the border with great momentum, and there is no news before?"

Before Andrei came to report to Gavin IV, he had just received an urgent report from the Northern Army, that is, the Independence Army sent him a letter, which was not an application, it was simply a notification, and then this group of rabbit cubs actually ran so fast......? At this rate, I'm afraid that day and night will have to be combined with a rapid march!

I have to say here that the political commissars of the Independence Army have done a very good job, and the slow running in the Independence Army is not as simple as delaying the military plane and then being beaten with a military stick, it is a shame! The weak! Waste! I am sorry for the military uniform I am wearing, I am sorry for the military boots on my feet, and I am sorry for the steel knife in my hand......

And they also came up with a plan of rewards and punishments, according to the regiment competition, if the regiment runs at the end, it is also very simple, the whole regiment, including the regiment commander and political commissar, painted a turtle on the face, and was not allowed to wipe it for three days.

This is a situation where a certain regiment commander feels sorry for his soldiers and shouts in the back, "Let's rest for a while, eat some dry food and then leave", and then a group of red-eyed soldiers burst into a foul mouth and shouted, "If you want to be a turtle, don't pull up labor!"

......

"Fighting?" asked Gavin.

"Little friction, the Quinn, who originally belonged to the Northern Army, was pulled away by her in time. Andrei replied depressedly.

"You approve?" asked Gavin continued.

"Uh...... I've been blown the wind before, but I haven't officially given it approval. Andrei tried to say something nice.

"......" Jiawen's face was gloomy, and he didn't speak for a while, and then he suddenly became angry, grabbed the teapot on the table in front of him and smashed it in front of Andre, only to hear him roar angrily, "No one gave them orders, they are blatantly rebelling!"

"It's the old minister's fault, the old minister is not strict with his subordinates......" Andrei quickly lowered his head to the ground, "According to reliable sources, this ...... This is actually the order of the commander of the Independence Army!"

"Commander of the Independent Army?" Jiawen wondered, this Anthony is still recuperating from his injuries in Xiongdu, Taylor has an old duke in charge, what kind of commander is the Independent Army?

"Hao ......," Andre reminded softly.

"Damn, I knew it was him, only he would do such a bold and absurd thing!" Of course, Jiawen just scolded in his heart, and didn't say it, he waved his hand, gritted his teeth and said fiercely, "It's nothing else, just step down!" Contact Hao as soon as possible, and let that bastard give me a reasonable explanation, otherwise don't blame me for removing him from his post and sending him to a military court!"

"As you wish, my majesty, the old minister also thinks so, then...... The old minister retired first. Andrei hurriedly saluted and left......

Turning his gaze back to Freljord two months ago, Hao returned to the Vasari tribe and gathered all the survivors, announcing his speculations and ideas.

"Our current situation is very unoptimistic, even if we continue to stay here, we will only have to be caught when Silas returns, so now there is only one way in front of us, catch up with the hunting team, and kick Silas out of the tribe before he does it, and we will never be able to do it!"

"We listen to you, you just have to arrange!" There are about seventy people left in the tribe, basically all of them are old, weak, sick and pregnant without combat effectiveness, since they have seen Hao's terrifying combat power with their own eyes, they naturally regard Hao as the backbone at this moment.

"I've thought about it, if I take a few young people with me, the people you leave behind will have no combat effectiveness at all, not to mention a few more bandits, even if a giant bear comes, you won't be able to stop it...... However, it is even more unrealistic to send other people there, this treacherous ice field is full of dangers, and considering the speed of travel, the chance of catching up with the hunting party is zero...... There is no way, and we must chase it, so we have to all of us, all of us, go on the road together!" Hao specially accentuated the three words of everyone.

Sure enough, everyone said that they all listened to Hao, but if Hao really said so, there were still some people who hesitated, including elderly people, pregnant women with big bellies, and mothers who were holding and waiting to feed their babies...... Seeing that winter has arrived in Freljord, choose to leave the warmth of your home and run to the ice field full of ice and snow and cold winds?

After Hao finished speaking, he didn't speak again, and he even silently walked back to his broken grass hut and began to pack his things, although he didn't have any luggage to pack.

Before making this decision, he had thought about it enough, there was no better choice, take 10,000 steps back and say, even if he didn't catch up with the hunting team after going out, or if Silas made a move in advance, at least he could choose to avoid Silas's edge first, don't forget that Hao's independent army is rushing to the Northland day and night.

However, Hao also understands that he is absolutely ruthless to force others to act according to their own decisions, even if the decision is actually for their sake, and in the end, it is up to them to decide whether to go or stay!

About an hour later, Hao returned to the crowd again, a total of seventy-one people, and thirteen people decided to stay, all of them were elderly people, they didn't say anything grandiose, they just kept nagging, "We're old, we can live one more day, and following you out will drag you young people down, so let's stay and watch the house......"

Everyone wept silently, and they couldn't say anything, until everyone had already walked out of the village, and a little boy of five or six years old suddenly broke free from his mother's arms and shouted, "Grandma, grandma, why don't you come with us to find my father?"

The old grandmother raised her cloudy eyes and looked into the distance, the surrounding mountains seemed to be unable to block her vision at this moment, she seemed to see her son, she smiled and said to the five or six-year-old boy, "Our little man can go and find it, grandma, leave it for you to boil hot water, make a meal, and wait for you to come back!"

Seeing that the innocent little boy was coaxed back by his grandmother in a few words, Hao could only sigh in his heart, in the final analysis, it was because his personal strength was not enough, and it was the old saying, if he had that bald tattooed man, uh, or Zhao Xin's strength, just sit here and wait for Silas to come back, where is the use of experiencing this kind of dilemma of life and death to drive people crazy?

In the next two months, Hao found that he still underestimated the cruelty of the Freljord Ice Field, the temperature was breaking the record every day, the strong wind with ice and snow seemed to have been blowing without interruption, and the most terrifying thing was that there was no road on the ice field at all, in fact, Hao had already lost more than 50 people.

"Big brother, I found someone!" The children over the age of ten in the team were sent out to serve as scouts, although this arrangement seemed a little cruel, but many times it was indeed because the young scouts saw the danger in advance and avoided it, so that the large army was saved.

"Person, alone? Uh, you eat some dry food and drink some water first, and speak slowly. Hao hurriedly rushed up to help the half-grown boy take a picture of the thick ice slag on his body, in fact, this news was not interesting to Hao at all, what he had always hoped for was to meet a caravan, preferably from Demacia.

The boy poured two mouthfuls ......of hot water, and suddenly felt his whole body regain its temperature, and then he said excitedly, "Maybe that person is familiar with the terrain, we can capture her as our guide!"

"She?" Hao was puzzled, this cold and snowy, a person, a woman, that should be a woman like a white bear!

In that case, let's get in touch with it, as the kid said, it would be a great thing to be able to be a guide.

Next, Hao ordered the others to rest in place, while he and the little scout went to contact the mysterious woman......