The next morning, on the green field of autumn, the imperial army gathered in formation, and the imperial soldiers standing in the crisp autumn wind were full of energy and resolute as iron, and the 200,000 soldiers who were about to go out and the 300,000 soldiers who would return to the imperial capital did not hear a trace of noise, and stood still like fossils, only to see the blades raised to the sky against the cold light of the autumn forest!

The neat military appearance, the solemn formation, the rock-solid posture, and the morale that is as prosperous as the rainbow through the sun - even I, as their commander, cannot help but admire the military might of the Imperial Army, and I am even more proud to have such a majestic and invincible army.

I gazed with satisfaction at these Predators of the Empire, and in a majestic voice proclaimed, "Soldiers! I hereby declare: Our army will march south on the same day to unify the southern continent! ”

"My soldiers! You are all loyal, ambitious, and iron-willed men! You are the glory and pride of the Empire! It is also my glory and pride! I know that you all want to fight, to make a name for yourself and to return home! Don't hide your ideals and ambitions – as you should be! Today, I want to fulfill your wish - I will work with you to create a new history and glory for the Empire! ”

"I will not forget your contributions, and the Empire will not forget your martial arts! On the day of triumphal return to the imperial capital, it is the time when your names will go down in history - I will erect a 'Pillar of Glory' and a 'Monument of Shame' on the main square of the imperial capital, and engrave every name that fought bloodily, bravely killed the enemy, and added glory to the glory of the empire forever on the Pillar of Glory, which will be recited by all generations; At the same time, every stigma that has smeared and brought shame to the empire will always be left on the monument of shame, and will be spit on by hundreds of generations! ”

"Soldiers, you are the sword and shield of the empire, and I am also the sword and shield! You have built the Great Wall of Steel of the Empire with your shield of flesh and blood, defeating the invaders and fearing the rebels! Even a famous general as Carlos will hate the battlefield in front of you! You have also used the sword of justice to recover the Eastern Capital, retake the Northland, and expedition to the desert, causing James and Aruton to ambush and make the barbarians bow down and all the people submit! ”

"Today, you will use your sword to cut through the filthy countercurrent of the shameful traitors of the Empire, and defend the country! You will let the horses go and let the Iron Horsemen of the Empire connect the Saint-Lunnan Continent into the vast frontier of the Empire! Your loud war song will pierce the sky and resound throughout the universe, reaching the farthest south of the earth, proclaiming to heaven and earth the prestige of the empire and the prestige of my majesty! The great opportunity of history has come to you, and the immortal deeds are before you, as long as you ride your warhorses across the rebel cities, cut off the heads of the enemy soldiers with the sword of the hot-blooded man, and drink the flesh and blood of the enemy, you will share the highest glory on the earth! I look forward to the glorious light of your body! ”

"Glory Light!" "Imperial Light!" "Swear to eliminate all rebellions and protect my country!" "Follow Your Majesty and be determined to the Quartet!" The warriors kept raising their blades and swore an oath of immortal will and spirit; The excited shouts of the warriors stirred the wind and clouds, shook the earth, and gathered into the most majestic, loudest and strongest notes in heaven and earth!

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When everyone's excitement subsided, I looked at each other and smiled, and after she bowed her head slightly, I said in a solemn voice: "I hereby announce to the world - I hereby declare to the world that I am hereby solemnly married, the Emperor of the Falatis, Alexander St. Karen Dominis Meinster Falatis, and the Pope of the Gods Esafnia St. Bephaia hereby officially swears to be married, with heaven and earth as the basis, the sun and the moon as the light, and the eyes of the soldiers of our empire as witnesses!" 29 November 1901 in the Saint-Lun calendar......"

Then, I turned to smile at Ishafnia, who had become a little dazed and cowardly, and said, "Elsa, we are finally husband and wife......

"Yes, Alex, my husband!" A beautiful smile bloomed on Elsa's face, and there was a firm promise and commitment in her soft and calm voice.

I put a crystal ring on the ring finger of Elsha's right hand, and said affectionately: "The 'Blue Ring' from the elves, the blue of the sky and the sea, the blessing of the king of the elves for love, the precepts are: vast, far-reaching, pious and rational - it represents the supreme love of faith between heaven and earth!" Since then, love and faith have gone hand in hand, loyalty and oath have never been abandoned! ”

After saying that, I hugged Aisha's delicate body into my arms, blocked everyone's eyes with my cloak, and kissed her deeply.

Anastomosis...... Kiss ...... A faint red cloud gently floated across Xiu's cheeks, Aisha's originally calm and pale face finally appeared a touching and shy, her chest and abdomen rose and fell excitedly, and Xiu Tong, who was full of fire and tenderness, couldn't help but wander back and forth between my face and the ring in my hand, and finally picked up the blue ring in her hand in a daze, and she was crazy for a while......

I was also intoxicated by the charming atmosphere of heart-to-heart, hundreds of thousands of imperial soldiers were also silent at this moment, as if no one was willing to destroy the beautiful and touching warm picture of this scene, as if only I and Aisha, a couple who were looking at each other in the world......

When I came to my senses, I inadvertently saw Sasha on the side looking at Aisha and Aisha with envy and sadness......

I couldn't respond to the little girl's feelings, so I could only say to Elsa wholeheartedly and without apologies: "I'm sorry, Elsa! Failed to give you a banging wedding...... No wedding dresses and flowers, no guests and feasts, no warm toasts and pastor greetings......"

"Needless to say...... I'm sorry," Aisha replied with a jade finger to my lips, shaking her head, "here is the vastest sky and earth as our wedding venue, with the largest and most enthusiastic guests to witness to us, with the most sincere wishes from hundreds of thousands of Imperial warriors, and with me, the best priest praying for my wedding, and by my side is you, the best man in the world—this is the most important wedding you have ever made for me!" ”

"Who said there was no toast? It's the warmest toast in the world! ”

A hearty laugh rang out from Memphis, and he handed me and Aisha a glass of wine, and then turned to the Imperial soldiers and shouted, "Sons of the Empire, let us raise a toast to the beautiful marriage between Your Majesty and His Highness the Pope!" ”

I don't know when Memphis has given a glass of wine to each of the Imperial soldiers present—this is the rare care of the rough Memphis.

"My best brother, Pope, bless you!"

Memphis clinked glasses with me and Aisha and drank them all, and Aisha and I smiled and toasted.

At this time, the soldiers of the empire also raised their glasses and shouted: "Long live Your Majesty!" "Long live Her Royal Highness!" "Long live the Empire!"

Through this wedding on the battlefield, the passion and blood of the imperial soldiers also boiled to the extreme!

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After the simplest and most spectacular wedding between me and Elsa, Memphis immediately led the army back to the imperial capital, and I began to lead my division south, before leaving, I handed a "Polar Ring" to Memphis and said: "The 'Polar Ring' representing the iron-blooded oath is a symbol of fortitude, bravery, loyalty, and righteousness, and the meaning is 'loyal heart'. ”

Memphis took it and said in a resolute voice: "The last general will never disappoint His Majesty's knowledge and expectations of me!" ”

Then he said to me and Aisha: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Pope - no, Your Royal Highness, I wish you a happy marriage! ”

After speaking, he turned around and led his division north, and never looked back.

After Memphis left, I took Aisha's hand and sent her to the car - although I was worried that Aisha's weak constitution would not be able to withstand the difficult military life, and I once planned to let her go back to the imperial capital with Memphis, and put her in the imperial palace first, after all, life in the imperial capital is far more comfortable than the days of war, but I still can't resist Aisha's insistence.

I'm not a soft-hearted person, and even though I've intellectually told myself what is best for Elsa, as long as I meet the smile and determination in Aisha's eyes, I can't stick to my original intention anymore, so I have to reluctantly fulfill her wish. Fortunately, Elsa's car was carefully designed by the Holy See, and the four white horses pulling the cart were extraordinary sweat and blood horses, and the coachman who drove the horse was a good hand strictly selected by the Holy See, so even if the imperial army marched fast, it could keep up, and Aisha sat in this carriage, even in the galloping high-speed march, she could walk on the ground safely. Moreover, with the escort of the Thirteen Golden-clad Cardinal Sects, even if he encounters a dangerous battle situation, he does not worry about Elsa's safety.

Although Esafniya is gentle and easy-going on the surface, she has her own opinions, this is a strange woman who is soft on the outside and strong on the inside. As the most powerful religion in the world, she has all the qualities of a denominational leader—persistence in tolerance, determination in gentleness, majesty in grace...... And she has an innate majesty that does not need to be particularly strong, but she will not use her status and power to force others to accept her wishes, but use a gentle way to make others willingly follow her wishes...... The more I get in touch, the more I can deeply appreciate this unique charm and influence.

When everything was settled, I had time to pay attention to Sasha, who was preoccupied.

Ever since the time I witnessed my wedding to Elsa, the little girl had been a little sullen and just clinging to me like a fart - she followed me wherever I went, just wouldn't talk to me, and seemed to be sulking at me.

"Sasha, you're beautiful today! Like a mature woman! I smiled at her and complimented her with a deliberate flattery.

This is also my heartfelt words, Sasha, who has changed out of her male attire and has been carefully dressed today, is indeed eye-catching: she wears a set of elven clan's fuchsia tight-fitting short suit of battle armor, which fully sets off her delicate porcelain ice muscles and jade bones, mature peaks and proud delicate curves, and her long green hair is pulled back but there are still a few strands of hair hanging lightly on her chest, which adds a bit of provocative meaning to her beauty; The tight-fitting armor wraps the wonderful carcass, but it exposes the sexy **, fragrant shoulders, Hao arms, small navel and slender round thighs, and a slender and two-foot slender sheath purple sword with a slender waist is pinned to the slender waist, swaying lightly with the swing of the plump buttocks, and a small dagger with silver light and cold is hung on the thighs - enough to make the lustful man's heart tremble, and he immediately realized that this is a rose with thorns.

Although Sasha's dress is not only eye-catching but also practical, looking both heroic and sexy, I still can't help but be slightly angry in my heart: Isn't she deliberately tempting to commit a crime and want to tease me to the point of burning myself? This little girl who loves to be weird!

"Hmph, it's up to you! I, Sasha, am a peerless and glamorous elven beauty! Although Sasha deliberately showed a dismissive expression of disdain for my compliment, her tone was beautiful, and there was a smile in her eyes.

It seems that she is angry, a little girl is a little girl, what a deception! Thinking like this, I didn't show it, just nodded in response: "Yes, yes!" Beautiful elf princess, would you like to ride with me? ”

"Ulla!" Sasha shouted happily.

Then he immediately happily ran to the side of the mythical beast "Thunderbe", and the supernatural "Thunderbe" also lowered his head and licked her face with his tongue to show his welcome to this new lady, which made Sasha hold the head of "Thunderbe" and "Gege" laughed coquettishly.

After enough trouble, Sasha turned around and smiled sweetly at me, "Thank you, Brother Alex!" You're so nice! I've wanted to sit on the 'Thunder Department' for a long time! ”

"If you rejoice!"

I smiled and stepped onto the "Thunder Department", then bent down and put my arms around Sasha's slender waist, and with a slight lifting of my hand, I sent her to the back of the "Thunder Department" and sat down in front of me, and then, I officially issued an order to the whole army: "All the army go!" Target - Haynes! ”

The generals who accompanied me this time included Drink, Hoffmann, Sanchez, Ezinaha (deputy commander of the Western Army, the original deputy commander Lister was promoted to commander for his outstanding performance in the Battle of Tengahara and the capture of Constantineburg, while Memphis no longer held the position of regimental commander), 40,000 heavy cavalry (with the original Carlos's "Imperial Tiger Legion" as the main force), 100,000 light cavalry (of which 50,000 were Imperial troops, 50,000 were Holy See troops skilled in the magic of holy light), 50,000 light and heavy infantry, and 10,000 archers, In addition, the 1,500 vampire warriors mobilized by Derlink formed this mighty southern expedition army of more than 200,000 people.

During the march, Dresstser rode up to me and whispered, "Big pervert, I have something to ask you!" ”

Sasha, who heard Drinker call me a "big pervert", looked at the vampire girl with a puzzled expression.

"Lovely little elven sister, tell you the true face of that pervert in the future! In short, you have to be vigilant, be careful not to be deceived, and don't let your brother Alex eat it! Drinker said in the tone of a messenger of justice who protects vulnerable animals.

"If only he would like to eat me......" Sasha replied faintly, looking at me with resentment.

Seeing Sasha's hopeless expression, Drinker shook his head helplessly.

"Miss Count, what's the matter?" I didn't want to dwell on this matter and immediately asked.

Sure enough, Drink's attention returned to business, and she changed her serious expression and said, "What location do you plan to choose to meet with Liuli, Belle, Ruoxing, Casta and others?" ”

During the deployment of this southern expedition, I issued an order to the "Seven Colored Rainbow" troops remaining in the barbarian territory through the vampire people of Derlink, among which "Red Storm", "Purple Thunder" and "Green Aura" have been transferred to the kingdom of Dotir with Vivien, and the other four have been stationed in Kashgart City since I arrived with the barbarians. If you add these four troops, the total strength of my expedition this time will exceed 250,000!

In recent years, due to the continuous strengthening of the strength of the "seven-colored rainbows," all of them have the ability to fight alone, and they no longer need to work together to cope with various crises without having to go out at the same time as before. In terms of personnel, I have also made some adjustments accordingly: first, Hugh Belmont and Drinker serve as the deputy commanders of the "Seven Colored Rainbow" respectively, and no longer serve as the commanders of the "Red Storm" and "Cyan Streamer"; Second, Matthew, the former commander-in-chief of the imperial capital's city defense, was transferred to the commander of the "Red Storm", and his post was concurrently held by the deputy commander of the world's soldiers and horses and the imperial marshal Memphis, who was dismissed from the post of commander of the Western Army; The third is that Deys Isabelle is the commander of the "Cyan Streamer", and the vampire troops in the "Cyan Streamer" are withdrawn and maintain relative independence - not only as a direct force of Drink, but also can be incorporated into the "Cyan Streamer" to accept Belle's command if necessary.

In this way, the crisis of self-respect of the seven generals, especially those with extraordinary ambition and low loyalty like Hugh Belmont, was avoided - although his status was elevated and he became the left deputy commander of the seven divisions, the commanders of the seven divisions were all generals who were absolutely loyal to me, and he could no longer even directly command the strongest of the seven divisions, the "Red Storm", and also eliminated the danger of him turning the "Red Storm" into a private army loyal to him, and there was a checks and balances between Drinker and him, In addition, I did not set up a separate post of commander-in-chief of the Seventh Ministry, but I held it myself, so that the military power of the Seventh Ministries was firmly controlled in my hands, and without my summons, it would have been impossible for Xiu to mobilize the Seventh Ministries to do anything unsubordinate.

Xiu is a highly valued talent, and I especially admire his vision and talent beyond that of a pure military general, but he is too conceited, and people who are too conceited sometimes fail to see the boundaries of their own abilities, and if they are given too much power and their selfish desires are inflated to the point of directly challenging my authority or even endangering the security of the empire - this is definitely not what I want to see. Not even Drinker, who had insight into my mind, objected to my approach. At that time, the vampire girl simply said: "A real famous sword must be equipped with a proper scabbard, and it should only be unsheathed when the sword owner tells it to be unsheathed, and the rest of the time should be in the scabbard - this is the duty of a sword." ”

Thinking of this, I shook my head and said to Drink: "There is no need to determine the location of the division in advance, so as not to affect the movement of our army and miss the timing - they are advancing much faster than us, and they will definitely be able to reach the battlefield before our army meets the enemy, and with your vampire people leading them, they will always find the location of our army!" Moreover, the 'Seven Colored Rainbows' themselves have their own tricks, they don't need to fight in coordination with our army, so they don't care when they arrive! ”

"Now that you have the whole plan, you don't have to worry about it in vain."

Drinker smiled, and suddenly lowered his voice and said to me viciously, "You command your Imperial Historians, especially the Vydigal Guys!" Absolutely—absolutely not to write into the history books what happened between you and me on the battlefield last time! Otherwise you look good! ”

"I have no right to influence the work of the historians, and it is their duty to be faithful to the historical facts." I laughed wickedly.

"You ......" Drinker turned blue with anger, but suddenly lost his anger and said calmly, "Then I will write a "Secret History of Alexander the Great" or "History of the Great" to expose your true colors - from when you were a child, you abducted little girls, peeped at women taking baths, and played hooligans in public, to how to steal women's underwear, prostitute ** women, fall into the grass, cover up for prostitution and gambling, sell spring palace pictures, murder and arson, rape and plunder, do all evil, and do all kinds of heinous ......"

"You're slandering ......" this time it was my turn to turn blue.

"Hmph, if you're not satisfied, I can write more wonderfully - say that you are actually a bisexual pervert, as early as when you were in Haynes, you coerced Van Dyke and others to have an unclear relationship with you, and then they rebelled angrily because they couldn't bear your torture, and when you became emperor, you even intensified your efforts to recruit male favorites, and wantonly played with those male officials and subordinates large and small, and even Aruton and James also had a leg with you, only because of the unclear triangle relationship that they turned into hatred because of love, and turned into hatred...... Not only are you a fetishist, voyeur, sexual pervert, rapist repeat offender, but you're also a masochist who loves to be hanged upside down, tied up, dripping wax, whipped, stabbed...... I believe that the commoners of the empire will be very interested in these secrets of their beloved Emperor Majesty, and then the Imperial Capital Publishing House will rush to publish them, and people will rush to circulate them, and the streets will talk about them, and I will get rich because of it, and then I will publish sequels, side stories, prequels, postquels, side stories, and hardcover, hardcover, enhanced, deluxe editions, ......"

"Enough! You're not done......" I said in a cold sweat.

"Of course it's not over! I haven't gotten to the point yet - there's more to come! ”

"Drink, I'm afraid of you! I grant your request......"

"It's a shame that I won't be able to write my book...... Well, I thought about it, just change the main character, it's decided! The main character is replaced by Christfan! ”

"Why do you have to write about this kind of subject? Isn't it possible to change the other? ”

"No way, it's all about sales, and now readers just like the tone of men and men, and writers also have writers' difficulties......"

"Drinker ......"

"What's the matter? Don't bother me, I'm thinking ......"

"Sometimes I can't help but wonder if you really are a woman if you dare to say these restrictive words......"

"Your Majesty, I've decided to change my mind, or let you be the protagonist is more appealing......"

"Don't...... I can see clearly, you are definitely a real beauty - both external beauty and spiritual beauty, simply the best among beauties, a model among ladies! ”

"Of course!"

"Well, even if it's a woman, it's a man among women...... Man's mother-in-law......"

"Your Majesty, what man are you talking about? I didn't hear it clearly when it was so vague......"

"I said you are a woman among women, a beauty among women...... And she is more capable than men, the so-called women do not let the eyebrows be shaved, and they can be called the best among women and the spokesperson of beautiful women......"

As a result, in the history of the Empire, Alexander the Great and the Imperial Retainer Drinker Ambrose have always maintained a pure relationship between monarchs and subjects, and have never broken through the boundaries between men and women......

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On December 18, 1901, when our army reached the military town of Sadeya, a major military town in Nalan County, Drinker suggested that the Imperial Army take a short break here before continuing its southward advance. I thought about it for a while, thinking that the soldiers had been tired physically and mentally from the high-speed march in recent months, and that reluctantly advancing would further damage the vitality of the soldiers, and that proper rest would be beneficial, so I adopted her advice.

Located at the northern end of the Horsman Plain, at the junction of the Neo-Phratis Empire and the Henes regime, Sadeya was one of the most important military towns in the southern part of the Empire. The Celestial River and the Galaxy River pass through the east and west ends of this plain respectively, and the originally parallel channels of the two rivers begin to narrow inward, flowing through the entire Horsman Plain and then joining the "Arm Bay of the God of Beauty" in Henes.

The Heathman Plain from the north to the central part of the region is also known as the "Two River Basin", is the famous land of fish and rice in the southern continent, the land here is fertile, the climate is pleasant, and the abundant water resources of the two rivers are nourished, so not only rich in grain, other products are also quite rich, so since the beginning of the establishment of the Faradis Empire, it has been one of the most important "granaries" of the empire. Today, the "Two Rivers Valley" is divided into two, with part of the northern end of the Horsman Plain belonging to the Empire, and the central part of the Horsman Plain being owned by Etiria.

The southern plains of Horthman used to be shared by the former Dotir Kingdom and the Becca Shelurista Alliance, and due to the unclear ownership, the two countries were in constant dispute, and even the empire was interested in it. Historically, the two countries have fought countless tragic wars on the southern plains, with more than seven large-scale battles, the most recent of which was instigated by the Empire - the king of the Kingdom of Dotil and the ambassador of the alliance were assassinated by the empire and blamed on the two countries respectively (in fact, it was planned by the conspiracy of Ettiria, the fourth princess of the empire at the time), which triggered the revenge-hungry Elmit III to declare war on the alliance in anger.

The result of this war was the loss of the vitality of the Alliance, which directly led to the fall of Dotil, and the balance of power between the three great powers was disrupted, and then the Empire invaded the entire plain, connecting Holsman to the full territory of the Empire, and Haynes was forced to lose her independent status and become a county of the Empire.

Another indirect impact of this war is to completely subvert the peaceful life of an ignorant teenager in Haynes, ruthlessly throwing the upside-down teenager into the torrent of history, which has since set off earth-shaking changes in his life, spurring him from a wandering teenager who drifts with the tide and is at the mercy of fate to gradually grow into a strong man who dominates the times......

In the heyday of Ettiria, which belonged to the era of the most glorious Carlos "Imperial Tiger Army", the Haynes regime possessed a total of seventeen counties of the empire and included the entire Heatman Plain, and the arrogance was very loud for a while. However, in the Battle of Sonx, due to the change of commander in front of the Ettiria Formation, all the 100,000 elite divisions of the "Imperial Tiger" were annihilated by the Imperial Army, and after the Battle of Sonks, the Haynes regime turned from prosperity to decline, the military strength was seriously frustrated, and the national strength was even more empty, and the Empire took the opportunity to regain the power of Northern Holman. Although the later Carlos "New Imperial Tiger Army" had a noisy moment, not only occupied the northern "two river basins" again, but also fought all the way to the southern suburbs of the imperial capital, directly approaching the Gyeonggi stronghold, its territory is known as the 33 counties, and there was a so-called "Southern Dynasty Zhongxing" trend in the history of the Henes regime, but this is only a return to the light, with the defeat of the Carlos army, the Henes regime also ended her last glory, and now it is the end of the crossbow.

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On the third day of the recuperation, Drinker whimsically held a large bonfire in the camp, summoning the entire army of non-duty soldiers to participate, including me, Esafnia, Sasha, Hoffman, Ezinaha, and the golden-clad cardinals of the Cult of the Gods.

At the party, Drinker disregarded the ban in the army and distributed a small amount of light wine to the soldiers. After entering the party in the midst of Sasha's beautiful elven dance and the vampire's strange fire dance, Drinker suddenly came over and toasted me.

"Miss Count, it's rare! Could it be that the sun has risen in the west - have you changed sex? Will you take the initiative to show favor to me? I said suspiciously, holding up my glass.

Drinker picked up the wine glass and touched it with me vigorously, and in the crisp sound of the wine glass, she said with a clever smile: "Happy birthday, big pervert!" ”

Then he lifted his toes, approached my face, kissed me lightly on the lips like a dragonfly, and then jumped away like a gust of wind, stood still and looked directly at me with his hands behind his back, and smiled: "This is a birthday present!" ”

I touched my lips with my fingers, the girl's sweet breath still left a faint fragrance in my teeth and cheeks, but my heart was filled with something warm, I was stunned for a while, and then I said movingly: "Drink, thank you!" I've forgotten it myself, it's hard for you to remember my birthday......"

The vampire girl suddenly stopped smiling, and seemed to feel the ambiguous feelings between us, so she suddenly felt uneasy in her heart, but her eyes softened.

"I also have a gift for you......" I remembered something, quickly took out a crystal ring and handed it to her, and said gently, "'Black Ring', the precept is 'mysterious love', which has the meaning of 'mysterious and deep, difficult and dark, sublime and robust, and gentle flame burning in the cold night'. I sent it to you, not expecting you to wear it, but hoping you would cherish it – this is a little bit of my heart. ”

After Drinker took it, he hesitated, but put it on the ring finger of his right hand, and tried to explain something in a disdainful tone: "Don't get me wrong, accepting your gift doesn't mean anything!" Miss Ben just thought that this ring was right for my style, and this little thing was easy to lose on my body, so I had to wear it on my hand, and it happened that only this finger would fit...... Don't think that giving a small gift will bind my heart! ”

Although her tone was tough, her expression was very happy, and the flush on her face and the burning flow in her deep pupils did not know if it was reflected by the bonfire or a reaction to mood swings......

Although she seemed a little out of order, I didn't break it, but said: "I have no intention of restraining you in anything, your body and mind are always free, including your love ......"

At this time, Ishafnia, Sasha and the generals, who learned that it was my birthday, also came to toast me.

Although Aisha only tasted it because she was overwhelmed by alcohol, she also showed the happiness and sweetness of being able to celebrate my birthday, and her warm tone was full of strong feelings: "Husband, congratulations! I hope that all your birthdays in the future, Elsa will not miss them...... I pray that you will walk hand in hand through this life, if there is any life in this life......"

Although Aisha and I are nominally husband and wife, we don't have a close skin-to-skin relationship, and we have treated each other with courtesy these days, and I haven't done anything to transgress it, so she is still perfect to this day. It's not that I don't have desires and desires for her—no one can help but have the desire and desire to take her into her arms, untie her clothes, and love her wantonly; It's not that I don't have a chance because of the march - there will always be a chance to kiss Fangze when I travel day and night, it's just because of her noble and holy temperament that I can't help but feel ashamed of myself, and I don't dare to blaspheme easily......

Tonight, Elsa finally said to me something that I had never said before, how could I not be intoxicated? I never thought that at night shrouded in the shadow of war, the windy battlefield company camp would let me regain that long-lost romantic feeling......

Finally, Aiznaha led the Imperial soldiers to raise their glasses and congratulated me in unison: "Long live Your Majesty!" We will take the city of Haynes as a birthday gift to your majesty! ”

I waved to the soldiers, smiled at each other, and then put my arm around Elsa's woven shoulder, and silently smiled at the most burning bonfire in the largest clearing in the center of the tent - since now, Drinker and Sasha have danced hand in hand in the bright light......

Tonight, you are so romantic and beautiful......

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On December 21, 1901, I ordered the whole army to be encamped, and after leaving the military town of Sadeya, the Imperial Army continued to advance southward, rapidly moving into the central part of the Horthman Plain, the southern part of the "Two Rivers", which was already the sphere of influence of the Ettiria Haynes regime.

At this time, what appeared in front of me was the banner of the enemy's army!

Ettiria's army appeared on the steppes of the "Two Rivers Valley" and took up an active position to invite battle—and a great battle of the "Battle of the Two Rivers" began much earlier than I expected......

The enemy army with inferior forces will actually take the initiative to meet it, and put on a posture of battle!?

You must know that in the vast grassland, our army can give full play to its superiority in strength, mobilize all the imperial soldiers to put it into the battlefield, and completely disintegrate the enemy's weak forces in terms of numbers!

From what has been observed, this is already the main force of the enemy army - the enemy really has no reason to expose his strength prematurely! Moreover, to meet our army head-on on the grassland is undoubtedly to expose its shortcomings!

Their most correct strategic choice should be to lead our army deep into the complex terrain and landforms such as mountains, hills, or river valleys, and then try to cut off our army's supply lines, and then use guerrilla warfare to consume our army's strength as much as possible.

What is the reason why they are in a hurry to fight now? Even after losing Carlos and other Tiger generals, it would not be helpful for Ettiria to make such a common-sense mistake if she had no generals at her disposal, right?

However, even if they adopted what I thought was the right tactic, due to the disparity in strength between the two sides, the enemy army would only survive for a while, and would not be able to change the fate of defeat......

Don't...... Knowing that her kingdom was about to fall, did Attiria choose this glorious method of annihilation? Maybe he wants to use the posture of mourning to boost the morale of the soldiers, trying to make a desperate bet and fight to the death?

This is perhaps the most plausible explanation at the moment......

I can't guess Attiria's intentions, but I have a vague sense that something is wrong—the sharp intuition and hunch cultivated through many wars is too often unpleasantly accurate...... Drinker next to me saw that my face was wrong, so he asked, "Your Majesty, is there a problem?" ”

"Nothing, just the actions and thoughts of the enemy troops, really...... It's stupid! ”

"Foolish enemy, but a gift from heaven!"

I just smiled at Drink's simple idea, called Sanchez to my side and asked, "Sanchez, who do you think the enemy manager will be?" ”

"Judging from this kind of arrangement in which the Chinese army is prominent, and the two wings are retracted into a zigzag phalanx, this should be Materazzi's usual method." Sanchez replied.

"Materazzi ......," I pondered for a moment before continuing, "Materazzi Bigaro, a general and hereditary viscount of the Old Empire, is now 47 years old and has 28 years of experience as a professional soldier in the army—ah, the same age as me...... In 1873, he graduated from the Lenteå Military Academy, then served as a captain of the Black-Eyed Cavalry, and since then he has embarked on a prosperous career - in 1877, he was promoted to the rank of the Black-Eyed Banner Yin, and in 1879, he was directly promoted to the rank of the Blue-Eyed Banner Yin, and the commander of the cavalry brigade, and a year later he was promoted to general by Nanzhan Buqi II, and served as the commander of the 13th Army Town on the Southern Route of the Empire, and led the army to join her camp after the rebellion of Ettiria...... Sanchez, what kind of person do you think he is, given what you know about him? ”

Sánchez seemed surprised by my familiarity with and understanding of Magrazi's background, and was stunned before he answered: "Your Majesty, the last general thinks that he is a defensive and counterattacking general, but most of his achievements have been achieved in the offensive, and his performance in defense is not very good - in the Empire, he has lost his city many times in the attacks of the Dotir and the Alliance army, but he has not been punished by the military department, but his career has been flat.

As a soldier, he is not at ease, and his interest in power and politics seems to be far greater than that of leading the army to fight - some people believe that his so-called achievements were actually obtained by his tricks of power and through improper means to clear the upper echelons of the military department. Currently, he is a celebrity and main confidant at Etria's side. He had always been at odds with Marshal Carlos, and was very jealous of the marshal's talent, so he often played in front of Etiria, deliberately sowing discord between Etiria and the marshal, so that Etiria became suspicious and suspicious of the marshal......

Over the years, Marshal Carlos has been constrained on the battlefield at every turn, and it is because of his inception that he has made several changes of command before the battle, a withdrawal order when he is about to win, the destruction of the 'Imperial Tiger' army, and this labor expedition to the empire. During his lifetime, the marshal vigorously opposed this expedition to the empire, but he was unable to convince Ettiria, who was bewitched by Magrazi's clever words, and innocently buried the lives of the marshal himself and hundreds of thousands of soldiers...... In a way, the marshal was not defeated by the Imperial army in front of him, but by the sword behind him - for the marshal's death, he and Ettiria are both to blame! The marshal's evaluation of him before his death was: a powerful minister who climbed up on the corpse of his own army, and the army was not used in his hands to destroy the enemy, but for him to destroy himself. ”

"When the kingdom is about to die, there will be demons......," I muttered, turning to Sánchez, "Sánchez, have you ever blamed me for Carlos' death?" ”

Sanchez didn't expect me to ask such a question, and was silent for a moment.

I smiled mildly, "I can ask casually, you don't have to answer." ”

"Your Majesty!" Sanchez finally said, "The last general has never thought deeply about such a question, so I don't know how to answer it for a while...... The last general thought that Marshal Carlos chose to kill himself because he was defeated in a dignified head-to-head confrontation with His Majesty, and although it was facilitated by His Majesty, it was also the Marshal's own choice. The marshal had great respect for His Majesty during his lifetime, so he chose His Majesty as the last opponent in his life...... The marshal had lived a miserable life all these years, and the choice of such a glorious end was perhaps a relief for him - the marshal had gone peacefully...... Death is the choice of the dead, and it is the responsibility of the living to live - inheriting the marshal's last wish and following His Majesty to continue the glory of the 'Imperial Tiger', this is Sanchez's choice! ”

"You know Marshal Carlos well......" I said with a sigh, and although Carlos was not long gone, I was already thinking about this rare general.

Sánchez shook his head and said: "Maybe I can touch the mind of the marshal, but only His Majesty can touch his soul - you are the true confidant of Marshal Carlos!" ”

Speaking of this, Sánchez suddenly knelt down before me, and when he raised his head, his face was resolute, and there was incomparable firmness in his voice: "Your Majesty! The Admiral begs you to avenge the marshal by letting Sánchez take the Materazzi on the battlefield! ”

I was silent for a moment before I looked at Sanchez with blazing eyes, nodded and said, "I promise you - Magrazi will give it to you!" And Ettiria is my target—and it's my duty to Marshal Carlos! ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

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As the two armies approached, I finally saw the enemy's formation—the heavy cavalry in front of the formation, the pikemen in the back, the archers in the middle, the light infantry behind, and the light cavalry hidden on the flanks. Although it is not ashamed of Materazzi's character, it is undeniable that this is a fairly correct defensive formation, with heavy cavalry and heavy infantry laying a solid defensive network that can withstand the impact of the enemy with superior numbers to the greatest extent, while light cavalry and light infantry can flash out from the flanks and rear to attack the enemy's flanks when the opponent has been unable to attack for a long time, so as to turn passive into active......

"Forward!" I gave simple instructions.

The Imperial Army began to speed up its advance, pressing forward like flowing water on the steppes with thin ice in many places, but in the rapid movement, it always held a complete formation, reflecting the good quality of the Imperial soldiers who had undergone rigorous training - through the rhythm of the drums, under the unified command of generals at all levels, 200,000 Imperial soldiers marched in a rapid pace like raindrops, and the bright armor and weapons reflected the brilliant but cold winter sun, like a wave of light flowing on the earth, With overwhelming pressure and sharpness, spill over to the enemy camp!

"The whole army obeys the order - the attack begins!"

When I got close to a certain distance, my cold voice sounded, and I moved my gaze to the right: "Sanchez! ”

"The last general!"

"I order you to lead 20,000 'Imperial Tigers' heavy cavalry to completely destroy the enemy's avant-garde!"

My bullying voice made Sanchez's whole body tense, and he immediately hugged him heavily: "The last general takes orders!" ”

"Deploy heavy troops on the front - the enemy generals have the courage to take a desperate gamble!" At this time, Drinker came to my side, and there was no irony in his voice, "Although the enemy's defense is tight, no matter how solid the defense is, it cannot withstand the hammer of the 'Imperial Tiger'. Once it is broken through head-on, the poor morale of the enemy soldiers will probably collapse immediately, and they will not even have the courage to raise their swords - it is precisely when His Majesty sees this that he gives the order for a strong attack, right? Your Majesty is so cruel that even the little pride and pride left of the enemy will be torn apart......"

"No wonder," I replied coldly, "the enemy's tactical incompetence cannot compensate for its strategic incompetence!" Choosing this place to go head-to-head with our army is simply self-defeating - they are expecting an impossible miracle! If we don't give them a hard blow and a fatal lesson, won't we let the enemy deceive our empire?! ”

At this time, the battle horn of the Imperial Army has been blown!

Sanchez personally led 20,000 "Imperial Tiger" heavy cavalry to stand out in advance, and quickly made the first wave of contact with the opponent's main formation, and the tragic battle also came in an instant!

I saw that the "Imperial Tiger" cavalry completely ignored the enemy's dense rain of arrows - the heavy and solid golden armor on their bodies was like a moving shield, swinging the enemy's arrows like rain!

As they approached, the "Imperial Tiger" heavy cavalry fiercely charged at the opponent with a ten-meter spear that shone with a cold light—a spear that was longer and sharper than the opponent's continued to stab through the joints of the armor pieces on the opponent's chest and the weak points on the two sides! From the defeated cavalry there was a short but heavy sound of defeat and the muffled grunt of the cavalrymen......

Almost at the same time, the Imperial Army's archery battalion unleashed waves of arrows at the enemy - after the pleasant sound of bowstrings fluttering and the sharp sound of arrows breaking the wind, countless black arrows rushed into the sky, forming dense black dots all over the enemy's sky, like a black brief cloud, until the black dots disappeared into the end of the sky......

When the enemy soldiers raised their heads and looked up at the sky, they were surprised to find that the black dots had disappeared in an instant, and in the exclamation of the enemy soldiers, the rain of arrows had already descended on the enemy's Chinese army and rear guard - although the enemy soldiers raised their shields to cover them, the black arrow rain still created pieces of abundant death, and even pierced the light infantry's not very strong wooden shield, directly penetrating the soldiers' heads......

These rounds of sharp arrows successfully achieved the goal of our army to balance the enemy's light cavalry and light infantry - under the rain of arrows on our side, the light cavalry and light infantry in the enemy's formation, rear and on both flanks immediately fell into confusion, not only could not play the role of their mobility, but in order to avoid arrows and death, they constantly squeezed the heavy cavalry in front of them, disrupting the formation of the heavy cavalry.

And the "Imperial Tiger" heavy cavalry, which was entangled with the enemy's avant-garde, had already thrown away the spears that were not conducive to close combat, replaced them with narrow sabers, and started hand-to-hand combat with the opponent!

The brave "Imperial Tiger" soldiers waved their heavy and sharp long knives, and kept slashing at the enemy's soldiers and horses, ignoring the enemy's swords on their bodies, but every time the enemy struggled to create a wound on a "Imperial Tiger" cavalry, several enemy heavy cavalry were beheaded or chopped off by the "Imperial Tiger"!

The battle of the heavy cavalry also made the battle much more tragic than before—swords struck in the air and sparked sparks, shattered pieces of armor scattered in all directions, and the blood plasma that burst out everywhere stained the fresh armor of the warriors, and also stained the dark green and slightly frosted earth, and the ice condensed on the grassland was even melted by the warmth of blood, forming a criss-crossing stream of blood......

The dying warrior and the severed horse knelt on the ground and wailed, and were even trampled to death by the men and horses on both sides......

The severed head with a stream of blood cut through a terrible arc, reflecting the cold winter sun rolling down to the feet and legs of the soldiers in the fierce battle, and then kicked around like a juju on a sports field......

Some of the soldiers had half of their heads cut off and were white but shocking, and some soldiers with dead faces stared at the strings of intestines and bloody internal organs wrapped in intestines that emerged from their disemboweled stomachs with dull or numb eyes, and even tried to squeeze them back in vain......

At this time, the rapid drumbeat on the battlefield, the battle horn of Qingyue, and the sound of "bobo" muscle tearing, "sonorous" metal symphony, "click" of men and horses, the screams of the fierce and tragic soldiers, and the high and long neighing of the war horses played a movement towards death......

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I noticed that the delicate body in my arms was trembling slightly, so I softened my voice and asked, "Sasha, are you afraid?" ”

Sasha turned her head to look at me when she heard the sound, her face was a little blue, her eyes looked frightened and uneasy like a frightened deer, and she shuddered for a moment before responding, "Yes...... It's a bit ......."

"People who have experienced the battle for the first time are inevitably a little nervous, if you feel scared, close your eyes and don't look, everything will pass......" I comforted Sasha while making a smile trying to reassure her, and there was a hint of desolate sadness in my flat voice, "The battlefield is not a gorgeous stage, but a terrible Shura field - whether it is for yourself or the enemy......

Sasha seemed to gain strength from my smile, suddenly calmed down, nodded and said, "Brother Alex, I'm not scared anymore!" Sasha has practiced archery skills in the elves, so she has the ability to kill enemies! I'll let Brother Alec know - Sasha will definitely not be a burden to his brother! ”

Before I could react, she turned her head and quickly took off the green longbow and quiver under the crotch of the "Thunder Department", bent the bow, set up the arrow, and aimed with a sharp movement, and then took a few deep breaths to calm her mind, and with the bowstring like a full moon and the purple arrow feather trembled slightly, the long arrow "swished" out of the string, and a faint purple mark crossed the air, instantly passing through the crowd, and piercing through the subtle gap in the armor between the neck and chest of a heavy cavalry lieutenant of the enemy- The cavalry captain didn't have time to let out a scream, and he had fallen off his horse and died!

"Brother Alex, it's not bad, is it?" Sasha turned her head and shouted to me excitedly, with a smug look on her face, "This is Sasha's arrow of Cupid, the goddess of love, that she shot to protect her lover!" ”

I touched her little head dotingly and smiled in appreciation. In fact, Sasha's archery skills are not bad, they are simply brilliant - although they can't be compared with Dai Yisi's magic skills, they are already the best in the world!

"Yes yes! But...... It's too mixed up to name it Eros Arrow, right? I believe that the enemy soldiers you shoot will never agree......"

As he spoke, the enemy's main formation had begun to collapse under the powerful impact of the "Imperial Tiger", and Sanchez even smashed into the enemy bush despite the danger, constantly swinging the pair of dark blue halberds to charge at the most solid part of the enemy's defense - and I knew that it was the position of the enemy's coach Materazzi!

However, Sánchez failed to avenge Carlos as he wished, because the enemy had already ordered the withdrawal of troops before I had time to throw the light cavalry into the battlefield - the enemy used heavy cavalry to defend to the death, covering the retreat of the commander and the light cavalry and light infantry, and under the desperate resistance of the heavy cavalry soldiers, most of the enemy's soldiers and horses were evacuated from the battlefield!

After destroying the enemy's heavy cavalry, I ordered Sanchez and the "Imperial Tiger" heavy cavalry, who had already exhausted most of their energy, to fall back and rest—although they had eliminated nearly 30,000 enemies, the supposedly invincible "Imperial Tiger" heavy cavalry also paid thousands of casualties...... Then he personally led 50,000 light cavalry to step over the corpses of the soldiers and the broken military flags left by the enemy, and crept behind the enemy, while the rest of the soldiers and horses followed steadily, not giving the enemy any respite.

So on the vast prairie formed a peculiar landscape of hundreds of thousands of troops chasing after me, if you look down from above, the retreating soldiers and horses and the army clinging to them are like a river cut off from the middle, and the break is sometimes narrowed, sometimes widened......

In the course of the pursuit, it suddenly dawned on me that the enemy's actions did not seem to be a simple retreat, but had a certain purpose! There is no doubt that the speed of the enemy is quite fast—perhaps the fleeing ones are always particularly vigorous, but their route is not the shortest in a straight line, but sometimes tortuous, sometimes straight, and their movements seem a little erratic, so that, in spite of their speed, they never leave the field of view of our troops.

What is the purpose of the enemy in doing this? Before I could discern the motives of the enemy, the advance of our troops was halted by the fact that the enemy had laid countless tripping ropes in the grass in front of me, and the enemy's movement had just avoided them......

But as our troops slowed down, the enemy slowed down almost at the same time, as if they had no intention of breaking away from our pursuit—this circumstance made me realize at once that the enemy was luring the enemy deep into the depths—that there might be a trap ahead!

However, in such a wide area, the enemy simply cannot build enough fortifications and traps to deal with the 200,000 troops of the empire, first of all, it is limited in manpower and material resources, even if there are traps, in the vast field, our army has enough time and space to avoid; If there is an ambush - not to mention where to find a strong enough reinforcement with the current shortage of troops in Hennes? Even if there really is such an army, I am confident that I can crush them with the army in my hands!

With this in mind, I ordered the Imperial Army to advance at full speed, leaving Sánchez and Hoffman in charge of dealing with the aftermath of those wounded or stumbling and lagging behind, and then regrouping to keep up, while the remaining unaffected troops followed me to speed up their march, vowing to intercept and destroy the enemy army.

In order to escape the pursuit of our troops, the enemy began to abandon heavy and bulky equipment, which also turned this game of cat and mouse into a protracted chase from midday to dusk......

And it is about to catch the tail of the enemy - although the pursuers and escapees are also exhausted by a lot of physical strength, the mental pressure faced by the escapees is much greater, so they are much more tired physically and mentally, once they feel that there is no hope of escape, they will lose the will and confidence to survive, and the body and spirit are becoming more and more difficult, and the pace is becoming more and more heavy, and I am chasing after this point with this in mind.

However, at this time, some of the officers and men of our army suddenly let out a painful scream, and I immediately realized that the accident was happening, and immediately asked what was happening left and right.

I was surprised by the soldiers' returns: some of our soldiers began to festering in their legs, bleeding profusely, and even the rotting area spread from the legs along the knees to the waist and upper body......

What's going on? Although I couldn't figure out the cause of the mutation, I knew that this strange injury would quickly become a source of fear for the whole army, leading to the defeat of our army!

I immediately ordered the reason to be removed, and Drinker volunteered, "Let me see!" ”

The attentive vampire girl soon found some blue thorns from the soldier's wounds, and found a large number of vines hidden under the blades of grass from the grass, and after a little study, she walked up to me and said excitedly, "I have found the reason!" ”

"Speak quickly!"

Knowing that the situation was urgent, Drinker immediately explained: "These blue thorns come from a type of thorn called 'Blue Comfort', and another purple vine also has a unique name - 'Purple Lingering', both of which are non-toxic in themselves, and 'Blue Comfort' also secretes an anesthetic-like compound in the wound, so that the injured person or animal does not feel pain at all, and may not even know that they have been injured until the wound is completely healed." The 'Blue Soothing' is the spread of the seeds attached to the thorns by the animals.

And 'Purple Lingering' is a vine with a very brittle skin, which breaks almost at the slightest touch, and from which purple juice flows - as fragile as the once lingering love, and all that remains is endless tears of sorrow. Of course, this purple juice is also non-toxic, but once it is fused with the secretion of 'Blue Soothing', it immediately produces a chemical reaction, becoming a highly toxic agent that causes the wound to continue to fester, and it will directly stimulate the pain nerve, producing a huge severe pain, which makes the patient feel painful. However, these two plants are not symbiotic, but mutually exclusive, and basically there will be no trace of 'blue soothing' within a hundred miles of the place where the 'purple lingering' grows, so this is obviously an artificial arrangement! ”

I pondered for a moment before I exhaled and said, "I see! The enemy led our troops from north to south to this period of land where the influence of the continental climate weakened, the oceanic climate became stronger, and it was closer to the temperate climate of the south, suitable for the growth of vegetation, with the help of knee-high grass and trees and the arrangement of tripping ropes attracted the attention of our troops, so that we ignored the real crisis under our feet. When our army passed through the 'Blue Soothing' zone, although the foot was punctured by thorns, it didn't care because it didn't feel the pain, until stepping on this 'purple coat' made the soldier's insignificant small wound spread into a life-threatening large-scale ulcer, and the enemy led and ran to accelerate the operation of the blood, which aggravated the injury, and finally evolved into a disaster that affected the whole army...... Surprisingly winning – really creative tactical ideas and meticulous calculations! Materazzi, I really underestimated you! I'm also to blame for being careless! ”

Subsequently, I immediately ordered the army to quickly withdraw from the danger area, choose a safe area, suspend all operations and station in place, and mobilize the "Imperial Tiger" heavy cavalry with full armor protection behind to the front, and deploy the vanguard of the whole army with the vampire warriors with immortal bodies to deal with the surprise attack of the enemy army, and then let the priests of the Holy See army who are good at white magic treat the wounded soldiers and horses.

Because I personally led a group of generals to offer condolences to the wounded soldiers, and tried my best to comfort the restless soldiers, and did a good job of meticulous aftermath work, and because I made a very inflammatory speech, which greatly boosted the morale of the imperial soldiers, and at the same time, the timely treatment of the soldiers' injuries was basically stabilized, so the uneasiness in the army was quickly suppressed, and although the soldiers' sharp spirit was hit to a certain extent, it did not cause fatal injuries - our army still maintained seventy percent combat effectiveness and relatively strong morale.

As I had expected, the enemy, seeing that our troops had halted their advance, thought that their plan had succeeded and that the time had come for a counterattack, so they took advantage of the darkness of the night to launch a surprise attack on the Imperial army with their elite light cavalry.

In the face of the enemy's elite light cavalry rushing from all directions under the cover of night, like wolves, our army barely held on for a moment and then began to retreat without support, just as the enemy saw the imperial camp tent in the firelight, and continued to go deep in the pursuit of victory, their eyes suddenly brightened, and they suddenly realized that they had been completely exposed to the bright space and became the most obvious target!

It turned out that the Holy See legions in the Imperial Army had unleashed Holy Light Magic together, making it seem like night suddenly turned into day! The "Imperial Tiger" heavy cavalry and vampire warriors also rushed out from the dazzling white light at the same time, killing the enemy army in the bloody field and ambushing corpses five steps, and finally the enemy's commander had to lose his troops and evacuate in a hurry......

During the battle, the enemy left behind nearly 20,000 corpses......

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While I was listening to a report from my subordinate officers on the casualties on both sides, the guards came in and presented me with a letter from the enemy.

I looked at the words on the envelope, "His Majesty the Emperor of the Holy Pharadis Empire personally opened the book - the Imperial General, hereditary viscount Materazzi Bigaro", and said with a slight smile: "It seems that the enemy army wants to negotiate a truce with our army, this is the so-called poor donkey skills......"

After speaking, he opened the pearl-red sealing clay and unfolded the thick letter paper to take a look, and he couldn't help but be shocked, so shocked that he couldn't speak, and his open mouth forgot to close it for a while......