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Barrack.

Staff officer military tent.

The tent was large, but there was not much furnishings.

In the middle of the commander were four simple rectangular wooden tables in one place. There is a sand table on the table. On the shelf next to the table, there is a map.

The rest was nothing decent, except for a few chairs.

The atmosphere in the military tent was solemn.

Some officers, staff officers, and generals sat around the table, and the main seat was vacant, and Her Royal Highness the Valkyrie Princess did not participate in today's meeting.

Because the Royal Praetorian Guard does not have a chief or deputy commander, only a military aircraft staff committee, so the second seat next to the main seat sits the chief of staff, Alfred Orton, Knight.

It was a dark brown thick-haired officer on the first floor, a sturdy young man who was not yet thirty years old.

Most of the rest of the seats were military nobles from the royal family and staff officers of the Royal Praetorian Guard.

These people are also very young, with an average age of about 20 years.

In addition to the reason why most of the "virtuous" elderly nobles were buried in the mouth of the dead during the Divine Blessing War, the more direct reason was naturally the arrangement made by His Majesty the Emperor in order to facilitate the command of the young princess and quickly establish his prestige.

But now the result is that the people in the military tent have enough vigor, loyalty, and courage, but none of them can be called old and cunning.

"After the War of the Undead in the South, the Heavy Royal Knights suffered the least losses, with 877 remaining, followed by the Royal Janissary Hoplites, and now there are 3,700 men. But the more than 20,000 elite soldiers brought out from the imperial capital are now less than 7,000 left. The heavy weapons and baggage such as the magic guide cannon of the accompanying army have also been lost, but fortunately, the city lord of Bailuo has supported us somewhat. The above is the remaining core strength of our army, in addition to the soldiers of the nobles who withdrew from the battlefield with us and pursued later, there are more than 5,000 soldiers, 1,900 people from the city defense army of Said, and 2,500 private soldiers from the city lord. 13,000 volunteers from other places were recruited to join the army, 16,000 citizens and guards organized locally, and 50,000 baggage teams, engineering teams, and people. The above personnel were basically provided with weapons, equipment, military supplies, food and grass by the city lord of Bailuo out of his own pocket......"

"Not ...... enough"

The clerk, Yuri, as a close minister of the princess, also occupies a seat in this meeting, sitting opposite Alfred, and this "not enough" exclamation is also issued by her.

I don't know what's going on, but now my side has temporarily blocked the news that the Holy See envoy has been detained, and made it look like negotiations are going on to confuse the outside world.

But there wasn't much time to buy.

I don't know which link leaked the news, but the 100,000 advance troops of the Holy See are not far away now.

The Holy See's action was swift and stealthy, and the army had begun to uproot the Princesses' outposts in the towns and roads outside Said, and the Princesses' Army received definite information.

This results in a lot of things that take time to prepare that are not done.

The first is soldier training.

According to the military information available to the present, although the Holy See's 100,000 advance army is only claimed to be 100,000, the actual strength is 60,000 or 70,000. Even if there are 30,000 or 40,000 logistics personnel, there are about 30,000 people in the powerful Holy See Guardian Corps.

Although it also claims to have an army of 100,000, there are less than 20,000 elites who can really fight, and most of the rest are ordinary people who can't even reach the professional level.

Let them throw stones down the city wall is probably barely competent, and if they shoot arrows, they don't know if they will fly out directly and accidentally injure friendly troops, I am afraid that the so-called "logistics personnel" of the Holy See Army can hit ten of them one by one.

The training time is too short.

The second is city defense.

As a commercial city, the city walls are short and thin, and there are some places where the city walls have not been built at all because they are close to the sea, and the heavy city defense weapons are not enough. The lord of Bairo had already spent a lot of money to reinforce and rebuild, but under the sudden attack of the Holy See, I am afraid that the cathars have already arrived in the city before the wall is halfway built.

The third is foreign aid.

Trapped in the lonely city is not a solution after all, and Sede has already sent several waves of envoys in a row, wanting to contact the army commanders and military nobles "King Qin" from all over the country.

But none of these envoys have returned, and I don't know whether they were intercepted halfway or didn't have time to bring the news back.

Probably the most likely thing is that most people haven't reached their target location yet.

These three points caused the princess army to probably not even be able to cope with the advance army of the Holy See.

What's even more fatal is that since it is an advance army, it means that there is still a main force behind it.

Behind it, an army of more than 200,000 catastrophs had been assembled under the personal command of Commander-in-Chief Rageld Estman, and it was estimated that the advance army would reach the city of Said within a month after its arrival, or even sooner.

This main army will also be more elite and will include the vast majority of the Knights Templar and the Legion of the Lightkeepers, one of the four major legions of the Empire.

This unexpected, large-scale transfer is clearly an attempt to accomplish the battle.

At that time, it will be the defeat of the weak and the strong, relying on the advantage of defending the city, to consume the advance army of the Holy See, and to defeat the remnants of the remnants of the army in the south, and it will definitely not be able to withstand the next attack that will follow.

The little good news is that Sede isn't entirely alone.

For example, the "rebel army" that was established early on under the call of the priest known as the "Holy One" held the province of York at this time, posing a certain threat to the flank of the Holy See army.

If it goes well, the Holy See army should still divide its forces to confront it, and even uproot the "rebel army" before marching to Said.

But even so......

"Your Highness, this battle can't be fought...... How exactly can I convince you to run away? ”

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The princess did not appear in the military tent, and her subordinates naturally felt that she had something more important to do than this routine military meeting.

But she was only in the garden of the temporary residence, sitting with her eyes closed against a large tree.

Underneath her was a neat and soft lawn, and she sat comfortably.

Her Royal Highness the Princess was wearing a loose and light nightdress, her silky silver hair was scattered, and the tips and skirt of her hair were blown back and forth by the breeze, which made Her Royal Highness the Princess feel very comfortable.

She was even almost asleep.

Some time ago, she was under a lot of pressure, not because of the threat she and her descendants were facing, but because of her hesitation.

She didn't know whether she should bow her head and bend her knees, wronging herself for the sake of the common people in the world.

But after returning from "Paradise", her mentality returned to peace and firmness.

And these days, there are already soldiers outside, but she is even more fearless, and even a little sleepy and lazy every day.

"Really...... Can't get enough sleep......"

The princess finally fell asleep.

The long eyelashes blinked slightly, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

At her hand, there is a "magic mirror", which shows a stunning woman with black hair and black clothes, dancing in the moonlight.