"Father-in-law, why are you dressed like this......" Art quickly moved out of the way and welcomed Galvin into the mansion.

Galwin was hunched over, wearing a pair of old sackcloth shoes with a cut of the cross, the cuffs of his trousers were torn into strips of cloth and ticking with sewage, his whole body was wrapped in a gray-black linen rag stained with dirt, and only a pair of eyes were left on his whole head, and a brass bell hung around his waist to warn others to avoid - a leper dressed like a leper.

After entering the mansion and closing the door, Galvin's bent waist straightened up suddenly, and he couldn't wait to go to the wooden table in the room, grabbed the remaining half of the white bread and half a bunch of grapes on the plate, and stuffed them into his mouth and chewed them heavily, chewing a few bites and swallowing a mouthful of food, almost choking Galvin.

Art looked at his father-in-law, who looked like a beggar and a hungry man, and his eyes were about to fall, he quickly ran to the side of the wine cabinet and poured a glass of wine for Galvin, and handed it over, "Father-in-law~ What's wrong with you?" What the hell is going on? ”

Galvin rolled his eyes and flushed down the food in his throat with a full glass of wine, then stroked his chest for a long time.

"Art, that's a long story. This time, I was secretly sent to Provence to ask for help......

Galvin is now the viscount of the Besançon court, serving as the deputy financial minister of the court and the general adviser of the Chinese army of the Liberation Army, and is not only a major court minister of the Count of Burgundy, but also a close confidant of the new monarch Flender.

The shocking reversal more than a month ago had caused a serious setback and momentum for the new forces, and after an initial panic, the new court, led by Flender and Balwin, reacted quickly.

On the one hand, Flender's "envoy" to the Duchy of Burgundy was falsely claimed, claiming that Bernard's conditions would be the same as those of the new court, and Flender said that he was willing to pay a greater price as long as the duke could continue to fulfill his promise. On the other hand, the new court of Besançon sent several secret missions to the principalities other than the Duchy of Burgundy and the Kingdom of France, in order to win the support of other countries with the rich rewards of the post-war period.

Galvin came from the south of the country, and in many years of business career with the Duchy of Provence inextricably linked, as the cousin of the new monarch Flender and the important minister of the new court, the responsibility of the secret envoy to Provence naturally fell on Galvin's shoulders, as for the conditions brought by the secret envoy, there is no need to bother to speculate.

Nowadays, the struggle between the eastern and western borders has been a struggle on the edge of a sword, and due to the sudden change of face of the Duchy of Burgundy, neither the eastern nor the western borders dare to act militarily, so the struggle has become a covert political struggle.

As early as the beginning of this month, Bernard had sent a secret mission to Provence to lobby, but was killed by the people sent by Flender. Bernard was also not a good type, and he also sent killers to intercept the secret envoys sent by Flender to various countries, and many people were also killed.

The caravan of Galvin's envoys was ambushed by a group of bandits as soon as they passed through the central part of Lucesen province, and five of the mission's eight disguised guards were killed on the spot, and the remaining three were killed while covering Galvin's escape.

Galvin originally planned to return to Besançon with the remaining two personal guards, but he was concerned about the future of the new court and the Liberation Army, and he was ashamed of the new monarch Flender, who had entrusted him with important tasks, so after some struggle, he decided to continue south to Provence.

This time Galvin's eyes were long, whether it was a monk or a caravan, they could not escape the killers sent by Bernard, and with a heart, Galwin simply let the only two remaining personal guards take off their clothes and pretend to be homeless people who went south to escape the war, in order to achieve the purpose of making a fake and real, Galvin and several people threw away their money and all valuables, and insisted on wearing tattered clothes and relying on a small bag of moldy rye to survive to Tiniez.

What's even worse is that in order to prevent the checkpoints along the way from finding out the secret letter letter he was carrying, he actually pretended to be a leper, which worked, and the checkpoints along the way and the surrounding homeless people did not dare to approach him at all.

“...... The killers haven't been seen since that ambush. But I'm afraid they're waiting for me somewhere in Provence~" Galvin finished speaking, picked up the plate and poured the crumbs of bread into his mouth.

"Father-in-law, if Lottie sees you now, she may not be distressed. You rest for a while, and I'll let the kitchen cook you some decent food. Art couldn't take it anymore and quickly turned around and told the servant to prepare the food.

Galvin grabbed Art, "No need, the county is too crowded to stay for long." I had planned to go to the valley to look for you, but I heard from passers-by that you had come in at risk while training in the county, and that you could just have two breads for two of my guards, who had been hungry for several days. ”

"I'm looking for you for two things." Galvin made it clear directly.

"One of them is that my mission is almost destroyed, and now I can't get to Provence with the three of us, so I need your help."

Atlio lowered his head and thought, "No problem, it just so happens that some of my task force are still resting at the Beiguan Military Fort, and I asked one of my task forces to escort you south." These are all people I have carefully trained, and they are good at ambushing assassinations and finding information, and of course, they are also good at covering up and countering assassinations. ”

"I'm going back to the valley today, you follow me south, and in five days I'll have a caravan carrying weapons and armor back, and then you'll follow the caravan south."

When Galvin heard that he was going south in disguise again, he muttered in his heart, "It's a caravan again, isn't it too high-profile?" ”

Art patted his chest, "Don't worry, there are not many bandits on the trade route to Provence who dare to blatantly provoke the European trading houses, and as for those killers sent by Bernard, naturally my task force will deal with them for you." ”

Galvin knew that Art had led a small team called the Task Force to Bernard's lair, the city of Thorne, to exterminate the entire Assasin, and that the mysterious team was indeed extraordinary.

"Well, that's it."

"Second thing." Galvin tried to keep his voice down.

"Flender asked me to bring you the secret ......"

............

In the barracks of the Beiguan Military Fort Yat, two personal guards guarded the closed barracks gate, and anyone who approached the barracks was expelled.

Inside the barracks, Odo Angus and Baskazak, along with Ron, formed a circle in front of a sand table drawing of the province of Kodor.

"Raid on Kodor?"

"My lord, did we hear you right? Didn't the Central Army of the Liberation Army order to stop all preparations for conquest? Otto thought he had misheard.

Art waved his hand to stop Odo's questioning, "This secret order was told to my father-in-law by Xinjun himself, except for a few of you, only Xinjun and my father-in-law know about it." ”

"The meaning of the new monarch is obvious, if the raid is successful, we will have an extra chip at the table of power. If I fail, the new court and the Chinese army of the Liberation Army have not given me any orders to attack, this is purely my personal recklessness, and has nothing to do with the new court and the Liberation Army. ”

"This~" Everyone in the barracks looked at each other, and the barracks fell silent for a while.

Art broke the silence, "Don't worry, the second great war between the East and the West will break out sooner or later, and we will just go out hunting while everyone is resting." ”

"Ron, you personally arranged the matter of Lord Galvin going south to Provence, so that Dawson did not return to Thorne for the time being, and took six task forces under his command to escort Lord Galvin south. Tell him that if Lord Galvin makes any mistakes, come to me. ”

"Yes! Master. Ron straightened up in response.

"Alright, let's discuss the battle plan."

"The new monarch has secretly ordered us to send troops on the 10th of July, and at least march to the town of Diguan, south of the city of Kodor, by the 30th of July. The Earl of Longxia has secretly assembled the Eight Hundred Mountain People's Legion, and they will cooperate with us to attract the Kodor forces. ”

"The purpose of this war is not to occupy, but to intersperse deterrence."

"The difficulty in this battle is not how to penetrate the hinterland of Kodor, but how to survive in the enemy territory after entering the hinterland of Kodor and stabbing the hornet's nest......"

Flender's ability to become the future ruler of the Count of Burgundy was not just the noble blood of the Iris family, but also the strategic and tactical plan that he ordered Yat to lead his army from the raid on Kodor.

Strategically, the East and West are now playing the opposite side of a delicate political struggle, with the capture of Besançon in the east leading to the first phase of victory, but now the Duchy of Burgundy is once again unpredictable.

If Art suddenly led a strong army to capture Kodor at this time, he could not only show his strong muscles to all the onlookers, give the secret envoy a better chance of winning at the negotiating table, but also show his fangs to the Duchy of Burgundy, telling the Duke of Burgundy, who was still undecided, that even if Flender could not get the Earl of Burgundy, at least he had the strength to make the entire Earl of Burgundy erode, and the Duke would only be able to take over a plate of broken wasteland.

On a tactical level, there was bound to be a life-and-death battle between the eastern and western regions, which had originally positioned their battlefields between the northern provinces of Besançon and the Saône.

At this time, the southern part of the province of Saône suddenly launched a strong force, which was enough to panic the western border, and they also had to transfer the army facing the eastern border of the province of Saône to Kodor to defend it, because the Kodor army was almost useless.

At that time, the pressure on the Liberation Army on the northern front will be reduced, and the Wills Army and the Longxia Mountain People's Army in the south will form a clamping posture on the western border.

Presumably, Flender should also praise Yat at this moment, because according to the previous plan, Flender did not expect to attack from the south, after all, the southern county of Longxia and the county of Tinies are both mountainous, and it is inconvenient to march and it is difficult to provide for food. But Art offered to open up the southern theater of war, which made Flender adjust his strategic line.

On June 25, fifteen days before the date of the Flemish secret order, Art had already begun his combat deployment.

After a detailed analysis of the characteristics of the Kodor raid, as well as the topography and defensive strength of the province of Kodor, Yat decided to have a blitzkrieg.

According to Flender's secret order, the battle to raid Kodor is not about how many territories and cities can be captured, nor how many enemy troops can be killed or wounded, but the main purpose is to quickly break into the heart of Kodor at a speed that no one can imagine, so as to make the west completely panic and create an astonishing movement that will cause an uproar in the whole world.

This kind of blitzkrieg doesn't have to think too much about logistics and maintenance of the battle line, all Art needs to do is to lead the army in a dash, and then quickly retreat before the enemy can react or try to pin into enemy territory and wait for the battle on the entire northern front to start and continue to come out.

It was because of this characteristics of the battle that Art led only the infantry and cavalry of the 1st Infantry Regiment of the Wells Regiment, the crossbow team, the heavy infantry team, and a small number of baggage teams and medical teams.

Of course, the province of Kodor is mostly plains except for the southeast, and in order to quickly complete the lightning raid and limit the resistance to the cavalry on the Kodor Plains, Yat ordered all chariots to participate in the battle. These vehicles were able to carry soldiers around quickly, as well as form chariot formations to defend against cavalry charges.

As for the supply of food, Yat did not have to worry, Kodor is a plain area, and food is abundant, even if they do not capture the castle fortress, they can "force" enough food supplies in the countryside with little defense.

After determining the direction, Art began to transfer troops.

On 25 June, the 1st Regiment of the Welsh Regiment and the units directly under the Chinese Army completed an emergency assembly at Beiguan Military Fort.

In the afternoon of the same day, fifty two-wheeled, four-wheeled iron-inlaid chariots, carrying heavy weapons, armor, and emergency rations for the army for ten days, under the banner of the European Merchant House, under the personal leadership of the deputy of the legion Angas, went out of the North Pass and headed towards Provence, where they would cross the border and turn westward at Kitsby, and then go north again across the border to Fort Sapp. These chariots, which cost Arter countless money to build and support, are finally going to play a big role.

At noon on June 26, nearly 500 soldiers of the 1st Infantry Detachment of the Wells Regiment, the archers, the heavy infantry, the baggage brigade, and some of the paralogists of the 1st Infantry Detachment, under the leadership of the deputy commander of the regiment, the commander of the 1st Division, Odo, and the deputy commander of the 1st Division, Kazak, left the Beiguan Military Fort with three days' worth of food and grass.

In the afternoon of the same day, the 1st and 3rd Companies (Andermatt) of the 2nd Regiment received orders to hold their positions for the time being, but the soldiers had to be on ready for battle in armor, and the 1st and 3rd Companies of the 2nd Regiment and the garrison corps were also ordered to guard against a rebellion in Tinets County.

After arranging this, Art summoned the commander of the garrison, Bass, and ordered him to complete the reorganization and expansion of the garrison within a month, and to organize a peasant army to buy grain in the county of Tinets as a reserve, according to the order he had issued at the allegiance ceremony of Lord Tignac.

After completing these tasks, the garrison corps will select two hundred and fifty elite peasants to carry grain and grass to the Sap Territory to standby, if the first detachment encounters an accident in the lightning raid of Kodor, the Sapp Army's army and the two hundred and fifty elite Peasants under Bas will be his last straw......