On the third day of the Roundtable Council, Byrne's "Broken Mountain Expeditionary Legion" had officially set off.

Judging by the haste with which Emperor Conod's notification was, it is feared that the Broken Mountain Fortress had already been attacked—in fact, Brandon's Night's Watch Intelligence Network had already sent some rumors about the North:

A large elven army is advancing eastward along Broken Mountain, destroying all the small fortresses and stronghold outposts along the way, approaching the "main gate" of the Valley of Bloodbones and the fortress of Broken Mountain.

Where there are fortresses and strongholds, there must be roads, and as long as one fortress is taken down, they can reach the exact location of the fortress of Broken Mountain in a field of ice and heavy snow.

This crude and extremely simple method is really simple and unpretentious.

But for Conod, this kind of thing is nothing short of bad news.

The destruction of strongholds and outposts, the loss of reconnaissance capabilities of the northern defense line, and so on, are not a big deal, but at least they have the effect of exposing enemy targets - but this is a naked slap in the face to Emperor Conrad, who was born as the commander of the Broken Mountain Fortress.

For now, these are just rumors, so he must act as soon as possible before the rumors become "truth", so that the whole empire can believe that everything is in the emperor's hands.

Therefore, both Byrne and Boe must send troops as soon as possible to fulfill their promise to the emperor.

1,000 Byrne Ranger Knights, as the pioneers of the Byrne Army, in a sense, they are the embodiment of the words "Byrne Knights" and "Knights' Country";

Most of these knights, who have been fighting alone all year round, are good at small-scale battles, and have also received group combat training, most of them ride war horses with excellent endurance and use a variety of weapons to fight in a mixed manner.

In the hussars, Byrne, who is rare, generally shouldered the vanguard and reconnaissance missions, either attracting enemy targets on the battlefield, or fighting guerrilla operations on the battlefield, and using excellent endurance to complete the task of large-scale roundabout attacks and sweeps.

The three thousand Byrne knights, as the main force of the whole army and the essence of Byrne, after the "institutionalized legion" strongly implemented by Loren, the men and the war horses finally wore the armor of the basic unity, equipped with swallow-tailed flag guns, cavalry kite-shaped shields, and two-handed swords;

The Byrnes are not good at using non-armor-piercing weapons, and the original heavy knight sword is of little use against the basically unarmored elves, and it has no advantage in front of the Azorean long sword, so it is uniformly replaced with a dwarven style of rough slashing.

The last 600 elite Guardian Knights of the Red Blood Fortress and the 400 Celestial Wings Witchers served as Loren's core guard, and the Floating City "Horn Fort", which was adjusted after the Battle of Eberden and equipped with the original version of the "Bright Light Sword", was the most important and only long-range support for the whole army.

In order to ensure that nothing was wrong, the expedition transferred almost the vast majority of Byrne's forces - Bell Lanmaros, Earl of Lakeheart, Ambon Rigel, Earl of Whitehorse, Earl Ide Gerante, Count of Glory Tower, and Ayton Grenwell, Earl of Stormcastle......

Loren transferred all of Byrne's current cavalry commanders at one time and all of them participated in the battle, with Count Eckert of Fort Fury continuing to serve as the aide-de-camp, Mentor Dalton Candle and Isaac Grantham, and Ain Rand led the Byrne Wizards' Guild and the wizards who had withdrawn from Eberden, and joined the army in the Floating City.

In addition, the main army of 20,000 Baines commanded by the Earl of Mountain Rock Castle, composed of phalanx pikemen, armed attendants and the dwarven servant army of Silverhelm Mountain, with Earl of Banner Spear Castle Ul Salald, Count of Broken Sword Tower Cedric Elendil, and Earl of Loyal Soul Castle Garness Bose as adjutants.

This infantry-based regiment was stationed at Byrne's border, near East Sackland, and was at arm's disposal, while a thousand Lookout Hussars were called up to liaise between the legions and Byrne.

On the same day that Loren departed, news had come that Boe's levy army—a total of 10,000 hussars—had set out, and had crossed the border between Boe and East Sackland, and was rushing to Breakneck Mountain at a rate of nearly seventy kilometers a day.

At the same time, the thirteenth emperor of the empire, Connad I, the war book of "fighting", has also spread throughout the empire.

"To His Majesty, Lord of the Kingdom of the Azores, King of the Eagles:

Thou long-eared descendant, thou shittale of assassins and thieves, thou-l'oeuvre friend of demons, thou goart of the evil god himself, thou shalt of the void and the world, thou shalt be the fool* of heaven and abyss, grey grandson of the serpents and the muse-rats;

Now, we, the people of the Sakrand Empire, have officially declared that under the reign of the Thirteenth Emperor Conrad I, the warriors of Sakland, Eberden, Lothair, Ellemont, Byrne, Boi, and Arles have been utterly cut off;

The sun hangs high in the sky, the history is in the book, the sky and the earth, the mountains and the rivers and seas will witness together, the empire will never surrender, and the empire will fight to the last man;

The Empire will not accept any peace or compromise until the war is over as we expect;

Therefore, prepare your grave and customize your coffin and urn so that we can dig your grave after our army has been completely wiped out physically and mentally;

If you steal your life, the imperial crown that you take away is the noose that strangles you;

If you die like a jackal, we will erect a pillar of shame for the Azorean elves in the land where you have been crushed and scattered;

Without warning, without warning, His Majesty Conod and all the subjects of the Empire will accept your arrogant challenge to personally destroy you under the fortress of Fracture Mountain, and then destroy all the Azorean elves who still dare to appear on the territory of the Empire.

—————— the Sakran Empire and its loyal subjects, and pay a final curse to your corpse......"

“...... This—Is this really written by my royal brother? fake, why don't I remember that he still has this level of literature, and this style feels more like me......"

In a legion camp in Sackland, Brandon de Salion looked at the letterhead that Edward handed him and the "very different" declaration of war on it, and at the same time looked at the places that could be modified with great appreciation:

"Well, it feels more appropriate to replace the 'long ears' in the first sentence with 'rabbit master', after all, the elves may not understand this metaphor;

"And that 'Grey Sun', I think it should actually be replaced with ......"

"This letter was commissioned by order of His Majesty Connad and commissioned by the Parliament of the Empire. ”

Seeing that the topic was about to be taken away in a strange direction by His Royal Highness the Prince, Edward, the night watchman with a pain in his temple, hurriedly spoke:

"It should be because His Majesty was in a hurry to send troops, so it was released directly without waiting for review. ”

"What, he didn't write it......" Brandon looked disappointed, and didn't forget to spit out:

"Cut, it's boring. ”

"......" Edward.

Brandon, who didn't notice the change in his night watchman's leader's expression, shook his head, and took a serious look at the "declaration of war" in his hand, and the corners of his mouth suddenly hooked.

"No, no, that's what he meant—maybe not by himself, but certainly at his behest. ”

Edward didn't show any expression, and listened attentively with a puzzled look.

"Does this declaration of war mean anything real to His Majesty the Eagle King? No, certainly not—whether we fight or not, he is already in the glacial wasteland north of Broken Boundary Mountain. ”

"In that case, attacking the Broken Mountain Fortress is his only option, and whether or not this letter reaches him, nothing will change in this matter. ”

Holding up the letterhead in his hand, Brandon smiled playfully: "Therefore, this letter of his is not addressed to His Majesty the Eagle King, but to us, more precisely, to those nobles who are still 'observing the situation' throughout the empire." ”

"If the previous 'general mobilization' could be seen as the attitude of the emperor himself, then this letter is the final 'declaration of war' in the name of the imperial nobility, and from this day onwards, no one can expect to surrender or compromise to the Azorean elves. ”

At the same time, it was also a response to all the rumors about the Broken Mountain Fortress - the Emperor knew everything and was ready to face all the enemies that came his way. ”

"In this way, the prestige of my beloved imperial brother will definitely increase instead of decreasing, and this time the enemy is attacking from the fortress of Boundary Mountain in the north, which can increase the confidence of the whole empire in victory. ”

"Of course, only if he can really win......"

Brandon muttered under his breath.

"Are you worried that Your Majesty will lose?" Edward frowned slightly, his expression a little worried.

Of course, what he was worried about was Brandon's expectation that Emperor Conrad would lose.

"No, no matter how you look at it, this battle is won by my imperial brother. Brandon waved his hand vigorously, and his hesitant expression never eased:

"It's just because it looks like you've won that people are worried about accidents......

According to the information gathered before, the Azorean elves' understanding of the empire has reached a very detailed level, and they must know about the Broken Mountain Fortress, since this is the case......

No, even if they didn't know, what fool would leave the Gem River, which is more suitable for invasion, out of use, and instead attack from the ice fields that are so desolate that they can't provide any supplies?

Unless they have a reason to do so.

In order to flank the empire from three sides, it is possible, but this cannot reverse the disadvantage of ice field operations, not to mention that attacking by separate routes itself violates the basic operational principle of "attacking separately and attacking together."

They fought within the territory of the empire, and they themselves did not have the advantage of fighting at home, and the large-scale division of troops would inevitably seriously weaken the combat strength of each army, objectively creating the possibility of being broken by the enemy one by one.

So... What is it that makes the enemy "must" use this way to force Emperor Connad to go north and fight him in a decisive battle at the Broken Mountain Fortress?

The messenger who broke into the camp interrupted his thoughts, handed a letter to Edward, bowed to Brandon, and hurried away.

"Wait a minute, let me guess first. ”

Stopping Edward, who immediately wanted to report, Brandon preemptively laughed and said, "It's bad news, right?"

"It's... Neither is it. ”

The night watchman gave a very ambiguous answer.

"Your enemies, the East Saclach nobles whom you call 'rebels', to be precise, have decided, after collective deliberation, about a quarter of them have decided not to accept your terms of negotiation, and have decided to formally appeal to the Heavenly Dome for a trial, and if the Imperial Court does not accept, then ask His Majesty Conrad to personally intervene and hold a royal trial. ”

Brandon sat up straight and winked at Edward, "So... The result?"

"His Highness Connad rejected their request for a royal trial, but the Imperial Court accepted the trial, and their representatives had already traveled to the Imperial Capital to participate in the trial while we confronted the rebels. ”

Edward said in a deep voice, "What that person sent just now is the final decision of the Imperial Diet and the court. ”

"Well, that's supposed to be bad news, what's the good news?"

"The good news is that the final judgment of the Imperial Court is that this question is an internal contradiction in East Saclad, and that it is up to the Prince of East Sacland and the East Sacland nobles to negotiate and settle it themselves;

Interference in the ensuing Battle of Broken Mountain is not permitted, and beyond that, the Empire and the Celestial Dome will only accept the unanimous decision of the last East Sakland, and will not accept any individual requests from anyone else, including yours. ”

It took Brandon a full minute to figure out what the meaning of this passage was.

"In other words, no matter what kind of fight I have with these rich people in the countryside, as long as I don't let them die in the end, I can pull out a group of people to stand on my side and say that the civil strife in East Sacland is over, you don't have to worry anymore - the Heavenly Dome Palace doesn't care?"

"It should be understandable. Edward nodded, feeling a little uneasy.

He had also thought that the Empire would take the opportunity to meddle in East Sackland's affairs to weaken Brandon's power in East Sacland, but they actually left it alone, saying "This is your business, don't bother us".

In other words, the nobles of West Sackland, after negotiating with the emperor, had decided to abandon their "country relatives" in East Sacraland, and no longer care about their lives or deaths.

This—this is too ...... Well?!

Edward, who was faintly aware of a murderous aura, raised his head suddenly, and saw His Royal Highness the Prince in front of him grinning at him, his expression was very bright, just like a child.

And it's hair-wrenching.

"That's great news...... Brandon slowly stood up from his chair in a low voice, and something seemed to be shining in his eyes:

"Now that the Heavenly Dome Palace has given the order, then we don't have to wait any longer—send an order to the whole army, give them half a day to prepare, and tell everyone that we will not accept any form of surrender, and those who resist will die, and those who surrender will be imprisoned, and the fiefs and half of the property will be redeemed. ”

"As for the group of guys who dared to lie to me and secretly ran to the imperial capital to complain... Well, there's no need to say anything, there's no need to threaten them, I'm going to talk to them personally. ”()

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