While the soldiers of Lorraine and the Seventh Legion were disrupting the battlefield of Fontainebleau in order to survive, Elcarloen, the capital of the Holy Orlando Empire on one side of the Alliance, was staging a live comedy, and representatives from various countries were fighting at the Unified Council of the Alliance, completely ignoring the responsibility of being the representative of the ruler, because just now the representative of the Kingdom of Riberia, Count Charlemagne, proposed to gather a large army to counterattack the Norman Alliance and officially declare war, for which the Kingdom could directly order the four fleets to attack any ships that did not belong to the Alliance forces. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Unfortunately, the other allies did not agree, and once a war started, it would inevitably cause a heavy blow to the already weak economy, and several countries on the front line of the Norman Alliance, including the Empire of St. Orlando, were not ready for war, otherwise they would not have lost Fontainebleau overnight, and this strategic point also took a main army and its subordinate Divine Wing.

Since last summer, the severe drought that has swept the world has caused a terrible reduction in food production, and the Normans have managed to survive the drought with the help of elven mages, druids, and magic techniques found in the ruins of the Demon King of Ulysses! The Kingdom of Riberia, which had always adhered to the blockade strategy, had to buy grain at a high price and had no time to take care of the other side, and when His Majesty the Emperor who let the Normans complete part of the war mobilization, absorbing a large number of idle people and outcasts enough for them to form thirty regular legions!

"Every meeting has to be noisy, I really don't know if we are a monarchy or not." Earl Charlemagne exhaled a long breath, his eyes full of melancholy.

Seeing that the supporters and opponents of the audience had not yet stopped, the Earl of Charlemagne picked up his teacup and looked out the window, gazing at the enchanting scenery of the magnificent imperial capital and the obvious increase in the number of homeless people and whistle-blowing police officers on the road. The battle that took place in Fontainebleau has not yet spread to the whole world, but the power of the drought has exhausted the alliance, and the Holy Orlando Empire, which was hastily formed in order to meet the challenge of the Normans, is extremely weak, nominally the empire is actually composed of the emperor's direct domain and the seven dukedoms, as the country with the most human resources and the largest land area in the alliance, it is naturally the challenge of the Normans, and Riberia, as an island country, has the strongest maritime strength since ancient times, But none of this can stop the other side from starting a war.

Just then, an administrative officer came from the side door and crept up to the earl, "My lord, the spy has come to report that there is a battle taking place in the direction of Fontainebleau, and I have learned from the fleeing arms merchant that the Seventh Legion has broken through the prisoner of war camp and should be on its way to the industrial area of Pierlofa. ”

It's actually Pirlofa...... The Earl hadn't expected a group of remnants to go to that place of death, perhaps this was an opportunity. Charlemagne abruptly stood up and walked over to the podium and shouted, "Gentlemen, gentlemen! Listen to me, our valiant Seventh Regiment has just launched an escape from the prisoner of war camp and is now heading for Pierlofa, one of the great industrial production areas of the Normans in the north, and if it can be destroyed, I believe that the alliance will negotiate the same! ”

"But what do you want us to do, Lord Earl?"

Charlemagne looked at the councillors present, and thought that relying on these guys would definitely not be useful, and it would be possible to expand the results of the war only with their own talents, "Then gentlemen, I beg you, go and ask your king to let the army move and make it look like a full-scale war!" Seeing that someone was about to move his mouth again, he hurriedly said: "It's just for show!" We, the Kingdom of Riberia, will send an army to the Seventh Legion to force the Normans back to the negotiating table, and I'm done. ”

After some deliberation, the Count's proposal was approved, and although he was not given a penny for the war, he had to provide a large amount of food and grass as a reward to the country that had made the feints. But that's enough, everything for the kingdom as long as it can restrain the monster of the Norman Alliance, but can it really make him get his wish?

Although the modern countries have relied on advanced magic and magic technology to develop rapidly, the direction of development is very similar to that of the earth, although transportation and communication can rely on teleportation and advanced magic communication towers, but the cost is too high to be able to contact distant places at any time, not to mention that the communication problem in the army has been a problem since ancient times, and now it has to rely on mages and liaison soldiers to relay messages.

Even if the Norman Alliance has invented a small magic communication prop similar to a walkie-talkie in a small area, but the cost has not been reduced, it is in this situation that both sides do not know the true situation of the Fontainebleau battlefield, the White Wolf Legion bites Lieutenant Colonel Kalinin and does not let go of himself, but because the forest terrain cannot give full play to the speed advantage of the Mobile Corps, and the rout of the Pier Lofa Wing directly exposes a huge gap, allowing Lorraine to take a force of less than four hundred people to the industrial area, Once they succeeded, the Norman alliance had to face difficulties in replenishing supplies at the front, and the Riberian Army could land in Port Louis at any time to attack the Northern Military District.

Charlemagne, who had been promised, left the council and was about to get into the carriage to leave, and when he heard the shouts of a woman behind him, a blonde woman in a military uniform with waist-length hair running from not far away.

"Lord Charlemagne, please wait for me." "Princess Josephine, is there anything you want me to do?"

Charlemagne hurriedly greeted the imperial princess named Josephine, as Sylvia? The descendant of the Empress of Brittanya is the niece of her own king, and she must not be neglected, not to mention that she is the descendant of Sylvia, but she has obtained a very strong blood inheritance, and she is the closest to the existence of the empress in the bloodline of the empire in modern times.

After chatting for a while, the two of them drove to the Riberia embassy together, "Your Royal Highness, it is easy to be gossiped about when you meet privately, especially if you have not yet been married......" The girl ignored Charlemagne's words, and looked out the window with a calm face - there were poor refugees everywhere, and from time to time you could see the police officers and guards who maintained order and abused the poor worms in the streets, most of the citizens did not look very wealthy, and at the same time, many of the shops were not open, The only places where prosperity were in the grain stores and bakeries, but the prices were repeated three times a day, and the black-hearted merchants frantically acquired ill-gotten gains, regardless of the hardships of the empire and its people.

"This is the current capital of the Empire, El Carloen, Earl Charlemagne, my country is struggling in pain, my people are losing hope in grief, everything seems to have returned to the time of Empress Sylvia, the orcs are raging on the continent, the fire of civilization is extinguished in laughter, but where are the sages who saved us? The courtyard of the sages, Terrayari, has long since left, how can we save ourselves? ”

The girl's whisper prevented Charlemagne from continuing to speak, the empress who founded the St. Orlando empire was educated by the sages, and the mage of order from the wilderness, Mithrantia, united the civilizations to extinguish the last invasion of the orcs, and finally left mysteriously, and finally the coalition was torn apart, the empress's sister controlled the sea country of Riberia, but the man they loved left them alone, went to the edge of the world, but finally became the demon king of the Normans, I have to say that history is really wonderful.

"Your Highness Princess, you want to save your country and we need to maintain the alliance resolution does not want to conflict, I think if you can say that mobilizing the councillors and His Majesty the Emperor to mobilize part of the army to implement strategic deterrence against the Norman alliance will definitely help to end the battle of Fontainebleau, and also save the lives of the surviving soldiers of the Seventh Legion."

Josephine shook her head, looking helpless, "Count Charlemagne, you should know that my father has not managed the government very much for a long time, and has been staying in Sanssouci Palace since three years ago, as for the Imperial Councillor, I can only say that I try my best to seek the support of the Minister of War, as for Prime Minister Whitman and his allies, they have always been against any meaningless military action, this time they have long thought that losing the Fontainebleau, which has no defensive value, can force the Normans to invest a lot of materials into the region to achieve the goal of depleting the other party's heritage. ”

Charlemagne already knew that there was little hope from within the empire, that the support of the military secretary alone could not achieve the purpose of mobilizing the army, and that the absence of Whitman's directives meant that there was no support from all the forces of logistics and its support, and that the other party's business vision was commendable, but politically and diplomatically I really did not know what to say.

Josephine saw the other party's frustrated expression, and suddenly thought of a key point, "Lord Count, I wonder if I can participate in the next military operation of the Kingdom of Riberia against the Norman Alliance in Fontainebleau in my personal name?" ”

Charlemagne glanced at Josephine suspiciously, and then thought of the same question, "Her Royal Highness the princess wants to lead the personal guard to participate, but this is very dangerous and we don't know if we can achieve the goal of getting the Normans out of Fontainebleau." "It's man-made, I think we can call on some volunteers to defend the peace in addition to my guards, right?"

This made Charlemagne think of a good plan, mercenaries have always been an important part of the modern army, even the Pope's guard is composed of Swiss, not to mention other nobles, large and small? Therefore, recruiting a large number of mercenaries will consume a lot of materials and money, but there is no need to give them merit or land, and these war wolves can easily achieve their goals, although the loyalty aspect is really not reassuring.

"But time is already very short, since I received the secret order of His Majesty the King, the Third Fleet is ready, and the Kingdom of Riberia has only prepared a total of 7,000 troops, I don't know how your Royal Highness is preparing on your side?"

"Actually, I have informed the Duke of Koman, and he agrees to send his own mercenaries and part of the army, which is said to be about 3,000 people, plus the direction of my guard duke's attack, which is about 4,000 troops."

"Very good, I will tell His Majesty the truth, you see that you are about to arrive at the embassy or leave quickly to avoid being discovered by Lord Whitman's spies."

Josephine nodded, and disappeared as the carriage turned, leaving only Earl Charlemagne there to think quietly, from the current point of view, the troops may be enough to expel the Norman legions, but can it really be achieved? Whether the allies with their own evil intentions can complete their tasks in a short time, whether the kingdom's navy can send the landing force to the target point, and whether Princess Josephine can really fulfill her promise to join the battle is a question mark, and suddenly the earl felt very tired, for this divided alliance, the kingdom spent countless manpower and material resources to reluctantly form it in order to prevent the crazy Normans from completing the ambition of unification that they had been wanting to achieve for thousands of years, The preparations for the big war are not yet complete, and it is absolutely impossible to set off a global hegemony at this time, but time will wait for them?