Pendraken was in dire need of a political ally to help him secure his rule in La Crasia, and at this time, Mordrake learned from the merchant that she had gone to the East and was trapped in Hardeman's estate.

Mordrake once wanted to pay a lot of money to entrust the merchant to ransom Ji Ran from Hardeman's hands, but the insatiable Hardeman not only did not agree, but withheld the ransom money privately, and expelled the merchant from the manor.

After Modrek learned the news, Thunder was furious, and planned to teach Hardeman a lesson, he gave Hardeman an ultimatum, but after Hardeman got Mordrake's ultimatum, not only did he not restrain himself, but he was even more distracted, and even tore the ultimatum in front of the messenger, and forced the messenger to swallow it, and what was even more infuriating was that he actually fed the messenger he sent to eat pig feed, which was a great humiliation to Mordrake.

Mordrake could not tolerate it and decided to send troops to teach Hardeman a lesson.

Modrek's fire of revenge coincides with Pendraken's plan.

He is in need of a general who can fight for him, and Mordrake is still the best choice, first of all, he is the son of Pandraken, and the relationship between flesh and blood makes Pendraken very reassured, secondly, Mordrake's heart is full of hatred, and he will spare no effort in battle, in addition, Pandraken has always regarded Mordrake as his future heir, and Mordrake is still young and has not made enough contributions to Lakascia, so his political capital is not strong.

And this crusade, if successful, will undoubtedly allow Mordrak to gain great prestige, and he will be able to inherit his throne logically in the future.

With the above comprehensive considerations, Pendraken overrode public opinion and appointed Mordrake as the commander-in-chief of the middle of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, leading 15,000 men to the expedition.

Originally, this crusade was not favored, and even many old nobles thought it was a crazy suicide operation, you must know that the bridgehead of the Taior River has not been captured for three hundred years since it was built, and attacking the Taiur River Fort is tantamount to self-inflicted humiliation, and they are happy to see Modrek in front of everyone's eyes.

However, soon after Mordrak's expedition, there was miraculous good news from the front, and Modrak actually captured the fort of the Teoul River, and even pulled out the Pest barracks, and captured the Alashan Pass in one fell swoop, controlling the only access to the Ligurian plain.

That is to say, the entire Great Plain of Liguria is now open and there is no danger to defend.

As long as the superior forces are concentrated, the entire fertile Ligurian Plain can be included.

When the nobles of La Cassia received the news, they were shocked and full of incredulity, it was like a snake swallowing a humpback whale, which was unbelievable.

However, there are no lies in the army, and the eyes of these nobles planted in the army have also secretly reported the matter, confirming that Mordrak's crusade has conquered the Alashan Pass, and he is now reorganizing his army and may attack the plains of Liguria at any time.

After getting the news from the front, the old nobles of Lacacia couldn't sit still completely, this is like eating crabs, some people dislike crab shells too hard, and they don't have much appetite for crabs, although they know that crab meat is delicious, but they don't bother to smash crab shells, and now someone has smashed the crab shells, and all that remains is to eat meat, how can these nobles sit still?

The nobles who had previously opposed the Eastern Crusade also immediately shifted their positions and resolutely stood in the camp of the main battle faction.

The nobles began to recruit soldiers to the maximum, and even spent a lot of money to hire mercenary groups to participate in the war.

Although the war implies huge expenses, the huge rewards obtained after winning the war are enough to compensate for all the losses in the war, and even the unexpected greater power and wealth.

It was driven by interests that the kingdom of Lacaxia, up and down, began all kinds of ideological propaganda work, portraying the Eastern Liguria Sinadil Federation, which was still good neighborly and friendly before, as an insatiable and hateful evil character, and also claimed that the Teoul River Fort and the Alashan Pass have been the territory of Lacacia since ancient times, and this war was completely Lacaxia's forced self-defense, encouraging all the hot-blooded men of Lacacia to participate in the battle, support the country, and drive the evil forces from the sacred Ligurian plain.

[PS: The Liguria Snadir Federation is the name of the alliance of vassal states on the Ligurian Plain, because it inherited the land of the ancient Ligurian Empire, so the name of the Federation still continues to use the name of the ancient Ligurian Empire, of which the Liguria Snadir refers to the inheritance of the Ligurian Empire, which mostly refers to the inheritance of the Ligurian Plain, and also alludes to the political inheritance of the legitimate ruling power of the Ligurian Empire, in other words, it is to show that it has the legitimate right to rule in this land.

Because there was not only one country on the plain of Liguria, in fact there were five or six large principalities in the big ones, and there were dozens of them if you counted the candidate and the earl, and these countries checked and balanced each other, and none of them could achieve the complete unity of Liguria, but they wanted to continue to maintain the status quo, so they formed the Liguria Snadil Confederation, which recognized each other's orthodoxy and strengthened each other's ruling power. 】

Ordinary people who don't know the truth naturally don't know what's going on, they have lived in Lacasia for generations, and some people haven't even left the village where they live, where do they know about the fort of the Taiul River and the Alashan Pass?

Even the Liguria Snadil Confederation does not know where it is.

However, the king and the nobles have propagandized, and they naturally didn't think much about it and blindly obeyed, after all, the right to speak is in the hands of the nobles, what they say is what they say, as an honest peasant, you should obey the call of the kingdom, where the king lets go, we will go.

Lakassia quickly formed three expeditionary forces and went to the front one after another.

When there was a big move behind Lacasia, Mordrake in front had already gotten the news.

When he heard that the shameless nobles of Lacacia wanted to come and grab the cake, Mordrac's subordinates couldn't bear it.

"These shameful fellows, when they gnawed hard bones, they didn't come, and now they share the meat and eat it, but they are active, isn't this clearly trying to rob us of the fruits of victory? In my opinion, we should tear down the drawbridges at the fort of the Tayor and let them cross the Teoul themselves. An angry Halke said.

"Yes, if you want to eat meat, let them go hunting by themselves, why rob us?" Reddy Peel also said angrily.

(End of chapter)