The chamber was silent.

Everyone was speechless, and they even began to wonder if their ears had heard it wrong, preparing for war? Sending troops to Gaul?

A month later, the king will be elected, do you want to send troops to fight while the election is being held?

Not to mention that the British navy itself was weaker than the Roman navy and it was difficult to transport troops to Gaul, what would the elected candidates for the king think after the official start of the war? Strive to pass the layers of assessments, and happily accept this mess after taking office?

This is ridiculous!

"Lord Merlin, of course I support the sending of troops, but the election of the king is next month......" Lancelot said with some concern, although the current result has achieved his goal, but as a knight of the round table who has sworn allegiance to the British Empire, he really does not want anything to go wrong with Britain's most important event.

If the court that maintains domestic unity and stability vigorously sends troops abroad, and the domestic army is reduced, the domestic situation will become more turbulent, not only the rebel forces, but also some lords who have long been dissenting and dominating one side may do something.

"Domestic affairs, I want to leave them to Secretary Galahad and Secretary Gareth to deal with." Merlin's face was indifferent, he looked at the two girls, and said in a low voice, "I will ask them to take two hundred regular knights and three hundred junior knights from the palace for them to send, and the rest of the troops will be recruited from Cornwall and Devon, Lancelot, can you please say hello to Tristan and Geraint?" ”

"What are they......" Lancelot frowned.

Tristan and Geraint were once knights of the Knights of the Round Table in Britain, but after the death of King Uther, they resigned and returned to their hometowns of Cornwall and Devon.

Lancelot had sent a magical letter to the two three days earlier to recruit private soldiers, but had not received any reply, indicating that they did not care about foreign affairs, so Lancelot did not think that they would necessarily cooperate with the court.

"This time, you can bring the official seal of the palace and go to meet them, don't worry, those two can still be trusted." Merlin seemed to know what Lancelot cared about through other channels, and looked at him comfortingly, "After raising nearly a thousand soldiers, Galahad will lead the team, starting from England, and march to Wales and Scotland in turn, sweeping away all the rebel forces in the country!" ”

Isn't it even a garrison location!?

Those present couldn't help but feel a burst of surprise in their hearts.

But after thinking about it, I think it makes sense.

In order not to irritate the lords in the country, the palace used relatively mild means, such as sending troops to garrison important places and patrolling the border, while the action against the rebels was based on the will of the local lords, and they would not send troops to invade their territory without permission in order to exterminate the rebels, but this time the dispatch of troops to Gaul was of great importance, and the instability in the country was foreseeable before and after the army, so the radical approach could make the lords think that the court had nothing to fear, and did not dare to act rashly.

Everyone, including Lancelot, couldn't help but agree with Merlin's idea.

"Obey your commands." Hearing Merlin's order, Galahad saluted.

For the girl, it is enough to follow the order, and she does not care about the specific content of the order.

"Lord Merlin, how are we going to solve the problem of transporting troops?" Bedwell threw out questions. In fact, Bedwell was still opposed to the decision to send troops to Gaul, but as a knight, she had to follow any decision made by her superiors.

From an objective point of view, the number of ships of the British Navy at present is only half that of Rome, and the quality is uneven, which is completely incomparable with the Roman Navy. As for the allies Gaul, the ship capabilities were even much worse than those of Britain. Even if the two countries cooperated, it would be difficult to guarantee that the troop carriers carrying tens of millions of British soldiers would be transported to Gaul smoothly.

Hearing her question, Merlin smiled gently, "I've already thought about it. ”

Merlin looked at a red-haired woman in a black robe in the corner of the council chamber and asked, "Lord Vivien, how is that doing?" ”

"Report to Lord Merlin, the magic guide ship you asked the mage group to design has completed the final test yesterday, and it is expected that the design and rectification of the drawings will be completed in two days, and it can be put into quantitative production immediately." Vivien said with a blank face.

As the vice-president of the court mage group, Vivien, a mage in the early stage of the sixth order, and also a member of the council, had a significant authority in the court, and everyone present couldn't help but prick up their ears when they heard their conversation.

"How many Magic Ships of this type can be produced in a month?" Merlin asked.

"If we do our best to order the shipyards and alchemy mills across the country to run at full capacity, we will be able to produce no less than 300 ships a month."

Three hundred!?

The voices of surprise rang out from all over the chamber.

Under normal circumstances, it takes at least half a year to build a magic guide battleship, and it takes two months to build the most ordinary three-masted arrow ship. How can there be so much output in a month?

"Don't get me wrong, guys, the Wizard Ship isn't a warship in the usual sense." As if seeing everyone's doubts, Vivien explained coldly, "It is an autonomous dhow, which is an unmanned combat weapon, small in size, low in cost, and of course faster than ordinary ships." ”

Unmanned combat weapons? What is that?

Most people frowned in bewilderment.

"Hehe, you may have difficulty understanding this new type of ship, Lord Vivian, give them a little explanation." Merlin suggested.

"Understood." Vivien nodded, and glanced around coldly, "As far as everyone knows, the fastest ship is a sailboat, and the latest magic ship developed by our court mage group ...... Let's call it an unmanned sailboat, the speed of the unmanned sailing ship can reach five times that of a normal sailing ship, and there is no need for crew control, even Rome, a maritime power, no ship can be faster than it, which is its advantage. ”

"The source of its speed is the mana reactor installed at the bottom of the ship, and we can imagine if the fire burst is set on the reactor and placed on the normal ship, walking with the army. What if you throw an enemy ship into the water and order it to hit the enemy ship as fast as possible, and activate the fire array to cause magic fission? I think all of you here know the danger of magic fission, it can produce a devastating shock wave with a radius of ten meters, even quasi-forbidden spell-level defensive magic is difficult to resist, if you can open a hole of this size in the bottom of the enemy's ship, I don't think any ship can avoid the fate of sinking. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point () to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. For mobile phone users, please go to M. to read. )