As early as the harvest month, villages and estates north of Buchi to the Golan-Elson Passage were informed that the black roses of Blomanda across the street might be on the move. The White Wing Cavalry Regiment of the Van Mill Legion, which was attached to Pragues, was stationed here, and Walter, the deputy commander, had already received news from the princess warning of the possible war and the organization of evacuation in the locality, but the work was carried out in name only, the inhabitants of the land, especially the peasants, could not give up their most precious treasures, and the nobles were unwilling to drive their hired peasants north to leave the land deserted, and the point was that in the last period before the autumn harvest, the fields were still hung with heavy ears of wheat, If there is no hope for the harvest of the year of evacuation, maybe the next year will be affected. Almost all of them survived by chance, except for a few craftsmen.

But north of Buch, the orders were well enforced, and the inhabitants still remembered the war of the previous year, and the deep fear was still in their bones, but most of the refugees had already gathered near Pragues, and the panic brought with them more refugees, who almost overwhelmed the southern border city. The lord of the city, Baron Rockville, had to reduce the rations of the refugees outside the city in order to ensure the supply of the army, and a feeling of resentment and unease had spread among the crowd.

Earlier in September, a letter was handed to Princess Griffien by Freya's hand:

'Your Royal Highness, Madara may have completed the actual unification today, the composition of the army has changed dramatically compared to the War of the Black Roses, and a large number of corpse witch lords have sworn allegiance to the immortal supreme one to the west of the Sea of the Dead Moon, so there may be more corpse witches in Madara's army than common sense, so please be careful. ’

Griffiin was studying Vaulnd Continental History with Lady Weiss when he saw the letter, and was startled when he saw it. She raised her head and smiled apologetically at her teacher, Lady Wei Shasi had always served the royal family, she was the kind of aristocratic woman who was very well-informed, she was very alert to what was happening, and nodded to Her Royal Highness with a smile. He put away his teaching aids and walked out. Griffiin hurriedly picked up the letter and found Overwell, Sir Wolf looked a little puzzled after reading the letter, it is not easy to install informants in Madara, the royal party has spent a lot of energy in the past year to insert a few very peripheral eyeliners, but the news from those people is normal, how can this Earl Tonigel understand so clearly at once? He flicked the corner of the letter and muttered for a moment: "Your Royal Highness Princess, can you confirm the origin of this letter?" ”

"This letter was handed to me by Freya herself, so there should be no problem." Griffi's face flushed. She was embarrassed to mention the secret on the letterhead that only she and Brando knew, because she had never told anyone about it, and feared that Overwell would think she didn't trust him enough. But there was nothing unusual on Overwell's face, and he shook his head and said, "This is a little too strange, where did Lord Earl get this news?" ”

"But Overwell, I don't think Count Toniger needs to deceive us about this." Griffiin frowned and argued. Overwell glanced at his titular student with some surprise, having heard rumors that she had had a relationship with the Count Tonigal. I didn't expect it to reconcile so quickly, but that's fine. Before Brando's career, he had been in contact with each other for a long time, and he always felt that this person was not the person with such a strong desire for power as rumored. Although time will change, there are some deep-rooted natures that are difficult to remove, not to mention that Eruin needs to be stable now, if Her Royal Highness the princess is eager to compete with the powerful ministers for fame and fortune. I'm afraid it's not a good thing.

Fortunately, Her Royal Highness the princess knows the general situation. Overwell nodded, but immediately shook his head again, "The letter says that Madara may have completed the substantive unification today, and if this is true, this letter is too important, but His Majesty is a little puzzled. In just a year and a half, whether Madara can complete such a heavy transformation, you must know that although Eruin has just experienced a war, it is the same for Madara. Madara is a huge country with more entanglements of interests and takes longer to digest the benefits of the war. Count Tonigel had asserted that the war was a provocation instigated by the Bloody Scepter Choug, and his Majesty agreed with this, which happened many times in the history of Eruin, and not only in Madara, where occasionally the lords of the Eruin border would lead their troops into Madara's territory to plunder. ”

He smiled bitterly, and didn't tell Griffiin that in fact, in the early years, there were more such cases, and the invasion of Karasu by the Blood Staff was a revenge for the Lord of the Golden City, when Madala was scattered internally, and Eruin was a sovereign and intact kingdom, and there was never a tradition in history of the weak side frequently invading the strong side. But since the War of the Black Roses, this situation has gradually begun to reverse, in fact, most of the people of insight in the kingdom can clearly understand that the black Bromandal rose may be in full bloom, but no one will believe that Madara quickly completed the unification and immediately started another all-out war.

But if Brando is here, he will tell him that the nature of this war is very special, to put it bluntly, the supreme one of Madala and the king of the banshees, Alvet, united to play a play to trick the blood rod to send him to death, on the surface of Madara, he is still divided, but as he said, in essence, the unification has been completed, and this war is the last battle of the Supreme One to eliminate dissent, and now within the territory of Madara, a pair of resources and forces are united, preparing for the next battle for the revival of this dark country. And now the Blood Staff, with the connivance of the one who is overt and covertly, has taken the lead in completing the change, and it will be the first 'New Madala' army that the Eruin Kingdom has encountered, and the Duke of Goran-Elson has suffered a great loss in history.

Unfortunately, Brando is not here to explain this, and can only hope that Princess Griffiin and Overwell will take his opinion seriously.

Griffiin listened to Overwell's words, but still couldn't make up her mind, this time she faced an almost unknown opponent, and before the War of the Black Roses, Madara was a frontier problem. The scabies of the hands and feet, and the step-by-step pressure of the local aristocracy, is the scabies of the chest and back. In fact, this still represents the thinking of most nobles, and if it were not for the solution of Jean Denel's troubles, the Autumn War would still be just another side fight for Eruin, although Griffiin vaguely recognized that the rise of Mardara could be a threat to the ancient kingdom. But in such an environment, it is impossible to understand the other party.

She pondered for a moment before replying, "Although this judgment is logical, it is too arbitrary, and I believe that the Earl will not be untargeted." ”

"I don't doubt Lord Earl." Overwell couldn't help but smile bitterly again, it seemed that his student was not an ordinary believer in the Count of Tonigel, he suddenly realized that it might be the battle of Ampesel that impressed Her Royal Highness the Princess, making her somewhat blindly trust Brando's military talent, but in fact, he and even Count Outin knew that the other party's military talent could only be said to be average, but his judgment of the development of things was extremely good. He thought about it for a moment. Probably he once described Brando's battle experience too romantically when talking to her, he originally just wanted to impress the princess out of appreciation, after all, that Toniger was indeed a rare talent, better than loyalty to the kingdom and ideals, he admired such a young generation more than Macaro and Lewoods, but at this moment Overwell still shook his head, it seemed that it was necessary to remind the princess. lest she have unrealistic ideas, which is not a good thing for Brando, and for her.

He pondered for a moment. only to add: "I'm just worried that Count Tonigel has been misled by intelligence. ”

"You mean Brando...... Count Toniger may have distorted the information he obtained, or even a trap? Griffiin reacted, frowning and asking rhetorically.

Overwell nodded.

Half an hour later, Outin, Grand Duke Vieiro, the legation of the Knights of the Highlands were summoned. Archduke Hérault read the letter in his hand and muttered for a moment, and then called his men. The middle-aged knight, who claimed to have dealt with Madala for a long time and knew something about the black rose of Bromandala, shook his head after hearing the princess's question, and said, "Recently, there have been rumors that Madara's country is undergoing some changes, but I think it is at this time that they will be more cautious. If what Count Tonigel said was true, how could the Blood Staff have all the support of their Most High at such a time? ”

"I think our main enemy should be Jean Denel," said Archduke Vieiro, "We have just signed a peace treaty with Madara, and the Blood Staff should not be too reckless, he must have been deceived by Jean Denel, who thought that he saw an opportunity to send troops to take advantage of them in order to curry favor with them." ”

Archduke Viero's answer was so subjective that everyone present couldn't help but shake their heads, and Griffiin frowned even more, because her grandfather's analysis was almost the opposite of Brando's, and it could be seen that the focus of the Count Toniger's plan was on Mardala. This was also in line with her thoughts, and she didn't want to change it, so she pretended not to hear her grandfather's answer and looked at the Highland Knights.

The head of the envoy of the Highland Knights was an experienced and steady old knight, but it was a slightly younger wizard who spoke, and the wizard replied simply: "According to the information we have received, we do not support the opinion of Count Tonigel, although the supreme one of Madala has almost unified the opinions of the dark nobles, but Madala is not completely unified now, most of the vampire families support him, but the dark lord is inseparable from him, and the corpse witch is only temporarily bowed under the pressure of the first two, In addition, the Banshee King Alvette has always resisted the appeasement from the Sacred Palace of Eleudnir, and it seems to us that sooner or later there will be a battle between the two. ”

It seems that almost all the information is against Brando's judgment, Griffi's is a little embarrassed, in her heart, she is willing to believe that Count Tonigel, although she is a little jealous of Brando's possible ambitions, but she trusts Brando's judgment of the future situation very much, especially the two have surprisingly consistent opinions on politics. But how can you convince the others, or is it true that Brando is wrong?

At this time, Freya finally couldn't help but speak: "Maybe Alvette and the queen are just separated from each other?" The blood rod lightly started the war, which is equivalent to saying that it violates the peace agreement between the two countries, and if it wins, it is fine, but if it fails, it is likely to be directly eradicated. The Blood Staff itself is the most unruly of the Dark Lords. It had no reason to curry favor with the High One of Madara, for Jogg was a cruel, greedy lord who had taken revenge on Karasu out of a violent disposition rather than out of reason, and it might have once again flouted the authority of the Most High, and if that were the case, the message on the table would make sense. ”

Her words silenced the entire study.

No one knows that this is the closest speculation to the truth. Even Freya herself didn't understand, she just heard Brando talk about it by chance, blindly trusting the other party's judgment. But after a moment of silence, she saw that the highland knights were shaking their heads, and the middle-aged knight under the Grand Duke of Vieiro even spoke: "Ridiculous, you are purely a conspiracy theory, this is a war, how can we speculate about the entanglement between the Supreme One and the Blood Staff, the key is." Is there any evidence for what you're talking about, other than speculation? ”

"Evidence?" Freya's face turned red, the evidence was that Brando had sued her, but she also understood that this sentence obviously could not be used as evidence.

In the end, it was Griffey who broke the siege because of her. "In any case, the Earl's mention is to pass on the contents of this letter to the generals below for the sake of prudence. Being prepared is not a bad thing. "That's it. Her Royal Highness the Princess glanced at the daughter of the Earth Knight, and couldn't help but shake her head, she knew that Brando hoped that this little girl would be able to stand alone in the future, and she did have this qualification and background, and she did become calm after going through so many things, but when it came to the argument of Count Tonigel. Still looking a little too anxious. Somehow, she was faintly envious in her heart, Brando's political proposition was actually her political proposition, and the prevention against Madala was also one of the thoughts in her heart. But she couldn't stand up and defend herself and Count Tonigel's opinion as Freya did.

Because she is the sister of the future King Eruin, the de facto master of the balance of this kingdom at the moment.

Overwell looked at the handwritten letter written by his nominal student, on which was everyone's opinion on the handling of Brando's mentions, he shook his head secretly, Her Royal Highness the princess is still too immature in these aspects, she doesn't know the people below, Vieiro and Lantonilan's messengers seem to be very unconcerned, and the attitude of the highland knights is not enough attention, the above is still the same, and the bottom is even more yang and yin, how much can be left of the execution of this warrant, it is very doubtful.

But Sir Wolf did not expect that all of them would soon need not worry about this question, for before the order had even left the gates of Wallendenburg, the black roses of Bromandor were already blooming quietly in the shadows.

Golan-Elson Corridor

This corridor is located in the northern part of the Uzon Mountains, between the Tosankade Forest and Buchi, and it has another name, the Silman region. Like most of the territories on the border of Eruin, Silman is not a fertile land, with hills to the west and gentle only in the valley to the east, dotted with villages and estates, and two rivers to the south, one flowing through Buchi and the other through the Silman valley and eventually flowing into Lake Wallendon, and this second river is the lifeblood of the Silman region.

From the beginning of the harvest month, three brigades of cavalry were scattered along this lifeline, which sounded like a strong force, but they were loosely distributed in each town, which was actually the strength of one or two squadrons. In order to prevent the dispersion of his forces, Walter, the deputy commander of the regiment, concentrated most of his living forces in the most prosperous town of Owl in the Silkman region, and then released the patrols and scouts of the entire cavalry regiment in the form of squads to monitor the Yusongshan Pass in the south. And it was this evening that the patrol, which was supposed to return on time, disappeared one after another.

It was about seven o'clock before scouts reported that a small group of undead activity had been found in the south, but by this time most of the people in the Silman Valley were still lucky, and even Walter, including Walter, believed that it was just a temptation on the part of Madara. The reason is simple, since Madara is in control of the more aggressive Buchi region, there is really no need to attack from the Silman Valley. At half past eight, Walter met with a messenger from Van Mill, only to learn that since the afternoon, a large number of undead armies had been attacking Van Mill's first line of defense.

Mardala's main offensive force was indeed in Butch, and Walter was relieved. Although he also received a warning from the princess, the Van Mill Legion was actually closer to the Duke of Golan Elson, which is a well-known fact, and Her Royal Highness reminded the Duke out of kindness, but the Duke, especially the people below, may not appreciate it, not to mention that in their hearts, those who have been fighting with Mardala for many years, think that the above is purely chaotic command.

They knew all too well what the bone shelves were thinking on the other side of the mountain.

At ten o'clock in the evening, Walter rubbed his eyes and walked out of the tent to make one last observation, and then he saw the miracle of the stars rising in the sky.

…… (To be continued......)