Chapter 764: Determined to change Dia's shock

"To play such a trick"

Erathian Empire, Imperial Capital of Standwick City, Gffenhardt Castle.

In her study, which had been rearranged and restored to its former appearance, Catherine frowned as she looked at the reports from the border regions on the table.

The reports come from different regions, but all of them are similar.

The front-line post was attacked by unknown enemies, and the defenders did not survive.

The Border Patrol was ambushed by an unknown enemy and annihilated.

Villages on the border were looted by unknown enemies, and villages were destroyed.

And all the traces point to the identity of the attacker to the Ntagri Empire - although the attacker carefully erased most of the traces, there are still some clues.

For example, the refined weapons of the Ntagre Army that were accidentally abandoned in the corner of the battlefield; For example, the excrement left behind by the Thor's trolls found on and around the battlefield, the feathers of the harpy, the hoof prints of the minotaurs, and the severed tail of the venomous manticore, etc.

Because of these discoveries, the defenders of the Erathian Empire on the border were outraged.

"This is a provocative action by the Entagri Empire"

Most of the Erathian soldiers, still reeling in the frustration of the Hammondale fiasco, thought so.

And they do have reason to think so.

After the defeat of Hammondale, although there was no major war between the Entagre Empire and the Erathia Empire, the friction between the two sides in the border area did not stop, the fighting between the scout troops was commonplace, and the clashes between small patrols also occurred occasionally, and the generals on both sides gave repeated orders to the soldiers in response to this situation, asking the soldiers to exercise restraint, but now there is no formal truce between the two sides after all, and this kind of restraint is really a bit unpowerful for the soldiers - the soldiers' idea is that they will fight first and then talk, Anyway, after going back, I pushed the responsibility on the enemy, saying that the other party took the initiative to provoke trouble, and I was forced to defend myself and fight back, that is, I can't help the other party and I won't fight back and be beaten in vain, right? Anyway, no one knows the real situation except for the parties involved, and the generals have no problem with this, so they can't punish their own people casually when the truth is unknown.

It is worth mentioning that most of the conflicts were actually initiated by the Erathian Empire, and the Erathian Army is a proud army with the reputation of being the strongest army on the continent, so the disastrous defeat of Hammondale was naturally regarded as a great shame by them.

The desire to take revenge on the Entagrean Empire pervades the Erathian Army today, and this trend is especially strong among the border defenders, and many times, when these Erathian soldiers encounter the scouts and patrols of the Entagre Army in the field, they often turn enemies into each other, and then attack in a hot head.

Of course, the soldiers of the Erathian Army, although impulsive, are not fools, so most of them will only act when they are more confident, which has allowed the Erathian Army to maintain the upper hand in the conflicts in the transit area, while the more restrained Enta Gree Army often suffers small losses.

However, the Entagre army is not a soft persimmon to be manipulated by others, and the unbearable Entagre army is also on fire, and they will occasionally take some retaliatory actions to demonstrate against the Erathia army.

Under these circumstances, the sudden succession of events in the border area would of course be considered by the Erathia Army to be a retaliatory action by the Entagre Army.

But Catherine didn't think so, and she sensed a slight hint of conspiracy from this chain of events.

She found that someone seemed to be trying to stir up and exacerbate the conflict between the Elasia Empire and the Entagre Empire.

"Do you want to stop the Erathia Empire from joining forces with the Entagre Empire?"

Catherine looked at the reports again and again, and felt more and more suspicious about them.

She could probably think of someone doing something in the shadows.

The unexpected actions of the Bracada Kingdom and the Elven Kingdom have already explained a lot.

But Catherine also had to admit that although the tricks used by the other party were simple, even clumsy, at this critical moment, these simple and clumsy tricks were surprisingly effective.

And the guy who planned all this was very wise to just stir up trouble on the side of the Erathia Empire, but did not provoke the Ntagri Empire, and even confused the eyes of many people.

Affected by these events, the voice of opposition to the Entagrean Empire within the Erathia Empire has become even louder, and the resistance she has encountered in advancing the alliance with the Entagre Empire has also become greater.

Putting down the reports, Catherine picked up two more pieces of intelligence.

These two pieces of information, one is a report on the elven kingdom's dispatch of troops to Diya, and the other is a report on the withdrawal of the Bracada kingdom from the border of the Erathia Empire.

Catherine had also read these two pieces of information many times.

She never imagined that the Elven Kingdom and the Bracada Kingdom would move so quickly in order to pull the Erathia Empire back into the Holy Alliance.

"Very determined action, but it also shows that you are scared, right? Because you have begun to realize the terrible and powerful Empire of Entagree."

Catherine muttered to herself, read the two reports again, and tossed them aside.

"But this time, Parson and Magnus are both unexpectedly shrewd," Catherine rubbed her brows vigorously, a little annoyed and thought like this, "It seems that they have also noticed the situation of the Entagri Empire, after successive big victories, they did not seek to continue to expand, but suddenly died down, it seems that the expansion is too fast and the result is to the limit, after all, it has only been two years since the founding of the country, although it is strong, But the foundation of this new empire is too shallow, and Parson and Magnus dare not provoke this new empire at this time, lest they end up in a lose-lose situation, and they will be picked up by others for nothing, but they plan to take advantage of this opportunity to reorganize the Holy Alliance to increase their own bargaining chips, so as to advance and retreat, and defend, and it is a good calculation. ”

"There is no movement on Jian Chen's side, it seems that he is planning to wait and see what happens, this is also right, the current Entagri Empire, as long as he holds his territory with peace of mind and waits for the opportunity, every day passes, this new empire will be stronger, Chen Jian must be eager to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight at this time, right? But wasn't he worried about the threat that the Holy Alliance might pose to him if it was reorganized? ”

Catherine was a little confused.

However, she soon realized that Jian Chen was not unworried about the reorganization of the Holy Alliance.

"It seems that my return has also caused him quite a lot of trouble, at this time, he must be waiting for my statement, right? With his current position, as well as the huge differences in philosophy and system between the two empires, it makes him unsuitable to take the initiative to hand over an olive branch representing peace to the Erathian Empire."

With a sigh, Catherine couldn't help but have mixed feelings.

"Maybe you can understand my suffering now, right?"

Looking out the window, thinking back to the angry look of the young man who found out that he had been calculated, she muttered softly.

Just as she was in a state of distraction, a soft knock on the door interrupted her memories.

Several more pieces of new information were sent in.

Looking at this information, the sadness on Catherine's face gradually widened.

Because most of the good news that comes.

Because of her return, the Angel Clan's attitude towards the Erathia Empire has changed greatly, and with the efforts of the new patriarch Elzak, the Angel Clan has agreed to provide more military support for the Erathian Army.

The Erathian army from all over the country has also sworn allegiance to her as the empress again, and more and more troops are being controlled by her, and at the same time, the situation in various parts of the empire is also stabilizing, and her return has quickly calmed down the panic and anxiety of the people of the empire.

But when she saw the last piece of information, Catherine's face was gloomy again.

Because the sound of discord appeared.

Some of the Erathian generals who still supported Kendall's policy showed a rather ambiguous attitude towards Catherine's ascension, openly stating that they would be loyal to Catherine, but secretly disobeying Catherine's orders.

Most of these people are veterans cultivated by Kendall back then, as well as those staunch supporters of great humanism.

If the Catherines were moderates in the Erathian army, then these were the hardliners in the Erathian army.

They opposed Catherine's moderate foreign policy and racial policy, and they did not want to see the Entagri Empire, which had humiliated the Erathian army, become allies of the Erathian Empire.

What is a headache is that because of Kendall's heavy use of these people, most of these people still have a considerable number of troops in their hands, and because of their attitude towards foreign races and the Entagri Empire, they are quite supported by his soldiers and have a certain influence.

The most representative of these figures is Mrak, who is now presiding over the battle in the Tytalya Marsh.

In fact, Catherine's inability to get the Erathian army to retreat from the Tethalia Swamp as she wanted was largely due to the obstruction of Mlak and others.

Thinking of Mlak and the others, Catherine couldn't help but feel sad in her heart.

Of course, she has a way to deal with Mrak and the others, and now that she has returned, and has become the empress again, she naturally does not want to let the people below dictate her, as soon as the situation allows, she will definitely immediately remove all the factors that she considers discordant, and then let the Erathian Empire follow her will and follow the path she has chosen.

But now she found that it was easy to get rid of Mrak and the others, but it was not easy to change the inherent ideas and practices of the Empire, so that the Erathia Empire could move forward according to her will.

Kendall ruined the Erathian Empire like this, why do Mrak and the others still have the support of so many people? In the final analysis, it is because the so-called great humanism has long been ingrained in the minds of the people of the empire.

More than a thousand years of time, more than a thousand years of glory, the title of the strongest country in the continent, the title of the strongest army in the continent, and even the name of the continent have been crowned with the four words Erathia, if it were not for the sudden rise of the Entagri Empire, the ancient name of the continent of Entagri has even been forgotten by most of the imperial people.

All this has made great humanism deeply rooted in the hearts of the people in the Erathian Empire.

What makes Catherine even more sad is that there is a chance that this preconceived notion will be broken.

Although Kendall exhausted the vitality of the Erathia Empire, because of his exhaustive troops, it also ushered in a great turmoil for the Erathia Empire, even the last great war that almost brought down the Erathia Empire did not cause unprecedented turmoil.

The main reason for the almost destruction of the country last time was because of external forces, but this time the predicament of the Erathia Empire was mainly caused by the empire itself.

If this turmoil continues for a while, perhaps the Imperials will discover their mistakes all along, the bitter consequences of great humanism, and the blind external toughness will only lead to a situation in which they are embattled.

But thanks to the actions of the Catherinees, at this critical juncture, Catherine returned.

This deprived the Erathian Empire of a great opportunity to spot its own mistakes and reflect on itself.

Because they can blame Kendall for everything, and then hope that Catherine will rise again with them and restore the glory of the past.

Only a handful of people have been able to find some problems with this incident.

At this moment, Catherine couldn't help but deeply envy Jian Chen, because Jian Chen could create everything from scratch according to his own wishes, but she had to bear the heavy past glory of the Erathian Empire, and it was difficult to realize her ideals on the road to realizing her ideals.

"In a sense, I can be considered a sinner of the Empire"

Thinking of this self-deprecatingly, Catherine dropped the papers in her hand and got up and walked to the window.

Outside the window, it was sunset at this time, and the sunset on the horizon was red like fire and blood.

"If you don't go through the test of fire and blood, this empire can only decay like this after all, right?"

Thinking like this, Catherine's eyes gradually became more and more determined.

She finally made up her mind and made a decision.

She returned to her desk and began to write letters.

At the same time, in the Diya area, a major event that surprised everyone and was enough to change the current pattern of the continent happened suddenly.

The big-eared monsters in the Diya region, who had been attached to the necromancers for many years, suddenly revolted and declared war on the necromancers who had ruled them for hundreds of years.

The Big-Eared Monster Clan of Dya has always been despised by the world, unlike those who are famous for the wolf knights in the Krurod region, this clan's Big-Eared Monsters have always been synonymous with bandits on the continent of Erathia, these Big-Eared Monsters do not like to produce, they are brave and ruthless, they like to plunder, but they are afraid of the hard, before the necromancer entered Dial, they have been wandering in the Dya region in a scattered tribal manner, and they are a well-known bandit race.

Their unique boar cavalry has always been a joke of people.

When the necromancer went to war against the elven kingdom in order to seize Diya, these big-eared monsters joined the necromancer's camp as mercenaries under the leadership of a famous patriarch at that time, and became a vassal of the necromancers after Daya established the country. Therefore, the necromancers use this clan's big-eared monsters to cooperate with the undead army to help them guard the portal; At the same time, low-level undead creatures have limited IQs and are not self-aware, and necromancers also need these big-eared monsters to serve them, to be their servants, to help them in magical research, or to serve as test subjects.

The necromancers didn't notice that their loyal subordinates were secretly planning a rebellion, and as a result, the big-eared monsters broke out, and the necromancers, who were wholeheartedly in charge of the war in the Tytalia swamp, and were attracted by the sudden actions of the elven kingdom, immediately became in chaos, and many necromancers died in the riot before they could figure out what was happening, and the big-eared monsters took control of many strategic points in the Diya region in one fell swoop, and made a mess of the necromancers' rear.

Then just when the necromancers thought that this was a conspiracy planned by the Holy Alliance and flew into a rage, these rioting big-eared monsters in the Diya region were led by the current big-eared monster king, and played an amazing banner that made the necromancer and everyone jaw-dropping.

The Ndagri Imperial Diya Liberation Army.

Sandru, the Lich King of the "Entagri Empire", was furious.

The leader of the necromancers never expected that he would not provoke the Ntagri Empire, but the Ntagri Empire would take the initiative to ride on his head.

"Jian Chen, I am inseparable from you" Sandru was extremely angry, but he could only let out a few cruel words like this, and now he has no energy to deal with the Ntagri Empire.

The necromancers were already on the verge of exhaustion, and the big-eared monsters really hit the necromancers seven inches above the sturdy stick this time.

The current realm of the undead is absolutely internal and external.

On the side of the Tetaria Swamp, the two strong enemies of the Erathia Empire and the Bracada Mage Kingdom have not yet been settled, and the Elven Kingdom has suddenly intervened, and the army is pressing, but at the critical moment, the big-eared monster is still engaged in civil strife, and there is also the shadow of the recent intervention of the extremely powerful Entagre Empire, no matter how scheming Sandru is, he can't help but be anxious.

It's just that Sandru, who was tired of dealing with all this, didn't expect that in Negan, Chen Jian, who got the news of the riot of the Diya big-eared monsters, was also confused at this time.

"What am I doing with these big-eared monsters? Why do they use our name? ”

It is also impossible for Chen Jian not to be dizzy in this matter, because from beginning to end, he has not sent people to do anything in the Diya area, let alone carried out any rebellion against these big-eared monsters, in fact, because the big-eared monsters of this clan are so inconspicuous, Chen Jian has not paid attention to them at all.

But now these big-eared monsters actually acted under the banner of the Entagri Empire, and even took the name of the People's Liberation Army with such a unique traverse.

"What the hell is going on?"

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