Chapter Seventy-Five: The Seoul Defense Line

Under the power of the magician squadron of the First Legion, the First Legion finally broke out of the encirclement of the Second Legion and Herman's Third Legion, and the army, under the leadership of Gretel, entered the defense of Seoul!

Although this battle avoided the complete destruction of the First Army, the cost paid by the First Army and Seoul was considerable. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

First of all, the 1st Army of 62,500 soldiers has only 28,000 men left, and 37,000 men are permanently dormant in the encirclement!

And the 2,000 cavalry that attacked in Seoul were all wiped out, and not only that, but more than half of the Central Plains infantry behind Jia Xu also died!

After getting the resources of Gretel's five thousand gold coins, when Jia Xu and the others rushed to the battlefield, the barracks in Seoul began to summon a steady stream again, but five thousand gold coins, equivalent to 500,000 copper coins in the system, only brought 2,000 Central Plains infantry to Seoul!

Today, Seoul with archers only has an army of 4,000!

The 5,000 gold coins that had been extorted from Hagen City were completely in vain!

Seoul, inside the hall.

Gretel sat on the main seat, and Cliff, Hax, willingly sat on one side.

And Jia Xu, Zhao Zilong, Tai Shici, Xu Chu, and Joyce sat on the other side.

As the general of the first army of the kingdom, Cliff is more than one level higher than Gretel in terms of background and position, but after the previous war, now it is Glitter who lets him sit on the main seat, and he can only refuse!

"General Cliff, have you contacted His Majesty?" Glitter took a sip of tea and asked slowly.

Cliff shook his head: "The communication circle has not been able to contact ......"

"......" Gretel's eyes flickered, not knowing what he was thinking.

"But I don't believe anything could really happen to His Majesty!" Cliff said suddenly, firmly, but his firmness sounded full of doubts to everyone present.

Gretel looked up, "Joyce, did the shadows get any news?" ”

Joyce stood up and saluted respectfully to Gretel, the dark department is a department composed of a large number of intelligence experts he has trained, which is responsible for collecting useful information for Seoul, and with Gretel's continuous attention, the dark department has even begun to infiltrate some multinational chambers of commerce, but because of time and the continuous wars in Seoul, these infiltrated fighters are only in some very low positions.

"My lord, according to the information I have obtained, there is a ninety percent chance that the Third Legion left behind in the royal capital has rebelled......"

"Damn !!" Cliff roared violently, and his face was bruised!

Joyce continued, "Whether the news is accurate or not will be known in three days, it is rumored that the younger brother of His Majesty the King, Duke Eddard, is the initiator and planner of this rebellion, and he has been plotting for nearly ten years to secretly buy off the Second Legion and the Third Legion!" For this rebellion, for ten years, the Second Army and the Third Army have been constantly purged, and the high-level inside and outside the army have been replaced by their henchmen. And in order to attract the first legion to leave the royal capital, Ed also fornicated with the Herman Kingdom and signed an agreement with the Herman Kingdom, the Herman Kingdom attacked the province of Moulton, after the first legion arrived, and the second legion flanked the first legion before and after, as long as the first legion was destroyed, then Duke Ed became the new majesty, it is a sure thing! ”

Glitter nodded, he sighed, although he had long understood the conspiracy of Bruce and others, but Glitter still couldn't help but sigh, this time Duke Ed really had a big plan, and he, this confusion, was involved in this war!

However, the times create heroes, and if there is no turmoil, I am afraid that even if I have the three-state system, it will not be possible to develop so rapidly......

After listening to Joyce's words, Cliff was already slumped in his seat.

Glitter was silent for a few minutes, looked at Cliff, who had gradually accepted, and said slowly: "General Cliff, His Majesty's life and death are uncertain now, as His Majesty's last blade, we now have time to despair, it is better to think about how to save the situation!" ”

Cliff looked at Gretel blankly and smiled miserably: "If all this is true, will you still be loyal to His Majesty?" ”

Gretel's eyes were deep, and he looked at the castle outside the hall: "I did know the news of Duke Eddard's rebellion, but the news that the Third Legion was about to rebel, I had already expected it, if I was really ready to surrender to Duke Ed, I would not go out of the city to rescue the First Legion!" ”

Cliff sat up straight and stared at Gretel: "With all due respect, you are just a new city lord, and you have never even seen Your Majesty, why would you do this?" ”

Gretel's brows furrowed slightly: "Isn't the reason simple?" I have repeatedly sabotaged Bruce's plot, if it weren't for our Seoul, I'm afraid the First Legion would have ceased to exist a long time ago, and Duke Ed was also satisfied with the throne, but our existence made them lose control of Moulton Province, this great feud is enough for us to become undying enemies! ”

A flash of realization flashed in Cliff's eyes, indeed, whether Gretel intended it or not, he had greatly sabotaged Duke Eddard's plans, even if he didn't have too much loyalty to His Majesty, in order to resist Ed's crazy revenge, he had to stand on the same line as the First Legion!

"General Harks, tell us how much combat power we have?" Cliff didn't know what he was thinking, and he suddenly commanded Hax next to him.

"Yes!" Hax stood up, "My First Legion was flanked by the Second Legion Herman and the Third Legion, and suffered heavy losses, and there are currently 28,000 soldiers left, including 3,000 archers, 500 magicians, and 24,500 elite infantry of the kingdom. ”

"However, the other party's two legions still have at least 80,000 people! We have only 5,000 people in Seoul, 30,000 against 80,000, and even if we win with the help of the walls and magic, I am afraid that we will not have the strength to find the trace of His Majesty, and even if we find His Majesty, I am afraid we will not have the strength to rescue him! Gretel sighed and looked over to Cliff.

Cliff said hatefully: "In addition to the three major legions, the entire kingdom still has hundreds of thousands of territorial troops, and I don't believe that these armies have surrendered to Ed traitor!" ”

Joyce hit mercilessly: "But as far as we are concerned, Ed has already issued a notice, except for Moulton and Ulleku provinces, the lords of other provinces must go to the royal capital within ten days and surrender to His Majesty Ed, otherwise, Ed's newly formed Fourth Legion will immediately send troops, and whoever dares to disobey will be killed first!" At present, the provinces near the royal capital have all been forced to surrender, and the remaining provinces have not yet made a decision! ”

"General Cliff, I have a plan!" Gretel said slowly.

"Lord Gretel, please speak...... "For Gretel, Cliff had a trace of awe in his heart, and the scene where Glitter rescued them left a shadow in his heart!

And Gretel, a city lord, has trained soldiers comparable to the elite of the kingdom, which makes him extremely shocked, and in his eyes, Glitter has become mysterious, powerful, and wise!

"In order to make the lords of the provinces submit, Ed will definitely send envoys to the major provinces, and we must rush to the major provinces before Ed's envoys arrive in the surrounding provinces, either to get their support, or, in the form of military orders, at least to get their military material support!" Glitter said forcefully.

Cliff was stunned: "If they are determined to rebel, what is the use of my military orders?" ”

Glitter stretched out his right fist and clenched his fist, "If they rebel, then it's easy to say, we'll just rob their vault!" ”

Cliff's eyes widened suddenly: "Lord Gretel, could it be that you want to ...... it yourself"

Gray nodded, he never needed to recruit troops, as long as there were copper coins, he had an endless army, before he went to Hagen City to extort a sum of money, but because of the sudden outbreak of the war and returned, now with Cliff, the general of the First Legion, Gretel feels that he can set his goal in the long run!

After all, a main city treasury is far from being comparable to the wealth of a territory!

Hax's brows furrowed, and he said worriedly, "You, you want to rob a provincial treasury?" Lord Gretel, I have to admit that you and the strength of your generals have indeed reached the pinnacle of the kingdom, but once you fall into the enemy's territory and are surrounded by tens of millions of troops, I am afraid that you will only die of exhaustion! Moreover, even if you sneak into the treasury of the territory at that time, how will you transport the large amount of gold and silver treasures? ”

Glitter smiled slightly, and with a wave of his right hand, a pile of neatly arranged timber immediately appeared in the hall, and with another wave of his hand, the timber disappeared instantly! "Glitter is not talented, and he happens to know a little space spell, so it is not a problem to transport some treasures!"

"As a fourth-order peak warrior, you are also proficient in thunder magic, and you can even ??!!! spatial magic." Hax's eyes widened like brass bells.

"General Cliff, what do you think of my plan?"

Cliff took a deep breath: "City Lord Gretel, if you insist, I will fully cooperate!" ”

An hour later, Cliff left the hall with Hax.

Only Glitter and the others were left in the hall.

"Lord, Seoul, I'll stay ......behind," Jia Xu smiled bitterly. Without Gretel's arrangement, he also knew that Gretel would never take him there.

Gretel smiled and nodded at him, "This time, I only took Zilong alone, and the rest of us will stay in Seoul!" ”

Jia Xu's brows immediately furrowed: "Lord, at least bring General Ziyi, in case you fall into the ......"

Glitter stretched out his hand, "Zilong and me, it's enough, the most dangerous thing now is Seoul, the Second Army and Herman's army may attack at any time, if Seoul is lost, then no matter how much wealth we get, we have to start from scratch!" So, here's what matters! ”

Glitter stood up, "Without further ado, Zilong and I will set off in an hour, and now, generals, follow me to the Ministry of Ordnance Industry......"

"Ministry of Ordnance Industry ......" Xu Chu's eyes suddenly lit up.

Glitter smiled: "After many battles, I have accumulated a lot of merits, in order to keep everyone defending the city, it's time to update everyone's equipment!" ”