Cecil Lord, in the study of the Lord's Mansion, Gawain looked carefully at the piece of information that Amber had just sent.

"It seems that the news of the 25th Brigade has been successfully delivered to their master," Gawain raised his head and looked at the half-elf standing beside him, "At present, there are knights from more than forty fiefdoms large and small in the southern realm with their servants and militia gathered under the command of Count Hossman, and their actions have been completely undisguised, those knights who responded to the call are swaggering on the road in broad daylight, and messengers who deliver news between various noble territories can also be seen everywhere. ”

"Actually, the nobles themselves don't hide these things," Amber casually picked up an apple from Gawain's table, held it to her lips and nibbled it quickly while muttering, "Originally, who would have come up with such an intelligence system like you, except for Cecil who has a military intelligence agency, and taking a step back, the situation is already like this, and there is no need for them to hide it anymore." ”

Gao Wen sneered and shook his head: "Now I am waiting for an official letter, according to the rules of those traditional nobles, a declaration must be sent before the war." ”

Amber stopped nibbling on the apple with a confused look on her face, "Then again...... Although Ansu and Typhon have signed a peace agreement, once Ansu starts a civil war this time, won't those Typhons really tear up the agreement immediately and fall into the ground? ”

Gawain looked at Amber with some surprise: "You can still think of this, there is progress." ”

"I'm usually trying to think about it, okay! I just don't have your dirty dead tactics! Amber glared, her cheeks bulging, "And I wanted to ask about this in the first place, but I never found a chance!" ”

Gawain looked at Amber's serious and angry appearance, and couldn't help but smile and shook his head: "Of course Typhon won't come in, at least not now." ”

Amber looked puzzled: "Why?" ”

"Typhon has dealt with Ansu for hundreds of years, and they know the Ansu very well," Gawain patiently explained, interspersed with his own speculation, "Remember what I confirmed with that Clement?" Emperor Typhon was also surrounded by people from the Society of the Death of All Things...... So from the beginning, this 'peace agreement' was just a play, but so far, this play will continue. Rosetta? Augustus would watch Ansu fall into a civil war, watch Ansu sink deeper and weaker in the next few years, until the kingdom is almost falling apart, he will not enter the market to reap the benefits, but before that, he will never do anything to Ansu, because he knows ...... Once Typhon does it now, Ansu's civil war will end immediately. ”

Amber blinked, seemingly understanding what Gawain meant.

"The invasion of the Typhonians will make the Ansu country quickly unite, and the Grand Dukes of the Three Realms have not established enough hatred now, and they are likely to unite with each other," Gawain put down the information in his hand, and his impression and analysis of the three border dukes of Ansu appeared in his mind, "Victoria of the North? Wilder chose to install a puppet king to stabilize the country, and Silas to the east? Loren chose to pledge allegiance to the Moen bloodline to rebuild the glory of the First Dynasty, and the Franklin of the West? Patrick was rarely involved in royal rivalry, but half of Ansu's economy depended on his border trade...... Regardless of the roles played by the three dukes in this civil war, and whether the means they took were clever or stupid, at least one thing is certain, and that is that they are all using their own logic to defend the country, I think that Rosetta? Augustus must have investigated and learned about this. ”

Speaking of this, Gawain suddenly sighed slightly: "The only thing I'm not sure about now is whether there is some kind of 'tacit understanding' between Prince Edmund and that Emperor Typhon, whether it is a big gamble...... If so, then the death of Francis II is too lamentable. ”

"Just dying in a play, and a gamble outside the play...... Amber muttered, looking at the apple in her hand, and suddenly felt tasteless, "Maybe everyone is looking forward to this civil war, and the old king is the only one who really believes in peace...... I really don't like the stupid logic of the aristocracy. ”

There was a knock on the door, interrupting Gawain and Amber's conversation.

The door to the study opened, and the tall, muscular Reverend Wright appeared in the doorway.

Gawain looked at the only priest in the realm with some surprise: "Mr. Wright, is there something wrong?" ”

"Lord," Wright bowed slightly, then said bluntly, "I want to go to war." ”

Gao Wenleng paused, he really didn't expect this: "Go to the battlefield?" ”

"I saw the news in the newspaper, it's about to go to war, right?" Wright pulled out the "extra" he had picked up, "I want to go to war." ”

Gao Wenlai also wanted to explain to the other party what is the difference between the current professional military system and the command system in the territory and the traditional chaotic private soldier system, but after seeing the serious expression on Wright's face, he only asked one question: "Tell me why." ”

"I know that a group of clergy and Knights from the Church have joined the army of the Southern nobles," Wright said calmly, "and I want a chance to face them head-on." ”

Gao Wen quietly looked at Wright for a long time, and finally exhaled lightly: "You should know that the Cecil Combat Corps is different from the ordinary aristocratic private soldiers, and it is not that you have the strength to register to meet the standards for going to the battlefield, and there is no formal chaplain in the army at present." ”

"I know, I've seen those ray guns too, they're things I haven't used, and it shouldn't be too late for improvised learning," Wrett nodded, "but I can go to logistics, to help build fortifications, or to carry the wounded, and I know how to bandage first aid and herbs, which should come in handy on the battlefield." ”

“…… The medical team needs manpower," Gawain pondered for a long time, and finally nodded, "Go to the Byron Knight to sign up, just say I let you go." In addition, you still need to learn ray guns and grenades, and I will ask Byron to prepare a suitable set of equipment for you, even if you are not proficient, at least you can use it on the battlefield to protect yourself. ”

With a smile on his face, Wright bent down deeply, "Thank you for your understanding. ”

He then stood up and walked to the door, but before he could push the door out, Gawain suddenly stopped him from behind, "Mr. Wright." ”

Wright stopped and looked back: "Lord? ”

"It's not the same as facing your fellow church people on the battlefield than a brawl breaking out on a country street," Gawain looked into Wright's eyes and said in a calm tone, "Have you really thought about this?" ”

"I think so, my lord," Wright said earnestly, "to them on the battlefield is the real enemy." ”

"More than just think about this," Gawain said solemnly, "I want you to think about another question before you face them...... Do you believe in the Light, or in the God of Light? ”

This sentence seemed to have a great impact on Wright, and the tall priest suddenly fell into a brief silence, and it was only after a few seconds that he took a deep breath and bowed, "I'll think about it, my lord." ”

"Are you really letting that big man go?" After Wright left, Amber couldn't help but ask curiously, "Do you know that he has no Holy Light now, and he is basically an ordinary person except for the big guy, and he is still an ordinary person who has not received training from the combat corps...... A person who has never even touched a ray gun will not have problems going to the battlefield? ”

"That's why I sent him to the medical corps, and I'm sure that with Wright's skills, he can protect himself even without the protection of the Light," Gawain shook his head, "Let him go, he's a believer, and he must always be given a chance to test what he believes in." ”

In the spring of Ansu 736, on the last day of the Month of Recovery, a messenger on a tall horse, with the insignia of Count Hossmann on his body, and a small black and red flag in his hand, ran along the south bank of the Whitewater River into Cecil's checkpoint.

The courier was intercepted at the checkpoint, and the letter he brought was delivered to Gawain an hour later.

In the lord's house, Gawain took the letter he had been waiting for from Amber's hand, a formal, even solemn, letter, sealed in a lacquer cylinder with gold threads, written in the softest and toughest light parchment and spiced ink, and between the ornate fancy font and the awkward aristocratic grammar, Gawain had been waiting for it.

Amber curiously leaned half her head behind Gawain and looked at the contents of the parchment, what she saw was a diplomatic letter that was very politely worded, but the content was not at all friendly -

Count Horsman and the forty-three lords of the southern realm with glorious titles and orthodox bloodlines to Gawain? Duke Cecil greetings and solemnly protested the recent interruption in the supply of alchemical potions; Solemnly protest against the soaring prices of ores, mining machinery and metal products; protest against the Cecil family's deprivation of aristocratic privileges and encroachment on the surrounding territories; The Cecil family is required to immediately stop the destruction of the aristocratic order, restore the noble privileges in the territory, and re-regulate the behavior of the untouchables in the territory, so as to prevent this bad atmosphere from continuing to spread and affect the atmosphere of other territories......

They also listed a large number of incriminating evidence, such as Cecil's continuous efforts to attract displaced people in various parts of the southern border, preach deviant methods, accept heretical believers suspected of cults, release slaves on a large scale, arrest "sincere and legitimate merchants", conspiracy to overthrow Kant's territory, assassinate the former Viscount Kant, and create cult rumors.

And in the end, the letter finally revealed the willingness to "negotiate with force" in order to maintain order.

Amber watched Gawain read the letter seriously, and then saw Gawain indifferently pick up the dipping pen in his hand.

She asked curiously, "Are you going to write a reply?" ”

Gawain shook his head and casually wrote a word at the end of the letter:

Read.

"Go and give it to the messenger," Gawain rolled up the parchment and stuffed it into a lacquer tube, handing it to the stunned Amber, "and let him get back to his life while it's still early—I won't leave him for lunch." ”

"You just write a word?!" Amber still couldn't believe what she had seen, and she confirmed it again and again, "This is the war book!" Didn't normal aristocrats first go back and forth a dozen times at this time? ”

"That's enough," Gawain said with a smile, "as for the rest of the reply...... Count Hossman will see. ”

Amber left with a "reply" with a bewildered face, and in the military-industrial workshop under the machine-building plant, in Nicholas? Under the personal control of Mr. Dan, a heavy orbital acceleration cannonball is falling steadily into the shell box.

On the smooth surface of the shell, a line of newly typed steel text is clearly legible-

Hello opponent, this is my argument.

On the last day of this recovery month, the news of the king's assassination and the "revenge" of the Duke of the East is still on the way, but the first war that will usher in the transformation of Ansu has begun.