The long-awaited news from Gawain finally arrived.

Taking the information from Amber, he glanced at it quickly, and couldn't help but smile on his face: "The remnants of the nobles who escaped have all arrived at the Rock Fortress, just as we expected - they can only take refuge in the Rock Fortress temporarily, and the Holy Spirit Plains have not accepted them. And the fortress is currently isolated, with no support from the royal family and the plains of the Holy Spirit. ”

Amber felt incredible: "Is it really so easy for the people over there in the royal capital to give up the Rock Fortress? That's a rock fortress! ”

"Instead of giving up, they had to put it on hold for a while," Gawain casually reduced the information to ashes and explained happily, "Silas?? The Eastern Legion led by Duke Loren is the most powerful army in Ansu, and they have already broken through the eastern gate of the Whitsunday Plains in a short period of time, and have taken root in the eastern towns of the plains, and with only a few more key fortresses, they can attack St. Sunil along the King's Road. The purpose of the rebels in the east is clear, they are here to overthrow the Second Dynasty, and for the people of the royal capital, this is the greatest threat. ”

Then Gawain paused, and after a short thought, he continued: "But they are by no means trying to give up the Rock Fortress, I can probably guess what the people on the other side of the royal capital are thinking - they will use the strong walls and soldiers of the Rock Fortress to resist and delay, the Rock Fortress lies in the gap between the mountains between the southern border and the plain of the Whitsunday, the unique terrain makes it almost impossible to besiege, Cecil's army can only attack in the south, and the Rock fortress can get a steady supply of supplies from the plains of the Holy Spirit in the north. At the beginning of its design, the fortress was built to withstand a long period of high-intensity attacks, so in the eyes of the royal capital, it would be a long-term war. As long as the Rock Fortress can hold out long enough, the royal family will be able to breathe a sigh of relief from the crisis in the east, and then the army in the west and even the mountain legions in the north can go south to support......"

Amber blinked: "So we have to knock down the fortress before the royal capital reacts......"

"Go and call Byron, Philip, Soldling, Herty, and by the way, Rebecca." Gawain nodded, "The halftime for the remnants of the nobles is over. ”

A moment later, Cecil's military commander, as well as the chief of internal affairs and technology, came to Gawain's study.

They had guessed the reason for being summoned before Gawain could speak, and Rebecca was still looking around curiously when she entered the room: she rarely had the opportunity to be called by her ancestors to a military meeting, and the girl could not understand the use of attending meetings in this regard, but that did not prevent her from being in a particularly happy mood.

Byron looked at Gawain expectantly, "Lord, are we finally going to do something about the Rock Fortress?" ”

"Why do you look so happy?" Philip next to him couldn't help but mutter, "I didn't find you so fond of fighting before." ”

"Don't mention it, I promised Pea to bring her a gift after I knocked down the Rock Fortress, and the cowhide has been blowing out for almost half a month."

"Ahem," Gawain interrupted the two language arts workers with a slight cough, then nodded slightly, "As Byron said, the intermission of this war is over. Philip, what's going on with the preparations in the North? ”

The young knight took a half step forward: "Lord, we have been transporting components and industrial parts of various light and heavy artillery pieces to the Karol region for the past half month, and using the existing magic network in the Karol region to build an arsenal and manufacture weapons and ammunition. Another 2,000 soldiers of the 1st Combat Corps and 2,000 soldiers of the 2nd Combat Corps were on standby in the north. ”

"That's enough." Gawain nodded slightly, in order to take over the land of the nobles in the south and maintain the basic order of several control areas, he must leave a certain army in the south to maintain the situation, and he is not going to use the traditional siege tactics to attack the rock fortress, the current strength in the north is enough in his opinion.

Then he looked at Thorderlin, "Can the Steel Ranger participate in actual combat now?" ”

"Recruits always have to see blood," replied the High Ranger, "and they've been waiting for this day for a long time. ”

"Very well, there is a mission for you," Gawain nodded, "Your mission is to cooperate with our internal ...... in the Rock Fortress"

After explaining the Iron Ranger's mission, he turned to Hetty: "About the grain reserve and the recent propaganda work......"

Gawain confirmed the situation in the territory one by one, assigning tasks to each person, but never mentioned Byron's affairs, and after a while, the middle-aged knight who was born as a mercenary finally couldn't help it: "Lord, what about me?" What is my mission? ”

Gawain looked at Byron and groaned slightly: "There is indeed a task for you, and it is very important, but I have to confirm another thing first...... Rebecca, how's the progress of the rainbow device on Carmel's side? ”

"The Iridescent Installation" is not a final name, but only the name of an ongoing project, and while the project is Kamal's, Rebecca is the top head of the entire Magic Technology Research Institute, and she knows the progress of the project inside out.

Hearing Gawain's question, Rebecca, who was a little distracted, suddenly came back to her senses, and then showed a little distressed look: "It's still a heat dissipation problem...... We are trying to use the ice and snow magic array to forcibly suppress the temperature of the shaped structure, but we have not yet found the ice and snow rune substrate that can operate stably under strong interference - the previous cooling rings have quickly burned out. ”

"In other words, apart from the heat dissipation problem, the rainbow device is already operational?"

Rebecca nodded, "yes, both prototypes can run - they just won't run for a few seconds." ”

Gawain nodded slightly, then turned around and looked at the huge map hanging from the wall of his study.

The Rock Fortress is indeed very different from the "Stone Fortress" in most parts of the South, it is a fortress in the true sense of the word, it is a fortress armed with powerful magical technology, it has a powerful magic barrier, and this magic barrier can also absorb the magic of nature to constantly repair itself, as long as it cannot interrupt its operation, then the effect of the cannon bombardment of the fortress will be greatly reduced.

According to Kamel, the Rainbow Device, which relies on pure magic to destroy its target, is a better weapon for dealing with magic shields than the Crystal Cannon, so he wants to use this new weapon when attacking Rock Fortress anyway.

In his mind, a surveillance image from a high-altitude satellite came to mind.

The topography of the Rock Fortress and the surrounding area was clearly visible to him, and he saw the Dolgon River flowing south from the plain of the Whitsundays, splitting into two at the mountain pass in front of the Rock Fortress, one flowing into the mountains and the other flowing into the southern frontier, becoming the lifeblood of the southern frontier: the Baishui River.

Gawain turned around and looked at Rebecca: "Maybe we can broaden our minds, the heat dissipation problem is not so difficult to solve......"

Rebecca didn't turn the corner for a moment - because her geography teacher was negligent in martial arts, her geography grades were not very good, and naturally she couldn't think of what Gawain was thinking: "Do you have an idea?" ”

"We can use the river water to cool the device, and I've seen Kamel's prototype and talked to him a little bit, so it should work."

Rebecca was stunned, and her eyes slowly brightened: "Oh! That's a good idea! I'll go back and talk to Master Kamel about it! ”

Gawain smiled, then propped his hand on the table in front of him, and slowly swept his gaze over everyone on the scene: "There is one more thing - this time I am going to the front line in person." ”

As soon as this sentence was spoken, the people at the scene looked at each other, obviously they really didn't expect this.

Although in this era, it is normal for noble lords to go to the battlefield in person, but there is no Gawain on the battlefield of the Gravel Ridge bombardment and the Baishui River blockade, and only when the previous aberrant attacks the city, Gawain has personally been on the battlefield twice - in other words, except when defending the mainland, Gawain has no habit of leaving the territory, and his attitude and self-positioning towards this have always been very clear: the ruler should sit in the rear and do as little as possible to charge the front line.

Therefore, everyone still habitually thought that the old ancestor would also stay in the rear this time, and they didn't expect that Gao Wen had plans to recruit in person.

"A well-established government office can maintain order during the short period of the lord's absence, and I believe that Hetty will be able to keep an eye on the rear while I am away, and the army left behind on the mainland will be able to defend against the threat of the Dark Mountains," Gawain explained his thoughts, "Attacking the Rock Fortress will be a very important battle, even more important than the 70,000 ragtag army against Earl Hossman, which will determine whether we can obtain a stable and undisturbed base, no matter what, I can't afford any surprises in this fight, so I'm going to take charge myself. ”

Gawain paused at this point, and then said, "There is also an even more important meaning - the original intention of the establishment of the Rock Fortress, each of you should know. ”

Hetty looked at his ancestor and said in a complicated tone: "In order to lock the Cecil family in the south......"

"So, when the Rock Fortress is broken, I have to be on the battlefield."

Symbolism and façade engineering, Gao Wen himself can not care about these, but the basic rules of this era and public opinion are concerned about these.

In this case, on such a major event, Gawain does not mind and also "symbolizes".

This pre-war meeting lasted until late at night, and when it was finally over, Amber was already yawning, and she looked at Gao Wen, who still seemed very energetic, and couldn't help but pout: "I really don't know what your brain is made of, there are always so many ideas......"

"Just like you're complimenting me," Gawain said casually, then got up and walked to the door, "I'm going to talk to Tyr next, will you come along?" ”

Amber was stunned for a moment: "Is it appropriate for you to go to someone in the middle of the night?" I'm definitely sleeping......"

Gawain turned his head to look at Amber, "Do you think there's a difference between day and night for Tyr?" When do I find her is not the point where she sleeps! ”

Just like Gawain said, Tyr, the kraken who has left the sea, basically has only one thing to sleep on the shore, and when Gawain and Amber arrived at her room, this mermaid lady was floating in her big pool with her belly turned over, looking like she was dead - to be honest, this saltwater fish really has too many painting style problems, not only does he not recognize his walking posture, but his sleeping posture is also arrogant, and the maid in the lord's mansion who is responsible for changing the water for Tyr also took a long time to get used to this "Miss Mermaid" belly turning is not dead, It's the fact that it's in the backstroke......

It was very difficult to wake Tyr up, Amber stepped forward and tossed the fish for a long time, and it was still asleep, and finally when Gawain hesitated to go up and jump up to get the salted fish essence up, Tyr finally woke up.

As soon as Miss Mermaid opened her eyes, she saw Gawain and Amber standing in front of her, and she was immediately startled, turned over and shook Gawain with her tail: "Why don't you knock on the door!" ”

"Nonsense! We're blowing up the door outside, and you're good at waking up! Gawain wiped the water from his face rather unpleasantly, and turned his head to look at Amber, who was hiding behind him for the first time, "Do you know that we almost poured boiling water into the pool in order to wake you up?" ”

"What's boiling water, it's not like I haven't been near the submarine volcano," Tyre glanced at Gawain, "Say, what's the matter with you looking for me at night—it's night, right?" ”

Tyr said as he looked around, and saw that it was indeed dark outside the window before he confirmed that it was night: "It's really night...... Then I just fell asleep......"

"You slept last night!" Gawain said with a glare, and began to wonder deeply if it was a mistake for him to come to this saltwater fish, but he still said what he meant, "I came to you to tell you something—we are about to attack Rock Fortress. ”

Although Tyr slept most of the time, she still knew that Cecil was fighting outside, so she was not at a loss at the moment, just showed a hint of confusion: "So what? ”

"Would you be interested in checking it out?"

Tyr froze for a moment, then the fishtail swayed gently in the water, and said unhurriedly as he rolled up the splash, "Have you forgotten what we said - I can tell you about the deep sea, and I can help when the so-called 'aberrants' attack the city, but I won't get involved in the battle between you humans, it's too boring for me." ”

"Of course I do, and I didn't intend for you to participate in the battle between humans, I just asked you to help piggyback something to the north, and then you just watched from the sidelines."

"It's as simple as that?" Tyr looked at Gawain suspiciously, "I know, you guy is very cunning, you dug a hole, right?" ”

Gawain didn't answer Tyr's question, but reminded, "Aren't you interested in magical technology on land?" Didn't you Krakens hit a bottleneck in your own technology system? Perhaps you can see something that interests you in the Rock Fortress, which will be the scene of the collision of traditional human magic technology and Cecil's magic technology, and I believe that even for an advanced civilization like the Kraken, this level of technological collision is worth seeing. ”

Tyr's eyes changed slightly, as if she was a little tempted, but after a moment she still shook her head slightly: "To be honest, I still want to sleep more......"

"I thought about it carefully, the giant deer Amone is so big, it's not impossible for you to take a few bites......"

"Deal!"

Gawain Amber: "......"

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