Boragon was now one of the highest-ranking nobles in the current fighting army, and in order to prevent himself from being surrounded by the other side, he also wrote to Charles II, asking the nobles south of the Bordeaux River to quickly gather all their forces and firmly hold the city of Layenne in the south of Bordeaux, and quickly send troops to meet the soldiers he had gathered... At the same time, adequate food is provided.

Because of the haste of the retreat, he currently brought only enough food for three days of marching. If there is no follow-up food replenishment, then wait for self-defeat without a fight!

However, when Boragon and his troops reached the position on the north bank of the Bordeaux River, the situation was worse than he expected.

Boragon found out that he was not the first "defeated army" to arrive here... There are more than 6,000 noble troops gathered in this town by the river from all over the place, and after asking, some of these nobles were directly defeated and regrouped halfway, and some were notified to retreat, anyway, everyone can meet at this moment, completely because the city of Donkel was captured without warning, and the other nobles are naturally not stupid, after hearing that the leading nobles were killed or defeated, they chose to retreat without saying a word...

The town of Lannis was overcrowded, and Boragon didn't think it was a good thing to gather so many people here, because without a unified leader, there were often conflicts when his men got together, and because there was not enough baggage, some noble soldiers starved, and some were able to distribute two loaves of bread a day, which led to an uneven distribution of resources, which also buried the hidden danger of civil strife.

In order not to die in the internal strife before the enemy arrived, he immediately called a meeting of all the leading nobles, and quickly negotiated a reasonable plan: everyone was divided into autonomous divisions, separated from each other, and evacuated in an orderly manner in the next time, and everyone survived this difficulty first!

Because he had gathered more than 1,000 soldiers and more than 800 peasants, he was the largest in number, and he himself was a high knight, so he quickly became the head of this group of temporarily assembled troops. But before he could arrange a plan for the troops to evacuate to the south of the Bordeaux River, the news from the east made him realize that things were really in trouble...

After the capture of Earl Harrison's city, the Everta Infantry Division, which was facing the eastern nobles, showed no mercy, and directly routed and dispersed the army of more than 10,000 people.

Therefore, after calculating, Boragon found that his people, plus the remnants of the eastern group that retreated to the north bank of the Bordeaux River, were estimated to have reached more than 16,000 people, which was half of the total number of people expected to gather!

In other words, before their offensive began, half of them were separated or fell on the battlefield...

Now the 20,000 men had begun to cross the Bordeaux River and strive to reach the city of Layenne, forty kilometers away, and whether there was enough food there, the towering walls had become the only hope for the soldiers to fight back.

"Damn... Why is this battle fought like this before it has even begun?"

Looking at the troops slowly crossing the bridge, Viscount Boragon had an unusually gloomy face.

May 14th.

The news from the front finally reached the Imperial City one after another.

And until this time, the nobles who had originally thought of attacking the temple were completely dumbfounded, and the atmosphere in the council hall was almost frozen.

Charles II's hands had been trembling, and he had not been able to calm down since he had received the first definite report of war the previous evening, and he felt like he was having a suffocating nightmare as letters after letters were placed on his desk at ten o'clock in the morning.

The nobles in the council hall all bowed their heads, and none of them dared to speak out. And Charles II did not make a sound after he had arrived in the people, and everyone was silent as if they were mourning in a cemetery, and even the sound of breathing could be heard clearly.

"Can anyone tell me what's going on?"

Charles II asked a little tiredly. Because he hadn't slept all night, his dark circles were unusually obvious, and he didn't have the same lofty appearance when he sat on the throne, but leaned back in the chair, supporting his chin with his left hand, and his face was much older.

To his question, no one can answer. After all, this question is what everyone is asking: why did the enemy directly break through more than 200 kilometers in just three days and directly disperse the noble army that had not yet been assembled?

"According to the information, Evta's army marched directly from the Temple in two directions, one directly to the south and the other to the southeast, and in three days planted all the territories with the banner of Evta, and forced our newly assembled troops to the north bank of the Bordeaux River—" Charles II had this information firmly imprinted in his mind this night, but the more he repeated it, the more irrepressible his anger became...

"So who can tell me that all of Ivta's army are dragons?!Why did they appear in front of us silently, and no one revealed the slightest word until the outbreak of the war?!"

Not to mention the intelligence system within the kingdom, there was no sign of even the news from Evta's side. He secretly had contact with Count Rice, the cabinet of Ivta, and the exchange of information between the two had not been interrupted since the beginning of the year. But just last night, the news from the other side was still saying that "there is no sign of conscription in Ivota at present, and the cabinet has only decided to transport the grain to Parling in advance"...

Now it seems that Charles II felt that he had been deeply deceived!

The army is almost at my doorstep, who are you still blinding here?!

If it weren't for the city that he had worked so hard to build over the years, Charles II would have almost had a nervous breakdown last night - after all, the current situation was too far from what he expected. The situation on the sand table in the study was obviously so optimistic, as if he would be able to conquer the temple and attack the entire Aifuta next, but overnight, the temple was not defeated, not to mention, the territory under his current control was directly reduced by two-fifths!

It's like a duel between two boxers, one of them is ready to round his fist, but he finds that the other party suddenly takes out a sledgehammer and hits his head three times on the spot...

Evta's blitzkrieg is completely beyond Charles II's cognition, and it is simply a "foul" existence. So he's really a little confused, and now his thinking patterns have become confused.

"Our army is now retreating from the Bordeaux River, and which of you can come up with an effective solution to this dilemma?"

No matter how annoyed you are, this war has not been completely lost after all. It's okay to be beaten, but whether you can fight back after being beaten is the main thing you consider. Seeing that no one was squeaking below, he directly named him: "Du Weiden, don't you usually have a lot of ideas?"

"Your Majesty... I—I really don't know what to say, the food prepared in advance is basically collected from the territories north of Bordeaux, and now if these territories on the south bank of the river are ready, it may take three or four days before they can be transported, and I don't know when it will be transported to the city of Layenne..."

Du Verden was also telling the truth, because the roads in these southern areas were in very bad condition, and the rain did not stop for days. Now the grain is collected and transported, and whether it can be eaten or not has to be said separately, because a large part of it is estimated that it will be moldy and rotten due to the rain.

"And most importantly... It costs a lot of gold. ”

After Du Weiden said this, he did not dare to say anything. Charles II, with a gloomy face, nodded to another viscount and continued, who had a decent analysis of the reasons for the presence of the enemy. But apparently, everyone here did not think about the use of "trucks" and "roads", and although the royal family and nobles had a large number of magicians at their disposal, they did not realize what the "communication circle" and the "spar cannon" that ordinary people could operate meant.

Even the paper written by Earl Harrison before was only about how to use magicians as big soldiers.

After Duvedon, some people began to talk about the importance of intelligence like an afterthought, and others said that Count Harrison was very responsible for the operation.

Charles II was silent about this, and he listened even more to it: Harrison must have surrendered, what is the point of rushing to push the pot on his back now?

But at the end, an earl spoke up: "Your Majesty, the top priority now is to preserve combat effectiveness. It is not easy to gather nearly 20,000 soldiers, and if they are dispersed due to logistical problems, the morale that has been gathered so hard may be in vain!"

Charles II finally nodded, because this was the same as he thought, so he immediately got up and said: "Yes, now is to save people! Save people at all costs! The army from the north bank of the Bordeaux River is rushing to the city of Layenne, and this place must be defended, and all the soldiers must be settled!"

He already had a draft in mind, so he said it now with a sonorous voice: "The front-line army was routed because they were attacked by surprise before they were assembled, and once we have gained a foothold, the enemy will never have anything to take advantage of!"

"Our counterattack will start from the city of Layena, and there must be no more rout!"

Once such a strategy is decided, it will be up to the staff and ministers to get busy. Charles II continued to add several plans, including immediately sending a large number of magicians to join the warband, going to the front line to support the battle, etc. - in order to get everything running immediately, Charles II even directly began to use the last of the family funds in the royal treasury...

Because he understands that this is a life-and-death battle for the royal family, and he can't afford to be sloppy!

And when the meeting was over, Charles II, who had returned to the study, collapsed directly in his chair. Princess Rowling's heart couldn't help but beat when she saw this scene. She didn't know exactly what was going on, but it was obviously not a good thing to see her father like this.

She came to her father and saluted, and then asked, "Father, do you need me to do anything?"

Charles II has actually been thinking about whether to go to the dragons for help - Evta suddenly tore his face to attack, and the momentum is so fast, if he asks for help now, will it seem that the royal family is vulnerable?

But seeing his daughter ask like this, he understands that the current situation is very critical, and what he needs to pay attention to is no longer a matter of the royal family's face...

"Has Iskar been reluctant to see you lately?"

He tried to calm himself down and asked softly.

"Hmm... Every time I went, he wasn't there. ”

Rowling whispered that she wished the other person would never be there, but her father clearly didn't think so—"That's it... I'm sending someone to send an invitation, and if I can, I'll visit him in person tomorrow. ”

"Yes, yes, father. ”

Rowling lowered her head, she knew she had no room to refute...

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