Infylia's words startled Polina, and she hurriedly asked, "Leah, are you really right?" ”

"Well, Uncle Grony mentioned this before, well, he's optimistic about your brother, if he doesn't have a daughter, maybe even his daughter will marry your brother. Hearing from you, your brother has suddenly become very attentive, and since he came out of the tower where His Majesty is located, I can basically be sure that His Majesty must have given him official national status. ”

"That's great~ I didn't expect that bearded man with a fierce face to be such a good person!" Polina was very happy, but then, she remembered the unhappy thing again, and said a little uncomfortable: "It's just that, even if he has a daughter, my stupid brother will not marry him." ”

"Why is that? Could it be that your brother already has a sweetheart? Infilia was provoked to gossip and unconsciously sat a little closer in Polina's direction.

"Yes~" Polina looked down at her chest that didn't rise or fall too much, and sighed: "My stupid brother, there is indeed a woman, and she is still a beautiful woman." It's just that I don't really like her. ”

"Why?" Infilia asked.

Polina didn't want to answer, but when she saw her friend, her eyes lit up, and she even forced her into the corner of the carriage seat, and she could only inform Infilia of how she found the hotel where her brother was desperately hiding, and that she had gone to the field to investigate.

"Well, this hotel, I seem to have heard of it... Infilia thought for a moment, and in an uncertain tone, continued: "That area should be the old city, not far from the palace, well, it is estimated that it is the first batch of hotels built by the people after the establishment of the royal city. ”

"yes, I amused and inquired, the hotel is a family-owned business, it's already the third generation, and it's currently run by an unmarried woman." Polina sighed, "The hotel is quite serious, there are no those who don't, well, the hospitality at the door is still quite warm, it's just my brother's lover. Ay.... ”

"Hmm, what's wrong?" Infilia continued to ask, "Is there anything wrong with her?" Since it is a serious hotel, it should not be a warbler in the leather and meat business, but a hostess? That's nothing, huh? Anyway, with your brother's current status, no one will gossip. ”

"Hey, I don't know, how can there be a female bartender, hmm, you don't know, that woman, her breasts are so big~!" Polina compared an exaggerated arc with her hands, "And then the waist is so thin~!" People are still so tall! The face is beautiful again! As soon as I walked in the door, I saw her! I know that she is right, and she doesn't have to think about it. ”

"Wow, your brother is okay, his vision and heart are amazing, I have to re-examine him." Infilia couldn't help but smile, looked at Polina with a low face, and couldn't help but continue to speak: "By the way, Polina, how can you be sure that it's her, there should be no shortage of suitors for a beauty like this, hmm, are you so sure it's your brother?" ”

"I'm sure!" Polina became serious, and Masashi replied, "First, she said that her lover was in an important position in the city guard. Second, I will soon travel all the way south~! I don't know if it's my brother~! ”

"Wouldn't these two points be too far-fetched?!" Infilia bit her lip and said suspiciously: "There are also a lot of people in the city guard, and there are not a few who go out with you this time, well, there are still more than a dozen." ”

"I know, but who is the red man in the eyes of the king? She has always said that the relationship between the two has gradually changed from close to unattainable, isn't it my brother! Who else could there be?! Polina shrugged her shoulders.

"Well, when you say that, it seems like he's the only one." Infilia nodded in agreement, and then asked, "And what are you going to do?" ”

"Well, I have a headache too, such a beautiful woman, my stupid brother must have been eaten to death. But I can't stop him, hey, I'll talk about it when the time comes, well, I'd better wait for my parents to come, and then let them solve it themselves! ”

It was only early autumn, the warm summer breeze had not yet subsided, and the weather was still very hot in Kleikin, in the south of the kingdom, but in the interior of the high castle, the interim president of Walter in the president's office was like stepping on thin ice and falling into a river of ice in the winter moon. Covered in a cold sweat, he looked at the report in his hand, which read a battle report from Achille, the city closest to the northern border --- the southern local faction.

"Shit!" Walter angrily tore off the report in his hand and threw it on his desk. He stood up, paced around his desk, took a deep breath, and slammed the bell button on the table.

Soon, Walter's private secretary, Sir Hadkeem, quickly opened the door and entered the office.

"Your Excellency, what do you command?" As soon as Hajim entered the door, he asked a question, and immediately saw the report on the table that had been torn to shreds, and his heart sank, and he lowered his head.

"Hadim, I ask you, what is that idiot doing with Trittle?" Walter said as he picked up the broken fragment of the report, "I asked him to form the first line of defense with Oswell, to keep a low profile!" Be quick! Complete the line between Achilly and Loklian as soon as possible! But it's been two months, two whole months! I haven't done it completely yet, and I've asked for money three times! Even Oswell couldn't wait and said he would send someone to build it for him! ”

Walter paused, slowed his breathing, and after a while, he gritted his teeth and said, "But, but what did this idiot do~!" He actually launched an attack on the city defenses! He's out of the way! Dare to take the initiative to fight the puppet emperor's monarch team?! Well, now I was completely seized by the tyrant of the puppet emperor, and I became famous all of a sudden! ”

"Well, Your Excellency, how long ago was this?" Hajim frowned and asked.

"Hmph, it's been at least thirteen days, hmm, now, the prince of the puppet emperor should have set off... Walter also calmed down a little, and continued: "This idiot not only took the initiative to attack, but also fought a big defeat, and was even pursued to the main camp of the defense line by the city guards whose number was far less than his own! ”

"That... Your Excellency, how is the camp? Hajim had a bad feeling in his heart.

"Lost, completely lost. The army of the kings stationed in the large camp was dispersed and retreated for a full fifty miles, and the fool of Tritel, after gathering the defeated army, simply abandoned the large camp and fled back to the city of Achilli without looking back! ”

"Hiss~~~ In that case, the first line of defense is completely gone!" Hajim also broke out in a cold sweat in his head, although he was not from Junke, but he also knew something about it, he knew very well that there were basically no natural dangers or critical passes in the middle of the kingdom, especially at the junction of the north and south, which was a large plain. Originally, the unanimous suggestion of the staff officers of all parties was to let the two cities of Loklian and Achilli establish the first line of defense, and resist or even delay the puppet emperor's southward march as much as possible. During this time, other city lords will send as many reinforcements as possible and provide enough supplies to help defend them. Now that the war has not yet broken out, the defense line has been completely lost, and the entire defense plan has been completely defeated.

"Your Excellency, why has the war come to this? The city lord of Tritel has 40,000 kings, plus nearly 8,000 mercenaries, this monarch's strength is not low, why would he lose to the lord of Weisso?! Didn't the previous report say that the other side only had two brigades with a total of more than 10,000 soldiers? Even if the actual quality of the soldiers on both sides is higher than that of the city lord's levies, the process of this battle to defeat is too fast, right? Hmm, since the city lord has gathered the rout, why didn't he defend according to the danger and wait for the reinforcement to counterattack, but instead led the king back to the city directly?! The more Hajim thought about it, the more strange it became, and he stepped forward to the table and put together the shredded paper.

The report was not too torn to pieces, and after a while, Hajim restored the report, looked at the report, frowned, and said: "Hmm, encountered several times more firepower than his own, and artillery attacks beyond imagination? ”

"Don't look behind! That's all his words! He has several times more people than the other side! He also brought almost fifty cannons! I don't believe the other party's firepower can be stronger than him! Walter shouted, "This idiot, he used all his forces, and he lost everything!" The artillery was all lost, and less than half of the men were left to return to the city! These are all foolish things done by this idiot, I can't imagine how stupid he must be to fight such a 'beautiful' battle! ”

Hajim looked at the frenzied president, did not dare to take the conversation, and looked at the first paragraph of the report. "Well, the enemy took the lead in provoking and sent troops to carry out inhumane looting of innocent caravans. The city lord of Tritel thinks that after the other party's successful plunder, it is a rare raid fighter?! Then came the hard battle??? This..... ”

Hajim looked at the battle report, and somewhat understood why Walter was angry, he shook his head and said: "Well, there has been news that Achille City has not interrupted trade with the Northlands, well, the so-called innocent caravan should be the private caravan of the city lord of Tritel himself... ”

"This shit! Never took the words of the Provisional Government seriously! Let him repair the defense line and drag it for me! Let him ban business, but he refuses! Even asked him not to fight, he was stupid to go up and fight! This is obviously the other party's trap! The vicious dogs of the legal department are the best at this kind of trap! He's good, he's not going to step into it anyway! Walter's anger was raised again, and this Tretel, who had enough soldiers and enough food, had never taken him seriously. He wanted to clean up this half-bald bastard for a long time, but for the sake of the overall situation, he kept putting up with it, but it turned out that it was really this bastard who went wrong first.

Hajim fell silent and began to think carefully about the current situation of the Southern Alliance. The defeat of the city of Achilly brought disastrous results, not only the loss of the only field important place that could be garrisoned, making the first line of defense completely ineffective, but even worse, this defeat made the cities of Achilly and Loklian completely isolated. can no longer safely watch and help each other, if the prince of the puppet emperor goes south, the initiative of the battlefield is only in their hands, and the prince can fight whichever city he wants,

And the other city did not even dare to send reinforcements!