Immediately after the speech of the Emperor S. Hepburn, the war machine of the Papal States was put into high speed, and a large number of war materials and tools stored in the Congo Pass were transported to Ibrahim, accompanied by tens of thousands of infantry and auxiliaries. Among them, even the "God of War" legion, which has been guarding the Congo Pass for hundreds of years, has sent most of its troops, leaving only a small number of troops to deal with unexpected situations.

As a result, there was a rare flow of chariots and horses on the official road between the Congo Pass and Ibu City, and for a time people shouted and neighed horses and military trumpets were continuous, forming the most spectacular scene during the war.

While the preparations for war in the Papal States were in full swing, the southern countries bordering Higg also began military mobilization, and within a few days the armies of various countries gathered on the borders of the Higg Empire and put on a posture of preparing for a full-scale attack.

Within a few days, the eastern and southern borders of the Hig Empire were full of wolf smoke and beacon fires, and there was a scene of war.

When the full text of the Pope's speech reached the ears of Emperor Higg, it was already a day later, and in the face of the unprecedented grim situation, the Higg Empire urgently convened a military conference on the same day, which was presided over by Higg XIII himself, and all the major military and political leaders near the city of Triumph participated, and the meeting lasted all day.

The day after the meeting, according to the resolution of the meeting, the general Gracius flew alone to Baden on board the dragon Userondia. He will take over the military and political power of the eastern provinces before the war in the eastern part of the empire is over, and will fight to the death against the Knights Templar under the command of Gutesian in front of Baden.

At the same time, according to the results of the discussion of the military council, the main goal of this war is the Papal States, and if the Papal States retreats, the threat of other small countries will be automatically lifted, so in terms of dealing with the military threat of the southern countries, the Empire has no special action, but only extracts a few great swordsmen from the Guards and the palace guard battalion to go to the border checkpoints to supervise the battle, so as to avoid the surrender of Ibu City without a fight.

At the same time as Gracis's departure, Emperor Higg issued a number of military orders at the same time, the most important of which was to mobilize the strength of five wings under the Imperial Guard, a total of 20,000 people to rush to the aid of Baden, including 10,000 cavalry, accompanied by a leading great swordsman and two court archmages, and a team of mages led by them from senior mages to junior mages, accounting for more than two-thirds of the court mages.

At the same time, the armies of all the towns between the imperial capital and the city of Baden were also immediately mobilized and assembled in the city of Baden, and then they were unified under the command of the dragon knight Gracis.

A combination of a dragon knight and two great magicians, Emperor Higg can be said to have pressed all the core elites to Baden City, if the defense of Baden City fails, Higg will have no chance to flop again.

One day after the news of the capture of Ebrahim reached Baden, a new news spread in Baden, and the 100,000-strong Templar army of the Holy See was marching from Ebrahimovic to Baden, where the army would be burned as soon as it arrived

The news spread quickly throughout the city through unofficial channels, and the whole city was plunged into chaos, with prices rising and food looting in the city, and ruffians taking advantage of the opportunity to cause chaos, smash, burn and loot.

It was also reported that the governor of Baden was ready to surrender the city and let the enemy army into the city, just like the lord of Ibu. The people who heard the news suddenly burst into flames, dragging their families and mouths to rush out of the city for refuge, and the entire city of Baden, before the battle began, was already in chaos.

On the first day of Gracis's arrival, before he had time to discuss the military issue with General Pols, the garrison of Baden, someone from the Civil Affairs Department had already approached them and gave them a general report on the chaotic situation in the city.

"If you go outside, you must first settle inside. ”

Hearing the news, Gracis did not care about continuing to communicate with the military issues, and directly convened a civil council with the administrative governor of Baden.

At the meeting, several decisions were discussed.

First, expand publicity and post notices in public places to reassure the people;

Second, to control prices, the Department of Civil Affairs can use grain reserves when necessary, so that the people can have food to stabilize;

Article 3: The Public Security Department will increase patrols and severely punish any act that takes the opportunity to cause trouble or create chaos, and may execute in public when necessary, so as to set an example;

Fourth, the reasonable evacuation of the old, young, women and children in the city;

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Finally, Graces flew around the city on Userondia, so that all the people could see it, and at the same time, they would convince everyone that with the dragon knights in charge, the city of Baden would not only be impregnable, but would also become a place of hatred for the enemy.

All of the above strategies combined were not as effective as the last one, and when the dragon knight Gracis, armed with an eight-step dragon lance, rode the giant dragon Userondia from the sky above the city, gathering the people below, and suddenly erupted in earth-shattering cheers.

All the panic and tension disappeared in an instant. Because in this country, the dragon knights are the greatest security, if the dragon knights can't protect them, then they run everywhere they run is the same danger, so when Userondia stretched his huge wings that were dozens of paces wide, pushed through the tumbling clouds, dragged his long tail wings, swooped down, and swept over the city, the whole city boiled.

"Shhhh Ang!"

The dragon's roar was like thunder in the clear sky, spreading through every street and corner of the city, and rolling far into the fields beyond.

Some panicked, godless civilians stared blankly at the most powerful creature on the continent in golden scale armor soaring through the air.

At this moment, they burst into tears.

After the mood of the people in the city calmed down, Graxis had time to sit down with the defenders of Baden led by General Pols for a military meeting, on the one hand, to understand the current military situation in Baden, and at the same time to make new military arrangements.

Baden City is the largest city between the Triumphal City of the Higg Imperial Capital and the Congo Pass of the Papal State, it is built between a valley, although the mountains on both sides are not high, but the mountains are steep, and a large army can not cross it, so Baden City belongs to the dangerous pass that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and strategically belongs to the eastern gateway of the Triumphant City.

Baden City is rectangular, the width of the wall facing the east side is about 3,000 steps, the wall is 12 steps high, all made of giant granite, which is also one of the giant buildings left by the orcs, and it is still as strong as ever after hundreds of years of wind and rain.

In peacetime, the permanent garrison of Baden was 10,000 infantry regiments, and due to the changes in the situation some time ago, the empire added nearly 10,000 garrisons to Baden, so the current garrison of Baden City includes auxiliary troops totaling about 20,000 people.

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