Taven is not the largest city in Mangrove Ridge, but it is the easiest city to defend and difficult to attack, surrounded by rugged and steep slopes and even cliffs, and even the road leading to the city is also winding back and forth like the intestines of an animal.

This is the place where the lords of the past generations chose to be the main city, maybe it can't even be self-sufficient to ensure the basic living materials of the people, but the terrain advantage is too great, there is no way to give it up.

As Nangong Rong imagined, because the old man Toronso did not spend much effort on the development of the remaining construction territory, the city is still an ancient stone city wall and buildings, and there is no renovation of any modern facilities in the city, and even the street lamps on both sides of the road are braziers supported by brackets, which are completely derailed from the outside world.

Except for the very simple little airport outside the city.

The young man knew that the Duke was not an old stubborn who was unwilling to accept new things, he simply invested all the income in the territory into his own troops, and preferred the riot army to the simulation construction...... Ahem, it seems to be off.

In short, it is impossible for the old man to rely on the income of the wild land of Mangrove Ridge to make a comeback in a short period of time after Rydana lost his main force, and now he is a paper tiger who can't even scare people, and he was directly approached by others. That being said, the terrain inside Mangrove Ridge is indeed very impressive, and enemies who come to find trouble can withstand them for a long time, even if they are large and numerous.

But the problem is that this time everyone is facing a coalition of three lords, which can no longer be done by virtue of the terrain advantage.

"To be reasonable, if I hadn't seen the defenders with muskets in their hands, I would have thought I had traveled back in time to the Iron Age. A few minutes after following Octavier's convoy into Taven City, Lin Weiyin couldn't help but sigh to Nangong Rong who was walking beside her, "Look at these buildings around you, you don't need to retouch them when you use them to make movies and attractions." ”

Nangong Rong also felt that the steel convoy brought by the eldest princess was incompatible with the city, even though it was the most popular scene in countless crossings. The young man could only shrug his shoulders and explain very blandly: "Most of the overall technology of the Razfeld plane has been rapidly improved and developed in a short period of time due to the influence of some external force, and the metaphysical point is probably that the will of the world itself sensed the threat from the abyss, and took the initiative to interfere with the human race in order to fight against it. As a result, weapons were updated too quickly and went into mechanization, and the renovation of cities could not keep up with this pace. ”

"What the hell is metaphysics, the will of the plane does exist, okay. The cheap sister crossed her waist very seriously and said seriously, "But the assumption you put forward is not completely impossible, otherwise no matter how much technology explodes, it will not be possible to eliminate the sword with a musket, and it will not be long before even the tanks and planes are tinkered." It's really good that you Razfeld's plane will blatantly open up the technology for you, it's like our hometown didn't even let out a fart. ”

I think it should be the will of the plane that thinks that even things that are not out of specification such as power armor can be made, you don't need to pull technology at all, and from the level of the invading abyss troops, the other party has not really paid attention to it at all, it is because you accidentally played with your own infighting before forming a federation - Nangong Rong, who felt that he would be beaten by his righteous sister when he said it, decisively chose to be silent, turned his head to look at the brazier on the side of the road and put on an expression of "I care".

Lin Weiyin followed the cheap brother's line of sight, and couldn't help but ask strangely: "Why don't you speak, but stare at a brazier so intently, what are you thinking?"

"I'm thinking about the fact that in the past few days, in order to get rid of the chasing soldiers, I haven't even had time to make a fire and cook, so I can only eat dry food with cold water, and the result is that the bird is about to fade out of my mouth, should I make a barbecue to comfort my five internal organs temple later?"

"Well, even if you know that Ernie sauce is deliberately changing the subject, but this technique has to be admired, then I will wait to eat your BBQ today. ”

The boy really wanted to say "Don't want to eat white food, go to the field now to get some meat ingredients and come back", and then show his majesty as an elder brother with his hand knife, but Octavier came over with Charlotte at this time, so that he could only swallow the words in his mouth back into his stomach.

"I'll have to wait until the evening to talk about the barbecue, and I'd like you to come with me to meet with Ley and discuss what to do about the future. ”

The eldest princess's speech made Nangong Rong calm on the spot, and her eyes widened in surprise and said: "Qiaodou sack, who should I go to meet?" To be reasonable, we are just here to play soy sauce, and it doesn't matter whether the royal family or the coalition wins in the end." And even if you fail, I'll still get paid from the fat lord of Dresspel, as I said beforehand. ”

The girl shook her head indifferently: "I know you don't have much motivation and can get out at any time, but it is undeniable that you are a very important combat force now, and I need you to be present when making a battle plan to meet the coalition forces, so as to correct the mistakes made by the officers in their deployment because they do not know you." ”

"I'm afraid that in the end, it's not the deployment mistakes that need to be corrected, but the mistakes they made somewhere else. Lin Weiyin turned her face to the side with her hands in her arms and snorted angrily, the little girl was treated as the pride of the sky in her hometown, who would have expected that Razfield would turn out to be like this, how could she have a good face, "If you don't worry about the meeting eventually becoming a full martial arts, just take us there." ”

Charlotte didn't react violently to Lin Weiyin's performance, but a deep anger suddenly appeared on the faces of several attendants behind him, and one of them even tried to get past the knight and try to pull out his weapon.

Octavier raised her hand to stop them without looking back, knowing that the two sides would never get along on this issue, so she selectively ignored it: "In short, there is no room for failure in this battle, please participate in the two of you." As long as the three coalition forces are repulsed, no one will care if you want to leave or stay at that time, and I think Ley will also prepare some thank-you gifts. ”

Although Nangong Rong was not very interested, he still subconsciously asked: "Thank you, what will it be?"

However, recently, the eldest princess, who always thinks too much about everything, inexplicably misunderstood the meaning of [your royal family is already like this, what kind of thank-you gift can you come up with], stomped her foot and said angrily with a little madness: "If I say yes, there will definitely be, even if Ley doesn't have this idea, I will prepare it myself!"

As long as the boy can rescue the compatriots bought by the city lord of Dresspel for a lot of money, it doesn't matter what the girl's so-called thank you gift is, so she shrugged her shoulders indifferently and spread her hands: "It's good if you're happy." So, when are we going to meet here?"

"Now. ”

"What!?"

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To be reasonable, Nangong Rong felt that Octavier must have deliberately dragged himself to see the emperor before he entered the city, after all, they had been sleeping in the wild for a few days, and it was not enough to describe their sloppiness with unkempt hair, so how could they meet people?

Even if the meeting wasn't official.

However, Her Royal Highness the eldest princess has a big heart, she doesn't care about her appearance or not, along the way, the coalition army is like a shark that smells blood, chasing after her, without even a moment's pause, where is the time to let the girl groom and dress up before going to report to work? Besides, as a girl, she doesn't care, Nangong Rong, what are you still reserved, hurry up!

So the young man could only be helplessly dragged into the tall but not gorgeous City Lord's Mansion, and his face was full of indescribable messiness and embarrassment.

There is not much decoration in the stone building, and the only thing that can be put on the table is probably the whole set of knight armor next to the wall, but fortunately, there is electricity in the building after all, and the bright light bulbs on the ceiling provide a very comfortable light for the eyes, which has not made Nangong Rong feel that he has traveled through time and space to more than a hundred years ago.

Perhaps it was reported that the hall had been hastily cleaned up, but some traces of confusion could still be seen, and there was even a water stain on the surface of the long table in the center that had not had time to be wiped off, and it was unknown who accidentally knocked over the cup while cleaning up. Anyway, however, there was a 1.5-meter-tall boy sitting in the seat of the long table, sorry to say that a teenage boy who was somewhat similar to Octavier, was seriously looking at the crowd who pushed the door in.

This little guy is not wearing a formal suit, but an ordinary tuxedo, which is dressed like a child of an inconspicuous little aristocratic family at a dinner party attended by many celebrities, not to mention the existence of a sister and a boy of the same age.

Hawkers, after all, it's a special period, and it's really going to be chaotic, and when he escaped, he wiped his face with mud soot, who knows that this thing is the nominal supreme ruler of the empire? Wearing a formal dress that represents the emperor is a death in the real sense, and Ley still understands this truth.

"Sister Tavier, you're here at last. "Rey's completely relieved look after seeing Octavir is obviously not cheating, the sister and brother really relied on each other to survive the most difficult and dangerous period of the empire, and the relationship and bond between the two is much deeper than that of other royal brothers and sisters in history, "I've heard about the situation, Westft, Tannedon and Alfred formed an alliance to try to take advantage of the army's new defeat at Ledana to take us back and worship us, right?"

Toronso and the others stood on both sides of the table and behaved respectfully, originally they were deducing tactics with a sand table on the table, but they were always arguing and couldn't come up with any good plans, and when they were blushing and thick-necked, they suddenly learned that the eldest princess had returned, and was about to come to meet her, and then ......

Ignoring the untidy tabletop, Octavir lifted her skirt and bowed slightly to Ley, "I won't say anything polite." Rey, I just want to know how many available troops there are in Taven City right now?"

The person who answered the girl's question was the old duke: "The other party came too quickly, and many places did not have time to mobilize, so there are less than 5,000 soldiers in the city at present." The training and morale were acceptable, but the equipment was quite poor, and the coalition forces against the enemy's more than 30,000 had to choose to hold on, and at the same time we had to pray that the reinforcements could come quickly, otherwise it would be difficult for us to hold on after being besieged for a long time and the city would be cut off from water and food. ”

The implication is that Miss, don't think about going out to toss, the rest of the old book is a bit enough to defend the city, and the reinforcements still don't know when they will arrive, so it's only right to be ready to run away by plane.

"I understand that the difference in combat power between the two sides is too great, so they can only defend the city. The eldest princess nodded indifferently and said, then suddenly turned sideways and revealed Nangong Rong, who was full of soy sauce expressions behind her, "Because of this, I asked my classmates to help." ”

Despite the informality, Charlotte and the others got down on one knee as soon as the girl got out of the way to confront the emperor, a matter of principle.

Nangong Rong originally subconsciously wanted to take the same action as the knights, but was stopped by the cheap sister next to him who stretched out her hand;

Well, don't guess, this girl must be wearing power armor. Although it is a state of cooperation, Nangong Rong has never been able to fully believe Octavier, or the boy is willing to believe in the girl but can't trust her subordinates, plus he has been chased by the chasing soldiers in the past few days, so it is a matter of course to let the cheap sister be armed and always on guard, right?

Lin Weiyin in the state of power armor always seems a little spicy.

"Girl, what are you doing?" Nangong Rong was a little puzzled, but he also somewhat understood her plan, straightened down and asked her suspiciously, "You forget it yourself, why do you want to stop me?"

"You think of yourself as a subject of the empire, but others don't necessarily think so. Besides, think about what the Empire has done to your people, is it worth it? You're here to help, not to belittle yourself. ”

In fact, Ley didn't really have any prejudice against the Han people, the little guy knew very well like his sister that this was a long-standing ill of the empire, and it couldn't be changed in a short time, not to mention that it was someone brought back by Octavir himself, so he smiled and didn't speak.

However, some of the people around Old Man Toronso obviously couldn't hold back any longer.