In the aisle outside the reception room.

"Congratulations, Huayun!"

Markham was overjoyed, because at the end of the military meeting just now, he himself was promoted to the temporary commander of the army, although it was temporary, and he was not appointed by the military department, but as long as he made military achievements, then he was likely to become a real captain, and Xuejie was the same as Markham, but he was not overly happy, because Hua Yun had a gloomy face from the time he came out to the present.

"Are you still thinking about what just happened?"

"Hmm. ”

"The staff's plan is indeed good, but I think yours is better!"

"Thank you. ”

Hua Yun smiled, but the dark clouds on his face did not disperse, he was not worried about how many imperial soldiers would die in such a scheme, he was just worried that his army would not be able to win the battle, which would affect his future and ambition, after all, he only continued to accumulate military exploits, in order to make his pace continue to move closer to the center of power-the imperial capital, and before that, he must not fail, he must maintain a complete victory record, in order to be able to promote this ambition in the shortest possible time!

Xue Jie asked, "What did you decide to do?"

Hua Yun thought for a moment and then said: "The fifth column only responds, so we have to choose the best time to ......."

Markham hurriedly asked, "Do you want to take the merits?"

"It's not about grabbing battle merits! it's about saving the three Heavenly Tiger brothers before they are killed!"

Xue Jie could feel that Hua Yun's words were full of confidence and killing intent, as awe-inspiring as the awakening of a bloodthirsty mad demon.

......

On the plain east of the Maru Forest, the bandit camp was stationed.

Although they are bandits, their marching camp is indeed very set, and the current successive camps and soldiers patrolling around are enough to explain everything, and it is obvious that there is no shortage of wise generals with superior wisdom in the bandit army.

And this is indeed the case, the person who set up this camp is none other than the wise general of the Cold Moon Empire's army twenty years ago, but at this time he is already a bandit general.

At this time, the lights in the big tent of the bandit army were bright, but there were only four people.

The leader is Yaslan Opsius, who is in her sixties, although she is a woman, but at this time she is wearing a velvet armor but she is extraordinary, and in the middle of the seat behind her is the girl named Tianxue that Hua Long has seen, an old man who is drinking is sitting next to her side, he is the wise general in the bandit army Fu Paike, as for the right side of Tianxue, there is a red-haired young man - Harold Trier.

These four people are the main characters of this bandit army.

At this time, the atmosphere in the tent seemed relaxed, and there was no sense of oppression and uneasiness that war brings.

Harold stupidly looked at the snow behind Granny Yaslan, and let out a silly laugh from time to time, but the red-nosed old man Fourbuck was just drinking at this time, with a calm face.

"Okay, let's get down to business. Granny Yaslan said.

Folpak immediately put down the flask, and Harold regained his spirits.

"What's next, old man?"

Yaslan's always called Fparkk an old man, and although it didn't sound very pleasant, Fodder felt very kind, who told him to like Yaslan.

"The Cold Moon Imperial Army has now been outflanked by four columns, but I guess this strategy should have been devised by that little fat man from Mark. He smiled confidently, "His strategy is usually not bad, but there are also many problems, and the coordination of the Cold Moon Empire's army is not very good, so we can use the time difference method!"

"Time difference?" Harold muttered.

"That's right, attack one of the columns first, but the question is whether we can inflict heavy damage on those 50,000 men in six hours, and a total of 200,000 in twenty-four hours! If we can, then we will have an easier time then!" Fourbeck set his eyes on Harold, who was sitting opposite, because the battle was won or lost by him alone.

"Wrap it up with me!" Harold assured, then turned his gaze to Tianxue to the side, as if this assurance was nothing more than winning Tianxue's favor.

However, Tianxue really didn't say anything about this, after all, she had never been cold to Harold's hospitality.

......

In the evening, outside the tent.

"Tianxue, I'm going to go tomorrow, so I want to ......" Harold was making the final mobilization of what little courage he had.

Tianxue is still so beautiful, like a goddess, she gently raised her arm and pointed to the night sky, "Mother-in-law said that in the starry universe, every star represents a soul, and if the stars are endless, then human beings will never disappear......" She turned around and asked seriously: "We won't disappear either, will we?"

“......”

......

At the same time, the Fire Empire Capital Kingdom War Department.

Rufis and Izak, the chief of staff, who got out of the carriage, were stopped as soon as they stepped on the white marble staircase.

"Your Excellency Marshal, please stay!"

The caller was an officer on horseback, and it was not difficult to identify him from the blue armor alone as a senior officer of the Royal Forbidden Army, with the rank of Major General.

Rufes paused.

"Your Majesty has summoned you. ”

During the period when Rufis was promoted to marshal, there were no less than 1,000 officers and civilians in the Fire Empire, and some of them were hired, and the army reform promoted by Rufis also allowed more and more soldiers and junior officers to find their targets, and even some officers openly announced that they would obey Marshal Rufis once the war started.

Indeed, the atmosphere in the Flame Empire is gradually improving, and people are smiling on their faces, and the mood created by Lotte has replaced the previous laziness and stagnation, and people are always accustomed to attributing these changes to the marshal alone.

However, some people like it, some people dislike it, this is a heavenly principle that has not changed since ancient times.

The nobles, accustomed to a hierarchical system, would certainly not allow Ruffus's reforms, so which nobleman was willing to work with the commoners?

Gradually, more and more nobles who were dissatisfied with Rufhis gathered around Duke Nax.

However, at this stage, Ruphes has already controlled more than half of the army of the Fire Empire, so the opposition does not dare to act rashly.

can only meet a new monarch with inherent influence, and now this new monarch has just turned twelve years old, surrounded and overwhelmed by the two major forces, he is completely a puppet!

......

The residence of the Emperor of the Fire Empire.

The young emperor sat crooked in his chair and looked at the young marshal kneeling at the foot of the steps with a slightly glazed gaze.

"Tell me about it! His Majesty had the strength to speak from the script, and these words were obviously arranged for him by the Duke of Nax, and he had to obey.

A middle-aged man walked out and saluted His Majesty, "In recent decades, the prices of weapons and munitions sold by the Heavenly Spirit Principality have been rising. Especially in the recent period, the price of the Shenhuang magic cannon used as an army has tripled, Your Majesty, I am worried that our Fire Empire's treasury will definitely not be able to afford it if it continues to rise like this, so ......"

Hearing these words, the brilliant Rufis understood the purpose of his present moment.

"The ministers unanimously recommended to me that you should go to the Cold Moon Empire to attend the arms sales meeting. ”

Isn't the Cold Moon Empire the Heavenly Spirit Principality?

Rufis had a question in his mind.

The Quartermaster explained: "Originally, it was held in the Duchy, but Empress Erica Gredos decided to change this arms sales meeting to the Cold Moon Empire. ”

"Would you like to go?" asked His Majesty.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I do. ”

His Majesty was suddenly a little surprised.

"If the marshal says so, what does the quartermaster think?"

"The Marshal is very loyal to His Majesty, and the Minister deeply admires this, and the Minister also hopes that such a talented person as the Marshal can be allowed to attend the arms sales meeting. ”

The young Majesty then nodded solemnly, "In that case, the meeting will be held in two months, and the marshal will immediately straighten out the military affairs after he returns, and set off soon." ”

After all, the distance from the capital of the Fire Empire to the imperial capital of the Cold Moon Empire is far away, and coupled with the slowing down of the journey by a large team, it will take more than a month to arrive at the earliest, so Ruphes does not have any objections to the point of setting off in the future.

Not long before the Duke's Palace.

When he heard the news that Rufhis had agreed to go to the Empire, the Duke of Nax, who was idle at home, and the hawkish nobles were overjoyed, because the other party had begun to enter into a shocking conspiracy.

"Great, I'm going to get rid of this imp this time!" exclaimed Duke Nax, holding a glass full of red wine, "It's time to give him some color!"

The nobles of the old forces responded en masse!

At the same time, the Marshal's Mansion of the Agni Empire.

In front of Rufis stood twelve lieutenant generals, these people are young and promising, full of intelligence and vitality, for Rufis these people are his biggest bargaining chips, of course, if you want to count the chief of staff Aizak is also not impossible!

"What do you think of His Majesty's orders?" asked Rufhis.

"It's a conspiracy!"

The person who spoke was Lieutenant General Alec, the man who was known as the "First Brave General of the Empire".

"Lieutenant General Alec is right, this is clearly a conspiracy, it must be a trap set by Duke Nax's gang, they are afraid of the current Marshal, but if Your Excellency leaves the Empire, then it will be equivalent to losing the protection of the army, and may become the target of assassination!" Lieutenant General Meister said in one sentence to break the conspiracy of Duke Nax.

Ruphes smiled, and that smile was full of fearless domineering.

"Have you decided to go?" asked Lieutenant General Meister hurriedly.

"Yes, I've already decided!" Rufi said in a stuttering voice, "Although I have more than half of the army in the Empire, I have not made a real crusade against Duke Nax, and this time I leave the kingdom for Cold Moon is a good opportunity!"

Although the marshal was full of self-confidence, his generals showed apprehension.

"That being said, it's too dangerous, in case ......"

"That's right, Duke Nax doesn't dare to confront Your Excellency head-on, but he will definitely use despicable tricks!"

It's a pity that Rufes turned a blind eye to these opposing voices!

Seeing that persuasion was ineffective, the generals immediately had to cast a pleading glance at the chief of staff Aisak, who was standing behind the marshal, and although everyone disliked him, he was the only one who could convince the marshal, and there was no doubt about this.

But......

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