The regent Xiumo was joking with his younger brother, the Marquis de Montreis, as he walked to his chairmanship. In addition to a set of golden plate armor, he also had a pure white cloak and a sword around his waist.

"You don't have to be restrained, today's defense meeting has wronged you, if it weren't for the fact that the spies of the Eastern Oguna Empire have infiltrated this city, this king would not have made everyone commit to this. Xiumo said from his position.

"Big brother, in my opinion, even if you choose this secret location, it is difficult to guarantee that the secrets here will not be leaked, after all, among the people here" Montrey also wanted to make a mockery of the guys with different identities sitting opposite, but the regent Xiumo, who had always maintained a smile and an easy-going attitude, immediately interrupted him.

"Brother, this is your fault," Shumo turned his head to look at Count Deballo and Ludwig, "whether it is the genius of the Winter Kingdom or the master of the Tail Peninsula, they are the key factors in this joint fight against the enemy, and if we lack any of you, I believe that our war will be even more difficult." As soon as the regent said this, Count Yotek and Marquis Makilov and others nodded in agreement, and even the unforgiving Count Barton closed his lips tightly, not intending to say anything more. The only one was Simo's younger brother, Montrez, who seemed to be very dissatisfied, crossed his hands in front of his chest, and glanced at some of the people sitting on the other side.

"There's a lot to discuss today, so Deputy Head Myra," the regent didn't sit down, he turned his gaze to the widow Myra, who was sitting at the farthest point, "if you need to, you can rest on the second floor, and wait until we finish the meeting before discussing the matter between us alone." ”

The regent Xiu Mo actually talked to the deputy head of the hostile forces first, which really surprised everyone present. Many nobles did not understand why they would invite people from the Mercenary Guild to such a high-level defense meeting, knowing that the Mercenary Guild had publicly stated that it would not support the Western Oguna Empire, believing that the Western Oguna Empire was a "stealing regime". Although they helped the Kosai Kingdom to fight against the Duchy of Mageni and the East Oguna Empire, and also helped the East Oguna Empire to deal with the rebels in the west, these mercenaries with different positions openly called on the mercenary groups on the mainland not to help the West Oguna Empire, which made many nobles of the Western Oguna Empire very distressed. Now Myra has been given priority treatment by Shumo

Monteres couldn't help but say, "Big brother, I really don't understand"

Myla said directly: "No need, I'll just sit here and listen to your defense meeting, maybe it will help us in our future plans." She ignored the Marquis de Montres' objections, and the Lord Regent smiled and nodded in permission.

When Monterey saw that his brother valued the deputy head of the widow mercenary group so much, he had no choice but to hold his breath and look at his table with dissatisfaction, not knowing what he was planning. On the contrary, his son Meng Ge immediately became low-key and restrained, looking at his uncle Xiu Mo with reverence.

"This afternoon, we have a lot to discuss, the main of which is the distribution and dispatch of troops, mutual cooperation, joint attack and retreat, so in the course of the meeting, if you have any questions or questions, you can immediately raise them, and there is no need to be rigid in etiquette. Xiu Mo's voice was thick, and he waved his cloak and sat down.

Fide found that both the Virgin Golia and the regent Shumo had a very good temperament and demeanor, and although the other nobles were a little mean, the person with the highest power should not have caused the country to fall into a miserable situation if he was wise. The meeting with Golia and Shumo alone gave Fidel confidence in winning the defensive battle, and in his mind, the ability of the commander was crucial.

Lixson began by saying, "Lord Xiumo, we have just introduced each other," although he was only eleven years old, he acted with ease in front of so many big men with heads and faces, and he was not at all timid or sluggish, "This is Ludwig, the reinforcement envoy of the Kingdom of Cose, and this is the head of the Knights of the Church, Satnam, and his staff officer, Fid. He introduced Ludwig, Satnam, and Feder to Shumo, and it seems that only these three men were unknown to the Regent.

Xiu Mo nodded to them, "Thank you very much King Adam for your support to us, although King Adam is young, but his great talent has already begun to emerge, and with a genius like His Excellency Ludwig, we will definitely be able to defeat the East Oguna Empire together one day, and we will learn from Greencor!"

Ludwig just smiled and said nothing.

"Chief Satnam is the mainstay of the Papal States, and I have always wanted to meet Your Excellency," Xiumo praised Ludwig and looked at Satnam, who was sitting in fifth place, "It's a pity that I have the opportunity to meet Your Excellency today because of my official duties." You must know that the prestige of Archbishop Arthur Auerbach was impressed by the whole continent, and in addition, your country recovered the Transriver region and immediately sent troops to support our army, which is really a benefactor to all the people of the Western Oguna Empire. ”

"The Lord Regent is serious, we also attach great importance to the alliance with the Theoguna Empire, and we will definitely do our best to resist those invading forces this time. Satnam heard the archbishop mention of the archbishop, and praised them for their papal states, which really made the head of the Church Knights excited, and now he was finally confirmed by the powerful men of the Theoguna Empire.

Xiumo didn't look at Fidel, and after he finished talking to Satnam, he nodded to Lixson beside him. The eleven-year-old King's friend immediately stood up, went to a corner of the room, and took out more than a dozen picture scrolls from the cabinet and placed them on the table of each of the participants. Standing behind Satnam, Fetter looked at the other people's scrolls and found that they were all identical - they were all maps of the forces of the invading forces of the East Oguna Empire, and even the routes that the other side was about to move, the routes of the baggage deliveries, and the arrival times of the follow-up reinforcements were clearly depicted. This is like a document that was supposed to be in the hands of the commander-in-chief of the invading army of the East Oguna Empire, but it actually fell to the side of the West Oguna Empire, and everyone had a copy!

Ludwig frowned, and Fidel noticed that he looked at the scroll very carefully several times, and then closed his eyes and thought for a few more minutes before letting out a low exclamation. The expressions of the others also showed different degrees of surprise, such as a treasure. "Is this picture depicted true?!" the old earl of his seventies, Jotke, could not help but hold the scroll in his hands that were almost dry, and stared at the regent with wide eyes, hoping for a clear answer.

The others also looked at Xiumo and Lixson, "That's right, this confidential document is genuine, Asha will definitely not guess it, her every move is already under our control." A sinister smile appeared on the corner of the Regent's mouth, "Asha" was probably another name for Saresa, the commander-in-chief of the East Oguna Empire.

"With this scroll, it will be easy for us to defeat the enemy!" shouted Fuller, the leader of the Wave Mercenary Regiment, excitedly, and the nobles sitting opposite him echoed him. You must know that in military operations, the most important thing is to know oneself and know one's opponent. If the enemy's movements are well known to you, the opposing side will only need to choose the right time and place to defeat the enemy. You know, war is like two blind men attacking each other, but now it seems. Only one side is blind.

After Sathenam finished reading the scroll, he handed it to Fidel, who then took a look at the regent.

"Judging from the picture scroll, the distribution of forces in the East Oguna Empire is already very clear, even the number of warships and the number of soldiers on board the Admiral Sloman can be seen at a glance, what do you think?" Satnam turned back slightly and asked Fide in a low voice.

"Judging from this confidential map, the commander-in-chief Saresa has gone deep into the position close to Doret City alone, but the large force of the invading army has just set off from the vicinity of Windmill City, and nearly thirty percent of the main land force has not passed through the southernmost pass," Fei De saw that everyone else was talking and making a lot of noises, so he lowered his head slightly and responded to Satnam in a low voice, "As long as the difference in our forces is not too great, we can carry out encirclement and raids in several important strategic areas, and the other party should not know in advance." ”

Satnam nodded, with this scroll, it was very easy to catch Saresa who had broken into the hinterland of the Western Oguna Empire. Satnam studied in the Black Marsh, the capital of the Duchy of Magini, where there is the "School of the Graves of Peace", known as one of the two major military academies on the mainland, where he learned about the history of the continent's battles. Only once in history was the commander of an army with a small number of elites rushing into the belly of the opponent's military force with lightning speed, and then taking the head of the enemy's leader that night and breaking the city on the same day. There are no such successful military cases, could it be that this emperor's cousin, nicknamed the "Python of the Wasteland", wanted to replicate that glorious victory in history?

The Lord Regent waited until everyone was talking about it, and then let Lexson out of the room, and asked Captain Leland to push in a mock map table piled with sand. Leland was able to carry in the long table hidden in the side room alone, and the power was so great that even Feder couldn't help but feel in his heart that there was such a powerful warrior.

The simulated terrain map has placed many markers representing the distribution of forces in the East Oguna Empire, but all the troop markers of the West Oguna Empire have been set aside, as if there are only empty cities and enemies in this land now.

"Let's come and have a look. The Lord Regent had all the people gather around the long table, and he had also moved out of the window so that the sun could shine into it so that everyone could see the picture clearly.

The simulated topographic map divides the territory of the Western Goguna Empire from the east to the Split Mountains, to the north to the border between the Papal States and the Western Oguna Empire, to the south to the sea outside the Windmill City, and to the west to the Kingdom of Sarins.

"Neither I nor the Holy Maiden thought that Windmill City would be taken by Sloman, you must know that Francesco is a very capable lord, and His Majesty Manfret trusts him very much," Shumo picked up a black marker, which represented the army of the Eastern Oguna Empire, "but the most important area was still attacked, and we also lost the most important pass that divided the southern part of the mountain range, all this is my responsibility." He placed the black marker in the location of Windmill City, and there was also a black marker at the pass not far east of Windmill City.

In addition to black, the white markers represent the Theoguna Empire, the red ones represent the Kingdom of Sahlins, and the yellow ones represent the Papal States, and even the Transrivers are marked with blue markers.

The Regent motioned to Luxon with his eyes to inform everyone in detail of the subsequent war, and Feder had found that the little emperor's friend was very important, and he had already learned a lot at the age of eleven, and perhaps he had a special talent that was why the Regent appreciated him in particular.

Lixson informed all the attendees that Franchester, the lord of Windmill City, had been sent back to Doret City. Sloman said that this was an order from Electrochrom IV, and that the emperor of the East Oguna Empire wanted all the nobles and lords who had been his own to return to the embrace of the empire. Francester was a capable lord, so Electre IV had already ordered an amnesty for him. This move caused many of the original swingers to be co-opted by Grimmko in an instant, and within a month of Sloman's navy landing in Windmill City, many of the castle lords near the south had already expressed their allegiance to Electrium IV. And when the emperor's cousin Saresa personally led a large army to invade the Western Oguna Empire, in the largest city in the south, the Marquis of Baldwin, who had a self-respecting army, was the first to go out of the city to meet Saresa, which also made the subsequent invasion army like no one, and the nobles of the cities surrendered one after another, and the territory of the Western Empire was greatly reduced, and the new regime in the western border, which was originally on the offensive, immediately collapsed.

And those soldiers who had already crossed the Split Mountains were all outcasts, which also caused the other soldiers in the west to lose their morale and confidence, and fell into chaos for a while. Lexson recounted in great detail the various tragedies of the period before the Theoguna Empire, and the Lord Regent not only did not blame him, but praised him for being truthful and telling the truth to all the attendees. In addition to the defeat of the Western Guna Empire itself, the originally friendly and mutually supportive kingdom of Sallins has declared its neutrality for the time being, the Papal States are also mired in the quagmire of the Transriver region, and although a peace agreement has been reached, it has also been greatly damaged, and the three principalities in the distance are intriguing each other, and the Winter Kingdom is also taking care of itself, guarding against the Republic of Marvel and being attacked on both sides.

"That's right, that's what we've been dealing with before," said Xiu Mo with a slap on the edge of the long table, "and although we have somewhat stabilized our morale now, and the troops from the north and from the south have gathered near the capital, the situation is still very unfavorable to us, it is true. But we can also see clearly who is the enemy and who is the reliable friend in the midst of danger!" He began to sweep the nobles on the left with a sharp eye, and the nobles did not dare to look directly at the regent.

"But here's our chance!" shouted Chief of Staff Stanley, the former head of the Stanley General Staff, who was Xiumo, in a low voice. The regent took a deep breath, closed his eyes and immediately opened them, then nodded and said, "That's right, our chance has come." The opportunity he was talking about should be this confidential document on the distribution of forces, and where did this document come from?

"The opportunity is at hand, but I must hear your voices loyal to His Majesty Manfret!" said Shumo suddenly.

His younger brother Montres was the first to kneel down on one knee, and then pressed one hand into a fist in front of his chest, and the other noble lords, as well as Lixson, Stanley, Captain Fuller, and others all took the same pose, "Long live the St. Augusta Empire! Long live His Majesty Manfrett!" Satnam and Ludwig and the others also knelt down on one knee after them, only Myra, the deputy head of the widow mercenary group, was indifferent and continued to look at the sand simulation map on the long table.

Xiu Mo immediately let everyone get up, and he said slowly: "I know that many nobles in other places have now become disappointed in our new regime, but we cannot let Your Majesty down!

Hearing this, Fidel began to understand a little. He didn't know why, in Grincori, the capital of the East Oguna Empire, there was still an emperor of the empire, so why could Xiumo and Golia be able to bring out the little prince and then set up a new king? The most critical problem was that for a period of time after the independence of the Western Territory, they still had the upper hand in the situation, as if everyone had forgotten the original king, and threw themselves into the arms of the child emperor.

"I want to hear how many troops you have brought this time," the regent Xiu Mo picked up some white markers, which were large and small, but they were all marked with numbers, estimated to represent the strength of troops in units of 10,000 people, "This is the elite soldier I have trained in Doret City for many years, there are about so many." The Lord Regent was the first to lay out his forces, placing a white marker with the word "five" on it on the area of the city of Dorette.

Lexson then placed forces such as the withdrawal from the south and the troops gathered from the north in the vicinity of Doret City. Judging from the markers, the withdrawal of troops in the south was only 20,000, while the other minor nobles and lords in the north had reached the vicinity of Doret City.

The seven nobles exchanged glances with each other as they placed the markers in Lixson, and they also picked up some white markers, considering how many troops they would have to put out. The territories of these seven nobles are all in the central and northern regions, so you can decide how many people you want to gather at any time. The seven on the left also picked up the markers and weighed their troops.

Fidel noted that Saresa had only 15,000 men in the heart of the Theoguna Empire, and that the rear army, which had absorbed the forces of the surrendered nobles, was as high as 200,000. And that's not even counting the knights led by Carlos, the other mercenaries, Sloman's landing force, and Giovanni's gendarmerie troops, among others. According to the figures on the marker, the East Oguna Empire had a total of nearly 400,000 troops, which was a big difference from the 200,000 to 250,000 troop statistics collected by Avi this morning.

This kind of military power is almost the largest on the mainland, and Fei knew that the soldiers of the Kingdom of Sallins were not small, but if 400,000 soldiers were mobilized, it would be said that it would be overwhelming, and all the reserves - even women and veterans would be used.

Just as the nobles in their hands weighed the white troop marker in their hands, Ludwig reached out and took a black marker marked "ten", "The invading army of the East Oguna Empire is only 300,000 at most, and this secret map of the strength is fraudulent." ”