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A crisp sound came from inside Leon III's study, and the soldiers guarding outside the study silently recited in their hearts: Today, the eighth time to smash the cup.

Yes, after learning the news of the sudden start of the war by the Dark Elves, Leon III was instantly furious, and directly called the chief minister of the empire's intelligence department and some bigwigs of the military to his study and scolded him fiercely for a whole day, during which there was also the sound of eight cup smashes, which shows how strong Leon III's anger was at this time.

In the six or seven hundred years of history since the founding of the Caesar Empire, only the Caesar Empire has ever fought others, and when did it take the turn of other forces to take the initiative to invade Caesar? But during the tenure of Leon III, who is known as the greatest emperor since Caesar's founding, he was invaded by two foreign tribes one after another, one with orcs and one with dark elves.

If the Caesar Empire does not teach this group of dark elves who do not know the height of the sky this time, I am afraid that from now on, all the forces on the continent will think that the Caesar Empire has declined into a soft persimmon.

"Tell me, my dear intelligence officer, why didn't the intelligence department get the slightest bit of information about this invasion of the dark elves?

The chief minister of the intelligence department was Sophius Serre, a veteran aristocrat in Caesar's imperial capital of Vetaron, from the family of Seret, the maternal family of the second prince Edgar. As a result, he was also one of the staunch supporters of the second prince, Edgar.

However, at this time, Sophie's state was obviously not very good, and he didn't know anything about the war suddenly provoked by the dark elves. Before the outbreak of the war, the last news from within the Dark Elves said that there was a great plague breaking out in the Dark Elves, originally, Sophies was happy to think that after the plague, the Dark Elves would decline even more, but he didn't expect that after the outbreak of the plague, the Dark Elves would use this as an excuse to provoke a war against the Caesar Empire.

So when the news of the war came, Sophie immediately realized that his position as Minister of Intelligence might be over, and God knows what kind of punishment Lyon III would punish in anger, but at least, a charge of negligence in collecting intelligence cannot be escaped.

"Well, why don't you speak, aren't you usually very powerful, why are you dumb now? Okay, since you like to be silent, then don't stay in this position of intelligence minister, go home and go honest to retire." Lyon III announced the end of Sophie's political career in a direct sentence.

Hearing the order from Leon III, Sophie sat down on the ground with his ass. Although he had already been mentally prepared in his heart, when it really happened to him, he still couldn't help but be a little shocked. After all, this position in the intelligence department is a crucial help for Edgar, the second prince who aspires to the throne of Caesar's empire. Losing this position, Sophie could already predict that he would be abandoned by his family and the second prince.

After Sophie was pushed out by two guards, Leon III turned to look at the generals of the military and said, "What about you?

After several generals glanced at each other, an old general stepped forward and said: "Back to Your Majesty, because the attack of the Dark Elves came suddenly, the soldiers guarding the border cities were still outnumbered although they tried their best to resist, and at present, the three border cities in the southern provinces of our country have all fallen into the hands of the Dark Elves Clan. ”

"What about the losses?"

"In charge of garrisoning the three border cities was the Tiger Legion, which fought and retreated under the leadership of its commander, losing about 20,000 men, but in turn they also killed more than 5,000 Dark Elf soldiers. The old general said.

20,000 for 5,000, a four-to-one battle loss ratio.

Leon III took a deep breath, he knew very well that it was also thanks to the soldiers brought out by the Grand Duke of Basiut who were stationed on the border of the southern provinces, because they were the only ones who could maintain such a low battle loss ratio in this sudden war.

Four to one, although it seems that the losses of the Caesar Empire are large in terms of numbers, the soldiers of the Dark Elf Clan have surpassed the human soldiers in combat effectiveness, not to mention that more than eighty percent of the soldiers in the Dark Elf Clan's army are archers. In the history of the Arad continent, humans have not had wars with the dark elves, and in those wars, a large number of human soldiers were shot by the archers of the dark elves.

Therefore, being able to maintain a four-to-one battle loss ratio in the sudden attack of the dark elves shows how strong the combat effectiveness of this legion stationed on the border is.

"What about the countermeasures?" asked Leon III.

Several generals sighed and said at the same time: "Your Majesty, as early as when the news of the war provoked by the dark elves reached Vetaron, several of us had already discussed, the Southern Province is the fief of the Basiut family, and it is most suitable for the Grand Marshal Grand Duke Bashut to come out. ”

Grand Duke Basut?

Leon III squinted his eyes, thought for a while, and said, "Okay, just do it, send an order, order Grand Duke Basiut to be the supreme marshal, and mobilize all the troops of the southern provinces to meet this group of dark elves who dare to invade my Caesar Empire." In addition, the few of you are also ready to go your own way, and once the legions of the Southern Province are mobilized to the front, the guards of the entire Southern Province will be handed over to you and the legions in your hands. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty. ”

Several generals bowed their hands.

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meanwhile

After learning the news of the war launched by the Dark Elves, Grand Duke Basyut, who was patrolling the fiefdom, ordered people to mobilize troops to prepare for the battle, and rode lightly to the imperial capital of Vetaron, he wanted to know what kind of attitude Leon III had towards this war.

After all, in the eyes of Grand Duke Basiut, it was not difficult to drive out the invading dark elves with the combat strength of Caesar's imperial army, but what about after driving them out, whether to pursue while winning or defend in place, he had to hear Leon III's instructions with his own ears.

If he just defended in place, then he only needed to send a few cronies, because although the Dark Elves were strong in individual combat, their weaknesses were also obvious, that is, there were no good commanders in the Dark Elves army, and they were able to win the battle completely by their individual quality and surprise attack methods. But if Leon III's attitude is that he can take advantage of the victory, then he will have to go into battle himself, because like Leon III, Grand Duke Basiut also has warlike blood in his body, and he is very much looking forward to the day when he will see the Caesar Empire unify the continent of Arad in his lifetime. And this time, the Dark Elves took the initiative to attack, which was undoubtedly the best opportunity.

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The gates of the city of Vetaron

Ever since the Dark Elves started the war, the power of Valetalon's guards has increased exponentially.

And early this morning, when the guards of Vetaron opened the gates less than a continent, a heavily armed cavalry rushed from a distance, and there was no tendency to slow down after approaching the gates.

"What people!"

Several city guards were startled when they saw this, and hurriedly raised their spears in their hands to face the cavalry that was constantly approaching.

And this scene happened to be seen by a city guard officer who inspected the city gate, this city guard officer is not a small person without vision, he can be regarded as a noble family, he knows very well what signs the big nobles in the imperial capital Vetaren have.

So when he saw the knight who was leading the cavalry rushing with a lion's head banner in his hand, his face changed, and he hurriedly ran to the city gate and scolded: "What are you fools doing, why don't you put away your weapons quickly!"

When several soldiers heard the order of their boss, a look of suspicion flashed in their eyes, and when they were in their duty, one soldier said: "My lord, there is a rule above that no horses are allowed to enter the city at the city gate. ”

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A loud slap hit the soldier in the face, and the soldier was blinded at once, and then the city defense officer scolded loudly: "Blind your dog's eyes, and don't look at whose guard it is, that is the guard of Grand Duke Basyut, the only generalissimo of our Caesar Empire, the Grand Duke must have an emergency to report to His Majesty, and you can't afford to delay the military situation!"

As soon as they heard that the person was the generalissimo of the empire, where did these soldiers dare to raise their guns to greet them, they hurriedly put down their spears and opened the city gate widely, watching the cavalry rush into the city from far and near.

As soon as he entered Vetaron, the leading knight began to shout: "The Grand Duke is urgently returning to the capital, and the idle people are waiting to get out of the way quickly!"

During this time, the inhabitants of Valylon had also heard a lot about the war provoked by the Dark Elves, and now when they saw that even the Grand Duke of Bashuut, who was patrolling in the south, had been ordered to return to the capital, they knew that this war was definitely not a small fight, and hurriedly flashed to both sides of the road, because they knew very well that in this case, even if they were killed by horses, they would not find a place to reason.

After a gallop, Grand Duke Basiut came to the gate of the palace without any problems, but before he could dismount, a white shadow rushed out from the side and went straight to him.

"What people!"

The speed of the people who came was so fast that the guards of the Grand Duke of Basiut hurriedly raised their weapons to aim at the white figure, but when they saw the owner of the figure clearly, they couldn't help but be so frightened that the weapons in their hands fell to the ground unsteadily.

"Her Royal Highness Princess Isabella?!"

Grand Duke Bashut naturally recognized the comer, and although he was anxious, he still maintained a kind face and said, "Your Royal Highness, what's the matter?"

"Grand Duke, my father asked me to come to you, and only you can help your father in this matter. Isabella said with red eyes.

The Grand Duke of Basiut was stunned when he saw this, and then a bad thought came to his mind, and when he got off the horse, he walked up to Isabella and asked in a low voice, "What happened?"

"I suspect that my father has been controlled. ”

(End of chapter.) ）()

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