As soon as the messenger finished shouting, everyone present was silent. General Glenn slowly approached the other party's side, then lowered his head and asked softly, "You said that General Bonzina of Yiwang City has surrendered the city?"

"That's right" The soldier himself was a little confused, but this was the exact information he had just received from the Raven Messenger, and the soldier still held the letter from the Righteous King City in his hand. It's just that in the next second, he must have regretted that he had brought the news to this camp full of generals, because a sword blade suddenly popped out of Glenn's arm armor and plunged directly into the soldier's stomach.

After Glenn had killed the soldier, he reached for the letter, glanced at it, and threw it into a brazier, the blade that ejected it instantly retracted into the armguard. Feder guessed it was a weapon trap, and if this guy was an opponent, he had to be very careful. None of the others questioned that he had killed one of his own soldiers for no reason, and even Stanley, the chief of the General Staff, had only ordered the guards outside the tent to drag the body away so as not to be an eyesore.

Ludwig looked at the bitter generals with a smile on their faces, for they had only learned that the fortress had been attacked and lost until the evening of the previous day, and that it was before dawn that he heard the worse news that Bonzina had surrendered.

"Captain Fide and Master Ludwig may not know that this Boncina is the brother of me, Master Shumo, and General Glenn, who was born and died, and that's why General Glenn will" Stanley didn't continue, he shook his head, and sighed loudly, as if he couldn't accept this fact either.

"Maybe he's pretending to surrender?" Ludwig teased.

Derek said: "It is rumored that General Bonzina has no wife and no children, and he is alone with his troops outside without restraint, the reason why he has held on to the city of the righteous king for so long and has not flinched a single step is because of his relationship with Lord Regent, why did he suddenly choose to surrender today? Could it be that the information is wrong?"

The expressions of the others were not good-looking, and of course they hoped that the information was wrong, but such opportunities were very rare, and I was afraid that by dawn, all parts of the capital's defense line would learn of this extremely bad news.

Fei De watched as Chief of Staff Stanley stood up silently, slowly walked to the side of the large map, and then pulled out the markers of the Righteous King. Later, the marker of the invading army of the East Oguna Empire was inserted in the place of Yiwang City, and in this way, the total number of the invading army of the East Oguna Empire has been increased again, at least nearly 400,000. According to time calculations, most of these 400,000 people have reached the south of the defense line of Yiwang City, and are advancing from this vast defense line to the north. On the other hand, the entire army of the Western Oguna Empire has been hoarded here in Doret City, the combined strength of the seven nobles is 150,000, the regent Xiumo's own troops are 40,000 or 50,000, as well as 30,000 mercenaries, and tens of thousands of other small lords and small nobles, this is all the bargaining chips of the Western Oguna Empire.

The already large gap in strength was now widened by Bonzina's surrender, and Stanley looked at the sign on the map of the Righteous King City with annoyance - he should have considered that Bonzina might not be able to bear the pressure and surrender, and he should have asked the Lord Regent to recall Bonzina, and he had known him for many years, and he would have put his official affairs in danger because of personal affairs.

Stanley turned his head slightly to look at Ludwig, and now he only hoped that what the Winter Nation had said at the Defense Council was true - there was really something wrong with the troop map of the invading forces of the East Oguna Empire, and their troops would be at least 100,000 less.

Fidel had already seen in the eyes of the chief of the General Staff who was silent that there was no way to regret it. The regent Xiumo originally held the force distribution map of the invading army, but during the month of the enemy's slow advance, the passive Theoguna Empire not only did not take the initiative to find the enemy's breakthrough, but also completely wasted this force distribution map, just trying to catch the extremely mobile wasteland python.

In the end, Saresa didn't catch it, but instead huddled all her troops around the capital city of Dorette. Now that even the 50,000 soldiers of the Righteous King City have chosen to surrender at this moment, will the other party really gather all their forces and fight to the death under the capital city as the regent Xiumo fantasized? Thinking of this, Fei De has already begun to imagine that Saresa has countless ways to defeat the Theoguna Empire. The other party is now higher in terms of strength and morale, and she has the initiative, since the Western Guna Empire has chosen to retreat and stabilize the situation, it has chosen to be passive, in this case, I am afraid that it is impossible for the leader of the mercenary group to play any key role.

But just as Fidel was thinking this, Ludwig, a Winterlander sitting across from him, looked at him with a mysterious smile. The other party seems to be quite happy about the surrender of Bonzina's surrender, and he refused to let him take the mercenaries to meet the defenders of Yiwang City before, but now he doesn't need to think about the connection, he just needs to put all his heart and soul into how to defend Doret City.

"I think so, how about letting all the generals go back to rest and wait until this afternoon for a meeting?" Ludwig proposed, retracting his smile.

The other generals all nodded in agreement, they had received two bad news in a row, and coupled with the lack of sleep, they were already very uncomfortable. Stanley, the chief of the General Staff, also did not say a word, as if there was a nameless fire, ready to sprinkle it on everyone's bodies. And General Glenn's grim expression also warned everyone that the current atmosphere was very dangerous.

When the crowd dispersed, Stanley left Fidel behind.

"Head Field, you left here to ask you a question in private. ”

"Chief of the General Staff, please. ”

"Do you think that if one of us was a spy of the enemy, who do you think that person would be?"

Fidel immediately shook his head.

"If you narrow it down a bit, between me, you, Ludwig, Glenn, and Derek, who do you think might be that spy? ”

As soon as Stanley said this, he immediately narrowed the object of suspicion to two people! Of course, Fidel knew that he was not, and Stanley, who could ask this question, could not be, and the envoy of the Winter Kingdom, Ludwig, did not look like him, he only seemed to have some hidden secrets, but if he were to leak military information to the enemies of the Cosai Kingdom, it would not be of any benefit to this new power in the western frontier that was on the same front as the Cosai Kingdom. Then the remaining two may have the biggest suspicion - Derek's suspicion is greater than Glenn's, after all, General Glenn is the brother of the regent Xiumo from birth to death.

But these thoughts only stayed in Feide's mind, he did not tell the chief of staff, just continued to shake his head, now silence is the best option.

Stanley waved his hand, and he said, "I don't doubt or blame you, after all, you are still young, just like you" The Chief of Staff said this, suddenly swallowed back what he was about to say, waved his hand again, and let Fielder leave.

By the time Feder walked out of the tent, the sky had become a little pale, and he noticed that Ludwig and General Derek were still chatting somewhere outside the tent, and it seemed that the other party didn't mind being seen in the slightest.

When I woke up at noon, the other squadron leaders had already eaten their lunches. They were a little dissatisfied with the boring life of eating, sleeping, and training in the camp all month, and when they saw Field, they all complained.

"I heard that the defense line of Yiwang City has finally collapsed, and it seems that the invading army of the East Oguna Empire will soon come here. Marcus touched his round belly, he hadn't put on his armor for many days, and the warmth of spring made him feel a little craving to sleep after a full meal.

Lukka also said: "Yes, Commander, we haven't worked for a long time, and the other mercenary groups are also very obedient to us, and your name has spread throughout the Theoguna Empire, do you think we can really only wait here for the defense of the capital now?"

Nur immediately comprehended and said: "Captain Fide, do you think we have a chance to win this guard battle? We are mercenaries after all, although some people in authority keep giving you to the regiment commander" He paused for a moment, but under the urging of Marcus and Luka's eyes, he still continued, "Keep putting a high hat on the regiment commander, but I feel that the situation this time is really not optimistic." Even if we had recaptured the fortress at the border and defeated the Wasteland Python, it would not have been long before that land fell into the hands of the enemy, and the country did not seem to be getting any better. He said what he had prepared in one fell swoop. Fei De could see that the three of them had long wanted to offer advice to him, but they had just learned that the defense line of Yiwang City had been lost and the Hub Fortress had been taken away, so they took this opportunity to remind themselves.

But why don't you want to leave?

Fid began to think that Avi and Fan were smart and wise, and that the two of them had stayed out of the vortex before the Potato Mercenary Corps found themselves in a difficult situation. There were also several nights when Fid regretted his choice—from transporting food here, being persuaded by Rassad, to attending a defense conference, then being released from house arrest, and finally being pulled into the garrison's high command. Although this experience has taught me a lot, gained a lot, and the strength and reputation of the potato mercenary group have also improved a lot, the last section of this road is extremely dark. Maybe no one pushed him, and when he became Stanley's staff officer, he couldn't retreat with the potato mercenary group. Looking back on everything, I blame myself for not being resolute enough at the beginning, but my cold self on the surface is buried in a hesitant heart.

"We can't get out of here now, just wait. Feder simply responded to the captains, and everyone was disappointed. They had all encountered the most difficult situations, but now they felt like they were waiting to die, and all of them seemed to have been put on a big boat drifting on the sea, while the wind and sun were beautiful outside, but they could never see the land.

After the three of them turned to leave, Ayana appeared where they were standing, "I found something, you can come to me after the meeting." She said and turned away. Fett then remembered that Ayana had infiltrated the castle of the Holy Light City to find her enemy, and now that she had been living here for nearly a month, perhaps she had already checked the inside and outside of this military camp and Doret City!

With this hope in mind, Phyll returned to his dull, depressed and negative tent. Most of the generals were already seated in their seats, and he and General Glenn were the last to take their seats. Stanley, for his part, had regained his composure, like the honest man he had seen at the Defense Conference, as if this meeting had been just the most ordinary meeting.

But when General Derek spoke, everyone was once again pulled into the abyss of helplessness, "Last night, someone secretly set fire to the granary in Doret City, which caused our food to be reduced by more than half, and it is estimated that the remaining food can only be supported"

Stanley didn't let him continue, "I already know about it, and how much food I don't need to say." His tone was categorical, but the other generals looked terrified. Who would have thought that the well-guarded granary would be set on fire, no wonder when he got up just now, Fei De smelled some strange smell wafting from the direction of Doret City, it turned out that the grain had been burned.

Derek had no choice but to say, "So now it's time to bring another part of the stored grain from Le Meridien's Country, and that's what my report is." ”

Glenn coughed slightly, and then said, "I also have news here, if it is compared to the burning of grain, this news should be considered good news," he paused, and waited for the embarrassed expressions of the crowd to retract for a moment before he continued, "Just before dawn today, after receiving the news about the surrender of Bonzina, a traitor, the city surrender, there was new news just now from the surrender army of Yiwang City. The two barons have agreed that they will be lurking in the enemy's army with their men for the time being, and will send us information from that side at any time. ”

"But how do we verify that these people are not trying to give us false information and then send it to us?"

"They have just surrendered, I don't think it is possible to gain the power and freedom to send letters so quickly, these two so-called barons, there must be fraud among them!"

"That's right, I'm not optimistic about them either, besides, will their subordinates listen to them?

Most of the generals said that the two men could not be trusted, and from the information given by Glenn, the two barons were not named at all. Their true identities still seem to be a mystery, where are their families, and whether there are reasons to be loyal to the Theoguna Empire? These are all things that must be considered.

Glenn didn't affirm the credibility of these people, he just said that the news was not bad, at least the initiative was on their side.

Other generals reported on defense work one after another, and some generals reported on training and patrolling of soldiers. According to the scouts' feedback, there is no large enemy force at the hub fortress for the time being, and the invading forces of the East Oguna Empire have not sent troops to move north.

Some of the generals immediately expressed regret that if they had sent their elite troops back the moment they learned that Saresa had taken the fortress, perhaps the fortress would have been recaptured by now.

"Even if it is recaptured, what can it do?" Ludwig poured a basin of "cold water" on the general, "There is no point, we have to give up in the end, we just need to arrange the fortifications of the capital, and the rest of the defense line is guaranteed to support each other and interlock, then we don't have to worry about those enemies." ”

"But we're not running out of food right now!"

"Then we will find a way to seduce the enemy's main force and come here to fight us to the death. Ludwig said lightly, as if the other party was completely in his own hands and could be played with at will.

The others were not as optimistic as Ludwig, this was their country, not the country of the Winter Country. The group began to focus on the distribution of forces, with most generals hoping to have enough troops under their command, while others wished to be assigned the task of guarding the strongholds on the east and west. Fide already knew that most of these people were loyal to the regent Shumo, and that all the other authorities had already been stripped of their military privileges and placed under house arrest in the city of Dorette. There are also some generals who can fight well, perhaps because they did not gain Xiu Mo's trust, and were arranged to go to Yiwang City, but unfortunately they have now become enemies.

"The general fortifications have been completed, and some of them are still being rebuilt, but I believe that these fortifications will definitely cause great trouble to the enemy," Stanley made a concluding statement, "No matter how many enemies there are, they will not be able to leave their territory for a long time, and we will defeat us on our land, and we still have a vast rear to support us, so in this battle, the victorious side must be us!" At the end, the chief of the General Staff said that his tone was very excited, and some generals were also moved by the enthusiasm of the chief of the General Staff, and they all said that they would go all out and fight to the death.

Fei felt that there were only two possibilities for the Western Oguna Empire to win this battle - the first was that the Cosai Kingdom had made a breakthrough on the northern front of the Eastern Oguna Empire, forcing the Eastern Oguna Empire to return to the rescue, and the second was that the enemy had made a major strategic mistake in the defense of the capital.

Ludwig, on the other hand, had an intriguing expression, for all the fortifications he advocated had already been built, that his plan of mixing the local forces had been carried out, that he had advocated that the vast majority of the elite should be left around the city of Doret and that heavy defensive trebuchets and other weapons should be built in the three sub-cities had been carried out according to his wishes. But even so, Fidel felt that none of this was the best way to go, but Ludwig's advice was to serve his ulterior purpose, and now it was all in the direction he wanted.

When she returned to her tent, Ayana was sharpening her arrows, but she had already noticed Fidel with a tired expression. "You can go back and rest first. ”

"No, I'd like to hear your intel. ”

Ayana put down the arrow, then walked over to Fed's side, stood on tiptoe, and whispered in his ear, "I saw a man, the girl named Carrie. ”

"Carrie?!"

"That's right, I wouldn't be wrong. ”

Fylde remembered that Carrie and Ayana had indeed met at Pool Castle and the Rock Thieves, "Where did you meet her?"

"One night, somewhere in the city of Doret. ”

Or maybe she just chose to live here?

"What is she doing?"

"She's with a woman in a hooded robe, and that woman is the one who showed up in this camp this morning," Ayana said as if talking about something everyday, "the woman who hid in the tent of the council." ”