The city of Sinla was built on a high mountain.

Before the unification of the Empire, the city belonged to the Ishkal artisan people, who still existed, but had been completely assimilated by the Empire, and the original writing system had gradually disappeared.

From the very beginning of its construction, the Ishkars valued the natural barrier of the high mountains.

This is an easy-to-defend and difficult city to attack, and unless you have a full floating army, such as the Magic Legion, it is difficult to conquer this precipitous city with manpower alone, and it is even more difficult than Antler Bay.

But at the same time, it also has a fatal drawback, there is only one mountain road, if it encounters a prolonged siege and cuts off the supply of the city of Sinla, the city will sooner or later riot due to famine, and it will be destroyed.

The loss of life and no return refers not only to the attackers, but also to the defenders of the city.

Having the city as a territory in itself requires a great deal of courage.

In the council hall of Sinra, the officials and generals of the city gathered together, and Viscount Hipper sat at the top of the long table, and the iron seat was covered with a layer of soft animal skin, and the fur could not even feel the cold chill of the iron.

But the Viscount's mood was colder than iron.

The change came too suddenly, just a moment ago he was still negotiating a marriage with Viscount Rhodes of Oise, the correspondence stage had entered the end, and Viscount Rhodes had almost understood his thoughts, and just as he was about to make a decision, a marriage and a powerful ally, he received news from the messenger.

Antler Bay sent troops overnight, and with a force of less than 300 people, they actually divided their troops to capture Wuhe and Vambia.

Now Sinla's situation is in a triangular encirclement of Antler Bay, Uhe and Vambia.

Even the Antler Bay army passed through his territory as they marched.

But no messenger was sent to deliver the apology.

To this day, there is still none.

What exactly does Antlerhorn Bay want to do?

No liege would be happy to have their realm surrounded by other forces.

The situation was unfriendly, and it was common for the besieging forces to send a letter to show that it was a coincidence and that they had no ill intentions, even if the real intentions were not necessarily so, but it was a form of etiquette, and the lords valued etiquette among themselves.

Antler's Bay didn't do that, it was rude, and it was just as dangerous.

Although on the surface, the lord of Antler Bay is Dunbar, the third son of His Excellency the Duke of the West, but according to the understanding of the lords, the real owner of this seaside city is a man named Hodge whose origin cannot be found.

At the thought of the name, Viscount Hipper's eyes narrowed even tighter, and the world became a slit in his eyes, which was cut by a blade or blade, and blood threatened him.

His fingers clenched the fur, and the fine leather was rubbed hard by him, and many of the fluffs were pulled apart.

"Let's talk about it. ”

The heavy atmosphere was broken by Viscount Hipper himself, and almost all the dignitaries of the city were concentrated here, not opening their mouths, and others did not dare to speak without permission.

"How do we deal with the situation at hand? ”

As he spoke, Hipor subconsciously pinched the bridge of his nose near his eyes, although he had repeatedly hinted to himself in the past few days that Sinla City, a city he had painstakingly managed for decades, already had a strong army and city walls and a natural barrier, and even if the people of Antler Bay integrated the soldiers of Uhe and Vambia, it would not be enough to see.

But even so, he suffered from insomnia for several days.

Obviously, the comparison of strength is clear at a glance.

But he just couldn't completely let go of his mind.

"Antler Bay has absolutely no kindness to us, otherwise it wouldn't have surrounded us without saying a word. "Chancellor of the Exchequer Solland is nearly seventy years old, and when he stands up, he even needs the support of his servants, and his voice is visibly trembling and powerless.

"Your Excellency Sollan is right, it's Uhe and Vambia now, but the next target is probably our Sinla. Pusel, a prominent member of the town hall, had the same concerns.

"It's a shameful act of rudeness, and that dirt bun named Hodge doesn't know what respect is! We should teach him what etiquette is!" "The most energetic are always young people, like Randall, who is banging on the table, who has just turned twenty-three.

"Don't be stupid, now we don't know where the main force of Antler Bay is, and in their eyes, we are just a target, if we send an army to cause the emptiness of the city's defense forces, we will immediately be taken advantage of, judging from the results of this battle report, this young man who has just been knighted has a cunning character and a desperate gamble!"

"We should contact Earl Aldan, Loud was killed in battle, he originally had only three territories, now there are only two, and what he has lost is the most valuable Wuhe, I don't believe he can hold back this breath, and maybe use his army to disrupt the arrangement of Antler Bay, and then we will come forward to finish it. ”

"Aldan is an old turtle! A week has passed, have you seen him react? No! We're waiting for him, he's waiting for us! He can see that the next target in Antler Bay is more likely to be on us, and now he's the one who wants to be the finisher. ”

"Count Gordon, Van Bia is his domain. ”

Van Biya is isolated for Gordon, his sphere of influence is concentrated in the southeast, even if he wants to contribute, sending troops over will be the next winter!"

The hall of the council was a mess, mixed with voices, and officials contended with their opinions and opinions for a long time to no avail.

"Your Excellency, I can assure you that they will never be able to storm the walls of Sinla!"

The giant man who stood up close to two meters tall beat his chest, and the dull thump sound like a drum and his loud voice with its own amplification effect calmed the scene well, he was wearing special armor, which was larger than the regular armor for two whole weeks, and hanging a broad-bladed thick sword with two palms wide hanging on his waist and abdomen, because it was too heavy, it could only be tied to the belt of the special with a fine steel chain, otherwise the weight of the sword alone was enough to make any pants fall off the ankles, or even the ground!

This bear-like man named Schumpeter was a loyal follower of Viscount Hipper, and the commander of the defense of Sinra, who had won many key battles for His Excellency during the war, so Hipper never doubted his loyalty, and so did his ability.

"I only need five hundred!"

Schumpeter's voice was sonorous and powerful, like a chisel that chiseled the sound directly into the eardrum, booming.

"Five hundred! Enough! It's not that I'm arrogant, I've been a neighbor for so many years, can I still not know enough about the second-rate armies of Wuhe and Vambia? That's a group of old soldiers, look at this ridiculous battle report, the army of a thousand people was easily defeated by a hundred or even dozens of people in Antler Bay, from this point you can see the quality of their army, even if they are absorbed, it is impossible to improve their strength much in a short period of time. ”

"As for Antler Bay. ”

Schumpeter snorted, "It's true that too many people have come to their surprise, even me, everyone underestimated the true strength of this almost abandoned city, but so what? The base of the army in Antler Bay is there, even if all of them are elite soldiers, but on the real battlefield, only numbers are the key to victory." Five hundred people, plus the city walls, how many times they want to attack, I will let them fail a few times!"

Hearing Schumpeter's words, Viscount Hipper's eyelids blinked slightly.

"What if they besiege the city?" Minister of War Kester poured a basin of cold water directly, "There is no need to siege the city, we just need to cut off our supplies at the bottom of the mountain and seal the exit of the mountain road, how long can we hold out? At most, in half a year, Xinla will be breached." ”

Schumpeter glared at him, he always felt that the middle-aged military minister was all fucking bullshit, a bastard who could only talk on paper, but he had hindered his plans several times, he couldn't wait to pull out his broadsword and slap it on his brain, it's as easy as smashing a pumpkin!

"Then we'll fortify the entrance to the mountain path!" said Schumpeter's deep voice.

Kester shook his head: "With the walls and terrain of Sinla, it is easy to defend, but in a flat place like the entrance to the mountain road, it is extremely disadvantageous for us. ”

"Fuck!" Schumpeter was annoyed, and pulled out his broadsword and pressed it directly against the long table, the weight of which pressed a broken thread.

"Then you say, what are we going to do!"

The others were somewhat frightened by Peter Bear, that kind of real killing intent could not be faked, and the giant bear commander was surprisingly angry at this moment.

Kester was not intimidated, but rather calmly took out the glass lenses, which could alleviate his problem of not being able to see objects clearly when he was far away.

"There's an easier way. ”

He looked at Hipper on the high seat, "Hodge's attack on the two cities this time has obviously violated the tacit agreement between the lords at this stage, and he belongs to the forces of the Marquis of Raymond, I don't think that these two sieges can be approved by His Excellency the Marquis, then we only need to inform the Marquis of Raymond, and he will put pressure and restrain him, and Hodge will no longer be our problem." ”

Quiet.

There was silence.

Even Schumpeter only snorted and stopped talking.

Everyone was thinking about the feasibility of Kester's proposal.

And their results were surprisingly consistent.

Very good.

"Good. Hipper leaned up in his chair and stood up.

"Very good. He added.

Kester bowed modestly.

Before he could lift his head, he heard Viscount Hipper speak again.

"But no. ”

Hipper looked down at the crowd at the bottom of the steps.

"What is Hodge, he can only be regarded as a mad dog raised by Raymond, and to deal with mad dogs, you have to let the master lead the leash, so what are we, incompetent people? Now I can still exchange letters with Raymond in the ordinary way, what will he think of me in the future, and the whole north, what will he think of me Hipper?!"

"No, we don't need to stick to the mad dog, and we don't need to get his master on a leash. ”

"Let's just take a stick and smash his dog's head!"

"Good!" said Peter Schumpeter excitedly picked up his broadsword and smashed it down, and the long table was completely crushed into two sections.

Kester was stunned for a moment and asked, "...... the city of Nasinla?"

If they take the initiative, as someone said in the previous noise, the target they are looking for is too big, and the target of Antler Bay is only the city of Sinla.

"To fight a difficult vicious dog, it is stupid not to rely on tools. ”

Hipper's eyes slowly opened, and the world shrunk into a slit brightened again.

"Doesn't Rhodes want to marry us? then let him transfer troops from Oise to Sinla before the start of the next month!"