The Rhine is a large river that runs through the interior of Europa and eventually flows into the western sea of the world. The irrigated areas on both sides of the Rhine River are the main food producers of the Europa continent, among which the French Empire and the Milan Empire have a very big dispute over the sovereignty of the irrigation area, and even the two countries will fight each other for more fertile territory.

Under normal circumstances, it is very risky for the army to cross the Rhine, because the river is a natural barrier, but as soon as it enters the cold winter, some sections of the upper north of the river will form thick ice, so that the march can be unimpeded, so every winter is also a high period of war between the French Empire and the Milan Empire.

When Princess Zina left two months ago, she told Duke that the Empire's border defense was tight, and the Milan Empire was marching to the border abnormally. It's just that this kind of war is almost a common thing for both the French Empire and the Milan Empire, and it is strange that there is no friction every winter.

But no one expected that this time it was not an expected small fight, the early troops of the Milan Empire concentrated more than 100,000 troops and invaded the northern territory of the French Empire in a big way. The French Empire, which was not fully prepared in the early stage, lost a large amount of territory in an instant.

At the same time, the orcs of the Dark Forest also began to move when they saw that the Fran Empire was under such a serious attack, and there were signs of the orc army gathering. But the crisis is not limited to this, even the barbarians in the northernmost alpine region have appeared on the border between the Hans Empire and the Fran Empire, trying to find an opportunity to take advantage of the fire and rob, but they are blocked by the Hans Empire.

If it weren't for the Holy See forcing the Hans Empire to send troops to block the barbarian invasion for its own interests, it is estimated that the Hans Empire would not only not send troops to stop it, but even he couldn't bear this good opportunity and was ready to attack the French Empire from all sides.

Almost in just one month, the French Empire was faced with an embattled situation, and it was almost on the verge of extinction. This is why Emperor Fran chose to give up reinforcing Storm Castle, because objectively speaking, the cost of defending such a "lonely" border town as Storm Castle is too great, and the Frank Empire cannot face the dilemma of fighting on five fronts.

Of course, what really made the French Empire decide to give up was because of the gates of hell that Hera had said!

But fortunately, the current Emperor of the French Empire, Henry VII, is really not a faint king. He immediately mobilized Duke's father, Duke Otto, to lead the lion army of the Duchy of Berry, the first and second legions of the empire, and the heavy troops of the Guards Legion to suppress the forces of the northern barbarians, orcs and the Hans Empire, preventing them from attacking in groups.

On the other hand, he sent his eldest son, Prince Edward, to lead the Royal Knights and the Fifth Legion of the Empire to quickly reinforce the territory on the Rhine River and stabilize the battlefield situation. However, with the addition of the Venetian cavalry regiment of the Milan Empire and the Spartan heavy infantry regiment, the newly stabilized defense line seemed to be in danger due to the limitation of troops.

Faced with this critical situation, even Princess Jina took the initiative to ask Ying to lead the conscripted Frontier Knights, as well as the reserve army Imperial Eleventh Legion, to rush to the front line. It can be said that in the entire French Empire, except for some border and the defenders of key cities, even the imperial capital is only the last forbidden army, and this war is more dangerous and grand than everyone imagined.

Moreover, with the invasion of the Milanese army into the interior, the Andorran princes were facing the threat of war, so the Andorran princes also issued a conscription order, ordering the lords of the territory to lead their troops to the royal city to assemble and prepare for a possible war.

At the same time, there are a large number of displaced people who take refuge in the inland Andorran kingdom, but their destination is not the Storm Castle, but the royal city of Andorra.

Because of the dangerous reputation of Storm Castle, didn't you just get out of the wolf's den and enter the tiger's mouth when you went to Storm Castle? Maybe Storm Castle was broken by the army of monsters, and the end would be worse than being invaded by the Milan Empire.

Anyway, the Milan Empire still belongs to the same human race, and there are very few massacres in this world, so there is a way to farm the Milan Empire. If it falls into the hands of the Ice Demon, it will be dead.

Stormcastle did not have a task of resettlement of displaced people, nor did it have a conscription order, and perhaps the Prince of Andorra did not take Stormcastle as a military force in his eyes, leaving them to fend for themselves. The Fran Empire was facing such a crisis, and Stormcastle stayed out of it like a nobody.

If it were in the past, Duke really planned to watch the show, anyway, the French Empire also regarded Storm Castle as an outcast, and he became a backstabber, so why should I respond to the call and work desperately? And as a modern Duke, he doesn't have any thoughts of loyalty in his mind, he just wants to guard his own acre and live a good life of eating and waiting for death.

But now it's different, these outcasts are a valuable asset to Stormfort, which is very short of manpower. And if Duke offered to accept the exiles, it is estimated that the Prince of Andorra would personally thank Duke.

Because in any era, any city is not very friendly to the homeless, first, it will greatly increase the burden of the territory and cause a shortage of resources. Second, the displaced people are also a factor of instability, and there may be riots. In the Middle Ages, there was a high probability of spreading epidemics, so accepting displaced people would be a disservice to the prosperous royal city of Andorra and the Alpine city.

Since the homeless people didn't dare to come, Duke had no choice but to take the initiative to "invite"!

So Duke directly called Alan and Cassel to the study, and said to them: "The empire and Milan were at war before, and I believe you also know that now the front is about to reach the kingdom of Andorra. ”

For this war, Alan and Cassel naturally knew about it, and the outside world knew very little about Storm Castle, but it didn't mean that Storm Castle didn't know anything about the outside world. Because the supplies of Storm Castle need to be purchased from outside, naturally the caravan has brought a lot of external news.

Moreover, after the last attack on Alpine City, in order to prevent Count Fili from turning his face and playing yin, Duke also set up several special intelligence points in Alpine City, and any disturbances were transmitted to Storm Castle, so the news of Storm Castle was not closed.

"Lord Hui, have you been recruited by the Prince of Andorra?"

Alan asked Duke, and the only reason he thought about Dukti was because the Prince of Andorra had recruited Stormcastle.

"No, but you also know that Stormcastle is short of manpower, and these outcasts are very important to us, so I plan to send the Stormlegion to the borders of Andorra's pro-kingdom to receive them into Stormfort. ”

Hearing this, Alan understood what Duke wanted to do, and they also knew the tension of the storm manpower, which could also be seen from the recruitment of soldiers. But Cassel hesitated for a moment and said, "My lord, if there is no conscription from the Prince of Andorra, it is not good for us to go over and receive the displaced people like this, will we be punished by the Prince of Andorra?"

Faced with Cassel's concern, Duke replied with a sneer on his face: "We went to recruit the homeless, and it was too late for the Prince of Andorra to thank him. Take a step back and say, even if he wants to punish him, has he asked us about the sword in our hands?"