Count Fili now hated Ott, not just because he killed his brother, the eldest son of Count Filip. But because of all this he caused, the balance of power in the Andorran kingdom was broken, and the weakest mountain city became fat in the eyes of other forces, and in the future, the territory of the Philippe family's mountain city will become history.

The servant naturally knew the hatred in Count Filip's heart, although he had been rebelled by Storm Castle, but it was true that he had stayed by Count Filip's side for so many years, and he knew everything about Count Fili very well.

"Lord Earl, my lord has already said that Ott will be at your disposal when the time comes. And let me say more, you are still young, maybe you can have your own children in the future, although the future has changed, but it is definitely not the worst, the lord can even give you a small territory, and you will be your own lord in the future. ”

Hearing the servant's words, the last bit of insistence in Count Filip's heart was dispelled, and indeed as the servant said, he was the worst time now, and the future would not necessarily be worse than now. The only thing that made Count Filip feel uncomfortable was probably the servant's sentence Lord Lord, who used to call the person corresponding to himself, but now the person corresponding to this title has become Duke, this straw bale that he once looked down on!

Count Filip finally agreed to all of Duke's requests, and with him on board, the soldiers and generals of the Alpine Army, who had been hesitant before, were basically in a stage of total defection. After all, Ott's reputation in Alpine City is not good, and many nobles are not ashamed to be with him, let alone accept his rule in the future.

More importantly, he killed the real first heir to the throne of Takayama Castle, and also put his father under house arrest, which is impossible to accept and tolerate in any era. In addition, he does not have enough strength and prestige to deter his subordinates, and even he is a puppet of the Prince of Andorra, which directly leads to the very instability of the Alpine Army in his hands.

Another point is the impetus of the Eleventh Army of the Emperor, their arrival is simply the last straw that crushed the camel, this is not only the military of Alpine City, but even the ordinary people have been greatly affected and affected, just like the situation of those displaced people outside Andorra. And as a puppet, Ott has no strength to restrain these emperor ** people at all, and for a while, the entire Gaoshan City is simply angry and resentful, and even the Gao Mountain Army has had several conflicts with the emperor, but the result is naturally conceivable, and it will inevitably be pulled sideways.

When this news was delivered to Storm Castle, Duke did not hesitate, since it has been completely negotiated, and there will never be a sealed wall in this world, the more people who know, the greater the possibility of leaks, and if it drags on, it will soon be clear that Ultra and the Prince of Andorra will know their ambitions, once the real Prince of Andorra's army strengthens the defense of Alpine City, it will be very difficult to capture it again.

Therefore, Duke directly mobilized the first and third regiments of the Storm Army Human Army, which is the Storm Army of the previous expedition, after this period of repair, they are in the best condition. And in order to prevent accidents, Duke has also mobilized the first regiment of the dwarven army, and will follow the human army to attack Alpine City.

And the Thousand Storm Knights who are still in training, this time they will also receive war horses and go to the periphery of Alpine City to monitor the situation in Andorra City, prevent the Prince of Andorra from moving quickly, and directly send cavalry troops to rush over to support. You must know that in the original battle outside Andorra, the Prince of Andorra almost annexed the entire Frontier Knights, and there were many war horses, although Duke did not know the specific number of Andorran cavalry, but in Duke's estimate, at least not less than 5,000 people, it is likely to be on the scale of 10,000.

The infantry of this world marches very slowly, but the speed of cavalry raids is not different from that of later generations, all of which must be guarded against, and Duke does not want the situation to change abruptly.

After all the storm troops were assembled, because it was a secret operation and paid attention to a suddenness, they did not pass through Storm Fort to say goodbye to their relatives as in the past, but set off directly from the barracks and marched in the direction of Alpine City. Duke knows that the biggest danger of this war is time, as long as he can capture Alpine City before the Prince of Andorra reacts, then everything will be easily done, because the Imperial Eleventh Legion is vulnerable in Duke's eyes!

The distance between Alpine City and Storm Castle is not very far, the straight-line distance is less than a hundred kilometers, and from Storm Castle to the periphery of Storm New City, Duke has built a road with relatively good road conditions, even if it is to go to Alpine City, because of the needs of trade, the road is relatively flat, if it weren't for the current shortage of building materials in Storm Castle, Duke would have turned this rammed earth road into a cement road.

Therefore, the time for the Duke Storm Army to arrive in Alpine City, Duke's battle plan was to reach it in three days, but in order to ensure that the night came early, he took advantage of the cover of night to let the army enter Alpine City, so the real marching time was only two and a half days!

On the night of the month of 4357 in the Guangming calendar, the night sky was very dim on this day, and the whole sky was bleak, but there were still a lot of torches and bonfires on the fortress of Gaoshan City for lighting, after all, the proportion of night blind soldiers in this era was very high, and the general lord soldiers were between thirty and fifty percent, but Duke's storm army had been suppressed below ten percent, and this proportion was still decreasing rapidly. All night battles will be a very big advantage for the Storm Army.

Duke led the army to hide quietly in the night, and the liaison staff had already been dispatched, as long as the code was met, then the mountain army guarding the city gate would directly take down the Imperial Eleventh Army guarding the city gate, and directly open the city gate to let Duke's storm army enter the city, so Duke has been waiting for the sound of shouting to kill and the agreed signal to be generated.

As the minutes ticked by, suddenly there was a loud noise coming from the direction of Takayama Castle, and it was especially noticeable in the quiet night sky. At the same time, a bright light suddenly crossed the night sky, and a firework like a flare rose directly from the night sky. This is the signal flare that Duke has transformed from the gunpowder of Storm Castle, which is specially used for night time contact, and today is the first time it has been officially used!

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