The Star Shadow Venerable didn't understand that at this time, the Holy Judgment Venerable's thoughts had already shifted to the point of throwing him away, but after years of experience and intuition, he still understood that it was time to show his own usefulness to make up for his mistakes, otherwise the end would definitely not be very comfortable.

"Your Excellency, please forgive your subordinates for saying that it is no longer a wise choice to continue to pursue responsibility now. Venerable Xingyou boldly spoke, "My subordinates know that they are deeply guilty, so they have brought a way, hoping to make up for their mistakes a little...... Now Iroh is very cunning, and if you want to deal with him, you still have to use the previous strategy. ”

"But the encirclement and suppression of the Ikot Valley did not go well. ”

When the Holy Judge Venerable heard this, he couldn't help but hesitate for a moment. Indeed, what the Venerable Star Shadow said was also his thoughts. Even though he was strong enough to defeat Iroh, the Soul Eater had revived and joined Iroh.

Once the other party adopts the strategy of diverting the tiger from the mountain, then in the entire Sacred Dragon City, except for himself and the two Light Wing followers, no one else can have absolute certainty of defeating the Soul Eater Dragon that is attacking at the opportunity!

In contrast, the Blue Sky Venerable was still a little immature, both in terms of strength and mentality.

However, what the Holy Judge Venerable was worried about was just as he said, according to the plan of the Star Shadow Venerable and Migadel, the army surrounded Ikot Valley, Elo's lair, but Elo really ruthlessly left everyone in Ikut Valley.

"Your Holiness, that's because the Ikut Valley is no longer a nest for Iroh - I have received information that he has already transferred important members of the valley before the siege began. ”

Venerable Xingyou calmly analyzed, "So the Ikut Valley he gave up is just a gathering place for the old, weak, sick and disabled...... Of course, being able to kill Natalie, a core member of the Tokamak faction, was indeed a surprise. ”

"So what's your plan this time?"

"Start with Falkenridge's relationship with Iroh. Venerable Xingyou was expressionless, "Although we don't have direct evidence that Iroh is behind the domination of Falkenridge, but according to various intelligence, the current King of Falkenridge Vess did have a special relationship with Airo in the battle for the throne back then, and maybe he was also a member of the Tokamak faction." ”

"As long as I can get Vis to the Holy Dragon City, I'm sure I'll be able to fully confirm the relationship between Falkenridge and Iro. When the time comes, I will let the metal dragons intervene in Falkenridge and directly cut off the foundation of Ello's development. ”

The flames in the fireplace in the corner crackled and burst into flames, illuminating the figures in the room for a while.

"Then, let the king of Falkenridge make a pilgrimage to the Holy Dragon City. ”

The Holy Judge Venerable nodded, his eyes subconsciously falling on the chessboard next to him that was messed up by him

"You're in a good position, even if he doesn't dare to come, we have an excuse to intervene. ”

"Holy Judgment Venerable, Holy Realm!"

The Star Shadow Venerable pressed his forehead against the cold ground again, but at the same time, he breathed a great sigh of relief in his heart—no matter what, he had finally calmed the anger of the Holy Judge Venerable a little.

"Venerable Xingyou, I have another task for you. ”

The Holy Judgment Venerable's words made the Heart of the Star Shadow Venerable rise to his throat again, "The matter of Arrow is important, but the recent movements of the 'Shadow Eternal' are also a little disturbing. The Phantom Dragon, called 'Yan', is also an unstable factor. You don't have to spend too much energy on Iro's affairs for the time being, so let's focus on those guys......"

"And, compared to Iroh, who is still growing, dealing with the mature 'Shadow Eternal' is our number one priority at the moment. If I succeed in dealing a heavy blow to this organization, I will consider not holding you accountable. ”

The Star Shadow Venerable took a deep breath and bowed heavily to the Holy Judge Venerable.

He knew that with the Holy Judgment Venerable's near-zero tolerance, this result was already his last warning to himself.

"Your subordinates will do their best, and they will not disappoint the Holy Judge Venerable again!"

The Venerable Judge didn't pay any attention to the Star Venerable, but instead cast his gaze to the still dark sky outside the window.

Iroh, and Yan, are you all ready to move?

Just then, let me take this opportunity to wipe out all of you and return peace to this world!

......

Turn your gaze back to the battlefield between Falkenridge and Stacy once again.

Stasi's Steel Fortress is now a thing of the past, and the name is finally a thing of the past before Falkenridge's reckless attack, and Haggai, the defender of Archduke Jon's high hopes, has also chosen to surrender.

Falkenridge's army then marched in from both the west and south of Stasi.

Even steel will rust sometimes!

After nearly four long years of war, the confrontation between the two military blocs finally became clear - Falkenridge finally clearly gained the upper hand.

However, Stasi did not intend to admit defeat, and General McCarthy was still desperately leading his troops to storm. At one point, Stasi's forces recaptured some of the territory and defused the threat of Falkenridge's forces to several important cities.

In the end, however, his efforts failed.

As a result, the two sides fought one of the most tragic battles in the history of the Western Continent in the southwestern region of Stasi. In this battle, Falkenridge even threw in a full 400 steam chariots, and Stacy sent most of the Knights of the Earth Dragons at any cost, so that after the war, the entire battlefield was littered with the wreckage of the steam chariots and the corpses of the Earth Dragons.

If the Battle of Steel Fortress is a hell for soldiers, then this battle can be called a grave for heavy armored troops. Sadly, as the most combat-ready troops on both sides, none of these participating units were spared the most valuable elite of both sides.

McCarthy didn't even know how to deal with the situation now, the steel fortress that was ready to be reinforced to the west had been lost not long ago, and his army of more than 100,000 was left in the field to fight with the Falkenridge army - this was probably one of the favorite ways of fighting the Falkenridge army, because the steam chariot was damaged, as long as there was enough money, new chariots would soon be replenished, and the training of chariot crews was much easier than that of the Ground Dragon Knights.

But the Dragonrider is a different story, and even if Falkenridge swapped two Steam chariots for a Dragonrider, Stacy wouldn't be able to afford it!

You must know that Stasi has been accumulating for a long time to barely have such an invincible Earth Dragon Knights, and now if all his brains are lost, then he McCarthy will not have to go back to Grand Duke Jon to plead guilty, just judge himself.

But now that he was to turn his head back, it didn't seem to be the case. The idea of going south was proposed by him, and among the current Stasi military, McCarthy is the most famous and capable general. If even he showed signs of inadequacy, he couldn't tell how the Grand Duke Jon would react.

McCarthy also had a headache when he thought about these things.

You must know that at all times, there is a relationship of more or less distrust between generals and leaders. This relationship of distrust may be infinitely close to zero because of the proximity of their origins, but this relationship of distrust is real and affects the harmony between generals and leaders.

But this mistrust can be masked, or remedied, by a string of victories. In fact, when Saramondo was the Grand General of Falkenridge, he had quarrels with Vis more than once because of his overly iron-blooded style, and his men would not obey him as they appeared to be.

Fortunately, the victory along the way made the relationship between them not bad.

It's not hard to see why Grand Duke Jon is increasingly distrustful of his generals. After all, for more than three years, the generals he had personally selected had either lost the battle or simply surrendered, so he now began to trust McCarthy and McCarthy's generals very much.

In the Grand Duke's Castle in Dean City, the Grand Duke of Jon was silent in front of a group of people with a document in his hand. Through the gap between his fingers, the contents of the document could be roughly seen. It was a letter of appointment, a promotion document that Grand Duke Jon was going to give to Haggai, the garrison general of the Iron Fortress.

Originally, he had informed Haggai to defend the fortress, and as long as the other party finally died in the steel fortress, then this document would be signed and agreed by Grand Duke Jon, and then sent to the whole army as an obituary.

It was an attitude that showed Grand Duke Jon's respect for the generals who fought to the death for him. But before he could grieve over the fall of the Iron Fortress, he heard the news of Haggai's surrender.

What about trust? Where is the most basic trust between people? Grand Duke Jon was eager to ask the men in front of him who were becoming more and more disrespectful. These people have all undergone the Great Purge, but in the current situation, Grand Duke Jon is not sure how long these people will be reliable.

"Announce to the public that Haggai is our first sinner!All his family, friends, relatives, and neighbors will be hanged at once!" Archduke Jon's voice broke the silence, "He should have died in battle! He should have died there! He swore to live and die with the fortress!

No one took the words of Archduke Jon, and it was obviously not wise to stand up and express one's opinion at such a time. What Grand Duke Jon needs is to vent, to shout at a bunch of idiot-like subordinates, and after everyone has been sprayed, they go back to their homes to prepare an excuse to run away from the city.

Do you really think that everyone is willing to sacrifice their lives for their country? Do you really think that everyone will firmly support Archduke Jon forever? Do you really think that in this situation, there are really people who are willing to pit McCarthy again and then take over this hot potato?

This can be clearly observed from the process of several front-line changes: at the beginning, who went to the front line was contested, and those who could go to the front were all people whom Grand Duke Jon trusted very much.

After the offensive was frustrated and was counterattacked back to the territory of Taukaba, everyone knew that the Falkenridge people were not easy to deal with "ruthless characters", so everyone began to take the recommended route, and collectively recommended the more capable McCarthy to block the gun for everyone.

And now it's McCarthy's turn to be unstoppable, and that's the turn of whoever is unlucky, and if he rushes up at this time, it will be purely a pit in the back of his head.

Just kidding! The purpose of seizing power is to reap more benefits, to promote and get ahead, and to build up one's political capital more comfortably in a good environment.

In this situation, if anyone still cares about McCarthy's position, it can't be called madness, it can be called stupid! Even if Grand Duke Jon wants to remove McCarthy, this group of people will probably cry and shout and beg Grand Duke Jon to take back his life.

Of course, after ordering the execution of all those associated with Haggai, Grand Duke Jon slowly spoke and raised the question of his distrust of the front-line generals: "Some people are simply immature wolves, they can never be of the same mind as me!"

Hearing this comment from Grand Duke Jon, these officials and generals who kept their heads down lowered their heads. This is often the time when a storm is about to start, so everyone tries to make themselves appear less inconspicuous, so that the thunder of the day can slash over the heads of others.

"I'm thinking about removing McCarthy and having him come back from the front to debrief. Do you have any good replacement for him?"

Grand Duke Jon saw that everyone was silent, and the anger in his tone became even more obvious. With the ruler's scepter in one hand and the other rubbing over Haggai's mandate, he finally swept over everyone's heads with a piercing gaze, sighing and giving up on his intention of forcing them to speak.

He himself knew that the current situation was extremely unfavorable for Stasi, and a fool could see that whoever went to the front at this time could not do better than McCarthy. At this time, even if McCarthy is called back with a thousand cuts, in the end, Grand Duke Jon himself will not be able to escape this fate, and he will still follow McCarthy's old path. It's just one after the other, and there's no point in doing that.

The sound of sighing echoed in the empty conference room, and everyone's hanging hearts finally let go with this sigh. After all, Grand Duke Jon compromised and gave up his plan to recall McCarthy, so the eroded front-line situation may be able to drag on for a while, and strive for more opportunities for everyone to retreat to the farther hinterland.

In the highest meeting room of Stacy, there were very few people thinking about the future of the country anymore, and almost all of them were thinking about finding a reason to go further northeast as soon as possible - in short, waiting to die in Dean City was not a good choice.

"Don't try to run away! go back and think carefully about how to hold on to Dean City!"

As if seeing everyone's thoughts clearly, Grand Duke Jon finally spoke out of his mouth, which shocked everyone present: "I know you are all planning to leave Dean City, but ...... No one can leave without my orders! Violators will be punished for treason!"

"Yes......"

Everyone answered weakly, the meeting was dissolved, and how to stop the advance of Falkenridge's army remained an unsolved problem.