"Master, the city of Mesomia and the city of Sangster farther away have been lost one after another, the surrounding cities have been taken, and people say that the city of Budapest is also in danger this time. Cruise was obviously also frightened by the news, and was panting in the courtyard at this time to report to Allen.

"Well, got it. Alan was unmoved, still lying on the bamboo chair in the courtyard basking in the sun.

"Master, then, shall we pack our bags and go out and hide?" asked Cruise worriedly.

"Hide? Where is it safe now? Do you have what it takes to fly through a few warring principalities at once to a stable empire?"

"But ......" Cruise is useless in being anxious, in fact, as Alan said, there is no place around that is safe now.

"Go ahead and find out. Alan waved his hand to get Cruise out, continuing to close his eyes and recuperate.

"Knock~Knock~Knock......" I don't know how long it took, the melodious bell suddenly rang, and the graceful and luxurious city of Budapest rarely sounded the horn of the guards.

"Master, the enemy is besieging you, and now the outer city is in chaos. Cruise hurried back from the outside, looking panicked.

Alan frowned and took out a token, which was the Inner City Pass that Jason sent Duke to send not long ago. With the war about to start, the inner city has been under martial law, and the idle nobles can no longer go to the inner city.

"Don't be afraid, this is a pass to the inner city, take your mother to find an inn to stay in later, and be smart. At the same time, Alan took out another 20 gold coins for living expenses and handed them to Cruise.

"And what about you, master?" Cruise apparently saw that Alan did not plan to take refuge in the inner city together.

"Well, naturally, I'm going to the front line to kill the enemy. With that, Alan went straight to the walls of Budapest, where he was organizing the recruitment of young men to defend the city.

The outer city near the city walls was already overcrowded, and the defenders of the city were gathered from all sides, and at the front Jason rode a white rhinoceros horse, wearing the Song Sword made by Allen at his waist. Obviously, just because of its sharpness and hardness, the Singing Sword was already deeply loved by Jason, and it was replaced with a saber that he carried with him, but I don't know if he found other characteristics of the saber.

At this time, Jason was heroic, looking like a young hero, and was doing pre-war encouragement: "Brothers, behind us are our parents and children, and at this critical time, only we can shoulder the heavy responsibility of protecting them by ourselves." It's time to do your part for the safety of your loved ones, defend Budapest, and defeat the invaders!"

"Defend Budapest and defeat the invaders!" For a while, the city wall descended from the mountains and echoed the sea, and the momentum was magnificent.

Then came the methodical deployment, which Jason clearly mastered.

"Alan!" After giving the task to the guards, staring at the various teams to act, Jason inadvertently glanced at the crowd on the outside, and suddenly saw Allen mixed inside.

"You didn't go to the inner city?" Jason drove the rhinoceros all the way to Allen.

"To defend Budapest, of course, I have to do it. The crowd around them dispersed, but Alan was indifferent, just laughing at his friend's pretence.

"The Major General is mighty!" secretly gave Jason a thumbs up, and Alan found out from the surrounding crowd that the fugitive nobles of Mesomia, Laxia, and Sangster had formed an alliance with the nobles of Budapest City, and Kelly Selter, the lord of Budapest, was the general of the Union Army, and his son Jason was naturally assigned to be in charge of the defense of the city.

"Haha, good, come with me. Jason dismounted, put his arm around Allen's shoulders, and pulled him directly into his team.

At this time, the alliance army at the city wall had already begun to recruit soldiers, and they should quickly assemble and supply under the city wall to arm the new recruits.

Standing on the city wall with Jason, Alan looked into the distance, and a glimmer of gold flashed in his pale blue eyes from time to time.

On the opposite side is a black oppressive area, and in the distance, some large siege equipment is being assembled, and preparations for the battle are in full swing.

Fortunately, the city of Budapest only opened a city gate in the south, and there was no bridge on the other three sides, which was directly blocked by high walls and deep moats, otherwise it would not be easy to defend.

With the isolation of the moat, the chain suspension bridge has long been retracted, and the enemy cannot launch an offensive at once, but only camps across the river, and has to take the city.

"Do you know who is on the other side?" asked Jason beside him.

"Well, it's a neutral area, and after years of silence, they're finally moving again. ”

"Oh, something like this before?" Allen, however, didn't know much about neutral areas.

"Yes, there was a war in the neutral region two hundred years ago, but that time they failed, and they were directly beaten back by the Four-City Alliance and the Principality's reinforcements at that time. ”

"Then why didn't it be wiped out in one fell swoop, leaving a cancer like a neutral region next to it?"

"Do you think that the people at that time didn't want to, the neutral area is more special, the environment is harsh, and it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is a hard bone, it is difficult not to say it, and it will not be beneficial to take it down. Moreover, they are not without backers, the Hirri Empire has been secretly providing materials to support them, otherwise it would be good not to starve to death with their poor mountains and bad waters. Jason looked at the enemy troops opposite, his face was cold, and he said fiercely: "They won't succeed this time, I will beat them to the ground and run away again." ”

The coercion of the intermediate knight suddenly leaked, and the people around Jason trembled, and they involuntarily fell to their knees.

Alan frowned, and the Ring of Mind silently activated, dispelling the uncomfortable feeling that made him uncomfortable.

Seeing that everyone around him bowed down, and Alan still stood beside him with an unchanged face, Jason's eyes flashed, and he knew that this friend was by no means easy to with.

"Hehe, I'm really sorry, I didn't control my momentum just now, have you been impressed by my momentum, do you want to do things under my feet?" Jason put away his coercion, and didn't forget to wink at Alan and tease.

"I'll wait until you're promoted to Senior Knight. Allen still chose to ignore it.

At the same time, in the city lord's mansion of Budapest City, the great nobles of the Four Cities Alliance sat in the spacious conference hall centered on the city lord of the four directions.

"I think we should take advantage of the fact that the enemy army has not stabilized and send troops out of the city to attack and fight...... Hit him by surprise. The great nobles of the city of Laxia spoke.

"It is very unwise to go out of the city, everyone knows that there is a huge disparity in the strength of the enemy and us, we should defend the city, mainly to preserve our strength, and wait for reinforcements from the principality. The great nobles of Mesomia protested.

"When is that going to be? I heard that the Duchy is also in a tight war, and it is a question of whether it can be distracted and send reinforcements. "The people of Sangster City are cowardly, this time they are more miserable, there are not many nobles who escaped, even the old city lord was killed in battle, and now the people present are only the little city lords who are more than ten years old, so they are the most unconfident to speak at the meeting.

"Besides, with the food stock of Budapest City holding on for three months at most, and being cut off from the outside world, is it necessary to sit and eat like this?" At this time, the nobles of Budapest City took over, and it was obvious that they did not approve of blindly defending.

The great nobles of the Four Cities Alliance are discussing strategic policies, but the four city lords are all sitting firmly on the high platform and easily refusing to speak, their remarks are all very important, and they have to take the overall situation into account. Of course, the city lord of Sangster is an exception, in front of a group of uncles and uncles, he was only a teenager and was driven to the shelves, purely to make soy sauce.

On the other side of the moat, in the main tent in the center of the army, a similar scene was staged.

However, this side is more orderly.

"Lord of the City, the Brell family is ready with their own soldiers. ”

"The Bolton family is always on standby. ”

"The Dominic family is at your disposal. ”

Some other small families saw that the three giants in the neutral region had all expressed their positions, and they also volunteered. Especially the new nobles in the three major cities, whether they want to face it or not, it is even more like they have been beaten with chicken blood, and they want to be loyal and want to take the lead.

There's no way, the form is stronger than people, even if you want to catch ducks on the shelves, you have to get through the hurdle in front of you. During this time, many nobles were purged in the neutral area, and many of those who took refuge in the region were always worried.

"Well, well!" sat a burly middle-aged man with a head, a goatee, and piercing eyes, apparently a shrewd and capable leader.

It was Ogden, the lord of Porto in the neutral region that started the war.

"Mr. Dyna, do you have anything else we need to prepare?" Ogden asked a black-robed man sitting on his left hand side with unusual respect.

"No, you can do whatever you want, with me in charge, you can give it a go. The black-robed man rubbed the armrest of the chair and smiled wickedly.

"Stewart, what about you?" Ogden turned to the right hand side again, where there was a middle-aged knight sitting with a big sword in his hand, and the word "Chopping Flame" could be vaguely seen from the hilt of the sword, and if he looked closely at the middle-aged knight, it was the middle-level knight who had disappeared for a long time after robbing the auction under the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce.

"No problem. "Stewart, however, didn't look at the city lord, and admired the sword in his hand, as if he couldn't get tired of looking at it.

"Haha, that's good. Ogden didn't care, his eyes flashed: "Just wait for the siege vehicles to be erected, and then let those moths that occupy the fertile land see how powerful we are." ”