Chapter 156: Surrender
In March 7145 of the Bright Calendar, the news of a coup d'état in the capital of the Kingdom of Bretan, Rising Sun, reached the Kingdom of France, and the auxiliary minister of the Kingdom of France, Nigue, proposed a plan to invade the Kingdom of Bretan at the royal council, which was soon approved by the royal ministers and generals.
At the beginning of April, the Kingdom of France sent an army of 70,000 men to be stationed on the northern border of the Kingdom of Bretan, under the command of the commander of the French army, Auston.
In the big tent of the French army barracks, the commander of the French army, Auston, and several French army generals stood at a square wooden table, and a map was placed on the table. Now a military meeting is being held in the tent of the barracks, but it is not the commander of the French army, Auston, who is presiding over the military meeting, but a black-haired man, and the black-haired man standing directly above the wooden table is Meng Fan, who fled from the Kingdom of Gilgias to the Kingdom of France.
"Jade Pot City is an important town in the north of the Bretan Kingdom, in the Jade Pot City, there are not only 40,000 Bretan royal troops, but also 20,000 territory troops under the Marquis Norman, the lord of Jade Pot City, a total of 60,000 defenders, if our army storms Jade Pot City, it will definitely be quite difficult......" Meng Fan held a slender wooden stick in his hand, and Meng Fan used the wooden stick in his hand to mark the location of Jade Pot City as he spoke.
The generals of the French Army standing at the wooden table listened carefully to the words of the black-haired man.
"Marquis Norman, Lord of Jade Pot City, has a close relationship with the French royal family, and Marquis Norman is married to Agatha, the sister of King Brun Sias, and the eldest son of Marquis Norman is also engaged to Brun's daughter, Princess Winbis. Not long ago, Maxim, the lord of Raging Waves, captured the royal capital of Rising Sun, and Maxim killed more than thirty members of the royal family, including King Bren and Princess Winbis, and announced to the people of the Kingdom of Bretan that he would be crowned king of Rising Sun.
Marquis Norman, Lord of Jade Pot City, is now very worried that Maxim, Lord of Angry Waves City, will get rid of him because of his involvement with the French royal family, as long as we can win over Norman, Lord of Jade Pot City, then it should not be a problem to take Jade Pot City. Meng Fan held the slender wooden stick and spoke.
"Lord Claude, your methods are really clever, if we can take the Jade Pot City, then thousands of miles of land in the north of the Bretan Kingdom will become within reach......" As soon as Meng Fan finished speaking, a fat general standing at the wooden table immediately clapped his hands and praised, this fat general is the commander of the French army, Auston.
Auston was originally the deputy commander of the royal Praetorian Guard army by relying on his whiskers and horses, and Auston, who was appointed as the commander of the French army by the auxiliary minister, was not the material to be a commander at all, and the auxiliary minister specially arranged a tactical planner for Auston after proposing a war plan to invade the Bretan Kingdom, and the tactical planner on the Qinglan continent was a scholar who specialized in giving advice to the commander.
The reason why the auxiliary minister did not directly appoint Meng Fan as the commander of the French army was because Meng Fan had just defected from the Kingdom of Gilgias, and only by making great contributions in the war could Meng Fan accept the title justifiably.
There is no doubt that Meng Fan, the lord of Blackstone City, who once led the army to conquer the Kingdom of France, has outstanding military talent, Meng Fan also served as the commander of the Gilgidian army a few months ago, and defeated the army of the Kingdom of Brettan on the battlefield, and the generals in the French army are happy to be convinced by such a famous military genius to command the army.
"Lord Claude, once we invade the kingdom of Bretan, then Maxim will mobilize his army against our army. A French army general spoke.
"Of course, Maxim has already controlled the royal capital of Rising Sun City, and most of the lords of the Bretan Kingdom still support Maxim, the lord of Angry Waves City, Maxim can mobilize the royal army of the Bretan Kingdom and the territorial army of the lords, but ...... Now the Kingdom of Brettan is facing the threat of the Kingdom of Armas, there are 400,000 Armasian troops in the southwest of the Kingdom of Brettan, and Maxim's main energy has to deal with the army of the Kingdom of Armas, and it is impossible for him to send a large number of troops to the north to defend against our army. Meng Fan lightly tapped the wooden stick on the table, looked at the general of the French army and said.
After the end of the military council, the generals left the barracks battle, Meng Fan also walked out of the big tent, Meng Fan did not serve as the commander of the French army, so the barracks big tent was still used by the commander of the French army, Auston, although Auston was very clever and said that he wanted to give the commander's big tent to Meng Fan, but Meng Fan refused, as long as he could control this French army, he could not live in the commander's big tent Meng Fan did not care.
Back in his tent, two of Meng Fan's cronies, Tiberius and Gruya, were already waiting in the tent, "Hasn't Mar Saha come back yet?" asked Meng Fan, who had entered the tent.
"Not ...... yet," Tiberius was about to reply, when the tent curtain was lifted, and a black-robed man walked into the tent, and this black-robed man was none other than Meng Fan's dark magician Mar Saha.
"Lord Claude" Mar Saha saluted Meng Fan, "Mar Saha, you are back, how is the situation on the other side of Jade Pot City?" Seeing Mar Saha who walked into the tent, Meng Fan hurriedly asked, the dark mage Mar Saha was sent by Meng Fan to Jade Pot City a few days ago to contact Norman, the lord of Jade Pot City, and now Meng Fan is waiting for news from Mar Saha.
"Lord Claude, Lord Norman of Jade Pot City is willing to join our side. Marzaha said with a smile.
"That's great. Meng Fan wanted to clap his hands happily, but found that his right palm was long gone, "Ahem, it's really good." Meng Fan was a little embarrassed and touched the black leather case he was wearing on the front of his right hand.
Seeing Meng Fan's surprise and a little gaffe, a smile appeared in Mar Saha's blood-red eyes, "Lord Claude, there is even better news, the Bretan royal army stationed in Jade Pot City is also willing to surrender to us. Marzahar continued.
"This ...... Is this true!" Meng Fan's eyes widened, there were not only 20,000 territorial troops of Marquis Norman in Jade Pot City, an important town in the north of the Bretan Kingdom, but also a royal army of 40,000 horses, which was tasked with defending the northern Frank Kingdom.
"Chatter, Lord Claude, the commander of the royal army stationed in Jade Pot City has a very bad relationship with the Garcia family of Angry Waves, the eldest son of Maxim Garcia, the lord of Angry Waves, once fell in love with the same woman as Mance, and finally that woman was taken by Maxim's eldest son, and Mance has always held a grudge against this matter. Mar Saha said something that Meng Fan did not understand.
Marsaha also went to Jade Pot City to contact the Marquis Norman, the lord of Jade Pot City, only to learn that the commander of the royal army originally stationed in Jade Pot City was also dissatisfied with the family of Maxim, the lord of Angry Waves City, and Mance was also willing to join Meng Fan's camp.
Meng Fan, who got two pieces of good news in succession, was very happy, "Mar Saha, thank you for your hard work, you have really gained a lot from going to Jade Pot City this time, since the 40,000 Brettan royal army in Jade Pot City are also willing to surrender, then our invasion of Brettan Kingdom will become smoother." Meng Fan sat down on the chair and said.
Once the 20,000 territorial army of Norman, the lord of Jade Pot City, and the 40,000 army under Mance joined Meng Fan's command, then Meng Fan would have an army of 130,000 horses, which greatly enhanced the strength of the French army.
"Lord Claude, I also got another piece of information from the Kingdom of Brettan this time. Mar Saha looked at Meng Fan who was sitting in the chair and said. "What information?" Meng Fan looked at the black-robed man in front of him.
"The Kingdom of Hilo, located in the southern part of the Kingdom of Bretan, is also gathering troops, and King Lutherf of Hilo seems to have his thoughts on the land of the Kingdom of Bretan. In a hoarse voice, Marzahar told him what he had just found out from the kingdom of Bretan.