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That same night, Gawain and his legions left the island of Öland and made a rapid march towards the city of Ropin, located in the east of the central part of the empire, along with Tristan and Hutt.

Luoping City is a city with a special geographical location in the entire empire, and the reason why it is special is because its geographical location is very critical!

Let's put it this way, if you want to go deep into the hinterland of the empire from the eastern part of the empire, then Luoping City is the only place that you must pass through, it is sandwiched between two mountain peaks, the terrain is very steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

In the past year, although the empire has been defeated in the war with the surrounding four small countries, losing more than a dozen cities, the war is far from affecting Luoping City, and the four small countries are still a long way from Luoping City.

Now, the battle line of the two sides is drawn in Kusai City, east of Luoping City, for the time being, Kusai City is still in the hands of the Imperial Army, but depending on the trend, it is only a matter of time before the Empire loses this city.

The reason why Gao Wen led the troops of a legion straight to Luoping City was because he had received Situ Jin's secret instructions in advance!

The specific content of this instruction is: A week after Situ Jin left Erland Island, Gawain immediately led one of his legions straight through Little Smit Mountain, rushed to Luoping City within three days, and then controlled Luoping City as quickly as possible, and within half a month, no news from the Empire was allowed to leave Luoping City and reach the Imperial Army that was now fighting against the Four Small Countries.

If it was during the usual non-war period, this would be a difficult task to complete, because the city defense force of Luoping City itself was very strong, and there were tens of thousands of city defense troops in the city, and it was simply whimsical to use a few thousand people to take this city.

But now it is different, since the outbreak of the war, many people have died every day in the eastern battlefield of the empire, and in order to ensure that the troops on the battlefield are sufficient, the empire has drawn a large number of troops from various internal cities and sent them to the front.

For example, Luoping City, a city that is relatively eastward in the empire, because it is close to the battlefield, is the most ruthless place for the army to draw troops!

Therefore, the tens of thousands of troops in Luoping City have almost been withdrawn now, and according to the reliable information obtained by Situ Jin, the city defense army in Luoping City is not enough for five hundred people now!

According to Situ Jin's thoughts, a legion of 5,000 troops, relying on surprise attacks to temporarily take Luoping City should not be difficult, in order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, he also deliberately let Tristan and Hutt act together with Gawain, unless something unexpected happens halfway, otherwise, he believes that Gawain, Tristan and Hutt will definitely be able to complete this task!

Now let's talk about why we have to take Luoping City? This is to talk about the 200,000 troops that the empire is now fighting with the four small countries.

Situ Jin will next get rid of Robert and help the second prince Ferdinand ascend the throne as emperor! No matter how low-key he handles this matter, it is impossible not to cause turmoil in the empire! When the time comes, if this matter reaches the 200,000 troops who are fighting against the four small countries, it will inevitably cause turmoil in the hearts of the army, and everyone will not know who they are fighting for, and who will still have the heart to fight at that time?

Moreover, if there is such a thing as a change of throne, no matter what time it is, the army outside will be a big trouble! If the army outside is just distracted, it is better to say, I am afraid that when the time comes, they will see that the country has changed to a new monarch, and they will have other thoughts in their hearts, then it will be troublesome!

This kind of thing, Situ Jin can't help but plan in advance. To put it simply, his plan was to prevent anything that happened in the imperial capital from reaching the ears of the 200,000 troops who were fighting outside! When the big event had been decided, let Ferdinand find any excuse to transfer the army back, and when Ferdinand was seated on the throne, he would not be afraid of any more waves from the 200,000 army.

After going ashore, Gawain commanded the legion to run towards Luoping City as fast as possible.

The words are divided into two ends.

However, it was said that in the middle of the night, the second prince Ferdinand's family finally arrived safely in a mansion on the outskirts of the imperial capital under the escort of the purple-level four.

After thanking the purple-level four, Ferdinand and Grace walked into the main room in the courtyard. As soon as he entered the room, Ferdinand began to fidget, walking back and forth in the room.

Grace looked at Ferdinand with a worried face, and said for a while: "Your Highness, do you think Baron Situ really has a way to help you ascend the throne as emperor?"

Ferdinand didn't stop, shook his head and said, "I don't know, but now, I can only gamble!"

Thinking about the events of that day, Grace still feels like a dream.

Originally, the person he and the second prince were going to die, not only did they not die, but now Situ Jin also told them that the second prince might still ascend the throne as the emperor? Although this possibility is not small in Grace's opinion, but she and the second prince are still alive now.

In fact, Grace wanted to ask the second prince if Situ Jin could be absolutely trusted, and whether he could really be entrusted with big things? But after thinking about it again, she finally didn't ask this, and he could see that her husband really trusted that Baron Situ very much.

Now, neither Ferdinand nor Grace are afraid of death! They are just tormented by the little hope in their hearts! Hope this thing is so terrible, even if it is just a thin rope thrown lightly, it will make those who want to get him desperately climb up!

Suddenly, Ferdinand, who had been walking back and forth in the room, stopped, looked at Grace and said, "Grace, what about the sword I gave you earlier wrapped in a long cloth?"

Grace immediately said: "When I left the City Lord's Mansion, I wrapped the sword with the child, I'll go over and get it now!"

As soon as the words fell, Grace ran straight out, and after a while, ran back again with something wrapped in a white cloth.

"Here!" Grace walked up to Ferdinand and handed him the package.

Ferdinand took it, took it apart a few times, and then took out a sword from within, the scabbard and hilt of the sword were all carved with purple cherry blossom patterns, this sword was the cherry blossom sword that the Aldrich family had passed down for generations!

Only the person who got this sword is the orthodox heir of Aldrich's royal family, the reason why Robert didn't kill his father immediately and left him more than a year to breathe was to get this cherry blossom sword, so that he could rightfully ascend the throne, but he didn't expect that he didn't get it in the end!