In February, Shurasa is already full of spring breath, and because of the Aber Mountains, it is difficult for the cold air from the north to reach the vast plains of the Maria Peninsula. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 As a result, Mastar's climate is much milder than that of her northern neighbor, Farencia.

However, the capital did not show a scene of singing and dancing because of the weather, and the invasion of the eastern border of Falunsi at the beginning of the year was defeated by the superiority of troops, which was enough to make Shurasa uneasy. What's more, the current only heir of the empire was almost taken hostage by the other party, which can be said to be a resounding slap in the face to the Mastar, who have always had an unparalleled sense of superiority.

The nobles in the Senate clamored for severe punishment and revenge on Farensi. In order to calm the boiling situation, the Emperor Hermes II issued the following edicts: 1. Baron Fitre Feterdé Felds was primarily responsible for the defeat, and he himself confessed to it. He should have been stripped of all his positions and titles, but remembering his years of military exploits and risking his life to save Her Royal Highness in this battle, and his advanced age. Therefore, it was only to deprive him of his military position and cut half of his territory.

2. Princess Sigrani is secondarily responsible for this defeat, reducing the army under her command, and can only exercise command over the Tenth Legion for now.

3. The Northern Army Group entered a state of imminent battle, and after February it was ready to launch an attack on Falensi.

Sigrani can only mobilize one legion at the moment, so except for Hayes, almost none of the legion commanders who originally wanted to join her are willing to serve under her, because it means that they will be demoted to the rank of wing captain, which is unwilling by the nobles who have managed to climb to the top of the power.

But just like that, there was a fool who gave up the position of deputy commander and volunteered to come to the Tenth Legion as a wing commander. This man was the Marquis of Leon Fieldes, the nephew of Frederick and the successor of the main branch of the Fields family.

Sigrani met the four Wing Captains in the parlor of the Palace, the other three Higrani had known each other before, so after a brief, customary conversation with each other, the three Wing Captains retired.

So soon it was Leon's turn, the Marquis was twenty-four years old, with short pale blonde hair very thick, a goose egg face, sea-colored eyes that were very seductive, and he was born with the capital of a playboy. But the young marquis has rarely had an affair so far, which is very surprising and incredible.

"I haven't seen you for three years, and you're getting more and more beautiful." The Marquis kissed the princess's hand and said.

"Forgive me for forgetfulness, have we met?" Sigrani asked after trying to search her memories to no avail.

"At the ball on His Highness's sixteenth birthday, I had the privilege of seeing you a few times from afar."

"Oh? Then why don't you invite me to do a dance? ”

"The minister is terrified."

"Then at this year's ball, I hope you can enjoy the light and dance with me."

"I hope to have such an honor."

The uncreative conversation ended when Leon thanked Sigrani, and the Marquis respectfully withdrew. Sigrani then drove back to her bedchamber, and in the hallway, Atalanta and Cosette followed her, "Congratulations, Your Highness." ”

"Why?" The princess asked, puzzled, "I'm in a terrible situation." ”

"Your Highness has gained another powerful talent. His Excellency the Marquis de l'Éons Fieldes was also praised by the Count of Reims. ”

Cosette smiled mysteriously, and continued, "His Excellency the Marquis, who had become a well-known playboy in the social circle three years ago, suddenly reined in. It is said that it was because I met His Royal Highness that I switched to the army for your sake, hoping to win your heart with martial arts. ”

"Oh, is it? Then add in the number of people confused by my two flowery guards, and we can probably form a wing. ”

Sigrani cared very little about such things. It's not because of a lack of self-awareness of her beauty, but in Sigrani's understanding, beauty is one of her most powerful weapons, but it is her real last trump card. There will always be a day when beauty will pass away, and only strength is your eternal Sayou. And she herself is not lacking in strength, only when she encounters an enemy whose strength is above herself, she will consider using her beauty. At this stage, it seems that only the man who is far away in Pharansy can force her to use this last trump card.

Of course, since Leon would rather be relegated to the princess this time, and the recent actions of the Fields family are obviously biased towards the royal family. So much so that rumors such as "Her Royal Highness the Princess's fiancé, the emperor has secretly designated it as Leon" have long been in the stir in Shurasa.

On the other side of the corridors of the palace, a man and a woman were secretly watching Sigrani. The woman covered her face with a feather fan and was gorgeously dressed, so she should be a court lady; The man is also well-dressed, and his status should not be low.

"I can't believe that old fellow Fettred actually took all the responsibility and let this little hoof escape."

"Yes, it seems that the Fields family has completely fallen to the princess."

"Is there anything you can do about it, Prime Minister?"

"According to the information below, it is not that Frederick is old and strong, but that the Pharians themselves have put people back. And I heard that the lord of the other party will be a young beautiful man, my majesty. ”

"Hehe, this is indeed interesting news, we can make good use of it."

"As long as Her Majesty the Queen can successfully give birth to a boy for Her Majesty, then the Rossi family will become the first family of Mastar just around the corner."

The young queen of Mastar caressed her slightly bulging lower abdomen and smiled smugly.

On the other hand, Sogrand is also suffering from rumors. The officers headed by Huo Lin accused him: "What a fair play, the commander of the legion has clearly planned to let himself monopolize the beautiful princess." ”； There was even "The Legion Commander and the princess have made a private agreement for life." ”； And Sogrend's statement that "you are my captive" was deleted, and the word "captive" was spread everywhere.

When Sogrend defended: "She has only been with me for an afternoon at most, how could this happen." ”

Huo Lin immediately retorted: "Ha, you can do a lot of things in half a day. Legionnaire, you're not a man who doesn't know anything about men and women. The last time I took you there, you weren't spending an afternoon, even though you were amazing. ”

It's all here, and Sogrand knows that this matter can't be settled by his own authority alone. Three days later, according to Hollin's orderlies, Hollin's announcement today that "all rumors are nonsense."

Sure enough, as he said, Huo Lin publicly stated after the afternoon drill that the latest rumors were all nonsense. In the evening, Arubellich and others interrogated the orderly, to which he replied: "The commander of the division changed his mind after receiving a basket from the commander, and as far as I have observed, the basket is probably 300 years old Parello white wine." ”

As a result, the bedroom of the division commander Huo Lin was attacked by unknown persons that night. In the morning Holin was found tied to his bed, while the house had been ransacked, and a bottle of 310-year-old white wine that he had treasured for many years had been missing. But then the matter was not investigated, and finally it was closed. Become the greatest puzzle in the history of the Third Legion.

A few days later, Farensi offered a ransom of 50,000 silver coins (1 gold coin = 100 silver coins) to 20 silver coins for the nobles, depending on the size of the knighthood. Hermes II consulted his courtiers on this. And the ministers almost unanimously agreed that they could not agree, and the reason was none other than "how can the long-established and civilized Mastar Empire submit to the coercion of the Farencian barbarians." ”

At this time, Sigrani objected, saying: "If the soldiers are redeemed, it will improve morale, and the soldiers will think that the empire values them and fight more bravely." ”

"Is it too expensive to exchange 50,000 silver coins for more than 10,000 soldiers? It doesn't take so much money to hire the best mercenaries either. The nobles would be raised by their families and would not pay the ransom with the state. The Prime Minister, Marquis Barbec, said.

"Can life and the human heart be measured in money? I think it's worth it to get back 11,000 loyal warriors with that money. Even the nobles were unfortunately captured in the service of the country, and we should treat them equally. ”

"It seems that His Highness also has a share in the responsibility for causing this situation." Barbek scoffed.

"I didn't say I was going to shirk my responsibility, Prime Minister." Sigrani looked stern, "If the Prime Minister is unwilling to transfer money from the treasury, I will find a way to pay this fee." ”

"Your Highness, let's laugh, you are not the minister in charge of taxation, where can you raise such a large sum of money at one time?"

"Atalanta." The princess shouted.

"Yes, Your Highness." Atalanta replied, and she immediately picked up a small box. When everyone opened it, they saw that it was full of coins.

"There are 101 gold coins and 56 silver coins here, and as a first payment, it should be enough to negotiate with the Falensis."

Barbek was completely gone, and Sigrani was ready.

"Dare to ask Her Royal Highness the Princess, where did this money come from?" The old minister in charge of taxes stepped forward and asked.

"Don't worry, Count Albertini, the money is clean. I just sold some of my clothes and jewelry. ”

"Forgive the old minister's courage, I'm afraid that Her Royal Highness the princess doesn't have a few decent clothes and jewelry left. So where does the money come from? ”

"I beg my father's permission to auction off Tenance Island and the villas above."

"What?!" Everyone in the court exclaimed that Tenance Island was the domain that the Emperor gave to Sigrani as a birthday present when she was sixteen. Although it is not big, it is also the direct jurisdiction of the royal family, and if it goes to the people, it will hurt the feelings of the aristocratic class quite a lot.

"Your Majesty," said the elder Count Albertini, bowing to Hermes II on the throne, "with such a loving and courageous heir as Her Royal Highness the Princess, the Empire will surely flourish in the future." This is a blessing for the Empire! ”

Hearing that the most respected minister in the court, with the most unquestionable qualifications and character, had already expressed his attitude, the rest of the people were no longer able to oppose it, and they responded one after another.

"Marquis Barbec, I'm going to withhold 40,000 silver coins for February's taxes, no problem, right?"

"Of course, of course, it's also for the Empire." Barbeck turned the rudder in good time.

When the news reached Farency, Sogrend commented: "My father would have gone bankrupt if that princess had come to run the timber business, but fortunately she was born in Mastar." ”

Although, the ransom was spent by the treasury of eighty percent. But in the ears of the returning captives, it was like this: Her Royal Highness did not hesitate to fall out with the prime minister in order to redeem us, and bought all her own clothes and jewelry, and even almost bought a royal domain. And, of course, the propaganda: "Think about it, what girl doesn't like beautiful clothes and expensive jewelry." Sometimes they value those things more than their lives, and how sad it must be for the princess to lose so many things. ”

The commoners thought they would die of exhaustion in a foreign mine, and the nobles saw the prospect of their glorious family crest being trampled on by their creditors. But seemingly overnight, their noble princess changed their troubled future. Thus, on the spot of the return, the tearful declaration of eternal allegiance to Sigrani became almost an important part of the return ceremony.

February is coming to an end, and spring is already in full swing in Mastar. And the weather is still freezing.

The Iberian envoys came to Shurazar and persuaded the Mastarians almost effortlessly to agree to war against Pharynsi in March, forcing them to fight on two fronts in order to achieve a breakthrough.

Hermez II announced to the nobles that the commander would be Count Thorde Reims, Cosette's half-brother. The participating corps were: the 3rd, 4th, and 7th Army Corps of the Northern Army Group and the 10th Army Corps of the Central Army, with a total of 164,000 men. The highest objective of the campaign was to regain control of the fortress of Iva and the Valania Delta, and the lowest objective was to deal a major blow to the Falensi army to abandon its intention to attack our country within 5 years.

Just looking at the minimum goal given by the Mastar Command, Sigrani knew that it was another unstrategic march, but she was happy to accept it to build on her own merits.

At noon on March 1, 344 A.D., two generals of Farensi, stationed in Gresden, received a report of battle: the Iberian army was composed of hundreds of thousands of people from Lockhit (the city was not recovered by Sogrand due to the destruction of the original garrison and the army of Mustang Mastar), and that both the king and the crown prince participated in the expedition.

"The Iberians came to sweep the graves so quickly, what a country that knows etiquette." Hollin sarcastically said.

"The other party is menacing this time, and it seems that he is determined to win." Hannibal glanced at Sogrand.

"The other side will go through the Besr Valley and concentrate the main forces." Sogrend judged.

"Why?" Rakoxiu asked.

"Because the last time we split up and attacked, they were broken by each of them due to the dispersion of troops and the containment of each other, so of course we can't repeat the same mistakes this time. Moreover, we were somewhat lucky to defeat their mid-lane army last time. The Iberians will not be reconciled. ”

"What is Admiral Luce's plan?" Hannibal asked.

"One legion remains at Gresden, the other legion detours behind enemy lines to cut off its supplies, and then invades Iberian territory to stir up and turn the world upside down, and the other side will retreat. The point is ......" Taugrande stopped talking.

"It's up to whoever defends and who attacks," Hannibal said, "rest assured, I'm not old enough to take advantage of young people." Besides, the Second Army was not geographically familiar. Admiral Leus, go and make Iberia uneasy. * Loot, burn, kill, loot, whatever you want. ”

"We're not robbers, and Lord Henry doesn't have to say it so badly."

"I've been with Shapoel for a long time, and it's inevitable that I'll get some of his vices." The old general laughed at himself.

"Then I will deploy it this way, General Denova will lead his infantry to assist the Second Army in the defense, and the rest will follow me. General Becky, I need your troops. Jack Fleet, let the novices learn two tricks through the city defense battle. No objection, right? Then go back and prepare. ”

Then this pre-war meeting ended by order of the two corps commanders to "adjourn".

The smell of blood is about to fill the Farency Circle, and the guides of the undead are once again sharpening their scythes in preparation for their upcoming journey to earth.

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