In the stands, Dex sat with a group of officials from the Ice Sea Kingdom.

Count Xia Fei, the consul general of the Ice Sea Kingdom in Tulun Port, had just received a small note from a secretary.

He glanced at the handwriting on the note and immediately pursed his lips and laughed.

"It's kind of interesting." He handed the note to Dex.

Dirks also took the note and glanced at it, then nodded with a smile, and then crumpled the note into shreds.

The gambling game was opened in the name of some big merchants in the port of Tulum and several other powerful countries, such as the Kingdom of the Ice Sea, the United Kingdom of Nice, the Kingdom of St. Chia, the Republic of Gaul, and the Lucian Empire.

Of course, everyone knows who stands behind these big businessmen.

The Rittal family and the Barbarian ......

Oh no, it's the Wittu family, which represents the Delenn Empire, and the gambling battle between Barbaria, which represents the multinational coalition, which will be the prelude to the great war in the future.

Almost the entire port of Tulum was worthy of the status of this gambling game, and they made heavy bets.

According to the betting situation, the total bet on both sides is almost even.

Not surprisingly, most of the local chambers of commerce and families in Tulum Port have all bet their chips on the Imperial Army; Interestingly, there are also some local forces in the port of Tulum who secretly bet on the Barbarian side.

And the chambers of commerce of various countries, and even the officials of various countries in the port of Tulun, because of the position of the problem, they are also on the bright side, and they have placed heavy bets on the side of Barbaria's subordinates, but there are also people who have secretly placed heavy bets on the side of the Delun Imperial Army.

"This is human nature!" Dirks smiled contemptuously.

The Delen Empire and the Lucia Empire are both the top powers in the Metland continent, and the armies of both countries are extremely powerful.

It's just that if the army of the Deren Empire is a sophisticated and rigorous killing machine, then the army of the Lucia Empire is muddy and chaotic, enough to drown everything in the flood.

Both sides have their own strengths and weaknesses, and each has its own advantages and disadvantages.

If it is a bet between the elite main forces of the two countries, then the outcome of the bet is really hard to say.

Almost everyone present knew in their hearts that the Imperial Army participating in today's gambling battle was actually the newly recruited and trained marines after Fredet came to the port of Tulum. This army has not been in existence for a long time, and has probably just completed basic military training, so its combat effectiveness is ...... It's really hard to say, how much combat power they can have.

And the army on Barbaria's side did not come from the main force of the Lucian Empire, but the hussars of the Duchy of Portland, a small vassal country of the Lucia Empire, located in the northeast corner of Tulum Harbor.

The territory of the Duchy of Portland is not large, the population is not large, and the national strength hovers back and forth between the third and fourth rates, but their hussars are elite light cavalry that are quite famous on the mainland of Medland.

"No one knows the outcome of a gambling fight in advance." Dirks sighed under his breath.

"However, we are the bankers, the bankers take all, and we will not lose." Count Xia Fei smiled: "Actually, it doesn't matter if you lose, doesn't it?" ”

"yes, it doesn't matter if you lose." Dex turned his head and looked at the red roof looming to the west.

What if this gamble is a big loss?

The home fleet is in the open sea.

The forces of the multinational coalition are massing from the northwest, northeast, southwest, and southeast directions of the Delun Empire.

As long as the port of Tulun is conquered, the Ice Sea Kingdom will gnaw a big piece of fat, and any losses can be easily recovered.

Then, the Marines of the home fleet gently advanced hundreds of miles north......

The benefits that this big battle can bring to the Ice Sea Kingdom are at least more than a hundred times the total bet of today's gamble. As one of the actual operators of this war, the benefits that Dex, Count Xia Fei and others can obtain from it are definitely a terrifying astronomical amount.

That's strategic vision.

The natives of Tulum Port, as well as many foreign merchants, focused their attention on the gambling itself.

And Dirks and others, their attention, has been on a higher level.

Of course, this does not prevent Dekes from making a little pocket money from this gambling fight...... It's a reasonable and compliant little fun.

"It's just a little fun." Dekes smiled: "The important thing is that the main force of Duke Ross's army is trapped on the island of Garsica and cannot land reinforcements at all...... The only thing that Tulum Port can count on now is these thirty newly formed Marine Divisions. ”

"Today, let's test their quality." Dirks laughed heartily.

It would be great to have Barbaria take the initiative to jump out and test the actual combat power of the Tulun Port army for the Ice Sea Kingdom in advance. As long as the real combat power of the Tulun Port garrison is tested, the next battle plan of the Ice Sea Kingdom can be made more detailed and perfect.

Surrounded by a group of tall Lucian men, Barbaria seriously signed a bet with Hesse, and then glared at Hesse fiercely, stretched out his right hand full of fluff, and made a gesture of cutting his neck.

He grinned triumphantly.

In this battle, he was nine out of ten and had absolute confidence to win.

Is there anything more wonderful than winning 100 million gold marks at the beginning?

This one, a sure win!

The Delen Imperial Army that appeared in front of everyone was just an ordinary army with two full brigades.

Only Barbaria knew in his heart that most of the hussars he sent out to participate in the gambling battle were the elite of the Royal Knights of the Lucia Empire.

The Duchy of Portland is the closest vassal state to the port of Tulum among the many vassal states of the Lucian Empire. From the capital of Portland to the port of Tulum, the straight-line distance is only more than 300 miles.

It's just that a north-south mountain range is like a wall, just across the border, like the mountains west of the port of Tulum, the mountains are steep and rugged, and the mountain roads are narrow and difficult for large armies to cross.

So much so that for many years, even when the Rule Great Plains in the north was full of corpses, the Duchy of Portland could only send a small elite to sneak through that mountainous area to invade the port of Tulum.

It is also a coincidence that these days, a little princess in the Principality of Portland, known as the "Pearl of Portland", who was born with a beautiful appearance, has officially become an adult, and when it comes to the age of marriage, the two princes of the Lucian Empire are like flies that smell blood, and they come to the princess's birthday party with a large number of elite 'lala'.

At the birthday party, the two princes heard about the cause and consequences of the robbery of the Royal Bank of Hyderabad, and knew that the multinational coalition was about to launch a war against the Deren Empire.

In order to compete for the 'Pearl of Portland', the two princes, who almost drew their swords and fought to the death, immediately made a decision - with their respective subordinates, rushed to the border between Portland and Tulun Harbor to wait for an opportunity.

They were ready to take part in the war themselves, judged by their military merits, and whoever had the last laugh would be able to bring the 'Pearl of Portland' back to Fort St. Ankarina.

The dull sound of horses' hooves was heard.

A trotting of heavily armed cavalry emerged from a hill to the east.

The war horses ridden by these cavalry were a head taller than ordinary war horses, unusually handsome, and imposing.

The knights on the horses, they wore pale silver half-body armor, pale green uniforms, pale red capes, and sterling silver helmets, and colorful feathers decorated on the helmets.

Behind the saddles of these knights, two thin flagpoles, seven or eight feet high, were attached to the left and the right.

There are two swallowtail flags hanging on the flagpole, with the red dragon crest of the Duchy of Portland on them, and the edge of the flag is a thin golden tassel, and as the knights advance, the flagpole is opened at forty-five degrees to the left and right, as if two wings are dancing in the wind behind the knights.

These knights were extremely well equipped.

They had a round steel shield in their left hand, a saber in their right hand, a thin, long riding spear in their saddle, and a folded steel crossbow hanging behind their left thigh.

On the back of their right leg hung a large leather pouch with twelve javelins more than four feet long.

Around the waists of some knights, there were also three short flint hairs.

Some knights had not even a short stalk around their waists, but a row full of five or six.

And some knights, although they do not have short knives around their waists, are full of shiny throwing knives and heavy throwing axes.

In the sunlight, these weapons all shimmered with a dazzling light.

All the hussars were expressionless, and they rode their horses like a silent mountain rushing out from behind the hills, and then quickly formed a huge formation of wild goose feathers, slowed down, and slowly approached the Deren Imperial Army more than two miles ahead.

"This ......" Dex in the stands slowly stood up, "This doesn't look like a portland hussar?" Whether it's a war horse, or equipment, or ...... Their spirits. ”

The hussars of the Principality of Portland are certainly elite, but they are only elite in the conventional sense.

As a small country of third- to fourth-rate, no matter how brave and good the hussars of the Duchy of Portland are, they always have a small family spirit...... And the winged cavalry in front of them, they have a kind of strong confidence that only the top powers and top elites have, as if they were overwhelming.

Even, it can be said that the hussars in front of them, they have ...... An extreme pride, even arrogance.

When they looked at the Delen Imperial Army in front of them, there was even a kind of contempt and disregard for a butcher looking at a chick in their stagnant and calm eyes.

As the lieutenant of the Ice Sea Kingdom's native fleet, Dekes was able to distinguish this inexplicable momentum.

This, it can't be the hussars of the Duchy of Portland.

Well, at least most of them are not real hussars......

"Barbaria cheated." Dirks bit his lip and snickered.

"Damn it......" Count Xia Fei's face suddenly darkened: "I asked my personal servant, in the name of someone else, to press 200,000 gold marks on the side of the Delun Imperial Army...... This is my hard-earned private money! ”

Dekes glanced at Count Xia Fei quickly, and said in an extremely strange tone: "Private money? What a blessing...... I borrowed 500,000 gold marks from the Royal Bank and bet on the Delen Imperial Army. ”

Count Snowfly and Dex glanced at each other and shrugged their shoulders at the same time.

Damn Barbaria.