Chapter 222: Celebration Banquet (II)

The Terran Imperial Capital, facing the three exits in the southwest direction, neatly lined up hundreds of thousands of royal city guards.

The imperial capital was already under martial law, and civilians were not allowed to leave their homes.

His Majesty Xin Lian drove the imperial expedition in person, and during this period, the queen supervised the country.

There was no crowd to see them off, only the soldiers walked out of the city gate in order without looking back, ready to rush to the front line of the battlefield.

The atmosphere at this moment is very heavy, and the bad news that keeps coming back from the front line washes over the psychological endurance of the empire again and again, from the fall of Dante Province to the collapse of the defense line of Deep Blue Province, it seems to be a blink of an eye.

The two major provinces plus the heavy troops assembled by the empire did not stop those terrible minotaurs, which cast a layer of gloom in everyone's hearts.

Fortunately, there is a joint expeditionary force assembled by the Duke of Bourbon and the Duke of Habsburg to top it, otherwise the empire would have been in turmoil by now, and I just don't know how the battle is on the front line, I hope it won't be too bad.

His Majesty Xin Lian's expedition of the golden dragon chariot is an old object handed down by the royal family, the wipe of the ground is shining, pulled by sixteen strong white horses, the prince accompanied by the prince, for the stability of the imperial capital, His Majesty Xin Lian also used the means, the ministers also took with him, so that the more than 200,000 royal city guards left by the emperor are enough to ensure the status of the royal family.

"Your Majesty, please rest assured that Duke August's message has arrived at the front. ”

Seeing that His Majesty Xin Lian was still in a heavy mood when he was riding on the dragon chariot, Earl Nicol, the minister of care, hurriedly sent a message of good news to His Majesty the Emperor.

"Hmm. ”

His Majesty Xinlian nodded, comprehending Count Nichol's kindness, and smiled confidently.

If he had a heavy face, then those soldiers who followed him on the expedition would inevitably be frightened, he was thinking about how to deal with the Minotaur army just now, but he felt that he couldn't start, and some of his previous skills felt unable to be used when dealing with the Minotaur, which made him feel heavy.

"Your Majesty Father, please rest assured, the Minotaur is only a momentary murderer, and now he is fighting repeatedly. It must be exhausted, and when the elite arrives, it can be completely swept away!"

The eldest prince is full of confidence, and the number of the Minotaur army is hard. The eldest prince is ruthless in his heart, he has already planned, when the time comes, he will personally lead the overseer team to suppress the formation, even if the soldiers are driven up to death, they will also deal with the minotaur. Anyway, he didn't feel distressed at all about the death of some nobles' private soldiers.

"The eldest prince is right, although the Minotaur is fierce, he is not His Majesty's opponent, and he will definitely be ambushed at that time!"

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The eldest prince made a start, followed by His Majesty the Emperor and rode the deputy ministers of the Imperial Empire one after another, patting their ass vigorously, in fact, they were also cheering themselves up, they were going to the front line with His Majesty the Emperor this time, if they lost, the consequences would be unimaginable. Maybe I'll put my life in the hands of the Minotaur, and this battle can't be lost!

Marquis Carlos, who rushed to the imperial capital a few days ago to complain, was also there, and unfortunately was pulled by His Majesty the Emperor, not only to follow His Majesty the Emperor on the expedition, for the sake of his own safety, but also to send a message to send a private army to the front line to join him and protect his own life.

While others might be counting on Thunder and the Habsburg Duke's combined expeditionary force to win, the Marquis de Carlos had no such wish, and he now prayed that Thunder would be stuck on the front line and fight the Minotaur army to the death. It is best to be defeated by the Minotaur, and it is best to die, and then it is up to him to go out and annihilate the remaining Minotaur in one fell swoop. How wonderful that would be.

100,000 guards of the royal city plus more than 100,000 private soldiers out of the imperial city in a mighty way, endlessly, advancing in three ways, it is really not possible not to separate, there are too many people crowded into a ball to affect the speed of progress, and the road that is easier to walk is so wide. If you squeeze one way to go, you don't know when you will be able to reach the front line.

His Majesty Xin Lian now hoped very much that the United Expeditionary Force could withstand the attack of the Minotaur army, and it was best to lose both, and wait for him to pick up the fruits of victory, and at this point he and the Marquis of Carlos thought of going together, which was the most favorable situation for him.

More than 200,000 troops traveled, of which almost 50,000 private soldiers still had to do a good job of logistics, the formation was still very large, coupled with the deliberate propaganda of His Majesty Xin Lian, the news of the heroic Emperor's personal expedition soon began to circulate in all corners of the empire.

In the afternoon, the army was already more than 20 miles away from the imperial capital, and among the rear army, a court mage suddenly received a good news of a great victory from the front line.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! There is good news on the front line!"

In order to highlight the presence, the court mage who accompanied the army shouted loudly, attracting enough attention.

The good news on the front line? His Majesty Xin Lian's eyes froze, could it be that the United Expeditionary Force withstood the attack of the Minotaurs? Or did he recapture the defensive fortress of the Deep Blue Province in one go?

No, no, it is estimated that the fortress will not be recaptured in such a short time, that is, a lot of results have been obtained during the battle?

Thinking of this, His Majesty Xin Lian's heart beat faster to open the good news, and sure enough, the Minotaur was defeated! Good! His Majesty Xin Lian was overjoyed in his heart and continued to read.

This good news was sent by the empire to the provincial consul in the dark blue province, before the defense fortress was lost, the defense line collapsed, he fled quickly, did not die, now that the minotaur is finished, hurry up and send the first good news, in order to redeem it, make some efforts, maybe His Majesty the Emperor will not pursue his fault when he is overjoyed?

It's a pity that he chose the timing very badly, His Majesty the Emperor has already set out for the battle, and at this time, there is good news, and it is also the good news that the main force of the Minotaur has been completely annihilated, so where does His Majesty Xin Lian put his face?

When His Majesty Xin Lian finished reading the good news, his face had completely turned into the color of pig liver, he never thought that the thunder was so fierce, the first battle almost pacified the invading Minotaur army, that was a total annihilation, when the good news was recorded, the battle on the plain, countless Minotaurs were killed, ten miles of scorched earth, rivers of blood, you can imagine how fierce the battle was.

This is almost the most difficult situation for His Majesty Xin Lian to accept now, and it can even be said that it is worse than the Minotaur army to capture one more province, because it means that the two provinces in the southwest of the empire will be affected by the Bourbon family and the Habsburg family, and the royal family's control over these two provinces will be reduced, and even the three provinces around the dark blue province will be irradiated, plus he is now driving the expedition with great fanfare, in the case of the Minotaur army almost dying, it is simply a joke!

"Your Majesty, what's the good news?"

Marquis Carlos lowered his head and did not observe His Majesty Xin Lian's face, but when he heard that the court mage said that it was good news, he immediately came over to join in the fun, and at the same time wanted to learn about the situation on the front line from the good news, so he asked happily.

"Hmph!" His Majesty Xin Lian snorted coldly as if he had been caught with a sore foot, looking at the short and fat Marquis Carlos, his heart was so tired that he couldn't do it, and the slight good news fell on the face of the Marquis Carlos. (To be continued.) )