Terra 1094, late winter.

The Victorian Empire was faced to the whole world, and was jointly adopted by the Imperial General Military Department, the Imperial National Council, and the Imperial Family, and announced an international strategic announcement to the outside world.

From now on, the General Military Department of the Victorian Empire will launch a war crusade against the rulers of the Eastern Kingdom, the Eastern Continent region, and the Sakuratake family, which is in line with the international strategic agreement, not wanton aggression, and is known to all allies in the world

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The proclamation made it clear that Victoria's international military campaign was not an invasion, but a crusade.

In the detailed announcement that followed, the reason for the move and the purpose of the strategic crusade were clearly stated, as well as sufficient evidence.

According to the announcement, the former emperor's chief of affairs, Frey, was conclusive in his treason, and he used his power to reach cooperation with the Sakuratake family in the east on the condition of international strategic support.

During the Victorian Civil War, Furay repeatedly used the elite assassins trained by the Sakuratake family to carry out assassination operations in Victoria.

A total of Xia Feng, the president of the Black Feather Chamber of Commerce, Gleason, the commander-in-chief of the border military region, and the commander-in-chief of the Southern Military Region, Omong, were assassinated many times, resulting in many casualties, which is really a major crime.

Now, the former military chief Frey has been hunted down and executed by the emperor's ** department, but he is not the only prisoner.

For this reason, the Victorian Empire's top brass unanimously decided that there would be no forgiveness for the enemies who committed crimes in the Dark Ages, and that justice would be done to the soldiers who died for it.

At the end of the announcement, a line of large letters is particularly eye-catching, which also expresses the strength of Victoria today, as well as the irresistible majesty and determination of the ruler.

Those who offend me Victoria will be punished even if they are far away!

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Vena agreed to Xia Feng's request and decided to intervene in this dispute in the eastern kingdom in the name of the empire.

Of course, this can't be counted as a request either, because Xia Feng didn't say a word of request at all during the phone call that night.

He just told Vina about it from an objective point of view.

As for what Vina will ultimately choose, the answer is obvious.

Regardless of her position, Vina will unconditionally support this military operation, or rather, this is the opportunity that Vena has been waiting for.

Yu Gong, as the new king of Victoria, it is necessary for her to launch an opportunity to show the strong rise of the new empire and the current strong military force after quelling the civil strife.

At the same time, it is also a wake-up call to the neighboring countries that are still waiting, no matter what Victoria has experienced, when the lion king gets back on his feet, the enemy will not be able to escape the hunt.

As for Yu Private, she also sincerely wants to help Xia Feng, and she is also helping herself.

Although Vina is not nominally Black Feather's person, she knows why Black Feather exists, and she also knows why Summer Breeze came to Victoria in the first place.

Therefore, the black feather is in a sense her umbrella, a shield, a sword, and the last reliance that she will never turn her back on in a desperate situation.

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For Ah Guang's death, Vina has always felt deeply guilty, and she is also surrounded by deep self-blame.

She will never forget Xia Feng's expression after learning of Ah Guang's death in Shengdi City.

At the same time, she was also self-loathing about what she said at the time when she said that "the big picture is important".

Yes, people can't be resurrected after death, and she knows that Xia Feng knows this better than anyone else.

As long as Xia Feng lives, Victoria will be cut out of a piece of light by him, but this light is not visible to everyone.

So now, when she learned that Xichuan was Ah Guang's hometown, Vena made a promise without hesitation.

"Xia Feng, I will guard Aguang's hometown with you, not only to protect, but also to make the enemy pay a heavy price."

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The next day.

Victoria's official announcement was made.

What is surprising is that this international military action has not only not been questioned and interfered with by many neighboring countries, but has also received partial support.

Among them, diplomats from the governments of Sami and Sargon were the first to take the case and support the crusade as international allies.

Not only moral support, but also military support.

Among them, the Sámi military voluntarily sent a 20,000-strong support force to participate in the international crusade, while Sargon symbolically sent 5,000 men.

With Victoria's current strong national strength, he doesn't need the support of his allies at all to crusade against the eastern kingdom, and he is not a tough Ursas.

As for why Sami and Sargon insisted on sending troops to support with a dead face, they can only understand everyone who understands.

To put it bluntly, it's all about participation.

It's like a colleague in the company suddenly being promoted and becoming a general manager, and at this time, the new general manager wants to plan a project, so as long as you want to shine in your future career, you must support it.

As for the degree of support, it depends on how much light you want to dip into.

And those colleagues who don't want to be sycophants, most of them will not disagree at this moment, at most they will remain acquiescing.

Because if you dare to object, the next project planned by the general manager may be "How to get rid of you from the company".

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In this way, under the personal supervision of the king, the Victorian General Army launched an operation at the speed of light.

Among the four major military regions, the northern and southern military regions will not move, and the border military regions will guard the border, and the operation will all be completed by the Central Army.

The first echelon, six integrated divisions, and a total of 120,000 elite soldiers of the Central Army quickly completed the assembly and launched a march to the distant eastern country.

At the same time, the summer breeze on the south coast dialed the phone of Silver Gray again.

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Although the hundreds of thousands of samurai of the Sakura samurai family were not at the same level as the equipment and combat effectiveness of the regular Victorian army, they were not vegetarians either.

Besides, Victoria was too far from the East.

The speed of the Central Army is not that fast, so before that, he needs a strong regular army to withstand the pressure first.

And Boss Silver's secret army couldn't be more suitable.

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On the phone, Xia Feng did not tell the cause of the incident in too much detail, but only firmly expressed his position.

Just like the previous scene, Silver Ash didn't care about the reason, he only cared about Xia Feng's own thoughts.

"Xia Feng, have you really decided?"

"I decided."

"It's not a hot head, it's not a rash mind, and you won't regret it?"

Xia Feng's voice was calm.

"Yes, I'm calm, it's what I have to do, my ally, please."

Silvergray laughed on the phone.

"Since you call it an ally, then your business is my business, so what is there to ask for."

"Heh, when the dust settles, I'll invite you to drink."

"Okay, that's a deal."

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Putting down the phone, Xia Feng looked out the window to the east.

At this time, the surprise attack of Kurogang and Ifrit and others on the Sakura Sakura's supply point had ended, but judging from the span of the battle line, this kind of blow could not completely eliminate the enemy's intention to attack.

But it doesn't matter, it's enough as a "delaying tactic".

Huge forces are gathering, and the sword thousands of miles away is already pointing to the east.

At this moment, the Sakura Warrior family, who had ruled Dongzhou for decades, had no idea what they were about to face.