Outside the Solang Valley, the Great Tent of Yankel.

Duke Yankel, known as the "first general" of the Newman Empire, is forty-eight years old, with a beard and a burly build, and he looks like a rough man with well-developed limbs and a simple mind. But all the generals who have fought against him know that under his rugged exterior lies a war wisdom beyond ordinary people. Twenty-five years have passed since he entered the military at the age of twenty-three, and his battlefield record is still a complete victory. The fundamental reason for the relative stalemate between the Newman Empire and the Prussian Empire for nearly a decade was not because of the diplomatic skills of those politicians, but because none of the Prussian commanders were willing to lead an army against Yankel.

For nearly 400 years of history in the western part of the continent, the Newman and Prussian empires have been mortal enemies. The border wars between the two sides are constantly frictional, and each wants to defeat or even eliminate the other to become the number one power in the western part of the continent. However, the national power of both sides is too strong, and even if one side wins a battle, it will never shake the foundation of the other empire. Therefore, for a long time, neither side has been wiped out by the fighting.

However, it is precisely because of the existence of these two empires and the struggle between them that there is no super empire with continent-wide influence in the western part of the continent like the Tianlong Empire, which also inhibits the strength of the western part of the continent to a certain extent.

In the face of such a long period of internal friction, the western part of the continent did not push its power to the middle of the continent, thus causing the strong position of the Frankish Kingdom and the four major stans on the current continent to be unshaken.

This attack on the Kingdom of Fabre by the Newingman Empire can be regarded as a long-planned plan. Ten years earlier, Yankel had proposed to Emperor Howard II a plan to annex the Kingdom of Fabre in order to increase its power and eventually defeat the Prussian Empire and dominate the western part of the continent. To this end, Yankel sent a large number of spies into the kingdom of Fabre ten years ago, drew up a detailed map, and made a very detailed investigation of Fabre's border guards and garrisons in various places. On the one hand, Yankel reduced friction with the Prussian Imperial Army on the northern border under his command, and strictly forbade the sergeants to enter the territory of the other side. The commanders of the Prussian Imperial Army were also unable to ask for a way not to fight Yankel, and they tried to restrain their subordinates. Because of this, the two most powerful empires in the western part of the continent have only been able to get along in the last decade.

As the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Army of Newingman, Duke Yankel investigated his opponent, King Camp Orlando of the Kingdom of Fabre "Mad Lion" more carefully. Five years before the outbreak of the war, he ordered people to collect information about Camp from various sources, and he had to look at everything in detail. Yankel knew a lot about trivial things that even Camp himself had long forgotten. It can even be said that the person who knows Camp the most in this world is neither his relatives nor himself, but his enemy, Duke Yankel of the Newman Empire.

It took ten years to gather the intelligence needed for a war, and five or six years to get to know the opponent, which shows what a terrifying opponent Yankel is.

Since receiving the news of the fall of Hyde, Yankel, who had a very good grasp of the situation of the war, seems to have sensed that the situation has changed somewhat.

Based on the information he has gathered over the years, it seems that no one in the Fabre military community has been able to turn the situation around in such a situation. Whether it was Fabre's military minister, Shangsted, or the commander of the Guard, Cambrai, they were all conformists, and it was impossible for them to break through Ferdinand's resistance and capture Hyde City. But now the fall of Hyde City is a fact in front of his eyes, which means that it is not Ste who commands the main force of the Fabre army, and it will definitely not be Cambrai, is it the crown prince of the Fabre army, Tork Orlando, who is only seventeen years old?

A huge question mark came to Yankel's mind, and he did not believe that a timid and cowardly young man who rejected his status as crown prince would be able to stabilize the chaotic situation in the kingdom of Fabre at this time, and even lead an army to capture the city of Hyde.

Except for these three people, there is no one who is qualified to lead this support army, could it be that the kid will play tricks and go from a coward to a genius in a short period of a month.

Eventually, Yankel ordered his intelligence officers to bring out the information about Tork Orlando for review.

For nearly five years, the cowardly crown prince of Fabre had never caught the attention of Yankel, and if it weren't for the investigation of Camp, Tuck Orlando would never have been in the sight of the Newman Empire's spies.

"Torque Orlando, the legal heir of the Kingdom of Fabre, was a cowardly and cowardly man who suddenly disappeared in September 176 A.D., and his whereabouts are unknown. ”

Looking at the inexplicable, incomprehensible words of the last line of intelligence, Yankel fell into deep thought.

The whereabouts of the crown prince of a country are unknown, and as the king, Camp does not seem to have taken any steps to find his son. Obviously, the behind-the-scenes story of this incident must be clear. So where did this so-called cowardly and timid crown prince go and what did he do during this period of disappearance?

Yankel was known for his caution and thoughtfulness in the Newingman military. He would never act rashly until he had figured out the situation.

It is better to miss a hundred fighters out of caution than to give the enemy a chance because of carelessness.

It is Yankel's military code, and it is also the reason why he became a famous general. Since the enemy will give you a hundred chances, he will definitely make the one hundred and first mistake. Therefore, it is not terrible to miss some fighters without understanding the enemy's strategic intentions, but it is very dangerous to leave the opponent with a chance to thwart himself for your own reasons.

But on the other hand, blind caution cannot achieve the feats of a famous general. Yankel himself also has another condition to become a celebrity, that is, he has a keen eye for things, so he can often grasp the most critical aspects of a thing in a very short time.

This time was no exception, and in just a quarter of an hour, Yankel found a name from a large pile of information that had been brought in.

"White-haired Shura" Shi Yue.

Judging by the name, this man is definitely not a westerner, but more like a person from the East or the South. But there was one thing that caught Yankel's mind, and that was the sword that many wandering knights had told each other about five feet long.

Although Yankel appeared to be a battlefield general, he was by no means inferior to any imperial scholar. By the age of fifteen, he had read thousands of books from his home, and in the rest of his studies, his thirst for knowledge far exceeded that of the average military academy student. The Great Library of the Newingman Empire is one of the three major libraries in the mainland, and the richness of the collection has made many scholars of the empire indulge in it for life. And when he was a student, Yankel was also a frequent visitor to the large library. Especially in the history of the continental war, he can be said to be a very outstanding scholar, and some people even think that he is more suitable to be a scholar than a general.

According to Yankel's memory, there have been many famous weapons in the history of the continent, and the most of them are of course the sword with the title of "Saint of a Hundred Soldiers". But even so, five-foot long swords are very rare. In his life, Yankel had only seen a five-foot-long sword, and the owner of the sword was the captain of the Prussian Emperor's guard, the "Knight of the Greatsword". The sword was five feet two inches long and more than two inches wide, and its weight was staggering, and I am afraid that no one could wield such a giant sword freely except for a fierce general like Clinder, who was born with divine powers. However, the sword in Shi Yue's hand was obviously not the same, Shi Yue's sword was thin and narrow.

Could it be the legendary Heavenly Dragon Empire's artifact, the Panlong Ancient Sword?

Yankel had seen an introduction to the sword in a rather old and dilapidated manuscript in the Great Library.

However, according to the report from the south a few years ago, the Panlong Ancient Sword should have fallen into the hands of a young man named Li Yuxuan, that is, the head of the "homeland", how could it appear in the hands of this person named Shi Yue?

By the way, "white-haired Shura"! Isn't the head of the "homeland" also white-haired?

Finally, Yankel understood what kind of opponent he was facing at the moment. And as the "mystery of the opponent" was solved, an ominous premonition came to Yankel's mind.

The head of the family, Li Yuxuan, created an empire at his young age, and his subordinates were full of talents, and even a generation of famous generals Yankel had to cheer for this young man who had never seen him. From the defeat of the superior forces of the Atbury Kingdom in the Luo Pingyuan, to the elimination of Feng Xiang's Fourth Corps, until the annexation of the entire Feng Xiang. The boy, who was not yet twenty years old, demonstrated his extraordinary intelligence and art of war. In Yankel's view, the thrilling battles were nothing short of a wonderful work of art.

There is no doubt that if the "white-haired Shura" Shi Yue is really the head of the "homeland", then Ferdinand, known as the "flower of the empire", will definitely not be his opponent, and the sudden fall of Hyde City can be explained. As a famous general, Yankel knew very well that the impact of a brilliant general on the war situation was absolutely incalculable.

Sensing the danger hidden in the shadows on the battlefield, Yankel began to carefully analyze the situation on the entire battlefield.

Like Ferdinand, Yankel saw that the 30,000 cavalry who had been cut off from the rear to attack the capital of Fabre was a good move. But in his heart, he was sure that Li Yuxuan would never leave such a dangerous flaw to his opponent, he must have some way to deal with it, but what would the specific method be?

With 30,000 cavalry, there is absolutely no military force in the current Fabre Kingdom that can compete with it on the plains, and even if the commander is the head of the "homeland", it is impossible to conjure an army out of thin air. The only way left was to defeat Ferdinand and his 30,000 cavalry, which cavalry was not good at. However, according to Fabre's strength, their defenders in the capital city of Seres would never exceed 5,000 men, and even if they had strong walls, they would not be able to withstand the attack of their superior forces. But on the other hand, if they had stationed 15,000 soldiers in Serres, the 30,000 Newman cavalry, who lacked logistical supplies, would have perished under the city.

Yankel deserves to be the "number one general" in the Newman Empire and even in the western part of the entire continent, and Li Yuxuan's pre-set plan failed to hide from him after all.