The city of Ejfon, the back hall of the lord's palace.

Five of the seven most powerful city lords in the Brynpace Alliance are gathering here.

The city lords looked at each other, not knowing what was going on.

At noon today, the embassy of each city lord received an invitation letter from Menzies, the current chairman of the alliance. Everyone thought it was just an ordinary exchange between city lords. But when they found out that the meeting place was not in the front hall, but in a relatively remote back hall, it seemed that something was wrong.

"Hello everyone!"

Menzies and San Theo Lee spun out from behind the screen.

When the other three city lords saw this, they immediately stopped talking and stood up and nodded to Menzies.

After everyone was seated, Menzies explained why they had invited everyone.

"I think you are well aware that the next president of the League is a rivalry between the son-in-law and the lord of Okale, Babu, and everyone here has declared their support for St. Theo Lee of Boscombe City, and according to the law of the League, it is a foregone conclusion that St. Theo Lee will be the next president of the League. ”

Except for San Theo Lee, who was sitting at the top at the moment, the other three city lords were muttering in their hearts.

Now that the situation is clear, and the battle for the presidency has actually come to an end, is it still necessary to bring a few of us together before the Supreme Council of the Alliance?

The eyes of every city lord fell on San Theo Lee, the upstart of the alliance, and they couldn't figure out what kind of medicine was being sold in the gourds of these two sons-in-law.

Seeing that everyone's puzzled eyes fell on his son-in-law, Menzies coughed dryly, and after pulling everyone's attention back to his side, he continued what he had just said.

"As everyone knows, to this day, Báb of Okkale and Ryan of Adelaide have not yet arrived in Ejvon. According to the reports of scouts along the way, no trace of the envoys or the Báb himself was found on the road from the city of Okkale to the city of Echvon. That is, at the highest meeting of the alliance to be held the day after tomorrow, Babu and Ryan will be absent. ”

Absent!

Everyone noticed that things seemed to be getting a little strange, and could even say that they sensed some kind of potential danger coming.

In the more than 300 years of the Alliance's history, the lords of the Seven Great Cities have never been absent from every meeting of the Alliance's highest meeting, and even if they fail to arrive at the Alliance's capital on time, there will be representative envoys attending the meeting.

Garence, the lord of Carson City, and Atburykin, the lord of Passes, were only superficial associations, and they were only surprised by this incident, and they did not think of the terrible conspiracy that might be hidden behind this incident. But Bambrus, the lord of the city, noticed a terrifying word in Menzies's words.

Scout!

In other words, on this "golden passage" from the city of Okkale to the city of Echivon, Menzies, and possibly San Theo Lee, had placed the regular army of the alliance dedicated to spying on intelligence, rather than the usual sentinels.

Noticing the sparkle in Bambrus' eyes, it was clear to San Theo Lee that the other had understood the seriousness of the matter.

"Is there going to be a war?"

Bambrus had a solemn face and a low tone.

"What!war?what's going on?" Gallence was confused, his eyes staring directly at Banbrus, who was sitting across from him, as if trying to see something in him.

"Is it true that the defeated Babu and his family are going to unite and compete for the position of chairman of the alliance by force?" Atburikin did not believe that the Babu would start a war, so until now, his expression did not show the slightest panic.

With the 20,000 knight legions (cyan legion, blue legion) in Okalai City and Adlai City, it is impossible to defeat the remaining five actual legions of the "Seven Colored Knights", not to mention that he has to face a large number of other city-states in the alliance.

Atburykin's mind did not take into account that there was a large empire in the north of the Union.

"We are also not very clear about the likelihood of a war breaking out. But I cannot fail to inform you here that if war does break out, it may not be just Babu and Ryan that we will be confronted!" said Menzies meaningfully.

"It seems that the transfer of forces of the Prussian Empire on the borders of the Union over the years has not been without reason!"

It was still Banbrus, and in addition to Menzies and San Theo Lee, the one who knew the current situation best was the lord of the city of Mendu, who was over sixty years old.

When Bambrus's words involved the Prussian Empire, the expressions of the other two city lords sitting there instantly became extremely stiff.

The Prussian Empire, a powerful military force and a monarch that people both feared and admired, Sarkland the Great.

Being neighbors with such a country and such a monarch can be said to be a nightmare in the minds of the leaders of every city-state of the Brinpius Alliance.

The entire backroom was suddenly deadly silent, and everyone, including St. Theo Lee, was secretly calculating the League's chances of victory in the war against the Prussian Empire. It was clear to all of them that the Prussian Empire was arguably the most powerful country in the western part of the continent today. Especially after the loss of the Newingman Empire in the war against the Kingdom of Fabre, looking at the whole west, no country has the ability to hold it hostage. The reason why the Union had remained stable on the border with the Prussian Empire for so long was largely because there was another great empire on its western front that was holding back its forces. But now, the situation has changed radically, and it is impossible for Newingman to wage another war of 100,000 men in the near future. In this case, Emperor Shacklan would be able to transfer a large number of troops from the western front of the empire to the eastern front. This would inevitably change the balance of power between the Alliance and the Prussian Empire on the border.

"Is it really possible for the Prussian Empire to invade the Alliance?"

To the surprise of everyone in the room, it was Menzies who asked this question, and the person he asked was the youngest of all the people in the room, San Theo Lee, who was only 22 years old this year.

It is only now that everyone understands that the earliest source of information about this matter is not Menzies, the current president of the League, who is the most powerful in the League, but San Theo Lee. Unexpectedly, Boscombe City, which has always been in the southernmost part of the alliance, can expand its surveillance range to the "golden passage" in the north of the alliance, which can imagine the size of San Theo Lee's current influence in the alliance and his own ability.

After careful consideration of the whole thing, San Theo Lee came to the conclusion that nothing had changed.

"Yes, according to the current situation, it is highly likely that Babu and Ryan will betray the alliance, they proposed independence in the last meeting!"

"But we all know that it's just that he's not happy with the proposal of the Alliance Assembly to elect you as the next chairman!"

Atburikin objected, and it was clear to everyone at the time that the Báb's proposal for independence was merely an expression of his displeasure with the League's assembly. If he was really independent, with a city of Okalae, it would be impossible to have a living space between the Union and the Prussian Empire. The day the Báb declared their independence, the Prussian Empire annexed the city of Okkale.

"Yes, with the strength of Babu alone, he would never dare to betray the alliance. But don't forget, besides him, there is also Ryan, the city lord of Adlaide City!"

"Ryan!" Gallence looked disdainful, "What can that 'garbage army' under his command do to help Babu?

"His Blue Legion may not be able to do Babu much of a favor. However, if the Báb joins forces with him, he is tantamount to joining forces with Prussia's Sarkland! It is equivalent to joining forces with the hundreds of thousands of Prussian troops on the border of the Chen Bing Alliance!"

"You mean that there is a relationship between Ryan and Prussia!" said Bambruss, carefully considering the words in his words.

"It can't be said that it is an exchange, but it should be said that there is an agreement between them for a long time. Although I don't know the specific content of this secret agreement now, just looking at Ryan's expenses in the past ten years, I can find that most of them have been spent on those Prussian imperial magnates, and if the amount is calculated, I am afraid that there will be hundreds of thousands of gold coins. If there was no political agreement between them, how could Adlai, the weakest of the Seven Cities, spend so much money to win over those Prussian nobles. ”

By this time, everyone was aware of the seriousness of the problem, and some people were even mentally calculating the exact time and place when the war would begin.

"Now is not the time for us to think about whether war will happen or not, what we have to do now is what we should do in the event of a war with the Prussian Empire!"

Menzies, who had been president of the League for many years, had already decided in his mind that war between the League and the Prussian Empire was inevitable by virtue of his experience and experience.

"If Barb and Lane really defected to the Prussian Empire, then there would be no large cities in the north of the alliance that could stop the Prussian army, and the enemy could drive straight in. In five or six days, the Prussian army could reach the city of Echvon. Banbrus said worriedly.

"Yes! Without the city of Okkale as a barrier, the gap in military power between us and the Prussian Empire would be enough to destroy our country!" Atburikin, who had not believed that Babu would betray the alliance, spoke not much different from a donkey, his voice dry and sharp, and his expression flustered and frightened.

Atburykin's mood also quickly affected Garence next to him, his hands clenched the handles of the seat, trembling slightly, and his whole body trembled like a city of fallen leaves in the autumn wind.

The nightmare that had been haunting the hearts of the Brin Pace Alliance City Lords for a long time had finally come true, and it was no wonder that the most powerful city lords in these alliances behaved like this.

San Theo Lee sensed the panic and uneasiness in everyone's hearts and shook his head.

With the Prussian Empire's Sarkland the Great, St. Theo Lee did not feel any headaches, and with such a man, St. Theo Lee really felt the hardships of this war.

Now he is most envious of Li Yuxuan in his embassy at this time.

In the "homeland", not a single person doubted his abilities, and everyone, including his generals and ordinary soldiers, believed that their leader would lead them to victory. Of course, no one could challenge his authority, and he only had to think about the affairs of the battlefield without worrying about his own men.

He is different, he is only one of the seven major cities in the alliance, and there are at least six people who have the same status and strength as himself, not to mention that there is also a power above him. Bringing together the forces of these people against the powerful enemy Prussia was a difficult problem in itself. Not to mention that the enemy's military power is still above itself. Now the only way for me is to push these usually pampered city lords into a desperate situation, and let them understand that they have no other way to choose except to unite against foreign enemies. Perhaps in this way, he could focus more on dealing with the Prussian Imperial Army.

"In addition to the city of Okkale, we have at least one place in the north where we can stop the offensive of the Prussian Imperial Army!"

"Is it the Marlenia Gorge?"

It was Bambrus, the lord of the city of Mendu, who was the closest of the seven cities to the Canyon of Marlenia, and was therefore the one who knew the terrain best.

"Yes! As long as we can control the Lennia Gorge before the enemy, we can seize the initiative on the battlefield, advance and attack, and retreat and defend. Even if Prussia had 100,000 troops, it would definitely not be able to cross the Lenya Gorge!"

San Theo Lee spoke with confidence.

Seeing that San Theo Lee was so sure, everyone let go of their hanging hearts.

But is it really as simple as San Theo Lee says, and is San Theo Lee really as confident as he is now?