"It's three o'clock in the afternoon, and I'm going to go with a magic lamp!"

Philip looked up at the gloomy sky, dark clouds as black as ink hung over his head, it looked like night, but it was strangely not raining, and this thick layer of clouds accumulated more and more, and seemed to press down on the ground at any moment.

Tightening his neckline to prevent the wind from pouring into his body, Philip roared:

"Brothers, hurry up, it's about to rain, Wellington's barracks are ahead, and we'll be able to get into our warm tents when we get there!"

The long line erupted in a continuous response, and the elf's beautiful voice was not harsh even if it was loud.

Elven soldiers in green leather armor formed a long dragon in the depths of Philip, and three thousand warriors from the elven kingdom had a scowl on their faces, and before leaving, Seymour announced to them the ruse of the Mandal Republic.

The High Elves who believe in the purity and beauty of love are almost furious enough to storm the prison where Mandal's envoys are being held, and the vile and shameless Mandals almost turn their wives into sluts, which the High Elves cannot bear.

Seymour told these soldiers that they wanted to take revenge on the Mandals, and the best way to take revenge was to make their enemies unable to do what they wanted to do, and the Betika rebellion was the ghost behind the Mandals, since the Mandals wanted the Betika to rebel, then the elven kingdom would not let the Betika rebel.

Originally, Seymour wanted to allocate 5,000 elven warriors to Philip, but the Mandal Republic actually brought nearly 100,000 troops from their allies to approach the border of the elven kingdom near Mandal, and Seymour had to withdraw the elite troops to the border. Only 3,000 men could be allocated to Philip.

These three thousand elven warriors are also good warriors, and their thicker arms than ordinary elves, agile posture, and long marching without chaos all indicate that these people are very good elites.

With these 3,000 men, Philip's total number of conquest troops also reached more than 11,000, and Philip also had some more confidence in dealing with the rebels of Betica.

"Boom!"

A bolt of lightning swept across the sky, illuminating the road ahead, and wrist-thick trees swayed from side to side in a gust of wind, and the leaves were blown to the ground. Like a pauper who shuddered in the cold wind.

"Huh, isn't that Caroline? and Grace. Delia whispered beside Philip.

In dim light. Two slender figures stood in the middle of the road, and Caroline's blonde hair was extremely conspicuous.

Philip hurriedly rode his horse and walked a few steps briskly, and came to the two girls, "Why are you here?"

"I miss you. Grace winked at Philip. Take an eye and glance at Caroline. Then he moved away. Apparently Caroline was coming, so Grace was not to be outdone.

Philip turned to Caroline again, but the Imperial Princess did not speak to Philip. Instead, he walked straight to Delia and bowed in a very formal manner.

"Her Royal Highness Princess Delia Liadon, on behalf of the Hodr royal family, the Bugas Empire, I would like to express my gratitude for the help of the Liaton family and the elven kingdom, and wish the friendship between my two families and two countries will last forever. ”

Delia hurriedly turned over and dismounted, stretched out her hand and gently supported Caroline: "Sister Caroline has seen the outside, the elven kingdom is a member of the Bugas Empire, the suzerainty is in trouble, as a vassal state in the center of the vassal guard, how can the elven kingdom stay out of the matter, my Liaton family will always be the most staunch ally of the Hoder family!"

Philip looked at Delia with some surprise as to how this cute elf girl, whom Seymour always called "my little apple", was so familiar with when it came to politics.

Perhaps seeing the doubts in Philip's heart, Grace walked up to Philip and said, "It's good that Delia is also more than two hundred years old, and she is a girl among elves, but she is not old and a fairy among you humans. ”

Delia is two hundred years old, Grace is more than a thousand years old, Katrina is a hundred thousand years old, and even Caroline and Colleen, who are humans, are older than themselves.

"You are all old cows eating tender grass!"

Philip said indignantly.

Over there, Caroline and Delia had finished greetings, the Hoddle family expressed their gratitude, and the Liaton family expressed their loyalty, hello, hello, everyone, no one mentioned that Seymour almost got together with the Mandal Republic.

"Alright, two big beauties, we should hurry back to the barracks, it's going to rain soon. Philip said worriedly as he looked at the dark clouds of lightning and thunder.

The heavy rain, falling as soon as Philip stepped into the barracks' tent, seemed to fall from the sky, and the raindrops the size of beans crackled on the tent, and looked out from the doorway, hazy, and the mist seemed to obscure everything.

In the sky, the dark clouds were still so dark that they did not dissipate a little because of the heavy rain, and the afternoon at four o'clock was the same as late at night.

Philip wiped his face with the hot water that Caroline had poured for him, and the fatigue of the days of travel finally subsided, and Grace took the elven princess away under the pretext that he hadn't seen Delia for a long time, leaving only Philip and Caroline in the big tent.

"The Marshal has rushed to the border of Assyria, and now that the Mandals have begun to clash with the Blood Rose Legion on a small scale, I am not at ease without Lord Nicholas in charge. ”

Caroline looked very tired, and her big bright eyes were bloodshot, which made Philip feel distressed when she saw it, and took the woman's hand and asked her to sit next to her and listen to Caroline's detailed story.

"As soon as your father left, I was dealing with the party affairs, and most of the royalists were nobles who ate their ancestors' old books, and they didn't have much ability, but their temper was so big, they all thought that they could help me manage the royalists, and even manage the royalists on my behalf, but fortunately, I dealt with a group of disobedient old guys in time, and promoted the status of Dom and Charles in the party, and I also had a group of my own people, otherwise, I really couldn't command the royalist masters. ”

Once a son of heaven and a courtier, this is an ancient saying on the earth, and it is also very applicable in this world, no matter who is in power, you must use people who listen to their own words, and those old courtiers who hold the old thinking If they can't change their thinking in time, they must be the target of the attack.

Philip can imagine how arrogant the old aristocrats who thought Caroline was easy to bully at a young age were at the beginning, thinking that there was a vacuum in power, and they could get benefits, but Caroline's character as a female politician, how could they get benefits, at this time, I am afraid that they are remembering their former glory in their aristocratic mansions.

"There is also the Executive Yuan, although Anthony has no problem in the general direction, but he always does not deal with us in details, always wants to install Republicans in any position, and all benefits are Republicans, often a small issue has to quarrel for a long time, and a lot of time is wasted in this quarrel. ”

Caroline rested her head quietly on Philip's chest, not at all like a shrewd and tough politician, like a housewife who complained to her husband about the trivialities of the house.

Hugging the woman and doing his best to give her a sense of security, this is what Philip can do, he can't interfere in Wellington's political affairs, and he doesn't understand that giving advice indiscriminately is doing a disservice.

It's better to be like a husband and lend a strong chest.

"Actually, these are not the hardest ones," Caroline's faint tone was as if all her strength had been drained, and the whole person shrank into Philip's arms.

"I shouldn't tell you, but I can't stand it, and I need someone to help me with it. ”

"My father is dying......"

It was like dropping a bomb in Philip's mind that made him feel like his brain was buzzing.

Lawrence, dying?

Suddenly, there was a feeling of unreality.

"When I left Wellington, I saw a red glow on his face, and I thought he was getting better. ”

Caroline buried her face in Philip's chest and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, "That's because Teacher Robert gave him a medicine to overdraft his life force, temporarily delaying his father's death, and during the last assassination, the assassin's weapon was smeared with a strange poison that even Teacher Robert couldn't see, I don't know what kind of poison it is, there is no way to solve it, we even secretly invited three holy magicians to come to no avail." ”

There is no need to ask anymore, this kind of desperate thing that can only watch the death of his loved one but cannot be undone, the more he asks, the more painful it will be, Philip hugged Caroline tightly, hugged her and sat on the bed, looking at the dark clouds and torrential rain outside the tent in a daze.

The rain was pouring down, but the sky didn't get any better......

I don't know how long it took, but the rain finally stopped, and the soldiers in the tent came out in twos and threes.

Outside, the sky was filled with stars, hanging brightly on the sky, magnificent and dazzling.

"I can't wait any longer, I must clean up the rebellion of Betica before my father dies, otherwise, the center of the empire will be empty, the local wars will continue, the supreme ruler will die of illness, and the once mighty Bugas Empire may be reduced to ashes in my hands,"

Caroline's head left Philip's chest, her little white hands clenched into fists, and her eyes shining.

"I will never allow it!"

Caroline, who had regained her mood, jumped off Philip, slowly walked out of the tent, stood under the dazzling starlight, with confidence and firmness on her face, and turned to her fiancé and said: "Commander of the Expeditionary Army, General Philip Ross, I give you an order as the princess of the prison country, and early tomorrow morning, take the expeditionary army to Betica to fight the rebellion!"

Philip straightened his waist and walked up to Caroline, with a serious expression, beating his right hand on his chest in a military salute.

"Yes, my Highness!" (to be continued......)