Chapter Eighty-Three: The Mission from the Imperial Capital

The savage orcs still didn't dare to joke with the parts of the Prince of York, and the wolf cavalry stepped on the erratic ice floes, and by the moonlight, they cautiously retreated along the city walls and to the north of the city. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 The soldiers of the Northern Army of the city of Gallant spat and shook their noses at the city, and occasionally accidentally touched a few boulders defending the city, although the orcs under the city were angry, but there was nothing they could do but speed up the pace of their march, praying in their hearts to the beast god that those huge stones would not fall on their heads. King Wolf's decision was right, if he retreated during the day, those soldiers who had relatives who died tragically under their scimitars would never let go of this opportunity to beat the water dogs, I am afraid it would not be as simple as smashing a few stones. Early the next morning, all the wolf cavalry in the south of the city had returned to the military camp in the north of the city, and the orcs in the north of the city began to evacuate from the only stone bridge on the Kas River to the north bank of the river. More than 100,000 orc warriors came like a strong wind in less than an hour to sweep through the solid river ice, and when they returned, the river ice had melted into small pieces of less than a meter, and they could only form a long snake formation, slowly passing through the stone bridge, and this spectacular retreat took two days to complete.

At the same time as the orcs retreated, Kandelun's headquarters once again turned into a noisy vegetable market, because some generals suddenly asked Kandelun to fight, proposing that most of the main force of the orcs should be used to withdraw to the north bank of the Kas River, and the cavalry on the south bank was in a dense formation, waiting for a good opportunity to cross the bridge by the bridge, and quickly went out of the city to give the orcs a fatal blow, so as to seriously hurt the vitality of the orcs, so that they would lose the ability to invade Kandelun's northern frontier within a few years.

Kan Delun was very moved by this proposal and convened a special military meeting to discuss it, but as soon as the military conference began, the generals formed two factions. The aboriginal generals who died tragically agreed that they must take the opportunity to deal a devastating blow to these stinky fellows, so that they can also experience the loss of their loved ones. However, the side represented by the reinforcement generals and the general staff insisted that the dispatch of troops from Cape Rambet would not be quick and fast, and if it could not form an absolute superiority in strength in a short period of time, so that the 60,000 wolf cavalry could react and open the formation, it would bring disaster to the officers and men of the Northern Army. Besides, since the strategic initiative has already been formed, why bother to draw more snakes, and if the sneak attack fails, who will bear the responsibility for sabotaging the negotiations? The two sides argued for an afternoon, and waited until dusk when the sentries came to inform them that the orc cavalry had begun to cross the bridge, and it was estimated that the withdrawal would be completed tonight. General Kan Delun slapped his thigh, pouted his beard and scolded the generals, and a perfect sneak attack plan was stillborn.

On the afternoon of the third day after the orcs withdrew, a delegation of more than 3,000 people from the imperial capital marched into Cape Rambet. The last time the people of Cape Rambet saw the big people from the imperial capital was more than twenty years ago, when Claire the Great and Her Royal Highness the arrogant princess came to comfort the soldiers of the Northern Legion, and there were many powerful ministers and lords, plus the entourage and attendants of the big people, and the royal knights who protected Clare the Great, there were tens of thousands of people. Curious, people poured into the streets, tiptoe and ladder to catch a glimpse of His Majesty the King and the Princess, but there were also many clever people who smelled the opportunity.

When there are suddenly more than 10,000 people in a military town of hundreds of thousands of people, and those people are powerful and powerful, and they don't want to bend down to pick them up when they fall out of their money bags, the purchasing power they can burst out of a strange place is quite amazing. It is said that when Claire the Great left, Poppy, a well-known poor egg in the west of the city, actually bought the house he had rented for many years by selling the "Takla Stone" picked up from the Luoshen Mountains.

Even more ridiculous and legendary is Aunt Raya, a chubby widow who runs a tavern in a slum area west of the city with her three equally fat daughters, and in order to save costs, she and her daughters take turns fishing for a fingernail-sized clam at the Lake of Tears. This kind of clam called "Cha Cha Cha" is small and thin, and even if Aunt Raya cooks it carefully and cheaply, diners rarely order this dish, but this small shell has a smooth surface and exquisite patterns, and most importantly, there is a drop-shaped knot at the junction of the two shells, which looks like a tear in the eyes of a beautiful woman from a distance. Aunt Raya's youngest daughter, Aimei, picked up some beautiful shells and wore them into a string and hung them around her neck.

One day, the groom of the Imperial Prime Minister Hute led her wife who was a cook to the store, and the same chubby cook was attracted by the string of "Cha Cha Cha" hanging on the little girl's snow-white breasts, and the old fat woman took the little chubby girl's hand and asked her about the origin of the necklace, and the clever Aunt Laya quickly pulled her little daughter aside, held the hand of the old fat cook and talked about business, and the fat cook ordered twenty "Cha Cha Cha" at a time at the price of ten necklaces and one silver coin Necklaces, two silver coins, this is the net income of Aunt Raya's family for three days, and it only took them one night to make thirty of these necklaces. The cook went back and gave the beautiful and cheap necklace to friends and family, and the women, amazed at the beauty of the ornament called "Alyssa's Tears", went to Aunt Raya's tavern to order this beautiful necklace. In just one month, Aunt Raya became one of the few richest people in the city, and by the time others began to make such cheap ornaments, Aunt Raya's tavern had become a big hotel, and several of her fat daughters had found a satisfactory partner, and even Aunt Raya, whose dead husband was often followed by handsome and dashing suitors.

Although the number of people in this mission is not as large as last time, and the protagonist is not Claire the Great, who is admired by thousands of people, a prince is still out of reach in the eyes of ordinary citizens in remote areas. Thousands of civilians crowded the narrow streets, crossed their feet, desperately waving to the magnificent, wide four-wheeled carriage, hoping that His Royal Highness would look at him more in the crowd. His Royal Highness Prince Conrad, who was close to the people, was waving his hand to the citizens from the small window, but the window was so small that one palm almost covered the entire window, and few people outside could see the Prince's appearance.

His Royal Highness Prince Conrad took off his gloves, loosened the elasticated neckline, made his breathing more even, and then smiled and said to the girl opposite: "Annabelle! Look how welcoming the people here are, they are waving to you! ”

"No, I don't. Sitting opposite, the charming girl in a purple velvet dress pouted her pink little mouth and said, "You see that those untouchables have not brushed their teeth, and it makes me sick to look at them, so I don't want to be friends with these filthy inferior people." ”

"Annabelle!" the lady beside the girl gently slapped the girl's shoulder with a small sandalwood folding fan in her hand, and reproached, "Your father is right, whether they are nobles or commoners, they are all the children of your uncle Claire the Great, and they are all the children of our Gallent family, even if you are pretending, you must show a smile at the window." ”

"What do you mean by pretending?" said Prince Conrad, glaring angrily at the lady, and then at the girl, speaking in a tone that was not so kind and kind.

"Over the years, it is the untouchables and their children outside who are in your mouth, resisting the constant invasion of orcs for our Gallent family, and more than a thousand people die under the city of Cape Rambet every year, if they don't risk their lives here, the granary of the empire of Biasso will become an orc garden, and you and I will starve to death at that time, where can you have the strength to scold them as untouchables?"

Annabelle was reprimanded by her father with tears in her eyes, and she defended herself: "However, I am only a girl, and I don't need to be a politician, why do I have to meet others against my will?"

"Your words and deeds represent the royal image in their eyes, didn't your etiquette teacher teach you what to do?" Prince Conrad became angrier and angrier the more he spoke, and his voice revealed unconcealed anger.

"Alright! Alright! Annabelle is still a child, and she doesn't understand your reasoning. The princess took her daughter into her arms, patted her gently on the back, and slowly soothed her.

"You still speak for her, and her personality has become more and more arrogant in recent years, which is directly related to your connivance. After returning to the imperial capital, you have to discipline her well, by the way, it will not benefit her to let her have less contact with her crazy cousin in the future. ”

"How do you ......"

As soon as the princess was about to refute, she felt a slight shock in the carriage, and slowly stopped, and Quincy, the lieutenant colonel staff officer in charge of the reception, walked quickly to the front of the carriage, and said respectfully to the carriage: "Your Royal Highness, the hotel where you are staying has arrived, and the commander Kan Delun and the generals of the Northern Army are here to greet you, please ......"

"Got it!"

Prince Conrad took a deep breath, calmed the anger in his heart slightly, put on an amiable smile, pushed the car door, gently supported Madame's arm, and slowly stepped out of the carriage in the most elegant manner, and then stretched out his arm sideways, letting Annabelle slowly walk out of the carriage with his arm, a pair of small gold high-heeled leather boots, and stepped on the clean bluestone road. The officials who came to greet him were amazed by the elegant and noble image of the prince's family, and it seemed reasonable that the Gallant family was indeed of pure blood and ruled a super empire for a thousand years.

"Welcome His Royal Highness to Cape Rambet, all the officers and men of the Northern Legion salute Claire the Great and you!" General Kandelun hurried up and saluted His Highness Conrad.

"Hahaha! Commander Kanderen is still as powerful as a few years ago, no wonder he captured the orc commander before the war started, and he worked hard!" Prince Conrad opened his arms, hugged Kanderen tightly, patted him on the back affectionately, and separated after a long time, like friends who had not seen each other for many years.

"His Royal Highness the Prince and the princess's demeanor has not diminished back then, Miss Annabelle is a star in the imperial capital, and my youngest son often tells me about his admiration for Miss Annabelle!"

Kan Delun exchanged pleasantries with the prince's family and walked into the hotel hand in hand. In addition to His Royal Highness Prince Conrad, Vice-Chancellor for Finance Fergill and Foreign Secretary Wayne were the Deputy Minister for Finance. Kan Delun was authorized to represent the military ministry as a deputy negotiating envoy to negotiate military differences between the two countries.