"The beaches of Sunset Moon City have a unique kind of algae, and it is common to see the unique fluorescent beach of Sunset Moon City on summer nights, this glowing algae turns into a galaxy-like band of light, emitting a brilliant and charming deep blue light. ”

- Alexander Cook, Naturalist of Naranster

After instructing a familiar guard to fetch Mance for himself, Rhodok headed down the hall.

In the hall, the mood of the lords was not very high. The exhaustion of a busy night and the emotional tension of the whole night. Everyone sat in no energy. The mottled scratches on the armor, the vicissitudes of wear on the buckle. The sword crossed gauntlet was open, and none of them were new recruits who had never been on the battlefield. But after many years of peace, a considerable number of them have never experienced a war of this magnitude. The night was a loss, and the most important thing was that everyone knew it and could feel it. Whether it's an ordinary soldier, a mid-ranking officer, or a various lord. Even those recruits who have never been on the battlefield can feel it. The current morale is definitely not suitable for war.

The soldiers came to the city of eternal night with confidence, and the veterans bragged to the recruits about the big scenes they had seen along the way. But last night, he died under the sword of his own people. Most of the soldiers didn't understand what was going on until now, only that they were attacked last night, but they didn't see a single enemy all night with their swords in their hands, and they just put out the fire, and some people even thought that it was just a fire last night.

"How's that. Rodok walked into the hall of the lords, his voice was full of energy, he was already in shape, and at this time, he had to give everyone confidence. "Are the losses all serious?"

"Not very good. Grave was not in a good mood, and threw the wine glass in his hand on the table and said: "Everyone lost almost two thousand horses in total, and the loss of grain and grass was very serious, but there were no casualties among the men, except for the people who stormed the hall last night, and the rest were at most some battles caused by being found stealing horses after setting fire." It's just that Martin's little **** ran away with Ajer's people, and the two people who were with Martin were the lords of the two small towns in his fiefdom. ”

This is the case with Northridge, the great lords have the right to divide their own territory, but they do not have the right to grant titles, once the king grants the title, they can become real nobles, but it also means that the object of allegiance must change from the high lord to the king. But these petty lords are generally not qualified to be knighted by the king, and the king will not be bored enough to dig into the corners, except of course, those who have made meritorious contributions and abilities in the war.

"Hey, hey. Rodok smiled, mixed his hand with the wide cowhide strap on his waist, looked at everyone and said, "Have you never suffered such a big loss since you were born?" Don't be like this, we were stabbed in the back by our own people last night, and there is still a battle waiting for us to fight, so it is not the style of Northridge to wilt, do you just let go of Martin and Ajer, the two bastards?"

Several lords were a little annoyed by what Rodok said, and they could see that this battle could not be fought for the time being, couldn't Rodok see it? He was still in the mood to say cool words? The people you brought naturally did not have any losses, but Lao Tzu was a horse and a grain and grass, and the two most important armaments were lost, although it was not serious, but the morale was too bad.

Just as he wanted to get up and want Rhodok to argue, Rhodok waved his hand and asked everyone to go to the sand table room, so he put up with it for the time being, wanting to see what the hell this Rhodok was going to do. Pikes, who was taking care of the king, also told the guards to protect the king after the guards informed him that Lord Rhodok was coming, and then went downstairs to attend the meeting together, the king was unconscious, and he had to participate in these things as the head of Eternal Night City, even if the king was there, the command of Rhodok, who was now the marshal of the war, was even above the king, but the king had the right to revoke his position as marshal.

Of course, since the king had been in a coma, Rhodoc had not been officially appointed, but everyone knew in their hearts at the moment what was going on.

"I got the information last night that Ajar should have defected. Rodok's tone changed abruptly when he entered the sand table room, and the whole person had the temperament of a golden iron horse, which almost shocked everyone slightly.

In front of him is a sand table the size of four long remnant tables, the terrain of the entire North Ridge is displayed on the entire sand table, the terrain of the North Ridge coastline is all towering cliffs, the higher you go to the Demon Mountains, of course, except for the only port of the Angry Horn, even the white bay connecting the Rhine River between the northern ridges of the Rhine River is this kind of terrain.

The unique terrain makes it impossible for the Rhine to have almost no external problems as long as he holds the Angry Horn and the Cold Horn, which of course is based on the premise that the Kakamans are also counted as Northridge people.

Pointing to the Iron Helmet, Rhodok continued, "Intelligence indicates that the Kakamans have an army of 100,000 and have passed through the Silent Forest and are coming towards us. ”

Everyone exploded at once, and they all said "Where did the Kakamans get the 100,000 army?" Rodok said loudly with a long tail note, and after everyone had quieted down, Rodok looked at Pikes.

"The spy who sent the information is a subordinate of the Iron Helmet Fort, he should have eavesdropped, we can understand that the Kakamans claim to be 100,000, but in fact there should be 50,000 or 60,000, after all, this is very common in war. Pikes analyzed.

Everyone nodded and said to each other that it should be like this.

"Domt, how many people we have now, are the statistics clear. Rhodok put his hands on the edge of the sand table, looked at the sand table and asked, interrupting the exchange of words again.

"About 15,000 men, but last night we lost more than 1,700 horses, and there were only more than 3,000 cavalry left. Domt said fiercely.

"The enemy is menacing, my friends. Rodo said heavily.

"With all due respect, old man, we can't win. The fat lord looked at the lords whose situation fluctuated a lot, and said to Rhodok.

"I know. Rodok nodded, thanking the fat lord, saying this sentence to his own people and other lords to say it felt different.

"So we're going to retreat!" Rodok knocked on the table, pointed to the map with his hand and said: "To the area of Giant Eagle City, the fast horse sent a message for everyone to gather here in Deep Forest, Adam and Archie's people should be able to arrive soon, and the people who arrived in Domt in Deepwoodburg can also be quickly recruited, we have the strength to fight, even if we are defeated, we can rely on the Giant Eagle City to firmly defend the city." ”

Everyone nodded frequently, indicating that this was indeed the best way at the moment, and Rhodok saw that everyone seemed to have no objections, and continued: "The question now is, what to do with Eternal Night City, if we leave, the Kakamans will not be polite to the civilians of Eternal Night City." ”

Sure enough, as soon as this question was raised, everyone immediately frowned.