"Oh no, division commander! Something big has happened in the Baden area!" MacDonald had already received the emergency battle situation in front of him, so he rushed to Briand in a hurry.

Obviously, this news was the information conveyed to the First Division by the Skynet agents formed a few months ago. In order to guard against the enemy and protect the safety of Baden, Briand specially sent dozens of ensign agents to the Duchy of Baden. And this organization is also the department that Brion believes in the most besides the Predator Guard, and Brion has always believed in the intelligence inside. By the time MacDonald reported the news, Brion was already feeling the ominous.

"What's going on? Brion still turned his pen calmly: "There is a riot in the area?"

"It's the Saxons, the army of the Kingdom of Saxony is on a mission. MacDonald nervously put the papers on his desk: "Of the thirty-four agents we sent, only a dozen have returned. According to their affiliation, Saxony sent nearly 5,000 troops to attack the Duchy of Baden. ”

Although Brion was slightly worried when he heard the five thousand enemy troops, he still calmly raised his head and looked at MacDonald and asked, "What?

"Their attack came so suddenly that Lieutenant Colonel Andrei was not prepared in the slightest. In order to protect the capital construction of the fiefdom from being destroyed and the secrets were leaked, Lieutenant Colonel Andrei led 2,000 guards and engaged in a fierce exchange of fire with the Saxon army to cover the safe retreat of the main army force. Today, the 80,000 recruits of the fiefdom are intact, and in addition to the 6,000 guards rescued, the military strength is still intact. But ......"

"But what?" said Brion's pen, which stopped spinning.

"Lieutenant Colonel Andrei and more than a thousand other guards have died on the battlefield! The butler of Brest has also been taken prisoner, and is now tortured to death by the Saxons. ”

"What?" Brion's eagle-like eyes stared at the trembling MacDonald, "what the hell are these barbarians going to do! Why are you doing this!What the hell have I done wrong with these Saxon dogs doing this to me!"

In fact, this Saxon state was only one of the German states, but its territory was already equivalent to one-half of Prussia. France's relations with Saxony have always been so good that Briand, after defeating the Count of Baden, offered to give Saxony a share of the northern part of Baden in exchange for the support of the Kingdom of Saxony.

However, what is happening now makes Brion feel heartache and he is still suspicious. It stands to reason that the Duchy of Baden was a vassal state of France and a legitimate ally of Saxony. It is counterintuitive why Saxony would offend the European constitution and the accusations of the whole of Europe by sending an army to capture Baden.

Was it because of the Austrians? A flash of inspiration flashed in Brion's mind.

"Divisional commander, what should we do next?" McDonald took back the paperwork and asked respectfully, "Do you need to mobilize troops?"

"Not at all, the mobilization of the regular army requires the consent of the command. Brion said as he took off his blue general's uniform from the hanger: "Gather my Predator Guard at once! I only need 2,000 men to easily defeat the Saxon army!"

"Yes!"

Brion actually knew in his heart that it would not be difficult to mobilize the entire First Division in his own position, but if it was only against the Saxon army, then his own Iron Guard would be completely sufficient. First of all, in terms of combat effectiveness, his guards were not inferior to Napoleon's guards at that time.

And if he had recklessly marched into Baden with 30,000 men, he would have been mistaken for a war of aggression that would ensue after the Saxons had been driven out. When the time comes, it will not be the Saxons who are to blame, but he himself will carry the black cauldron.

The army had always been trained according to Brion's vigorous and resolute style, so that three hours after the order was given, the two thousand troops were assembled. Among them were 600 cavalrymen, 1,000 infantrymen, and 400 artillerymen. Because the infantry was generally equipped with bicycles and the cannons were drawn by cavalry, the march was particularly fast, and at one point reached the border between France and the Duchy of Baden.

"Don't worry, Master, the Saxons can't be arrogant for a few days. "MacDonald, as he was Brion's commander of the Brocade Guard's secret forces, sat with Brion in a carriage that only generals could sit in.

"I don't think the king of Saxony has such a big guts, and I guess everything is the idea of the Austrians. After driving away the Saxons this time, it must be ...... What's going on? What's the sound?"

As he spoke, Brion's face changed drastically, and with the instinct of a soldier, he pressed the unaware MacDonald's body down, and for a moment the carriage was riddled with bullets. The gun frightened the horse, and was just about to gallop but was shot dead by Major Surant, who had just been promoted by Brion, and it was only then that the two realized that they had encountered an assassin.

Brion's trained Predator Guards were still very quick to react, and as soon as the guns rang out around them, they grabbed their rifles and prepared for battle. However, the gunfire around them became more and more violent, and the bullets rained down, which made the guards unable to react at all, so that in a few minutes they lost more than a dozen guards.

And that's where the Assassins come in, even when they're prepared to take out Brion with unstoppable shots.

However, they really underestimated the combat effectiveness of Brion's Predator Guard, and even underestimated the power of the Ferguson rifle. After nearly eight minutes of gunfighting, nearly 1,000 infantry of the Guards began a stormy counterattack, and for a time the enemy fire was simply pushed back.

After making some progress in the counterattack, the guards went up the hill to counterattack the enemy. After the commander-in-chief Surant was sure that the battlefield was basically stable, he led a hundred cavalry back to Brion to inquire about the safety situation, and after making sure that neither of them was injured, Surant took the two to hide in a safe place.

By this time, fire had been exchanged on the hillside, and it was clear that the mighty Guards had discovered the Assassins in hiding, and Commander Surant still showed his military prowess to encourage the soldiers to fight bravely on the battlefield.

Eight minutes passed, and the gunfire of the two armies became weaker and weaker. Twenty minutes passed, and the gunfire around it had completely disappeared. After a while, the sound of running and horses' hooves approached. There is no doubt that this is the army of Surant, and they are victorious.

"Report to the Duke, our army has killed three hundred and sixteen enemy soldiers, and some of the Assassins have fled, and we are powerless to pursue them. Surant gave a military salute in a dignified manner.

"Aren't there any prisoners?" said Brion to the point, no matter how many enemies he killed, as long as he was still alive, it was good. And if you want to know the real murderer behind the scenes, you have to pry it from the mouth of or people, and Brion can do anything in order to achieve his goal.

"The prisoners all bit their tongues and killed themselves!" Surant was about to speak, when the bad news came from behind him, which also meant that a line was so broken.

"It's really hateful!" Brion looked at the corpses on the ground in front of him, and he couldn't help but be angry: "Surant, why don't you look at this group of sinners! They are the criminals of the kingdom, and they are trying to murder the duke!"

Although Brion had already guessed that the Austrians had done it during the Saxon invasion, if the murderers were to be severely punished, they had to produce evidence, otherwise Austria would not admit it.

Brion looked back and saw that the carriage had been destroyed, and now he had only two options: first, to go to Baden, and second, to ride to the Duchy of Baden. As a general, of course, he should go on horseback, but this detracts from his status as a duke.

And just as Brion was distressed, a carriage came not far away, and there was a group of soldiers around the car, and Brion's eyes were greedily fixed on it.