Truth be told, Emperor Marius was a gambler.

Because, what he did was actually equivalent to sending out all the cronies in his hands again.

At present, only the small half of the Immortal Legion that has been crippled in the continuous battle is the only one left in Siyuan City.

If it weren't for the purpose of clearing out the remaining rebel army around Siyuan City and maintaining the law and order of Siyuan City, I'm afraid that the Immortal Legion would also be sent out by Mario......

As a result, Emperor Marius appointed General Agathon as the marshal, and asked General Agathon, whose troops had also been disabled, to go to the fortress of Leila to reorganize his men.

Agathon had been chased by Marius to find Justus, but he was in the wrong place - he thought Justus was in the city of Knowledge.

Previously, General Creon controlled the Red Death in Bozhi City, and in order to give Creon more space and not be constrained, he went to the port of Emperor and never returned.

The reserve forces of the Immortal Legion, known as the Imperial Guards, also followed Governor Justus in rebuilding Imperial Harbor.

But Agathon had gone to the right place in the city of Edward - not long after he arrived in the city, Emperor Marius was relieved of the siege by Leon in Breitbun.

Therefore, General Agason naturally did not need to go to Emperor Harbor to find Justus, but returned to Emperor Marius again.

Emperor Marius asked Agathon to go to the fortress of Agathon, in fact, because the fortress of Layla was originally the residence of General Agathon.

It's just that at that time, the rebels were already close to Siyuan City, and the rebel army was out of control in Bozhi City, and the Snake Cult besieged Emperor Lingang on a large scale, and at this time, it was pointless to stick to the fortress of Leila - the enemies were all emerging from the inner hinterland.

So at that time, Emperor Marius transferred Agason back, abandoned the fortress of Leila, and allowed Agarthon to recover Marasbourg, which was a more important hub at the time, so as to quickly reconnect the three major cities.

And now, the war in the country has subsided, and Emperor Marius has set his sights on the Duchy of Dexia, and the fortress of Leila is naturally more important at this time.

Besides, the fortress of Rayla was controlled by Kairos a few days ago, and although Kairos is now bent on pursuing the Serpent Cult, his current state cannot reassure Emperor Marius.

In order to prevent Kairos from becoming the second Sheila Juzas, Emperor Marius replaced the marshal with Agathon and sent him back to the fortress of Leila.

Unlike the Seven Forks Fortress of the Lion Kingdom, the Fortress of Rayla is not a border fortress that directly confronts the enemy, but rather a connecting hub between various military and political powerhouses.

300 li to the east of the fortress is the cultural center Bozhi City, 400 li to the south is the capital and political center Siyuan City, more than 200 li to the north is the Sava River Fort, which has been fighting with the Lion Kingdom all year round, and about 400 li to the west is the border with the Duchy of Dexia.

There were two such pivots in the Bacchus Empire, one was Marasburg, which Emperor Marius had told General Agathon to recapture, and the other was the fortress of Leila.

This kind of hub usually hoards heavy troops, because if there is a problem anywhere in the vicinity, reinforcements can be sent from Marasburg or Layla Fortress, and at the same time, logistics supplies and various material transfers must also be transferred through it.

In fact, in the entire Pande Continent, only the Bacchus Empire has this kind of transit hub.

On the one hand, due to the different military systems, the large armies of the Bacchus Empire were essentially dispatched by the state, not the private forces of the local lords.

In order to prevent the border lords from taking advantage of the Tiangao Emperor to support their own troops, causing the country's legions to gradually become the lord's private soldiers, it is necessary to build a halfway fortress to keep an eye on it at close range, and usually the person in charge of the Leila Fortress is the most trusted general of the emperors of the past dynasties.

It's not that you don't trust the border lords, after all, it's about national security. In fact, even if they did, there would still be problems, as Sheila Youzas's rebels had effectively bribed the country's legions into his own followers in various ways.

On the other hand, it was mainly because of the lack of horses in the Bacchus Empire.

Since Siyuan City is located on the southern coast, it is far away from places like the Sava River Fort to the north.

However, the number of cavalry in the country is small, the carriages are relatively small, and the efficiency of transportation and rescue is not high enough, so it is natural to need such a military transfer center to shorten the distance of reinforcements, so as not to cut off the various important places.

Just like not long ago, due to the fall of the hub town of Marasburg, as a result, the connecting channel between Siyuan City, Bozhi City, and Dilingang was lost, and the Bacchus Empire was directly cut in half.

Agathon's prestige in the army is indeed very high, and now that he has the status of marshal, after he returned to the fortress of Leila, there was no problem with the garrison of the fortress.

Even though many of these armies were part of the Shadow Legion and had been under the command of Kairos, Agathon, who was also from the Shadow Legion, easily took them over and reorganized them in a very short time.

But the situation in the northern fort of Sava is very serious......

To be precise, it was the Savoie Fort that there was another war – at a time when it should not have provoked war at all.

The lord of the Savoie Fort was General Titus, but this general was sent to the continent of Amara by Emperor Marius early in the morning, and the situation at that time really did not allow another person to manage the Savoie Fort.

And the rebels of Hirayuzas have been very persistent in besieging Siyuan City, and they have not gone to the Sava River Fort.

As a result, Fort Sava was left unattended for a long time, and there were not even enough troops stationed there.

In this case, the Lion Kingdom and the Principality of Dexia will naturally fight the idea of this place.

The reason why King Ulrik did not respond to Alina's request for help was because his troops had already secretly crossed the Sava River.

So he signed an armistice with Alina, but he didn't notify the whole nation of the armistice......

Because he was the same as the emperor of the old Bacchus Empire on the continent of Amara, he sent troops to attack before the ink on the armistice was dry.

But this kind of thing is really strikingly similar in history, just like the idea of the Buckley Empire and the Bacchus Empire to fight the Pande Continent at the same time, and as a result, the two sides fought first in order to share the cake - the Lion Kingdom and the Duchy of Dexia also fought together for the ownership of the Sava River Fort and the surrounding areas.

While Leon was fighting the Serpent Cult in the territory of Bacchus, the Duke of Brenus of the Lion Kingdom and the Caliph Bahaman of the Duchy of Dexia were fighting fiercely near the Sava Fort.

Brenus's troops are relatively elite, but the Lion Knights are still being rebuilt, and the number of fighters is relatively small;

Bahaman brought a large number of Desha Gazi marauders with a larger number of troops, but Dexia's troops have never been very adapted to foreign operations, and their combat effectiveness may not be fully exerted in the terrain outside the desert.

As a result, the two sides fought for nearly two months, each suffering heavy casualties, but neither of them reaped any substantial benefits......

It was not until the news of Leon's occupation of Karen Deer Fort came that Descha fully evacuated the Sava Fort, but they encountered an ambush in the process of evacuation, and Bahaman managed to escape alive and returned to Dexia territory with only a few dozen guards.

Brenus, who suffered heavy losses, also failed to capture the Sava Fort, and was also ambushed while leading his troops to take control of the surrounding villages, and ended up fleeing back to the Lion Realm with only a few dozen knights, just like Bahaman......

- The same group of people who ambushed Bahaman were Brennus, and General Titus returned at this time, and returned with the Order of the Phoenix.

In fact, General Titus had long since returned, but he encountered the enemy on the way, the infantry of the Dreadcorps.

There are actually a large number of infantry in the Dread Legion, after all, most of the former Imperial Third Legion are actually infantry, and the number of infantry in the Dread Legion is a little more than that of the Monty Python Knights.

These undead infantry were quite combat-ready, they were once elite warriors when they were still alive, and they were the spear regiments of the Third Legion of the Cubax Empire, that is, the typical hedgehog-type infantry regiment with a dense phalanx of spears and large shields.

But when Maltis appeared under Siyuan City with the Dread Legion, this infantry legion was not by Maltiz's side, otherwise Emperor Marius might not be able to seal the Dread Legion into Siyuan City.

This was due to the fact that this infantry regiment was separated from Maltis at sea, and it was scattered relatively far away.

In winter, the northern seas of Pander will freeze, and the large area of frozen ice will cause a large area of frozen ice to appear in the sea, and the ocean current will continue to push towards the bay in the southern part of Pande.

As a result, monsoons and waves caused by ocean currents are often seen in the southern part of the Bacchus Empire in winter, just as Leon's forces encountered in Serindil.

The broken ships of the Dreadcorps that have been in disrepair for a long time are indeed prone to all kinds of problems if they encounter wind and waves during the voyage.

In addition, General Titus was ordered to destroy the port of the Serpent Cult on the continent of Amara in a timely manner, and the other large forces of the Serpent Cult did not go to sea, while the Dreaded Legion of Maltius came out alone in a broken ship.

After all, the army of the undead of the Dreadlegion is different from ordinary people, they have no requirements for the safety of the means of transportation and the suitability of the port - anyway, the undead of the Dreadlegion don't care about falling into the sea, they can climb up from the bottom of the sea......

The Dreadcorps, piloting the battered ships, encountered the winter currents off the southern coast of the Pander continent, and as a result, the fleet, which was running low sails and relying mostly on oars, was swept away by the currents and split into two parts.

Most of the Monty Python knights landed in Ziza with Maltis, while the infantry of the Dreadcorps drifted to the bay northwest of Siyuan City - a huge bay that ends in the southern seas of the Bacchus Empire, and of course, in the summer, this is the starting point of the reverse current.

In other words, the ship carrying the infantry of the Dreadcorps had actually passed through the sea area of Siyuan City and traveled a long distance......

But they never landed because of the Phoenix Knights brought by Titus.

After General Titus was ordered by Emperor Marius to attack the port of the Serpent Cult on the continent of Amara, he returned from the continent of Amara with the Knights of the Phoenix, and when he was about to return to the sea area of Siyuan City, they encountered the fleet of the Dreaded Legion washed by the ocean current.

Unaware that it was just infantry from the Dreaded Legion, they followed the trail and kept trying to stop the Dreaded Legion from landing.

It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to run into the Dreadcorps at sea - this army of the undead is really powerful when it lands, but those broken ships are simply vulnerable at sea.

Therefore, the fleet of the Phoenix Knights intends to take this opportunity to take out the Dreads Legion at sea.

After all, the Phoenix Knights didn't bring horses with them when they came from the Amara continent to support, and they didn't plan to fight the Dreads Legion on land when they didn't have horses.

Unlike the Dreaded Legion, normal horses are not suitable for large-scale voyages to the sea.

The horses of the Dreadcorps are undead, neither running around nor frightened, and they are no problem in the hold. But live manas can take up quite a lot of space, and can easily die of illness on board.

General Titus, with the Order of the Phoenix, did wipe out half of the fleet carrying the Dreadcorps infantry at sea, but it took a long time for them to land from the village of Vida near the bay even after the siege of Siyuan City was lifted.

Because the siege of Siyuan City had been lifted at that time, General Titus did not go to Siyuan City in the first place, because he soon heard that there was a war going on in his own territory after landing in Vida Village, and it was two groups of foreigners who went to his own territory to fight......

General Titus naturally couldn't bear this situation, he was originally a short-tempered general, and the village of Vida was not far from the Sava Fort, so he rushed to the Sava Fort with the Phoenix Knights, and just happened to bump into the Caliph Bahaman who was retreating.

Truth be told, the main reason why Bahaman was ambushed after leaving the territory of Fort Sava was probably because he had brought too many horses......

Seeing Bahaman's troops withdraw from the territory of the Sava Fort, the people of the Phoenix Knights naturally realized that the cavalry of these desert tribes must have attacked the territory of General Titus before......

The people of the Phoenix Knights are indeed very righteous, General Titus helped them destroy the port of the Serpent Cult on the continent of Amara, for them it is his own people, plus the army of the desert people brought so many horses...... That's definitely a vote.

As a result, Bahaman was unsuspectingly ambushed by the Phoenix Knights, suffering heavy casualties, and most of the horses became the mounts of the Phoenix Knights.

Later, Titus planned to take the Phoenix Knights back to Savoie to improve their supplies, and ran into Brenus raiding his village.

Brenus's habit of scavenging wherever he went hurt him this time......

Although Titus himself sometimes scraped the ground, he clearly could not accept his own land being scraped by someone else......

And the Phoenix Knights are a team with a relatively sense of justice, and they can't see this kind of raider, so they voted again.

The Phoenix Knight with horses is indeed very strong, and Brenus did not expect to encounter such a strong enemy in the village, and after being charged by the Phoenix Knight for a few rounds, Brenus had no choice but to run.

But sometimes people are really fickle, and after several big victories in a row, General Titus is probably a little drifting - successive victories over the Dreaded Legion and the strongest lords of the Duchy of Dexia and the Lion Kingdom may be a little floating.

In the process of continuous combat between the two continents, Titus has formed a deep friendship with the Phoenix Knights, and the Phoenix Knights only know him at present, so they will naturally follow him to fight.

And suddenly having such a strong army in his hands, and maintaining a winning streak, and never losing much, in this case, General Titus began to have a little other thoughts.

For example, self-respect.

Another example is to take advantage of the fact that the Phoenix Knights are now in their own hands to take the opportunity to expand their strength.

It's actually quite normal for him to have such thoughts, if he goes to see Emperor Marius now, the Phoenix Knights will probably no longer be under his command, and he will become an ordinary general again.

It is estimated that they are not as good as Agaton and Creon in terms of importance and specific strength, and there are two or three governors with higher status on their heads......

But what if he kept the Phoenix Knights in his hands?

Even...... What if he could use the Phoenix Knights to lay more of his own territory?

Is it possible to become the governor of the Bacchus Empire?

His Majesty the Emperor has always been the wisest of men, and Governor Levius has always had a bad record, and he has always been able to hold the high position of Governor simply because his family controls the Shadowfoot soldiers......

So, what if you pinch the Phoenix Knights in your hands for a while and find a way to turn them into your own personal soldiers?

The best way to keep the Phoenix Knights in their hands is to not let the war end......