The stars were shining in the night sky, and on the outskirts of Tver, on the upper reaches of the Volga, Duke Yovanovich, who had finished his inspection of the camp, climbed the hillside and observed the city in the distance.

The vanguard of the Kingdom Army has arrived at the front, and by tomorrow morning at the latest, all 600,000 troops will arrive, and Duke Yovanovich has been ordered to hold out until tomorrow morning, try not to fight with the rebels, and wait for the arrival of the follow-up army before attacking.

"Yin Wan."

Footsteps sounded behind him, and the Duke of Tbilisi, with a slightly curly beard, came to the front of the camp under the protection of several guards, and stood next to Duke Yovanovich: "How's the situation?" ”

"There is no movement in the city for the time being, and there is no sign of the 15th and 19th Cavalry Regiments stationed on the outskirts of the city...."

Duke Yovanovich put down his binoculars and his face sank: "I don't know what Katerina is thinking." ”

At the moment when the kingdom army has not yet been assembled, it is the best time to sneak attack, and the truth of crossing the river without half-hitting the upper reaches of the river, any general knows that if Katerina does not seize the opportunity to attack, what are you waiting for?

The Duke of Tbilisi took the telescope handed by his men, observed the city of Tver for a while, and said in surprise: "They seem to be doing earthwork... Is this a plan to mimic the Kingdom of Windsor and start a trench war with us? ”

"The biggest disadvantage of trench warfare is that it is impossible to change the position of trenches, which has a miraculous effect when defending a fixed area, but if it is placed in a large battle, the effect is not particularly obvious..."Duke Yinvanovich frowned and said: "Katerina should not make such a low-level mistake, Tver is just their front-line defensive position, not our real goal, if they want to fight trench warfare, they should do earthwork outside Mosk..."

"Do you suspect fraud?"

"It's hard to say, Katerina's combat style is very similar to His Majesty Peter, she is the best at maneuvering the overall situation, winning by surprise, maybe the earthwork is just a cover, she has already sent cavalry to prepare to sneak attack us behind her."

"It is impossible to succeed in the sneak attack, I have already moved the artillery position to the center of the camp, surrounded by rejecting wood, and there is the Volga River next to it, plus the urgently rushed machine guns, no matter how many cavalry come, they are all sent to death."

The Duke of Tbilisi is full of confidence, his biggest reliance is a few rotary machine guns captured from the Kingdom of Windsor a few months ago, in recent times, the craftsmen have figured out the structure of the rotary machine guns, rushed to produce hundreds, with a rate of fire of more than 300 rounds per minute....

Let's try it soon, everyone. 】

It can be declared that the era of cavalry has passed.

"Don't underestimate the enemy, the Heavenly Apocalypse Divine Sect was defeated by His Majesty Peter because of the underestimation of the enemy."

"Yin Wan, you seem to be a little irritable."

The Duke of Tbilisi looked at Duke Yovanovich, who was frowning and speaking in a low tone, and wondered: "You have been like this for the past few days, what happened?" ”

"Alexey, they were captured, shouldn't I be irritable?"

“..... Stand down. The Duke of Tbilisi said to several guards beside him.

"Yes!"

The guards retreated down the hillside, and there was no one else around, and the Duke of Tbilisi said: "I understand you, Yin Wan, although you value your family very much, you don't bring your emotions to the battlefield, you seem to be waiting for someone...."

"Don't be fooled, who can I wait for?"

"Finn Drost."

"He's long gone."

"But you still haven't given up hope, have you?" The Duke of Tbilisi said: "What is there that cannot be said to me?" We're all grasshoppers on a rope now! Yin Wan! ”

“.......”

Duke Yovanovich put down his binoculars, stared at the eyes of the Duke of Tbilisi and was silent for a long time, and sighed: "After the fire on the Red House farm, someone did look for me.... No, it's not human, it's some kind of extremely powerful transcendent being who claims to be the master of Finn Drost. ”

"What?" The Duke of Tbilisi was surprised: "Why didn't you say such an important thing earlier?!" ”

"There are inner ghosts of the Wisdom God Sect in the aristocratic faction! How dare I say that? Finn Drost's identity was leaked by the inner ghost! ”

"The inner ghost can be someone else, but it can never be me! Don't you know about our family's business with the United States of Citi? Finn Drost's thread! I am the least likely person to betray him! To make money, money! ”

Duke Yin Wanovich, who had a bit of a headache, waved his hand and said impatiently: "I know, isn't this a confession to you?" Don't talk about the past! ”

The Duke of Tbilisi also calmed down, and his tone was a little soothed: "So the master of Drost, what did he tell you?" ”

"It...."

After his eyes swept around, convinced that there were no ears around him who could hear their voices, Duke Yovanovich continued: "It has made me temporarily subordinate to the command of Archbishop Henry, and when the time comes, it will tell me what to do, and our family will also be rescued by it." ”

"The necessary moment.... What is a necessary moment? ”

"How do I know? I'm worried about it! Duke Yovanovich scolded, his face full of resentment: "Who knows what the hell they are doing?" If you want to help Katerina, why should you lead the army to war with Katerina? Doesn't that push us into the fire pit? If there is a war, Katerina will have to settle accounts with us in the future! ”

"I can't help myself...."

The Duke of Tbilisi let out a long sigh and looked up at the stars in the night sky: "I've been thinking for the last few days, if you hadn't been.... If His Majesty Peter were still alive in that matter, would we be in a better position? ”

"What does it have to do with me? Didn't you do it? ”

"What nonsense are you talking about? It was your Majesty Peter who you poisoned! ”

"Fart! I haven't had time yet! Definitely you do it! ”

“.......”

“.......”

In the darkness, Duke Yovanovich and Duke of Tbilisi looked at each other, their eyes full of shock.

"Wait a minute, let's go through it, that night, we discussed the plan with Shirkov and the others, and wanted to kill His Majesty Peter... Right? ”

The Duke of Tbilisi nodded: "Yes! We discussed it secretly for several days, and finally decided to do it! ”

"So you didn't do it, I didn't do it, could it be His Majesty Peter who was poisoned by Shirkov?"

"It's not him, when His Majesty Peter died, he secretly asked me who did it... I thought it was you. ”

Duke Yin Wanovich almost didn't let out a mouthful of old blood: "I thought it was you, too!" ”

"Don't make a fuss, okay? It's you, it's you! Why don't you admit it? Anyway, we will bear the consequences together! No one can run! ”

"It's not me! If I had done it, I would have admitted it a long time ago! Don't you know me yet?! ”

“.... If it weren't for you and not me, then who poisoned His Majesty Peter? ”

"It's broken! It's broken! ”

Duke Yin Wanovich's body shook, and he suddenly hugged his head: "We have been framed!" Someone poisoned His Majesty Peter! Dumped the black cauldron on our heads!

！ ”

"Huh?" The Duke of Tbilisi has not yet relented: "Who will poison His Majesty Peter except us?" Could it be Paul I? ”

"Do you think Paul I poisoned his own father to death?"

"No.... Heck, what are we going to do with this? The Duke of Tbilisi was not interested in who had poisoned Peter the Great: "Even if they don't do it, we'll do it!" It's been so long, there's no need to think about it! Let's think about what to do next! ”

I don't want to take the blame for others....

Despite this thought in their hearts, Duke Yovanovich admitted that they had already decided to poison Peter the Great at that time, and even if the murderer did not act, they would do it.

And no matter who the real culprit is, this black cauldron .... They must be carrying it.

Others won't believe it, especially for Katerina, who hates them, the aristocratic faction is the culprit who killed his father!

"What I regret most now is that I didn't poison Her Highness Katerina to death in the first place!"

The Duke of Tbilisi raised his binoculars again, sipped his cigar in his mouth, and continued to observe the movements of Tver City: "If she had died, we would not have fallen to where we are today, who knew that a little girl would have such great ability..... Hey? ”

Reaching out and rubbing his eyes, the Duke of Tbilisi felt that his eyes were glazed just now, as if he saw something flying up from the city of Tver.

"What's wrong?"

Seeing that the Duke's face was not right, Duke Yinvanovich picked up the binoculars and happened to see a black shadow with wings and a human body like a gargoylum rising from the city of Tver, hanging high in the sky, and flying towards them quickly.

In the hands and backs of the opponents, there are many heavy balls, which look very similar to artillery shells, and a bit like explosives used by grenadiers....

"Damn! Bloodline! It's the Bloodline! They can fly!

！ ”

Duke Yovanovich threw away his binoculars, hurried down the hill, blew the guard post, and shouted as he rushed towards the camp: "Enemy attack! Enemy attack!

！ ”