When the army returned to the city, Caesar IV took a hundred officials to greet him, and Hudson also enjoyed the highest standard treatment.

It is all normal operation, and the achievements of the expeditionary force this time are full of legends in themselves. What's more, there are also negative teaching materials from allies, which makes it even more difficult to win.

It can be seen that everyone is very satisfied, and in addition to Hudson, the coach, the glorious victory of the expeditionary force has benefited, and the princes and nobles are also beneficiaries.

Military merits belong to everyone, and the children of all families who have been trained together have not only accumulated rich combat experience, but also gained a lot of military merits by the way.

The most important thing is the low death rate of elite children. Except for a few unlucky eggs, the descendants of each family basically returned triumphantly.

It's not that Hudson deliberately takes care of them, but that these people are protected by the masters arranged by each family. In the case of constantly winning battles, as long as you don't die by yourself, you basically can't die.

However, the casualties were relatively small, and the 35,000 troops when they went out on the expedition returned with only more than 26,500 people left, and the battle loss rate was close to a quarter.

Heavy casualties do not mean a decline in combat effectiveness, and after a series of victories, the expeditionary force has also played its own military spirit.

If you stop there, everyone knows that these troops are elite, and the aura exposed is so powerful that you can feel the murderous aura even if you are hundreds of meters away.

Fortunately, the high-level leaders of the Alpha Kingdom have all come out of the army, otherwise they would have to make a fool of themselves on the spot if they were stimulated by the expeditionary force.

Hudson clearly sensed Caesar IV's gaffe, but he disguised it well, and few people noticed.

As soon as the triumphal ceremony ended, it immediately entered the celebration link. It's really not easy, since the outbreak of the Continental War, this is the first time that the kingdom has held a banquet.

As the protagonist of the banquet, Hudson not only failed to be like a fish in water, but was physically and mentally exhausted.

To be adored is to be enjoyed, especially to be adored by the opposite sex. However, a beautiful aristocratic lady is very eye-catching, and a group of beautiful aristocratic ladies surround her, that is, she is suffering.

Unfortunately, Hudson was so blessed that he couldn't bear it.

On the contrary, a group of officers under his command were more happy at the banquet, and some powerful guys had even hooked up with the noblewoman.

Of course, this is also a high-risk job, which is very challenging for eyesight. If you provoke someone you shouldn't hook up, the consequences are also very serious.

For example, most of the aristocratic ladies who surrounded Hudson and asked questions were not to be provoked.

It's not the princess of this family, or the young lady of that family. Those with low status can't squeeze in.

Fortunately, this situation did not last long, and after satisfying everyone's curiosity, the crowd quickly dispersed. After all, a married aristocrat like him does not belong to everyone's dish.

If you have an affair or something, you have to consider whether you are willing to pay the price. Many things in the aristocratic world are marked with prices in advance.

"Marshal Hudson, come out so soon. It is difficult to make so many young ladies and ladies in the royal capital, none of them can make you fall in love? ”

Hearing the sound of teasing, Hudson was depressed. Now he is a sweet spot in the eyes of many people, and they all want to come up and take a bite.

I can't figure out the other party's origin, how dare he mess around. Since ancient times, there have been countless heroes who have been ruined in bed.

"Your Royal Highness Princess, how can I take what you say?"

Hudson said angrily.

Unlike the princesses of the princes and nobles inside, the princess Madeleine in front of her is the real princess of the kingdom and the sister of Caesar IV.

The last time we met, the gap between the two sides was too great, and Hudson could only watch from afar.

Now we can talk together, but that's not a reason to befriend him. According to the custom of the continent of Aslanta, Princess Madeleine should marry the king or heir of a certain kingdom.

If Hudson hadn't gotten married, with his current status, the royal family would have been able to marry for the purpose of winning people's hearts.

Of course, this is also a small probability event. The object of royal marriage is first of all the origin, and the royal families of the mainland can be more or less related to each other.

It's definitely not a good thing for two people who shouldn't be friends to get together. In case there is some scandal that affects the royal marriage, Caesar IV has to turn against him.

"Humph!"

"You men are people!"

Listening to Princess Madeleine's words, Hudson's wine almost spilled out. In this way, it is too obvious to want to get his attention.

"Your Royal Highness, if that's the case, I'll take my leave first."

With that, Hudson turned and left. A royal princess, it's not worth his painstaking research.

There is no love and hate in the world for no reason, and he doesn't believe that Princess Madeleine, who has been educated by the royal family for a long time, is a silly white sweet, and he found him just out of curiosity.

If it was so easy to attract her, then everyone should have met at the last celebration banquet.

Everything is value. Intuition told Hudson that there was no peace in the Alpha royal family, otherwise Princess Madeleine would not be so reckless.

Even if you want to make friends, you don't have to be so anxious. Especially in the way that women attract men, it is very easy to get into trouble.

In case something happens, Princess Madeleine, who has not yet married, will suffer far more than him, a married nobleman.

It's not that you can't get married, with the national strength of the Alpha Kingdom, royal princesses will always be in demand, but the marriage partner is likely to change from a king and an heir to an ordinary prince.

……

"Your Highness, how is it?"

The maid's voice sounded, and Princess Madeleine frowned, and said with a depressed face: "Before I had time to say anything, this guy slipped away."

It seems that he is even more cunning than we expected, and I am afraid that it will be ...... for him to come forward to prevent this marriage."

Born into a royal family, while enjoying a privileged life, you must also pay a corresponding price. As a royal princess, the price you need to pay is marriage.

This kind of marriage is not only a marriage between royal families, but also involves national politics.

In many cases, on the issue of marriage, the parties have less right to speak than the Minister of the Interior.

An important minister like Hudson could not decide who the royal family would marry, but he was able to sabotage the royal family's marriage plans.

"Your Highness, if that's the case, things are in trouble. The ministers of the court and the central government basically supported this marriage, and if Field Marshal Hudson did not oppose it, we are afraid that it would be difficult for us to stop it.

If you marry that bastard, you'll ......"

Before the maid could finish speaking, Princess Madeleine interrupted, "Things are not so bad, and my brother is against this marriage.

With the current situation in the kingdom, our need for this marriage is not so urgent.

The ministers wanted nothing more than to promote this marriage in the interests of the kingdom, but that did not mean that they could force their brother to agree.

As for Field Marshal Hudson, this man is too shrewd to be so easy to handle as ordinary noble children.

What I did just now was obvious enough, but I couldn't move him, so I couldn't really seduce him, right? ”

……

The raging fire pierced the night, and the earth-shattering shouts of killing woke the defenders from their sleep.

"What happened, how could there be an enemy so far?"

Count Teolen asked in trepidation.

These are these questions, apparently no one has been able to answer him. With the northward expansion of the kingdom's territory, the Bauhinia Pass has changed from a frontier to an inland one.

What was once a military fortress has now become a material transit station for the army, and a large number of strategic materials come in and out here every day.

Due to the lack of preparation, the kingdom's defenses in the border areas were not as strong as they used to be. There are not as many strategic materials hoarded in castles and fortresses as before.

For the safety of supplies, the kingdom hoarded a large number of strategic materials in fortresses far from the front line, and Bauhinia Pass was one of the important strategic material hoarding places.

Anyway, from the beginning, everyone was ready to fight and retreat, and each line of defense had its own mission. As long as you delay for enough time, you can just retreat.

Since Hudson became the commander of the kingdom, the dead end has ceased to exist, and instead the strategy of exchanging space for time has been implemented.

The loss of the first line of defense in front caused an uproar, and that was because the loss was too fast, and according to the kingdom's plan, they should hold out for three months.

The turmoil was able to subside quickly, and that was because the kingdom had prepared enough defenses. Losing a few lines of defense will not affect the overall situation.

Each line of defense was built on favorable terrain, which was not only easy to defend and difficult to attack, but also happened to stand in the way of the enemy's advance.

If you spare the defensive line, you risk being cut off from the back road. Leading hundreds of thousands, millions of troops to fight, no one dares to throw the back road to the enemy.

According to the normal situation, Bauhinia Pass is still three or four hundred miles away from the front line, and the flames of war will not burn so quickly.

But the reality is very slap in the face, although I don't know what happened, anyway, the enemy army has entered the city, it has become a fact.

Count Teollen, who had calmed down, hurriedly ordered: "Quick, immediately gather the troops in the city to organize a counterattack, we must protect the Bauhinia Pass!" ”

It doesn't matter what happens, but the pass can't be lost. Otherwise, not only will there be problems with the army's food routes, but even the rear roads will be cut off by the enemy.

It would be a great sin to turn what should have been a fortification into an enemy's fortification.

It's a pity that it was too late, and the raging fire lit up the whole city, and from time to time it emitted bursts of meat.

Count Teollen, who stepped out of the headquarters, looked like ashes, it's over, it's all over! The countless strategic materials that the kingdom had hoarded in the Bauhinia Pass had turned into raging flames at this moment.

Even if he can keep the pass and lose tens of thousands of tons of strategic materials, the kingdom will not spare him.

If possible, he would have liked to grab Marquis James by the neck and ask him why he had let the enemy in.

"Kill!"

The endless anger turned into a word, and Count Teoren, who knew that he was powerless, picked up the knight's sword and joined the battle on a moonlit night with his guards.

Shame can only be washed away with blood. At a time like this, either annihilate the enemy army and salvage the burned strategic materials as much as possible; Or just go straight to the horse leather shroud.

At about the same time, the port of Betlun, hundreds of miles away, was also attacked by orc cavalry.

It's just that as the port that the Felix family focuses on, the performance of their family's private army is better than that of the defenders of Bauhinia Pass, and they were not killed by the enemy before they found out in the city.

The orc masters who fell from the sky seized the city, but were met with stubborn resistance from the defenders. Although it was not able to stop it in the end, it bought time for the defenders of the city to gather.

Every minute and second on the battlefield is precious, and the combat effectiveness of organized defenders and unorganized defenders are completely different concepts.

Duke Daniel, who personally commanded the raid, stared indifferently at the battlefield. Obviously, his heart was not at peace.

This cross-border raid actually followed Hudson's learning. It's just that in terms of application, he has changed flexibly.

Taking advantage of the lack of defense in the rear of the enemy army, with the help of night cover, the cavalry crossed the defense line on the border and went straight to the strategic point behind the enemy to launch a surprise attack.

There are only a limited number of good ports in the north, and even fewer are developed. Betlun Port is the only large port developed by the Alpha Kingdom in the Northlands.

It can be said unceremoniously that after taking here, the difficulty of transporting strategic materials in the northern route of the Alpha Kingdom has directly doubled.

Cutting off the transportation of strategic materials and destroying the places where strategic materials are hoarded is clearly an attempt to trap the defenders on the front line.

In fact, this is also something that has to be done. According to the dignified and upright style of play, the orc empire may not be able to take advantage of much.

Even if they defeated the Alpha Kingdom, if their own strength was seriously damaged, they would not be able to prevent the restoration of the Seven Kingdoms of the Grassland.

The strength of the Terran Alliance, they have personally understood. Daniel knew very well that the current Orc Empire was no match for the Terrans.

"Use all the magic scrolls you bought from the elves!"

Making this decision, Daniel also secretly felt pain. Using magic scrolls as siege supplies is a proper loser's style.

But in a hurry, he couldn't care so much. For this attack, not only the main force of the cavalry was dispatched, but all the masters of the orc empire also moved together.

It can be said that this is a complete gamble, if the defenders on the front line of the Alpha Kingdom find out, the infantry who stay in place will be in danger.

The annihilation of the whole army will not be achieved, but heavy losses will certainly not be avoided. If it weren't for the five emperors being fooled by him into sitting in the rear, playing with the first cut and then playing, this kind of combat plan would not have been passed.

The addition of the magic scroll made the war more and more intense, and the sky also exuded a colorful brilliance.

One moment the flames flew all over the sky, the next moment hail fell from the sky, and the next a meteorite popped out of the sky......

Accompanied by the magic strike, there are countless orc masters who take the lead, rushing to the front line of the battle, and fighting. The defenders were dizzy.

Similar battles continued to be staged throughout the northern frontier, and more than a dozen strategic points in the Alpha Kingdom were raided at almost the same time.

It is considered a good performance to be able to organize resistance, and the more defenders who rushed to the battle, before they knew what was happening, the enemy was killed in front of them.

A group of officers sent out a letter for help in a daze, and everyone only knew that they had been attacked by the enemy, and the rest were completely black-eyed.

……

Marquis James, who was on the front line, had insomnia, and although he didn't know what was happening, he always felt that something was wrong.

"Immediately send griffon dragoons to patrol the defense lines in various places, and order the officers on the front line to strengthen their vigilance and strictly prevent the enemy from sneaking attack!

If you notice any movement from the enemy, report it to me immediately. ”

With a command, his heart was slightly soothed. It was the first time he had commanded so many troops alone, and he was also very apprehensive in his heart.

Fortunately, as the defensive side, the range of troop movements is relatively small, and although there are also a lot of chaos, it is generally controllable.

It's just that with the early collapse of the first line of defense, his confidence gradually became insufficient again. At one point, he wanted to apply to the king for a replacement, but he couldn't help himself in the army.

Everyone knows that sooner or later Hudson will command the war in Northern Xinjiang, but sooner or later, the meaning it represents is completely different.

The king needs him to hold on for a while, and the big nobles of the kingdom also need him to hold on first, even if it costs a certain price, everyone admits it.

There is no way, Hudson is not only a brilliant battleman, but he is too young to even find a political stain.

Now that everyone is working hard, there are checks and balances. If we continue to let it go, what will happen to the next generation?

At that time, the rulers of each family were all Hudson's old subordinates, and they were born shorter. Even if it is a king, he will have no confidence when he encounters such a powerful minister.

Unless everyone can guarantee that they can live better than Hudson, prevent him from becoming the patriarch of the kingdom, and rely on everyone's seniority to maintain the balance of power.

As soon as the words landed, a middle-aged officer broke into the headquarters and reported to James: "Marquis, just now the defenders of Bogusburg have received news that the enemy's cavalry crossed the line from their line this afternoon and has not returned so far. ”

The fact that the orc cavalry crossed the line is nothing new. Since the outbreak of the war, this kind of thing has not been broken.

It's just that these cavalrymen, usually after going dozens of miles deep and causing some damage, will immediately return to the station.

This is the first time that something like this has happened again.

"Why don't you report this kind of thing in advance?"

Marquis James asked angrily.

"Forget it, you guys go down first!"

Angering others is not what a good commander should do. Reason told him that he had to control his emotions.

The departure of the enemy is an uncontrollable event, and no one knows in advance.

It's just that the cavalry crossed the line to cause sabotage, and it was all handled by the people below. If all this kind of trivial matter were reported to him, the manager, it is estimated that he would have died of exhaustion.

The cavalry crossing the line is also taking risks, and if they are accidentally bitten by the kingdom's army, they may be wiped out at any time.

In the past few days, the orc soldiers who went deep into the rear have been routed by the kingdom army, not once or twice, but even once and all of them.

So far, no good news has been received, which means that the enemy cavalry deep in the rear has not been annihilated.

Suddenly, James's face changed greatly, his eyes stared at the map, and he blurted out: "Not good! ”