Chapter 12 Blame

If the Kingdom of Latvia's use of necromancers who can summon an army of undead on the battlefield could not make King Romon lose his temper too much, then the events in Leipzig could completely make the old king lose his mind.

The battle reports and information coming back from the front line have been turned into shredded paper, and they are slowly falling.

The generals in the big tent, including Marshal Elhms, did not dare to breathe a long breath. Tearing up the two reports could not even soothe the anger of King Romon a little, his eyes were blood-red, he suddenly drew his long sword, and slashed the table in front of him into several pieces, and then he gasped for breath and sat down.

Luo Meng closed his eyes and pondered, and only after a long time did he open his eyes and said slowly: "What do you think? ”

One of the generals hesitated and said, "Your Majesty, there is something strange about this matter. It stands to reason that Lord Rogge is at an absolute disadvantage in his forces, so why should he abandon the city and fight to the death with the Latvian army outside the city? Moreover, his troops are not sufficient in the first place, and he has to divide his troops before the decisive battle...... The suspicion under his words is already obvious.

In fact, it was because of Ikrell's relationship that there was a great civil war in the Holy Alliance. And the relationship between Ikrel and Rogge is well known, and many generals on King Leighton's [***] side are already very disgusted by Rog's blatant behavior of following the Leighton Kingdom to reap benefits.

"Lord Rogge may not be a military genius, but he's not stupid either. Marshal Elmen also spoke, "Judging from the information in our hands, the decisive battle outside the city, if it were not for the despicable use of the undead army by the Latvians, Lord Rogge might not have lost. In my opinion, the fact that more than 4,000 people can be evacuated from the battlefield under such circumstances is in itself a manifestation of the art of commanding wisely. Master Rogge may be too young and impulsive, and young people always have some romantic ideas about war, which is why he goes to a decisive battle with the Latvians outside the city. However, it seems that the Latvians did not take advantage of it, and the loss of a total of 6,000 people, especially the cavalry, which was almost completely wiped out, and the main general Adams was killed, which can already be said to be a defeat. After Rog retreated to the city of Bora, I think it will be impossible for the Latvians to break through Lord Rog's second line of defense. ”

"But he gave up Leipzig! The fifty thousand men in the city of Leipzig fell victim to the wrath of the Latvians!" the general roared angrily.

"General Bolton, Leipzig is your hometown, and I can understand your feelings. But now that we have captured three cities in the Kingdom of Rivi and one city in the Kingdom of Latvia, have we slaughtered them?" said Marshal Alams.

The general was still angry, but he also knew that it was a bit reluctant to put the responsibility for the slaughter on Rogge's head.

At this moment, a herald hurried into the camp and presented an urgent secret message to King Romon.

King Romon only looked at it a few times, and his whole body trembled uncontrollably. He suddenly closed his eyes and threw the urgent letter in front of the generals.

Marshal Elam was the most powerful, and when he picked up this document, his face changed greatly. Then, in silence, he handed the document to the next general.

All of a sudden, the tent suddenly fell into the calm before the storm.

This brief message had been sent from Leipzig by carrier pigeon a few days earlier, to the royal capital of Leighton, and then to the front line urgently by magic.

The intelligence is scribbled, and it is more of a short horror novel than a secret report on military intelligence. It can be seen that although this intelligence officer is dutiful, he is also frightened. It's not just the massacres that happen in the city of Leipzig, but the undead that roam everywhere!

Although this letter was written incoherently, the generals understood at a glance that the 50,000 citizens of Leipzig City had probably become an army of 50,000 immortals by now!

At this time, an urgent telegram from Rogge also arrived.

Rog retreated a hundred kilometers and gathered the originally scattered army, including five thousand local garrisons of the Kingdom of Layton, and a total of 20,000 troops were currently stationed in the city of Bora. He prepared to defend himself against the Latvian army and their undead legions on the strategically important and well-defended city of Bora.

The letter also mentions that the Latvians appear to be trying to form an undead army in the city of Leipzig. As a mage, Rogge knows what it means to form an undead legion, but he also points out that it is a very dangerous, time-consuming, and unstable practice. In order to prevent the undead army of the Latvians from expanding further and to avoid a repeat of the tragedy in Leipzig, he had evacuated all the people of Leighton on the border to the city of Bora.

But the food in Bora was not enough to feed so many people, so it was natural for the letter to ask for food and money.

After all the generals had read the two letters, King Romon spoke, and there was unshakable determination in his deep voice: "Since the founding of the Kingdom of Leighton, our warriors have never bowed their heads in front of any enemy! Necromancers and undead legions are terrible, but they cannot make Leighton's warriors submit to me! Pass my orders and withdraw all our emissaries from the Holy Alliance Council! The heroic Leighton warriors will never negotiate with the Latvian pigs who collude with the necromancers!" Only the head of the king of Latvia can lay to rest the fifty thousand innocent souls of Leipzig. Herald, tell the whole army what is happening in Leipzig, so that our warriors know what the enemy has done!"

The generals in the big tent all had gloomy and terrible faces. These generals who have been born and died over the years are all soldiers who have become stronger and stronger. Only a shadow passed over the face of Marshal Elams, and at that moment he seemed to suddenly grow a little old.

The Holy Alliance's council is also in chaos at the moment.

The situation of the two parties being completely divided and antagonistic is no longer there. In the face of overwhelming questioning and accusations, the Latvian envoy looked ashen and embarrassed, and could only say repeatedly: "This is impossible!", "This is a conspiracy of the Kingdom of Layton!", "The Holy Kingdom of Latvia has absolutely no collusion with the necromancer!"

At this time, even the envoys of the Rivi Kingdom, Latvia's staunchest ally, were silenced by order from home.

The undead legion borrowing necromancers is already difficult for the world to accept, and the act of turning innocent civilians into undead legions is simply the public enemy of the entire human race!

Although the civil war was still in the midst of the Great Civil War, some principalities still suggested that a mission should be formed to go to Leipzig to find out the truth about the incident. However, this proposal was firmly rejected by the Latvian envoys.

Latvia also has unspeakable suffering, no matter how powerful they are, they cannot turn Leipzig's 50,000 corpses into living people. And of these 50,000 people, it is true, at least 20,000 were slaughtered by the Latvian army. It is very ironic that the reason for the massacre of the citizens of Leipzig was precisely to prevent the attacks of more and more undead creatures.

From the day the Latvian army entered Leipzig, it was like falling into a nightmare.

The citizens of Leipzig were constantly going crazy, rushing at the Latvian soldiers with red eyes, trying to bite off a piece of flesh from the soldiers, even if they were cut down with knives.

The Latvian soldiers, who had been on heightened guard, did not realize that tyrannical thoughts were quietly growing in their hearts.

The next day, a lone soldier was pressed to the ground by more than a dozen citizens, and his flesh and blood were blurred in the blink of an eye. However, when a group of soldiers arrived at the alarm, they were horrified to find that the soldier, who had been doomed, staggered to his feet again, joined the citizens who still had bloodshot flesh on their teeth, and staggered towards the soldiers......

Similarly, from the time they entered the city, the Latvian soldiers who patrolled the city continued to disappear in small groups.

In the middle of the night, hundreds of zombies swayed towards the Latvian military camp, and in the light of the fire, the sentries were shocked to find that many of the undead were wearing Latvian military uniforms.

The bowstring, which had been tense for a day, could no longer withstand the tremendous tension and broke.

With more and more undead, the Latvian commander could no longer control the spread of fear and hysteria among the soldiers. A massacre has finally begun......

At this moment, the Latvian soldiers completely did not notice the three carrier pigeons that suddenly flew up and flew into the sky. The middle-aged man who released the carrier pigeon immediately fell, not out of fear, but because of a sudden extra cut in his throat.

The flames that burst into the sky covered it all in the flames. Compared to the fires that burned everywhere in the city, this one was so inconspicuous.

A vague shadow crossed the walls and floated away.

In the city of Bora, more than 100 kilometres from Leipzig, there is a tense atmosphere everywhere.

Bora is much larger than Leipzig, but the sudden influx of more than 100,000 displaced people has also made the city very crowded. But no one will complain, and every citizen with some strength will take the initiative to strengthen the city's defenses against the terrifying undead legions that will arrive at any time.

Although the army of the Principality of Arei became the main force defending Bola, Rogge did not give his troops any preferential treatment, and the local garrisons of the Kingdom of Leighton ate whatever the warriors of the Principality of Arei ate. There was only one exception, and that was the Tikton warriors. The sight of these unusually tall and mighty warriors would make the citizens of Bora feel much more at ease. So no one would object to feeding these Tikton warriors well.

As for the more than 10,000 recruits of the Principality of Are, after learning the news that 2,000 of their colleagues were all killed in front of the Latvian Immortal Legion because of insufficient training and could not retreat in time, the enthusiasm for training was unprecedentedly high.

In the great city of Bora, with the exception of a handful of people, everyone was nervous, preparing to face the undead army they had never seen before.

As soon as he arrived in Bora City, Rogge naturally occupied the City Lord's Mansion. He was leaning back in his chair at the moment, closing his eyes and recuperating. As for what was going on in his mind, no one knows.

The door opened without wind, and a shadow gradually became clear, revealing Raphael's handsome face with a faint purple aura.

The Shadow Knight and his owner communicated in an unknown way, and Rog seemed very satisfied. In fact, everything went smoothly to his surprise.

As soon as Raphael finished his report, Charlie walked in with a gloomy face.

Raphael bowed to Rog, re-disappeared into the shadows, and quietly left.

Charlie put a battle report in front of Rogge and asked, "Lord Rogge, what's the matter with the undead legion in Leipzig?"

Rog lowered his elevated feet and stood up. He has always had a lot of respect for Charlie.

"Lord Charles, don't you know as well as I do that there are any undead legions in Leipzig? Those undead creatures have no control at all, and if they don't die at the hands of the Latvian army, they will fall on their own in less than two days. ”

Charlie stared at Rogge without relaxation: "So can you tell me what happened in Leipzig?"

"I guess it's no secret anymore. Leipzig was slaughtered by the Latvians. Rogge said lightly.

Charlie said heavily: "If it is said that the lives of 2,000 soldiers were sacrificed in order to achieve the final victory of the war, this is acceptable. War is inseparable from death. Blocking, breaking, and charging can actually be seen as deliberate sacrifices of the soldier's life. But sacrificing the lives of 50,000 civilians for the sake of victory in the war is not acceptable to me. This wouldn't have happened in Leipzig without our set-up. ”

"Lord Charlie," Rogge's voice hardened, "what would you do if you occupied a city where the citizens could riot at any moment?"

"I will strengthen security, collect all weapons, and limit the movement of citizens. ”

"What would you do if your soldiers were killed by a mob?"

"Investigate the truth, catch the murderer, and publicly execute the murderer. ”

"What if an undead suddenly appears in the city?"

Charlie quickly replied, "Summoning a small number of undead creatures, almost every mage can do it." I'm going to destroy the undead and try to find the magician. ”

Rogge said: "Lord Charlie, we all know that the countries of the Holy Alliance are actually closely linked. The citizens of Leipzig would never riot because of the occupation of Latvia. ”

Charlie nodded in agreement.

Rogge said lightly: "In order to create tension and make countries think that Latvia is using the undead legion, I have set up an enchantment in the city of Leipzig that can transform corpses into undead creatures, you know. However, this enchantment does not work for long, and it is impossible to summon powerful undead creatures out of thin air. In fact, the question is now very clear, there are not a few undead creatures in Leipzig, so where did the original corpses come from?"

Charlie was stunned for a moment, thought for a while, and slammed it on the table angrily: "It turns out that it is really the Latvian army that is massacring civilians!"

"Exactly. Rogge smiled. "Although I framed them a little, compared to what they did, it only revealed the true face of the Kingdom of Latvia to the world. If their commander had been a knight like you, this tragedy would not have happened under any circumstances. ”

Charlie apologized to Rogge and went out to inspect the city defenses.

A soft sigh came from behind Rogge.

Rogge didn't look back, and said, "What's the matter, Anne? Don't you know what I've done in Leipzig? ”

Androni sighed lightly: "Rogge, I am not Charlie, and I don't have any knightly creed in my heart, and I have killed many people. But 50,000 civilians...... It's really too much. ”

Rogge said with some exasperation, "In any extreme case, slaughtering the city should not be an option for the occupiers. I thought Leipzig would pay a thousand lives at most, but who knew that the Latvians would slaughter the city!"

Androni came to Rogge, looked at him and said word by word: "Lord Rogge, at least half of the reason for this matter is yours!"

Rog frowned and looked at Androni coldly.

Under his cold gaze, Androni was a little timid, but she still said: "When I saw Raphael just now, I suddenly understood. The original corpses in Leipzig were made by Raphael, right? And in your style, you would have ordered Raphael to make at least a thousand corpses. ”

Rogge's body shook.

Androni continued: "You have planted a triple barrier of fear, bloodlust and death in Leipzig. While the undead awakened by the Death Barrier will only unconsciously attack nearby creatures, under the influence of fear and bloodlust, it is difficult for Latvian soldiers not to lose control. Once the fighting between soldiers and civilians began, the massacre of the city was likely. Master Charlie is unaware of the existence of the Fear and Bloodthirsty Barrier. But I know!"

Under the pressure of Andronie's gaze, Rogge suddenly felt very tired, he came to the window, looked at the people who were still busy around, and said lightly: "Anne, you are very smart. Now that you've guessed it, I might as well tell you that this time the slaughter of Leipzig is in my expectation. It could even be said that I arranged all this with the aim of having the Latvians slaughter the city. ”

"But...... That's 50,000 civilians," Androni whispered.

"Yes. These 50,000 lives were exchanged for the undying hatred of the Kingdom of Leighton for Latvia, and this war, which would have ended at the point, would have turned into an undying war. And if the Latvians had done such a thing, it would have provoked a strong backlash within their union, and I think that at least most of the six minor principalities would have withdrawn from it. This is tantamount to easily breaking their alliance. Moreover, against such an evil enemy as the Kingdom of Latvia, whatever means I use in the future, I will only be taken for granted. Even if I actually summoned an undead army on the battlefield to attack them, it could be said that the undead counterattacked because the opponent's necromancer was out of control. ”

"Of course, it's also a big benefit for my next set-up. I won't tell you about this for the time being. Rogge turned back to Androni and said, "Now that I've made everything clear, what are you going to do next?"

"You knowingly asked!" Androni sighed as she stared at Rogge.

Rogge was stunned for a moment and said, "I really don't know." ”

Androni bit her lip slightly and whispered, "I don't care so much! No matter what kind of person you are,...... I...... I've got to help you!"

This was a big surprise to Rogge.

With a stir in his heart, he shook Androni's hands and said, "Anne, I really didn't expect ......"

Forgetful, Rogge pulled Androni closer and wanted to kiss him.

Another whirlwind.

Androni used her scabbard to spin Rog around in the air a few times before slamming him to the ground.

She pulled the starry sky out of the scabbard, and the sharp blade rested on Rogge's neck, so that the fat man did not dare to move. Androni then said: "I help you, but it doesn't mean that I like the way you do things. Based on the things you did, it's not a lot to kill you a dozen times. Hmph!"

Rogso held his head in his hands, lay down more comfortably, looked at Androni with a smile and said, "Anyway, only you will help me unconditionally now." The only one I can trust is you. ”

Androni snorted and said, "Don't do this! You don't believe anyone at all." You are the same person as my father and brother. Hmph, do you think I don't know, men like you can do anything for power and ambition! I don't understand, what difference can there be between power and power? My father has probably never lived a few days of easy life in his life. In order to compete for power, he can even use his own children as bargaining chips...... Alas, is power really that important?"

Later, there was a slight hint of amazement in Androni's voice.

Rogge took Andronie's hand again and said softly, "Anne, we are often helpless. Even if you don't want to fight for power, your family, subordinates, friends, and even enemies will force you to fight for power, intentionally or unintentionally. I have no way back now, if I don't want to live in seclusion for the rest of my life, I can only embark on the road of fighting for power and profit. You may think I've been a little vicious lately, but I have to. With the power in my hands, I realized how terrible my enemies were, and I came to understand what they were doing. Even if I want to give up now, they won't let me go. Lately, I've been feeling inexplicably scared. I always had the feeling that, in addition to the Pope and the Grand Duke of Bavaria, there were a few more figures that would instinctively frighten me. I don't even know who they are. And this fear is all the time, sometimes even in my sleep, I will be suddenly awakened. Alas!"

"You're not talking about my father, are you?" said Androni's sword, intentionally or unintentionally, pressing downward.

Rogge said with a grin, "What am I afraid of him doing? It's really a last resort, won't it be a matter of marrying you? Can he still cut off his son-in-law?"

Only then did Androni realize that a hand had been held by Rogge for a long time before she knew it. Her face turned white, and she withdrew her hand with lightning and wiped it hard against her body.

"Anne, haven't you noticed that you've changed a little lately?" asked Rogge, sneeringly.

"What change?" Looking at Rogge's expression, Androni snorted again and said, "Miss Ben has a bad temper, you dare to move your hands and feet at will, be careful that I am impulsive, and I will really cut off your head." ”

"For example, you would never say 'Miss Ben' before......"

Androni was stunned and began to ponder.

"You used to be a man entirely, and if it wasn't for that time, I wouldn't have known you were actually ...... Don't look at me so fiercely, I'll never mention that again, alas!"

Androni was ashamed and angry, and pulled out the hand that was held by Rogge at some point, and punched him in the belly! Androni's control over the fighting spirit has become more and more subtle, and the input of the fighting energy is just enough to inflict maximum pain on Rogge without leaving him with irreparable damage.

Even if Rogge has a good physique, it was not easy to recover from this punch. His face turned pale, and he gasped and said, "Your punch really smells! It seems that you are not far from the Sanctuary, ahem!" A bloody smell poured out of Rogge's mouth.

Androni apologized slightly, took away the blue starry sky, helped Rogge up, and said in a low voice: "You dare to mention that incident again, ...... in the future Hit harder in the future!"

This is already a low-key apology for the stubborn and arrogant Androni. Although Rogge's body hurts, he knows that there will never be any major injuries, so he doesn't care.

Rogge stared at Androni left and right, the two were very close at this time, and under his blazing gaze, Androni became more and more helpless and blushed.

"Annie, you're getting more and more woman......"

"Phew, I'm a woman...... Ah, no!" Androni was horrified. She finally realized that she had changed unconsciously.

"It's all the ...... of the dead wind and the moon," she thought bitterly, biting her lower lip.

A strange sensation suddenly crept through her chest. Only then did Androni realize that the cowardly Rogge actually took advantage of her contemplation, holding her waist with one hand and hitting her chest with the other.

"Annie, your adverse reactions have been getting weaker and weaker lately......"

To Rogge's triumphant laughter, Androni blushed and fled the room in embarrassment.

But Androni's advantage is not so easy to take advantage of.

Her last punch was very exquisite, and more than ten starry sky fighting qi and divine fighting qi were staggered, and they were all injected into Rogge's body in one punch. After the Starry Sky Dou Qi deals damage, the Divine Dou Qi repairs it again, and then the Starry Sky Dou Qi deals damage again. The pain of this punch is worth ten punches in ordinary times.

But Rogge has a special physique, and the Divine Fighting Qi can also cause damage. That smug laugh, before it could 'haha' a few times, turned into a scream......

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