In the afternoon, the streets of the entire Hayden King City were in full gear, and all the nobles, big and small, were assembled according to the orders of the new king Alot.

"Your Majesty has an order! Let's go! ”

"Your Majesty has an order! Let's go! ”

As the heralds delivered their orders, a mighty procession began to emerge from the three gates of King Hayden.

The army of the Duchy of Alban came out of the royal city, and the Duchy of Jean was steadily advancing forward, and the army of the Duchy of Gien was less than a hundred miles away from the royal city of Hayden, and at the normal speed, it would only take two days to arrive.

……

Early the next morning, on the road 60 miles from King Hayden, King Lawrence summoned eight of his earls to an emergency meeting.

For at the previous moment, King Lawrence had received a report from the rangers that he had found a huge camp forty miles ahead, the main force of the Duchy of Alban.

For the unusual behavior of the army of the Duchy of Alban, King Lawrence must of course be cautious, worrying whether there is a trap in it.

This time, the Duchy of Jean is a nationwide expedition to the south, and if there is any big mistake, the power of the three principalities will be completely reversed.

"This morning, the Rangers discovered that the army of the Duchy of Alban did not intend to defend against our attack in King Hayden, but appeared 20 miles ahead, and I am calling you here now to discuss whether it is possible that there is a conspiracy by Hayden!"

While the whole army was still packing up their equipment and preparing to leave, this time the council was placed directly on a flat grass, and the king and the eight counts sat in the open air at a long table.

"Your Majesty, have the Rangers determined the number of the Duchy of Alban's army?"

Hearing the news that the Duchy of Albanne had taken the initiative, several counts were obviously very surprised, and they all pondered, and after a while, Avery took the lead in asking questions.

"Because the Duchy of Alban also sent a lot of Rangers, and the terrain here is flat and there is no commanding height, our Rangers can't determine the exact number of the Duchy of Alban's army."

"However, according to the investigation of the three squads of rangers, the army of the Duchy of Alban in front has at least 30,000 people."

"Your Majesty, in that case! Then there is nothing to scruple about! Their main army is ahead, and no matter what tricks they have, as long as we advance slowly, the Duchy of Alban will not have any plans. ”

The army of the Duchy of Alban, including the nobles and nobles, is only about 50,000 at most, and it can be determined that there are more than 30,000 people here, which shows that the Duchy of Alban has indeed given up defending the royal city and is ready to fight them to the death in the wilderness.

And in the face of absolute power, even if there are any conspiracies, as long as the Duchy of Jean is in order and does not be greedy for merit, there is no risk.

"Your Majesty, do you think it could be that King Hayden has the support of other forces!"

At this moment, the Lord of the North suddenly spoke.

"Who can Hayden team up with? Is it the church? ”

"Count Gust, you're thinking too much! The Church only dared to secretly support the Duchy of Alban, and if he dared to help Hayden in the open, then the Duchy of Xis would not agree, and when the time came, wouldn't the two Duchies of ours cut off the annual tax paid to the Church at the same time? ”

Avery immediately retorted, believing that the Lord of the North was deliberately raising a bar with him.

However, Gust did not pay attention to Avery, but looked directly at King Lawrence, waiting for his words.

"Actually, I have the same concern, after all, the Duchy of Alban's actions this time are too unreasonable."

The king agreed with the Lord of the North's speculation, and Avery's face turned extremely ugly at this moment, feeling like he had been slapped in the face.

"I think there must have been some changes in the Duchy of Alban, which we don't know about, otherwise it would be impossible to make such a defeating move, so we need to be prepared, whether there is a real accident or not."

Next, King Lawrence stated his plan, which was to draw 200 men from the elite knights of each family, and King Lawrence himself sent 400 men to form a 2,000-strong knight order as a reserve, just in case.

In addition to the 2,000-man Knights, King Lawrence also plans to leave an elite legion of 5,000 men, so that there will be 7,000 people as hole cards, which cannot be used unless absolutely necessary.

And this plan made by the king directly caused the army of the Duchy of Jean to lose 7,000 elites.

If you fight against the Alban army, you will have to pay more than the original price to defeat the enemy army.

And this loss is passed on to the heads of the major earl families, so the king has to convene several earls to discuss, otherwise if he is autocratic, it is likely to make the major families feel guilty.

The next battle decided the final victory or defeat of the southern expedition, and King Lawrence had to eliminate all hidden dangers.

Several counts listened to the king's plan, and of course understood the pros and cons, and they all fell into thought.

"Your Majesty, my Wynton family has no opinion!"

"Your Majesty, my Jones family has no opinion!"

"Your Majesty......"

The Lord of the North had doubts, so he was the first to agree to King Lawrence's plan.

And Alice didn't have any opinions, since the lords of the north agreed, she would naturally support it.

When the other earls saw that two of them were expressing their positions, they all spoke out in agreement.

Although this may allow them to lose some more soldiers, but soldiers are like leeks, cut stubble and stubble, and now the main thing is to ensure victory in the war.

At that time, their harvest was unprecedented.

Once the plan was decided, the king dismissed the counts, and the army was about to move on.

"Alice, you have to pay more attention to your body! You're the only one in the Jones family! That Gervais kid is oily and slippery, he will definitely be able to come back safely, and it is estimated that he may be looting somewhere at this time! ”

After the meeting was dissolved, the lord of the north looked at his granddaughter and was obviously a little haggard, and couldn't help but persuade in distress.

"Well, I know, don't worry, grandfather!"

Alice heard the words of the Lord of the North, and reluctantly smiled and nodded to the Lord of the North.

The Lord of the North had spoken such words to her many times lately, and even Gandalf had advised her several times.

But Alice knew in her heart that if Gervais was really safe, he would have returned to the team a long time ago.

Sixty miles ahead was now the royal city of the Duchy of Alban, but there was still no news from Gervais.

There is no news from Gervais yet, and Alice speculates that there are only two possibilities, either Gervais has been captured by the Duchy of Alban, or .......

So no matter how much others tried to comfort her, Alice couldn't stop worrying.

"Grandfather, what's going on with Caroline?"

Seeing that the Lord of the North was about to continue talking about Gervais, Alice continued to smile reluctantly and changed the subject.

"Alas, there hasn't been any news of Caroline since the capture of Wheat Leaf City!"

"King Hayden does not agree to replace those minor nobles, but wants the Duchy of Jean to stop the offensive and withdraw its troops! So there is no compromise on this! ”

"It's all my fault, I couldn't hold back her pleas and let her come to participate in the Southern Expedition!"

Speaking of Caroline, the Lord of the North shook his head helplessly, he could already predict that his granddaughter was afraid that she would be more than lucky, and now he only hoped that she would suffer less.

……

A day later, forty kilometers from the city of King Hayden.

At this time, the army of the Duchy of Jean and the army of the Duchy of Alban were already far away, and the two sides were located at opposite ends of the horizon, like two fierce beasts with their mouths split, about to start a life-and-death duel!