January 5, 4124 A.D. A sunny day. Lu Yuncheng, who had just finished the Bright Festival, was noisy again, and the soldiers put on their armor, took up their weapons, walked out of their homes, and gathered in a group of military columns to gather in Victory Square.

Both sides of the street are crowded with people who come to see them off, mothers with tears in their eyes, wives who pack their bags, and children who call for their fathers, staging a realistic version of the parting drama. Seeing these scenes along the way, Linya's mood became a little heavy again. Once the success is done, I don't know how many of these soldiers can return to their relatives?

But how can we really eliminate the war thing? It really seems impossible, just like now, I am involved in this war. Although it was not a war that I provoked, I really participated in it.

On Victory Square, the assembled Lu Yun army began to advance south along Victory Avenue, because this trip to the south was not in the name of war, so there was no pre-war mobilization ceremony, the first batch of 5,000 elite troops were selected from the standing regular army of Lu Yun City, and sent out in the name of Princess Alice's escort force.

Linya is a guest, of course, she can't run around in other people's countries with an army, and it is the limit to bring the largest Praetorian Guard, that is, the Praetorian Guard, which numbered up to a thousand people, and set off with Alice. Cyril brought only one airship, so she asked Linya to borrow an army of 1,000 men as her Praetorian Guard, so that the number of the first batch of departures reached 7,000, and the total number of guards brought by the various lords was about 10,000.

Of course, this is not the entire strength of the Northern Alliance. Alice, Duke Darren, and the Northern Lords calculated that the Southern Alliance could recruit about 40,000 regular troops and 80,000 levies. Alice's plan was that the remaining 10,000 or so regular troops in Luyun City would be formed into a reserve with about 10,000 temporarily conscripted troops with combat experience. After completing the reorganization, they set out, and together with the forces of the other Northern Alliance lords, they formed a main force with a total number of about 100,000. If the Southern Alliance must fight, the Northern Alliance will not suffer in terms of the number of troops.

As for the defense of Lu Yuncheng, it was handed over to another 10,000 new levies with no combat experience at all. Alice wanted to concentrate her forces, but she was worried about the lack of capacity of the new army, so she approached Linya and asked her to bring the Fire Legion to help defend it, and Linya happily agreed. Lu Yuncheng is now Alice's base, and she entrusts Lu Yuncheng to her army. That's the most trusting expression, how can I refuse.

Since the Red Leaf Empire's army was a guest army and did not receive an invitation from the Caiyun Empire when it arrived, the Fire Legion had not even been able to disembark from the ship before, and could only stay on Jelik's fleet. And the fleet can only be moored on the civilian dock, and cannot get close to Lu Yun's military port. Now the Caiyun Empire is about to break out into a civil war. Of course, it is impossible for the Fire Legion to go to war and interfere. Staying and helping Alice defend the city was certainly the best option.

However, Linya was a little worried, worried about her father. This army came here in the name of protecting itself, but in reality it was impossible to fully command them. They were the army of their father, not the army of Sachnia. If he took advantage of the opportunity for Lu Yun's defenders to go south to join the battle...... Linya decided to talk to her father.

"Okay, okay, don't worry, I'm not going to do anything like that. "The Herman Emperor in the magic array is very innocent. was questioned by his daughter that he might do bad things, which made him a little crying and laughing, and he was also very depressed and helpless.

"Yes, but I can't rest assured. Don't tell me you didn't have that thought!" Linya frowned.

"Well, do you think my father would be like that?" protested Emperor Herman.

"Like. ”

Emperor Hermann almost vomited blood. "Alright, alright. Am I not able to swear it?, God of Light, I will never go against Linya's wishes and order the Earth Heart Sea Fleet and the Fire Legion to occupy Luyun City. ”

Linya smiled at this time. "Father is the best! Please don't be angry with your daughter. Sister Alice trusts me so much, you can't let me break my trust in her. Otherwise...... Then I can only find a crack in the ground and make amends with death. ”

The army marched out of the city in waves, and Princess Alice set off to the cheers of the crowd. Today, she put on a bright silver light armor, wore the long sword that killed the green dragon, wore a golden crown, rode a white horse, and looked particularly heroic, beautiful, handsome, and a little handsome and chic under the embrace of a group of royal knights. Linya's eyes straightened, and she said with envy: "Sister Alice looks so handsome on horseback! I want to ride a horse too! Sister Susanna, can you teach me if you have time?"

Suzanne had a bitter face, she was much more visible when this little princess was on a whim, but there was no interest in holding on. How can you get a headache to dispel this thought? You are a magician, alas, and wings, and an airship, and a carriage, do you need to learn to ride a horse......

Cyril on the side looked at Linya's excited and eager appearance, and said with a smile: "My dear little moon, if you want to learn, I can teach you." But ......"

"But what?" asked Linya quickly.

"Are you sure? on horseback...... Hey. Cillille's terrible gaze, which made people very uncomfortable, as if they could see through people's clothes, swept around Linya, and finally smiled evilly: "Don't regret it, my sister advises you not to learn with her own blood and tears......

"Why?"

"Because I regretted it......" Cyril snickered as she covered her little mouth as she pointed her finger at Linya's chest and slowly moved her fingertips down.

"Huh?!" Linya's little face turned red. Because she thought of a joke about the fact that in ancient Western Europe, there were more than sixty percent of aristocratic maidens, whose chastity was given not to the boy they loved, but to ...... Horse.

Wait, don't get me wrong, and don't have any evil thoughts, that's not right. As for the reason, it is because horseback riding, a very sporty activity, is a very common way of life for these aristocratic girls. There are many differences between men and women, but the biggest difference is the physiology.

"Sister Cyril is dead!" Linya blushed and hid to Susanna's side, retracting her head and being embarrassed to show her face again, and finally let Suzanne half-help her and half-hug her onto the airship.

Linya and Cyril were still in their respective airships, while Alice stayed with her army. According to the planned route, this army of tens of thousands of men would first descend southeast along the river to Konaya, the capital of the province west of the river, and then turn westward until it reached the city of Tuen, so that it could remain in the sphere of influence of the Northern Alliance as much as possible, and it would be safer to do so.

The journey took nearly half a month, and the journey was safe and smooth. It's just that after arriving in Tuon, the sky is snowing heavily, the roads are clogged and muddy, and it will be difficult to climb over the hilly areas in this weather, and the southward movement will also leave the area of the Northern Alliance and enter the central region. After consulting with Duke Darren, Alice decided to rest in the city of Tuon for a few days.

The Caiyun Empire is actually divided by river basins, with the northern region being mainly the Lula River Basin, followed by the irregular hilly area and the Yinsha River Basin in the middle. From the city of Tuen, the road crosses the hills and leads to the county of Morgen, located upstream on a tributary of the Silversand River, with Count Rupert as its lord.

According to the news from the spies sent to the south, the Southern Alliance is also mobilizing troops on a large scale, and it seems that a fierce battle is inevitable. And what does the lord of the central region think of himself? Alice's heart is completely uncertain. It was only then that she suddenly had a feeling of fear. But the arrow is on the bow, and it has to be sent.

It is less than 300 kilometers away from Caiyun City. Alice stood on the top floor of Tun Castle, struggling to look south, though she knew she couldn't see.

Is it finally coming back?

"Your Royal Highness Princess, Her Royal Highness Princess Linya has arrived. Alice's female guard knight reminded her, but Alice was still staring into the distance and was unaware.

Linya looked at Alice in a daze a little strangely, stepped forward and gently shook her hand, and said softly, "Sister Alice, what are you thinking? ”

Alice came back to her senses and said apologetically, "Ah, Sister Linya, you're here." Sorry, I didn't notice. ”

"Are you worried about the enemies in the south? don't be afraid, we will always accompany you and protect you!" Linya said, patting her chest and making a very brave look.

"Thank you, Linya. In fact...... I'm thinking about something else. ”

"What is it? can you tell me?" said Linya, shaking Alice's arm with great interest, she likes to hear other people's little secrets, let alone her beloved Alice's little secrets.

"Absolutely. Alas, time flies so fast, in the blink of an eye, it's been three years, three years! It's getting closer, it's getting closer...... But I'm getting scared more and more......"

"Caiyun City, right there, it seems that you can reach out and grab ...... But it feels so far away, as if there will never be a way to reach it......"

"Linya, I'm sorry, but there's one thing I've been hiding from you. ”

Linya blinked. "I don't need to apologize or anything, of course Sister Alice is hiding it from me for a reason, and I won't be angry. ”

"Thank you, Linya. Alice sighed and gently embraced Linya into her arms. "I don't dare to tell anyone, in fact, the real purpose of my return to Caiyun City is neither for this throne nor to save him. It's—"

"Rather, after rescuing him, ask him a question: What role did you play in the murder of your mother and sister?" (to be continued......