At this moment, the two pieces of parchment were quietly laid flat in front of Eric, the ends of the battle report were slightly upturned, and after glancing at Reginord's good news, Eric focused his attention on the second battle report.

"I hereby report that the army of the Grand Viceroyalty of Droiana has suddenly attacked the provinces of Dominia and Rosa this morning, and now the Governor of Dominia has been martyred, and the army of Droiana has captured the whole territory of Dominia, and most of the province of Rosa has also fallen, and the army of Rosa has decided to retreat to the province of Bondres, and the succession of matters will be decided by His Majesty!"

Eric re-read the battle report, the struggle within the empire had already overwhelmed him, and now the good news had just come from the north, but his own uncle had done this kind of thing, which made him almost faint, you know, although he was the emperor of the empire, he was also only a seventeen-year-old boy.

"Lord Minister, I think you have also read this battle report, if you have any opinions, let's talk about it. Eric looked at the four men in front of him, and then said to the Minister of War.

The military minister is a title for the Minister of War, just like the chief of staff is called the chief of staff, which also reflects the emperor's closeness to his subordinates.

The guards had long since retired, and there were only five Eric left in the hall.

The Minister of War, Earl Bradlick, is fifty years old, as the supreme commander of the military affairs of a country, his experience is undoubtedly rich, graduated from the Military Academy, worked as a low-level officer, once died in the Great Plains of Odo, and later became the governor of a province and was appreciated by the former Minister of War, and soon entered the Military Service, and since then he has risen to the top until he became the Minister of War five years ago, although it does not seem to be anything, but his experience is enough to write a novel.

Bradrick, who had always been a modest man, looked at Atberg beside him, took a step forward, and then lowered his head and groaned as if he had something on his mind.

"The military minister has any opinions, but it doesn't hurt to say it. ”

Thinking he had some concerns, Eric spoke.

When it comes to hate, Eric doesn't actually hate his uncle too much, in his heart, these two seemingly loyal guys in front of him are the people he should hate the most.

Atberg didn't speak, just glanced politely at Bradlik and looked at Eric with a smile on his face again.

The battle between the two major groups of the empire has always been fierce, whether it is an open battle or a secret fight, and the anger of both sides is also increasing, and with the accession of Eric to the throne, gradually, almost all the battles have surfaced.

"Back to Your Majesty, I still have a battle report here. Bradlick's voice was soft, but it was still clearly heard in the quiet hall.

"Oh?"

Eric frowned slightly, "What battle report, why didn't you send it together just now?"

As he spoke, Eric reached out and took another report from Bradlik.

Eric, who had been idle all day, received three battle reports in one day, which had never happened before.

Eric silently chanted 'Don't Happen Again' as he opened the third battle report.

There is only one sentence on it, and it is hereby reported: The Grand Viceroyalty of Orion, the Grand Viceroyalty of Oruna, and the Grand Viceroyalty of Nisiriya have declared their independence and established a principality.

Although there is no name on it, from the information obtained from the second battle report just now, Droiana must have completely fallen into the hands of Adonis.

Seeing this news, Eric couldn't support it at all, he stared at the third battle report closely, and then sat back in his chair in a daze.

In just a few minutes, Eric has lost half of the empire, although the situation in the north is getting better, but the great viceroyalty in the west has declared independence one by one, plus his restless uncle, and the demons in the northeast, although there is no war, but it is also eyeing the empire, and the empire is completely embattled.

Looking at Eric's appearance, Bradlik took two more steps forward, staggering slightly.

He looked up at Count Bradrick in front of him, and then at Aitberg, "Military minister, counselor, the two adults are old ministers of the empire, but they want to save the empire." ”

Eric's words trembled a little, and as he spoke, he slowly braced himself up with his hands.

"Your Majesty, the southern thieves are vicious, for the sake of today's plan, only by withdrawing the army from the north can they resist the attack. Earl Bradrick spoke, his toes reaching the table in front of him.

"Majesty, Majesty, Majesty!"

As soon as Bradlick's words fell, Aitberg on the side also hurriedly took a few steps forward and shouted at Eric, compared to Bradlick's voice, his voice was much louder, as the supreme commander of all the regular regiments of the Empire, his loud voice has always been famous.

Etteberg was forty-three years old, and he had only been in the post of General Staff for two years, that is, in the eighth month of his tenure, when the old emperor kicked his legs.

He is in middle age, but now he is above ten thousand people under one person, and Aitberg, as a backbone of the General Staff, often disagrees with Bradlick.

As a real soldier of the empire, he not only protects the imperial power, he also protects the people of the empire, and in his opinion, 'how can those imperial moths in military uniforms in the military affairs department know about leading troops to fight'.

It is also true that the Military Affairs Department is to control the military affairs of the whole country from the name of the name, but many high-ranking officials in it have not even held swords, and many officials in the Military Affairs Department are held by some nobles.

But it can't be said that the Military Affairs Department is all stragglers, take Bradrick as an example, the position of Minister of War is really earned by real skills.

This time at the time of the national crisis, Eric, as the emperor, originally consulted the opinions of these two imperial heavyweights, but the two could not unify at this time, which made Eric's heart really angry, but he couldn't really be angry, so he relied on his Senate and the Praetorian Guards who didn't know if they had defected?

Glancing slightly at the Praetorian Guard commander standing aside, Eric didn't speak, and sat back in his seat in a daze.

"Your Majesty, the province of Dominia has fallen, and the imperial capital has been exposed to the Droiana army, and if there is no effective resistance, the Droiana army may come to Osvia at any time. ”

For some reason, Bradlick's voice was noticeably hoarse, like that of an old man with a crying voice.

"Hmph, are the garrisons of Osvia all pigs, and we just need to hold on to each other, can't we wait for reinforcements to arrive?" Atberg's voice was full of anger, to be honest, he really wanted to punch the old man now, but he was afraid of knocking out the other party's front teeth.

"Pigs?"

Bradlik slowly turned around and looked at Aitberg, there was a Central Army stationed below Osvia.

Who in the imperial capital didn't know that the Central Army was a unit of the General Staff, and this old man dared to scold his subordinates for being pigs, and Aitberg's anger suddenly rose.

But then he calmed down, now that the national crisis is at hand, it is not the time for infighting, so he said: "Even if the central army of the empire is a pig, even if you stretch out your neck for the enemy to cut and want to kill the 180,000 central army of the empire, it depends on whether the enemy's sword is rolled or not!"

Still loud voice, this is a cheer to hear, Eric also nodded at him after hearing it, in fact, Eric is also unwilling to let the northern army withdraw, after all, it has consumed nearly half a year, if you can't drive the orcs out of the territory in one fell swoop, then what you did before is not in vain.

Bradlick saw Eric nodding, and his heart suddenly became angry: "Since Your Majesty has already made a decision, why do you want to ask our opinion, the minister is old and frail, and he feels unwell, so he will retire!"

With that, Bradrick turned to leave, and immediately there was a sound of footsteps in the hall.

In this way, a simple discussion ended, and in front of the gun, the imperial power could not help but decline.

The war in the south burned more slowly, and after Droiana had eaten two more provinces, there was no big move, and the great governors of the west, oh no, they should have called them kings now, they didn't move.

But this did not alleviate the fighting in the north, and the 36th Corps continued to advance, reaching the border of Tambul Province, where the 36th Corps General Roft was facing the orc army of the Tiger Salen.

Looking at the main force of the tigermen waiting in the distance, Roft grinned, and galloped back from a high place.

In a small col in the northern part of the province of Tuna, on the edge of the deep forest of Tuna, which is still part of the remnants of the Kus Mountains, low hills here and there, making it a natural hideaway.

Suddenly, a familiar figure came into view, Xilin was sitting in a clearing and looking into the distance, after a long time, only to hear Xilin exhale slightly, and then said: "It's been six days, I don't know how the situation is with Dostol." ”

As soon as Cillin finished saying this, Augustine appeared behind him at some point, "What? worried?

"It's not that I'm worried, it's just that waiting in this place is not always the way to go. ”

Reaching out to take the water bladder from Augustine, Sirin replied as he unscrewed the cork.

"It's not going to be easy," Augustine said with one hand on the ground, then sat alongside Cillin, "we can go inside, maybe there will be some surprises." ”

Augustine laughed, and snorted angrily into the deep forest to the north.

"I'm going to you, I've heard that the dwarven friends of the Kus Mountains are still very hospitable. Cillin took a sip of water, but he didn't have time to wipe the droplets from his mouth and spoke.

When it comes to dwarves, even Cillin himself can't help but shudder, in fact, he has never seen what dwarves look like, but he has only seen illustrations of dwarves in the academy textbooks, which is called a vicious.

Sirin clearly remembered that it was a dwarf holding the bones of an unknown beast and smashing the dead human head, and its bloodiness could be rated four and a half stars.

Textbook illustrations, but that's enough to influence a generation.