"Nice speech. ”

"But you also have to understand. ”

"We can't rely on your sensational speeches alone," said Archduke Ronnie with difficulty, but his voice was already hoarse and seemed unconvincing, "I feel that the stars are invincible, and Exeter is in trouble, and it is a dead end not to cooperate with you." ”

"It's not realistic. ”

Rumba took a deep breath.

"Of course you can question me," he turned, facing Ronnie without flinching, "but you can't fool your eyes—King Kessel's expedition in the Great Desert is right before you. ”

"They can smoothly transport the grain and grass all the way into the vast desert," Rumba continued, unquestioningly, "and they will be able to transport them to the city of Longxiao, and even to the city of Guard, the city of Qiyuan, or even the area of the Sentinel Territory." ”

He shook his head: "Qiyuan City has been vigilant for generations of the movements of the Golden Corridor and the anomalies in the desert, and is used to taking precautions - I hope this is not an empty word. ”

Ronnie didn't move, didn't speak.

"Of course, you can say whatever you want about the unborn," the Grand Duke of Trudida exhaled, as if he was still suspicious: "Alarmist words, demagoguery idiots......"

He narrowed his eyes, "But it's better not to use it on us." ”

Archduke Leco looked up and glanced at Trudeda.

Alessius looked down at the ground and remained silent for a long time.

"But they have an efficient and powerful cadre of officials, and that's not a lie. ”

Rumba said to the four: "After the Year of Blood, the standing army directly under the Bright Star Royal Family has increased year after year, and the valuable equipment such as the magic energy gun on the Broken Dragon Fortress has also increased significantly—this will affect our victory or defeat. ”

"You can even ask Lady Kasan to prove that over the years, the Mystic has recruited a much higher quality of members than the Chamber of Secrets, and the famous Scarlet Witch has often been able to fight back in the face of their spywork and stratagems - but trust me, she is reluctant to carry out such a risky strategy if there is the slightest possibility of an active attack. ”

Grand Duke Heisha walked past the four Grand Dukes step by step, his eyes were solemn, giving people a strong sense of oppression.

"It's not difficult to look back at the examples of wars from more than a hundred years ago, and compare it with the present," he said in a deep voice, "but we are at a critical juncture that will determine the future of the kingdom, and there is no doubt that we will regret missing this moment." ”

Rumba walked all the way to the brazier, his back reflected in the eyes of the four archdukes with the blazing flames.

At that moment, Charman Rumba's voice seemed to have a heavy weight hidden in it.

"We and Xingchen are like two badly wounded swordsmen who saw each other's weaknesses in the last life-and-death battle," he said softly, "that's time." ”

Archduke Leco's expression moved.

"Our weakness is that we can't afford time, and we can't give the Kingdom of Stars time to recover from its wounds and slowly change. ”

"The weakness of the stars is that they must buy time, and they will definitely do whatever it takes to delay the conflict until the scars of the bloody year are healed. ”

Rumba's expression was solemn: "In the past twelve years, our back and forth has revolved around this theme. ”

He turned around, his eyes burning: "I only thought about it later, King Kessel's costly desert expedition, in addition to demonstrating their expeditionary ability, is also a smoke war, in order to make us hesitate about the existing power of the stars, and hesitate to send troops south. ”

"Over the years, Xingchen and the secret department have tried every means to make us have civil strife, but also to delay time and clean up the devastation in the country," the Grand Duke of Heisha raised his hand and clenched his fists: "And I will do everything possible to expand the local conflict into a war through the prince or the territory, but also to seize time and break the calculation of the stars." ”

"So you want us to send troops?" Alesio suddenly said, "Even if you tempt us with the expected benefits?"

Rumba nodded wordlessly.

Trudida let out a breath and rubbed his palms: "Let's talk about being realistic, even if we all agree with you, let's send troops south......"

"And what are you going to do?"

"Twelve years ago, when we had the greatest advantage, we were not able to fight south of the Muhe River," the Grand Duke of the Rebuilding Tower spread his palms and had a strange expression: "If it is true as you say, our neighbor to the south is no longer what it used to be......

Trudida smiled: "Then why do you think that we will be able to succeed in twelve years?"

The Grand Dukes fell into deep thought.

But Rumba seemed to be prepared, and with a soft snort, he walked over to the rectangular table and knocked on it.

"There's still a difference," he said, shaking his head, and whispered, "Twelve years ago, and now." ”

Grand Duke Auretheus looked interested.

"Twelve years ago, we were too arrogant, and our strategy when we sent our troops was to run towards the destruction of the country," Rumba shook his head, as if very sorry: "The all-out attack after crossing the fortress not only dealt a heavy blow to the stars, but also brought great pressure to ourselves, leaving a flaw for the attack of the Starlight Legion. ”

"By the time we feel wrong, we're already in the mud. ”

Rumba jerked his head up!

"But now, we have recognized the situation of our opponent, and our advantage is still there," Grand Duke of Black Sand nodded: "Twelve years ago, the most correct thing King Nunn did was to end the expedition ahead of schedule and retreat with most of his strength, without risking his attack for uncertain interests. ”

"It's ironic, twelve years ago almost all of us were cursing him," Trudida sighed, looking stunned, "Twelve years later, the only person who spoke up for his decision back then was you." ”

He shrugged his shoulders at Rumba, expressing his helplessness.

Lombarbe paused slightly, but then he clenched his fists and spoke again.

"This time, it's enough for us to just 'take the North,' and if it doesn't go well, 'Capture the Fortress' can also be used as a minimum standard. ”

Rumba slid his scabbard against the table, as if drawing a map:

"You all know that the Stellar people are a dirty in the Council - as long as their own interests are not involved, the nobles of the Stellar fiefdom will not be willing to come to the aid of King Kessel, who has pushed them too hard over the years. ”

"So, just as we did twelve years ago, we will face a northern frontier that is isolated and helpless except for the royal standing army—or even better, because the feud between Nantope and the Bright Star has not yet been settled, so the neighboring cliff territory will not send troops, and the northern frontier is far from recovering from the great wound of twelve years ago. ”

Archduke Leco's eyes twinkled.

Rumba raised his head and looked directly at the Grand Dukes: "And we are still pinching the righteousness of avenging the king, pinching their princes and heirs to the north, which can increase our bargaining chips outside the battlefield." ”

There seemed to be infinite confidence in his words: "In this war, we will concentrate our forces, take advantage of the military superiority that Exeter still has, and fight steadily on the frontal battlefield, and only take one place in the north, and we will never be ambitious, nor will we add logistical problems, and I am very confident in this." ”

Rumba nodded at the archdukes.

"After achieving this goal, we can base ourselves on the northern border and take root, and we can completely reverse the confrontation situation of three hundred years: the loss of the northern border of Yongxing City is almost equivalent to no danger to defend - we occupy the absolute initiative, we can attack, retreat can defend, do not advance and do not retreat, and can also give Yongxing City invisible pressure and threat. ”

He tapped the invisible "map" on the table with his scabbard.

"So you ask yourself to acquire the land of the north and shepherd the south," Aletheus looked up keenly, "for this purpose? to put pressure on the stars? Are you sure you can do it?"

Rumba nodded slowly.

"To accomplish this," he snorted, "is there anyone better suited than me?"

"Tell me about it. Ronnie on the side said coldly.

Rumba glanced at him, but nodded anyway.

"I will use the perennial intrusion and Chen soldiers to form a continuous pressure on the stars, especially Yongxing City," Rumba frowned, his expression solemn: "On the way, I will gently let go of the Xingchen vassals bordering the Cliff Land, the Western Wilderness, etc., they will understand what they can gain from the decline of the Central Territory and Yongxing City." ”

Trudida and Leko looked at each other.

"This will deal a heavy blow to the prestige of the Bright Star Royal Family, and it will also force the Fuxing Palace to focus a large amount of budget and energy on military defense and foreign mediation, so that it has no time to take care of other territories and vassals, thereby weakening the royal family's influence and control over the kingdom, and those fiefdom nobles who have been forcibly suppressed by Kessel for many years are not simple goods," Rumba's expression became solemn, but there was a trace of incomprehensible fanaticism in his eyes:

"All in all, we will not defeat the enemy in one fell swoop, but we can use the sudden threat to show our existence, forcibly insert foreign chess pieces into Mindis's chessboard, force them to explode within themselves uncontrollable, and postpone or even interrupt the change they are giving birth to indefinitely. ”

"With the exhibition of time, the stars will be in the troubled path of change and transformation step by step, and they will fall ill with internal and external difficulties," Rumba raised his gaze, and the look in his eyes became more and more fierce, "And we will turn the tide." ”

"Even anti-customer-oriented. ”

The Grand Dukes were all deep in thought.

Right now.

"Your Excellency," a sassy female voice came from outside the door, "I'm in!"

Outside the door of the stone hall, there was a sudden sound of blades scraping.

The four Grand Dukes looked at Rumba one after another.

Rumba first looked at them, then nodded.

"Let her in," said Archduke Leco, "and it will be fine." ”

As the Grand Duke's voice fell, the sound of the sword sheathing was heard outside the door.

In the next second, the figure of the female swordsman Croesy appeared in the hall.

This rare female warrior of Exeter came to Rumba respectfully, and whispered a few words beside the Grand Duke with a serious expression.

At that moment, Grand Duke Trudida keenly noticed: Rumba's eyes suddenly widened!

Something was born.

Trudida said silently:

It seems to be related to the situation at hand.

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"Peng!"

The rain of arrows rushed to the ground from above the city gate like a swarm of insects in the sky!

"Knock!

A short, piercing sound of nails rang out.

But the imaginary scenario did not appear.

The two carriages with the symbol of Shanliu City were neither nailed into hedgehogs by arrows, nor stopped, but still rushed towards the city gate unabated!

Instead, it was the three patrols chasing behind them, who stopped, their scalps numb, and looked in disbelief.

Countless arrows were being nailed to the ground densely, just a few meters in front of them.

Separated them from the two carriages.

Take one more run, and maybe one of them will fall on your head.

With this in mind, the patrolmen looked up at the gate with astonishment, anger and bewilderment.

Above the gates, Phil, the archer, put away his bow and arrows, and saw to his satisfaction that the patrols were stopped in the road by a volley of his own troops.

Phil turned and raised his hand to Count Lewandowski, who gave him a thumbs up.

The two carriages, connecting the "attendants" who were many positions behind them, rushed to the gate under the city gate.

"What's going on!"

Outside the city gates, as the nominal commander of the patrol, the garrison officer, Viscount Reston, was already thunderous.

How many years has he not looked at his troops, stopped under the city gates by warning fire?

It's still in Longxiao City?

"Your Excellency, Madam, you have all seen them, they, how dare they?"

With two equally angry guards, Reston pointed to the gates and shouted angrily at the Risbans and the Scarlet Witch:

"Attacking my troops?"

"In Longxiao City, attack the patrol guarding Longxiao City, and attack the king's regular army!"

He clenched his fists and shouted angrily, "Whoever they are...... their whole family!"

Rumble!

With a bang, the temporary entrance and exit gate in the center of the city gate was slowly pulled up in the sound of metal friction.

Only then did the two carriages descend, and together with the people around them, they passed through the first city gate and entered the highest inner city, facing Valhalla.

The Count of Lisbane frowned slightly, he first glanced at the convoy that had broken through and rushed into the city gates, and then quietly observed the situation on the city gates, his gray head swaying slightly in the wind.

"Calm down, Lord Viscount. Xiang said lightly: "There must be a reason for everything." ”

Viscount Reston was silent, but he was still short of breath, his arms were bruised, and he stared at the Scarlet Witch beside him with an unkind expression.

"Tell you the truth, Lady Kassan," Lisbane sighed, "who are the people at the gates, and who are those two carriages?"

"Who is in Valhalla?"

"Forget it," Risban shook his head, "I recognize that archery skill." When they stormed the fortress twelve years ago, Phil and his colleagues were the best at suppressing the shots - thanks to the Black Sand Collars' years of experience fighting the fort. ”

The Red Witch frowned slightly, as if she was a little surprised, and then became regretful.

"It's you, Lisban. She spat out slowly.

Lisbane took her look in his eyes.

"From the uniforms of the patrols, to the inexplicable number of extra soldiers, and the letters from Valhalla urging me to go," Xiang shook his head, looking tired, "And your sudden appearance?"

"Why him?"

Miss Kassan's eyes narrowed, but she didn't answer.

But Lisban didn't mean to ask her to answer.

"I've had enough of all this," said the gray-headed face, looking up into Lady Kassan's eyes, "and enough of my incompetence and hesitation." ”

The Red Witch sighed, "Believe me, Lord Xiang, it's all far from that simple. ”

But Lisbane ignored her.

"Someone," he ordered with a cold face, "be polite to invite Ms. Kasan to my makeshift office." ”

Viscount Reston was furious, and with a wave of his hand, a patrol of soldiers approached in the distance with angry faces.

"Without my orders," said the prime minister solemnly, "she probably wouldn't want to leave." ”

Kashan looked at him with a stunned expression.

Lisban turned his head again to look at the patrol behind him.

"Reston, get your people ready!" Xiang Leng ordered.

Viscount Reston was slightly stunned.

Get ready...... Good?

The Red Witch's face changed slightly

"Lord Xiang, you have to think clearly," the Red Witch frowned, "This order of yours affects more than just yourself: this is Longxiao City. ”

Her eyes were complicated: "This may make Exeter unrecoverable." ”

Lisban looked back and looked at her deeply.

Emotions are unknown.

"Kassan, old friend. ”

With his hands behind his back, he slowly walked to her side, and said softly: "From more than ten years ago, when you didn't change your face and ruined the Rumba family......

"You just make me scared......"

Kashan was slightly stunned.

Lisban said calmly: "Now that I understand, you didn't choose Chaman Rumba. ”

The Scarlet Witch closed her eyes and sighed softly: "Lisbane ......"

The look in his eyes is extremely terrifying:

"You made him with your own hands. ”

Kasan lowered her head and smiled gently.

Viscount Reston came to the prime minister's side with a hesitant expression: "My lord, what are you going to prepare?"

Ignoring the Scarlet Witch's reaction any longer, Lisban jerked his head back and looked at the city gates, at the slowly descending steel gates, his gaze resolute.

"Prepare for the siege. ”

He said coldly.

(End of chapter)