Chapter 1185: The Dispute in Front of the Fireplace (Asking for a Monthly Pass)
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Lorraine sat in front of the fireplace, comfortably pressing her tired legs.
The fire in front of him was blazing, and the orange-red flames filled the entire hearth, forming two different worlds between the hot living room and the cold wind and ice and snow outside.
Leo lay lazily on the couch, kicked off his boots, and pointed his stinky feet against the fireplace, and there was a smell of the college boys' dormitory that Lord Luo missed.
And Xiaobai lay in front of the fire, humming and chirping, not wanting to move again.
Leo held a delicate teacup in both hands, blew on the hot air, and couldn't wait to pour a sip of hot tea.
As soon as the tea was in his mouth, his face changed, and then, Leo spit out the dispute (asking for a monthly pass) in front of the fireplace in Chapter 1185 of the tea, and then complained: "What the hell is this tea leaves, so bitter."
The chairman of the university had been running outside all day, and his frozen ass was about to fall off, so they gave me this.
, The quartermaster of the Northern Army seems to have eaten no less kickbacks, and he has to tell Uncle SΓΉ when he turns around, and asks him to check that bastard properly. β
Lorraine grinned, and a minute of silence was observed for the poor quartermaster who was 'lying down and shot'.
He turned his head to look at the snowflakes that were still flying outside the window, rubbed his stiff thighs, and sighed softly. Sure enough, it is easy to enter luxury from thrift, and it is difficult to enter inspection from luxury.
Accustomed to a comfortable life, either a war fortress or a luxurious official car.
After a day of tossing and turning in a carriage with no shock absorption and a cold wind everywhere, Lord Lorraine also felt like he was about to fall apart.
He muttered in his heart: If you don't come to the north, you will never understand what it means to be cold.
Thinking of this, Lorraine suddenly laughed and said, "If it's in Ruman." Can you imagine that it's still so cold at the end of February?"
Leo thought about it seriously, then shook his head and said, "How is it possible, every February, my sister starts to buy spring clothes, but the dispute in front of the fireplace (asking for a monthly pass) in Chapter 1185 is still the one thousand and eighty-fifth chapter here. β
Xiao Bai nodded wildly beside him.
Since coming here, Xiaobai has been careful every time he pees. And according to Lei Erye's explanation, prepare a small bell next to him, so that in case it freezes when urinating. You can also knock it with urine, and save it from freezing its little elephant.
Lorraine scoffed. Then he said: "Therefore, it is simply for the headquarters to formulate a combat plan and hand it over to the front-line troops for implementation."
The bureaucrats sitting in the office patted their heads on how to keep up with the vagaries of the weather on the front line. They don't even know how cold it is here. β
Leo nodded and said, "That's the truth." β
said. Looking out the window, I let out a puff of mist.
It was still the traditional territory of the Ruman Empire, but it began to freeze in October, and the snow melted in April.
In winter, the soil freezes harder than stones, but in April, the thawed road surface is as muddy as a swamp in a tropical rainforest, and the muddy water reaches your knees when you step on it.
Not to mention the march. Walking is a problem.
Large-scale military operations can only be carried out after the road surface has dried.
It's no wonder that the battle here has not been going well.
The people who sit in the office of Ruman City with their eyes closed and make plans will never be able to understand the predicament faced by the Northern Legion, whose first enemy is the bad weather and rough terrain, and then the savages who are secretive.
So the summer offensive battle plan painstakingly formulated by the senior staff of the Ministry of Military Affairs. In Lorraine's eyes, it was simply a mess of waste paper.
Only Prime Minister Russell's straw bag would take it seriously with wishful thinking.
At this time, an excited and loud voice came from the door. He exclaimed loudly, "Earl, you are absolutely right. β
Lorraine and Leo's colleagues poked their heads out, only to see the Marquis of Marleton push open the door and strode in, snowflakes and cold wind whistling into the room behind him.
The Marquis of Marleton wore only a formal military uniform, and he obviously came in a hurry, but he was meticulously buttoned.
Although the expression on his face was very excited, he could not hide his exhaustion.
It seems that in the past few days, he has to overturn the original battle plan and reformulate a new plan, which has consumed a lot of energy of the commander of the northern front.
Lorraine then remembered that the Marquis of Marleton's words were simply against Prime Minister Russell's plan.
It can be seen from the fact that Marquis Marleton immediately reformulated the plan after receiving the news, and he was also very unhappy with the summer battle plan that Russell's men had made. However, there is no proper reason, and it can only be endured for the time being, and now as soon as the opportunity arises, Russell's summer offensive plan will be completely overturned.
Originally, as a front-line general, what I hated the most was the fingers from the guys in the rear.
However, the Marquis of Marleton also has the capital not to dump Russell, and the family has been up to more than ten generations, and the generations of allegiance are all to Emperor Ruman, which can be described as a good root, which is often said in the script to be virtuous for generations.
He is extremely trusted by the emperor, and there is nothing a prime minister can do about him. This is one of the reasons why he was transferred to Neyan. With this old guy in the way here, the Prime Minister is extremely uncomfortable.
The Marquis of Marleton greeted Lorraine and Leo, and then, unkindly, pulled over a chair and sat across from Lorraine.
He stroked his well-trimmed beard, and then complained to Lord Lorraine with a sense of confidant: "That group of bureaucrats with muddy brains in the headquarters, they want to command the battle here thousands of miles away, how can there be such a reason in the world?"
Look at that hellish battle plan they made, even the date was given to die. If it's so easy to fight, do you need our front-line generals to do it?"
Lorraine nodded sympathetically, and the lord also hated the bureaucratic style of the various ministries in Ruman City, and echoed: "Those bureaucrats in the Ministry of Military Affairs have nothing to do to play cards and drink, and they really don't ask them to do anything serious." But those bastards are sticking out their noses everywhere, which is really annoying~!"
"Haha, yes, that's right. The Marquis of Marleton patted his thigh and laughed heartily, and said, "Last time, I heard that the Earl smashed the military department, which was really happy.
Every time I go to Ruman City on an errand, I get so angry that I want to beat them up. But I'm not as ...... as you, Count of Lorraine Guts. β
The Marquis of Marleton actually wanted to say 'two hundred and five', but fortunately he quickly stopped his mouth.
Of course, more importantly, the Lorraine family has a good girlfriend, who is hard in the background, and before entering the imperial political system, he has made great achievements and is famous.
He smashed the military affairs department in vain, and those who were beaten up had to pinch their noses and admit it.
Otherwise, with the temper of this goods, in case they have to take refuge in other countries. Not to mention the loss of this talented general to the country. It's not easy for Her Royal Highness Catherine, the eldest princess, to explain.
If that aunt is not doing well. The emperor and the grand duke also had a bad time, and the two of them had a bad time. It is estimated that no one in the entire empire can live well.
The empire is not doing well, and all the hatred of everyone falls on those sons of the military department.
When the time comes, those puppies will be waiting for bad luck~!
The Marquis of Marleton changed his words and asked, "This time the Earl called me over. Any update on that?"
Lorraine groaned for a moment and said slowly, "I received terrible news. Feel the need to let you know right away. The Lich of Oldheim is refining enslaved barbarians into undead soldiers. β
The Marquis of Marleton's face turned pale, his expression was solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "Are you sure?"
"I can't tell you how this news came about, but I'm absolutely sure. Lorraine said firmly.
The Marquis of Marleton unconsciously tugged at his hair and said distressedly: "This is troublesome, my subordinates have no problem letting them fight the barbarians." A legion can drive tens of thousands of barbarians all over the mountain, but undead soldiers, hell, what the hell is that?"
Lorraine explained, "Skeleton soldiers manipulated by dark mages, or zombie soldiers. There is also the powerful Dark Knight in the middle, the Plague. Toxin...... No one knows how many sinister methods they have. β
"Damn~!" the Marquis of Marleton scolded viciously, "My soldiers have never been trained to fight the undead. How many people are there?"
Lorraine said in a deep voice: "It will not be less than 100,000." β
"One hundred thousand~!" the Marquis of Marleton shouted, as if he had burned his buttocks, jumped up directly from his chair, glared at Lorraine with a shocked expression, and said anxiously: "Earl, you never told me that they have so many?"
Lorraine also sighed and said, "I didn't expect that the dark mage would actually turn all the barbarians of Odenheim into necromantic soldiers. β
"You mean it all?" said the Marquis of Marleton, with a look of disbelief.
"Yes, all. Lorraine said: "At first I couldn't believe it. But it has just been confirmed. The more than 100,000 barbarians of Odenheim will all be transformed into undead soldiers by the Lich. β
The Marquis of Marleton couldn't say a word in shock, so he looked at Lorraine stupidly, and it took a long time before he suddenly fell down on the chair, grabbed the teacup in his hand and poured a few sips.
I was choked because I was too anxious, and I slapped my chest hard while coughing, and it took me a while to calm down, and I muttered, "How dare they do this?"
Although the Ruman Legion fought with the barbarians to the death, and Marretton fought with the barbarians in the north for ten years, and he also hated them bitterly, he never thought of slaughtering more than 100,000 barbarians at one time.
The final solution formulated by the Rumans was only to conquer and then force them to naturalize, and never thought of exterminating the barbarian race.
"Because they're lichs. Lorraine explained blandly: "They are living dead people, and those people don't think the same way as we do. β
The Marquis of Marleton was a little distracted, and his mouth repeatedly muttered "one hundred thousand, one hundred thousand".
Compared to the 500,000 and 100 legions of regular troops that the Ruman Empire was preparing to launch its summer offensive, 100,000 was indeed a small number, but the Marquis of Marleton knew that if used properly, 100,000 troops could change the outcome of a war, or destroy the entire northern part of the empire.
In the history of mankind, there have been cases in which 3,000 cavalry defeated 200,000 troops.
No commander would despise the 100,000 troops that suddenly appeared, let alone the undead soldiers.
Lorraine added: "That's just the most conservative estimate.
The undead have always fed the war by fighting, and after each battle, the corpse of the enemy will be turned into an undead soldier. They can expand their armies like a snowball.
At the moment, there are no barbarians in the Great Snow Mountain who can stop them, and they will inevitably attack other tribes to get more corpses.
When they get out of the mountains, we'll have more than just 100,000 undead soldiers. Maybe it's twenty, maybe three hundred thousand. β
The Marquis of Marleton said categorically: "We can't let them grow up, we must destroy them as clean and complete as possible when they are at their weakest." β
Lorraine spread his hands helplessly and said, "How to exterminate them? My people need food, clothes, and war horses need forage and bean cakes." Undead soldiers don't need these things, as long as they have the mana of a necromancer, they can fight until they are chopped to pieces. β
The Marquis of Marleton froze suddenly. I secretly said in my heart: Yes, how to eliminate it?
The snow and ice in the mountains have not melted. The army could not go out at all, and even if the soldiers could barely get in, their supplies would not be able to get in.
The Marquis of Marleton only then realized that although he had a large number of troops and hundreds of thousands, he did not have any military strength to attack Odenheim.
And deal with the undead and dark mages. The most effective of course the clergy of the Holy See, thinking of this, the Marquis of Marleton's eyes lit up. His eyes stared straight at Lorraine, and he said, "You can mobilize the clergy of the Holy See, right?"
Lorraine smiled modestly, waved his hand and said, "How is it possible, they and we are not the same system." β
The Marquis of Marleton showed a meaningful smile, squeezed his eyes, and said with a smile: "Aren't you on good terms with His Majesty the Pope?" β
Lorraine hurriedly corrected: "We have a pure friendship relationship. β
"I understand, I understand. The Marquis of Marleton hurriedly nodded and said, "Pure friendship." You borrow some soldiers from His Majesty the Pope, and His Majesty will not refuse to come. β
"Well, it's hard to say," Lorraine continued to feign her innocence, scratching her head, "but I can try." β
Marretton smiled and nodded. scolded secretly in his heart, and said secretly: It seems that the rumors must be true.
Then he said: "You also have a very good relationship with Maple Leaf Danlin. It's everyone's job to destroy the undead, and if you ask Master Rest, they won't refuse. β
"It's Master Rest, the Forbidden Spell Master," Lorraine corrected clearly, word by word, "You must say this when you meet, otherwise the Master will be unhappy."
Maple leaf danlin, give them more labor fees, you can bring in a lot of helpers. β
Marquis Marquis Moreton said seriously: "There should be quite a few war fortresses under the name of the peacekeeping force now. It is said that 40 were built in the first half of last year, and now it should be greater than that. β
Lorraine nodded, and his heart was indeed worthy of being a veteran, and the Marquis of Marleton had a very accurate grasp of the information.
Marquis Marleton said, "Gather all these forces together and smash Odenheim straight to destroy it." β
Lorraine shook her head and said, "Not necessarily, there are at least six lichs and hundreds of dark mages in Oldheim.
It is difficult to destroy the enemy at once with the projection power of the current war fortress alone. β
The Marquis of Marleton said firmly: "Then take a few more times to destroy the enemy with continuous attacks." β
Lorraine still shook his head and said, "In this way, it is estimated that the casualties will be very large, and at present, as a strategic force, we cannot afford to lose the fortress of war." β
The Marquis of Marleton was very disapproving, and looked at Lord Lorraine in surprise, as if he had discovered that Lorraine was a novice rookie, and said: "How can there be immortals in war." β
"Yes," Lorraine said, "but for now, these forces are the key to defending against the Undead High Priest in the future, and we can't afford to lose them." β
The Marquis of Marleton shook his head with a dark face, and said, "According to what you said, if you leave it alone, it will become a big disaster in three months."
The entire summer offensive will be ruined by this. "Actually," Lorraine said after a moment's pause, "I don't see it that way. What is the purpose of the summer offensive?"
The Marquis of Marleton said without hesitation: "Completely destroy the barbarians." β
Lorraine spread her hands and said, "The undead are not doing this kind of work. β
The Marquis of Marleton was stunned for a moment, suddenly looked up at Lorraine, and said, "You are using a big trouble to cover up a small trouble." β
"Drive the tiger to eat the wolf," Lorraine smiled and said, "I know." β
Then patiently persuaded the Marquis of Marleton, saying: "Our strength is home advantage, and we are surrounded by our people.
But if we attack Odenheim now, we will lose our home advantage and jump into the enemy's turf and go toe-to-toe with the enemy on their turf.
This is to attack the enemy's strengths with our weaknesses, we have a lot of strength, we can only use one part, while the enemy can exert 12 points of strength, this is an unwise way to play. β
The Marquis of Marleton said firmly: "But after waiting for two months, the enemy will be more difficult to destroy, and the opportunity is fleeting, and we must seize it." β
Lorraine pressed his temples in distress, this old guy was too opinionated, and said: "At present, the development of the enemy has not yet escaped our monitoring, and in the future, we can gather more powerful forces and then completely destroy them, which will be better than only defeating the enemy." β
The Marquis of Marleton said loudly: "It is precisely when the enemy is not out of control that the best time to attack. I stand by my opinion. β
Lorraine and the Marquis of Marleton stared at each other and confronted each other.
Leo jumped up and stood between the two, stretched out his palm to signal the two to stop arguing, and said, "What Uncle Marleton said is very reasonable, and what the boss said is also very reasonable.
You are only fighting for different solutions to one matter, and in that case, why don't you leave this matter to my emperor's uncle to decide. β
The Marquis of Marleton thought about it, and only Emperor Rudren had the final say on this kind of matter, so he stood up and said, "What Your Highness said is very true, I will state my opinion to His Majesty." Farewell~!"
With that, he grabbed his hat and hurried out, not staying for a moment.
Lorraine looked at the back of the Marquis of Marleton and sighed, "I will sue you if this is the emperor's opinion." β
Leo grinned and said, "My uncle wants to kill people again, and he doesn't want to bear this infamy, let's do the dirty work, and the black cauldron still wants us to fight?"
Hey, that's going to make him so comfortable. βοΌοΌοΌ