"Good news!"

"Good news!"

"Good news!"

……

The good news sent by Richard was delivered to Nolan's court at an expedited speed of 800 miles.

After receiving this good news, King Roger opened the map, carefully studied the situation on the battlefield, and his mood became a little happy.

As the war progressed, the United Kingdom on the East Coast increased its troops, and the situation in the Kingdom of Grant became more and more tense. In order to expand the territory in the south, the Grant royal family invested three legions, which can be called a blood cost.

Before the good news arrived, the situation on the front line was already very serious.

In the vicinity of the Dukedom of Hubble, the United Kingdom on the East Coast has invested three legions, and if these three legions cut off the rear route, Steven's troops will be exposed to the enemy.

Once something goes wrong with the Royal Janissaries led by Steven, it will greatly damage the prestige of Roger's Kingdom.

Now Richard bravely took up the responsibility, annihilating the Sixth Army of the United Kingdom on the East Coast, holding back the enemy of both legions in Duke Hubble, and maintaining the stability of the battle line.

If the battle line can be stabilized, when the merit is rewarded after the war, the Haaland family is estimated to be able to get a county.

After all, the role played in this war is a little greater than the expansion of territory.

Moreover, the battle fought by Richard led by the coalition forces of the four provinces was the first time that the army of the United Kingdom on the east coast was annihilated.

After the United Kingdom of the East Coast entered the war, it gained the upper hand in several battles with the Kingdom of Grant, not only capturing Silvermoon Island, but also encroaching on half of the county of Marcel.

The nobles of the Grant Kingdom also have a much higher evaluation of the United Kingdom of the East Coast than the Delong Kingdom. The annihilation of one legion of the United Kingdom on the East Coast is equivalent to the annihilation of three legions of the Delong Kingdom.

The feudal system of the Grant Kingdom is very rigid, and only by expanding the territory, defeating the enemy, and making military achievements can the hereditary nobles be promoted and the fiefdom territory obtained.

In order to maintain the martial spirit of the Grant Kingdom, such a system stipulates that in order to achieve a class jump and get ahead, it is necessary to establish meritorious deeds on the battlefield.

Along with the good news, Richard's letter for help was delivered, and King Roger attached great importance to this letter.

King Roger is also a general who rolls on the battlefield, and he can clearly grasp the key points of the battlefield without the guidance of his staff. Since the United Kingdom of the East Coast has chosen to increase its troops, the Kingdom of Roger must also mobilize reinforcements for Richard.

Fortunately, the commander of the Intervention Army, Steven, had been prepared and communicated with King Roger, and mobilized five brigades of soldiers along the border of Illinois. This force came from the Duchy of Duran.

There are two legionnaires in Dukedom Duran, one of which has already participated in the war in advance, and the remaining half of the legion needs to sit in the rear and take on the responsibility of collecting taxes and transporting food. These five brigades were thrown into battle, and the power of Dukedom Duran was about to be exhausted.

Duke Guise already had two legions into battle, and only a few city defense troops were left to undertake the second-line tasks, and the territory was extremely empty, and there were no elite soldiers in the several central provinces south of Nolan.

Now if you want to maintain the battle line, you need other big nobles in the country to take responsibility. If the big nobles want to send troops, they must give the big nobles benefits in the territory to be able to provoke the enthusiasm of the big nobles to send troops.

Now that the forces of the four marquis in the east and the four counts in the south are all contained by the United Kingdom on the east coast, the Jonathan family has just swallowed the Grand Duchy of Starnik, and they have been seriously indigestion and have made it clear that they will not participate in the war in the south. In addition to the royal family, the only remaining five dukedoms are Lorraine, York, Fox, Edward, and Haaland.

The Haaland family had already sent six thousand men into the war, and King Roger could only set his sights on the other four dukes for the time being. After many letters of communication, the four dukes decided to send 5,000 soldiers each to form a legion to fight the war.

The commander of the legion appointed the cousin of the Duke of York, and the legion would not be mobilized until June to devote itself to the Duke of Hubble.

The alliance of the four dukes could not be put into battle for a short time, and the only reinforcements Richard could count on now were the five brigades of soldiers in Duke Duran's command. This army was very close to the battlefield, and after a clear order, four days later it entered the Duchy of Hubble and was organized into the front army under the command of Richard.

With the addition of this army, the number of soldiers commanded by Richard was already 40,000. Among them, there are about 19,000 troops in the four provinces of northern Xinjiang, 5,600 soldiers led by Harland, 8,000 men in five brigades led by Duke Duran, and 5,000 city defense troops in Steven's provinces and Illinois provinces.

Of these chaotic troops, only the army led by Haaland, the coalition army of the four provinces in northern Xinjiang, and the soldiers led by the Duke of Duran were regular troops with strong combat effectiveness.

The newly expanded 3,000 soldiers of the city defense army in the southern provinces are slightly stronger in combat effectiveness than the conscripted serf soldiers, and as long as they go into battle, they will basically collapse at the touch of a button, and the frontal battlefield will have no effect except to send people to the head.

After the reinforcements arrived, Richard stayed with his own soldiers in the camp of Duke Duran's army, after all, he didn't know much about this army, and it was difficult to set a combat mission for them.

As a general commanding a battle, he pays attention to knowing himself and his opponent, if he can't even figure out the situation of the army under his command, how to arrange troops on the battlefield?

As he got to know better, Richard gradually got an idea of the combat effectiveness of this army.

The regular army of Duke Duran's county is not on the front line of Northern Xinjiang after all, although Duke Duran will also contribute when the orcs invade, sending family members and legionnaires to participate in the Northern Xinjiang war on a small scale. However, the soldiers of Duke Duran's legion are far inferior to the soldiers of Northern Xinjiang in terms of combat experience and soldier will.

Although this army is well equipped and has a large number of officers and professionals, its real combat effectiveness is not as good as that of Edward, Fox and other dukes of Northern Xinjiang, nor is it as good as the Royal Praetorian Guard, and it is impossible to compete with the four main armies of Northern Xinjiang.

On the whole, the combat effectiveness of this army is not much different from the main army of the United Kingdom on the east coast, and it can go into battle when the large army is fighting.

While Richard was busy, the United Kingdom military camp on the east coast, which was holding on to the troops of the Grant Kingdom, also welcomed a distinguished guest.

This man was none other than Edmund, Deputy Speaker of the Noble Parliament of the United Kingdom on the East Coast.

Edmund was appointed envoy plenipotentiary to investigate the reasons for the defeat of the Sixth Army.

In the political system of the United Kingdom on the east coast, all rights belong to the parliament, and even the king is elected by the parliament, and there are often changes.

The authority of the parliament is far heavier than that of the kingdom of Grant.

Edmund, the deputy speaker of the noble council, is already a decision-making figure in the East Coast United Kingdom, and his position may be a few points more important than Richard in the Kingdom of Grant.

"Having received the news that the Sixth Army had been completely annihilated by the enemy, the Council entrusted me with going to the front to investigate the details of the defeat in this battle, and the information from this battle will affect our next decision. You are all front-line commanders, and I want to see the real situation. I've heard that you've gathered a lot of the Sixth Legion's rout, and I've asked to see them in person. ”

Edmund was a resolute man, and even though it was already evening when he arrived at the barracks, he did not ask for a banquet or consult the front-line officers about the enemy's situation, but interrogated the fleeing rout of the Sixth Army overnight.

Edmund inquired in great detail, and some details were repeatedly asked, and the course of the two battles before and after was quickly figured out by Edmund.

Edmund looked at the time, and questioned eleven officers and twenty-two soldiers who had fled overnight, and the time was already ten o'clock the next day.

Edmund was a very energetic man, and even after a night of sleep, he still seemed very energetic. He summoned the commanders of the Seventh and Thirteenth Army Corps to the tents, and when they arrived, Edmund said straight to the point: "How is the situation at the front in the recent period? ”

Seeing that Edmund asked about the situation at the front, Simeone made a rough summary of the recent battle situation.

"Because the Sixth Army was completely annihilated, after our two armies converged, they did not rush forward. During this time, no major war broke out on the front, and only the scouts of the two armies fought each other.

The enemy has a magical artifact scout class and a small number of griffin cavalry, which has the advantage of aerial scouting, and our losses are heavier than the enemy. Even though the Council has given us additional magicians, the loss during this time is not light.

Six days ago, Mage Salen was ambushed by the enemy and died in battle. Losses of enemy air scouts appeared, reducing the frequency of reconnaissance. ”

Mage Saren is an eight-ring magician, after arriving at the front line, he attacked the Harland air scouts twice, the Lion Cavalry successfully returned with the advantage of agile flight, the magic hot air balloon was shot down by Salen, and a fierce war broke out between the magicians of the two sides in order to capture the wreckage of the magic hot air balloon.

Sophia and Wendy led the Harland Mage Guild into the battle themselves, killing Saren before reinforcements arrived.

After Salen's death, the magicians of the United Kingdom on the East Coast did not dare to continue ambushing the aerial scouts.

In this battle, Sophia used the Starlight Bomb for the first time, killing Saren with a single blow, but also draining her mana, and Wendy killed a five-ring mage, and her own injuries were more serious.

After the war, Haaland reduced the frequency of aerial reconnaissance, and the fighting in the air finally stopped.

Edmund nodded: "The military advisers we arranged in the Delong Kingdom also found the enemy's griffon cavalry in Steven's army. Summarizing the intelligence from all sides, we found that the Grant royal family and the Duke of Harland have respectively cultivated a small number of griffon cavalry, Duke Haraland's army, and the magical creation aerial scout. With the advantage of aerial reconnaissance, it is also the reason why the kingdom of Grant won the battle.

Through the information gathered from all directions, in addition to the royal family, the Grant Kingdom already had four marquises, five counts, and three dukes who participated in the war. In this war, the Kingdom of Grant mobilized sixteen and a half legions, and more than 350,000 regular troops participated in the war.

Among them were ten and a half legions, about 200,000 men, who fought against us. Only six legions, about 120,000 men, fought against the kingdom of Delon. But the only ones who are really elite and good at fighting among these legions are the royal family and the army of Duke Haaland. The combat effectiveness of the armies under the command of other great nobles is not much different from that of our main army.

By gathering open intelligence, the Grant royal family had a total of eight main legions, three of which were engaged in the war. The five dukes of Jonathan, York, Edward, Fox, and Lorraine had a total of fourteen legions, none of which appeared in the war. The army left by the Duke of Haaland in the north also numbered more than 20,000 people.

The Grant Kingdom is mobilized nationwide, and it can also mobilize twenty main army corps, more than 400,000 troops, but their northern Xinjiang region, facing the invasion of orcs, will contain the most elite 300,000 troops in the northern Xinjiang region, and only 100,000 people can really go south.

We have nine main army corps on the front, and there are 300,000 troops that can be put into battle. The kingdom of Delong is also recruiting troops on a large scale, which can expand by hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and because of the war, the country's military traditions are being revived, and the combat effectiveness of the army is also increasing. From the point of view of reserves, we have an advantage.

But we should also be careful, once the Grant Kingdom is forced too tightly, the decision to give up the territory of Northern Xinjiang is made, and the elite of Northern Xinjiang is mobilized to the south, and the 300,000 elite army invades the south, which will be a very terrible scene.

Our national policy is to stabilize the Grant Kingdom in the northern frontier and block the orcs instead of us. Therefore, the war between the two countries cannot be expanded indefinitely, and the Council of Nobles has decided that it cannot continue to increase the number of troops, and we must restore peace conditionally through negotiations between the two sides at the right time. ”

After listening to Edmund's tirade, the two legion commanders, Simeone and Lalde, finally let go of their worries.

Unlike the Kingdom of Grant, the nobility of the United Kingdom of the East Coast was far less resistant to war than the people of the North.

The northern Xinjiang region is facing the invasion of orcs, and has been fighting cruel racial wars for many years, and the special geographical location has led to the people of northern Xinjiang being fierce and belligerent, and the war tolerance is extremely strong, and the combat effectiveness of the soldiers is far beyond that of the peaceful region.

After the war between the two countries, the pressure on the United Kingdom on the east coast was also quite heavy, especially after the annihilation of the Sixth Legion, Duke Younis lived in fear every day, and repeatedly advocated peace in the noble council.

The upper echelons of the noble council have already sensed the amazing combat effectiveness of the elite soldiers of the Grant Kingdom, and they are afraid that the Grant Kingdom will give up the northern territory and burn the war in the East Coast United Kingdom.

In fact, it was a particularly difficult decision to give up the Northern Territory, and it was difficult for the Kingdom of Grant to make this decision unless it was absolutely necessary.

The two sides are actually afraid of the wolf, and the upper echelons have the idea of a negotiated settlement.

After listening to Edmund's decision, the commander of the Seventh Legion, Ralde, nodded and said, "Since the noble council has made a decision, of course our front-line commanders must obey. I will make a statement here, and I will not exacerbate the contradictions. But whether a peace pact can be signed depends on the decision of the Delong Kingdom? I don't think King Henry will easily sign a contract, and being dragged by the Delong Kingdom, I'm afraid that the state of war between the Three Kingdoms will last for many years. ”

Lard's opinion, Simeone also agreed, he continued: "The key is that we have a tacit understanding with the Kingdom of Grant and not expand the scale of the war, which requires high-level communication between the two countries." I think it is appropriate to send an envoy to talk to Duke Haaland in order to redeem the prisoners and gain mutual trust between the two sides. ”

(End of chapter)