Section 98 for the time being

"No, Lord Duke, the magic communication is completely unreachable!" a subordinate hurriedly ran over and shouted to Duke Byron. "There was no reaction over there. ”

"How could it be ......" Byron's eyes were bloodshot. This is generally due to lack of sleep, and the other half is due to restlessness. "That guy from Farusha...... I'm not going to let them get it......"

"Don't worry, Lord Duke, things may not be so bad. After all, it's possible that instead of going to the barracks, they're leaving north......" one of his subordinates reassured, but the words didn't help.

"That guy...... Damn it...... This is omitted. I didn't expect that Chaos wizard to have such a method......" Byron said anxiously. To be honest, although he still talks about "Chaos Wizard", he doesn't really believe in it much anymore. For Chaos...... That is, for those who worship evil gods, their greatest interest is to provoke a civil war, let Rafa and Byron have an open war, and then take the opportunity to attack with their troops. It is not in the interest of the barbarians to suppress the rebellion in Eagle Falcon City in a short period of time: they are savage and bloodthirsty, but they are not fools.

"My lord!" Suddenly, a hurried person broke in outside. "Lord Duke, urgent...... Emergency intelligence ...... "He must have just flown in, so he couldn't breathe." “...... Come from...... ...... over there in the barracks"

"What information, hurry up!"

"The queen has ...... Already arrived at the barracks, and ordered to let the Guards Regiment ...... Immediately...... Go to Eagle Castle...... Counterinsurgency ......," the messenger gasped and succinctly stated.

"What about Farusa? what did he do? Didn't he stop this?" cried out Byron angrily.

He ...... General Farusa tried, but ...... He's dead. ”

"He's dead, so who sent this information back?"

"One of his retinues. The subordinate said. He carried a magical communication scroll with him, so he was able to relay this information back in time. Lord Duke...... This ......"

"Let Essien and the others come over at once!" said Duke Byron, who breathed a sigh of relief. There weren't many reliable and capable officers under his command, and Essien was one of the best. Although Essien failed to complete the task, Byron knew that it was not his fault - how to put it, it should be said that it was so unexpected that even Byron himself did not expect it.

"Byron, do you regret it now?" said Skadera on the side. He was tied to a chair and stayed in the corner of the room. The main reason for this is that the Duke of Byron was so busy for a while that he really didn't have time to deal with this prisoner.

"What do I regret?" said Byron, dismissively. "I never regret it!"

Ignoring Skadera and instead of paying attention to Skadra, he began to give orders to several other subordinates to deal with all kinds of chores. Wang Cheng is now completely in his hands, and many personnel changes, compromises, negotiations, and congratulations from all sides have made countless big and small things.

By the time Byron had taken care of the bits and pieces, the man he was waiting for had arrived. About seven or eight heavily armed soldiers came into the room, and one of them was Essien.

One by one, they saluted Byron and waited quietly for his command.

"Ladies and gentlemen," Duke Byron didn't have time to pay attention to the red tape at this time, and went straight to the point. "According to the information, the Queen, accompanied by the personal bodyguard Aerufat, has taken over the command of the Guards. Farusha has been put to death. By tomorrow at the latest, the Guards will be on the city. I'm underestimating them!"

Stopped, stopped talking, and gave his subordinates a moment to digest the meaning of this urgent information.

"The personal guard, Ashrufat?" Not everyone knew the name of Ashrufat, so several people couldn't get back to their senses for a while, and whispered to each other.

"Ashrufat is one of the Queen's personal bodyguards," Essien came out to dispel his colleagues' doubts. "A brilliant swordsman, and at the same time we suspect that he is also a wizard of chaos. He said lightly. "To tell you the truth, in the past, the Duke asked me to buy him for 50,000 gold Ori, it looks ...... It's true that we underestimated him too much. A mere 50,000 gold Oli ...... If we knew that this would happen to us, I would have offered 500,000 at that time. ”

"Now it's not a question of talking about someone, now we're going to think about dealing with the Guards Corps. Duke Byron said. "With the defense of Eagle Falcon City, can you resist the offensive of the Guards?"

The subordinates looked at each other for a long time, and finally someone spoke.

"Lord Duke...... The Guards Regiment is a ...... A large army with a total strength of more than 30,000 people. He carefully weighed over his words, "And I...... The original garrison was not really a fighting force......"

"Didn't I already bring in 2,000 regular soldiers to replenish it? Now we have 5,000 troops...... Of course, I didn't expect to play a long defensive battle, I just wanted to be able to resist it for a short time...... How many days can we support it?"

"Lord Duke, if you are against the Guards Legion...... this time it was Essien who spoke, he may not be the highest-ranking among so many people, but he is very trusted. "It's impossible for us to resist even a little bit. ”

"For what, don't we have a city wall to rely on?"

"The walls are too long, and our troops are seriously underwhelmed. Other than that, I'm not sure how many people will fight to the end against the White Eagle banner of the Makremiz family. Essien replied. "Taking a step back, even if we can withstand the attack, as soon as the battle starts a little bit, we will immediately lose control of the city. In this case, there is a slight riot...... It will lead to unpredictable and serious consequences!Lord Duke...... Our only option is to retreat. ”

"Retreat......" Byron was not a fool, after hearing Essien say this, he understood that it was impossible to hold the city and drag the battle to the next level.

"Is there only a retreat?" he sighed. It's a pity that there was such a situation after painstaking planning, but because of a small mistake, he lost this opportunity.

"Only retreat. Lord Duke...... Guards Legion...... If they were fast, they would be able to reach the city before dark...... If we're going to retreat, there's not much time left. ”

"Go ahead and do it right away. "Byron looked ten years old all of a sudden. He waved his hand and motioned for his men to prepare. "Is anyone willing to take on the responsibilities of the posthumous aftermath?"

"Lord Duke, leave this task to me!" said Essien.

"In order to prevent the pursuit, you have to fight for ...... At least a day, how many soldiers are needed?"

"Three hundred is enough. Essien replied confidently.

"Three hundred?" Byron hadn't spoken, and the rest of the people on the side couldn't help but squint. If 300 people can stop it for a day, then the total strength in their hands now can not be stopped for a month?

"Three hundred? You're not kidding. The opponent is a large army of more than 30,000 people......," someone said softly. He didn't say the rest of the sentence: when the difference in strength is a hundred times, let alone blocking a day, even if it is an hour, it is a luxury.

"Essien, I don't want to joke. Byron said.

"As long as you don't care about losses...... That's not a problem. Essien replied. "Even though it was only three hundred...... But it's likely that I'm the only one who will come back. ”

"Give you five hundred, and if you can buy one day, it's your credit!" said Byron. "We retreated from the bend and burned the ferries after crossing the river. As long as we can buy an extra day, it will be difficult for the pursuers to catch up with us. ”

Then there are the other details of the retreat, about personnel scheduling, material handling and other task assignments. After all the troubles were done, everyone retreated, and now Byron sat alone in his seat. He is a person, as mentioned earlier, on the one hand, an emotional person, but on the other hand, he has a calm and rational mind that seems to be born with it. Although this calm and rational reason was not enough to stop his emotional outburst, it could also allow him to regain his composure after a slight outburst. Things were out of the way in Eagle City, and after the initial frustration slowly faded, he began to think about what to do next.

"Hehe......" As Byron pondered, Scardra burst into laughter. He's always on the sidelines, so everything that just happened is in sight. "It's too late, Byron, it's too late. Your rebellion is doomed to fail, and you are finished. ”

"I'm done, am I really done?" said Duke Byron laughing angrily this time. "yes, I may have really miscalculated this time. But do you think our little queen has won?" and as he said this, his mood unexpectedly calmed down. "Okay, Skadera, I should have killed you for that sentence you just said, but I've changed my mind now. I'll let you live, live well, stay with me, and witness what happens...... Let me see, whatever our little queen does, she is just dying! I'm just leaving for the time being...... I'll be back soon!" His voice grew cold. "Tell me clearly, if I can't rule this country, then I'd rather watch it perish!"

......

Truth be told, the Guards Corps moved faster than expected. At least Esin had seen them at noon the next day, but it was actually dusk that he had seen the White Eagle banner of the Gruni royal family.

It's really worthy of a regular army, and it's really fast. Essien stood at the head of the city, lazily looking at the military in the distance. Although he shoulders the duty of "breaking off", in any case, his strength at the moment is only five hundred, let alone fighting, and it is not enough to even stand on the city wall at a distance. It was a very dangerous task, but it was precisely because of its danger that it made a deep impression on the sovereign's heart. Essien knew very well what it meant to be "rich and dangerous", and he turned out to be just a pawn in the game—and the smallest, most insignificant piece, the little dark whistle that Byron placed next to the queen. However, with his gradual efforts, he slowly became a potential subordinate in the eyes of Duke Byron. This is not standing still, you can get it by being a "queen's personal bodyguard" with peace of mind, and it still takes a lot of hard work behind it. Unite your colleagues and let everyone say good things for him, study hard, speculate on Duke Byron's hobbies, and perform all kinds of dirty and dirty tasks perfectly. It was in this way, step by step, that he came to his current position - he was originally scheduled to be the commander of the Eagle Falcon City Garrison. Of course, although this position is definitely blown, but at least it shows the status of Essien in the heart of Duke Byron.

A reliable, somewhat capable subordinate who can take on those important but not prominent positions. This is probably what Byron said about Essien in his heart. Unfortunately, such an assessment is far from sufficient for Essien.

This is also his biggest gamble, if he succeeds, his future is bright, if he fails...... Well, when mercenaries start to do this, when they eat this bowl of rice, they all have the consciousness of holding their heads in their hands.

"Essien, is it okay?" Cleo beside Essien was a little out of breath. Above the city, there were actually only a dozen or so people - at this moment, Eagle Falcon City was actually an empty city with no defense power at all.