Chapter 226: King Qin's War
Everyone couldn't help but get nervous when they got the news, and what they had been worried about still came, and this war was inevitable. However, Sawan had a different idea, and he was relieved to hear the news, and the stone that had been hanging in his heart finally fell to the ground.
Savan's fear was not that the king would start a war, but that he was hiding in the shadows and waiting for the right moment, and the threat posed by this was greater than starting a war, and now that everything was on the bright side, as long as the war was won, the problem would be solved, so that the matter would be simpler.
Now that the king's side has raised the banner of restoration, Sahain's side naturally can't sit still, and he rushed to the palace to meet the Duke of Amberton as soon as possible. The Duke of Amberton also knew the news, which made him sleep all day, and it was this incident that he had been most worried about, but it still happened.
"What should we do, Savan? The king is coming, shall we retreat somewhere else?" asked the Duke of Amberton anxiously when he saw Savan.
"Oh, why retreat, we don't seem to have been defeated yet, are we?" said Savan with a smirk.
"This is not obvious, the king has issued an order to the king of Qin, all the nobles will raise troops, how can we have so many troops under our hands, we don't have to fight to know the result!" The Duke of Amberton was completely panicked, and his heart was now full of remorse, why did he follow the coup d'Γ©tat in the first place, let him fall into this field, as soon as the king's army arrived, he would die without a place to be buried.
Seeing that the Duke was so anxious that the six gods were lost, Savin sat down with a smile and said, "Do you think that it will be all right to flee from Tetur?
"This ......," said the duke, leaning back in his chair in despair, and said in great frustration, "I really let you kill ......"
Sawan said: "Lord Duke doesn't need to be so frustrated, in fact, it is not bad that things have developed like this, it can be solved at once, and it saves you from worrying all the time, as long as you defeat the king on the battlefield, you can become the king justifiably?"
"How can we defeat so many armies, how can we win this battle when Teitur's army is at most 10,000 men, and the king can win this battle if he summons tens of thousands at will?" said the duke helplessly.
"Don't forget, we also have the Holy Order. Sawan reminded.
"Alas, even with the addition of the Holy Order, there are only one or two thousand people, how useful it can be. The Duke was still frustrated.
Sawan saw that the Duke was indeed frightened, so he had to tell him clearly: "Lord Duke, you don't want to think about it, who is behind the Holy Order?"
"Who is it? isn't it the Holy Sect of Light?" the Duke asked, puzzled.
"That's right, whose is the Holy Sect of Light, isn't it the Magic Guild, do you think the Magic Guild will sit idly by?" Sawan induced the Duke's train of thought.
"That's true, but the Magic Guild doesn't have an army, so how useful can a few magicians be at most?" said the Duke, still unconvinced.
"You underestimate the Magic Guild too much, I won't tell you, now the Magic Guild must be looking forward to this war, it's not that I'm talking big, I'm afraid that the king will lose too ugly in this war, and it's easy for us to win." Sawan said, patting the duke on the shoulder.
"This ...... Really?" The duke's mind began to change slowly, but he felt that Savin was too easy to say, but the king was also on the side of reason, and with the support of so many nobles, how could it be so easy to defeat.
But they ...... Occupy the reason, we are ...... after all" The Duke really can't say the word rebellion, and no one will want to put a traitor's hat on himself.
Sawin shook his head and said: "The reason is not said by people, they can restore the king of Qin, and we can also say that they are coercing the king to rebel." β
The Duke's eyes lit up with Savin's words, and he slapped his thigh and stood up, and said excitedly: "Yes, how did I forget this! Okay, well, I'll order someone to write it right away!"
"Wait, don't worry. Sawan hurriedly stopped the Duke and said, "I have nothing to say yet. β
"What else?" said the duke, stunned.
"This incident is actually a good opportunity to test who is from our side and who is the king's man. The Duke may wish to order that the nobles be free to leave the royal capital, and that the city guards will not stop them. Sawan squinted his eyes and spoke.
The Duke couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine when he looked at Savan, this guy is really deep enough!
The next day, the Duke of Amberton issued a letter openly accusing Leblas and other nobles of coercing the king and using the king as a hostage to wage war, which was a great rebellion against the king and must be severely punished! At the same time, the Duke of Amberton announced at the court meeting that since the war was about to take place, the nobles could return to their respective territories to mobilize in order to gather more forces.
In other words, the Duke allowed the nobles to leave the royal capital and return to the realm, and no one could have predicted how many people would be on the Duke's side. The nobles were ostensibly clamoring to stand with the duke, but in fact someone left Tetur with their families in a hurry that afternoon.
In the next few days, all kinds of news spread in the city of Tetur, some people accused the duke of being a traitor, others said that the nobles held the king hostage was a traitor, and all kinds of rumors circulated in the streets and alleys all day long.
During this period, large groups of chariots and horses continued to leave the royal capital, and some of the citizens of Tetur even regarded this scene as a bustle, and every day they stood by the city gate and counted the number of carriages and servants of the nobles...... And use this as an after-dinner conversation.
The Duke of Amberton looked at the fewer and fewer people at the court meeting, and couldn't help but regret it a little, but he could also understand what Savin said, and took this opportunity to find out which friends were and which were enemies, so as not to know if he was betrayed in the future, but the current scene was a little ugly.
Now Sawan did not have time to pay attention to the mood of the Duke of Amberton, on the one hand, he was busy setting up the dwarven craftsmen brought by Voss and sending them to Haydonnice, where the workshop had already taken shape, and then it was up to these craftsmen, and on the other hand, he ordered Lyanna, who remained in Hydonnice, to bring the army there to the royal capital.
In fact, Hydonnis's recruitment has been going on all along, and there are currently three thousand troops, and all but one of them have been transferred. At the same time, Sahain asked Hortz to reorganize the army of the royal capital, although all of them added up to more than 10,000 people, but in fact only about half of them were available, which meant that they would fight against tens of thousands of noble troops with an army of four or five thousand people.
Every evening everyone would gather at the Duke's Palace for a regular meeting in order to communicate with each other.
"My lord, I'm still a little worried, although our army is well-equipped, but after all, it has not participated in actual combat......" Hortz expressed his concern, which is also true, war is not something that can be learned by training alone.
"Isn't it true that the aristocratic army has not been through war? Sawan said.
"But after all, the other party is several times the number of us, I think it's best for us to hold on to the city and slowly wear it down with them. Hortz said.
Savan shook his head and said, "This is not good, although Tetur is strong, we have no foreign aid, it is difficult for us to hold out for a long time, and once we are besieged in the city, the morale of the army is likely to collapse." β
"It would be nice if there were cavalry," said Celia, "and as long as there are three thousand cavalry, I am confident that I can defeat them in one battle." β
Sawan smiled, "It's a little late to say this, even if we want to form cavalry, how can there be so many war horses in the south?"
Seeing that everyone was at a loss, Sawan comforted everyone: "Don't be discouraged, as long as we arrange it properly, defeating the noble army is not a big problem, don't forget that we have a magic guild here." β
"I'm afraid you can't do it with just a few magicians, right?" someone said in frustration.
"Who said there was no way, I have a solution here!" A voice suddenly came from outside the door, and everyone looked towards the door together, only to see a man in a red mage robe walking in.
(End of chapter)