The capital of the Southwest District,

The sound of horses' hooves broke the silence of the early morning in the capital, and at the open gate, a group of knights rushed into the open gate of the Blue City like a whirlwind, the purple cloaks of the knights fluttered in the wind, and the maple leaf emblem of the Murphy cavalry scorched in the dawn rain.

"My lord, the Kyoto army failed to force the Sona River last night, suffered heavy casualties, and has retreated into the Mossander region southwest of us in the early hours of this morning!" a Murphy Army officer hurriedly pushed open the door of Murphy Oone's room with the latest battle report,

What caught his eye was the tall and capable back of a soldier standing in front of the window with Murphy Boone

"You mean failed?" Murphy Boone turned back from the window with a surprised look on his face when he heard the report.

Through the window behind him, he could see the white rain falling in early May and enveloping the whole city, and the head of the southwest district frowned slightly, and asked with a strange face, "What is going on?"

The officer of the Murphy Army handed over the battle report in his hand with a stern face, "The specific battle situation is on this report, and there is also a request from the defense officer of the Mosandro region, at present, in addition to the Imperial Janissaries, the entire Fourth Army of the Empire has been damaged, and in the northwest, about 200,000 people have crossed the border, and the Mosander region has entered full combat readiness, but the troops are not enough, and the capital is requested to support immediately."

"You mean the entire Fourth Legion of the Empire is ......!" Murphyau's face changed slightly, although he guessed that the Gallic army would be defeated, but he didn't expect it to be so soon

"Yes, it can be said that it is the entire Fourth Legion of the Empire!" the officer of the Murphy Army who reported nodded at him and said, "According to the report of the Mossander side, the returning Praetorian Guard did not suffer any losses, but of the 110,000 people of the Fourth Legion of the Empire, less than 5,000 remained. Almost all of them were wounded!

"Okay, you go down first"

Murfeo Boone took a deep breath of cold air, calmed down for a while, and then took the battle report, and silently waved his hand to the officer, the officer stepped back, he opened the battle report in his hand, and then put it heavily on the table, what is this?

Murphy Boone rubbed his temples and sat down on the couch. The report came from the Mossander side, the tone was very vague, and most of the truth about the battle of the Sona River was heard from the soldiers, and on the side of senior officers, Stanley Spencer gave all the generals a mute order, which just showed that the Fourth Army of the Reich was indeed finished!

That's the main battle legion of the empire, which numbered 110,000 people, 110,000 people, and lost it in one night. Even Murphy Boone thought it was incredible, 110,000 men, not 110,000 pigs, if the battle failed. Even if it is a rout, there will always be tens of thousands of rout troops who survive!

"Could it be the cavalry of the Northwest?" Murphy Boone came to the map of the Sona River on the table with some confusion, and Murphy Boone had carefully studied the battle site of the Sona River. That's not the terrain of a flat river that uses cavalry to attack,

On the contrary, the cavalry will be limited here. Because there is a wide Sona River in the middle, no matter which side of the cavalry, it is impossible to cross the river to attack, and the cavalry cluster tactics that Vikia Falcon is best at do not have much to play here.

The door of the "pop" room was pushed open, and Murphylins, who was still wearing bandages, walked in from the outside, glanced at Murphyo Boone, who was walking back and forth in the room, and said excitedly, "Brother, I heard that Stanley Spencer's 180,000-strong army suffered a crushing defeat, and there were countless casualties in the Sona River!"

"Where did you hear that?" Murphy Boone paused, glancing at his brother in surprise, for it had not been ten minutes since the report had arrived in his possession

"This morning, some merchants from Mosamder began to talk in the city!" Murphylins said with a twinkle in his eyes, "It is said that many people died this time, and the entire Sona River was blocked by corpses, this time I see how arrogant that Stanley Spencer is, don't hide in the southwest if you have the ability, and fight to the death with the northwest army in the Sona River!"

"It seems that the northwest side is already adding fuel to the fire!I have just learned about this news!" Murphyo Boone heard the news spread so quickly, his face couldn't help but change color slightly, through the rain curtain in front of his window, he could see the raindrops all over the city hitting the spires of countless houses adjacent to the city level, turning into a huge white mist,

On the street below, there is no one to be seen, and shallow water can be seen in the stone ditch of Zhengliang Street washed by the rain, I don't know why, in these streams, it seems that what he sees is the countless blood of the 100,000 soldiers of the Fourth Legion of the Empire, with the tragic scene of the Sona River rolling forward Last night, standing in front of the window, looking at the direction of the Sona River held by hundreds of thousands of troops, Murphy Boone seemed to feel something, several contacts, his evaluation of the Northwest Vekia Falcon was refreshing every time,

But he didn't expect that the other party was even more terrible than he expected, killing 100,000 elites in one night, how did the other party do it?

Stanley Spencer, who commanded the Gallic army, is not a rookie who doesn't know anything, Stanley Spencer has a nickname called "The Dancer on the Tip of the Knife" in the eastern battlefield, which means that he often likes to use surprise tactics to make the opponent unguardable, and he is a famous general who makes the enemy fear on the eastern battlefield of the empire.

But this time, what made the dancer on the tip of the knife lame?" "Brother is saying that those merchants were sent by the Northwest, right? It's not a big deal, it's just spreading some inconsequential rumors in the market!" Murphylins, who has always been obsessed with the Northwest vs. Southwest gamble, has a very bad impression of the Northwest, he walked to the table, picked up the report on it, and saw his most admired brother Murphy Oone, whose two eyebrows were twisted together because of this matter, and said with disdain in his mouth. That fat falcon who is not diligent in all four bodies, every time it is like this, it is nothing more than relying on a little cleverness, and when I really get to the battlefield, I can kill his fat flesh with a bayonet!"

"If one person's bravery can decide the victory of the war, then do you need so many people to fight and sacrifice?" Murphy Boone said slowly with a solemn expression, "Although it is only a real fight, I have to admit that the Vecchia Falcon is definitely the only real genius I have seen in my life,

Putting aside military capabilities, the northwest, which was once demoralized and barren in power, has been resorted to a series of soft and hard means by this person. In just one or two years, it has become so strong, and there is a faint tendency to fight against the Empire, not to mention that this time the northwest army on the banks of the Sona River has reached 230,000 people, which is far stronger than we expected, and even has the strength to fight with the Empire, in such a situation, Stanley Spencer still insists on thinking that as long as 180,000 troops can solve the problem once and for all, it is a mistake in itself" Murphy Oone snorted "So what? If the 180,000 troops could not solve the northwest, Kyoto could send 280,000. 380,000 troops to level the northwest!I don't believe how long the Vechia Falcon can hold out" Murphylins said in a stubborn tone, "If His Majesty the Emperor can send so many troops, then the first one to take will not be the northwest, but us!" Murphy Boone could only smile bitterly at his brother's words, and said, "Our war with Gangfei has just ended, and the victorious southwest region is unprecedentedly united in the hearts of the army and the people, and we continue to stabilize the hearts of the southwest, and all kinds of agricultural and commercial production are recovering in an orderly manner." In the eyes of His Majesty the Emperor, we and the Northwest are both targets that must be eliminated and then quickly eliminated."

"Without the Northwest, we can do the same!" Murphylins still insisted, "In terms of military strength, our Southwest is no worse than the Northwest." What he can do in the northwest, we can do it too!"

"Stupid, without the help of the merchants of the Northwest, we can't even solve the most basic army food! What are you talking about fighting Kyoto!" Murphy Boone's face flashed with anger. "We need to use the materials from the Northwest to restore the devastated agriculture, and use the technology of the Northwest to build irrigation canals in the inland rivers," he said. Even if you're right, what are we going to do now?" Murphylins was taken aback by Murphy Obon's anger, from childhood to adulthood, there were only a handful of cases where he could see the calm and cold Murphy Oone's anger, "Anyway, we are currently in the southwest region of the empire, so naturally we can't sit idly by while watching the Praetorian Guards retreating into the southwest! Convey the order, the entire southwest army immediately assembles and goes to the Mosam region!" Murphy Oone frowned and hesitated, and said decisively with a sharp gaze" In fact, this battle is not an excellent opportunity for us, just let Kyoto take a look at the loyalty of our southwest region to the empire at a critical moment, whether they believe it or not, at least, no one will say behind our backs that we and the northwest are wearing the same pants!

It is now the end of May, and in two months it will be this year's harvest season, and after this time, only with enough military rations can we be regarded as truly gaining a foothold in the southwest, and then we are qualified to say that we will confront the northwest and Kyoto!"

"But if there really is a war with the Northwest Army, it is really a bit ...... to fight the Northwest for a guy like Stanley Spencer," Murphylins said, but the thought that the newly rejuvenated Southwest Army would have to fight against more than 200,000 enemies was obviously a little reluctant in his heart

"Don't worry, it shouldn't be!" Murphy Boone's eyes were sharp, the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, and he whispered. Although war is a cruel game with all kinds of use, I understand that the other party is a lazy guy with no sense of honor and full of rogue temperament, and he is also a genius in military command, or a super conspirator with a unique vision, and I don't know how he saw through the fact that the Rosender side is an imperial internal response, and forced Stanley Spencer to order to advance to the northwest in advance with the momentum of a large army.

The battle of the Sona River seems to be done at random, but in fact, it is obviously the battlefield he has predetermined a long time ago, every step is a killing machine, and it is almost impossible to see the special if it does not break out, once it breaks out, it must be a blow that the opponent does not even have a chance to turn the tables, even the yin pit has no discipline at all, and even the practice of using inferior military food for logistics has been done, but it is such a person who is the most unlikely to fight stupidly with an opponent who has no conflict of interest!"

"Inferior military rations?" Murphylins heard this for the first time, and looked curious,

Murphy Boone, he smiled." Actually, it's nothing, some time ago, the Vekia Falcon came to me and promised to give me a batch of cooked military rations to supply to Stanley Spencer, in order to reduce our logistical pressure, just last night, this batch of military rations has been transported by sea to Guò, just enough to provide Stanley Spencer's Praetorian Guards, and we just need to send someone to tell Sù Vecchia Falcon about this situation, I believe that the other party is not a fool, just need to wait for a while, Stanley Spencer's Praetorian Guard will collapse without a fight, so I can say with certainty that the Northwest will not fight with us, it really has to fight。 At most, it's just a show for Stanley Spencer!

If the fat man wants to hear this, he probably has to cry and laugh, what a rare confidant, this Murphy Oone is really not a general understanding of the disposition of the dead fat man and the lazy man, but it is a pity that once the temperament is matched with the grand strategy of looking at the overall situation, it is another matter,

"There is such a thing, even such a disregard for honor can be done. Vekia Falcon is really the scum of the scum!" Murphylins scolded Vekia Falcon with a hateful face,

"Okay, that's it, you're not completely well, stay at the base camp!" Murphy Boone didn't want to continue listening, and comforted Murphylins, who was still recuperating from his injuries, he had more important things to do, the 200,000 troops in the northwest were pressing, although it was Stanley Spencer. But who dares to say that the Vekia Falcon will not take advantage of this opportunity to take advantage of the situation to raze the southwest in one fell swoop? Anyway, it has already torn its face with the empire, and it doesn't care about tearing its face with itself. , he immediately sent troops to Mosander, how could he not save himself.

Soon, a military order from the capital of the South-West District moved the entire South-West District. The southwestern region, which had just subsided the fighting, was immediately replaced by the Jinge Iron Horse, and more than 100,000 southwestern troops from all over the southwest region marched to the Mossander region with sonorous footsteps. Flags fluttering,

The neatly lined infantry legions, with their distinctive armor and walking in unison, the ground was sinking slightly under the weight of the infantry's neat steps, and Murphy Boone personally rushed to oversee the battle in Mossand, assuming a posture of fighting to the death against the invading Northwest army

"Lord Stanley, it's too late for your subordinates!" Murphy Boone looked sincere, and held a military meeting in Mossander that day, announced the general mobilization of the Southwest Army, and put on a posture of fighting to the death with the invading 200,000 Northwest Army, vowing to avenge the Imperial warriors who died on the banks of the Sona River

"Lord Murphy Obonne! I am so grateful" The wolf bèi unbearable Stanley Spencer grabbed the hand of Murphy Oone, his eyes were red, and he almost burst into tears of gratitude, he was still thinking that with the addition of more than 100,000 southwestern troops, this northwest battle has not yet been decided! As long as the northwest army is defeated in the Mosander region, there will be great hope of entering the northwest again!

The mountain wind is howling, blowing through the hills and fields, and under the golden morning sun, the entire southwest area is like a huge beautiful flower roll in front of the fat man's eyes.

"Murphy Obonne is here anyway!"

The fat man was dressed in black demon king armor, stopped his war horse on the high hillside at the other end, and looked at the Mossander region in front of him with complicated eyes, only to see the Mossander region with the main body of the hills under the sun's rays, the torrent of people and horses was as heavy as a cloud, and the dense swords and spears were neatly clustered, and the armor of the soldiers was shining like a river.

The capital of Roseend

The moonlight shines like water, shining on the streets and alleys of the city,

Angelio, the Minister of the Interior of the Castle, stood alone on the top of the city wall, looking at the city calmly, the 30,000 cavalry of the Falcon Army approached the periphery of the capital, which had caused turmoil in the capital area, and at first everyone was still expecting the county guards in other regions to send people to rescue,

As a result, more than ten days have passed, and there is no news at all, and the attitude of cold bystanders in various places has made more and more people choose to leave this city that may face war

The capital of Roseend had been peaceful for too long, and had lost its tenacity and confidence in the war, especially when it was known that it was isolated and that resistance was useless, and this panic caused more people to flee.

For the vast majority of the Terrasenders, they are not concerned with who is right and who is wrong, not whether the ruler is justified or not, whether there is a surname, but whether the war will affect their families. Will the city be destroyed, will the family have enough to eat, will there be no clothing?

Perhaps the Northwest Coast Cavalry's raids on the Bangor region are so famous that most of the citizens of the current capital of Rosende believe that once the Northwest Coast Cavalry conquers the Northwest, the capital will be completely razed to the ground, just as it was in Bangor

"It's okay to leave, this is not the same as before!" Angelio sighed, from a distance it used to be brightly lit, but now it is dark, like the aristocratic residential area of the dead realm to withdraw his gaze, it used to be his warm home, but now, most of the nobles of the original capital of Wosende have been imprisoned by the new duke in the form of joint sitting, on various charges,

The aristocratic quarters were more like no man's land.

The rebellion of the regional magistrate was not without reason, the new duke not only wanted the local power in the hands of the county guards, but also did a lot of ruthless and miserable things, completely with the intention of uprooting these local county guards, there was no room for compromise, and the centuries-old tradition of union between the local and the capital had been completely destroyed.

"Lord Angelio, you are really here, Lord Duke is going to summon you!" A squire of the Duke's Palace and several knights walked out of the corridor of the city wall, and the attendant of the Duke's Palace saw him and said with a happy face, but several knights quickly walked towards him

"The Duke wants to see me?" Angelio was stunned for a moment, and then smiled bitterly, he had come after all, he knew that he had been suspected for a long time, Sidney had been arrested in the morning on charges of treason, and it was very good to be able to be tortured until the evening to confess himself,

One last glance at the dark aristocratic district, Angelio smiled at the corner of his mouth, and said to himself, "It's so tiring to live alone!" (To be continued......)