The three virtuous ministers came out of the palace hall, their faces were a little unnatural, and they walked past the four-meter-high golden statue of the first Nord king, Yagrandis, which was four meters high and 10 meters long, completely made of gold.

It was to commemorate five hundred years ago, the greatest hero in the history of the Nords, Agrandis, who ascended to the throne of the Nord with the sword of kingship that the Nords had regarded as the most precious in the past

In the past five hundred years, the Nords have fought in the south and the north, and the territory has expanded from the original southeast region to almost the entire central and southern regions, and the troops are strong and strong, and they look at the continent dominantly, if it were not for the rise of the central Ryerdians, the Nords may have the opportunity to become the new masters of the Ikadiva continent

But that is already in the past, and the glory of the past will not last forever because of the existence of this statue.

The current Nord kingdom is declining day by day, under a series of reckless militarism, all kinds of extreme tax policies, is pushing the country into the abyss, behind the 8-fold increase in income in a quarter, is the imminent collapse of the domestic economy, is the sorrow of countless businessmen withering, is overwhelmed agriculture, the kingdom is like a decaying carriage, running on the rugged mountain road at the fastest speed, no one knows, this carriage will fall apart

"How long can we support it, Lord Acais, a month, or two months?"

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Duke Harristi, stopped at the door of the hall, his eyes looked at the golden statue in the hall with deep eyes, his heavy steps and tone were so incommensurate with the gorgeous and luxurious statue in his eyes, in response to Harristy's inquiry, the Minister of the Interior, Akaith, subconsciously deviated from his gaze,

"Is there really no hope?" Harristy raised his head a little unwillingly, the dark clouds were rolling and the rain was about to fall,

"To be honest, I don't know," Interior Minister Ekis sighed with an ugly face, and then said, "1.28 million gold coins sounds like a lot, in fact, you and I are very clear, the huge expenditure of 50,000 front-line troops is like a bottomless pit, even if there are more supplies, it can't be filled, and it is already the limit to be able to support a month, and I am afraid that after a month, it will ......

Acais's words stopped and did not answer, but it was better than answering

Harristy was silent for a while before he continued, "In other words, if we don't decide the winner within a month, we will collapse ourselves from within, the soldiers will mutiniate because they have no pay, the citizens will riot because they are hungry, and even the most responsible peasants will rise up and rebel over time, right?"

"Yes, or something stricter than this, such as a nationwide upheaval," Ekes closed his eyes and nodded as if he couldn't bear it

"What are you talking nonsense!" Sogues, the head of logistics of the Ministry of Military Affairs, who came out at the end, pouted his lips disdainfully, as a hardliner in the military, "You civilians are like this, you always like to worry about the sky!"

"What a month is the limit of nonsense, will my kingdom be shaken because of those untouchables!

Thorgus waved his hand to the cavalry waiting below, then proudly mounted his war horse and said loudly, "If those untouchables do this, I will let their heads hang all over the long streets, and my Nord army will be victorious and dominate the continent."

Quickly left under the sight of the two important ministers, and the cavalry followed behind, and the people along the way got out of the way, forming a sharp contrast with the appearance of the two important ministers.

"It is precisely because of such a short-sighted military general who holds the authority that the kingdom is now in such an embarrassing situation!" "The Minister of the Interior, Akaith, stood next to Harristy and looked at Thorgus's distant back, and snorted angrily,...,

The Minister of the Interior and the Minister of Finance are important ministers in any kingdom, but this is not the case in the Nord Kingdom, which is based on military force, and its core ruling axis is grasped in the traditional samurai forces represented by the kingdom, and the positions of the Minister of the Interior and the Minister of Finance are always just the foil of the army,

Their role is more like a tool to help the military manage, in the eyes of the powerful military, the two important ministers have very little right to speak, and even the head of the logistics department like Sogers can throw his face at the two important ministers without any scruples.

"How difficult the kingdom is, you and I can only encourage each other!May God bless me Nord," Halisti sighed, patted Achais on the shoulder, and got into the carriage waiting at the bottom of the steps,

"Heaven bless you," Aikes looked up, glanced at the golden statue standing in the hall from a distance, put his hand on his chest, and walked down the steps in an unknown loss,

At this moment, a Nord cavalryman came galloping from a distance, and Aikes intuitively felt that something big must have happened this time, and the Nord cavalry was stopped by the palace guards in front of the front gate of the palace

"What's the matter?" asked the Praetorian Guard officer aloud

"Urgent report from the front!" replied the hoarse voice of the Nord cavalry like a bellows,

"Come, drink saliva first, brother, what regiment is it?" The Praetorian Guard officer handed her a water bag, looked his eyes up and down, covered in wind and dust, his armor and war horse were covered with a thick layer of mud, and at first glance it was the consequence of running with all his strength, but the look on his face showed that this time it was really strict!

"I'm from the Seventh Legion!" the herald took the water bag and poured it several times before panting and saying, "The Third Army on Anruod's side has mutinied, and this matter must be reported to His Majesty immediately."

"The Third Army mutinied!" The Praetorian Guard's face changed, although the Praetorian Guard rarely went to the battlefield, but he also knew the strict nature of the word mutiny, he hurriedly asked people to bring the herald in, just when he turned around, a war horse in the distance quickly galloped, and there were still heralds from the front line

"What's going on?" The Praetorian Guard's face was stunned for a moment, and he had an ominous premonition that such frequent reports were not about to end on the war that involved everyone at the front

"Report, war report!"

The herald who came from behind was full of wolves, and his voice was even more breathless, and his body on the horse swayed from side to side, crumbling, even more unbearable than which one was just now, not only was his whole body covered with mud and water, but even the war horse that had always been regarded as precious was a man and a horse panting and exhausted, and it seemed that they were about to reach the bottom limit of fainting, and there were very few war horses in the Nord army, according to the Nord military law, if it was not for the loss of the war horse, the cavalry would suffer extremely severe punishment,

The war horse rushed towards the gate almost without slowing down, and it was not until he saw the Praetorian Guard spear erected at the gate that he let out a terrible neigh, and the horse's hooves jumped high.

The Praetorian Guard officer ordered the soldiers behind him to assist the crumbling herald in holding the horse, and helped the pale-faced herald down from his horse

The herald who was supported by the two guards was a young man in a very poor spirit, his face was as pale as paper, his eyes were bloodshot, and his hand holding the reins had to be broken hard to make him loose, and his body seemed to fall down at any moment, but his mouth was still muttering indistinctly, "Hurry, hurry, Tichburg!"

"Quick, go get some water and food!"

The experienced Praetorian Guard officer hurriedly shouted to the soldiers behind him, he knew that this was because of the mental breakdown caused by continuous horseback running, which was a common disease of the Nords, and the southern Nords, who were not good at cavalry, were rarely able to ride their horses for a long time, and only the Kugit people in the north could ride horses for a long time,...,

After taking in some water and half a slice of bread, the herald came to his senses from his weakness, and he first looked around blankly, his eyes fixed on the Praetorian Guard, and then he realized that he had reached a safe place, and quickly struggled to get up

"Slow down, what's wrong with you? What does Tikhburg mean?"

The Praetorian Guard officer stretched out his hand, grabbed his arm, and asked nervously, for some reason, he suddenly felt a throbbing of his heart, as if he was facing an extremely terrible secret,

"Quick, go and report to your majesty that Fort Tikhbog has been lost!" replied the herald with all his might

"How is it possible, how can Fort Tikhbog be breached? Isn't there tens of thousands of troops stationed there all year round?"

The Praetorian Guard officers could hardly believe their ears, how could Fort Tichburg, the most important central fortress of the Nord Northern Line, with its complete defense system, be known as the "line of defense that can never be breached" as well as the strong Anrod Line, how could it be breached in one fell swoop without warning!

The herald shouted in a somewhat crying voice, "What tens of thousands of troops, they have long been drained, and the remaining troops are less than 10,000, the Falcon army attacked Fort Tikhborg at night, and the squadron leader guarding the city gate opened the gate of the fortress, it was late at night, and tens of thousands of Falcon troops rushed into the fortress from the front while it was dark,

"And what about Lord Sallton?" shouted the Praetorian Guard officer as he grabbed him by the shoulder

"It's gone, it's all gone!" Although our army is fighting desperately, the disparity in strength is too great, and the Falcon army that poured into the fortress is several times larger than ours," the herald shook his head and replied with a grim face, the panic on his face seemed to remain in the tragic raid battle,

"Lord Salton personally led the army to break off, but there were too many enemies, our army could not resist at all, Lord Salton could only choose to fight and retreat, but in the end he still did not resist the strong impact of the Falcon army, and in the complete rout, if it wasn't for Lord Salton to send his own guards to cover me and report the battle back, I would definitely be like those routs, killed by the pursuing Falcon Cavalry on the way to escape!"

"So, the Falcon army has completely broken through the defense line of Fort Tikhborg" The Praetorian Guard officer was also frightened by this information, and Tichborg and Anrode were the two most important supports of the northern defense line

Now that one support point has collapsed, and the other point has exposed the entire flank to the Falcon army, the loss of Fort Tikhbog has put the 150,000 Nord army on Anrod's side in danger of being attacked on the back

"Because of my position, I can't go inside and report it in person, please report to Your Majesty immediately, immediately!" The Praetorian Guard officer personally helped the herald onto his horse, gave him a military salute with great earnestness, and said, "Please!"

On July 8, the stalemate between the two armies was finally broken, and the 50,000 Salon legions stationed on the border line attacked Fort Tichburg, the most important central fortress on the northern border of the Nords, under the cover of night, and in the middle of the night, most of the defenders of Fort Tikhbog were annihilated, and the general of the guard, Solton, was wounded and captured, which is considered to be the most important turning point in the later period of the unification war on the continent of Ikadiva

The northern border of Roude

The white mist of the early morning meandered and flowed on the mountain road, like a white water flowing between the mountains and forests, the fog in the night moistened the ground, and the Buddha haircut pushed it over, drawing coarse lines on the ground, and the sun just revealed the horizon in the distance, the blood-red morning glow and the dense purple clouds, covering the dawn looming in the east,

These brilliant colors change in the distance, and most of the sky has not yet woken up from the vast night of last night, showing a vast floating dark blue like the ocean...,

The crisp sound of horses' hooves was extraordinarily clear, getting closer and closer, and in the crisp morning breeze, a group of cavalry swept across the earth like a gust of wind, leaving invisible dust, and the sound of horses' hooves woke up the surrounding small animals, setting off the cold of early and late autumn to be particularly lively, and the wild birds that were frightened were fluttering to find a place to hide.

The darkness before dawn gradually passed, and the morning light slowly opened the prelude to the darkness of the earth, and the faint light gradually illuminated the black armor on the cavalry, and the sunlight sprinkled on the earth, and the cold air was full of sweet smell, and the green grass buds in the field seemed to have grown a lot taller overnight.

The golden colorful grass makes its pale yellow petals, bathing in the warm winter sun as much as possible,

"Patriarch, beyond the ridge ahead, there is Mount Fikalos to the west of Anjord, and 30 miles further on, the garrison of the Nord Seventh Army," a light cavalry leading the way pointed to the somewhat undulating plateau in the distance

Duo Weiyan reined in his war horse, took out the map, and looked at the route of his trip, and at the end of the map was a barren highland, where was the ultimate goal of his trip, An Ruode,

In addition to the scene of mountains and rocks, a beautiful scenery and undulating plains full of emerald colors suddenly appeared in front of everyone, giving people a sense of cheerfulness

"Hurry up, I want to see the enemy camp before it gets dark"

Duo Weiyan raised his horsewhip with a fierce expression, and a dense queue of Kugit light cavalry continued to emerge on the high part of the hill, looking like a black wall that suddenly appeared in the hilly area from a distance.

The rumbling sound of horses' hooves was like bursts of muffled thunder, occasionally mixed with the neighing of war horses and the collision and friction of metal vests.

The black armor was lined up in several fast-moving black lines, shining with a dark luster in the golden light of the sun, and the rumbling sound of horses' hooves was like a rolling thunder in the sky, and the sound of horses' hooves shattered the silence of the mountains.

The morning light shining down from the morning mist made these black cavalrymen shine with a dark luster all over their bodies, cold, bloody, and mysterious. The neat queue is like someone agreeing to command,

At the same time, Varisian, who was anxiously waiting on Anrod's side, also walked into his headquarters with an excited expression

"Everyone, look what this is!" Varisian raised the approved report in his hand loudly to the generals who were waiting for orders, "Your Majesty has agreed to assign the two Central Army Banner Regiments directly under him to our Legion Order, and has approved the establishment of our Legion to launch an active attack on the Western Front, that is, we will have an extra 20,000 elite troops!"

"Two Central Army Flag Regiments!" Hearing Varisian's voice, there was a sudden sensation inside,

Everyone knows that the Central Army of His Majesty Falcon is the most powerful force of the Falcon Dynasty, with excellent equipment and full troops, all of which are experienced soldiers under the command of His Majesty Falcon and are the elite of the entire Falcon Dynasty

Although the number of people was only about 60,000, they repeatedly defeated several times the enemy in general battles.

Now the Falcon Majesty handed over 20,000 of them to Valisian, which shows that the Falcon Majesty has affirmed Valisian's construction this time, since even the Falcon Majesty, who has always been desperate for battle, agrees with this attack plan, it basically guarantees victory

"Alright, everyone, the happy things are on the back, we are short on time!"

Varisien waved his hand to stop the whispered chatter of the generals, strode to the map on the middle table, pointed to Anrod's western line, drew a striking arc, and said in a high-spirited voice, "There is also news that is not good news,

Just last night, Ssalon, the guy who likes to pick up cheap guys the most, broke through the defense line of Fort Tichburg of the Nords with 50,000 border guards,

Then there was Duo Weiyan's 20,000 Kugit cavalry corps, which was also heading towards Anrod's western front, and their goal was the Seventh Army."

"We've got another snatcher, what do we say?" Varisien tapped his finger at the map and shouted to the other generals

"Damn, whoever dares to rob us, I'll fight him!" a flag commander pulled out his sword

"That's it, whatever," echoed another banner commander, "I've heard that the Seventh Army of the Nords is the richest of the troops, and if the Kugits are allowed to rob it, what will we eat!

"It's done, it doesn't matter who he is, let's cut it down!" said a flag commander angrily

"Okay, it's good that everyone has such morale!" Looking at the high-spirited generals in the headquarters, Varisian's eyes narrowed into a line, and there was a terrifying killing intent flashing inside,