The fall of Ilrou sent a strong shock through several countries near Normandy, and although everyone was happy about the decline of Normandy, the leader of the region, the speed of decline was too surprising.

From the landing of the Salander expeditionary force, to the defeat of the main Normandian army, the fall of Kyoto, and finally even the only barrier, the Ilru Fortress, was broken after 3 days of hard resistance, the fierce offensive of the Falcon Empire made all the surrounding countries have to face up to a problem, that is, the strongest Normans in the region, in just 2 months, was destroyed by an inexplicable country,

If someone had predicted it before, it would have been seen as a neuropathy.

Normandy has tens of thousands of troops in the northwest region, the battle is fierce and brave, several generals are ruthless characters who stand alone, such a military force may not be anything in the Gallic Empire, but these countries in Normandy Fujian, the strength of the Duchy of Romana is only about 40,000, the strength of the Duchy of Dunkiel is about 70,000, the strength of the Duchy of Nesta is 30,000, and the Dominion of San Lorenzo is 20,000, the strength of the Normans is already obvious, although the Normans have lost more than 40,000 elites in Salander, and the local garrison has 40,000 people, except for the Duchy of Dunkirk, several other countries have no strength to provoke,

But such a military force, with the advantage of local combat, was destroyed in just 2 months, and the shock to various countries can be imagined.

The order to send troops from the Gallic Empire has been sent to various countries half a month ago, but no one wants to strike first, this group of mysterious enemies is menacing, setting off a bloody storm in the Normandy region, and now it is not the slightest benefit to save the Normands,

It's the brutal winter. All countries are facing all kinds of food crises, large or small, and the mobilization of troops into Normandy to fight is thankless, not to mention, according to the imperial decree, the aid army must also solve the food problem on its own, which is tantamount to adding insult to injury for many countries, even if they work hard to drive the enemy out of Normandy, these newly recovered areas are also Normand

Everyone was waiting to wait until the last moment when the Normans and Salanders were exhausted before sending troops. At that time, the benefits can be maximized, and at least the Normans can be knocked hard, but no one expected that the Normans were defeated, and the defeat was so fast, that many kingdoms were caught off guard.

At the time of the fall of Ireru, the Duchy of Romana and the Duchy of Dunkire, north of Salander, had just reached an agreement on a joint military mission at the royal palace of the Duchy of Romana. and secretly agreed to divide Normandy into north and south according to the line of El Alamein.

After hearing the news of the fall of Ilru, the Grand Dukes of the two principalities invariably stopped the names they were about to sign. Standing up from his seat with his eyes shining, Normandy was finished, and now that part of Normandy was for the Empire. It's nominally a borderless land, and whoever has the ability to get it is anyone's own! It's a fool to rub the time here, in front of a big enough interest. Even the most timid coward can quickly become a warrior

In the afternoon of the same day, the Duchy of Romana, which could not wait, ordered its own 5,000 border guards to cross the border of Normandy, and the 20,000 troops of the Duchy of Dunkiel overflowed the Borrico Mountains on the border at the same time, and the two armies were extremely tacitly at each other's horns, in the southeast of Normandy, the 10,000 troops of the Duchy of Nesta quickly seized the border area of Londano that was disputed with Normandy, and in the southwest, even the Dominion of San Lorenzo, which had the weakest total strength, did not hesitate to occupy several border towns that originally belonged to the Normans.

For the armies of the countries that had begun to move on the border, the Falcon Army, which occupied the south-central part of Normandy, quickly reduced the original somewhat spread front, and instead of immediately launching a counteroffensive, it unexpectedly abandoned some irrelevant areas,

Statunko ordered Reposti's expeditionary force to deploy defenses with Normandy and Kyoto as the center of gravity to withstand the enemy attacking from the southeast and southwest directions, while the 30,000 main forces of the Southern Army were to hold on to the direction of Ilru and fight against the strong flanking attack by the Duchy of Dunkir and the Duchy of Romana

The carriage marched down the wide cobblestone street, and the fugitive Normandy Grand Duke Cavibaud lifted the curtain of the carriage, staring bloodshot at a huge white fountain flower bed in the center of the city street.

This was once the sight he wanted to bring to Normandy, but now, he could only admire this qiē on the land of another country, and the carriage drove at the end of the street into a wide and richly decorated manor.

The white marble giant building with a width of 100 meters, like a fairy tale reflected in the blue sky and clear water, the whole building is miraculously built on a huge artificial lake, only the inclined steps leading to the gate reach 30 meters, the middle is paved with expensive luxury red carpet, the promenade is flanked by hundreds of cyan pines that are also cyan in winter, and the flower garden in the center of the huge staircase is dotted with all kinds of exotic flowers and plants.

The nameless purple flowers, which can't even be named, form a dazzling sea of flowers on the surface of the lake in the dry cold of winter, and no one can believe that it is already a cold and harsh winter, not a playful spring

At this moment, the area where he is located is called the county town of Bionde, which is a free trade city northwest of Normandy, the town of Bionde, a neutral city sandwiched between several northwest coast powers,

Its deep background is an important reason why Kavibod chose this place as a place of exile, this is the private fiefdom of Prescott, the Minister of Finance of the Empire, the so-called private fiefdom, which is actually the land of the wealthy families of the empire outside the empire itself.

Because it is not the territory of the empire, these private fiefdoms do not need to pay taxes and tribute to the empire, and the status of these private fiefdoms is like a piece of self-reserved land reclaimed by the imperial tycoons themselves, some people use it as a military fortress to build, and some people build it as a trade city, because it is located in various parts of the empire, and the private fiefdom can be given to the family located in Kyoto, providing a variety of local specialties, which is also an important sign of the identity of the imperial wealth.

For example, the owner of the city, Prescott, the Minister of Finance of the Empire, had as many as 14 private fiefdoms in the entire empire, and the total area even exceeded that of Normandy.

Such a situation is not uncommon within the empire, such as the Minister of State Miriam has 8 private fiefdoms, the Minister of the Interior Webster has 12 private fiefdoms, and the Imperial Minister of War Herkels has the most, with 23 private fiefs, but it is said that the private fiefdoms of this old-fashioned military minister are all camps and fortresses used to train soldiers, so the private forces of the Hercules family are known as the first in the empire, with 70,000 people, which is comparable to a medium-sized kingdom.

The construction of this Byande county city is completely out of the pocket of Prescott, the Minister of Finance of the Empire, using more than 10 million gold coins, the whole city covers an area of more than 20 miles, two rivers that cross the city flow slowly from the edge of the city, if the goods are transported on the ship from here, it only takes half a day to reach the northeastern mouth of the mainland, and if you enter the interior of the empire from here, it only takes 2 days to reach the first border city of the empire, Alexandra

The carriage stopped in front of the huge white marble steps, a solemn looking waiter in a black dress opened the door of the parked carriage, and the Grand Duke of Normandy, Cavibold, who had fled for his life in the chaos, stepped out of the carriage with a complicated look, he raised his head and looked at the huge building in front of him, took a deep breath, and asked, "Is Lord Prescott here?"

"My master is meeting with guests from the Empire, and I will be able to meet the Duke in a while," the waiter hesitated for a moment, obviously knowing Kavibod, before responding with extreme caution

"A guest of the Empire?" a look of surprise appeared on Kavibod's haggard face, and he took out a gold-painted greeting note from his cuff and handed it over, "Can I take the liberty of asking, is it a distinguished guest of that family?"

"This ......," the waiter had a look of embarrassment on his face

Kavibod took out a small bag of heavy gold coins from his pocket, handed it to the waiter in front of him, and said, "It must be very hard to stand here all day, people who are diligent and responsible should be treated with due respect!" "This is so polite!" The waiter took the bag with his hand and said with a short smile, "Yes, I only arrived last night!, someone from the Kyoto Julils family, although he doesn't look very old, he looks like a very thoughtful person"

The waiter's voice stopped, looked left and right, and found that no one had a talent and said cautiously, "My master said that if the Duke can impress him, maybe he will have a chance to return to the country" "It turned out to be the Julils family who have not moved for five years!"

A trace of horror flashed on Kavibod's face, the Julils family, as one of the three powerful families of the empire, is very terrifying in itself, and the Jullios family accounts for two of the ten army commanders of the empire,

And the strategy in charge of the northwest region is none other than the Fifth Imperial Legion of Lord Julil Fort of the Julils family,

It's no wonder that even the owner of this house would say something like this,

You must know that according to the military system of the empire, the strength of a legion is 100,000 people, and the Julils family has held the position of the general head of the empire in charge of northwest affairs for more than fifteen years.

In terms of influence, just one word to the outside world will still shake the direction of the wind in the entire Northwest, (to be continued.) )