I will be crowned king

Sailing City, an unknown small church.

"The intelligence has basically confirmed that Fernando's Legion will arrive in three days at the latest."

In the empty prayer room, Sir Carno knelt in front of the statue and prayed with his hands clasped together. He said to Drake, the knight of the Wild Hunt, who was also pretending to pray next to him:

"This legion was seriously damaged when it passed through the rough sea. Many soldiers in the army lived inland and were very unsuited to life at sea. Infectious diseases broke out on many ships. It is said that the company commander Fernando He Rhett himself became ill...but that's just a legend."

"Sail City and Black Reef Port will send out fleets on June 11th. That is your only chance. I can let you approach as a boatman. I only have three days left for you."

"Uh... um." Derek responded hesitantly, his attention completely drawn to another thing.

"The information you want to collect is the situation of the army's disease, morale, logistics level, and how much of the fleet can be put into battle immediately... This is why you are allowed to sneak in as a shipwright." Sir Carno continued:

"After you get the information, you will find a way to sneak into the fleet returning to Black Reef Port, go to Red Hand Bay and hand it over to Anson Bach, then go directly from Red Hand Bay to Slave Port, and then go to the Kingdom of Naxir to collect information about Feile Information about the Sri Lankan Army.”

"This matter is very important. For the sake of convenience, you can reveal part of it to Anson Bach, but you must not let him know the true purpose of your trip... The hope of the three of us safely leaving the New World and returning to the Old World rests on It’s on you, Drake.”

"Um...ok uh I...I know."

Derek continued to be distracted, his tone even more coping than before.

Karno, who noticed something strange, narrowed his eyes slightly and glanced sideways at the inattentive guy: "What's wrong? Is there any problem?"

What's the problem... Derek's mouth twitched, his stiff cheeks showed an expression of "I don't know where to start", and he stared at the other person.

The long golden hair like a waterfall, the exquisite blue and white dress, the face with light makeup, and the exquisite pearl necklace make the exposed neck and shoulders appear whiter and more delicate; the calves covered by the lace skirt seem to tell a story Endless secrets...

Swallowing hard, Derek forced out a less embarrassing smile: "Carno, was that bastard Ian asking you to... do this?"

"Huh? You mean the identity I'm pretending to be now?" Carno said expressionlessly:

"Of course I chose it myself. There are not many liberals left in Yangfan City who are allowed to move around freely since the last riot, and there are even fewer who can get in touch with the Jihadi Army... There are not many choices left for us. Apart from women's clothing, Doing this as a last resort also has the advantage of weakening the opponent's vigilance."

"For example, the opportunity for you to become a boatman was obtained by me from a Crusader Knight based on this identity... Cleverly exploiting the weaknesses in the enemy's psychological defense is also an important way to lurk and steal intelligence."

Carno was still explaining solemnly, but Drake's expression on the other side was getting weirder and weirder. The expression he looked at his friend had a bit more complex emotions mixed with sympathy and gratitude. In short...

This guy can no longer look back on the road of women's clothing.

Just when he was filled with emotion, a somewhat messy sound of no less than four or five people's footsteps suddenly came from outside the chapel, and it was very close to the sound of military boots.

Derek's expression changed, and he was about to stand up to take warning, but Carno raised his hand to stop him.

"Calm down, they are Jihadi soldiers from the Borre Corps, and they were ordered to search this chapel." Carno said softly, "I arranged it in advance."

Um? Mention, make arrangements in advance...Drake was completely confused.

"There's no time to explain in detail, you just need to stay calm." Carno closed his eyes and clasped his hands together:

"Remember, your current identity is the boatman I hired, and you don't know anything else."

Before the Wild Hunt Knight could recover, there was a loud noise outside the closed church behind him.

"boom--!"

The door was kicked open, and the heavily armed jihadist soldiers filed in; Drake, who looked confused, had no time to hide and disguise, so he could only stay where he was.

Carno, who was kneeling under the statue of the Ring of Order, seemed to have really become a girl who interrupted her prayers at this moment: first she trembled in panic, suddenly looked back, and immediately showed an unhappy expression after seeing the person clearly. :

"Sir El, this is different from what we promised at the beginning."

"The situation has changed, and I can only apologize to you, Miss Justin."

Surrounded by several line infantry, the knight with a fleur-de-lis cloak on his shoulders chuckled lightly: "The pressure from above is too tight, and there is nothing we can do."

"Of course, we are very grateful for your proactive action in reporting and exposing the activities of liberals here. You can make any demands as long as they are met by me."

"Oh, really?" Carno stood up slowly, his elegant and calm movements were like the moment when flowers are in bloom: "Then I would like to ask you to leave here immediately, or at least not to destroy this small church where I often come to pray. May I?"

"Ah, well... I'm afraid it won't work."

While the two were talking, the murderous Jihadi soldiers had begun to rummage through the prayer hall and search everywhere, obviously intending to completely empty the entire church.

"Of course, as the hero, Miss Justin, you can leave now. With the Lord Knight personally guaranteeing it, no one dares to suspect that you are a spy for the heretics." The knight continued to smile:

"But in order to avoid suspicion, please don't show your face outside for the time being; let alone others, the Lord Knight will be unhappy."

Carno's face was tense, as if he was threatened but was unwilling to be threatened because of fear. He could only hold on and refused to lower his head, leaving Drake on the side stunned.

"Ah, I forgot something."

Carno, who had already reached the door, suddenly turned around and looked coldly at Drake, who was surrounded by seven or eight rifles, with his hands raised above his head: "This man is the boatman I mentioned before, please ask Sir El to place him properly... That’s my only request.”

"Of course there is no problem with this. The Lord Knight has already given the order." Sir El waved his hand behind him and smiled at Carno: "Please rest assured, there will never be any surprises."

Carno nodded cautiously, then raised his chin high and left proudly in front of everyone.

"What a beautiful woman... she is delicate and has a little pride, which makes people want to love her and bully her at the same time!" Sir El said with emotion:

"To be protected by such a woman at all costs, you are truly a lucky man blessed by the Ring of Order."

Looking at Jazz's back, Derek vaguely realized that he was probably talking about himself, but he felt a little hairy in his heart.

At this moment, Sir El suddenly turned around, waved his hand to signal the surrounding soldiers to disperse, and then smiled sinisterly at Drake, who was still kneeling in front of the statue: "Don't worry, I am a principled person, no I will tell the knight commander about you two; hurting such a lady is not the behavior a knight should do."

Both of us? I didn't even know what was going on between the two of us...Drake could only nod innocently, pretending to be afraid of trying to please the other person: "Then, thank you very much."

"You're welcome, because I also have conditions." Sir El's mouth raised, and his smile became more meaningful:

"To put it simply, I hope you can do me a little favor..."

……………………

Early morning, Red Hand Bay.

Anson woke up from his sleep and put on his Brigadier General Clovis uniform and went to the Universal Religious Church in the city center on time to attend the breakfast meeting hosted by Louis.

The long and narrow table and chairs took up almost most of the space in the room. Everyone had to put their chairs close to their chests to leave a passage for normal passage; the representatives of the Supreme Council and the officers of the headquarters were free to move. Sitting on the left and right sides, the middle seat was reserved for Bishop Ruibo.

Oatmeal porridge, boiled potatoes, pickles, fried fish, bean soup... The nuns of the Faith Keepers League were busy serving dishes to the "distinguished guests", making the small restaurant seem particularly lively; several elderly When the nun saw Lisa coming with Anson, she specially put baked apples and bacon bits into her oatmeal.

But even so, the girl who faced a breakfast of clear soup and water was still frowning - not only because of her increasingly picky problem, but also because she brought a whole company of guards to maintain law and order in Red Hand Bay last night. I have to rush to build fortifications with other people soon. I really can’t eat enough with such a small amount of food.

In fact, not only Red Hand Bay, but the entire Free Confederacy is currently in a state of scarcity.

The start of the war and the general mobilization of the Free Confederacy occurred in April, which was just after winter; unexpected events interrupted spring plowing in various colonies, and the militia soldiers who were forced to assemble also greatly occupied important labor forces in various places.

In addition, as the most important food producing area in the New World, Sail City fell, a large amount of materials were gathered to the rear as military reserves, and the number of evacuated people in each colony continued to increase...all of which were squeezing out a large number of reserves that were not sufficient, and the shortage of materials was simply unavoidable. .

Especially in Red Hand Bay, where tens of thousands of troops are currently gathered, all kinds of supplies are even more stretched... Not only food, but also luxuries such as wine and coffee are being consumed rapidly after the jihadi army cut off trade, and their prices have skyrocketed. To an alarming extent, goods were hoarded wantonly within the colony.

As the marshal of the New World Army, Louis Bernard, who theoretically controlled more than 60% of the supplies and wealth of the Confederacy, set an example by eliminating almost all luxuries. The breakfast meeting that was barely considered a banquet did not even include beer, and the only drink was beans. soup, and the beans were also distributed to the soldiers for breakfast, so what they drank was actually the water in which the beans were boiled.

After quickly finishing their portions, Anson and Louis smiled and pushed their plates forward almost at the same time. Everyone who had no appetite also sat upright in unison.

According to the convention of the meeting - or the convention of the Storm Legion - as Carl Bain stood up from his chair, he opened the new world map behind the statue of the Ring of Order, and then Anson began to introduce the situation to everyone, and the Chief of Staff added and Responsible for interpretation, the little clerk sitting in the corner takes minutes.

After successively abandoning Sailing City, Gray Dove Castle and Black Reef Port, the territory of the Free Confederacy has been reduced to the area of ​​Red Hand Bay-Winter Torch City-Slave Port. After the territory was reduced, the pressure to mobilize materials and manpower was significantly reduced. Many, and began to build defensive positions around Red Hand Bay to prepare for the next stage of the enemy's attack.

But according to the previous strategic deployment, this is still not the bottom line of the Free Confederacy's defense. Once the enemy launches a large-scale, comprehensive offensive, the New World Army will still continue to move in, retreat to the Ice Dragon Fjord and the surroundings of Winter Torch City, and finally defend to the death. Winter Torch City, use winter to consume the opposite side.

"But even if the final resort is to defend Winter Torch City, if this situation can be avoided, of course we still have to fight for it, especially now." Facing the heavy-faced people, Anson pointed to the slave port and Red Hand on the map with his dinner knife. Area around the bay:

"Currently, the enemy already has a forward base in the New World. The next step must be to launch attacks from land and sea at the same time. Black Reef Port will become their new bridgehead; in other words, there will be a large number of supplies and personnel gathered at Black Reef. The area surrounding the port.”

"We must take the opportunity to attack the enemy's land supply lines; but not just through raids, we must also use the road network and various abandoned colonial strongholds to build small fortresses that directly threaten the enemy's inner lines - through a large number of small-scale battles , distract the enemy’s main force.”

"In addition to the core reason of delaying the enemy, another goal is to reduce the consumption of reserve materials and obtain supplies from the enemy!"

Anson tapped the turbulent sea at the edge of the map with the tip of his knife: "From a short-term analysis, the enemy's total strength is hundreds of thousands, and the logistical pressure is unprecedented. It only takes a few large-scale destruction of its supply lines to terminate a large-scale military operation; But in the longer term, with the Empire and the Church at our back, the war potential is far greater than ours!”

"Previously during the retreat from Black Reef Port, the New World Army had already dispersed and controlled nine strongholds in the middle of the road. According to their reports, the Jihad Army has not yet organized an offensive immediately, but is strengthening its control over the occupied area and waiting. Follow-up troops will arrive."

"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. A large number of the enemy's troops are stranded in the city, and it is impossible to invest too many troops to maintain the supply line. As long as our scope of action is large enough and our troops are dispersed enough, the enemy will not be able to judge the actual movements of our main force. , thereby reducing the dual pressure on defense and supplies."

"In short, we must defeat the enemy for food!"

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