Iron Powder and Spellcasters

   Chapter 241 Letterhead

   Ronald's and Eper's troops were wiped out one after another, and the New Reclamation Corps had no more available troops in Iron Peak County.

After    swept Iron Peak County, Winters first sent a letter to Maplestone City.

   also used the messenger of Revodan stationed in the colony, and also the communication channel of the new reclaimed land army.

   The "rebels" captured the county capital, and it was impossible to hide from the legion's eyes and ears.

   What's more, Ronald and Epel had already sent messengers to the Legion to ask for help.

  So Winters didn't intend to hide it, he wrote a letter to General Adams generously.

  Compared to the arrogant attitude of the letter delivery itself, Winters' words in the letter were very humble.

   He reported to General Adams in the tone of a formulaic subordinate, "Major Ronald went out of the city to fight the chaos, and he was ambushed on the road, and the whole army was annihilated."

   Gervoudan is currently taken over by his troops, and he himself acts as a garrison officer.

  Finally, Winters wished General Adams good health and hoped that a new garrison officer would be dispatched from the Corps headquarters as soon as possible.

   addressed to "The Most Venerable General Kevin J. Adams".

   The sender is signed "Captain Winters Montagne of the Republic of Palato".

   "Brother." The temporary scribe, Charles, asked suspiciously, "Why do I feel like you are deliberately angering General Adams, yet you seem to be soft-spoken?"

   "There is progress." Winters was concentrating on carving pieces with a leather rope-handled knife: "I'm just soft-spoken."

   "Speak softly...General Adams won't hit us?" Charles stopped writing and looked up.

   "No, the softer you talk, the more Maplestone City will send troops to beat us." Winters blew the sawdust off the chess pieces, revealing the shape of the knight's horse head.

  Charle is puzzled: "Then why..."

   "If I say hard words, Adams will let us go?" Winters handed Heinrich the engraved piece and picked up a new piece of wood.

  Heinrich took the piece and carefully colored it.

   In front of Heinrich there are many painted [soldiers], [knights] and [cannons], drying in the shade.

   Ronald's office has now been turned into a woodcarving workshop.

   "General Adams will hit us no matter what." Charles thought hard and asked tentatively, "It's better to be weak than to be tough?"

   "That's it." Winters coughed and opened the door and window: "The smell of paint is choking, we have to go to a place with better ventilation."

  Heinrich nodded vigorously.

   "Have you heard about your grandpa?" Winters asked Heinrich.

  Heinrich shook his head sadly.

  Heinrich's grandfather, the executioner "Famous Teacher" Franz, has never heard from him, neither in Gervoudan nor in Iron Peak County.

   "It's okay, keep looking." Thinking of the silent and determined old man, Winters was also a little sad: "The cavalry team will go to Lin County to scout soon, and they will also help you find out."

   "Itinerant executioners live in no fixed place, and they go wherever they want to kill." Heinrich smiled hard: "Maybe my grandfather just retired. In today's world, the most indispensable thing is executioners."

  …

When    Winters wrote to Adams.

  In Hailan, Archon Debella and the four governors are also having a closed-door meeting.

   In addition to the ruling quintet, Antonio and Messer Monte, the commander of the Fourth Standing Legion, were present.

   The Third Army is currently stationed in the Tanilla Islands.

   The Fourth Army is currently facing off against the Second Army of the United Provinces on the south bank of the River Run.

   The two legion commanders were secretly recalled to Hailan to discuss a major issue—how many troops could the two legions deploy to intervene in Palatu?

   The ruling quintet has reached an agreement:

  [The noble republic must use the most severe means to punish the "malicious breach of contract" of the Platonic people; otherwise, from now on, all debtors of Veneta will be ready to act] - these are just obvious reasons.

   The ruling council was determined to "collect debts by arms", and called the two generals back not to let them discuss "should they should", but to ask them "how to do it".

   But Antonio rarely firmly resisted the decision of the Consulate.

"Once our troops enter Palatu, it is equivalent to going to war with the frontal province!" Antonio asked the five-member group face to face: "Dear Your Excellencies, do you have the determination to go to war with the province? Veneta is ready Ok?"

   According to Antonio's belief, soldiers should not be involved in political decision-making.

   But this time, Antonio went against what he had long insisted on.

   The most loyal general to Veneta, Archon De Bella showed great patience.

   He carefully explained the secret agreement with Arpad: "Our army will serve as mercenaries to the military government of Palatu, avoiding as much as possible a head-on conflict with the Federal Republic."

There was grief in Antonio's eyes: "These are just self-deception! Your Excellencies are all hoping that things will develop in the best direction, but reality often falls in the worst direction. Armed intervention in Prato will eventually lead to On the way to a head-on war with the Union Province. That's a real Union Civil War! Brothers cannibalize! But we're not ready, far from it!"

   "Shut up!" Zio interrupted his favorite general, not letting the latter speak any more: "Do you still use you to teach the trade-offs of the ruling council?"

"Militarily, Veneta may not be ready. But politically, we must respond." De Bella said slowly to the commander of the Third Army: "If Veneta's debtors learn to pardon What would the Latu people do? What if we let the provinces step in and take control of the Palatu?

  Monta and Vahn are the puppets of the province, if they control Palatu. Can Veneta still exist independently in the world? No matter what the price is, Veneta must at least ensure the independence of Palato, so that it does not fall to the province, so as to continue the balance within the alliance. "

   Antonio couldn't refute Debella because he knew Debella was right.

The    united province has a small territory, with an area of ​​just over 100,000 square kilometers, approximately equal to one-third of the Veneta.

  Although the province is densely populated and the city is rich, in terms of war potential, she is far inferior to Veneta and Palato.

  It was with the powerful military force and the two "puppets" of Monta and Vine that the combined province formed a balance of power with Veneta and Palato.

   The three parties are like a triangle, which checks and balances each other and is interdependent. Under external pressure, they barely maintain the balance within the alliance.

  If this triangle is broken and Plato falls to the province, the next to be swallowed is Veneta.

"If your honorable lords are determined to send troops, then I request the ruling council to start preparing for a full-scale war with the province now." Antonio clenched his teeth: "[Ancient language] If you want peace, prepare for war! [Common language] I ask your Excellencies to allow me to formulate a war plan to seize the Golden Harbor and wipe out the First Army."

  …

   At the same time, there was also a heated quarrel at the Guitucheng State Palace, the office of Lionel, Secretary of State for the United States.

"Mr. Secretary of State! Do you want to watch the Veneta take control of Palatu?" The first leader of the Interprovincial Army, General Taylor, shouted at the nominal head of state of the Interprovincial: "Vineta adds Palatu! The provinces will be forced to fight on two fronts! By then, will you be responsible for the loss of your country?!"

   "General Taylor, it's you who reversed the causal relationship." The Secretary of State suppressed his anger and tried to be as gentle as possible: "If your army doesn't interfere with Palato, Veneta will not interfere without authorization."

   "By the time they really intervene, it will be too late!" the first army leader yelled.

   "When they do intervene, we will have time to intervene." The Secretary of State replied calmly.

   "Mr. Secretary of State." Taylor asked with a sneer, "Are you from the United Provinces or from the Veneta?"

   "Your Excellency." Lionel's facial muscles were twitching, and he asked calmly, "Then are you from the Union Province? Or from the Union Province Army?"

   "The army has always been for the protection of the United Provinces." Taylor slammed the words coldly and slammed out the door.

   The meeting between the army general and the secretary of state ended in discord.

  …

   At the same time, in the heart of the empire - the Palace of Worryless.

   Count Narzia, who returned from his mission, went through a long corridor and entered a small room in the southwest corner of the Palace of Worry-Free.

  This room is not only small, but also unusually simple, with only a desk and a chair.

   A man is sitting on the only chair in the room, writing something.

Behind the    man hangs a portrait, the only decoration in the room.

In the    frame, an old man in uniform with a face three-fold similar to a man is staring at everything in the room with majestic eyes.

   "Your Majesty." Count Narzia consciously walked to the desk and helped the man open the letters in the yellow wooden box that were sent back from the colonies in the northern border, the southern border and even the end of the world: "The rebels will kill each other again."

   "No hurry." The man cut off the excess part of the letterhead, folded it, lacquered it, and put it into the red wooden box on the table.

   His movements were quick and clean, and the cut-off letterhead was put into a drawer for the next use.

   He personally does these trivial things that are not worth mentioning in the eyes of others, and never leave it behind.

   "Just wait," he said.

   [There is still a chapter today, but the emotion is broken here, so it is broken here (covering face)]

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   (end of this chapter)