Lord of War

The Nugus family took the lead, and all the nobles of the southern faction of Dabion responded, and launched a counterattack against the lord of the Panda Lord of the Principality of Ryan, thus completely regaining all the territory of the original Darbion Kingdom including the Panda Land, and forced the Marquis of Tonys back to her fortress.

This is the strategy formulated by Hella Nugus.

And a few months ago, everything was going on according to Hela's script.

The situation is clear.

But all of this suddenly became confusing half a month ago.

On July 19, 1713, Sean Connery, the Baron of Panda, abandoned Chirav Territory, and the 3,000 soldiers stationed by Chirav also retreated into Panda Territory, and set up fortifications in the Canyon Rift Valley. The present steel base of Panda Town forms the horns.

On October 16, 1713, the Thunder Lions of the First Legion under Sean Connery, the Baron of Panda, raided the Soan Territory and launched a fierce battle with the Mountain Lion Legion belonging to the Howard family. The main force of the Mountain Lion Legion was wiped out.

On November 3, 1713, the Mountain Lion Legion lurking in Suoan was wiped out, and the Thunder Lion was lost at the same time.

Today, it is November 20, 1713.

Hela's complexion is not as rosy as it was four months ago. She looks a little haggard, but her eyes are astonishingly bright, and there is an awe-inspiring aura all over her body. Obviously, it is not because of this strategic layout. En destroys and hits. In other words, it was because of Sean's sudden way of breaking the situation that Hela had a clearer understanding of the reason for her failure.

"I underestimated the determination of the Boulder family." Hela murmured, "Hey, Higley, tell me what to do next."

"Report to the royal family...?" Higley asked a little uneasy.

After all, she is only good at intelligence collection. As for the analysis ability, it is only because it is linked to intelligence collection, so it is also involved, but it is not outstanding after all. As for coping ability, this is not her field of expertise, so it is normal for Higley to feel a little anxious when asked by Hella at this moment. If a person can perform extremely well in the three fields of intelligence collection, analysis, and response, then he can definitely be ranked among the top 100 outstanding generals in the mainland.

A person like Higley can only be a staff officer at best.

"Reporting is for sure." Seeing Higley's uneasiness, Hela let out a chuckle. In fact, according to her personality, people like Higley who framed her will definitely not stay, but Higley Li's talent in intelligence really moved her, that's why she didn't kill Sigley when dealing with Gessen, "But even so, we still have nothing to do with the tequila collar. ... It seems This time, I did not do well enough to leave such a big flaw. I should have acted if I knew it would be like this. But forget it, although the current loss is a bit big, at least it is within the tolerable range. And this also speeds up the pace a bit, overall we still have a bit of an advantage, but it’s not that big of an advantage.”

"Then what do you mean, my lord..."

The corners of Hela's mouth raised slightly, her laughter became a little more cheerful, but Higli's expression became even more unnatural.

Because she knew very well that once Hela laughed, it meant that she had fallen into excitement, and it also meant that her shots would become more ruthless.

"Sion wants 15,000 people from Darbion's Fourth Legion, give it to him." Hela smiled freely and relaxedly, "Let's see if he can make good use of the 15,000 people , if he can successfully kill Sean, we can save a lot of trouble. If not, it means that he only has this kind of ability....Actually, I don’t know people like Thain. I don't hate it, after all, it was the Nugus family who were sorry for him first, but I don't like people playing tricks behind my back, since he decided to give us a surprise, then we might as well give him one too."

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

Under Hela's signal, Higley immediately turned around from the desk and walked over, opening the door.

Standing outside the door were two people.

The current patriarch of the Nugus family, Yashan Nugus, and the current patriarch of the Howard family, Yan Howard.

"Didn't you say there would be no accidents!?" Yen roared as soon as he entered the door.

His eyes were red and his face was haggard, obviously caused by the total destruction of the mountain lion army. After all, for the Howard family, their biggest reliance is the powerful army of the Mountain Lion Legion, but now the Mountain Lion Legion is completely wiped out, which is equivalent to announcing that the military strength of the Howard family has been weakened by at least half. As far as the situation is concerned, the Howard family is even inferior to the Nugus family.

As we all know, the military power of the Nugus family is the weakest among the five dukes in the kingdom.

"According to my plan, there really won't be any accidents." Hela said calmly.

"Then why is the Mountain Lion Legion completely wiped out! Am I not following your plan?"

Hela glanced at Yeon Howard, with a look of contempt on her face, which made the anger on Duke Yeon's face even more intense. At this moment, he already regretted his cooperation with the Nugus family, because if it weren't for this, how could his mountain lion army be wiped out? It's just that now, no matter how much he regrets and how angry he is, he still doesn't dare to turn against the Nugus family.

As the patriarch of a family, especially this family is a duke family, he has too many things to consider, so there are many things to weigh and judge. Under all kinds of restraints, it is of course impossible for him to do things and make decisions based on his own preferences, especially at this juncture, if he turns against the Nugus family, then I am afraid that he will soon be killed by the Nugus family. The family annexed.

Because, today's Howard family is no longer the Howard family that has the capital to compete with the Boulder family. Among the five Duke families, the Howard family is now the real bottom family. After all, even in the face of Asuna's invasion, his mountain lion army was not completely wiped out, and even let Asuna fight in the forest. Na suffered enough and forced Asuna to change the marching route.

It seems that the Howard family still has some value now. Although Hela showed contempt, she did not continue to stab Yenn Howard. At least she gave the other party the respect that a duke should have: "Yen Uncle, you did arrange according to my plan, and the previous plan was indeed successful. But... The Boulder family did not act according to our plan, besides, the Tequila Army of the Boulder family at that time They are already near Suo'an, if they rushed to the rescue immediately, the Mountain Lion Legion would not have been completely wiped out..."

"That old fox Hatch!" It has been a while since the Mountain Lion Legion was destroyed, and a lot of information has been circulated, and it is certainly impossible for a grand duke like Yen to be inferior to other intelligence gathering abilities. People, so of course he also knows exactly what's going on.

It's just that, of course, there are reasons why the Boulder family let it go, but it's more because they really don't know enough about the Thunder Lion army. To put it more bluntly, they seriously underestimated the strength of Sean Connery, which led to the situation today. If they had paid more attention to Sean from the beginning, then maybe the situation would be different. a little better.

And because of this, Yenn Howard couldn't say anything, and could only vent his anger on the Boulder family.

This is nobility.

Never look for reasons from yourself, only shift the responsibility to others.

"Don't worry, Uncle Yen, the Boulder family will definitely pay the price." Hela smiled.

"What do you mean?" Yen and Ashan looked at each other, and then Yen said in a deep voice.

"Uncle Yeen, I don't know if you are interested in tequila collars?" Hella didn't answer directly, but instead asked.

Ye En's pupils shrank suddenly, but out of the noble's caution, he didn't speak.

"Isn't it suspicious that the Boulder family only brought 4,000 Tequila troops and 30,000 infantry into battle?" A large manor, a frontier-level fort, two war-level forts, and five legion-level forts... Some of these fortifications were left before, and some were built after the invasion of Fortress Tonis , but no matter how you say it, it is absolutely impossible to defend all these twelve fortifications in terms of the military strength of the Boulder family."

Forts, castles, fortresses, manors, are all fortifications on the continent.

According to different scales such as defense degree, accommodated troops, structure, etc., it can be roughly divided into five scales: legion level, war level, frontier defense level, fortress level, and empire level. As a garrison point or supply point, of course, there are also manors or castles that have no strategic value but are purely ornamental and playful. In these conventional scale divisions, fortresses must be built according to the fort-level standard, and only larger but not smaller are allowed in terms of construction requirements, so these five scale classifications are not used for evaluation.

Like the Tonis Fortress of the Principality of Ryan, the Fortress of Saint-Drones, and the Garrod Fortress of the Kingdom of Dabiang, they will not be evaluated by the five large-scale standards, but collectively referred to as "war fortresses." However, if it must be divided by rating standards, the scale of these fortresses is at the level of the empire. Of course, the standard of Fort Tonis may be higher. After all, this is currently the only super fortress on the entire continent.

As for the Tequila Territory to which the Boulder family belongs, except for three large manors that are not classified, there are a total of eight classified fortresses and a fortress-level manor where the family is located. This manor may not be as vast and luxurious as the White Holy Grail Manor of the Nugus family, but this manor is famous for its defensive capabilities, and it is also the political center of the entire Boulder family.

"What do you want to say?"

"The garrison of the Tequila Territory is undergoing large-scale mobilization, but they are heading towards the location of the main family. This is obviously gathering troops and shrinking the defense line. What do you think is the real purpose of the Boulder family?" Hela said again He opened his mouth and asked, "In the current situation where war is clearly unavoidable, the Boulder family has no sign of sending troops to the front line, haha..."

"You mean!" Ashan and Yen both looked shocked.

"If Uncle Yen is interested, then prepare well." Hela smiled, "Duke Hatch is indeed a very smart person, he knows how to make some sacrifices, at least he knows that he can't keep it Such a large tequila collar, so according to my assessment, he will probably give up the five legion-level fortresses and three large manors on the outskirts, and the main force will all be concentrated in the tequila manor, and focus on the Tequila Fort. Afterwards, if there are spare troops, they will enter the two war-level fortresses. ... In this way, at least he can control one-fifth of the tequila collar."

Jaen and Ashan looked at each other, obviously neither of them expected the situation to change so quickly.

Of course, what was even more unexpected was that the Boulder family would actually rebel!

"Until the internal problems are not resolved, we cannot deal with the external problems." Hela said with a smile, "Because if the Duke of Tequila is not resolved, then the entire southern part of Darbion will fall. But if we concentrate our forces to If the Duke of Tequila is resolved, then Sean will definitely take the opportunity to attack, so no matter what the attitude of the royal family is, this national war is inevitable. This time it is not a matter of our southern noble faction. The other two nobles Factions will definitely get involved as well."

"What does niece mean...?" Yeen is quite convinced of Hela, and also very much recognizes Hela's strength and talent, otherwise he would not have sent the Mountain Lion Legion out. At this moment, calling Hela a niece, apart from expressing apology and convincing, is more to narrow the relationship between the two parties, because the Howard family and the Nugus family are now completely tied together.

"Tequila collar, we can only eat one-fifth." Hella stretched out a finger, "Although the Boulder family is a faction of our southern nobles, if the interests are monopolized by us, then we will Facing even greater pressure.... The demon at Fort Tonis will never stand idly by this time, and according to my intelligence investigation, the Seventh Army of the Principality of Ryan stationed in Fort Tonis seems to be preparing for war."

"The Seventh Legion of the Principality of Ryan?" Yashan frowned, "What can this waste legion do?"

"Although we can't do anything, it's enough to cause us a lot of trouble in the early stage." Hela said, "And the actions of this legion are actually a signal that the thinking within the Principality of Ryan has been unified.  … …The last time Asuna invaded our Dabion and did not invade the territory, but this time the situation is different. Once the national war starts, if we win, we will at most keep the territory intact, but if we fail, we will die.”

This time, Ashan and Yen finally realized the seriousness of the situation.

They didn't expect that the Boulder family's rebellion would trigger such a chain reaction, which was completely beyond their expectations.

Hela said in a deep voice, "So in the plan to enter the Tequila Territory, although we have the advantage, in fact we can't get any benefits at all....Because if we want to invade a large-scale territory, we need to use The greater the strength of the army, the fewer troops will be on the side facing Sean, and if we want to focus on Sean's side, we will not be able to gain enough benefits in the Tequila Territory. That's why I say it's good to only occupy one-fifth of the territory."

The Tequila Territory can be regarded as the largest territory of the Darbion Kingdom. Even if it only occupies one-fifth, it is almost equivalent to the size of a standard marquis territory of one and a half.

"Now that Sean has nearly 70,000 troops under his command. Although many of them are mercenary regiments, they are enough to defend the Panda collar, and his private soldiers can be used to fight us. On the one hand." Hela said calmly, "So now it's up to Uncle Yeen what you plan to do."

"What else can I do?" Yen smiled wryly, and the laughter was full of helplessness, "Now our two families are completely bound together, so in this regard, our Howard family will definitely cooperate with your Nugus family. action."

"I see." Hela smiled sweetly, "With uncle's words, I know what to do."

Saying that, Hela nodded to Higley, and the latter quickly left to deal with what Hela had explained before. And soon, Ashan and Yen also left one after another, because only they know about the rebellion of the Boulder family, so the sooner they prepare now, the easier it will be to deal with it, at least not too much. After being in a hurry, there is enough time to be used in the battle with Sean.

Watching everyone leave, Hela poured herself a glass of red wine, but the smile on her face increased instead of diminishing: "If I'm not mistaken, that old fox Hatch Boulder should be with Tony right now. Make contact with the demon at Fortress."

...

In fact, at this moment, Hatch Boulder did arrive secretly with only a few entourages in the small town that Modeg led.

It's just that it wasn't Asuna who got close to Hutch, but Elizabeth.

At this time, Elizabeth changed from her previous slightly dissolute style, and instead wore a set of officer uniforms from the Principality of Ryan. This leather military uniform showed Elizabeth's figure more perfectly, but even so, in What exudes from Elizabeth's body is an aura of indifference and chill. Under the background of this breath, no one had the leisure to appreciate Elizabeth's figure and face.

"I'm really sorry, my Lord Marquis hasn't come back yet, so I can only receive him for the time being." Elizabeth said in a deep voice. She never slackens when dealing with such serious matters. Our adults have already said all the requests that came out, and the principality will fully accept them, and you will become one of the first batch of dukes in the Kingdom of Ryan."

Hearing this, Hatch Boulder didn't smile at all, but only felt helpless.

If Nugus and Howard were not so tight, he would not actually want to rebel. It's just that some things are not as simple as he imagined in the end, so for the sake of the entire Boulder family, he can only choose to rebel.

"I will definitely act in accordance with the instructions of the Kingdom of Ryan, please rest assured the Kingdom." Hutch said in a deep voice.

"I will convey it to the Marquis." Elizabeth nodded, "Also, the Marquis has a private matter and would like to ask the Duke for your help."

"Please tell me." Facing the female mage in front of him, Hutch didn't dare to underestimate him. (To be continued) [This text is provided by Qihang Update Group @很晚人] If you like this work, you are welcome to come to "m" to vote for recommendations, monthly tickets, subscriptions, and rewards. Your support is my greatest. motivation. )