Lord of War

In the bright royal hall, Moro VII's face looked extremely gloomy.

This time, the people attending the meeting were no longer just the fourteen high-ranking aristocrats, but all the powerful figures in the entire kingdom. Among them are the other two powerful dukes besides the southern aristocratic faction, as well as the commanders and generals from the Ministry of Military Affairs. participated in this meeting.

This is the second time that Moro VII has held a meeting of this scale since he succeeded to the throne.

And the first time, of course, was the time when Asuna invaded the kingdom of Darbion and triggered a nearly all-out war.

At this time, the atmosphere in the royal meeting hall was extremely oppressive, and everyone's faces were very ugly. After many people looked at each other, they all saw a hint of shock and astonishment in each other's eyes. Of course, more people's eyes There is a kind of anger in it, a kind of extreme anger after being humiliated.

"What do you think about this matter?" Moro VII was the first to speak after all and broke the half-hour-long repression and silence in the royal conference hall. His voice seemed a little tired, but none of the nobles present were spirited. , They all heard a trace of anger that Moro VII was trying to suppress from this exhaustion.

For Moro VII, these nobles are not unfamiliar.

In the eyes of the nobles, he is a ecstatic lunatic, and there is almost a gap between the six Moro kings in front of him that can be called a natural barrier. But unfortunately, this VII has a very obvious lack of understanding of himself. He always feels that he is a good king who governs the country, and often fantasizes that Dabion can become one of the Seven Great Empires in his hands. But in fact, under the rule of Moro VII, Dabion, not to mention continuing to open up, even defending Chengdu seems to have insufficient energy.

In recent years, apart from suffering a big defeat at the hands of Asuna, several conflicts with the Kingdom of France also ended in failure.

The Kingdom of France is located in the northwest of the Kingdom of Dabiang, and borders on a larger territory with the Kingdom of Dabihan. The outbreaks of several conflicts were mainly concentrated on the northern front, but the nobles on this front were all members of the northwest aristocratic circle. In the last war with Asuna, the kingdom's northwest aristocratic circle also opposed the southern nobles. While carrying out a small amount of reinforcements, it turns out that this is a loss-making business, which is also one of the important reasons why the northern front is tight today.

It stands to reason that the northern front is tight now, and Moro VII should provide some reinforcements here.

But now the king of Dabion is almost devoting all his attention to the southern front, and his neglect of the northern front has caused dissatisfaction among many nobles in the northwest aristocratic circle to a large extent.

But no matter how dissatisfied, all the nobles in the northwest aristocratic circle present today are very aware of the importance of this matter at the moment. Although there are people who gloat, but no one is so stupid as to put on their faces at this time, they are more thinking about what role they will play in the next kingdom operation, and how to get more Benefit.

This is nobility. without

"Your Majesty, I think we should launch a counterattack immediately!" A middle-aged man wearing the uniform of the Ministry of Military Affairs answered first, "If we don't take action immediately, it will not only damage our country's prestige, but also trigger a series of other incidents. crisis."

As for the crisis, the real nobleman did not say clearly, but all the nobles present knew it very well.

In all the countries on the miracle continent,

There is zero tolerance for treason.

In fact, unless it was a surrendered noble from a defeated country, any noble who defected to another country would cause a strong backlash from that country. In the face of this kind of behavior, the normal way is to gather the troops of the entire country to attack the traitor's territory. In terms of the scale and degree of the war, this is a large-scale war second only to the national war- Of course, in many cases this kind of thing will turn into a war between two countries.

Because, as a country that accepted the nobleman's surrender, it is naturally impossible to watch the surrenderer die in this kind of crusade, and they will inevitably increase troops to the nobleman's territory. Because if the crusade is successful, it will naturally be a matter of great reputation for the country that accepts the traitor, so even if you don't care about the surrender at all, it is still very useful to pretend to support necessary.

Of course, in most cases and situations, private negotiations are also a means of solving problems.

This is also one of the main reasons why the Viscount Day's surrender and rebellion did not cause a strong backlash. After all, the Dayi Territory was completely captured by Sean, and the southern noble faction of Dabiang also made a relatively strong response to this matter. Countermeasures, so through the blockade of domestic news, no one except Moro VII, the Boulder family and several other members of the southern aristocratic faction knew that a viscount named Rud Michelin had taken refuge in Shaw kindness.

However, this time for the Kingdom of Dabion, things are not so easy to solve.

The people who rebelled were the Duke of Tequila, one of the five dukes of the Dabion Kingdom, and the Marquis of Romia, one of the ten powerful marquises.

The status of these two people in the Dabion Kingdom is definitely not low, so their rebellion will naturally cause shock to the entire Dabion Kingdom

It's not just the shock of the aristocratic circle, everyone who knows about this will be extremely shocked, and of course it's more incomprehensible. How could the dukes and marquises of a kingdom defect to a principality?

This is simply an incredible thing!

But no matter how unbelievable this thing is, it really happened.

Therefore, for the reputation of the Darbion Kingdom or to ensure their aristocratic privileges, they must respond immediately. Even if the northwest aristocratic circle has any dissatisfaction with Moro VII or even the southern aristocratic circle, they must actively participate in this matter at such a sensitive time, and this matter is not completely without any benefits, after all, Tequila The richness of the land is obvious to all in the entire Dabiang Kingdom.

"So what do you think, how should we fight back?" Moro VII asked again.

This time, even the powerful aristocrat of the Ministry of Military Affairs was a little stunned.

How to fight back?

This is indeed a problem.

The Duke of Tequila's history of guarding the entire Tequila Territory is as long as the founding history of the Kingdom of Darbion, even after the last confrontation with Asuna caused a certain degree of damage to the foundation of the Boulder family, But the entire Boulder family still has nearly 100,000 troops under its command. And it is even more obvious that the Boulder family has been prepared to rebel from the very beginning. They have given up all the peripheral areas of the entire territory and concentrated all their forces in the core hinterland of Tequila Territory. This means that if If they want to storm Tequila Territory or even make the Boulder family history, then they must make psychological preparations to pay a heavy price. And on this point, it has to be said that the Boulder family is not a puppet, an old family standing at the head of the five dukes of the Darbion Kingdom.

Because the closer the tequila collar is to the core area of ​​the Boulder family, the less its resources and value, but the more difficult it is to attack. This completely disproportionate ratio naturally makes it easy for many nobles not to die. Try hard. After all, the nobles are greedy for profit, and their crusade against the Tequila Territory is more to maintain the stability of the domestic environment of the Darbion Kingdom so as to maintain their noble privileges and occupy as many interests as possible. That's all.

As for the Dubai family in Romiya, this family that has been allied with the Boulder family for a long time is also very shrewd. All members of the entire family have now all lived in the Boulder family's manor, so if the Darbion Kingdom wants to take the Dubai family first, then they also need to face the situation that has firmly occupied the land and the people. Boulder family. As for the 30,000 troops belonging to the Dubai family, they have already been brought to the frontline battlefield by Bern Dubai himself, which also means that if they want to eliminate the powerful Marquis of the former Kingdom of Dabiang, then they must face the people from the army. Panda led and Tonys led the two humanoid demons. Yes, Sean Connery, the lord of Pandaland, has already been equated with Asuna Evans in the eyes of many nobles in the Darbion Kingdom.

Demons from Lane. However, unlike the worries of the Dabigui family, what Moro VII and the entire military department really have a headache is another problem: Dabiang has lost two elite troops with designation banners.

The Tequila Army from the Boulder family and the Bear Corps from the Dubai family. The Kingdom of Dabion has a total of ten elite troops with designation banners, and the entire Dabion southern aristocratic faction accounts for four, namely the Tequila Army of the Boulder Family, the Violent Bear Corps of the Dubai Family, and the Howard Family The Mountain Lion Legion and the Crimson Knights of Prince Hochidi; and five of the other six belong to the royal family of the Kingdom of Darbion, namely the Royal Guards, the Third Garrison, the Fourth Army and The Red Cross Cavalry Regiment and the Second Cavalry Regiment: The last one is the Hempson Guards controlled by one of the five dukes of Darbion and the Hempson family belonging to the northwest aristocratic circle. But now, the Mountain Lion Legion has defeated the Tequila Army and the Violent Bear Corps have defected to the Principality of Ryan. The Scarlet Knights may be able to exert a strong combat power with a scale of thousands of people, but it is almost zero in large-scale battles. What's even more annoying is that the front-line battle report that came out a few days ago stated that the Second Cavalry Regiment, which had occupied the enemy's army led by Tinch, had suffered almost devastating damage because of the Dubai family's raid. With 10,000 soldiers from the Fourth Legion, this means that only four and a half of the ten elite troops of the Kingdom of Dabion are left! In other words, in terms of military strength, the Dabiang Kingdom has almost no advantage. If two of the sanctuary strongmen with high-end combat power were seriously injured, it can be said that the national strength of the Dabiang Kingdom has been weakened to an extent that cannot be added.

"Your Majesty, the most important issue now is how to deal with the traitors." Facing the silence in the royal chamber, someone finally broke the silence, "We should concentrate our forces on attacking the Boulder family and the Dubai family first." Traitor, as for the others, we can put them aside for now."

"Let it go? How do you let it go?" Someone immediately retorted, "On the northern front, the people of the Kingdom of France are always ready to move. If we concentrate our forces at this time, they will definitely take advantage of the opportunity to fish in troubled waters. At that time, we may There is going to be a battle on two fronts."

"We can temporarily negotiate peace with the people in the Kingdom of France, and it's okay to give up a little bit. The most urgent thing is to deal with the traitors first." Once the topic of discussion was opened, people began to join the discussion, "and, The Principality of Ryan may not necessarily be united. The strength of the Boulder family is obvious to all of us, and not all nobles of Ryan will welcome them to join. The most important thing is that the Millennium Covenant of the Principality of the Principality of Ryan It is also certain that such a powerful family will not be allowed to join the Principality of Ryan."

"Even if the Millennium Covenant is not happy, so what? Now, on the passage between the Millennium Covenant and the Principality of Ryan, there is a powerful demon entrenched there. No one knows what happened there. Many religious knights went to After that, there is no return, and now it has attracted the attention of almost all religions in the entire continent. No matter how dissatisfied the Millennium Covenant Empire is with the Principality of Ryan, there is no time to pay attention to them in a short time. If the Principality of Ryan does not take the opportunity to develop, Then they are fools."

"Maybe it's really a fool's life..."

"Is this possible?" The discussion quickly turned into a fierce quarrel, and then gradually turned into mutual mockery of dissidents. The royal meeting hall quickly became as noisy as a vegetable market. However, although the quarrels and ridicules are very serious, in general, two camps can be clearly distinguished: one advocates that the whole country should immediately send troops to take down the tequila collar like a thunder offensive, and the supporters of this camp They are basically members of the royalist party and the hawks, reformers, doves, and southeastern aristocratic factions of the Ministry of Military Affairs: the other camp advocates that after the northern front is stabilized, it will gradually attack the Tequila Territory with its existing forces. At the same time, the encroachment allowed the southern part of Dabion to temporarily stop the war with the Lord Panda Lord, and instead concentrate its forces to solve the internal worries of the Tequila Territory. The supporters of this political opinion are basically the moderate factions of the Northwest Noble Faction and the Ministry of Military Affairs. member.

As for the most independent faction in the aristocratic class, it became completely chaotic after losing the leader of the Boulder family. They did not centralize their political views, but stood in both camps. It's just that in these two camps, compared with the second camp, those who support the political opinion of launching a national army to attack the Tequila Territory have two different differences. Factions like the Royalist Party, the Hawk Faction, and the Southeast Noble Faction advocated declaring war on the Principality of Ryan while attacking the Tequila Territory: while the Dove Faction. The reformists always believed that they should try to contact the nobles in the Principality of Lane who were hostile to the Boulder family, and disintegrate their unity from within.

Two kinds of political views and three ways of doing things gradually became arguing in this royal conference hall, which made Moro VII's face gradually become more and more ugly, and his brows became more and more wrinkled.

"Quiet!" Finally, the unbearable Moro VII let out a roar.

Feeling the anger of Moro VII, the people in the royal meeting hall finally began to gradually quiet down, and the noisy voices gradually disappeared, until finally it became silent. The vast majority of people looked at each other with some anxiety. This kind of people basically belonged to the faction of the superficial, because after losing the leadership of the Boulder family, these people didn't know what to say at all. In order not to be betrayed The Boulder family was implicated, and they could only choose to stand in line at this time.

Only a very small number of people are still calm at this moment, and these people are naturally staunch supporters of different political opinions and practices. Moro VII's eyes swept over the faces of these people one by one, and finally fell on the face of a relatively young nobleman. He still remembered that the young nobleman in front of him was now a powerful nobleman with a high title, especially his military training ability was said to be one of the best in the entire Darbion Kingdom. Of course, Moro VII will remember this person because the Boulder family had recommended him to him in the past, hoping to let him serve as the commander of the Fourth Cavalry Regiment, and he would be in charge of and command the entire Fourth Cavalry Regiment , because he is very likely to bring the eleventh team of the Darbion Kingdom the honor of obtaining an independent number.

However, because of the failure of the battle with the lord of the Panda Lord, which led to the loss of the Chirav Land, Moro VII did not trust the strength of this young nobleman. Although Boulder still mentioned several times to let him take over The matter of the Fourth Cavalry Regiment, but he still did not agree. Moro VII vaguely remembered that this young nobleman seemed to be called Lonnis. Ronnie Holder, a marquis of strength.

"Lonnis." Moro VII said suddenly.

"Yes." Lonnis was taken aback for a moment. He didn't understand what Moro VII meant when he called him, but he still spoke immediately.

"If I hand over the Fourth Cavalry Regiment to you now, how long will it take you to train this army into an elite army?"

Hearing this, Lonnis was a little dazed, and not only Lonnis, but also the other nobles present were also a little dazed, and some didn't know what Moro VII was thinking at this time. But soon, Lonnis came back to his senses, but his brows were furrowed: "Your Majesty, even handing over the Fourth Cavalry Regiment to me now has little meaning."

"Why?"

"Because under my guidance, it will take at least a year for the Fourth Cavalry Regiment to become an army that meets the standard definition of 'elite'. If it is to become a truly elite army, one It will take at least three years to form an army that is not inferior to the Second Cavalry Regiment, or even comparable to the Red Cross Cavalry Regiment." Lonnis was not at all embarrassed, but said calmly, "So At this time, it is meaningless whether the commander of the Fourth Cavalry Regiment is me or not."

Moro VII nodded and didn't say anything else. Although his expression looked so calm, Lonnis and several other thoughtful people still caught the flickering look in Moro VII's eyes Disappointment and regret, and of course a trace of helpless self-blame. It's just that other people don't know the reason for this helpless self-blame, but Lonnis is very clear. He knows that His Majesty the King has regretted not following the old Duke Hatch's suggestion and letting him be the commander of the Fourth Cavalry Regiment. Otherwise, at least Dabion will have an extra elite army available now, so as not to fall into the dilemma where he is not at all dominant in military power.

And at this moment, the iron door of the royal conference hall was suddenly opened. A herald barged in. All the nobles turned their heads to look at the herald, and many of them showed some sympathy on their faces. Because once the Royal Conference Hall is opened, no interruptions are allowed until the end of the meeting, unless it is an emergency. Although the rules are so, it is usually the decision of Moro VII whether it is urgent or not, and whether it is special or not. At this moment, Moro VII is obviously in a very bad mood. The herald broke in rashly, and his fate can be imagined.

"What's up!"

Sure enough, Moro VII's face immediately became particularly gloomy, and the herald's heart skipped a beat. He had already realized that something was wrong, and he finally knew why the other heralds were unwilling to come in at this time. It was the reason for entrusting this task to him. It's just that since they've already broken in, it's obvious that he has no way out. Instead, he might as well submit this urgent report from the front, which might save his life.

"Your Majesty, urgent report!" The herald immediately handed the so-called urgent report to Moro VII. In the Kingdom of Darbion, all urgent reports are marked with red letterheads, so it is naturally difficult to know anything from the unopened letterheads. The Second Cavalry Regiment was hit hard before, and the rebellion of the Boulder family and the Dubai family were also sent back on red letterheads. Therefore, whether it is a so-called "emergency and special situation" is naturally to be agreed, and only this trusted messenger An official would break into this royal conference hall without knowing anything. Moro VII took the letter paper with a cold snort, then took out the letter paper inside, and glanced at it hastily.

At first glance, Moro VII didn't pay special attention, he was still thinking about how to vent his inner anger, but when he scanned some words on the military information, Moro VII's expression changed. Gotta get serious.

At the second glance, he was already serious about starting from the beginning. But soon, the serious expression on his face changed into astonishment, and then he began to check the contents of the letter repeatedly.

There were only a few short words written on this piece of military information, but Moro VII read it several times, always feeling that his eyes were dazzled.

After a few minutes like this, he finally had to believe that it was not his own dazzle, but what was written on the paper was indeed the case! (To be continued) [This text is provided by Qihang Update Group @yang928536410] Bring Ting Ting @ 奇葶 If you like this work, you are welcome to come to "m" to vote for recommendations, monthly tickets, subscriptions, rewards, yours Support is my biggest motivation. )