Lord of War

386. The Overt Conspiracy Against Sean

The southern theater became the first theater where the war was quelled, and it was a blockbuster whether it was in the Kingdom of Darbion or the Principality of Ryan.

It is reported that after hearing the news, it was not only the nobles of the Ryan Principality in the northwest theater who threw away the wine glasses, even the one in the royal palace of the Darbion Kingdom smashed a lot of things. Of course, the most angry and terrified are actually the few nobles who survived in the southern region, such as the two dukes Yashan Nugus and Yeon Howard. The reason for their anger is that they can think about it with their toes. I know that the reason why the southern theater lost so quickly must be because Hela betrayed them, because both of them knew very well that Hela did not die at all, but was taken away by Sean Connery .

As for the reason for their fear, it is similar to the reason for anger.

It must be that Hela couldn't stand the torture, so she revealed all the secrets to the other party, and this time all the layout of the entire southern battlefield was planned by Hela alone. One can imagine things.

But when they really wanted to take over and revise it, they found that they had no way to start, because they didn't know what Hela's idea was at the beginning, and they didn't know the meaning or trap of her arrangements. . So the two dukes began to have discord with each other, and finally the two sides finally parted ways completely. At this moment, it was tantamount to officially announcing the demise of the Nugus family, which had infinite glory in the past and could even clamor with the Boulder family.

After all, almost all of the main force on the front line fighting against the Panda collar are the effective forces of the Nugus family faction.

However, in the southern theater, there was one person who did not panic at all.

Prince Cazes Hokkidi.

He also has 30,000 troops under his command, as well as a Scarlet Knights at the level of an elite army.

Although the size of this knight order is only a thousand people, if it is used well, its combat effectiveness will not be weaker than a heavy cavalry regiment with a scale of 10,000 people.

Of course, the most important point is that the prince has never participated in the defense line of the entire southern theater personally arranged by Hella, so his army not only maintains a perfect scale, but also has no level of combat effectiveness at all. decline. Even because he didn't participate in Hella's layout, no one knew how the prince's specific defense line was deployed. If he just guarded his own territory and wanted to eliminate the prince, it would be a real battle. storm.

According to the practice of ordinary commanders, they will definitely choose to avoid the territory commanded by the prince. This point of resistance is already at a negligible level.

But Sean really couldn't ignore the prince.

Sean may be able to ignore them for the time being, like Yashan Nugus and Yeon Howard, two nobles from the southern faction. Because at present, after the duke Yenn Howard knew that the southern theater was about to fall, this guy led his people and turned to the camp of the southeastern theater, and now he is facing the Boulder family like a mad dog As for the Duke of Asan Nugus, Xiao En wants to completely defeat or even live the Duke, which is a matter of minutes.

He just needs to let Rina take the Scarlet Knights for a trip.

So rather than ignoring it, it is better to say that it is no longer worthy of Sean's attention.

Anyway, once he marches eastward, the confrontation with Yenn Howard will be a matter of time, and Sean hopes that this old guy will not be killed by Asuna first.

Only Prince Cazes Hokkidi, Sean must solve it no matter what.

And still take the initiative to solve it.

If he doesn't want to die.

Xiao En clenched the dead bones in his hands. This epic weapon brought him great benefits. The most important point was that this weapon could become more powerful as his strength improved. Although he is still limited to the strength of the upper silver and has not made a breakthrough, but he believes that once he is allowed to break through to the lower gold, the dead bone should get a strong attribute increase. This is what Sean has always liked about the dead bone. reason.

Because at this stage, it is really difficult to have another weapon that can surpass the dead bones in terms of performance.

However, it was precisely because of the excellence of Sibone that Xiao En caused himself a whole lot of trouble.

He must sever the blood of Prince Cazes Hokkidi, this is an agreement between him and Romeo, otherwise his soul will be taken away by the devil lord Condinas. After all, this is not a game, but a real world. All the rules and missions can no longer be explained by the words "mission failure". Almost all missions fail, and the price is death .

So now that the war in the southern theater has been basically settled down, Xiao En held the first plenary meeting after the war after letting everyone rest for a while.

There were quite a few people participating in the meeting this time. It can be said that all of Sean's current team was present, and even the heads of the mercenary regiments were lucky enough to be invited. Having such a name seems to be quite remarkable, but unless it is the first-class mercenary regiment on the mainland, it has never been taken seriously by those nobles.

However, because the heads of these mercenary regiments were present, the situation in the conference room was actually a little delicate.

In this large conference room that can accommodate more than thirty people, there are three distinct factions.

The group of people sitting on the left side of the long table in the conference room are the nobles from the Principality of Ryan. They are mainly Norain Sharon. Although there are only five people in the number, they are real nobles after all. They have developed an arrogant and domineering style, so even though they were shocked by Xiao En's dismounting before, these guys who have recovered their scars and forgot the pain are all very imposing at the moment, as if they were in this conference room. Just like the master.

As for the group of people sitting on the right side of the long table, although their number is one more than the group of five from the old aristocratic family of the Principality of Ryan, they are the group with the weakest aura in the whole room. These six people are naturally the six heads of the mercenary group. Of course, not everyone will put those nobles in their eyes, such as Katerina, the head of the Red Scorpion Mercenary Group, and the head of the Bear Mercenary Group. Caron, these two guys didn't pay attention to those nobles, but because the momentum of the other companions seemed relatively weak, so no matter how strong these two were, they still couldn't hold the scene.

As for the other group, they are naturally Xiao En's people.

In addition to the two giants, William and Neil, the people who attended the seat have now officially joined the third giant who is second only to Sean and can be compared with William and Neil.

Hella Nugus.

For Hela, a seemingly ordinary woman, there was no one present who had not suffered from her, and even everyone felt the pain of almost leaving home. Therefore, none of Sean's followers objected to Hela's ability to become one of the Big Three after Sean's, on the contrary, they felt quite safe.

This is the highest manifestation of the strength of Miracle Continent.

In addition to the Big Three, other people present included Alfred, Rena, Sefanio, Stalin, Altdorf, Nock, Clover, Anno, Thain, Tini, Cecily Twelve people including Ya and Rude. Except for Xuefanio, Tini, Cecilia and Rude, all of these people are already at the level of legion commanders, even if they are placed in other family systems, they can serve as legion commanders. People in the first position also belong to big shots.

As for Xuefanio and Tini, the people present are no strangers at all.

In the final battle between Berbice and Chirav, Sefanio led her priests to become the most gorgeous scenery on the entire battlefield. Because of the existence of this priest group, the Cecilia Guards and Iron Wings, which were responsible for blocking the enemy's retreat, were able to block the charge of as many as 50,000 people after a bloody battle. It provided the most favorable guarantee for the Thunder Lion to open the way.

It is precisely because of this that Xiao En ordered a bloody battle, and did not let any enemy on this battlefield escape.

Because he has the news about the priest group, Xiao En doesn't want to reveal it yet.

But for those present, this is no secret.

According to Ruby's information, Sean also knew that since the battle ended, the five nobles from the Principality of Lane had inquired about the situation of Sefanio and Tini and the god they believed in. However, Noraine is the only one who can stop. The other four nobles all tried to get close to Sefanio or Tini, but unfortunately they failed. In order to please other members of the priest group.

Sean certainly knew what these nobles were thinking. After all, if he could have a group of priests, this would definitely be a terrifying increase in combat power. But if these nobles simply thought that they would be able to win over a group of priests, they would be very wrong. After all, Cephane and Tini were willing to work for him because he had a relationship with Esswinter. contract agreement. Therefore, the final behavior of these nobles can only win over one or two priests. In this way, it is not difficult to ensure the situation of the nobles themselves, but if they want to use them in war, then it is absolutely impossible. thing.

Sitting in the conference room, Sean's eyes swept over everyone present.

His face looked very solemn, with an unprecedented seriousness, which was very different from the Sean in the impression of many people present. Only those who have followed Sean through countless struggles will know that once Sean shows such a face, it usually means that he has made a decision in his heart.

"What's our current situation?" Sean sat in the lobby of the meeting room and said solemnly.

"If the southern part of the Dabiang Kingdom is basically under our control, the remaining resistance is negligible." It was not the Big Three under Sean who spoke, but a man from the Principality of Ryan The Viscount, his face looked a little excited.

In fact, not only this viscount, but the other four nobles except Norain, all looked excited at this moment.

Originally, they just wanted to come here to make some meritorious deeds, and they didn't think too much about it, but the result was wrong. Because the southern theater was the first theater to quell the war, the merits they could make based on this alone would definitely not be worth it. few. Especially in that battle, all of them participated in the battle, no matter what they were considered to be the troops participating in the frontline combat, even if Xiao En didn't give them good words to exaggerate their military achievements, but this great military achievement is still not worth it. Can't be erased.

"Then what do you guys think we should do better at this time?" Sean glanced at the Viscount, of course he knew the reason for his excitement, but so what?

"I think we should send reinforcements to the southeast theater or northwest theater now." The viscount still said excitedly, "Now the only person in the southern theater who still has relatively complete combat power is Prince Hochidi. Although it is not impossible for us to completely wipe out the prince's vital force, it is meaningless to us at present, so we only need to stay with one or two troops to prevent the other party from making any movement."

Is it really meaningless to eliminate Prince Hochidi's troops?

Everyone present knew that this was not the case. Only by truly defeating Prince Hochidi's troops, capturing or even killing the prince, would this be the real end of the war in the southern theater, otherwise it could only be regarded as In name only to end the war in the southern theater. In order to maintain this superficial unity, this means that Sean must stay here with a force that is strong enough to contain Prince Hochdi's force. Otherwise, once he switches to reinforcements in the other two theaters, Hodge will Instead, Prince Di launched a counterattack, and when Sean returned to help, it is estimated that most of the territory he had finally won would be lost, and even more seriously, it would affect the strategic plans of the other two theaters.

Therefore, it is absolutely very important to eliminate the vitality of Prince Hochidi.

However, the military strength of a mere Prince Darbion is not enough for the nobles present. Perhaps if a nobleman is allowed to deal with it, this merit is indeed quite a lot, but there is really no one among the nobles present. People have the strength to deal with the prince's forces alone. So this is the reason why they don't want to face the prince, because no one wants their achievements to be less.

"According to what you mean, it means that we should reinforce other theaters now?" Sean raised his eyebrows.

"Yes." The viscount nodded.

"Heh." Sean smiled slightly, but ignored the nobleman, "William, Hella, what do you think?"

"I think Hochidi should be dealt with first." Hela and William didn't know what Sean was thinking after hearing Sean's words. This guy obviously wanted to trouble Prince Hochidi, although they I don't know the reason, but at this time, of course, I will not go against the meaning of the lord in name.

Only Rina knew why Sean was in such a hurry to deal with Prince Cazes Hochdi, because she was also present at the original agreement with Romeo. It was also because of that time that she became Sean's follower, fighting with Sean all the way to this day.

"This is a complete waste of combat power!" The viscount immediately retorted when he heard William's words, "A mere prince..."

"Mere?" Hila sneered. Since that final battle, Hila has completely confirmed her position as one of the Big Three. The nature in her bones can't be changed no matter what, so her sneer makes people feel like being in an ice cave, "If it's just a prince in the district, then please trouble this lord to deal with him , we are here to congratulate you in advance on your victory."

"You!" The viscount was also a little speechless after being choked by Hela.

The other three nobles looked at each other, and generally understood that Sean, their nominal commander, was determined to fight Prince Cazes Hokkidi, although it was almost impossible for them. There is nothing to gain in battle, but they don't have to quarrel with the commander because of this. After all, with their combined forces, it is the same for this commander to have or not. This can be seen from the fact that they were almost not dispatched during the last battle.

In a sense, they are no different from the supply troops.

"From a purely strategic point of view, if we don't deal with the prince of Dabion, then we can only reinforce the southern theater, and at the same time, we must leave nearly half of our troops to prevent the prince from counterattacking." La, she didn't need to explain it to these people in such detail. It's just that the current environment is different. I thought she was no longer the high-ranking Hella Nugus. Here she is just Xiao En's subordinate, a company title There is no chief of staff, and based on her understanding of the nobles, if those nobles want to trouble her, they can be manipulated at will. Therefore, whether it is because of herself or because of Xiao En's face, she has some words I still have to explain, "Don't forget, everyone, we only dealt with the main force in the southern theater of Darbion, but the Howard family's large force did not suffer any losses from this battle."

After hearing Hela's words, everyone chose to remain silent.

They are not fools, of course they know what kind of threat the prince Cazes Hokkidi's complete force size is to them. Originally, this is just a choice of whether to fight or not. Since Sean insists on fighting , then of course they will not argue about anything uninterested.

But at this moment, the door of the meeting room was suddenly knocked open.

Everyone present at the meeting was stunned for a moment, and the expressions on their faces included surprise, surprise, vigilance and displeasure.

But when they saw the clothes on the people who broke into the conference room, the faces of the nobles from the Principality of Ryan became a little respectful.

Sean's gaze didn't fall on these people, but looked over them at the several guards who had been knocked down outside the door.

Those soldiers with pitch-black wings were heavily armored guards trained by William, but at this moment, all of them were knocked down. If not for the faint breath on their bodies, Sean would have felt that they had been killed. And Bannock, who was in charge of guarding the door, was easily suppressed by a middle-aged man at the moment. If he hadn't been a fortress paladin, a relatively special meat shield profession, I'm afraid his fate would not have been worse than those of them. How good is a guard.

Of course, the most important point is that the person who suppressed Bannock did not kill him, otherwise, with the strength of his superior gold peak, he would have been able to solve Bannock long ago.

"I am the special envoy of Ryan's military department. Who is the Baron of Pandaling, Sean Connery?" A man with a mustache stood out from the crowd. His eyes were hanging upside down, and he looked a bit sinister. , which makes Sean very disliked.

However, after hearing his words, the five nobles including Norain immediately got up, and then bowed slightly towards him to show their respect.

Naturally, this respect was not for the special envoy, but for the person standing behind the special envoy.

In times of war, the appearance of the special envoy of the military usually also represents the presence of the commander-in-chief on the battlefield, so no matter how high or low the title is, he must be respected. Of course, part of the reason for this is that the special envoy has relatively large military authority, so unless it is a truly powerful family, it will generally ignore the military special envoy, otherwise no one would dare to ignore the existence of such a powerful villain.

However, Sean is an exception.

He just retracted his gaze past these people, and then fell back on the so-called special envoy of Ryan's military department: "I am."

Xiao En's indifferent reaction naturally dissatisfied the special envoy, but being able to serve as a special envoy, of course, he himself would not be a fool. He may look down on Sean's title of baron, but Sean still has the identity of the commander-in-chief of the Southern Theater on an equal footing with his special status. It is obviously irrational to have a conflict with Sean at this moment in the war in the theater.

"I'm here to pass on the orders from the Commander-in-Chief of the Army." The special envoy snorted coldly, "Now I order you to immediately put all the troops in the Southern Theater into the Northwest Theater, under the jurisdiction of the commander of the Northwest Theater, and end the fighting in the Northwest Theater as soon as possible. ...This is a letter of command and transfer, please apply for a visa."

Put all the current troops in the southern theater into the northwest theater! ?

Xiao En raised his brows suddenly, and he couldn't help but feel a little anger in his heart.

Today, the peace of the Southern Theater is only a nominal statement. Everyone knows that there is still a big hidden danger in the Southern Theater. If this hidden danger is not resolved, the entire Southern Theater will not be able to truly support other theaters. And at this time, it is said that all the troops in the southern theater will be mobilized and put into the northwest theater. This is tantamount to giving Prince Cazes Hochidi a chance to counterattack. Part of the territory, then Sean's efforts during this period will be completely in vain.

If it is said that all the troops in the southern theater are devoted to the northwest theater and it only needs to erase Xiao En's military exploits, then letting Xiao En be incorporated into the jurisdiction of the commander-in-chief of the northwest theater is tantamount to killing Sean.

Because the announcement of this order means that Sean's command authority will be lowered by one level, and all his actions must follow the orders of the commander of the Northwest Theater. So if the southern theater is occupied by a counter-offensive and he dares to lead his troops back to help, then the commander-in-chief of the northwest theater can definitely accuse him of fleeing the battle.

Hearing this order from the military department, not to mention Sean, everyone under Sean's command was angry.

As for the nobles, except for Noraine, the other four looked a bit gloating.

In fact, after the big battle in the southern theater was over, Sean knew that his achievements this time were too great and too brilliant. Those veteran nobles in the Principality of Ryan would definitely not want to see him become big. After all, those guys participated in the war. It was too slow, and many of the benefits in the early stage were actually embezzled and digested by him. So Xiao En originally thought that those guys would at most erase half of his military achievements or weaken his rewards and titles, but he didn't expect such a merciless method, and they still mobilized such a conspiracy through the order of the military department.

Then, everyone present heard Sean laugh.

Angry and laughing back! (To be continued) [This text is provided by Qihang Update Team @yang928536410]