A dark night passed, and An Fei, who had not slept for two days and two nights in torment, finally came to an end. After those few messages, no other news came. After thinking about it, this was normal. He could receive orders from Julande and Pope William. The reason for the alarm is that these are meant to be widely announced and do not need to be kept secret. How various countries responded later is a military secret. As a commercial city, Violet City is not qualified to obtain intelligence.
In the early morning, Anfei sent someone to find Erte, and they were going to go to the Guards camp outside the city to find General Winkler. On the one hand, Winkler was Mioric's man, and secondly, the two sides had always gotten along well. Te and Winkler have become friends, and with Chris as a prince, I guess Winkler won't hide anything.
A group of five people, with a dozen personal guards, hurried out of the Violet City and rushed to the Guards camp. Utter rushed up to chat with the guards standing guard for a few words, and then retreated angrily. It turned out that Blakeney After General Augustus of Asia took office, he had summoned all the generals there, and there is still no news about Winkler.
There was no other way, so the group set off towards the city of Blacknia again. With Utter there, they were not blocked from entering the city. He often traveled between the two cities, and most of the soldiers guarding the city knew him. However, in front of the general's palace, But he was blocked out by a few soldiers wearing bright red battle suits. After Utter talked for a long time, the soldiers just refused to let Utter in.
Seeing this, An Fei had no choice but to hang the Earl's Medal of 'Braised Lion's Head' on his chest and walked slowly towards the gate of the General's Mansion. Several soldiers saw the obvious sign and hesitated for a moment, but finally had to bite the bullet and block it. An Fei's way out.
Earls are not the kind of common little nobles who can be compared. All Earls are members of the nobility of the House of Lords, in popular terms. The earl is the natural leader of all barons and viscounts. No matter which empire he is in, the earl has a decisive influence.
The count's medals are all the same. Those soldiers didn't know that An Fei was trying to scare people by pulling the skin of a tiger. In fact, he was just an honorary count.
"I want to see Augustus, get out of the way!" An Fei yelled. Wearing the earl medal was already very scary, but he also called Augustus by his name, which made him even more inscrutable.
"I'm sorry, sir." The soldier was obviously frightened and said in an almost pleading tone: "General Augustus is in a meeting. He has already issued an order. No one will be seen during this period. You should wait a moment. For a bar?"
An Fei frowned, and just when he was about to say something, Erte suddenly shouted with a smile: "Winkler, here! Here!"
A middle-aged general who was hurriedly walking through the courtyard was stunned when he heard this, and then turned to greet him: "Etter. Why are you here?"
"Winkler, let me introduce to you, this is His Highness Chris, and this is Count Anfei." Utter said as he stepped aside. In fact, he already knows Chris's identity. He has been deliberately pretending to be stupid and avoiding this question these days because he has scruples. He has been loyal to An Fei. If he shows too much enthusiasm for Chris, he is worried that it will arouse An Fei's suspicion, so he might as well pretend not to know anything.
Chris stepped forward and nodded to Winkler with a smile, and Winkler was surprised. He hurriedly knelt down on one knee and said, "Your Highness!"
"Get up, these are extraordinary times, no need to be polite." Chris said softly.
"Thank you, Your Highness." Winkler stood up and saw that the soldiers were still blocking the door. He couldn't help but shouted angrily: "You bastard, please get out of the way!"
Several soldiers heard that the count was nothing. There was actually a prince who was so frightened that he broke into cold sweat and hurriedly stepped aside to make way.
"Your Highness, do you want to see General Augustus? Please come with me." Winkler said respectfully.
An Fei walked forward, with Chris, Susanna and others following him. After walking a few steps, An Fei noticed a flash of strange color in Winkler's eyes. He suddenly reacted and turned around. He gave up the middle position, approached Winkler, and said with a smile: "General Winkler, do you have any latest news?"
In the mercenary group, An Fei is the absolute leader. They are used to it, but for others, it causes some problems.
"It's not convenient for me to say this." Winkler replied with a smile: "General Augustus will tell you later."
Chris was stunned for a moment, then realized. Slowly walking to the middle position, An Fei didn't ask anything. Shrugging, he took a step back, just beside Chris, and Susanna was on the left and right.
Approaching the conference hall, you can clearly hear the fierce quarrel coming from inside. Winkler opened the door, and Chris and others filed in. Augustus, who was sitting in the main seat, saw that there were uninvited guests. , couldn't help but get angry, but he immediately recognized Chris, An Fei and Susan that day
During the wedding, Augustus also attended and also gave a valuable gift. It can be said that the family was very familiar with it.
"Your Highness, why are you here?" The anger on Augustus's face turned into a smile, and he hurriedly came up to him: "Count Anfei, I am so happy to see you...Ms. Susanna, you are becoming more and more charming. It can be seen that you two must be very happy! It’s so enviable... Mr. Bravi, you don’t look very good. You must be exhausted from the journey... This is..."
Compared to Winkler, a pure general, Augustus, who was born as deputy military secretary, was very thoughtful in etiquette. He even remembered Bravi's name and added the honorific title of 'Sir'. In the end, he didn't Missed Erte. The generals on both sides also stood up neatly, wearing their military uniforms. They don't have to kneel down in public places, but they must at least make a certain gesture, and they can't act like nothing happened.
"This is Utter, the acting city lord of Violet City."
"Please sit down, please sit down, Your Highness, I thought you were all on the road. It's really unbelievable that you even managed to hide it from your own people. Your Highness, if you lead troops to fight, you must be a general who uses troops like a god!" Ha ha…"
Chris's face turned slightly red at Augustus' half-truth and half-false words, and he hurriedly waved his hands and said: "This is your seat, I can just sit here."
"How is that possible?" Augustus said with a serious face: "There are clear regulations in the army. When His Royal Highness the Second Prince served as the supervisor of the army, he also sat like this."
Chris couldn't resist, so he slowly sat down on the main seat. His expression started to look a little flustered, but after a moment, he calmed down again and glanced around lightly.
"Come here, prepare some chairs for Count Anfei, Lady Susanna, Mr. Bravi and the Lord of Utter, hurry up!" Augustus shouted.
An Fei and Susanna have always been unfazed by honor and disgrace, but Bravi seems a little excited. In his memory, he has never been taken so seriously by anyone, not to mention that the person who takes him seriously is a high and mighty man!
Soon, the chairs were prepared. An Fei and others sat on the left side of Chris. When everyone was seated, Augustus slowly sat down: "Your Highness, look..." Augustus said with his eyes. Looking to both sides, the generals were not qualified to interrupt and were still standing there.
"Everyone, please sit down too." Chris said with a smile.
Despite the orders and prohibitions, the generals showed a high degree of military literacy. As soon as Chris's words came out, they sat down on the chairs in uniform movements.
"General Augustus, is there any latest news?" An anxious An Fei got straight to the point.
"Yes! And... there is too much news." Augustus thought for a while, with a wry smile on his lips: "Let's put it this way, the entire continent has fallen into extreme chaos! Even during the first Undead War, the Necromancer had already Even if tens of millions of undead creatures gather together, they will not be able to cause this kind of chaos."
"Is it more serious than then?" An Fei was stunned.
"At that time, the targets of the necromancers were limited. Although they were very powerful, they could only threaten dozens of towns at the same time. In the past two days, hundreds of towns have been attacked, including There are some cities that are full of undead creatures. We can’t keep statistics on which places are safe and which places will be attacked.” Augustus sighed: “I dare to assert that these necromancers who only know how to study magic have handed over They have lost all command authority, this kind of strategy and tactics is not something they can come up with!"
"We don't have any corresponding countermeasures now?"
"There are countermeasures." Augustus pondered for a moment: "All civilians near the war zone will retreat to nearby cities, burn all the bones, bring all the food, and minimize the target of the necromancer's attack. By using one city as the center to fight against undead creatures, we will also have a direction for support in the future. Fortunately, this year is a bumper harvest year, and winter has just entered, so there is no need to worry about food issues."
"Isn't this a bit...too passive?"
"There is no way, we were caught off guard, and the undead creatures are no longer afraid of the sun. Their attacks are simply endless. We must try to take a breath first." Augustus said softly: "Besides With the war potential, there are countless experienced generals and countless loyal and brave soldiers on the continent. What the necromancers have is just a group of walking corpses. Over time, it will not be difficult for us to find their weaknesses."
"General Augustus, what were you arguing about just now?" Chris suddenly asked.
As soon as these words came out, all the generals looked a little stiff, and Augustus also showed an embarrassed smile.