Carlos City, 143 kilometers south of Torres, the capital of the Panda Empire, is the largest hub city in the south of the emperor's direct jurisdiction.
The 100,000-strong army of the Norman Emperor's conscription was stationed near the city of Carlos and waited for other conscription troops that had not arrived. It was here for half a month.
As for those conscripted troops that have not yet arrived, I am afraid that they will not be able to rush over from other cities directly under the emperor's jurisdiction within a month or two.
The Norman Emperor ordered that the identity and background of every soldier in the conscripts directly under the emperor's jurisdiction, up to the three generations of their ancestors, should be investigated and found out.
As for why to do such a delay, thankless things.
Norman said that this was to give each soldier an account. If they were killed in this war of expedition to the abyss, they would be heroes of the empire, and their names would be engraved on the monument, and each of them would be engraved on the monument. The story is sung to posterity
It was also good because they told their families that they had died fighting for Aghanim, and for the Empire, so that pensions could be paid to their families.
The tolerance and consideration of the Norman emperor immediately won the support of the expedition army and the family members of the army. The title of a benevolent emperor who loved the country and the people and was sympathetic to the people and soldiers was also crowned on Norman's head at this time.
The original army of more than 300,000 people in the direct jurisdiction was also spent there because of their census status and cooperated with the officials' actions, and could not reach Carlos City for a while to gather.
And the emperor's direct troops, of course, could not immediately set off for an expedition south.
As for the emperor's lover, Duchess Freya of Arnotta, although she had also successively recruited 100,000 troops in the interior of the territory, she was also slow and did not intend to go south immediately on the grounds of raising grain and supplies.
Of course, this is also in line with Norman's wishes. After all, half of the food and grass needed by Norman's army needs to be supplied by Freya.
The slower Freya moved, the later he went south.
Dogs and men and women have the same heart, and always have such a tacit understanding.
In the manor of Carlos City, Norman is listening to the report of the famous imperial general Marshal Foxi.
This follower of the late emperor fought against the dukes of the four sides, the most outstanding commander, and the most powerful swordsman in the empire.
The swordsmanship instructor of Aghanim hero Ari, and also the highest-level human being that An Rui has ever seen, the lv75 guy.
"Your Majesty, the Duchess of Arnotay is still in her territory. Although she arranges a transport team to deliver some of the food we need every week, she is still in the Duchess of Arnotay on the grounds of collecting food. For the time being, we haven’t set off to go south to join our army.”
Norman nodded and smiled lightly: "Got it, that shrewd woman must know what I want."
Fuxi Jin said: "Your Majesty, are you putting pressure on Freya to urge her to send troops with the summons from all over the world?"
Norman shook his head and warned, "Don't worry about that woman for now."
"Yes."
Norman continued to ask: "Where are the Queen of the North and the Valkyrie now?"
Fuxi opened the map of the Panda Empire, tapped the baton on it, and said: "After crossing the Peace Mountains, Queen Sissi of the North had a conflict with the vassals under the Duke of Taclan, and the two sides broke out 2 The battle of the days ended with the victory of the Queen of the North.
The main force of the Duke of Taclan did not encounter the Queen of the North, but went south to join the Duke of Weiya and settled in the north of the Aran River.
The Queen of the North also crossed the Alan River the day before yesterday, and is now recruiting new recruits to the expedition south of the Alan River on a large scale. Now the Queen of the North's expedition army has reached a huge 300,000.
At the same time, the Queen of the North is sending troops to collect additional taxes in the southern territories on the grounds of collecting expedition contributions. "
Norman smiled: "That woman can be said to have exerted the power I gave her to the extreme, without caring about the survival of the people of the empire.
However, after all, the anger of the nobles in the south will only be directed at the queen of the north.
By the way, didn't that woman have a conflict with Isabella? "
Foch knew that if Margaret was the true love of the Norman Emperor, then the Valkyrie Isabella was the Emperor's confidante.
The abnormal relationship between the two has been an open secret in the imperial aristocratic circle. If Margaret is the queen, then Isabella is an unnamed princess.
Fuxi reported: "Your Majesty, the Valkyrie's army of 200,000 people will arrive at the Duchy of Dehebas in less than a week."
Immediately afterwards, Fuxi showed a nervous expression: "The news that the Duchy of Dehebas came out 3 days ago has all fallen, and it took less than half a month for the demon king's army called Huaxia to capture Dehebas. The entire Duchy of Bath.
160,000 Imperial troops were destroyed and 130,000 captured.
The red flag representing the Demon King's Army has been fluttering in the sky above Enri Fort and Momo City.
They have powerful weapons different from magic. They crossed the strongest defense line in the south, Alan's Shield, and extended the demon king's tentacles into the empire.
This time, the Demon King's army is very difficult to deal with. "
Norman frowned. He didn't expect the Demon King's army to advance so fast. In less than half a month, the entire Duchy of Dehebas fell
"Have those Chinese envoys been killed?"
Fuxi shook his head: "There is no news of Michelle. It is estimated that... he has already been sacrificed to the sky by the Demon King's army."
Michelle's news is gone, let alone those messengers.
Norman rubbed his temples, smacked his mouth and said: "Isabella immediately stop and station on the spot, or step back and wait for us to act together."
"Yes!"
The strength of the Demon King's army seems to have exceeded Norman's expectations. In his opinion, the Duke of Dehebas can resist for at least a month at least.
However, such a powerful Demon King's army is Norman's expert at killing people with a knife. Isabella can be said to be his own, and Norman will naturally not let her rush up for himself in such a stupid way.
As for the others, of course, they have to be ordered and urged.
"Where is my lovely nephew now?"
Norman's so-called nephew is naturally the eldest son of Nord, the eldest son of King Florence, who looks very mediocre.
"Your Majesty, he has already joined forces with Duke Capet's army, and should be stationed 300 kilometers northeast of the Duchy of Dehebas at the moment, and he did not advance rashly."
Norman looked at the huge map and continued to ask, "How many people?"
Fauci said truthfully: "Florence has 350,000 troops, Capet has 200,000 troops, a total of more than 500,000 troops."
Norman went on to ask, "How is their food supply?"
Fuxi said: "This time King Florence and Duke Capet joined forces. They decided to advance and retreat together. The food and grass for the two armies are provided by the two companies, and they are very abundant at present."
Is abundance the reason they stay put
Norman snorted coldly: "On the grounds that the expedition force is in urgent need of food and grass, a food and grass collection order has been issued to the Duke of Capet and the Duke of Florence.
The leader urged the combined forces of Florence and Capet to march on the Duchy of Dehebas. "
Fuxi pondered: "Your Majesty, it may not be appropriate to advance rashly, and if we collect food and grass, it may cause the supply of food and grass to the two armies to keep up. The other two armies are headed by Duke Capet, and he may not accept this order. "
After all, the veteran Fuxi is loyal to the entire Panda Empire, and in addition to fighting against the Demon King's army, in Fuxi's eyes, every imperial soldier is a precious life and a living force against the Demon King's army.
As the Imperial Marshal, he is responsible to every Imperial soldier.
However, Norman said: "The sooner their food and grass are delivered, the faster we will prepare, and the faster they will get reinforcements.
In addition, Dehebas has already fallen, and the coalition of Florence and Capet must enter Dehebas as a booster to cheer up the rest of the empire and boost morale. "
Fuxi pondered for a moment, and what Norman said did not seem unreasonable, but the coalition of Florence and Capet was bound to face great difficulties.
"Yes, I'll do it right now."
Not a minute after Fuxi left, a few shadows quietly appeared in front of Norman, half kneeling on the ground, and respectfully said: "Your Majesty."
Norman looked coldly at the guys kneeling in front of him, opened his mouth, and said casually: "Go to the coalition camp of Florence and Cape immediately, create an accident, and burn their food and grass.
In addition, try to do something with Duke Cape's food, so that he can't lead the army for the time being. "
"Yes!"