Duchy of Capet, Fortress of Mantoun.
This is a huge fortress built in the Duchy of Capet, on the north bank of the Aran River.
The Iris River flows through Dehebas on the western frontier of the Duchy of Dehebas, where it joins the Aran River.
This fortress is the key to holding Dehebas down along the Iris River, and it is the only way for Dehebas to go north.
The Norman emperor's army was stationed in this huge fortress, and the "unfortunate" death of the Duke of Capet also caused the entire Capet duchy to fall into the battle for the title of the heirs.
Even in this situation, the descendants of Duke Capet have already prepared their armies to fight for the title of Duke Capet.
Fortunately, with the appearance of the Norman Emperor, the heirs of the dukes had to put down their hilts and discuss it another day.
The news of Fuxi's death in the battle made Norman in the Mantuen fortress sad for several days. The 320,000 army was destroyed in a few days south of the Alan River, and the famous imperial general Fuxi died. The strength of the Demon King's army has completely surpassed. Exactly what Norman expected.
Norman even regretted a little, whether it was right to use the hands of the Demon King's army to cut the clan.
Fortunately, the Demon King's army did not show too strong aggression. After advancing eastward and eliminating the combined forces of Florence and Cape, they immediately shrank their defenses and retreated into the Duchy of Dehebas.
After the combined forces of Taclan and Weiya were quickly defeated, the Demon King's army did not launch any further offensive north of the Aran River.
Even after receiving the news of the annihilation of the 330,000-strong army of the Queen of the Northern Territory, the Demon King's army seemed to focus on defensive warfare after the war.
After defeating and capturing a large number of Imperial soldiers, they immediately retreated.
For a while, Norman couldn't figure out what the Demon King's army was thinking. This was a world of difference from the extremely aggressive Demon King's army recorded in the history books.
It seems that the Demon King's army in front of him has no interest at all in taking down the Empire.
The Duchess of Arnotet, Freya, came from the north with a large army, and at this time, she was already stationed in the capital of Cape Duchy, Brie Island City.
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Like Norman, in the face of the news that the expeditions of the major lords had been wiped out, Freya did not dare to easily lead the army south. Instead, after arranging the defense line north of the Aran River, she rushed to the Fort Mantuen without stopping. Reunite with the Norman Emperor.
Freya is not a female general, she walked up to Norman in a beautiful long dress and said, "Your Majesty, the Demon King's army doesn't seem to have any plans to go north."
Although he cut his ambitions and wanted to pierce the entire abyss, Norman found that the power in his hands could not pierce at all, and even the Duchy of Dehebas couldn't get it back.
Norman nodded with a gloomy face: "Well, I don't know what their intentions are."
The coalition of Norman and Freya sent a small group of vanguard troops across the Aran River to infiltrate the south.
But once he crossed the Aran River and showed a hint of hostility to the Demon King's army, he would immediately be wiped out by the Demon King's army.
Freya said, "If the Demon King's army just stops at the Duchy of Dehebas, then we and them have room to maneuver.
I remember that it was An Rui's territory, and the initial batch of diplomatic envoys also called them Chinese, so they should be An Rui's hometown. "
Freya's meaning couldn't be more obvious. Since the Chinese people have no intention of going north, they can obviously find An Rui to mediate and end this bad war.
Although Norman thought about such an idea, Norman was not sure whether the Chinese would accept it.
After all, the assassination of the envoys sent by the Huaxia people was instructed by Norman, in order to use the hands of the Huaxia people to weaken the power of the major lords in the empire.
The power of the major lords has indeed weakened a lot, but Huaxia, the big hand reaching into the empire, is simply not something Norman can lift.
Even if he asked An Rui to mediate, Norman would not be able to contact An Rui at all.
Ever since An Rui went to the Emerald Forest in the south to ask the elves to join forces to send troops, there has been no news from An Rui.
God knows that An Rui was killed in the battle with the Chinese in the land of the abyss
Or did he rely on the Chinese people in his hometown
And Norman cut his will, trying to cut through the abyss and rescue Margaret's Yingwei image finally erected.
If you propose negotiations to the Chinese people now, will you be worthy of your bald head and the nobles and commoners who support you
What's more, not only was Margaret captured, but even Isabella was captured by the Chinese, who simply swept him away.
Norman suddenly felt that it was difficult to ride a tiger, neither was negotiating with Chinese people, nor was fighting Chinese people.
At this time, a guard hurried in: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"
Seeing the panicked appearance of the guards, Norman and Freya were nervous, and they all wondered if the Chinese were starting to go north.
However, the guard was panting and said, "The 'Void Walker' is back."
Norman and Freya were taken aback: "Jacobin?"
Jacobin, the titled magician of the space department, was specially arranged by Norman to protect Margaret from her expedition to the abyss.
The last time the Chinese messenger appeared, it was told that Margaret and Jacobin were both captured by Huaxia.
And what does Jacobin's presence here represent now, the two politically sensitive guys immediately smelled a glimmer of hope.
Huaxia released Jacobin, most likely extending an olive branch to the empire and signaling a negotiation.
Norman stood up from his seat with a hoot, took a few small steps to meet him, and said, "Quick! Where is Your Excellency Jacobin? Where is it?"
Without waiting for Jacobin to come to see him, Norman took Freya and greeted Jacobin in the next step.
"Your Mightiness!"
"His Majesty!"
When the two met, Norman gave Jacobin a hard hug.
As his confidant, Jacobin deserves such a hug.
Jacobin gently pushed Norman away, knelt on one knee on the ground, his face full of tears, and apologized repeatedly: "Sorry, the old minister is still too weak, unable to keep His Highness Margaret, causing Margaret His Highness and old ministers have fallen into the hands of the Chinese people."
Norman shook his head: "I can't blame you, I can't blame you, the Huaxia people are too powerful."
The powerful Norman of the Huaxia people has already deeply realized it at this time. Millions of troops have been destroyed in just two months, and this battle cannot be fought at all.
He gently helped Jacobin up, and asked with concern: "Margaret, is she okay?"
Jacobin nodded: "His Royal Highness is fine, but now he is under house arrest in Fort Anri.
Not only His Royal Highness, Duke Isabella, Queen Sissi, and His Royal Highness Ollie were also under house arrest in Anri Fort, and the Chinese specially set up something called a 'study class' for them. "
After hearing that Margaret was all right, Norman breathed a sigh of relief, but he didn't expect that the great nobles captured by the Chinese would be locked up in Anri Fort.
"It's okay, it's okay."
Immediately afterwards, Jacobin continued: "Duke Dehebas, Aghanim brave An Rui is now cooperating with the Chinese."
Jacobin pondered for a moment, then nodded: "Understandable, after all, it is his hometown."
Seeing that Norman was not annoyed by this, Jacobin breathed a sigh of relief. Now An Rui, as the lord of the empire, was a key figure in the communication between the empire and China.
And from what Jacobins have seen and heard, it seems that China attaches great importance to An Rui.
If Norman was hostile to An Rui, it would be quite troublesome.
The strength of the Chinese people is obvious to all. Jacobin simply explained his experience with Margaret and what he had seen and heard in Huaxia to Norman, and said: "Your Majesty, Huaxia is not something that the empire can fight alone, I am afraid that this has to unite the forces on the entire Aghanim Continent.
And Huaxia let me come back this time, just to let me bring back a message that Huaxia is willing to negotiate peace with us conditionally. "
Norman and Freya looked at each other, and sure enough, Jacobin came here with the olive branch of China.