night.
Xia Ya, the southern capital of the Soma Alliance, is in an inconspicuous courtyard room in the city.
Under the bright light, a black-faced old man was sitting behind the desk, squinting at a map spread on the table, which was the distribution map of the border troops of the Sika Kingdom and the Soma Alliance.
Looking at it, the map is densely covered with large and small red and blue dots. The strongholds of both sides are intertwined, and the situation is complicated.
One of the positions was marked with a big black cross. Surrounding the cross, many red and blue dots were gradually getting closer, like a powder keg that had ignited a war.
The black-faced old man looked at it for a long time, then slowly raised his head, as if he heard something, and looked out the door.
There was a "tap-tat-tat" sound of footsteps, and with a "squeaking" sound, the door was pushed open, and a middle-aged man in a green robe and blue eyes walked in.
The middle-aged man first looked at the black-faced old man respectfully, and then said: "Sir Oscar, the situation has been clarified."
"Do you understand?" The black-faced old man moved his eyebrows, "Then what's going on? Tell me."
"Yes." The middle-aged man's expression became serious and he spoke quickly.
"According to the information investigated by the people below, what happened today was indeed the first move by the Kingdom of Sika. They tried to remove a garrison stronghold on our border near Newburgh City, and we discovered it in the process, so a battle broke out. .
At the beginning of the battle, we were at a disadvantage because we were unprepared. An army wizard died in the battle, and the soldiers and magic-equipped knights at the stronghold and surrounding outposts suffered heavy casualties. However, our rear response was not slow and large troops were quickly dispatched for support. The Sika Kingdom also sent follow-up forces, and a medium-sized battle broke out with us near the stronghold.
The battle was fierce, and both sides suffered heavy casualties, which had a chain reaction. Both the Sika Kingdom and us have more troops stimulated and try to launch a large-scale battle, which covers almost half of the defense line. Fortunately, the middle-level officers on both sides did not lose their minds, and the top management also responded in time to limit the scale of the battle, so that more serious consequences did not occur.
In the end, the Sika people did not take advantage. Although they destroyed the three reconnaissance outposts on our border, the garrison stronghold held up, so it had little impact on the defense line. It would not take long for them to return to their previous appearance, or even It can also be strengthened.
During this process, although we killed an army wizard and injured many soldiers and magic knights, the army wizard who attacked was also killed by the two wizards we supported, leaving behind hundreds of soldier corpses. .
On the whole, the people of Xika did not get any benefits and even suffered losses. After all, the battle took place on our territory, so their bodies could only be left behind. In this regard, we will not return it to them easily. We must let them give some blood, and maybe we can get back a group of our captured scouts. Our defense line has withstood the test in this sneak attack. As long as the Sika people are not stupid, they will not carry out the same action again in the short term. "
"Huh, that's all, sir." At the end of the sentence, the middle-aged man let out a breath and looked at the black-faced old man with questioning eyes, "Sir, what do you think of this matter?"
After listening to a long speech, the black-faced old man was not in a hurry to speak, as if he was thinking about the message in the speech. After pacing in the room for more than ten seconds, he looked at the middle-aged man and said slowly: "As far as today's incident is concerned, the people of the Sika Kingdom, like us, are probably not ready for a full-scale war. They are not stupid. They know that our two countries are not ordinary countries. No matter what the purpose of war is, in addition to the mobilization of military power, logistics is more important.
In this aspect, we have an advantage over the Sika Kingdom. On the one hand, our territory is larger than the other's and we have more spare capacity to prepare for war. On the other hand, a large part of the other country's territory is uninhabited desert, which poses additional difficulties in terms of transportation and other aspects.
Of course, some unstable elements in our country are a huge hidden danger for us, but overall, we have an advantage over the Sika Kingdom - time is on our side, and we can afford it better than Sika. "
While listening to the black-faced old man, the middle-aged man nodded, with a look of instruction on his face.
The black-faced old man thought for a moment, looked at the middle-aged man and asked loudly: "By the way, how is your Majesty's side? Your Majesty must have received news from the front line. What is his attitude?"
"Replying to your Majesty, your Majesty's statement is similar to yours. Your Majesty also thinks that we have an advantage over the Sika Kingdom." The middle-aged man replied, "Your Majesty believes that since today's matter has not escalated, it is best to proceed as before. plans proceed.”
"Very good." The black-faced old man nodded slightly in agreement, pondered for a moment, and then said, "But, having said that, today the Sika Kingdom can sneak attack and provoke, it is inevitable that it will not do so in the future, we still have to try our best It would be better to reduce some variables. Inform the people in the south and ask them to speed up the progress as much as possible without affecting the plan."
"Do I need to ask His Majesty for permission?" the middle-aged man asked.
"No, I will tell His Majesty personally." The black-faced old man said.
"Yes." The middle-aged man asked no more questions, bent down, turned around and walked out.
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south.
South of Char.
The Southern Free Federation is located in a remote village surrounded by forests.
The night is like a thick black cloth hanging in the air, blocking people's eyes. It was already very late at night, and the entire village had no light and fell into absolute darkness, motionless and silent in the wind, like a group sculpture.
In the forest outside the village, many straight trees are similar, standing like sculptures.
The whole area was deathly quiet.
I don't know how long it took, but suddenly there was a slight sound of "rustling" coming from the forest surrounding the village.
Dozens of figures walked out of the darkness and approached the village from the forest.
However, they did not walk out of the forest. They stopped near the edge of the forest and pulled out carrot-like cones made of crystal from nowhere.
The surface of the cone is engraved with complicated magic patterns. It is obviously a magic prop. It is held in the hand of the figure and then activated.
Mana surged out of the body and poured into the crystal cone, and a weak light blue fluorescence appeared.
"K...Nash...Ross!"
The figure recited an obscure spell, followed the last byte, bent down, and thrust the crystal cone toward the ground.
"puff!"
The crystal cone seemed to be alive. The moment it touched the ground, its shape changed and it quickly disappeared into the ground.
The figure's body shook. At this moment, they had a mysterious connection with the large area of land beneath their feet, allowing them to sense subtle movements in the vast area below.
To put it simply, they collectively cast spells to seal off the underground space in this area.
After doing this, a figure turned his head and looked deep into the forest, opened his mouth and made a sharp sound.