A minister wearing a dark gray military uniform quickly walked into the palace.
He ignored Oscar, but walked straight up to the emperor and reported with a serious expression: "Your Majesty, the latest military report from the front line is that the people of the Sika Kingdom have broken through from the Bloodstone Mountain in the northern section of the border defense line and have invaded our country. within the territory.”
"Bloodstone Mountain?" The emperor raised his eyebrows and asked, "Isn't the terrain there very dangerous? It's basically impossible for a large force to attack, and there are a lot of heavy ordnance. Wizards don't dare to take risks. Plus there are elite troops stationed there. Why? Was it suddenly broken through?"
"According to the military newspaper and the reports of the fleeing soldiers, the enemy suddenly appeared from behind and attacked. I guess that the people of the Sika Kingdom dug tunnels and used them to carry out sneak attacks and subsequent troop transportation. .”
"Did you dig a tunnel?" The emperor narrowed his eyes, "In Bloodstone Mountain, digging a tunnel is not a simple matter, and it is definitely not something that can be successfully excavated in a short time.
If the other party really dug a tunnel to invade, it can only be said that the other party has been preparing for a long time and had a plan a long time ago. It seems that the other party is not willing to accept the state of our two countries on the border. "
After a pause, the emperor looked at the ministers in military uniforms and asked: "Where are the forwards of the Sika Kingdom now?"
The minister in military uniform took out a miniature map from his sleeve, opened it and pointed it to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the most prominent cavalry team of the Sika Kingdom has captured the city of Qatar and is burning, killing and looting. They released The death row prisoners in the city serve as guides and are expanding in three directions: north, east and west, trying to create greater chaos. We have sent troops to stop it, but it is expected that tens of thousands of people will be killed before we arrive."
"Qatar City? Tens of thousands of people?" The emperor pondered for a few seconds and asked, "I remember there is a large alliance granary there. I just sent Earl Norton to inspect it not long ago. Is there any news?"
The minister in military uniform hesitated for a moment and replied: "The Sika people looted the granary, took away everything they could, and burned everything that was left. As for Earl Norton... they took the earl's head, Hanging on the top of the city..."
When Oscar heard these words, his face changed slightly, and he was a little shocked. As far as he knew, although the battles between countries were cruel, they rarely chose to execute nobles, and they used such brutal methods.
On the one hand, capturing nobles can be exchanged for a large amount of ransom. On the other hand, nobles represent the face of the country. Once they are executed, they will definitely become enemies. Unless the two countries are prepared to fight to the death, there will be no benefit. After all, you can execute my nobles today, and I can execute your nobles tomorrow.
Oscar turned his head slightly, observed the emperor's expression, and found that the emperor did not have much emotional fluctuations, as if he had accepted this.
The emperor spoke up and murmured: "Beheading Earl Norton? It's really ruthless. It seems that the other party is not trying to make a small fuss this time, but is preparing for a national war. So. , they know that they cannot defend our counterattack, and the food in the granary in Qatar City cannot be moved away, so they would rather burn it than leave it to us, in order to use all means to weaken us. This is a national war, a national war!"
"Your Majesty, then we..." Oscar asked in a low voice.
"What we did is very simple. Don't the Sika people want war? Let's give it to them. We have been preparing for a long time. If they don't take action, we will take action sooner or later. But we didn't expect it to be so soon." The emperor spoke majestically. , said word for word, "The Soma Alliance built a country through war, and has never been afraid of war. The people of the Soma Alliance will not spare blood and will not fight until the end! If they want to fight, then they will fight!"
"Yes." Oscar and the minister in military uniform lowered their heads.
"That's right." At the end of the sentence, the emperor thought of something else, turned to look at Oscar and said, "It's also time to invite your young friend to appear. This war... cannot be without him... He is part of our plan. Very important location…”
"Understood." Oscar nodded and quickly walked out of the palace.
…
At midnight.
Xia Ya, the luxurious courtyard where Richard temporarily lives, the study room on the second floor.
According to normal circumstances, at this time, most people have already fallen asleep, but Richard has not. He is still studying some information in the study.
Four days have passed since he met the Alliance Emperor. During this period, he has been studying the information from Bibi's mouth and the information obtained from Oscar, and has achieved some results.
The first result is that Baltavin's cracking progress has been improved. On the other hand, he has found a very special way to release wind spells from the scrolls in the royal library.
If this release method can be completely cracked, it will greatly speed up his research on the extraordinary factors of wind energy.
You know, since the research on blood energy extraordinary factors has reached a state of stagnation, apart from the breakthrough of the energy furnace, this is a rare major progress.
He now has a vague idea. If the research on wind energy extraordinary factors goes well, he may be able to create something interesting by combining the energy furnace with the research on blood energy extraordinary factors.
Of course, the idea is only preliminary after all, and we still have to wait and see how far it will develop.
"Wow..." Richard sat on the desk and turned over the pages of the book. While reading the content, he was thinking about the next steps.
Maybe design a few experiments, maybe...
While he was thinking about it, a "rustling" sound came from inside a wooden box placed on the desk, which disrupted his thoughts.
Frowning slightly, Richard opened the box and saw Bibi facing up. There were sawdust in the corners of her mouth, the result of chewing on the wooden box.
"What are you doing?" Richard asked aloud and reprimanded a little angrily, "Didn't I promise not to cause trouble, so I took off the cloth that was in your mouth. If you don't obey, I will put it back again. "
"No, no, no, no," Bibi said quickly, "I'm just a little bored. I want to ask you, has the information I provided you been verified? If verified, will it prove that I really betrayed the truth? Now that you know it, can you let me go out to play?"
"What's the rush? There's no news yet, which at least means there shouldn't be any major problems with the information. But we have to wait for the specific situation."
"How long do we have to wait?"
"I don't know that."
"I'm suffocated."
"what you up to?"
"Can you give me something to eat?" Bibi asked aggrievedly, "I can't do anything else except eating now. After all, I only have one head."