In Oak Province, an army lined up with long snakes is advancing among the continuous mountains and forests.
They are well-equipped, with sturdy alien-blooded warhorses, finely crafted armor and ordnance, and the carriages loaded with supplies make a crunching sound when they walk.
This army has more golden mane banners in addition to the Scarlet Rose banner, which symbolizes the royal family. The flag is attached to the long barrel of the gun, with a three-bladed spear tip on the head, followed by a golden mane tassel, and then a bear-headed flag painted with a golden mane.
They are a powerful legion directly under the commander 'Bazel', this general 'Bazel' is also one of the 'Three Victorious Generals' rising in the Empire's Western Expedition, whose reputation is second only to the former 'Dalsi' ', known as the 'Fearless Wrath Bear'.
The other two of the 'Three Victory Generals' are the 'Pure Iron General Star' Darcy, and the "Blood Frontier General" Sifrey.
The three have their own characteristics. Darcy's iron-like will, discipline, and strength make it almost impossible to find any shortcomings. Bazel is extremely ferocious when he leads the attack. Although it will bring many casualties, it is always Able to achieve strategic goals, never missed.
Silvery is known for his wit and bravery, trying to reduce wear and tear without ambush, but sometimes makes people feel less aggressive, so he only ranks third.
The legions led by these three generals are the most solid and reassuring fulcrums on the battlefield, and they are also the key to supporting morale at the end of the expedition.
However, as Darcy, the leader of the three victorious generals, was defeated and captured, the morale of the army gradually began to collapse, and then the situation took a turn for the worse, and the empire was forced to surrender and sign a peace agreement. .
After everything was over, Darcy was released by Crancia though in exchange for Imperial captured officers and warriors. However, within the empire, he was questioned by nobles from all over the world, and the emperor who originally supported him has passed away, so he had to withdraw from the army and his whereabouts are unknown.
Today, the most prestigious generals in the empire are only Bazel and Sifrey. If you count down, I am afraid that they are the veteran generals before the Western Expedition, but most of these people are old Aristocrats of various factions are not favored by the new emperor and the regent.
In the advancing army, an incomparably strong general rode on a jet-black warhorse, with a body like a bear, with a kind of angerless and majestic momentum, he was dressed in heavy gold and bronze armor, behind a bright yellow cloak, painted with Side coat of arms of the bear's head.
Looking at the knights and soldiers of this army, their cloaks and smocks are also of this bright yellow color and pattern, and the style is very uniform.
The guns on their shoulders also have thicker barrels than ordinary firearms. The barrels are plated with gold and copper-like colors, giving people a rough and powerful style. The guns placed on the carriage are also much larger in caliber. Can fire more powerful shells.
This legion is called the 'Golden Mane Bear' and is one of the top legions in the empire. All kinds of armaments in its hands are the latest fine creations made by the Imperial Alchemy Workshop, and its power is far superior to that of ordinary elite legions.
They have now been dispatched by His Majesty the Regent to go to the south to suppress the rebellion, and the departure of this army has also made many people in the empire silent again and stop talking about things in the south.
"Master General, the camp in front has been set up, and we will repair it there today." On the field, a knight wearing full-coverage armor came to report.
Bazel looked at the spires and tall city walls revealed in the distant mountains and forests, and nodded. At this time, he saw that the soldier seemed to be hesitant, so he asked in a low voice.
"Anything else?"
"Uh, yes!" Hearing the general's words, the knight realized that he had made the mistake of hesitating and hesitating, and immediately answered loudly.
"Shortly after we set up camp, several witches came to the door and said they would help us."
"Witch, how come there are still these people?" Bazel sat on a heavy giant horse about five meters high and overlooked the knight, with disdain and disgust in his eyes.
Most witches originated from the Quicksilver Dynasty in the first era. Because of the power of witches at that time, there were many worshipers and followers of women in the dynasty. These people were called 'witches' to distinguish them from ordinary 'witches'. Come.
Most of them are good at refining medicine, spells, and understanding secret knowledge, but with the disintegration of the Mercury Dynasty and the rise of the magic sequence, the status of these people was gradually replaced by mages, and later, many witches became mages, that is, masters. Repair the magic sequence, no longer fiddle with the necromantic sequence.
Today, except in the cold forests of the northern border of the empire, it is difficult to see groups that call themselves witches, and their images have become mysterious.
In Bazel's eyes, witches are the kind of liars who cheat and play with people's hearts. These people make prophecies, saying that they can see the fate and the future, and make profits.
Bazel, who came from a commoner, suffered a lot from this group of people when he was a child. His mother wasted a lot of money in the family because of her credulous belief in a witch who tested fortunes on the street.
This made his father often quarrel with his mother when he was a child, which made Bazel even less fond of women, especially witches.
Seeing the anger in the general's eyes, the knight had to defend himself.
"In fact, I don't welcome such strangers into the army, but they said that they have a letter of recommendation from the Duke of Raven in the North, the Trey family."
The influence of the four dukes in the aristocratic circle is huge, and few people can not buy it. Hearing this, Bazel no longer holds the knight accountable.
"Let's hang them up for a few days, saying that I'm busy with military affairs now, and I don't have time to see them."
"Yes, my lord." Then, the knight with a gun rode his horse again and went to the front to make arrangements.
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The southern border, the city of cherry blossoms.
Today, the 'Fairy Wood' organization rarely holds a conference, which brings together 6 high-level members, 37 middle-level members, and 436 junior-level members.
Among them, the top 6 are 'Nameless', Gu Huasi, Geweier, Xialan Rot, Jia Lan, and Lubin.
Among them, Charanlot and Gavier represent the original aristocratic forces in the southern border, Guhuasi represents some civilian armed forces, Jialan is supported by scholars and farmers, Lubin is the liaison between the revolutionary army and businessmen, and 'Nameless' It is the spiritual symbol of the organization.
In a newly built hall, people gathered around round tables on one floor to listen and discuss together.
"The next direction for the organization will be discussed below," the moderator announced.
"It is recommended to speed up the progress and capture the southern capital first, save your heart." A knight in gold and red armor stood and spoke. He was a red dragon knight belonging to the Baska family.
"If we can win that city, it will greatly boost morale, and at the same time allow those swaying intermediate organizations to guide us." Another person with round-rimmed glasses also stood up, he was a businessman, Naturally familiar with the thinking of those organizations.
"The three 'Three Eyes' who focus on intelligence and assassination may continue to hide in the ground, but the 'Seven Rings' representing the union of businessmen will not be so calm. They must have the ruler's permission to survive, otherwise the business will be destroyed. It became a joke, and it became an underground dark organization like the 'Three Eyes'."
"What about the 'agate stone', it is said that a few of them have been involved in the chaos in the southern border recently." Another scholar in white and blue robes stood up. He used to live in a small town, and he was under the 'agate stone'. Several organizations have only heard about it, but are also very interested.
"The composition of 'Agate' is the most complicated. You can't even think of them as a whole. It's only because in the past that those people discussed them together for the convenience of memory and legend." A member who lowered his brim replied.
"'Red Jade' is a group of blood mages and swordsmen who worship the secret techniques of the Red Empire, 'Green Jade' is a group of scholars and horticulturalists who study the knowledge of elves and are keen on plants, and 'Transparent Stone' is a group of scholars and horticulturalists after the fall of Oz. , Some hidden folk magic sequences are secretly inherited, but they are far from the schools of the two major Mage Kingdoms today, 'Bone Gold' is a group of strange guys who learn orc shaman and wild magic."
"Among them, there are many descendants of nobles in 'Red Jade' and 'Green Jade'. Originally, they were also organizations on the bright side in the southern realm. Many nobles even joined them to learn some extraordinary knowledge and practice sequences, but now the southern realm is chaotic. It's only half hidden."
"As for 'Transparent Stone' and 'Bone Gold', they were secret organizations from the very beginning. The transcendental schools were not known to outsiders, but there were only sporadical rumors about them. In addition, an investigation in the organization some time ago showed that the 'wolf bone alchemist' Fang' is a small branch of 'Bone Gold'."
"Ah, is that the alchemy workshop that provided potions to the steward and confused the previous Viscount Winlani?"
"Yes, in order to avoid the investigation of the empire, they invented a lot of hidden things to gain wealth, shelter, and even power."
After hearing this information, the people in the conference room who had never known it before were very surprised, and started to discuss with the people around them, and the room became a little noisy for a while.
Although the 'Fairy Wood' is now a large organization, most of its members were not originally high-ranking people, and naturally they didn't know these secrets, but this time it opened their eyes.
Knowing that everyone was very curious, the meeting paused for a few minutes. After seeing everyone's curiosity a little satisfied, the host knocked on the hammer beside the table to make the meeting room quiet for a while.
"Okay, let's discuss whether to directly attack Chixinsa."
"First of all, let's talk about the intelligence of Chixin Province."
"This is the province with the largest branch on the south side of the Dragon's Back Mountains. The mountains in it have a huge slope of dozens of miles on the ground. As the original main city of the Baska family, Falfna, is just around the corner. One of the highest peaks is built on top of the mountain.”
"It stands to reason that since Lord Sharanrot is also one of our members now, it should be easy to occupy this city and province, but now a large number of legions of the Southern Empire are gathered here, and those who originally supported the Baska family The forces have also been swept away and cleared many times, and now the Imperial Legion has even arranged a lot to move many residents of the city to other towns to arrange for the Legion to be stationed in it."
"Because it is built on a mountain, the terrain is particularly steep, and there are even many monitoring towers with inextinguishable lights. The fire towers built on these peaks are now equipped with giant crossbows and artillery, which will cause a lot of blows to the army below. If we attack rashly, I am afraid it will cause great sacrifices, and then I will no longer be able to deal with the encirclement and suppression of the empire." The scholar said his opinion.
"But if we don't take Chixinsa at this time, and later, when the reinforcements from the middle of the empire come, our life will become more difficult, and the people will gradually lose confidence. The Empire's 'Golden Mane Bear' Legion , has already set off, and now it is imminent, and it cannot be delayed any longer."
After this paragraph was finished, the hall fell into an anxious discussion. Some people were in favor of taking advantage of this opportunity to attack to quickly expand the victory, but others were against it. Now the strength is not enough, and many provinces have just won, which is not stable. , rashly attacking, I am afraid that someone will attack the back side.
Watching these members have heated discussions, the most senior people in the meeting did not speak easily. They often did not express their ideas at the beginning, which would greatly divert the direction of the meeting and make it difficult for different opinions to speak. .
Unless the moment comes when a certain decision must be made.
Roland Hill is also looking at the map in the middle and thinking. According to the information, the 'Golden Mane Bear' army is exceptionally good. Among them, a lot of elite forces from the central provinces have been drawn together, and the momentum is huge. It is estimated that they will gather in the south at that time. There are more than 400,000 troops, and this is also the largest military gathering of the empire since the westward expedition.
Originally, it took a period of time to cultivate and digest it, but the enemy would not give this time, because they also understood the key.
Now I have to make a choice, whether to attack Chixinsa or conservatively and passively deploy to meet the war with sufficient strength. The girl's fingers stroked her hair unconsciously, her eyes fixed on the dark yellow map.
Maybe we don't have a choice.
Looking at the distribution on the map and the worst possible situation, Roland Hill assumed this.
If, when the reinforcements of the empire arrive, the legion stationed in the southern border attacks from another direction, how can this side defend against it? The strength was not enough, and the troops were divided.
Chixin Province must be taken so that a barrier can be established on the east side of the territory to resist possible attacks, so that it can fully respond to the powerful army coming from the north.
But this time, I'm afraid I can't go to help out, because I have to be stationed in the headquarters and the front line to defend the northern army from going south at any time, and the important task of attacking the east side will have to send another person to coordinate.
Thinking about this, she raised her head, her eyes slowly swept across the audience, and finally stopped on a girl who was about the same age as her.
"I agree with the plan of attacking Chixin Province this time. Lord Guhuasi and Lord Xia Lanluot will serve as the main generals, and the rest will be assisted by multiple commanders and extraordinary people..."
Hearing this opening, Lubin first agreed, and 'Nameless' nodded, and Gewell and Guwas also agreed one after another. In this way, the discussion in the hall ended, and the whole team began to negotiate the next one. The question is how many troops should be sent, what kind of supplies should be prepared, and who will accompany, command, assist and so on.
At the end of this topic, 'Nameless' is a rare opening, adding a name that is somewhat unfamiliar to everyone.
"I suggest that the girl with the moon, 'Luna', be an important coordinator of this operation."
Under the name of the adult, a young girl sitting at the back of the conference hall was quickly brought to the attention of everyone.
The girl, who was wearing a long purple and white dress and a wizard hat with a snow-white purple pendant, also took off her hat and stood up, revealing her creamy golden hair.
"I'm very happy to be able to help everyone." Immediately afterwards, the girl's body showed a magical aura like a light smoke, which made people feel shocked. I don't know when, there was a new Sequence 7 Transcendent in the organization, or Rare undead sequence.
At this moment, although Sequence 7 is no longer as rare as it was during the Western Expedition, the number of the entire empire is definitely not large, and the number allocated to the southern border may not exceed the number of two hands, and it will be more difficult to advance as a human being , but it will also be more powerful, and can compete with the general Sequence 8 Warcraft.
This time, the originally pessimistic members gradually raised some hope.
Chapter 202 'The Bear of the Golden Mane' and 'The Girl with the Moon'