I draw a card first

Chapter 259 The Death of the King
Then, as Ivan expected, the human army never encountered any small orc army.

Even the orc scouts who had been lingering in the distance, constantly spying on information, disappeared without a trace.

In the picture shown by the satellite, the huge military camp that looks extremely eye-catching in the sky is undoubtedly telling Ivan

——The Orc Kingdom has made up its mind completely, and will put all its eggs in one basket, and come to a decisive battle that will determine the fate of the two races in the next few decades!

However, fate is sometimes such a joke.

Just when all the human coalition forces were preparing for the decisive battle in the future with excitement and tension, news suddenly came from behind like a bolt from the blue—the king is dead!
King Dukalan, the monarch who has been delegating power to the queen and several dignitaries for many years due to physical reasons, and eventually caused the entire kingdom to be on the verge of disintegration, is undoubtedly a very unqualified king.

He is willful, extravagant, incorruptible and does not care for the people. He has almost all the shortcomings of a foolish king...

but!

His existence itself is also the prerequisite for the entire kingdom to maintain the most basic stability.

At the special moment when the most prestigious eldest prince suddenly falls on the battlefield, the conflicts among other princes intensify to the extreme, the signs of internal divisions expand sharply, the erosion of theocracy further intensifies, and the invasion of foreign enemies has not been completely resolved...

His sudden fall is simply a disaster more terrifying than the super forbidden spell that Ivan showed before!

As soon as the old king passed away, the second prince, who was supported by the finance ministers, couldn't wait to announce that he was about to inherit the throne and become the new ruler.

But the queen who stood behind her father, the Hebrew grand duke, slapped her eldest son in the face on the spot, claiming that the king had ordered the fifth prince to inherit the throne before his death.

As for the seventh prince who was just 4 years old, the ninth prince who had just spoken seemed to be excluded from the throne, but soon the God of War Pope Granta publicly stated that
——The nine princes are born kings blessed by the gods, and they should inherit the authority of kings!

Immediately afterwards, on the third day of the confrontation between the three parties, the seventh prince suddenly disappeared in the palace!

His sudden disappearance, just like the gunshot in Sarajevo, made the battle for the throne, which was already like a powder keg, take this as the focal point and completely broke out!

The three parties accused each other of secretly murdering the seventh prince, and immediately began to mobilize their troops.

The Hebrew Grand Duke, the overlord of the North who originally planned to support the human coalition, had already rushed to the reinforcements on the way, turned a corner directly, and began to head towards the royal city.

The guards of the Temple of War from all over the place also began to gather towards the royal city.

As for the second prince's side, they transferred away the last kingdom army that was originally used to warn the southern orcs from attacking from the side.

And sit back and watch the orc kingdom silently mobilize the army on the opposite side, which is also used for defense, and rush to the southern region.

In addition to these foreign aids, the guard army of Wangcheng itself was also divided into two parts.

Half of them were controlled by the second prince supported by the ministers, and half were influenced by the church. They chose to side with the nine princes who had been forcibly taken to the Temple of War by the Pope.

The inner guards of the palace are controlled by the queen, and they tightly block the palace to prevent others from entering.

On the contrary, the king's body was left alone in the original bedroom.

Fortunately, Granda never forgot about this good brother, and forcibly sent in a pair of magic crystal coffins, placed the king in place, and did not let him rot.

Facing the reality of instability in the rear, the coalition forces led by Aiwen and the old Duke had to stop and study at this moment. Next... what should we do?
Should we continue to attack the orcs as planned, or should we retreat first to appease the chaos in our hometown in the west?

In fact, everyone feels unwilling to withdraw troops.

After all, complete victory is close at hand. As long as the last orc army in front is completely eliminated, the entire southern region will return to the embrace of humans.

And they will also receive endless glory and financial rewards!

But whether it's logistics or military spirit, they are now dragging their progress. They can't afford to gamble, they can't move, and they are unwilling to reconcile that all their previous efforts have been in vain.

In this dilemma, Aiwen took several big nobles and quietly held a secret meeting.

Ai Wen's first sentence set the overall tone.

——"Everyone, are you willing?"

Needless to say, from nobles to small soldiers, no one is willing to retreat now.

With this consensus, Aiwen looked around, exchanged glances with the old duke, and then waved his hand to let the two mages project a map.

"This is where we are now, and the orcs are gathering here!"

After clicking two positions that were already very close, Aiwen suddenly clicked on the orc territory.

"According to intelligence, the orcs have an urgently dispatched army coming here, and the number is estimated to be more than 20! In other words, if we don't seize the opportunity to attack now and let the orc reinforcements successfully merge with the main force of the orcs in front of us, we will There is really no chance!"

This latest information suddenly made everyone feel nervous.

After this period of contact, they already knew what kind of character Aiwen was, so they were not worried that Aiwen would lie to them.

And this also means that the human coalition really has no time to hesitate.

Now you have to decide whether to give up and return to Edra City to leave part of the army to defend against the comeback of the orcs, or choose to put all your eggs in one basket?
"In terms of logistics, you don't have to worry about it."

At this moment, Ivan's whole body seemed to be lit up with nineteen colors of golden light, and his leisurely and clear voice was like the sound of nature, constantly echoing in the secret room.

"All logistical supplies...we have packed them in Xiongshiling!"

For someone, it's really not a problem.

It's just the consumption of half a million people, and with a labor force of hundreds of millions, isn't it easy to feed such a small number of people?
It doesn't need much, as long as the ordnance piled up in the Canyon of the Dead and the surplus food produced by the three-eyed lizardmen can be mobilized, the consumption of the entire war can be guaranteed.

Although the underground food is still somewhat different from the surface, it is not impossible to eat. It is good to publicize that it is purchased from astral merchants at a high price.

Anyway, everyone knows that Ai is rich, and not ordinary rich, this explanation is completely reasonable.

As for how many times the price is required for the star merchants to deliver the goods to their doorsteps, that's not their concern.

As for the rear instability, this is actually not a problem.

Those guys in the civil strife are making trouble, can they really send troops to fight in the west or what?
The nobles in the west are not as deeply involved in the throne issue as those in the east and north. They have always been regarded as neutral, so there is actually nothing to worry about, it's just that the soldiers don't know what to do.

As for comforting soldiers, Ai Haowen said that he is good at it!
Directly let the Dragon Cavalry Army allocate a total of 100 million gold coins for emergency transportation, and pile up a golden mountain in front of all soldiers.

All of a sudden, there was nothing unstable.

The soldiers whose eyes were completely bewildered by the golden light screamed and marched all the way to the final battlefield
(End of this chapter)