Lord of War

The Nugus family took the lead, and all the nobles of the southern faction of Darbion responded and launched a counterattack against the Lord Panda of the Principality of Ryan, thus completely regaining all the territories of the former Kingdom of Darbion, including the Bandar, and forcing the Marquis of Tonis back to her Fortress.

  This is the strategy developed by Hela Nugus.

  A few months ago, everything was being staged according to Hela's script.

  The situation is clear.

   But all this suddenly became confusing and confusing half a month ago.

On July 19, 1713, Baron Pandan Sean Connery gave up the Chiraf collar, and the three thousand soldiers stationed by Chilaf also retreated into the Pandan collar and laid fortifications in the Gorge Rift. The steel base in Panda Town now forms a corner.

  On October 16, 1713, the Thunder Lions of the First Legion of Bander Baron Sean Connery assaulted the Soan leader and fought fierce battles with the Mountain Lion Army, which belongs to the Howard family. The main force of the Mountain Lion Army was wiped out.

  On November 3, 1713, the mountain lion army lurking in Suo'an was completely annihilated, and at the same time lost the trace of the Thunder Lion.

  Today is November 20th, 1713.

Hela’s face is not as rosy as it was four months ago. She looks a little haggard, but her eyes are surprisingly bright, and there is an awe-inspiring breath all over her body. Obviously, she has not been affected by this strategic layout. Shaun was destroyed and hit. In other words, it is precisely because of Sean's sudden break in the game that Hela has a clearer understanding of the reason for his failure.

   "I underestimated the decision of the Boulder family." Hela murmured, "Now, Sigley, what do you want to do next?"

   "Report to the royal family...?" Sigrid asked a little anxiously.

  After all, she is only good at intelligence collection. As for the analysis ability, it is only related to intelligence collection, so it is also involved, but after all, it is not a se. As for the coping ability, this is not her area of ​​expertise, so it is normal for Sigley to be a little nervous when asked by Hela at this moment. If a person can perform extremely well in the three areas of intelligence collection, analysis, and response, then he can definitely rank among the top 100 outstanding generals in mainland China.

  A person like Sigli, at most, can only be a staff officer.

"The report is affirmative." Seeing Sigrid's anxiety, Hela let out a chuckle. In fact, according to her personality, people like Sigrid who framed her will definitely not stay, but hope Gerry’s talent in intelligence made her really excited, so she didn’t kill Sigrid when dealing with Kasem. "But even so, we still have no choice but to use the agave collar....Look. This time, I did not do well enough and left such a big flaw. I knew that I should have taken the shot myself. But forget it, although the current loss is a bit large, it is still within a tolerable range. , And this has also speeded up some steps. Generally speaking, we still have a little advantage, but the advantage is not big."

   "My lord, what do you mean..."

  Hela's mouth raised slightly, and the laughter was a little more cheerful, but Sigrid's face was even more unnatural.

  Because she knows very well that once Hela laughs, it means that she has fallen into excitement, and this also means that her shots will become more fierce.

"Didn't Thain want the 15,000 members of the Fourth Legion of Darbion, give it to him." Hela smiled cheerfully and relaxedly, "Let’s see if he can make good use of these 5,000 people. , If he can successfully kill Sean, we can also save a lot of trouble. If not, it means that he only has this ability.... Actually, I don’t like someone like Thain. I don’t hate it. After all, the Nugus family sorry for him first, but I don’t like someone playing clever tricks behind me. Since he decided to give us a surprise, we might as well give him one."

   Just then, a knock on the door suddenly sounded.

  At Hela's sign, Sigrid immediately turned from the desk and walked over, opening the door of the room.

  There are two people standing outside the door.

  Ashan Nugus, the current patriarch of the Nugus family, and Jen Howard, the current patriarch of the Howard family.

   "Didn't you say that there will be no accidents!?" As soon as he entered the door, Jen roared.

  His eyes were red and his face was haggard, which was obviously caused by the annihilation of the Mountain Lion Army. After all, for the Howard family, their greatest reliance is the mountain lion army, a powerful army, but now the mountain lion army has been wiped out. This is tantamount to announcing that the Howard family’s military strength has been weakened by at least half. In terms of the situation, the Howard family is even inferior to the Nugus family.

  As we all know, the military power of the Nugus family is the weakest among the five dukes of the kingdom.

   "According to my plan, there will be no accidents." Hela said calmly.

   "Then why did the Mountain Lion Corps be wiped out! Am I not following your plan?"

   Hela glanced at Jene Howard, with a bit of contempt on his face, which made the irritation on the face of the Duke of Jene even more intense. At this moment, he already regretted working with the Nugus family, because if this were not the case, how could his mountain lion army be wiped out? Only now, no matter how much he regrets, no matter how angry he is, he still dare not turn his face with the Nugus family.

  As the head of a family, especially if the family is still a ducal family, there are too many things he needs to consider, so there are many things to measure and judge. Under all kinds of constraints, it is of course impossible for him to act and make decisions based on his own preferences, especially at this juncture. If he and the Nugus family turn their faces, then I am afraid that he will soon be taken by Nugus. The family is annexed.

  Because the Howard family today is no longer the Howard family that has the capital to compete with the Boulder family. Among the five great duke families, the Howard family is now the real bottom family. After all, even when facing Asuna’s invasion, his mountain lion army was not annihilated, and even let Yasi in the forest battle. Na suffered enough and forced Asuna to change her marching route.

It seems that the Howard family still has some value. Although Hela showed contempt, he did not continue to stimulate Jen Howard. At least in face, he still gave the other party the respect that a duke should have: "Uncle Yen, You did make arrangements according to my plan, and the previous plan was indeed successful. But... the Boulder family did not act according to our plan. Besides, the Boulder family’s Tequila Army was already in there at the time. In the vicinity of Suo'an collar, if they rush to the rescue immediately, the mountain lion army will not be annihilated..."

"The old fox of Hatch!" Now that some time has passed since the demise of the Mountain Lion Army, a lot of information has been circulated. Of course, the ability of the Grand Duke like Jern in this area of ​​information collection cannot be inferior to others. People, so of course he also knows exactly what is going on.

  It’s just that, of course, there are reasons for the Boulder family to indulge in this aspect, but it is more that their understanding of the Thunder Lions army is really insufficient. Even more bluntly, they seriously underestimated the strength of Sean Connery, which led to the situation like this. If they paid more attention to Sean from the beginning, then maybe the situation will be. a little better.

  Because of the clarity, Jen Howard couldn’t say anything. He could only vent his anger on the Boulder family.

  This is the nobility.

  Never seek the reason from oneself, only shift the responsibility to others.

   "Don't worry, Uncle Jen, the Boulder family will definitely pay the price." Hela smiled.

   "What do you mean?" Yen and Yashan looked at each other, and then Yen said in a deep voice.

   "Uncle Yen, I wonder if you are not interested in the tequila collar sense?" Hela asked instead without answering directly.

  Yen’s pupils shrank suddenly, but out of the noble’s caution, he did not speak.

"The Boulder family only brought four thousand agave troops and 30,000 infantrymen into battle. Isn't this a suspicious thing?" Hela smiled, "The agave leader has a fortress-level manor, three A large manor and a border-level fortress, two war-level fortresses, and five legion-level fortresses.... Some of these fortifications are left over before, and some were built after the invasion of Tonys Fortress, but In any case, it is impossible for the military power of the Boulder family to hold all these twelve fortifications."

  Fortresses, castles, fortresses, and manors are all fortifications on the mainland.

According to the different scales of defense, capacity, structure, etc., it can be roughly divided into five scales: legion level, war level, border defense level, fortress level, and empire level. Legion level and below are not classified, usually As a troop point or supply point, of course, there are also manors or castles that have no strategic value but simply have the quality of viewing and playing. In these conventional scale divisions, fortresses must be built based on the fortress level, and only larger and not smaller are allowed in terms of construction requirements, so these five scale classifications are not used for evaluation.

  Fortresses like Tonys Fortress in the Principality of Ryan, St. Drones Fortress, and Garrod Fortress in the Kingdom of Darbion will not be evaluated by five large-scale standards, but collectively referred to as "war fortresses." However, if it must be divided by rating standards, the scale of these fortresses are all empire-level. Of course, the standard of Tonys fortress may be higher. After all, this is currently the only super fortress on the entire continent.

  The Boulder family belongs to the Tequila Collar, in addition to three large estates that are not classified, it has a total of eight graded forts and a fortress-level manor where the family is located. This manor may not be as vast and luxurious as the White Se Holy Grail Manor of the Nugus family, but this manor is known for its defensive capabilities and is also the political center of the entire Boulder family.

   "What do you want to say?"

"The garrison led by the agave is being mobilized on a large scale, but it is moving towards the position of the home. This is obviously gathering forces and shrinking the defense line. What do you think is the real purpose of the Boulder family?" Hela again He opened his mouth and asked, "In this situation where it is clear that war cannot be avoided, the Boulder family has no signs of sending troops to the front line, ha ha..."

   "You mean!" Yashan and Yen both looked shocked.

"If Uncle Jen is interested, then get ready." Hela smiled, "Duke Hatch is indeed a very smart man, he knows how to make some abandonment, at least he knows he can't hold it. A big agave collar, so according to my assessment, he will probably abandon the five regiment-level fortresses and three large estates outside. The main force will be all concentrated in the agave manor, and the key defense will be carried out in the agave fort. , And then if there are surplus troops will be stationed in the two war-class fortresses.... In this way, he can control at least one-fifth of the agave collar."

  Yen and Yashan looked at each other, obviously neither of them expected the situation to change so quickly.

  Of course, what I didn’t expect was that the Boulder family would rebel!

"Until the internal worries are solved, we can't deal with the external problems." Hela said with a smile, "because if the Duke of Tequila is not resolved, then the entire south of Dabion will fall. But if we concentrate our forces on it. If the Duke of Tequila is resolved, then Sean will definitely take the opportunity to attack, so no matter what the attitude of the royal family is, this national war is inevitable. This time it is no longer a matter of our southern aristocratic faction. The other two aristocrats Factions will definitely intervene."

  "What does the niece mean...?" Jen was quite convinced of Hela, and he also recognized Hela's strength and talent, otherwise he would not dispatch the Mountain Lion Army. At this moment, calling Hela a niece, in addition to expressing apologies and conviction, is more to close the relationship between the two sides, because the Howard family and the Nugus family are now completely tied together.

"Tequila collar, we can only eat one-fifth." Hai stretched out a finger, "Although the Boulder family is a faction of our southern aristocracy, but if the interests are monopolized by us, then we must Facing greater pressure.... The demon in Tonis Fortress will never stand idly by this time, and according to my intelligence investigation, the Seventh Army of the Principality of Lane, stationed at Tonis Fortress, seems to be preparing for war."

   "The Seventh Legion of the Principality of Lane?" Yashan raised his brows, "What can this waste Legion do?"

"Although we can't do anything, but the early stage is enough to cause us a lot of trouble." Hela said, "and the actions of this legion are actually a signal, that is, the ideas within the Principality of Ryan have been unified... …The last time Asuna invaded our Darbion and did not invade the territory, but this time the situation is different. Once the national war begins, we will only maintain the integrity of the territory at best if we win, but if we fail, we will be subjugated."

  This time, Yashan and Yen finally realized the seriousness of the situation.

  They did not expect that the Boulder family’s rebellion would trigger such a chain reaction, which was completely beyond their expectations.

Hela said in a deep voice, "Therefore, although we have the advantage in the plan for the advancement of the tequila collar, in fact, we can't get any benefits at all....Because if we want to invade large-scale territories, we need to use them. The greater the strength of, the less the strength of the side facing Sean, and if we want to focus on Sean’s side, we will not be able to get enough benefits from the agave leader. This is why I say that only occupying one-fifth of the territory is good."

  The agave collar can be regarded as the largest territory of the Kingdom of Darbion. Even if it only occupies a fifth, it is almost equivalent to the size of a standard marquis collar.

"Now that Sean has nearly 70,000 troops under his command. Although many of them are mercenary groups, it is enough to defend the Panda collar, and his private soldiers can be used to fight against us. Aspect." Hela said calmly, "so now it's up to Uncle Yen what you plan to do."

"What else can I do?" Yen gave a bitter laugh, and the laughter was full of helplessness. "Now our two families are completely tied together, so in this regard, our Howard family will definitely cooperate with your Nugus family. Action."

   "I see." Hela smiled sweetly, "With the words of uncle, I know what to do."

  Speaking, Hela nodded to Sigley, who soon left and started to deal with the things Hela had previously explained. And soon, Yashan and Jen left one after another, because the Boulder family’s rebellion is currently only known to them, so the sooner you prepare now, the easier the response will be at that time, at least not too much. After being in a hurry, there was enough time to spend on the battle with Sean.

Seeing everyone leaving, Hela poured herself a glass of red wine, but the smile on her face increased instead of decreasing: "If I guess right, the old fox Hatch Boulder should be talking to Tony now. The demon at the Fortress made contact."

  ……

  In fact, at this moment, in the small town led by Modger, Hatch Bould did arrive in secret with only a few entourages.

  It's just that it's not Asuna, but Elizabeth, who approached Hatch.

At this time Elizabeth changed to ri's slightly slutty style, and instead wore a set of officer uniforms of the Principality of Ryan. This leather uniform showed Elizabeth's figure more perfectly, but despite this, but What exudes from Elizabeth's body is a cold and solemn breath. And under this breath, no one has the leisure to appreciate Elizabeth's figure and face.

"I'm really sorry, the Lord Marquis of my family has not returned, so I can only receive the Lord Duke temporarily." Elizabeth said in a deep voice. She has never slackened in dealing with this kind of business. Our lord has already said all the requests that come out, and the Principality will accept it with full authority, and you will become a member of the first batch of dukes of the Kingdom of Lane."

  Hatch Boulder didn’t smile at all when he heard this, but only a kind of helplessness.

  If it weren't for Nugus and Howard to press so tightly, he would actually not want to defect. It's just that some things are not as simple as he thought in the end, so for the sake of the entire Boulder family, he can only choose to defect.

   "I will definitely follow the instructions of the Kingdom of Lane, please rest assured that the Kingdom." Hatch said in a deep voice.

   "I will tell the Lord Marquis." Elizabeth nodded, "In addition, Lord Marquis has a personal matter and would like to ask Lord Duke for your help."

  "Please speak." Facing the female mage in front of him, Hatch did not dare to look down upon it. (To be continued.)