Realm of Power

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The tragic news that the Geralens Defense Line fell in just one day shocked the entire Nordic Kingdom.

"How could Geralance fall? How come the 40,000-strong army couldn't hold on for even a day?" Alan Bo, the former Minister of Military Affairs of the Kingdom of Nord, said solemnly at his desk.

"I can't believe it. Could it be a false alarm?"

Duke Steinhoff, who had just taken over as the chief of defense in Kyoto, looked at the military report on the table and said in a hoarse voice,

"There is no doubt about this. This morning, I have received a report from the Acropolis of Kyoto that the Falcon Army is approaching. It seems that Geralance has indeed fallen." Minister of Military Affairs Ellen Bo said with a bad expression.

"So, this matter is true." After confirming the basic facts, Duke Steinhoff was also locked in a suffocating silence. As the person in charge of Kyoto's defense,

He is very clear about the current situation in Kyoto,

The troops currently left in Nord Kyoto are divided into three parts. The first is the Royal Guards of the Royal Palace, which number 5,000 and are well-equipped. They are composed of children of traditional martial arts families in Nord Kyoto. They have always been the most elite in the Nord army. The combat power of the army is also the main basis for this battle to defend Kyoto. However, without the approval of His Majesty the King, the command of this army is basically not in the hands of the Ministry of Military Affairs.

The second part is the Kyoto City Guards, because many elites have been transferred to the Geralance Defense Line. The remaining troops now have only 15,000 troops with average equipment. Because they are responsible for maintaining security in Kyoto all year round, most of the soldiers are civilians and Even Duke Steinhoff himself doesn't know how effective an army formed by small nobles who have never been on the battlefield can be.

The third part is the First Guards Army, which was originally responsible for the defense of Kyoto. Unfortunately, the First Army suffered heavy losses of more than 30,000 people in southern Wikiia, and less than 20,000 people came back alive. Because the front line continued to draw troops, until now this army The First Army of the Kingdom of Nord has not yet reached its full strength, but it is indeed the only main battle force under Duke Stanch that can be mobilized.

The situation in front of him made Stanhoff feel depressed. He was short of major generals. How could he resist the elite of the Falcon Dynasty who were marching south?

This time, even King Yagrolk, who had stopped asking about other affairs, sent the palace clerk Neuge to summon the Minister of Military Affairs, Marquis Ellenbo, to enter the palace immediately to explain the situation.

"The traitor Crimson Cable betrayed before the battle, resulting in the death of 20,000 brave Kingdom soldiers. This is an unchangeable fact. When the traitor was captured, Crimson Cable resisted and was killed on the spot. Such a regrettable thing happened, which really disturbed His Majesty's self-cultivation. It was due to my subordinate’s carelessness, and I feel extremely ashamed.”

The report made by the frightened Minister of Military Affairs, Marquis Ellenbaugh, quickly spread from the top management of Nord. What followed was numerous denunciations of the former wealthy Crimson family in Nord Kyoto and the rebellion of Crimson Cable. news, like A bomb exploded in the Nordic military circles. The Crimson family with three generals, a powerful family with the king as his right-hand man, fell from the peak of power to the state of a prisoner overnight. The transformation was so great that people couldn't help but Feeling uneasy for a moment

"Even the most respected generals of the Crimson Family, His Majesty the King, have surrendered to the Falcon Dynasty. Is the fate of the kingdom really over?" In an office in the acropolis of the Kingdom of Nord, the defense officer Count Siansaris stood at the edge of the office. In front of the window, looking at the sky, he asked a few confidants behind him

"Yeah, who would have thought that even a century-old family like the Crimson Family would betray the kingdom?" Several squadron captains standing behind him shook their heads with bleak expressions, and there was some desolation and hesitation in their tone. Falcon The dynasty's army is pressing down on the border, and Nord Kyoto itself has too much to take care of, so naturally it will not send excess troops to support these acropolis outside Kyoto.

Thinking that he will have to fight with less than 10,000 troops against the Central Army, the most elite of the tens of thousands of Falcon troops heading south. With such a huge disparity in strength, and facing the mainland God of War who has never been defeated, everyone feels a chill behind their backs. of,

"My Lord Earl, now that the kingdom is in danger, we might as well" one of his subordinates said intermittently with a hesitant look on his face. Before he could finish speaking,

"What's better? Surrender? Is this what a Nord soldier should say?" The defense officer, Count Sian Salis, turned around and stared at him so fiercely that he was so frightened that he couldn't even say the following words. Got it

"No, no, my subordinate means that we should strengthen our defense immediately and wait for rescue from Kyoto," the squadron leader quickly turned around and said

The defense officer Count Sianthalis was an anomaly in the Nordic military circles. He was once Salton's confidant, and he was one of the few who, like Salton, recommended the use of young officers from lower-level nobles or civilians.

However, due to the influence of the Salton incident and the traditional martial arts forces that hated Salton, he was transferred from the banner commander of the front-line combat troops to the local guard officer of the Kyoto Acropolis, who could be called idle.

The Acropolis of Kyoto sounds nice to say. It seems to be close to Kyoto and carries an extremely heavy responsibility. But in fact, everyone knows that if one day they really hit Kyoto, it will definitely be the most severe moment for the kingdom. The only function is to consume the enemy's sudden advance and buy time for Kyoto to consolidate its defense. In layman's terms, it is called "cannon fodder."

"What a strange argument. This is probably God's will." In the Falcon Army coach's camp, the fat man also put the report in his hand on the table in a surprised tone.

He originally issued an order to destroy the city of Geralance in order to frighten other acropolis outside Kyoto and reduce the resistance they might encounter. However, he did not expect that the Nord army in Geralance City would break into chaos without fighting. He evacuated on his own within a day. He was still confused at first, but the news coming from inside the Nord Kingdom made the fat man feel speechless.

This time, it really has nothing to do with me. Fatty blinked his eyes and felt aggrieved. Because of the embarrassing relationship with Crimson Hongrui, Fatty still cares about the Crimson family, which has three generals.

Even the stubborn Nord loyalist, Crimson Erdo, who once assassinated him in public on the battlefield, did not take his life but only put him under temporary house arrest. Although he was so careful, there were still people from the Crimson family who died because of him. Yes,,

"This is really troublesome."

The fat man was pacing back and forth in his tent. The news of Crimson Suo's rebellion and death would soon spread throughout the Ikadiva continent through various channels, and would naturally reach Crimson Rui'er who was still in the three northern counties. Scarlet Red Rui has been staying at a farm in the northern county due to illness and has not returned to Lod.

In fact, Fatty also knows that the Falcon Dynasty and the Kingdom of Nord are currently fighting one after another. Although Crimson Rui's July Crimson Legion is the main force stationed at the southern border, in such an emergency situation, it is only a matter of time before they are transferred to the front line.

Crimson Red Rui's passive attitude is just to avoid meeting herself on the battlefield. At that time, no matter how unwilling Crimson Red Rui is, the warrior blood flowing in her body will prompt her to fight to the death with herself. Now Crimson Red Cable appears. After getting the news, Crimson Rui will definitely return to Nord. By then, this embarrassing showdown will be inevitable.

"Urgent message from His Majesty's Admiralty"

Just when the fat man was feeling distressed, the adjutant outside the tent hurriedly walked in again and placed a blue military newspaper with urgent paint on the fat man's table respectfully.

"Admiralty? Is there any movement in the Nord Navy?"

The fat man frowned slightly, picked up the report on the table, quickly opened the red paint on the report with his fingers, glanced at it seriously, his face changed, and the hand holding the report even trembled slightly.

"Damn it, what is going on here?" The fat man's calm face showed a hint of ferocity, and he let out a low groan. He crumpled the report into a ball with his clenched hands, and his eyes flashed with strong murderous intent.

This is a report sent from the Tiha area and forwarded through the Admiralty,

The person who drafted this report is Angelo, the head of the Tiha Regional Supervision Department. Because the location of the headquarters of the Supervision Department is not on the front line, but in the northern county 500 miles away from here.

If you follow the normal reporting procedures of the Supervision Department, this report will first be sent to the Supervision Department. After review, it will be submitted to the general person in charge, Lidastov. It would take more than a month to deliver it to the fat man.

If you include the time for replying to the letter, it will be about a month before Tiha receives Fatty's order.

For Angelo, Fatty certainly knew who he was. This was a powerful chess piece he had planted on the southern coast of Nord. This time he sent this guy Tirnarant to Tiha just in the hope that this guy would be ruthless. The guy who helped him quickly suppress the out-of-control smuggling trade in the Tiha area,

As the focus of commerce and smuggling, Tihar cannot be controlled without a strong figure.

Having this guy here is equivalent to installing a powerful control valve in the Tihar area. With this guy's cold-bloodedness and arrogance, even if he has different intentions, it will be difficult to find the needed collaborators. This is a win-win result. The biggest advantage of Tiernarant is that he is ruthless and not afraid of offending others. He is definitely the best person to control Tiha, a southern town that is both chaotic and full of financial temptations.

But Fatty didn't expect that Tiernarant, whose pseudonym was Angelo, would send him such a message.

Looking at the red valley of the falcon emblem on the last signature of the letter, Fatty's eyelids twitched unnaturally, and he almost had the urge to immediately order a stop to attack Nord. Only he has such a falcon emblem in the Falcon Dynasty. The only one that was not in his hands was given to Tulit Colleen who rushed back to the continent of Obarro.

The moment the fat man saw this valley, he almost thought it was his ring, but after taking a closer look, his face relaxed a little. The falcon emblem on the valley was not wrong, but if he had seen a real hunter If you have an eagle ring, you will notice that the falcon in this valley looks a bit rough.

But it can be seen that in many details, such as the falcon on the Yu coat of arms has six talons and the falcon's eyes have double pupils. Without real specimens of these details, it would be impossible to create such a realistic Yu.

"Something happened to Tulit Colleen?" The fat man couldn't believe it. He sent a guard of 300 people to escort Tulit Colleen, and also brought several of the fastest Royal Green Eagles. If it was really Even if there is a problem on the Oubaluo continent, even if the guards cannot come back, can it be that Wangting Qingying can't come back either?

However, judging from the time, it has been 2 months since Tulit Colleen returned to the Obarro continent. According to the normal route and distance, she should be on her way back at this moment.

"Is this a joke? Or a false alarm?" Fatty was also a little unsure. Although he didn't know why such a thing happened, the continent of Obarro where Tulit Colleen was located was beyond his reach even with his own strength. helpless,

According to Tiernalant's letter, the Norman merchants who brought the heraldic ring insisted that the ring was forced upon them by a woman when they boarded the ship at the port, and assured them that as long as the ring was given to them, Take them to the Falcon Dynasty on the other side of the ocean, and they will be richly rewarded

"There is more than one such ring. In order to confirm this guess, my subordinate also found almost the same heraldic ring from some other Normandy merchants. I guessed that this seemingly genuine ring should be to increase the number of gifts sent to the merchants. The probability is that it is a replica that has been processed based on the original product."

Tirnarant expressed his views in this letter. As a former high-ranking noble of Wikiia, Tirnarant naturally discovered the problem with the heraldic pattern, and his judgment was extremely reasonable.

"Immediately give an order to the Admiralty to do everything possible to send people to the continent of Oparo. I need to know the true situation of this matter." The fat man suppressed the anxiety in his heart and put Tierlarante's letter back into the envelope. , shouted loudly to the adjutant on duty outside the door,

The adjutant on duty who was sitting there quickly picked up the pen on the table and heard a brisk swishing sound of writing. A concise and clear order was written. The guard waiting next to him quickly gave it to the fat man inside. , after examining it, the fat man stamped his coat of arms on the letter mountain very carefully,

"Your Majesty" Not even ten minutes had passed before the adjutant came in with another report. His face looked hesitant. Everyone knows that the most annoying thing about His Majesty Falcon is that he has to be busy with official duties even during his rest time.

It is now noon, and the bright sun outside in autumn is His Majesty Falcon's favorite. But since this morning, His Majesty Falcon seems to be a little worried and hurried. No one knows the answer. The battle ahead should be going smoothly. After breaking through the Nord defense line in Geralance, Varisien's two elite cavalry regiments have rushed into the outskirts of Nord Kyoto. It is only a matter of time before the troops overwhelm Nord Kyoto.

This view is not only thought by the Falcon Dynasty, but also by Nord. According to the news from the front line, the troops in many small fortresses outside Kyoto of Nord have chosen to move closer to Kyoto. gave up the plan of holding on to the periphery,

Even some cities closer to Kyoto have seen a large number of refugees. No one knows how the Falcon Dynasty army will treat the Nords who stayed in the area. Judging from the occupied area, the hunting When the Eagle Army raided the southern coast, they burned, killed, and looted along the way, turning more than a dozen cities into ashes. Therefore, in the eyes of most Nords, the Falcon Dynasty in the north represented not only strength, but also brutality. Most of the people left behind in the end were the old, weak, sick and disabled.

"What's going on this time? Read it for me." The fat man put his hands behind his back and said without turning around.

"This is a bloody petition from Lord Salon and the generals," the adjutant respectfully spread out the report and replied loudly.

"Lord Salon said that Nord Kyoto is now in sight. The Nords have withdrawn most of their troops into Nord Kyoto. Relatively speaking, this is the best time for our army to defeat the Kyoto Acropolis in one fell swoop.

As long as one direction is broken, the strategic goal of approaching Nord Kyoto can be achieved. Not only can it solve the dilemma of Anrod's defense line, but it can also contain the Nord army's support for Anrod, and "

"Okay, it seems that Salon is still so restive." The fat man turned around, waved his hand, and interrupted the adjutant's report.

He took Salon's request for war report, signed his name as ugly as a heavenly book, and then handed the document to the adjutant in front of him.

He said, "Tell that guy Salon that I approved the petition for war from him and the generals. However, it is okay to attack the acropolis of Nord Kyoto, but Kyoto must not be touched. This is a death order. Whoever attacks Nord Kyoto will be punished by me." his head"

"Not attacking Nord Kyoto? I'm afraid Lord Salon and the generals will do this."

The adjutant who received the report looked embarrassed. The target of this battle is Nord Kyoto. As long as Nord Kyoto is captured, whether it is the Anrud area that is still fighting hard or the entire Ikadiva continent, It is an extremely important event,

Now everyone is holding back their energy and wants to grab enough wealth and glory in the battle to attack Kyoto. How can such a sudden order convince Salon, who has always been known for his bad temper?

, this is as difficult as suddenly putting a stunningly beautiful naked woman in front of a group of lustful men, but asking everyone to restrain themselves.

"Execute the order." The fat man looked at him seriously, as if he knew what he was worried about, and took off the saber from his waist.

"Give this to Salon and tell him that this is my promise to him. The glory of Nord Kyoto will definitely fall on his head.

But if he disobeys the order, I will immediately remove him from the post of commanding the attack on Nord Kyoto. Anyway, this glorious general has a lot of glory. If he wants to be generous, I will give him this opportunity (to be completed) Continued)