Chapter 778 Friends Talk

The latest website: Matilda Augustus, one of the most outstanding children of Rosetta the Great, is known as the flower of the high mountain of the empire and the most dazzling pearl of Aldenin.

These dazzling auras are superimposed on her inherently good temperament, which can make many people involuntarily fear her and dare not approach her.

But even so, she has her own confidant friends.

The heir to the Wendell family, who has inherited the title of General Wolf, is one of them.

"We've met the ceremony, you can relax," the imperial princess smiled and nodded slightly to Andersa, "We haven't seen each other for almost two years, haven't we? Last time you returned to the imperial capital, I happened to go to the fief. Deal with things and just miss it like that.”

"Necessary rules still have to be followed," Andersa relaxed a little, but still stood up straight, rather meticulous, "The last time I returned to the imperial capital... Because the confrontation at Paramel Heights was lost, it's really not a big deal. Guangcai, when you and I meet, I'm afraid I'll be a little embarrassed..."

"The confrontation at Paramel Heights... I heard about it," Matilda in a black dress said with a little sigh, "You can't put all the blame on you, the battlefield situation is changing rapidly, your judgment At least brought almost all the soldiers back to Winter Wolf Castle."

"...It's really hard to say." Andersa recalled that rainy night, and finally stopped with a sigh.

The members of the mission that followed Princess Matilda were quickly arranged to rest in the Winter Wolf Castle. Matilda and Andersa left the main hall of the castle together, and they came to the high walls of the fortress. , along the road that the soldiers routinely patrol, and stroll along this front line on the northwestern frontier of the empire.

The cold winter wind blew through the city wall and raised the flag hanging on the city wall, but this cold wind could not affect the powerful high-level extraordinary at all. Andersa, who was wearing armor and holding a sword, walked calmly outside the city wall, with a serious expression, as if she was reviewing the fortress. Matilda, wearing a long black court dress, walked silently beside her. The skirt was supposed to be completely incompatible with the cold, windy eastern border and the mottled and thick city walls, but there was no sense of incongruity on her body.

The Aldernan Pearl walked slowly on the towering walls of Winter Wolf Castle, still as elegant and majestic as walking in the palace corridor.

"You look like you are reviewing the troops, as if you are ready to take the knights to the battlefield at any time," Matilda glanced at Andersa next to her, and said gently, "When you were at the border, you were always like this? "

"This place will turn into a battlefield at any time," Andersa said with a serious face.

"The border cannot be relaxed."

There seemed to be a hint of helplessness in Matilda's eyes, she smiled slightly and then shook her head: "Tell me about the Cecil people, and tell me your impression of them. I was ordered to go to that country, but what I am familiar with is only the past. 'Ansu' - that new empire, how different is it from Ansu?"

"Cecil...Cecil is far more dangerous than Ansu," Andersa's footsteps paused for a moment, and then continued walking, "Ansu is a decaying old beast, once powerful, It has been beautiful, but it has become rotten with the rigidity of its own system and internal contradictions. Although it still retains the strength to fight back, as long as it drags on for a while, it will be on the verge of death;

"Cecil is a new beast born in the flesh and blood of this old beast, and it develops and matures much faster than we can imagine. It has a very intelligent, knowledgeable and experienced ruler, and a very efficient A high system of officials helped him to rule. From a military standpoint alone - as I am also most familiar with this - the army of the Cecil Empire has achieved a deeper reform than ours.

"No, this statement is not accurate, it is not a reform, because the entire war system of the Cecil is rebuilt, I have seen their mobilization speed and execution ability, that is the old army no matter how reform can be achieved. Efficiency - at this point, perhaps we only have a few legions of transcendents that can match it."

Matilda couldn't help slowing down, and looked at Andersa with a slightly surprised look: "Sounds... you're not optimistic about the situation at all?"

"I'm just stating the facts."

"...Your temperament is really not suitable for staying in the imperial capital," Matilda shook her head helplessly, "Just the facts you have frankly stated are enough for you to receive countless questions and criticisms in the parliament. already."

"Playing lip service in parliament can't increase our army," Andersa said directly. "It's a fact that Ansu was weak back then, and it's a fact that Cecil is strong now."

"...In your opinion, Cecil is already stronger than us?" Matilda asked suddenly.

Andersa didn't answer immediately this time, but after thinking for a moment, she said seriously, "I don't think so."

"Oh? This is inconsistent with your string of 'statements' just now."

"I have been collecting their intelligence. The spies we placed there have been hit hard, but they are still active. With this, my advisors and I analyzed the situation of Cecil," Andersa said. Suddenly stopped, she looked into Matilda's eyes with a certain scorching heat in her eyes, "That empire is stronger than us, they are stronger in a more efficient official system and more advanced magic technology, But these two things take time to be transformed into 'national strength', and they have not yet completely completed this transformation.

"The post-war order needs to be rebuilt, and a large number of officials are exhausted; large populations need to be appeased, devastated lands need to be rebuilt, and new laws need to be introduced; dramatically expanded lands and relatively small military forces have led them to bring in large numbers of soldiers. It is used to maintain domestic stability, and the newly trained troops have no time to form combat effectiveness - even if those magic equipment are easy to operate, soldiers still need a learning and familiarization process;

"They have relatively advanced magic technology, but those blueprints can only be lined up in the factory, because ore can't be mined in a short time, and steel can't be turned into a machine in an instant. Their emperor set up a new school, But how many students can be trained at the same time, and how many of these students can be successfully transformed into workers, officials and soldiers?

"In Paramel Heights, a war fort blocked our knights. We once thought it was a trap prepared by the Cecilians, but later intelligence showed that the war fort arrived at Paramel Heights. The time may only be less than an hour earlier than us! Before that, Changfeng Fortress simply did not have enough soldiers, nor did it have enough 'Skyfire Devices'!"

Andersa said a lot in one breath, while Matilda just listened quietly and earnestly without interrupting her friend. She didn't speak until Andersa stopped, "So, what's your conclusion?"

"The Cecil Empire is still weaker than us, because we have professional superhumans that are several times their size, and we have supernatural weapons, griffins, mages and knights that have been reserved for decades. These things can be confronted, even Defeat those magic machines.

"But it takes us more than ten years to train a mage, and we can't replenish it in a short time after death. It only takes a moment for them to produce a machine. The soldiers who operate the machine only need several months or even weeks of training. Last time, they only sent out A 'war fortress', but I highly doubt that their second war fortress is almost out of the factory! And do we have a second Knights of the Iron River?

"As I said just now, Cecil's advantage is their magic technology and the system called the 'Government Office', and these two things cannot be immediately converted into national power, but this also means, Once these two things are transformed into national strength, we will have no chance!"

Andersa's tone gradually became excited.

In the cold wind of winter, on the city wall of Winter Wolf Castle, standing for a hundred years, the young female general in charge of the Winter Wolf Legion clenched her fists, as if trying to grasp a fading opportunity, as if trying to remind The heir of the royal family in front of her, let her and the royal family behind her notice the crisis that is brewing, don't wait for the last chance to miss it before it's too late to regret it.

"I have written a letter to His Majesty the Emperor and explained my views in this regard to the noble council of Aldenan," Andersa said hurriedly, "Cecil is very dangerous to the Empire, very very dangerous, I I can feel it, I can feel that they are actually still preparing for war, and although they have been sending out seemingly peaceful signals, the changes in Changfeng Fortress are obvious to all on the frontier. I feel that they are now carrying out various Actions - whether it's to increase commercial circulation, or to establish embassies, exchange students, railway cooperation, investment plans, there are problems in it..."

This time, before Andersa became more excited, Matilda suddenly interrupted her friend: "I understand, Andersa, I understand what you mean."

Andersa stopped, finally noticing the deep meaning in the expression on Matilda's face.

There is some helplessness in the solemnity.

"Magic technology and the Council of Ministers will rapidly increase Cecil's national power, so they will soon become a particularly formidable enemy, and now may be our last chance to kill this enemy - otherwise, if the current situation is maintained The direction of development, every day of delay, the opportunity will be slimmer - that's what you want to say."

Andersa nodded slowly: "...Yes."

"In Aldernan, a similar conclusion has already been sent to the Obsidian Palace bookcase."

Andersa looked at Matilda in amazement.

"I wonder who came to the same conclusion as you?" Matilda quietly looked at her long-time friend, and seemed to sigh a little, "It's the aristocratic council that you call 'talking', and the royal family. Direct advisory group.

"The time to come to a conclusion is three days after you last left Aldenan.

"Andersa, there are many more advisors in the imperial capital than you are here. The gentlemen and ladies in the council are not fools either - there may be selfish people under the triple spire of the noble council, but they are by no means stupid and mediocre. man of."

Andersa opened her eyes.

Facing the truth that surprised her, she didn't feel embarrassed or embarrassed, because before these emotions spread, the first thing she thought of was the question: "But...why..."

"It's late, that's the reason," Matilda said quietly, "the situation is no longer allowed."

Andersa couldn't help saying, "But we still occupy..."

"If there were only two countries in the world, Cecil and Typhon, the situation would be much simpler, but Andersa, Typhon's border is not the only defense line you guard at Winter Wolf Castle," Matilda interrupted again. In Andersa's words, "We missed what was probably the only chance, after you left Aldernan, maybe even after you left Paramel Heights, we lost the ability to beat Cecil so easily." Opportunity.

"Now, even if we can still gain the upper hand, after being involved in the war, we will definitely be bitten by those steel machines.

"And in the south, the Highmountain Kingdom doesn't have a good relationship with us, and there are silver elves... Don't you think that those elves living in the forest love art as much as they love peace?"

Andersa fell silent.

She is only one of the frontier generals of the empire, and she can sniff out some trends in the international situation, in fact, she has surpassed many people.

But she could only see part of it after all. The long border of the entire empire was too broad for her.

Beside her, Matilda said slowly: "We are no longer the only powerful empire in the human world, and there are no weaker city-states and alien groups around us that we can annex, my father, and you. My father, as well as members of parliament and advisors, are carefully sorting out the foreign policy of the Typhon Empire in the past century, the current international situation, and some mistakes we have made, and are looking for ways to make up for it, and are responsible for contacting the Kingdom of Gao Ridge. The Earl of Hallmark is working on that - he goes to the Blue Rocks to negotiate, not just to do business with the Highmountain Kingdom and with the elves."

The city wall was quiet for a while, only the whistling wind rolled the flags, agitating endlessly behind them.

Matilda broke the silence: "Now, you should understand the meaning of the existence of this embassy and I led by me?"

"Sorry, Matilda," Andersa exhaled, "I'm overthinking some things."

"Never mind - as a wolf general, you're just doing what you're supposed to do."

Andersa nodded, but her face looked very ugly.

"What's the matter?" Matilda couldn't help but be concerned, "What did you think of?"

"It's nothing," Andersa sighed. "The embarrassment... is coming."