Chapter 1292, the Main Artery of the Empire Must Be Opened

There were bursts of exclamations and doubts in the conference room at Talleyrand's words.

no? Didn't it say that the empire had won a decisive victory in Hefffungen in Ostermark? Didn't Chaos lose 150,000 people? Now where did the three armies of at least 300,000 troops suddenly advance in parallel?

Well, even if it is Chaos who brushes Martian super soldiers for you all day long, right? The Bretons are also used to this, but what about the empire? What about Emperor Karl Franz? What about the empire's hundreds of thousands of main troops?

Just watching the three chaotic armies push directly into the territory of the empire?

What is Emperor Karl Franz doing?

The Regent of Brittania, Marshal Raun Leo Cornwall, who has just completed the reconstruction of the south and the establishment of the Carcassonne defense system, and the Duke of Britannia returned to Mousillon the day before yesterday. He seems to be in good spirits But most people could feel his fatigue. Lawn really couldn't figure out why the empire didn't respond at all. He simply asked, "What are the people of the empire doing? Talleyrand, is your news true?" Is it?"

"It's true, Lord Lawn." Talleyrand was also a little tired. The lame man had been running very seriously and strenuously during this time. He took out a letter from his arms, which was written by Shure, the Grand Duke of Marienburg. Ci's letter, which detailed that three Chaos armies are slowly approaching. Among them, Nord's Chaos army and Ostermark's Chaos army moved slowly, but the Empire was unable to organize a decent resistance at all, allowing Chaos all the way. Flat push.

What really threatened Marienburg was the Nurgle dragon ship fleet from Norsca. Thousands of dragon ship giant ships were led by three Nurgle gods named "Three Brothers of Grote". From the Sea of ​​Claws, approach Marienburg along the coast of Westerland.

As the largest deep-water port in the old world's business center and import and export trading center, Marienburg naturally has its own news channel, and as the Grand Duke of Marienburg, Schultz also has his own private news channel.

During the meeting, everyone was silent for a while, and many people looked at Aurora and Teresa, the heads of MI7.

Teresa looked away unnaturally. The sorceress has been busy practicing for a while, and she wants to break through to the middle level of the sanctuary. She is not very good at doing these things, and she is regarded as an academic ice witch.

"Don't look at me, the news I got is official news from the empire, and my information channel has confirmed it once." Aurora hurried out to make a rescue. She glanced at Ryan and seemed to have no intention of sheltering their mother and daughter. He hates it, so he just responded directly: "Your Excellency Lawn, do you think there is a problem with the official news of the empire, or do you think there is a problem with our MI7, who was personally appointed by His Majesty?"

"I didn't mean that." Lawn naturally couldn't be fooled by Aurora, and the Britannia regent frowned: "If you listen to the side, you will be dark. I don't think your information, Ms. Aurora, is enough. It must be wrong, but we need to consider multiple sources and analyze it.”

"I agree with Lawn." Ryan's father-in-law, Francois, also glanced at Ryan who was thinking. Seeing that the King of Knights really didn't mean to speak, he simply said: "I personally think that the current news , if the empire really won a big victory, then why did Chaos still have three armies going south, why did the imperial officials have no response to this, why...Emperor Karl Franz and his hundreds of thousands of imperial main forces have so far been a little bit No news at all?"

"Is it possible that the empire won a tragic victory?" Karard spoke. A hero to thousands of people, Karard, whose reputation has spread all over the world, did not speak. Once he spoke, he was often very direct: "Both sides have suffered huge losses?"

"There is no reason why there is no response due to the huge loss." First Marshal Bohemond, Duke of the Red Dragon said.

He obviously asked someone to find the head maid Sylvia to ask for leave on her behalf yesterday because of something, and said that he would not come this morning, but he did not know why he was there on time, but seeing the young Holy Grail Knight standing behind him, everyone present understand what.

Standing behind the Duke of Bohemond is his great-grandson, the latest rising star of the Red Dragon family, Lingard de Bastogne, 28-year-old Knight of the Grail.

This guy was born in Bastogne. As the great-grandson of the Duke of Bohemond, Lingard grew up in a very favorable environment and once showed a very good talent. Bohemond quickly arranged for him Entering the Red Dragon Knight Brotherhood, he will serve as an attendant to the Holy Grail Knights, participate in training as a reserve, and often find time to personally guide him in riding and swordsmanship.

However, since he joined the Red Dragon Knight Brotherhood as an attendant for the Holy Grail Knights and accompanied them in battle, Lingard immediately became devoid of aura, not only in a hurry, but also made various mistakes. Not to mention the security battle and patrol battle, the state is still extremely sluggish.

After Bohemond reprimanded him many times, Lingard not only did not change at all, but also became more clumsy. The Duke of Red Dragon was finally disappointed with his great-grandson, but he did not commit any serious mistakes and was not easy to punish. Bohemond finally sent Lingard to the three guards in the bad land. On the one hand, he let him fend for himself, and on the other hand, he also had the idea of ​​​​looking at it again.

As a result, what no one expected was that Lingard's performance was turned upside down when he was sent to the three guards in the bad land. After 8 years in the three guards in the bad land, Lingard had a second spring. In the bad land, he got rid of the shackles of his family and the high hopes of countless people, and found his own free world. Lingard completed his transformation. In 8 years, he killed 2 Si Carvin Warlord, 1 Gray Prophet, 3 Warlock Engineers or Plague Priests, kill 2 Green Goblin Warlords, and 1 Orc Warlord.

Of course, the most eye-catching performance was the letter from Bafeng Mountain. When Bellegar asked who was willing to take on the task of delivering the letter, Lingard and a mustache ranger Gent-Xingaxe took over the task.

In four months, there were more than 100 encounters. Lingard and the little beard set off from Bafeng Mountain, passed Iron Peak Castle to fight against the remnants of the Skaven, and passed through the Poisonous Water River and Ember River to fight against the Greenskin tribe. , fought vampires in the drifting sandy land, arrived at Fort Sudden, went around the coast of Arabia to fight the tomb skeletons, took a boat to Shark Fjord and Pirate Bay to repel several undead pirates and Tomb King pirates, Linga De and Ghent-Xingaxe really came all the way.

Lingard's bravery, fearlessness, wisdom and faith in this journey of blood moved the fairy in the lake, and the goddess bestowed on him the glory of the Holy Grail. The arrogance and heroic performance left a deep impression on people, and the legendary story of him and Ghent-Star Ax riding thousands of miles alone (dwarfs don't ride horses) moved all Bretons.

People gave him the nickname "Pope of the Great Swing", or "Emperor Lin" for short.

Francois glanced at Lingard, who had short, clean hair (the hair had to be cut off after being ignited by a vampire pirate's firearm during the battle). Standing behind Bohemond, Ryan's father-in-law thought about this old thing In all likelihood, he came to ask for a military post for his great-grandson.

Yes, since Ryan's reforms have continued to deepen, the knight nobles are actually losing their army for thousands of years. A large number of troops, especially the freemen and serf infantry regiments that are the backbone of the army, have been nationalized. Landlords and nobles, the knights and nobles have actually felt this, and naturally everyone is more or less dissatisfied, but now the situation in the old world is like this, the external pressure is extremely huge, and Ryan is too full of martial arts, everyone still can only pinch The nose recognized it.

Under such circumstances, the position of marshal and military position are extremely important. The temporary title that originally symbolized honor and wartime has become a position of real power, actually leading an army.

No wonder Bohemond brought Lingard himself.

This old guy pretends to be stupid all day long, but actually understands it very well!

The father-in-law immediately thought of the Brotherhood of Champion Knights of Quinaris, his cousin Jerrod, and his son Julius who was still far away in Lustria.

It is necessary to maintain the influence of my Duke Wenford family in the Britannia military system!

It seems that we should let our daughter Suria blow the pillow wind more.

Thinking of this, the father-in-law opened his mouth, and Francois stroked his goatee: "Is it possible, is it... a happy funeral? Is the emperor Karl Franz really still alive?"

The old man's words instantly changed the atmosphere of the audience.

Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, but they didn't speak.

Ryan sat on the main seat and didn't speak. The Sun King frowned slightly, as if he was thinking about the possibility of things.

At this time, Zhukov, who had been looking for an opportunity to express himself and planned to become the Marshal of Britannia, felt that the opportunity had come, and he immediately got up, and even Beliala who was sitting beside him couldn't hold back: "Your Majesty, what's the matter?" Those of the Supreme Command, if this is the case, it will be very bad, and we must respond accordingly!"

Bohemond frowned slightly, François remained silent, Lawn lowered his head to think, Bertrand did not respond, the four marshals were all silent, only Karard was eager to try: "Response?"

Did not get the expected reply, Zhukov simply went on: "Your Majesty, we must prepare early, the Chaos army is on the way, if we intend to rescue the empire, then we must open up the main artery of the empire, we must guarantee Marienburg Don’t sink, so that you can go upstream through the waterway of the Riker River..."

Zhukov directly pointed his finger on the map: "Leaving aside the chaotic army of Nord and Ostermark, let's talk about Fort Marien. Marienburg is located at the mouth of the Reik River, which can be said to be the throat of the old world. , we must control this place...or at least not be able to let chaos occupy here, otherwise we will rescue the empire in the future..."

"Then here comes the question, General Zhukov of Kislev." François interrupted Zhukov, and the old man was a little impatient: "Why do we rescue the empire?"

"Why don't we save the empire?" Zhukov didn't expect such words to come from Francois' mouth. He said incredulously, "Aren't we allies?"

"We are allies, but are we a country?" Francois looked very impatient, the old man stroked his beloved long beard, and pointed his finger on the table: "In any case, we, as knights, must give priority Guarantee your own national security, and then think about other things! Defending the country is the first priority!"

"Besides, we have already done that last time. Whether Marienburg will allow us to enter is a big question." Talleyrand also said on crutches: "I think there is a 99.99% possibility that the two Marienburgs will allow us to enter." The Academy will do whatever it takes to prevent us from entering this time, unless there is a war."

"They are afraid that we will not leave when we come." Lawn nodded in agreement.

"It's our duty to defend our country, and it's their duty to defend their country." Bertrand also expressed his disapproval: "The current target of Chaos is not clear, and the empire has not responded yet, so we will take the initiative at this time." Sending troops, on the one hand, is too humble, and on the other hand, it will make our citizens dissatisfied."

Zhukov's proposal was not passed, and General Kislev could only sigh secretly and hate that his talents had not been given a chance to be used. Not only did he glance at the Sun King Ryan who was sitting on the throne without speaking, he thought that Ryan Maybe he is really old, fatuous, and conservative, and he is probably not that military wizard anymore.

And Katarin is jealous, Ryan's team is really star-studded, if this team is given to her, she thinks that even if she is not as good as Ryan, she will not end up like this.

At this moment, Ryan, who was sitting on the throne, was actually talking to Suria: "What do you think?"

"As Talleyrand said, last time we took advantage of the unpreparedness, now Marienburg is absolutely impossible to give us any chance to enter the city or even get close." Suria expressed her opinion: "Unless we launch an attack , Ryan, that's impossible."

"I don't know what Marienburg's plan is, maybe I should write a letter to Schultz." Ryan nodded, and Suria was right: "Ask him what he plans to do."

"Why didn't you let Veronica come over?" Surya changed the subject.

"Veronica is very busy. She is the speaker, and she has too many things to deal with. Every year at the Grass Festival, she has to personally look at all the newly recruited witch apprentices." Ryan said casually.

"What time is it? Hurry up and call her to Mu Xilong." Su Liya's attitude was surprisingly firm.

"Okay." Ryan said nothing.

Since Ryan has never made a decision, most of the five marshals or the Duke and generals of Brittania at the military meeting did not agree to take the initiative to send troops when the situation is unclear. After all, it took Brittania a year The reorganization and reconstruction of the army has only been completed, and our army is not blown by strong winds.

On this point, most knights and nobles have maintained the same, that is, giving priority to defending the country, but if Marienburg asks for help, the empire asks for help, or the Chaos army really penetrates into the core area of ​​the empire, then they can really consider sending troops Things are up, based on this, the Britannian army must always remain vigilant, what if Chaos does not hit Marienburg and directly hits Courona or Le-Angulan?

In this way, the resolution was settled, and the new Holy Grail Knight Lingard rushed to Marienburg with the letter and Foreign Minister Talleyrand, and the Regent Lawn began to assemble an army in Courona in accordance with Ryan's order.

At the same time, the entire city of Marienburg has exploded!

A main chaos fleet of thousands of dragon ships is approaching Marienburg along the Sea of ​​Claws!

This largest trade center, port city, and business center in the old world is facing an unprecedented crisis. Ever since the Great Holy War, the people of Marienburg can hardly remember what the captain of the Chaos Dragon Fleet looked like!

The whole city was in chaos.

Several undercurrents surged at the same time, and it was clear that the enemy's dragon boat fleet was approaching slowly, but the upper and lower floors of Marienburg were completely divided!

Do you want help? Do you stick to it? If you run away, where will you go?

The enlarged meeting of the upper and lower houses of Marienburg launched a heated discussion on this.

Grand Duke Schulz and most of the small businessmen, a very small number of big businessmen, temple forces and trade union forces believe that at this moment they must ask for help from the old world!

However, most of the upper and lower houses of parliament, who are at a numerical disadvantage, rejected the proposal with hesitation.

What if Chaos isn't coming after us?

What if these barbarians could negotiate?

What if it is easy to ask God but difficult to send God away?

What if it is robbed again by the Britannia or the Imperials under the pretext of last time?

"Let's see what happens next." These are the original words of Valverde, a newly-emerged big businessman in Fort Marien.

The shadow brought by Ryan last time and the "unjust" trial of Schultz were too profound. The councilors of Marienburg would not accept that other troops entered the city again anyway. They suffered huge losses and were forced to There are maximum hours, extra holidays and minimum wages, and everyone has lost a lot!

A big box that could earn 10 gold coins can only earn 8 now. We lost 2 gold coins!

"We must be wary of Schultz and those dock workers playing the "Knight's Way" card!"

This is the consensus reached by the big trench businessmen in private.

At the same time, the big businessmen are still a little bit secretly happy. Can this wave play the "chaos card" against those who are not determined and small and medium-sized businessmen?

Stretch the bold to death, starve the timid to death!

Let Chaos reshuffle Marienburg once, wouldn't the whole city be full of unowned industries? When the time comes...hehehe!

In this way, Schultz's proposal for help was never passed.

After repeated proposals, the Grand Duke of Marienburg finally resigned angrily.

And on the day Schultz submitted his resignation, Ryan's letter and the official document from the empire arrived in Marienburg almost at the same time!