Chapter 1591 The Conspiracy of Master Fei (Ⅱ)

Joan nodded in agreement with Mr. Adams' analysis.

He, Hyrule, Audrey, and Holden all belonged to the exploration team that discovered the super-large magic crystal vein. They had personally inspected the middle section of the vein—that is, the Jotunheim Colonial Company and the Midgard Colonial Company. border zone of control areas.

The scene that left the deepest impression on Joan at that time was not the amazing reserves of the magic crystal mine, nor the tense atmosphere between the north and the south in the disputed area, but standing in the center of the disputed area, raising his head, and looking westward, The line of sight moves upwards along the steep rock wall. During the time when the light is strongest at noon, you will be able to see a majestic castle high on the top of a thousand-foot cliff, like a giant dragon overlooking the abyss. That kind of powerful and invisible oppression Sensation, enough to make those who look up can't help but tremble all over!

That is the northern gate of the Midgard colony, the military fortress Lindeep Castle.

Changing positions, standing on the east wall of Linyuan Castle, overlooking the ancient abyss with the help of searchlights or reconnaissance magic, you can clearly see the positions of the two sides competing for the mine at any time, without any secrets at all.

Furthermore, if a row of cannons were set up on the top of the city, they could bomb the abyss mining area without any risk, and they could hit wherever they wanted, and the opponent could not resist at all.

It is precisely because the Midgard side firmly holds the strategic commanding heights of Linyuanbao, and is in an invincible position in the battle for the mining area. Therefore, in the past six months, although the real Fei has hired more and stronger snakemen Mercenaries, but have been unable to open up the situation in the abyss mining area.

If Master Fei is determined to fight for the mining hegemony in the New World, they must try to remove the thorn in Linyuan Castle at all costs.

Looking back afterwards, Master Fei had already realized this crucial link half a year ago.

"You should recall that on November 15 last year, the lower house of the Fizen Council held a hearing on the dispute between the Jotunheim Colony and the Imperial Midgard Colony's mining area, and voted to pass a resolution with a strong declaration of war. Meaningful motion."

"At that time, we all thought that the war between the two colonies of Jotunheim and Midgard was imminent, but the development of the situation was unexpected. The hawkish attitude of the Fizen House of Commons seemed to be just a pretense. After deliberation by the House of Lords, there is no further action."

"By the beginning of this year, people's focus has shifted from the north to Alfheim in the south. The militant attitude of the real Fei is only in words, but the Hailan people are very serious, and they are doing it with real knives and guns! "

"In this situation, the atmosphere of public opinion in Midgard has also changed. People are keen to talk about whether the compatriots in the south can stop the invasion of the sea blue people, and what kind of help we should provide to the compatriots in the south. They subconsciously feel that the people in Fei have missed the start of the war. The perfect time for us Midgardians to rest easy."

"But is this really the case? No, we have all been deceived by the cunning Master Fei."

Mr. Adams shrugged and smiled wryly.

"Do you still remember the bill submitted by the House of Commons of Feizhen that was shelved for half a year? Just the evening before yesterday, the House of Lords of Feizhen held an emergency meeting and passed this bill at the last minute. King George III made an exception and postponed his dinner for half an hour, waiting in his study with a pen in order to sign this expedited bill."

"The bill signed by King George III was sent to a carriage escorted by the royal guards. It ran all the way, and within an hour it was sent to the embassy of the Ashan Empire in Avalon, and handed over to the ambassador in person."

"Our ambassador, Your Excellency, signed the letter, which means that he officially accepted the declaration of war from the Kingdom of Fizhen. At almost the same time, the New World side secretly went south from New Avalon ten days in advance, passing through the "Iron Forest", lurking in the The Jotunheim regiment in the dense forest near the mouth of the Vymur River, including 1,000 Feizhen cavalry equipped with the new magic crystal rifle, plus 500 mercenaries from Calydon Island, immediately launched a surprise attack on Linyuan Castle!"

"Lieutenant Colonel Henry James, who was staying at Linyuan Castle, never dreamed that Master Fei would suddenly break into the fortress in the middle of the night like a divine soldier, and led his troops to resist in a hurry. He only persisted for less than two hours. After suffering heavy casualties , was forced to lead the remnants to escape from the fortress, and surrendered to Linyuan Castle."

"Do you know what the funniest thing is?"

Mr. Adams shook his head, with a sarcasm on his lips.

"Only an hour after the fall of Deep Fort, Baron Laval received a warning from the mainland of the empire, learning that the Kingdom of Fizen had declared war on the Empire, asking him to beware of the invasion of Fizen's troops from the south of Jotunheim."

"After receiving the news, Baron Laval quickly sent a letter to Lieutenant Colonel James, reminding him to strengthen the security of Linyuan Castle to prevent the real person Fei from attacking. At this time, our lieutenant colonel...has been kicked out of Linyuan Castle. On the way to escape."

"Obviously, Lord Fei launched a successful sneak attack, but we can't accuse them of their despicable actions, because Lord Fei cleverly made a time difference, from all the members of the House of Lords to King George, and then to the Southward Army on the New World We worked together across the ocean, and we launched the war after submitting the declaration of war, obviously taking advantage of the sneak attack, but we couldn't find any faults in the process, and suffered a dumb loss, and couldn't tell the pain."

Adams is a lawyer, he knows where the line between legal and illegal is, and whether there are loopholes to exploit.

One of the differences between modern civilized society and the barbaric era is that it respects the "rules of the game", even if it is only on the surface.

A war between the two countries also needs to abide by the rules of the game, otherwise it will inevitably be condemned by the international public opinion. The Fijin government is obviously better at taking advantage of the loopholes within the rules than the bloated and slow Ashan Empire, and took advantage of the war from the very beginning.

"Mr. Adams, there is one thing I can't figure out. Where was Benedict Laval on the night that Fort Lindeep fell?"

Joan couldn't help asking questions.

"As the military commander of the Midgard colony and the garrison commander of the Fortress of Lindeep Fort, why didn't Baron Laval personally command the battle to defend the fortress?"

"On the night of the sneak attack on Linyuan Castle, Baron Laval and his cavalry company were four hundred miles away in Wind Knight Town. When he heard the news, it was too late to go back to rescue them."

Adams lit his pipe, took a deep draw, and exhaled.

Under the cover of the hazy smoke, his demeanor looked a little weird.

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