Chapter 313 Beacon Smoke in the South (Ⅰ)

Poor Mr. James, who fled from Brass Pass and returned to Port Layton, immediately complained to the governor at that time about the humiliation that the sea blue people had inflicted on him, and begged the governor to seek justice for him.

Your Excellency the Governor was deeply worried about the continuous expansion of the sea blue colonists' sphere of influence in the south, so he reported the matter to the imperial government and requested the imperial authorities to send more troops to the Alfheim colony to maintain border security.

The news reached Muspelheim before the imperial authorities had decided whether to increase their troops, and the rumors were seriously off the mark.

The governor of Muspelheim at the time mistakenly believed that the imperial army was about to go south, and intended to use the Brass Valley as a "springboard" to conquer Muspelheim in one fell swoop and expel the sea blue colonists from the area.

The nervous governor, while asking for help from the mother country government, at the same time gathered all the troops in his hands and sent them to the Brass Valley to strengthen the border defense and resist the legendary imperial army that was about to march south.

Brass Valley has thus become a "powder magazine".

In Alfheim and Muspelheim, border forces on both sides considered the other to be a "despicable aggressor", and there was a small-scale conflict at first, and then the conflict intensified, and finally led to a local war.

Because the fuse of this war was the ear that was cut off by businessman James, it is also called the "James Ear War".

At the beginning of the war, the frontier guards of Alfheim retreated steadily. Seeing that the colonial capital, Leiden Port, was about to be surrounded by sea blue troops, fortunately, Sir Dantridge Custis stepped forward and led a cavalry to kill He entered the enemy's line, beheaded the commander of the Navy Blue Army, lifted the siege of Leiden Port, and then led his troops to drive the Navy Blue Army back to the south of the Brass Pass, forcing the Sea Blue Army to propose a truce, and in fact won the war.

After the "James Ear War", the two colonies of Yalfheim and Muspelheim maintained peace for 14 years. Until early July this year, the border situation became tense again.

The new garrison commander of the Muspelheim colony, General Jumonville, is an ambitious young nobleman. As soon as he took office this spring, he changed the arrangement of the original garrison commander, and pushed the border guards two hundred miles northward. A military fort named "Fort Duquesne" was built in the Copper Valley.

It is still controversial whether the area where Fort Duquesne is located belongs to Alfheim or Muspelheim. Both sides have deliberately avoided conducting military activities in the area over the years, lest they trigger border conflicts.

General Jumonville did the opposite, and the Alfheim authorities could only think that he was deliberately provocative.

Just a week earlier, Sir John Norfolk, governor of the Azanian colony of Alfheim, had publicly protested against General Jumonville's move, reaffirming the de jure ownership of the Brass Valley to Alfheim, and sending an envoy to Send a letter to Fort Duquesne, requesting the local sea blue garrison to evacuate the Brass Valley immediately and restore the local tradition of "demilitarized zone".

However, just yesterday, Sir Norfolk's special envoy returned to Leiden Port in disgrace, and conveyed the attitude of General Louis Jumonville.

The aristocratic general who came from a famous sea blue family received the special envoy warmly. However, when the special envoy made Lord Norfolk's request, he resolutely and graciously rejected it, and claimed that he was only "fulfilling the mission of defending the national border".

As soon as this matter was published in the newspapers, it immediately caused an uproar in Leiden Port, and became a hot topic of discussion in major newspapers and social circles.

However, just when Lord Norfolk was deeply annoyed by General Jumonville's provocation, another bad news came from the southern border - a large group of wolf men and bandits entered from the Brass Pass, and burned, killed and looted all the way north along the Derlin River Valley. !

Residents and business travelers in the south were deeply affected by it, and letters pleading to suppress the bandits poured in like snowflakes.

Gnolls are natives of the Brass Mountains, usually only active in the Gobi area of ​​Alfheim, and now they suddenly crossed the pass and broke into the Delin River Valley, even Joan, who was not very sensitive to current affairs, could see the mystery of it.

If the jackals want to go north to plunder, they must first pass through the border defense line of the sea blue people; on the other hand, if the jackals go north to the Delin River Valley smoothly, there must be the sea blue military instigation behind them.

Joan may not care about the Far East Anti-tax Movement on the other side of the Meteor Ocean, but he has to worry about the border dispute provoked by the Jackals and the Navy Army. After all, his hometown, Delin Town, is located at the forefront of this dispute.

If the gnoll rogues continued north along the Derlin Valley, sooner or later his homeland would be looted too.

Holding the newspaper, Joan became more and more anxious, and decided to go to Major Vasa immediately to find out how the military should deal with the threat from the south.

When Joanne came to Mount Vernon on Sunday afternoon, George Vassar had just returned from the city and was instructing the servants to pack their luggage.

As soon as they met, Qiao An found that he was wearing the long-lost military uniform and the collar flower representing the rank of major.

"Mr. Vasa, congratulations on your reinstatement."

"Don't be so polite. In fact, the first thing I should thank for my reinstatement is you. When I participated in the hunting competition on Wild Boar Island, it was thanks to you who hunted and killed 'Prince Razor' and helped me complete the test set by General Gates. Otherwise, I would not know How long will it take before I can get back into this uniform."

After listening to Major Vasa's emotion, Joan recalled that General Edward Gates, the garrison commander of Leiden Port, had asked Major Vasa a condition through Mrs. Martha: If he can successfully hunt in this year's hunting competition After killing the "Prince Razor", he recommended him to the Governor Sir Norfolk for reinstatement and entrusted him with important tasks.

Now, seeing Vasa put on his military uniform and hastily ordering his servants to pack their luggage, it seems that he is about to go on a long trip. It can be seen that General Gates kept his promise and fulfilled his promise without any compromise, but he didn't know that Major Vasa would be appointed Where to go.

"Mr. Vasa, you are busy packing your luggage, are you going back to the knight camp in the Delin Valley?" Joan asked with some reluctance.

"The first stop is indeed to go back to the military camp. It's been almost half a year since I left. I really miss my old buddy Nathaniel and the boys in the camp. I hope they are all well." Major Vasa said excitedly.

Joan nodded thoughtfully.

Major Nathaniel Green, Vasa's best friend.

Vasa alone shouldered the responsibility of sending troops to rescue Delin Town without the permission of his superiors. It is said that Major Green was very angry, thinking that he was also involved in making this decision, so he deserved to share the difficulty.

Vassar insisted on taking responsibility alone, and for good reason.

Because the knight camp can do without George Vassar, but it cannot do without Nathaniel Green, the "big steward" who is in charge of logistics, finance, daily training and even psychological counseling for young officers and soldiers.