Chapter 283 Worries

"There is only Brias left in the rebellion in the valley. Even if there is a trap, it doesn't make any sense." Cleo replied disapprovingly.

This is a rich valley in the west of Grony, which is close to the border - the southwest is close to Kur. This land was originally enfeoffed to nine great nobles. As early as the age of Garunas, this was definitely not a wrong choice. Because in that era, magical communication was far less smooth than modern times. What happened at the border was sent back to the Hawks and Falcon City, and it would take a month to quickly horses. The king could not respond nimblely to all kinds of urgent matters on the border. In that case, the only option was to hand over this land to faithful ministers to manage the land on behalf of the king, so that the land would always be under Grony's control - even if that meant not under the king's control.

"That's true...but you still need to be more prepared." Essin pondered for a moment and replied. "Creo, this is not my suspicion. There have been many battles in history, where huge troops were collapsed by raids from weak enemies."

"Then try to be careful," Cleo replied without interest. "We have settled the valley, which means..." His eyes looked at the big map on the table. "It seems that most of our mission has been completed."

Speaking of which, it has only been half a year since they started this journey of unpopularity (even considered crazy) with five hundred soldiers.

Essin, who was originally considered to be a rebellious, untrusted, and has no future (as many people know, when he came back from Byron, he only saved his life, and even the title of "Knight" he once had), has now taken one step at a time and is about to reach the first peak of his life. This counterattack battle, which was originally considered to be slim in chance, is now recognized as a sure win, and there is only a matter of time left.

What happened in the past six months was like a dream. Sometimes, looking at the maps that were stamped one by one, Cleo himself didn't believe his eyes.

Although more than 80 lords were declared rebellious by the Queen, in fact, only twenty are really difficult to deal with - and now, all those "hard bones" have become history, either dead or surrendered. With Essin's command art and Cleo's negotiating ability, the most difficult days have passed.

Of course, in the eyes of some other people, Essin has never encountered any difficulties. This is also human nature - he always underestimates the difficulties encountered by others, always attributes the reasons for his success to "luck", and never thinks how keen vision and wise mind this luck requires to grasp it.

"At the side..." Cleo's topic changed. "The four lords on the side of the valley have sent the surrender books."

Of course, those are just "protocol letters" and not "subursday letters", but that's the essence. Just like a gambler admits his gambling and takes money out of his pocket to pay, these lords have also given up on the idea of ​​resisting.

In fact, this is the case in the world - people who really have bad intentions, are really rigid in their minds, and are always only a few people who are determined to "sustain and die with their homeland". Most people are just adding fuel to the fire with their "law does not blame the public". Of course, in most cases, they can force the king to make concessions and compromises, but sometimes they can play this game - and then the current situation occurs.

In this case, people who had no firm beliefs often choose to watch when others fight, hoping to harvest the fruits of victory for free. But the world is fair, and ninety-ninety percent of those who adopt this position will not get the fruits of victory. So the situation will further develop, for example, in this situation, when enemies who surpass their strength come to the door, they will choose to surrender.

"Ah, that was expected," Essin replied. "Creo, if I guess correctly, we may not need soldiers at all, we only need messengers to end the siege."

"Essin..." Creo sighed softly.

"Crio, what's wrong?" Essin narrowed his eyes. "I remember you received a letter from the Hawk City today?"

"I have received a lot of letters these days," Cleo admitted. "Some of them were from magical communications, and some were brought by messengers."

"I guess... your expression means we are in trouble. Since we have no difficulties on the battlefield now, the only reason is what happened in the Hawk City. Because you just sighed rather than whine, it means that things have not yet developed to an irreversible level. In summary, I guess," Essin said with a smile. "It should be that some people are jealous of our achievements and want to get us away before we complete this crusade. Of course, it would be better to replace me. Is it right?"

"Uh..." Clio was stunned for a while. Then he realized that Essin might have his own information channel. But no matter what, Essin's calmness gave him confidence.

"Essin, you know?"

"Oh, guess it," Essin replied. "Creo, I have had experience of this kind. At the beginning, I was spotted by Byron and selected as the Queen's personal guard - as you know, this position means the title of a knight, the identity of a noble - and this kind of thing happened. Of course, because it only involves the title of a knight, the attack on me was not particularly fierce. I held on...and this time, it was at least related to the title of a duke, and a duke with his own territory... I could imagine it even if I imagined it."

"You have a way?"

"How? Cleo, do you really think I am the protagonist of those story books? Standing still, you can play with things thousands of miles away in your palms? Just considering the troubles in this war will exhaust my brain."

"you mean……"

"Trust! Well, I should say I believe in our little queen."

"Hey, Essin, why do I think you're just burying your head into the sand and pretending not to see it."

"Crio." Essin replied. "You must understand that we two are people without foundation. Speaking of which, you have some reliable relatives and friends in the city of Eagle Falcon - they can still pass on messages to you, and I don't even have these friends. This is a battlefield where you and I can do nothing. On this battlefield, we are like two ordinary soldiers, and can only entrust our destiny to the officer who commands us. That's it. In addition, I also believe in the eyes of our little queen... Do you still remember that she agreed to my request and gave us five hundred soldiers? This is the beginning of everything... Although the five hundred soldiers are not a big number, the ability to entrust five hundred people to a "traitor" like me with no credit is not that simple."

"But, if, I mean...if..."

"I don't think I'll make a mistake." Essin sighed, lowered his head and replied. "But I'm not 100% confident in this regard. After all, I've made a mistake once, haven't I?"

...

"Your Majesty, this is a report recently sent back from the frontline."

Ailin sent the compiled information to the Queen's desk. Groney's intelligence exchange system is a bit strange. The first recipient of the magic communication (and secret letters) is the court chief. Next, the court chief chief will forward it to the ministers based on the content of the letter. If the ministers think that a certain intelligence is particularly important, or they cannot make decisions, they will submit it to the king for judgment. If the king himself cannot make a decision for the time being, he will hold a meeting of imperial predecessors and work together to get the final conclusion.

This also shows the importance of the position of the court chief. Due to his existence, it is quite difficult to "deceive superiors and conceal subordinates". This position is also an important means for the king to control his ministers.

The little queen was in a very bad mood - it has been like this these days, at least Ellen didn't see her smiling.

"Is there any latest news on the front line?" The little girl did not look at the documents, but asked her prime minister directly.

"That's right, with the first good news. News came from Gaohua City that the Chaos Legion finally suspended its offensive after launching a crazy attack some time ago. It seemed that their attack had been frustrated by the tenacity of the defenders." Ailin said. "The Chaos Legion turned to attack other small castles around." He emphasized his tone, "The situation is similar to the last invasion of the Chaos Legion."

The last Chaos Legion invasion was achieved, although it achieved the record of capturing White Fort and killing the former King Grony, it eventually stopped at the city of Sarek. At that time, the Chaos Legion's reaction was similar: first he sieged the city wildly at all costs. But after finding it was really difficult to chew this hard bone, they turned around and did not attack, and divided some forces to attack the surrounding castles and villages (every settlement area in northeast Grony had solid fortifications). The Chaos Army

The regiment's intention was undoubtedly to use the "siege of siege" tactic, but they finally underestimated the preparations of the defenders, and the defenders could hold on for a long time than they expected. The final result of this incident was that the Chaos Legion, which was so angry, spent several months using a catastrophic magic, turning the entire city of Sarek into a hell of the disease. The surviving residents of the city (that is, those who were lucky enough to have those who were not fatal to disease) did not survive.

Because of this, the Chaos Legion wasted a whole year under the city of Sarek, lost a great fighter opportunity, and was eventually defeated by Berel.

This time, the Eagle Falcon City was originally worried that Gao Hua City would be captured in one fell swoop, but now it seems that their worries are unnecessary. The Chaos Legion may have more troops than the last time, but things are not out of control.

No matter what, a large army had gathered on the front line at this time and could launch a counterattack at any time.

"What's good news...what else?" After hearing the news, the little girl seemed to feel a little better.

"Earl of Earl Ashurufat sent a message. According to his opinion, since Gao Huacheng is not at risk of being captured in a short period of time, he believes that the attack should be delayed and waiting for a better opportunity."

"What about other people's opinions?"

"General Beral and General Baranka agree with the count's opinion, but Viscount Pari believes that the battle should be decided quickly. Because there is information that the Chaos reinforcements are still coming. He also wrote an additional letter to you, saying that Ashrufat is afraid of the enemy and dare not attack."

The little girl didn't believe it at all.

“Is there anything else?”

"In addition... there is also the matter of General Essin."
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