The Triumph Fortress is the northern gateway to the Tedga Hills. It is built on the mountain, and most of the structures are inside the mountain. The barbarians built a large number of suspension bridges on the mountain walls, allowing them to attack the invaders below from a high position. In the past, the barbarians

When the legions fought for the empire, they walked out of the Triumph Fortress from the Tedega Hills; when they returned after victory, they also walked through the Triumph Fortress.

It can be said that the Triumph Fortress has recorded too many honors of the Barbarian Legion, and now it falls into the hands of the Empire's Northern Legion.

During the tacit truce between the Northern Army and the Barbarian Army, the Triumph Fortress was transformed into a large military camp. On the top of the mountain, the Northern Army built a large magic tower, and magic detection waves continuously scanned the surrounding area; in addition, the Northern Army

On the basis of the tunnels inside the fortress, the legion also opened up many mountain passages to connect all the surrounding mountains.

The engineering troops laid railroad tracks and built roads, so that materials transported from the rear could be quickly unloaded and then dispersed and transported into the mountain.

The train from the imperial capital entered the Triumph Fortress, and Luke and Agatha stepped out of the carriage.

There was a small honor guard on the platform outside to greet them, but they did not see Sinclair or General Joshua. Agatha is the eldest princess of the empire, and Luke is the Marquis of the empire, and at the same time he is the number two and number one in the empire.

Number three, the highest-ranking officer who came to greet him, only wore the rank of colonel.

This is both contempt and humiliation. It can be felt that the entire Triumph Fortress is full of hostility towards the condolences group.

The colonel stepped forward and saluted Agatha and Luke: "Your Royal Highness the Princess, Lord Marquis of Falling Star, on behalf of the Northern Army, I welcome your visit. The accommodation for the visiting group has been arranged. Please come with me."

Luke glanced at the fortress surrounded by mountains and walls, but did not move.

Agatha did not follow the colonel. She asked with the air of a royal princess: "Where is His Majesty Sinclair?"

"No!" Qiao Xiuer said with certainty: "There are rumors in the palace that His Majesty has passed away, and the Queen is now acting as regent under the guise of His Majesty's will. She is now aggressively excluding dissidents, appointing a large number of officials recommended by Meteor Star, and confusing everyone in the palace.

Self-danger.

Sinclair nodded and said: "Yes, our officers are all very good. But are they loyal to me? Or to the empire? Or to their family?"

If you continue to hesitate, the Augustine family's empire will be stolen!"

From Colonel Chester's answer, Luke roughly understood the attitude of the Northern Army.

Agatha said: "You can see it and still ask me?"

At this time, on a prominent platform in the mountain, Emperor Sinclair and General Qiao Shuer stood there overlooking the military columns parked in the fortress.

The colonel replied: "His Royal Highness Sinclair and General Joshua are discussing urgent military affairs. Her Royal Highness the Princess and the Marquis can stay in the fortress first. After His Royal Highness Sinclair has finished his military affairs, he can receive you two."

Colonel Chester was so surprised that he temporarily forgot to take the list.

Don't waste time, everyone must want to taste caviar and red wine as soon as possible. By the way, we also have a medical team and mechanical modification engineers coming with us. Let the injured officers and soldiers who need limb replacement go to them.

All medicines and mechanical prostheses are sponsored by Nutao City."

We live on the train, and when Sinclair decides to meet us, we will move into the fortress."

Colonel Chester had no special reaction, but the officers and soldiers who were with him couldn't help but pursed their lips when they heard about Lucien Bay caviar and Western red wine.

The Northern Legion treated the Imperial Consolation Group in such a humiliating manner that Her Royal Highness the Princess was so angry that she refused to leave the train. He originally thought he would not receive this batch of condolences, but he did not expect that the Marquis of Falling Star would let him unload the cargo.

Colonel Chester took the list: "Thank you, Lord Marquis!"

He also told General Qiao Xiuer that he had already made a mistake by not stopping Fania from launching a coup, and he should not make another mistake this time and harm Fania's only son.

Facts also prove that this will is correct. The Snow Legion established by the Queen is fighting very well in the North. Many people are comparing the Snow Legion and the Northern Legion, thinking that the Snow Legion is stronger than the Northern Legion."

Sinclair added: "Most of the officers of the Northern Army come from big families, especially the senior officers, and many of them are family heirs."

"Colonel Chester. As you can see, Her Royal Highness the Princess is very angry at the Northern Army's neglect. Think of the exquisite military uniform you are wearing, as well as the food, drinks, cigarettes, coffee, and razors you can enjoy every day.

…

Agatha said with a little anger: "Tell Sinclair that Marquis Falling Star and I came to Triumph Fortress to solve the problem. Without him seeing us, the problem cannot be solved.

"Uncle Joel..." Sinclair looked at the train and said calmly: "You know my ambition. I have regarded you as my role model since I was a child. I want to be a general like you and lead the army to fight for the empire.

.I never thought about a civil war, especially one that might lead to the demise of the empire."

If His Majesty were still alive, would he allow the Queen to do this?

Agatha picked up the coffee on the table and drank: "I don't know if you guessed it right. In fact, I don't know what the meteorite wants to do. According to my previous experience... just wait here, the meteorite will take the north

The Legion regains its side with the Empire."

The treatment given by the Empire to the Northern Army has not been reduced in any way because of that incident. This time we brought a whole train of high-end condolences, which even included caviar and Western red wine produced by Ruthen Bay. You said this train of condolences

To remove the goods or not to remove them?”

Qiao Xiuer said with a very bad expression: "The Snow Army is indeed fighting well in the north, but it cannot be concluded that the Northern Army is weak. This comparison is meaningless. Your Highness, the special envoy of the Duke of Celtic and the special envoy of the cabinet

They are all here, when are you going to see them?"

The Northern Legion sent such a character to greet the condolences group, which pushed him to take the blame, which also meant that there was quite a lot of room for maneuver.

This is a war zone after all, and no matter how good the empire's supplies to the Northern Army are, there won't be too many luxuries. Most of the officers and soldiers can have enough to eat, but delicious food is almost out of reach for them.

"But that's just a rumor." Sinclair said: "The queen's regency was an order personally given by His Majesty at the Royal Cabinet meeting. The queen oversees the country, and is led by the eldest princess Agatha, the governor of Raging Wave City, the Marquis of Falling Star, and the royal chief knight Millscomb.

Knight confirmed.

Luke walked up to the colonel and asked, "What's your name?"

Qiao Xiuer knew that Sinclair liked military topics, so he could only put the special envoy aside for a while. He replied: "Yes. Before the spring, everyone was generally not optimistic about the Northern War. The Snow Legion had a Queen's background, and the family came from a military academy.

Most of the students refused to serve in the Snow Corps, so the supplementary officers of the Snow Corps were basically civilians."

Now that Agatha has finished playing the red face, it's time for her to play the bad side.

Qiao Xiuer didn't know how to answer.

But all our officers come from military families. They have received military skills education since childhood, and their military literacy is definitely not comparable to that of civilians who have attended military schools for several years. Moreover, these families are loyal to Prince Fania, and now they are loyal to you. They all hope that

You can become the emperor of the empire and bring greater honor to their family."

Qiao Shuer looked at Sinclair as if he were his own son, and said: "Sinclair, you are too young, your heart is full of fiery ambitions, and you don't understand the cruelty of politics. The battle for the throne has reached this stage, isn't it?

If you die, I will die.

After finishing speaking, Agatha turned around and walked back into the carriage.

General Qiao Shuer also looked at the train, and after a while he said to Sinclair: "Agatha refused to get off the train, but Meteor allowed the unloading. They wanted to win over the morale of the Northern Army. Your Highness, you have been slow to express your attitude.

, it is easy for the people below to be shaken."

"Of course. These are soldiers of the empire. They used to resist the Art County Alliance in the north, and now they have entered the Tedega Hills to put down the rebellion of the Celtic Dukes. They shed their blood for the empire, and the empire cannot treat them badly."

Sinclair has matured a lot after experiencing great changes in his life. He looked at the condolences train in silence, not knowing what he was thinking in his heart.

Colonel Luke and Colonel Chester led their respective subordinates to the cargo train to supervise the unloading. In the carriage, Prince Macdonald said angrily: "Sinclair's grandson humiliated us so much, and the eldest brother even asked the Northern Army to unload the goods. If someone is so offended,

I, I will pull the goods back intact and throw them all into the sea without giving them to them. Agatha... you won't stop him?"

Prince MacDonald was shocked: "Really? Did I really guess it right?"

Welcoming the Imperial Consolation Group is definitely a thankless job, and if there is a slight mistake, both sides will be unsatisfied. Colonel Chester is calm on the surface, but in his heart he is panicking.

"ah?!"

"Is there really no other way?"

Luke smiled and said: "You can't decide, let me decide. This is the list of condolences we brought this time. The Northern Army immediately unloaded the goods, and the colonel and I supervised the inventory of supplies.

Let’s hurry up and send condolences to every soldier fighting for the empire as soon as possible.”

Colonel Chester said: "I'm sorry, Lord Marquis of Falling Star, this is not something I can decide."

If the Northern Army really wants to embarrass the Imperial Consolation Corps, it will send a tougher figure, who must be the core officer of the Northern Army. According to the secret service's intelligence, Colonel Chester is responsible for the logistics and business of the Northern Army.

He has outstanding abilities but is not a core member of the legion. And although he comes from a big family, he is only the fourth son. Being a colonel is basically the end of his military career.

There is no retreat for you, and there is no retreat for us."

Please consider it carefully."

Prince McDonald showed a disdainful expression: "Don't sensationalize me. I prefer to believe that the eldest brother used these materials to buy off the morale of the lower-level officers and soldiers of the Northern Army and let them arrest Sinclair and Qiao Shuer."

"Is this...right?"

Kylena, who was accompanying her, took out a list of condolences from her briefcase, and Luke took it and handed it directly to Colonel Chester.

The colonel was left at a loss.

The sergeants of the Northern Army were happily unloading the goods. Marquis of Fallen Star and Colonel Chester led people to carefully check the list. The doctors who came with the consolation group set up a medical tent, and the outside was filled with medical equipment and human mechanical modification equipment.

Wait for the tent to be set up before moving in and installing it.

Sinclair did not change his mind because Qiao Xiuer changed the subject: "Let them wait, we still talk about the Northern Army and the Snow Army. I heard that the Snow Army was formed in a hurry and supplemented the officers.

Many of them are military academy students who have not yet graduated, and they are mainly civilian officers."

"It's still a matter of alliance. Now that the Celtic Duke has lifted the factory restrictions, the factory in Holy Mountain is being built very quickly. Leo and the Art County Alliance have given him a lot of funding. I believe it won't take too long for Tedga Hills to be built.

It can support two armies.

If you don't fight, the military families behind the Northern Army will have no reason to support you. When they give up on you, they will not hesitate to tie you up and give it to the Queen.

"Lord Marquis, are you really unloading the goods?"

Luke smiled and said: "Of course we have to unload the goods! Can we still pull them back? The eldest princess is angry with His Highness Sinclair and has nothing to do with you.

With the barbarian army and the northern army, and the support of the court ministers who are loyal to you, you can easily defeat the queen and become the emperor of the empire."
To be continued...