The mage held the telegram in his hand and hurriedly flew to the headquarters. Because he was too anxious, he did not control the speed when landing. He fell from the air more than ten meters away, an imperfect landing that was almost a hard landing.
Under the huge impact, he staggered and almost fell to the ground. He quickly used his staff to support the ground to prevent him from falling into the mud in front of everyone.
The mage hurriedly stood up straight, then shook his robe, reached out to wipe the long hair on his head, and then breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, the hair is not messed up..."
The soldiers around looked at this stinky mage and couldn't help but look at each other and couldn't help laughing.
Seeing the different looks from the surrounding guards, the mage smiled awkwardly, and then quickly rushed into the Chinese army's tent.
He lifted the curtain, and a room full of shining stars almost blinded him.
Except for some generals who accompanied Archduke Julius on the front line to attack the city, most of the other generals in the peacekeeping force gathered here.
Dozens of generals who had experienced hundreds of battles and were filled with murderous intent all turned their heads and stared at the mage who staggered in. With such a powerful aura, a timid person might be stunned instantly.
But the mage was already used to it, and didn't care at all. He just ran towards the main seat in a hurry, with a nervous expression on his face, and shouted eagerly: "Commander, it's an emergency. It's an emergency."
There was a room full of generals who were just telling jokes and talking nonsense, waiting for lunch.
Archduke Julius squatted in front, supervising his soldiers to fill the holes, and then used artillery to target valuable targets in Haligard City one by one, just like playing a game of whack-a-mole. This situation is not so useful.
Many people were surrounding him.
Although it was interesting at first, these generals enthusiastically circled all the targets in Haligad City that had entered the range of artillery fire, and then watched the artillery knock them out one by one.
Then the infantrymen rushed into the layers of trenches with shouts and started a bloody fight with the enemies hiding in the trenches.
Bit by bit, we fight against the enemy and push forward bit by bit. Occasionally, we are pushed back by counterattacks organized by the enemy.
Or after occupying a certain trench, the enemy immediately opened the embankment leading to the river mouth, and the soldiers immediately screamed and tried their best to escape before the water poured in and filled the entire trench.
Immediately, the enemy took advantage of the situation and came to cover them up.
The artillery fired again, driving back the enemy. Then the infantry attacked again, fighting with the enemy through ankle-deep blood and piles of corpses.
Now the two sides have fallen into a meaningless tug of war, but they can only continue.
It's like two giants fighting. Although they are panting and their tired tongue is about to stick out, they can only use their last strength to knock down the enemy as much as possible, otherwise he will fall.
Own.
Under this situation, all strategies and tricks have no effect, let alone the art of command. The generals can only send the soldiers up like gamblers throwing dice, and then basically
There is nothing to do, just wait quietly for the result. Then based on the result, decide whether to bet again.
Everyone knows clearly that if there are no other changes, then this siege, like all sieges in history, will be a long and arduous process.
Lorraine and the other generals had nothing to do, so they just sat together and chatted. Firstly, they could spend public funds blatantly. Secondly, they could also improve mutual understanding.
Seeing the mage running in in a hurry, Lorraine, who was listening to others telling jokes, immediately stood up and said with a smile: "My dear Withers, why are you so scared? Did the high priest of the undead come to fight?"
Hearing what Lorraine said was interesting, the generals around him chuckled.
Lorraine is very familiar with the mage in charge of the telegraph station. He is also Lorraine's classmate and one of Lester's disciples. He is not bad in ability and knows the basics. Therefore, when recruiting executives of the Tietong Telegraph Network, he was the first one.
I chose him.
"It's almost the same." Master Withers smiled bitterly, then took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Red Alert, Marshal."
Lorraine was startled for a moment. This Master Withers was usually self-admiring and a cheerful and free-spirited person. He definitely didn't look like a serious mage.
Being able to make him show such an expression showed that things were not going to be simple. Lorraine suddenly had a bad feeling.
He quickly walked over and took the telegram, opened it and browsed it quickly, and blurted out: "Damn it, the High Priest of the Undead really called here~!"
The generals laughed out loud, and one said: "Sir, you are so funny."
But then they discovered that Lorraine was clutching the telegram, her face quickly turned livid, her expression was terrifyingly serious, and she couldn't help but fell silent.
You know, even when he was face to face with Hadou, the old man never showed an expression like this.
That Lorraine could show such a solemn expression showed the seriousness of the matter. Everyone closed their mouths, straightened their bodies and looked at Lorraine with bright eyes.
"What happened?"
Lorraine nodded slowly and said solemnly: "The lich attacked Edin Island at..."
Having said this, he turned his wrist, looked at the watch on his wrist, and said, "Uh, an hour and a half ago."
The Flying Eagle Group's telegraph network delivered the message to the peacekeeping force headquarters in the shortest possible time with extremely high efficiency.
The generals were all stunned and stared blankly at Lorraine, realizing that he did not seem to be joking. Then they looked at each other with expressions of disbelief on their faces.
News thousands of miles away was delivered in just one and a half hours.
What a miraculous thing this is.
It is said that only Forbidden Magic mages could do this in the past.
But now it’s easy to do it?
Although everyone has tried it and understood the benefits of telegraphy, they still felt a little uncomfortable when they suddenly discovered that it was so fast.
It's like a man who has been away from home for three years, and then suddenly gets a telegram from home telling him that his wife has just given birth to a big, fat boy. It always feels like there is a layer of gauze, hazy and unreal.
After being silent for a while, the generals finally woke up to what had happened and suddenly burst into loud noises.
“There is no room for error in Edin Island.”
"Return troops to rescue, we must take back Edin Island."
"What's the situation now? Has Edin Island been lost?"
"Hell, how long can we last with our current supplies?"
"..."
There was a lot of noise and chaos in the headquarters for a while.
Lorraine waved his hand to signal everyone to quiet down, and then said to the guard next to him: "Go and ask Duke Julius to come back. We must treat this matter with caution."
The man also knew that the matter was of great importance, so he hurriedly agreed and ran out quickly.
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At this time, Archduke Julius was standing at the front of the camp, holding a telescope and carefully observing the situation in Haligad City.
After ten days of siege, some changes could be seen inside and outside Haligad, except that many places in the city were reduced to rubble by artillery bombs.
Under his feet, the New Army soldiers were still struggling to transport earth and fill in the trenches dug by the Confederate Army, but the speed was like the next Blu-ray high-definition love action movie using dial-up broadband. The eager mood, and the turtle
The same speed forms a sharp contrast. It makes people hate it so much that they can almost break their teeth.
If that's all it is, forget it.
While they were attacking, the Confederate Army fired arrows from time to time in the trenches to harass and hinder the movements of the new troops.
The archer commanders of the Southern Army were also extremely clever. Although they hid in the trenches without showing their heads, groups of new troops fell down after every burst of arrows.
In order to clear out the archers in the south, the infantry had to be sent out again, and the two sides started a tug-of-war again...
Lorraine just didn't have the patience, so she quit.
Lorraine's adjutant hurried over as if his butt was on fire, and breathlessly whispered a few words in front of Archduke Julius.
The general of the New Army who was supervising the battle next to him saw that the expression on Archduke Julius's face changed instantly, but it soon returned to normal.
Archduke Julius patted the New Army general next to him on the shoulder and said: "Retract the troops, we will get here first today."
The general of the new army looked up at the sky. It was just noon. Normally, Archduke Julius would not call it a day until the whole day was over.
Several generals of the new army secretly muttered in their hearts: What is going on today? Did something unexpected happen?
However, although the relationship between the Grand Duke and Queen Isabella was good, compared to the old troops, these new troops were stepbrothers in the eyes of the Grand Duke and he did not care much about them.
A group of new army generals protested a few words at first, but then... they got used to it.
Grand Duke Julius abandoned the generals of the new army present, jumped on his horse, and rode straight back to the headquarters.
After he opened the curtain and entered the door, his first question was: "How is the situation on Edin Island?"
Lorraine handed the telegram to Grand Duke Julius, shook his head, and said: "There is only this piece of news at the moment. I have asked them to ask for the latest situation."
Grand Duke Julius's face was also gloomy and terrifying, and he said: "Then let's prepare for the worst."
Lorraine nodded. Especially at this time, you can't take any chances. Just treat Edin Island as if it has been completely destroyed.
The Edin Island pull is very important and is an aorta of the entire transportation logistics line. Once it is cut off, the consequences will be quite serious.
Archduke Julius turned to look at a general at his side and asked with concern: "Old Borg, how much impact will the loss of Edin Island have on our logistics?"
General Edberg is one of Archduke Julius' cronies. He is in charge of the logistics work of the entire peacekeeping force. He is considered one of the giants under Archduke Julius and Lorraine in the peacekeeping force.
His immediate boss is Her Royal Highness Princess Catherine.
Only if Catherine personally manages the peacekeeping force's ledgers, Archduke Julius and Lorraine can rest assured that there will be no inexplicable losses, while Edberg is engaged in specific work.
Edberg pondered for a moment and said: "The bulk of the logistics supplies transported or sent through Edin Island are grain and cloth, accounting for one-third of the total logistics.
Before this, I would have said that losing Edin Island was a fatal blow to us. But now..."
Edberg spread his hands and said: "The impact is not too big. Originally, we have been hoarding supplies based on full personnel. However, since the gradual withdrawal of troops, the personnel has been relatively reduced, and our demand for materials is only the original amount.
half."
Both Archduke Julian and Lorraine breathed a sigh of relief, as long as the foundation of the peacekeeping force was not threatened.
Edberg said easily: "Relying only on other shipping routes can basically meet our needs. Of course, it would be better if the Almohad side could be more crowded."
Archduke Julius patted Edberg on the shoulder and said with a comforting smile: "Old Berg, you can still be relied upon at critical moments."
Edberg smiled lightly.
Archduke Julius turned to look at the peacekeeping force generals who were full of people, and said in a deep voice: "There is a more important question at the moment. Are there other areas that have also been attacked by lichs?"
Lorraine shook his head and said: "We have not received any news of attacks in other areas so far, but we cannot regard the attack on Edin Island as an isolated incident. The lichs will not make such a fuss just for the sake of Edin Island.
It’s a big move. For the lichs, it’s not cost-effective.”
Grand Duke Julius nodded slightly.
Lorraine tapped her fingers on the table and said, "This may be Hadou's so-called method. Hadou was so calm and calm, and even said words to reverse the situation in three months. I think this is the day he has been waiting for.
Cooperating with the demons and letting them disrupt our supply lines is indeed a vicious move."
The surrounding generals looked solemn, and someone asked: "Then what should we do now?"
Archduke Julius glanced at them and said sternly: "First of all, let me say one thing. The war in front of us will not stop. Haligard must be won, and Hadou must die. Otherwise, we have sacrificed and huge manpower in the first half of the year.
Financial resources will be wasted.”
Lorraine nodded and said: "This is the premise. Our primary goal is to ensure the ultimate victory of the peacekeeping force."
Archduke Julius snorted, smiled confidently, and said: "Hadu thinks this is his chance? Let him dream. But if the Lich expands the scope of its sneak attack to all our shipping ports, Hadou's goal is to
Maybe it can really be achieved.”
Archduke Julius looked at the generals in front of their seats one by one and said: "We must ensure that the logistics supply lines are smooth."
Lorraine smiled slightly and said, "Then let me go."
Grand Duke Julius nodded with a "hmm" and said, "Okay, I'll leave it to you."
Lorraine is indeed the most suitable candidate at the moment.
Lorraine and the Liches have rich fighting experience and are better at dealing with special warfare.
Throughout the Ruman Empire, no one was more suitable to deal with the lich than Lorraine.
Lorraine stood up from the table and said, "Without further delay, I will start preparations now."
"Is there anything else you need? Just ask." Archduke Julius said simply.
Lorraine shook his head and said: "The help I need most is not here, but in Fantino."
At this moment, Lorraine thought of the old men from the Vatican who dared to attack the High Priest of the Undead, and the ascetic monks who had devoted their lives to the holy arts.
These old guys who seem like they might die at any time are actually the most powerful fighting force behind Fantino.
Unlike the intrigues of the cardinals, the ascetics devoted all their energy to the pursuit of more powerful holy arts.
The meaning of their existence is to fight against dark beings, or simply the high priest of the undead himself.
When the lichs come to sneak attack on their supply lines, they must be using the same high-intelligence and quick-reaction special warfare as they did when they went to the Semitic continent.
First of all, there can't be too many people infiltrating, and secondly, the actions are all about shooting and changing places.
If you want to catch them, the most effective candidates are powerful priests or paladins.
An idea that Archduke Julius also understood.
"But, sir, we should first notify Ruman City and let them send troops to deal with it, right?" A general next to him looked worried and said: "This place is only three thousand miles away from Hafs Port. Wait for the deputy commander-in-chief to come all the way.
We rushed to Edin Island, I'm afraid the situation is already out of control."
"Since we have the telegram, we can now ask Fantino to cooperate with Ruman City and send troops to eliminate the lich on Edin Island."
This suggestion seems to be the fastest to implement at present, and several generals nodded in agreement.
Pope Hilmeria is not far behind, and she can directly issue orders to Vatican to mobilize the power of the Holy See.
The journey from Haligard to Edin Island is over 4,000 miles away. Even at the fastest speed, it will take almost a month. By then, the entire Edin Island may have turned into a skeleton.
On the contrary, starting from the nearest port in Ruman, it only takes four and a half days to reach Edin Island.
Grand Duke Julius and Lorraine showed confident smiles at the same time.
Lorraine waved her hand and said, "Don't worry about this. We have the fastest means of transportation of our time."
The generals scratched their heads in confusion, what could be so powerful?
Seeing everyone's confused expressions, Archduke Julius smiled and said: "War Fortress~!"
Several generals slapped their foreheads, and everyone suddenly realized that with that thing, the journey of four thousand miles may be a day and a night. But the operating cost of the war fortress is really too expensive, and the cost of burning is more expensive than gold.
Magic crystal, if your wallet is a little flat, you can't afford this.
Lorraine said: "A few days ago, I asked Maple Leaf Danlin to prepare the completed war fortress, and they are ready to go at any time."
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Starting from noon that day, the telegraph station of the peacekeeping force became unprecedentedly busy.
The telegraph machine never stopped for a moment.
Leaving the frontline command entirely to Archduke Julius, Lorraine simply squatted in the telegraph station, waiting for first-hand news.
A telegram requesting Maple Leaf Danlin to dispatch a war fortress has been sent.
Lorena only replied, "Leave immediately."
This simple first sentence made Lorraine suddenly feel a lot more at ease. Although he still didn't know the enemy yet, he at least became a confidant and was already in an invincible position. The remaining question was how much damage he could do before the enemy caused him.