The rapid sound of horse hooves disrupted the tranquility of Atlanta's night.
Under the protection of dozens of red knights, a dark blue unicorn swept into a majestic castle like the wind and stopped in front of the steps.
Sophia clicked the stirrup, dismounted calmly, and quickly walked into the main building of the castle.
In the spacious and luxurious living room, Edward I stood by the map with his hands behind his hands, while the old general Safin was pointing at the map and explaining the current imperial war situation to him. Both of them looked bad.
Following the report from the royal guard, Sophia pushed the door open and entered.
Edward and Safin both turned their heads and looked at Adolf's favorite little daughter.
Compared with the past, Sophia looked much more haggard. Her beautiful face was a little thinner. This made her eyes appear larger and more ethereal. Her ice-like temperament also became colder.
A trace of guilt flashed in Edward's eyes.
Because the establishment of the Fire Phoenix Legion was at the most critical moment, Sophia was unable to leave the military camp even during the days when Adolf was under heavy siege. Not only did she have to worry about the construction of the Legion day and night, but she also inevitably
She is worried about her father's safety. This is tantamount to torture for her.
"Sophia," Edward asked gently, "what's the matter?"
"Your Majesty, I have just received news. I heard that the commander-in-chief of Philip's Southern Army this time is Minay." Sophia walked quickly to Edward and said eagerly.
Edward and Safin looked at each other with complicated expressions.
"You know everything?" Edward said in a dry voice, "We also just found out."
Sophia nodded, bit her lip, and turned to look at Safin: "Your Excellency Safin, I want to ask you, who is Lulian's opponent in front of Minai?"
Safin sighed and shook his head silently.
As the commander-in-chief of the Solan Empire, Safin knows the information about Minai very well. In the Fei Lie Empire, where there are many famous generals, there may be people whose military strategy and command ability are better than Minai, but in Lulian, they are absolutely
No.
Whether it is Fano or Qiu Shanhai of the Twelve Legions, they are more than one level behind Minai in terms of military command and strategy. Not to mention young Philip and Eugene in the rear. The ten of them added up,
He is no match for Minai either.
Minai's weapons are unpredictable and changeable. He is best at arranging killing situations silently.
If before this, Safin and Edward I still had a glimmer of hope for Fano and others to rescue Archduke Adolf, then when they got the news that Minay was the commander of Philip's Southern Army, they knew that this time Lulian
I'm afraid it's doomed.
"In this case. Your Majesty, I hope to get your permission to return to Lulian." Sophia's beautiful eyes were full of anxiety. "I want to go back and personally command the battle and rescue my father."
"You go back now..." Edward was stunned.
Sophia quickly said: "Your Majesty, General. I have good reasons for making this request. Because I think that Minai's troop deployment is probably a conspiracy against General Fano!"
"Oh?" Edward and Safin looked at each other and said in surprise, "What's going on?"
"Your Majesty, General, look..." Sophia walked to the map, pointed at the map and explained, "We have always believed that the deployment of Fei Lie's army was centered on the Night Canyon and used my father as a bait to lure
I, Solan, will fight with the main force to defeat us in one fell swoop and completely complete the conquest of Lulian."
"Isn't it?" Edward asked.
"If someone else is directing the battle, this may be true," Sophia said, "But if it is Minai, it's hard to say! From what I know about Minai, he likes to use his sword to take the wrong side and win by surprise. He rarely fights.
Such a stupid fight, not to mention..."
With that said, Sophia said to Safin: "...General Safin, I have a question for you. If this decisive battle breaks out and Fei Lie's army wants to eat us, how much price will they pay."
Safin muttered: "Although Fei Lie's army has a high chance of winning, and Minai is on hand, they will still be exhausted after this battle. I estimate that there will be at least more than 30,000 casualties."
"Thirty thousand people is a lot." Edward nodded and said with a frown: "However, according to the rate at which Fei Lie's empire is increasing its troops, they can fully afford this loss."
"No," Sophia said, "They can't afford it, at least not during the arrival of the black tide!"
When Edward and Safin heard the word "black tide", their hearts moved. They suddenly realized that they seemed to have overlooked a problem.
"During the invasion of the Kuroshio, the Kraken will harass the coast on a large scale. The Feili people will never throw their soldiers into the sea to die at this time," Sophia said. "Even if they want to increase their troops, they will go through the Dragon Gate or
The land of the Prussian province. In a short period of time, at least on the southern coast of Lulian, they will not have even one more soldier!"
"Since their troop replenishment is limited, with Minai's character, how can they possibly fight us in the Night Canyon?" Sophia spoke faster and faster, and finally pointed at the map and said, "I think Minai's ultimate goal is to seize the canyon.
Bay Town!”
Like a thunderclap in their ears, Edward and Safin immediately pounced on the map.
After a moment, Safin's expression changed. Based on his experience, as long as he points out the key, he can certainly find the problem.
"That's right," Safin straightened up, his face as heavy as water, and said slowly, "This is a trap. Minai wants to lure Fano to concentrate his troops in the Night Canyon, and then contain him, while he takes advantage of the opportunity.
Capture the Fjord Town, attack our Lulian hinterland, and separate the cities of Medina and Munich. This move is Minnai's style!"
"Then what should we do?" Edward I also understood and asked anxiously.
"We must notify Lulian immediately and quickly increase the number of troops in the fjord area," Sophia pointed to the two castle roads of Red Rock Hill and Warm Water Lake in the north of the fjord. "Especially in these two places, we must not fall.
In the hands of the Feili people..."
Just as he was talking, Sophia noticed something was wrong with Safin's face and asked, "General, you..."
"I'm afraid," Safin said with a bitter look on his face, "it's too late to inform Fano now. Just the day before yesterday, Fano's main force passed Baima Slope. If my estimate is correct, this should be initiated by Minai's plan.
Opportunity..."
A deep sense of powerlessness struck Edward and Sophia, making it difficult for them to breathe. They all knew how terrible Minai's plan was. It can be said that once it was launched, Lulian had no chance at all. And if Fano's main force was in
If we passed Baimapo the day before yesterday, it means that it is already too late to do anything now.
At this time, suddenly, a burst of rapid footsteps woke everyone up. Immediately afterwards, the door of the room was knocked, and a royal guard reported: "Your Majesty, Count Cazes has asked to see you. He said there is an urgent military intelligence report."
"Katzins?" Safin said strangely. "Didn't he go to Munich?"
"Yes," Edward frowned slightly: "Please invite him in quickly."
Soon, the dusty Count Cazes appeared at the door.
"Cazins," Edward asked, "how come you're back so soon? You said there was an urgent military intelligence report. What's going on?"
"Your Majesty, General, Miss Sophia," Count Kazins said quickly after greeting everyone, "That's it, this time I went to Munich to announce the decree, but as soon as I got off the Sky Demon Ship, I received news that
The Phillies will attack the fjord. Now, General Eugene has led his troops to the fjord. I was entrusted by him to come back overnight to report the situation."
Kazins' words brought a hint of bitterness to the faces of the three of them. No one expected that the bad news would be confirmed so quickly.
However, Sophia suddenly caught something wrong in Kazins' words.
Her eyes lit up and she asked eagerly: "Wait a minute, Mr. Kazins, you just said that you got the news just after you got off the magic ship? Didn't you arrive in Munich yesterday? At that time, Phillie people
Already launching an attack on the fjord?”
"I'm not too sure whether an attack was launched or not. No news came back from the other side of the fjord," Kazins said. "The reason why we got the news was because of an urgent report sent from Medin City."
At the moment, Kazins recounted the entire process of his arrival in Munich, how he met Eugene and others, how he heard that Roy was in Medin, and how he got the news from Medin.
.
The more they listened, the more shocked Edward, Safin and Sophia were.
"You mean, Roy analyzed all of this?" Safin asked, "Then, he and Yank immediately sent troops to Fjord Town?"
"Yes, General Safin." Count Kazins nodded.
"Good boy!" Safin excitedly waved his fist and said to Edward, "If Roy had judged in advance that the Feili people would attack the fjord, then we would not be better in terms of the time it took to march into Red Rock Hill and Warm Water Lake.
How late are the Feili people? After all, it is not easy for the Fei Lie people to take the fjord. After a hard battle, they also need to rest, and we may still have a chance..."
"How many people did Medin City send?" Sophia asked Kazins eagerly, "Why was Roy leading the team to Warm Water Lake?"
"Because we have to gain time, the first ones to set off are all cavalry," Kazins said. "There are not many cavalry in Meiding City, and Yank can only guarantee Red Stone Hill. At that time, Roy happened to be leading ten soldiers.
The long knight of the city guard and more than fifty students from the three major training camps came to Meding City, so he took the initiative to take over the task of capturing Warm Water Lake. For this purpose, Yank dispatched two hundred cavalry to him.
…”
Upon hearing this, both Sophia and Safin, who was talking to Edward, were stunned.
"Is there only such a small number of people?" Safin asked with difficulty.
"Yes, General Safin." Count Kazins nodded.
"Nonsense!" Safin paced around the room like an angry lion, "Isn't he going to die? What does he think the Phillies are? They are a group of rookies waiting to be killed.
Sheep? Those are a group of evil wolves! They will be torn to pieces by others! Damn boy, he thinks he is very brave, doesn’t he? Why can’t he use his brain..."
Although Safin kept scolding Roy, everyone could hear the deep concern in the old general's mouth.
If, for more than a year, in this war that started in Lulian, there is one person who always shines with dazzling brilliance at critical moments, then this person is not a frontier general or an aristocratic genius.
, it wasn’t even Philip, the young leader of the Red Leaf Knights who went deep behind enemy lines and killed Prince Philip, and Sophia, who led the victory in Medina City. It was Roy!
This ordinary civilian boy, from the day he led the refugees of Borabel to escape the pursuit of the Feili people and was canonized as a guardian knight by Aleshia, he was like a meteor that appeared in the sky.
, dazzling in people’s sight.
Although many proud nobles who maintain their own status will not admit it, in fact, whether they are willing or not, this young man's name will stubbornly appear in their ears at a certain moment, dazzling their eyes with his light
.
From Borabel to Meding, and from Meding to Munich. Along the way, the wheel of history has changed its trajectory several times because of the appearance of this young man.
Without him, Princess Aleshia would have died long ago. Without him, Meiding City would have already become the forward base for the Phillies. Without him, the result of the Munich Change would only be Lanris.
Human arrogance and pride.
But now, he has seen through the plot of Fei Lie's famous general Minai, and even though he knew the danger, he still led a group of equally passionate and idiotic young bastards without hesitation to meet Fei Lie's unstoppable front!
Although everyone knows that Safin is right.
But Roy did it better!
When he thought of a group of ignorant and fearless young people heading south in the vast mountains and jungles to meet their battle, even the elegant and calm Edward couldn't help but get excited.
What these young people are undertaking now is not an insignificant trip or trial. It is a war related to the fate of Lulian and even the empire.
They stand at the most dangerous and eye-catching center of this storm!
"Sofia, pack your bags," Edward pondered for a while, then said decisively, "go back to Lulian. Do everything possible to bring your father and these boys back to me."
"As ordered, Your Majesty." Sophia walked away quickly.
When the dark blue unicorn, surrounded by dozens of red knights, flew away, Edward, Safin, and Count Cazes walked to the window and looked at the figure disappearing on the castle's drawbridge.
For a long time, Edward's sigh sounded in the silent room.
"What kind of guy is Roy?"
"An idiot, Your Majesty."
"But such an idiot is very much like General Safin when you were young."