Chapter 279: Suspicious
As Enoa expected, at this time, their protest book had indeed arrived on the desk of the Shining Gold Empire's front-line headquarters.
Looking at the letter in front of him, Frank frowned and remained silent. He raised his head and looked ahead, and at this moment in addition to his henchmen, there were also representatives of the Knights of Saint Laurent, representatives of the Bunokez Air Force, and powerful men of the three front-line armies. It's just that most of these veterans who have been galloping on the battlefield for many years are solemn at the moment, frowning and silent, if they don't know that the Shining Gold Empire is going to be in the next moment, looking at the appearance of these people, they would think that the Shining Gold Empire will die in the next moment.
However, Frank did not understand their thoughts, it was not that they were too timid, but that what happened to Pastan's front-line army was too strange and appalling. Not to mention his subordinates, even he himself is thinking in his heart at the moment. To put it bluntly, it was because of the complete annihilation of the front-line corps.
In fact, if it was just Pastan being defeated, then there was no need for everyone to be so worried, victory or defeat was a common thing in soldiers, and the Shining Gold Empire launched this invasion, so it naturally hoped that it would be able to march forward all the way and move forward bravely. But in fact, they are not immune to failure, and such things as capsizing in the gutter are rare, but they are not uncommon. If that's all there is to it, then everyone will just mock Pastein, or sigh and lament that he is unlucky, and then it will be over.
But this time the situation was different, because, according to intelligence, the front-line divisions were completely "wiped out".
Completely extinguished.
These two words alone make people feel incredible, because according to common sense. Even if Pastan would be repulsed, they would retreat. There were deserters, there were wounded soldiers. And the front-line divisions are certainly elite. But it's not undead either, and it's rare not to surrender without fighting until the last moment. But the problem is that the front-line divisions have indeed been completely wiped out, and except for a few lucky ones who were lucky enough to be stationed in the rear to guard supplies and were not able to fight on the front line, there was no one alive. Just thinking about this news made Frank feel chills all over his body, although he was nearly fifty years old, and he was also a general who had fought on the battlefield for many years. But he had to admit that after seeing that information, he felt an inexplicable fear. Although Frank did not want to believe this fact, he even sent a large number of scouts and spies to the area around Passus, looking for even a single deserter, but to no avail. The entire Pastan and his front-line divisions seemed to have completely disappeared from this world, without a trace.
Thinking of this, Frank sighed. Then he knocked on his desk, and the crowd stopped and turned to look at his commander.
"All right, guys. I don't think you're sure why you're being called here today. ”
After making sure everyone was paying attention to him, Frank coughed and spoke.
"Actually. I just got a message from His Majesty..............."
As he spoke, he pushed the letter on the desk towards the crowd.
"This is an official letter from Passus. As for the above......... Quite simply, he lodged a solemn protest against the aggression of our Shining Gold Empire against Passus. And demanded that the Shining Gold Empire immediately withdraw its troops and leave Passus. ”
“……… Huh? ”
Hearing this, almost everyone was stunned, including those veterans, all of them had a dull expression at the moment, and for a while everyone was using "Are you teased me?" His eyes were fixed on the Supreme Commander of the Imperial Army in front of him, and when he saw the expressions of everyone, Frank shrugged his shoulders, in fact, when he first heard the news, he looked similar to his own colleagues. In other words, if it weren't for the fact that the person who sent this letter was indeed a close confidant of His Majesty the Emperor, he would probably have directly drawn his sword and cut it down.
"I think you'd better see for yourself."
As he spoke, Frank gestured, and soon his lieutenant presented the letter to the others. And at this moment, these famous soldiers no longer cared about their demeanor, and they all gathered together and stared at the content carefully.
In fact, the content of the letter itself is nothing special, it is nothing more than a solemn representation and protest against the invasion of Passus by the Shining Gold Empire, demanding that they immediately withdraw their troops and promise not to invade Passus's territory again. It's all some unnutritious official statement, and it doesn't seem like anything special. But after reading the letter carefully, everyone seemed to be constipated, with a twisted face and didn't know what to say.
"This, what the hell is this ..............."
If it were normal, they would not care about such a "complaint letter" at all, at least on the surface, this is just a beaten little kid to complain, and what is even more ironic is that it is clear that the Shining Gold Empire has been fully launched with the Skar Federation, and the other party actually took the trouble to do this kind of thing, which inevitably makes people wonder if the other party did not wake up at all, and if it was changed at other times, this is probably just a joke in a leisure moment for the generals of the Shining Gold Empire.
But if you look at it together with the news of the annihilation of the front-line divisions, then the breath revealed between the lines of this official document makes people feel a little chilly.
Because of this, this official letter made everyone present feel confused and puzzled, and even a little surprised. For a moment, the study was full of buzzing conversations, and no one knew what the Passus people were doing when they sent this letter, and what they were doing behind it.
Soon, though, someone noticed the problem.
"There is no stamp of the Skal Federation on this letter."
"That's right."
Hearing this, Frank glanced at the young officer with appreciation, he knew the other party, this young man was the representative of the Knights of Saint Laurent, Charlotte with a sword, it was rumored that he was only twenty-five years old, and he already had the strength of the master level, and it was almost foreseeable that in his lifetime, this young man should be able to break through the barriers of the mortal world and enter the legendary realm. The outside world has always spoken highly of this young man, and now it seems. It's not for nothing.
"What does this mean?"
Hearing this, everyone became more and more puzzled. Generally speaking, there are certain rules for such things as official credentials. Even those of them who lead troops to fight know it. This is common sense, but now the letter has only a sign of a snake that has devoured its own tail around its head and tail -- it seems to be the coat of arms of some family that rules Passus, and nothing else, no mark of the Skar Confederation, no seal of the Federal Assembly. It looks like......... It's as if they have nothing to do with the Skar Federation.
"Could it be that the people of Passus intend to take this opportunity to become independent from the Skar Federation?"
This judgment immediately emerged from everyone's minds, although it is not unheard of such a thing as a split within the enemy at present, but it is really the first time in the past that a split is carried out so righteously and strictly, and even if someone else wants to do a split. It is also to send people to secretly communicate with this side, and then sell some intelligence interests or something, in order to be able to keep their status and wealth. How can it be like this, a slap directly knocked the Shining Gold Empire to the ground, not to mention, but also ran to the door violently to announce that he had nothing to do with the Skar Federation, and the matter between you rarely provoked me......... What the hell!!
"I also have some intelligence about the Passus region."
As he spoke, Frank pulled out a stack of information from his hand, telling the truth. The Empire's intelligence agencies still have some skills, and in the shortest possible time, they have already handed over all the information about this place.
"According to intelligence, Passus was originally part of the Pawood family in the Skar Federal Parliament. As I think is well aware, the Pawood family has been given the position of president of the Skar Federation at the latest parliament......... But that's not what we're going to focus on right now. Importantly, the intelligence noted. A few months earlier, a young nobleman had come to Passus. And it is not known by what means Tongguò obtained the dominion of Passus from the Pawood family. He is rumored to be with the Pawood family's Delily. Pawood walked closer. And he also helped the Pawood family a lot when the council was convening, which is perhaps why the Pawood family handed over Passus to him......... After all, there's really not much there. ”
Hearing this, everyone nodded approvingly, they don't pay attention to a small place like Passus at all, and it is not an important strategic offensive target, if it weren't for the tragic death of the front-line army this time, I'm afraid that many of them may not even know where Passus is.
"And according to the intelligence, this lord has quite a strong force, he has a swordsman group of nearly a hundred people, if the intelligence is correct, these people are seventeen or eighteen-year-old girls, each of them has master-level strength........." Saying this, Frank paused, and then looked at his colleagues. ……… Moreover, they are all double cultivators of curses and swords. ”
Hearing this, almost all of them changed their faces, they were all veterans and knew what this meant. The swordsman group of nearly 100 people doesn't seem to be much, but the master-level strength is almost comparable to the royal guards of the Flash Gold Empire, and with the dual cultivation of cursed swords, its strength has more than doubled.
If these are acceptable, then these people are seventeen or eighteen-year-old girls This is even more chilling, you must know that this means that behind this army is a very large force, otherwise, ordinary nobles do not have such ability at all. Unless they are all elves, but according to the intelligence, these young knights seem to be human.
"Other than that, the lord isn't a character to mess with........."
Saying this, a wry smile appeared on the corner of Frank's mouth.
"His name is Jenn. Pachanon is a decorated nobleman who has been rewarded by the Templar Order, and it is rumored that he already possesses legendary swordsmanship prowess, and there are several powerful retinues by his side............... You may not remember him, but I think you should remember what happened in Valkyrie half a year ago..............."
"So it's him?!"
Hearing this, everyone present immediately showed an expression of sudden realization. They probably don't know Jenn. Who is Pachanomens, but they are quite clear about the tragedy of the Valkyrie Principality, Gustav, as an iconic figure of the Valkyrie Principality, is also somewhat famous in other countries, and later it was rumored that he was killed in the dark region, which also attracted the attention of a considerable number of people, but they didn't expect that the person who killed him was actually in Passus......... And also made the lord there.
Anyway, what is this guy doing in Passus?
"That's what we know now."
Saying this, Frank put down the information in his hand and rubbed his forehead, which was a little headache. To be honest, the identity of the other party is so complicated, which makes him also have a headache, and what makes Frank even more depressed is that judging from the information on this paper, this lord has no friendship with the Skar Federation at all, so how did he get this territory?
But it's not that question that's important right now.
"What do you think we should do?"
Finally, Frank got to the heart of the meeting.
His Majesty the Emperor was very dissatisfied with this qiē, and he demanded that we must come up with a strong means of response. The dignity of the empire is not to be challenged, even in such a wild place............... So, what do you guys have to do? ”
Hearing this, the faces of everyone present changed slightly, they were not fools, although Frank seemed to be asking for their opinions on the surface, but from the words he said when he moved out of the emperor's majesty, it could be seen that this qiē had already made a decision, and the next thing was to see who would take over this tricky task.
For a while, everyone couldn't help but look at each other.
Now, it's a big problem. (To be continued......)