In the bright royal chamber, Moro VII's face looked extremely gloomy.

This time, the people attending the meeting were no longer just the fourteen people in the upper noble circle, but all the powerful people in the entire kingdom. Among them were the other two powerful dukes in addition to the southern aristocratic faction, as well as commanders and generals from the Ministry of Military Affairs, and even some marquis and earls who were recognized as having the prefix of strength in China, as well as the commanders of the legions of the kingdom with a certain degree of autonomy, also participated in the meeting.

This was the second time that a council of this magnitude had been convened by Moloch VII since his accession to the throne.

And the first time, of course, was the one when Asuna's invasion of the kingdom of Dabion triggered a near-full-scale war.

At this time, in the royal conference hall, the atmosphere was extremely depressing, everyone's faces looked very ugly, and many people looked at each other after looking at each other, and they all saw a touch of shock and surprise in each other's eyes. Of course, there is a kind of anger in the eyes of many people, a kind of extreme anger after being humiliated.

"What do you think about this?" After all, Moro VII was the first to speak to break the silence that had lasted for half an hour in the royal chamber, his voice seemed a little tired, but none of the nobles present were human spirits, and they all heard a trace of the anger that Moro VII was trying to suppress from this exhaustion.

For Moro VII, these nobles are not strangers.

In the eyes of the nobles, he was a fanatic who was overjoyed, and there was a gap between him and the six Molo kings who had been in front of him. However, this seventh emperor has a very obvious lack of understanding of himself, he always feels that he is a wise king, and often fantasizes that Dabiang can become one of the seven empires in his hands. But in fact, under the rule of Moro VII, Dabion continued to explore. Even defending Chengdu seems to be a little lacking.

In recent years, in addition to suffering a great defeat at the hands of Asuna, several conflicts with the Kingdom of France have also ended in failure.

The Kingdom of France, located to the northwest of the Kingdom of Dabion, also shares a large territory with the Kingdom of Dabion. The outbreak of several conflicts is mainly concentrated on the northern front, but the nobles located on this front are all people who belong to the northwest aristocratic circle, in the last war with Asuna, the northwest noble circle of the kingdom also made a small amount of reinforcements to the southern nobles, but it turns out that this is a loss-making deal, which is also one of the important reasons for the tightness of the northern front today.

It stands to reason. Now that the northern front is tight, Moro VII should send some reinforcements to this side.

But now the king of Dabion has devoted almost all his attention to the southern front, and the neglect of the northern front has largely caused the dissatisfaction of many nobles in the northwest aristocratic circle.

But no matter how dissatisfied they were, all the nobles of the Northwest aristocratic circle present today were very aware of the importance of this matter at the moment. Although it is not without people who gloat, there is absolutely no one who is stupid enough to put it on their faces at this time. More about thinking about what role he will play in the next Kingdom operation, and how to obtain more benefits.

This is the aristocracy.

"Your Majesty, the King. I think we should fight back now! A middle-aged man in the uniform of the Ministry of Military Affairs was the first to answer. If we don't act now, it will not only undermine our prestige, but it will even trigger a series of other crises. ”

As for what the crisis was, the powerful nobleman did not say it explicitly, but all the nobles present knew it very well.

In all countries on the Miracle Continent, there is zero tolerance for treason.

In fact. Unless it is a surrendered nobleman from a defeated country, any defection of the nobles to another country will cause a backlash from that country. And in the face of such an act, the normal course of action is naturally to gather the forces of the entire country and launch an attack on the territory of this mutineer, in terms of the scale and extent of the war. This is a large-scale war second only to the national war – and of course in many cases, this kind of thing will turn into a two-state war.

Because, as a country that accepted the surrender of the noble, it was naturally impossible to watch the surrender die in this crusade, and they would inevitably increase the army on the nobleman's territory. Because if the crusade is successful, it will naturally be a matter of great damage to the reputation of the country that accepts the mutineer, so even if you don't care about the surrenderer at all, it is still very necessary to make a show of support.

Of course, in most cases and in most cases, private negotiations are also a means of solving problems.

This is also one of the main reasons why Viscount Dayi's surrender and rebellion did not cause a strong backlash before the Viscount of Dae, after all, the Dayi Territory was completely captured by Sean, and the southern aristocratic faction of Dabiang also made a more drastic response to this matter, so through the domestic news blockade, except for Moro VII and the Boulder family and several other people from the southern aristocratic faction, no one knew that there was a person named Ruud in Ludao. Mitchlin's Viscount has taken refuge in Sean.

It's just that this time for the Kingdom of Dabiang, things are not so easy to solve.

Because the people who rebelled were the Duke of Tequila, one of the five dukes of the Kingdom of Dabiang, and the Marquis of Romea, one of the ten powerful marquises.

These two people are definitely not low in status in the Dabiang Kingdom, so their rebellion will naturally cause the shock of the entire Dabiang Kingdom - not only the shock of the aristocratic circle, but everyone who knows about this matter will be extremely shocked, of course, more incomprehensible. How can a duke and a marquis of a kingdom rebel and defect to a principality?

It's simply an incredible thing!

But no matter how incredible it was, it did happen.

Therefore, for the sake of the reputation of the kingdom of Dabion, or to ensure their noble privileges, they must respond at the first opportunity. Even if the Northwest Noble Circle had any dissatisfaction with Moro VII or even the Southern Noble Circle, they had to actively participate in this matter at such a sensitive time, and this matter was not completely without any benefits, after all, the richness of the Tequila Territory was also obvious to all in the entire Dabiang Kingdom.

"So how do you think we should fight back?" Moro VII asked again.

This time, even the powerful nobleman of the Ministry of Military Affairs was a little stunned.

How to fight back?

This is indeed a problem.

The history of the Duke of Tequila guarding the entire Tequila Territory is as long as the founding history of the Kingdom of Dabiang, even if it has endured a certain degree of damage to the foundation of the Boulder family after the last confrontation with Asuna, the entire Boulder family still has nearly 100,000 troops under his command. And it's even more obvious. From the very beginning, the Boulder family was ready to mutiny, giving up all the outer areas of the entire territory and concentrating all their forces in the core hinterland of the Tequila Territory, which meant that if they were to storm the Tequila Territory or even make the Boulder family history, they would have to be prepared to pay a terrible price.

And at this point, it has to be said that the Boulder family is worthy of being the old family that stands at the head of the five dukes of the Kingdom of Dabiang.

Because the closer the tequila territory is to the core of the Boulder family, the smaller its resources and value, but the more difficult it is to attack, this completely disproportionate ratio is naturally easy for many nobles not to fight hard. After all, the nobles are greedy for profit, and their crusade against the Tequila Territory is more to maintain the stability of the domestic environment of the Kingdom of Dabiang. In order to maintain their aristocratic privileges and occupy as many interests as possible.

That's all.

As for the Dubai family of the Romia Collar, this family that has been allied with the Boulder family for a long time is also very shrewd. All the members of the entire family have now lived in the Boulder family's manor, so if the Dabiang Kingdom wants to take the Dubai family first, then they also need to face the Boulder family, who have firmly occupied the geographical advantage and people. As for the 30,000 troops to which the Dubai family belongs, it has long been replaced by Byrne. Dubai personally brought the frontline to the battlefield. This also means that if they want to eliminate the powerful marquis of the former kingdom of Dabion, then they will have to face two humanoid demons from Panda and Tonis.

Yes. Lord of the Panda Lord. Sean. Connery, in the eyes of many nobles of the Kingdom of Dabion, has been with Asuna. G. Evans marked with an equal sign.

A demon from Lane.

However, unlike the problems that the Darbys were worried about, the real headache for Moro VII and the entire military department was another problem: Dabion had lost two elite armies with banners.

The Tequila Army from House Boulder and the Brut Bear Legion from House Dubai.

The kingdom of Dabion has a total of ten elite armies that have won the banner, and the entire southern aristocratic faction of Dabiang accounts for four. They are the Tequila Army of the Boulder family, the Tyrant Bear Legion of the House of Dubai, the Mountain Lion Legion of the Howard family, and the Scarlet Knights of Prince Hodgdy; Five of the other six belonged to the royal family of the Kingdom of Dabion, namely the Royal Guard, the Third Garrison, the Fourth Legion, the Red Crusader Regiment and the Second Cavalry Regiment; The last is the Hypson Guard, which is controlled by the Hypson family, one of the five dukes of Dabiang and belonging to the Northwest aristocratic circle.

But now. The Mountain Lion Legion has been destroyed, the Tequila Army and the Storm Bear Legion have defected to the Duchy of Lane, and the Scarlet Knights may be able to exert great combat power on a scale of 1,000 people, but their role in large-scale battles is almost zero. And what is even more infuriating is that in the front-line battle report that came a few days ago, it was said that because of the raid of the Dubai family, the Second Cavalry Regiment, which was originally encircling and occupying the enemy army led by Tinchiin, was almost devastated, and at the same time, it also took 10,000 soldiers of the Fourth Legion, which is equivalent to saying that there are only four and a half of the ten elite armies of the Kingdom of Dabiang!

In other words, in terms of military strength, the kingdom of Dabion has almost no advantage. If you count the two powerhouses of the Sacred Domain with high-end combat power, it can already be said that the national strength of the Dabiang Kingdom has been weakened to an extent that it is impossible to increase.

"Your Majesty, the most important question now is how to deal with the traitors." Faced with the silence in the royal chamber, someone finally broke the silence, "We should concentrate our forces to crusade against the traitors of the Boulder family and the Dubai family first, and we can put the rest aside for the time being." ”

"Put it down? How to put it individually? Someone immediately retorted, "On the northern front, the people of the Kingdom of France have been preparing to move, and if we concentrate our forces at this time, we will definitely take the opportunity to fish in troubled waters, and then we will probably face a two-front battle." ”

"We can make peace with the people of the Kingdom of France for the time being, and it is not unreasonable to give up some things, and it is indeed imperative that the affairs of the traitors be dealt with first." Once the topic of discussion has begun. Someone began to join the discussion, "Moreover, the Duchy of Lane is not necessarily united, the strength of the Boulder family is obvious to all even us, and not all the nobles of Lane will welcome them to join." The most important thing is that the Millennium Alliance, the suzerainty of the Principality of Lane, will definitely not let such a powerful family join the Principality of Lane. ”

"Even if the Millennium Covenant isn't happy, so what? Now on the passage between the Millennium Covenant and the Duchy of Lane, there is a powerful demon entrenched there, no one knows what is going on there, many religious knights have gone and never returned, and now it has attracted the attention of almost all religions on the entire continent. No matter how dissatisfied the Millennium Covenant Empire is with the Duchy of Lane, it won't have time to pay attention to them in a short period of time, if the Principality of Lane doesn't take the opportunity to develop, then they are fools. ”

"Maybe it's really a fool?"

"Is this possible?"

The discussion soon turned into a heated quarrel. Then it gradually turned into a mockery of dissidents, and the royal chamber soon became as noisy as a wet market. However, although the quarrel and ridicule are very serious. However, in general, it is still clear that there are two camps: one is to advocate that the whole country should immediately send troops to take the tequila territory like a thunderous offensive. The supporters of this camp were basically royalists and members of the hawks, reformists, doves and southeastern aristocratic factions of the Ministry of War; The other camp's proposition is to stabilize the northern front, and then gradually encroach on the tequila territory with the existing forces, and at the same time let the southern part of Dabion temporarily stop the war with the lord of Panda, and instead concentrate forces to solve the internal worries of the tequila lord first, and the supporters of this political opinion are basically members of the moderate faction of the northwest aristocracy and the Ministry of Military Affairs.

As for the neutral faction, which was the largest number in the aristocracy, it became completely chaotic due to the loss of the leader of the Boulder family. They did not unify their political views, but took sides in both camps.

However, in these two camps, there are two different differences in favor of the political idea of launching a national army against the Tequila Territory compared to the second camp. Factions such as the royalists, hawks, and southeastern aristocratic factions advocated attacking the tequila territory at the same time. also declared war on the Duchy of Lane; The doves, on the other hand, the reformers, always believed that they should try to reach out to the nobles in the Duchy of Lane who were hostile to the Boulder family and break their unity from within.

Two political opinions, three approaches, gradually became a little inextricable in this royal chamber, which made Moro VII's face gradually become more and more ugly, and his brows became more and more wrinkled.

"Quiet!" Finally, Moro VII, who could not bear it anymore, let out a roar of rage.

Feeling the wrath of Moro VII, the people in the royal chamber finally began to gradually quiet down, and the cacophony began to fade away, until it finally became silent. The vast majority of people looked at each other with some uneasiness, this kind of people basically belonged to the faction of the wallgrass, because after losing the leadership of the Boulder family, these people didn't know what to say at all, in order not to be involved by the rebellious Boulder family, they could only choose to take sides at this time.

Only a very small number of people are still calm at the moment, and these people are naturally staunch supporters of dissent and practice.

Moro VII's gaze swept over the faces of these people one by one, and then finally landed on the face of a relatively young nobleman.

He still remembered that the young nobleman in front of him was now a powerful nobleman with a high rank, especially his ability to train soldiers was said to be one of the best in the entire Dabiang Kingdom. Of course, Moro VII remembered this man because the Boulder family had recommended him to him in the past, hoping to make him the commander of the Fourth Cavalry Regiment, and he would be in charge and command of the entire Fourth Cavalry Regiment, because he was likely to bring the eleventh independent title to the kingdom of Dabiang.

However, because of the defeat in the battle with Lord Panda, which led to the loss of the Kiraf Domain, Moro VII did not trust the strength of this young nobleman, and later, although Boulder still mentioned several times that he should take over the Fourth Cavalry Regiment, he still did not agree.

Morro VII vaguely remembered that the young nobleman seemed to be named Lonnis.

Lonnis. Holder, a Marquis of Strength.

"Lonnis." Moro VII spoke suddenly.

"Yes." Lonis was slightly stunned, he didn't understand what Moro VII meant by calling him at this time, but he still spoke immediately.

"If I hand over the Fourth Cavalry Regiment to you now. How long will it take you to train this army into an elite army? ”

Hearing this, Lonis was a little stunned, not only Lonis, but also the other nobles present were also a little stunned, and some couldn't figure out what Molo VII was thinking at this time. But soon, Lonnis came back to his senses, but his brows were furrowed: "Your Majesty, even if you hand over the Fourth Cavalry Regiment to me now, it doesn't make much sense. ”

"For what?"

"Because under my direction, it will take at least a year or more for the 4th Cavalry Regiment to become an army that meets the standard definition of 'elite'. If it is said to become a real elite army, a team that is not inferior to the 2nd Cavalry Regiment. Even an army on a par with the Red Cross Cavalry Regiment, then it will take at least three years. Lonis didn't feel the slightest embarrassment, but said with a calm face, "So, the commander of the Fourth Cavalry Regiment at this time is not me." There is no point anymore. ”

Moro VII nodded and said no more. He looked calm though. But Lonis and a few other thoughtful people still caught the flash of disappointment and regret in Moro VII's eyes, and of course, a trace of helpless self-blame. It's just that the others don't know the reason for this helpless self-blame, but Lonis knows very well, he knows that His Majesty the King has regretted that he didn't follow the advice of the old Duke Hatch and make him the commander of the Fourth Cavalry Regiment, otherwise at least Dabion would have an extra elite army available now. We will not fall into the dilemma of not having an advantage in military strength at all.

And at this moment, the iron door of the royal conference hall was suddenly opened.

A herald barged in.

All the nobles turned their heads to look at the herald, and many of them showed some sympathy on their faces. Once the Royal Chamber is opened, no disturbance is allowed until the end of the meeting. Unless it is an emergency and special situation, but although the rules are so, but usually it is not Moro VII who has the final say whether it is urgent or not, and whether it is special or not, at this moment Moro VII's mood is obviously very bad, and this herald rashly intrudes, and its fate can be imagined.

"What's the matter!"

Sure enough, Moro VII's face immediately became particularly gloomy.

The herald's heart chuckled, he had realized that something was wrong, and he finally knew why the other heralds were reluctant to come in at this time, but had entrusted him with this task. It's just that since they have already broken in, it is obvious that he has no way to retreat, but it is better to generously send this urgent report from the front, maybe he can save his life.

"Your Majesty, Urgent Report!" The herald immediately delivered the so-called urgent report to Moro VII.

In the kingdom of Dabion, all urgent reports are marked with red letterheads, so it is naturally difficult to know anything from unopened letterheads. The Second Cavalry Regiment had suffered heavy losses before, and the rebellion of the Boulder family and the Dubai family had also been transmitted back on red letterhead, so whether it was a so-called "emergency special case" was naturally to be agreed, and only this trusted herald would break into this royal chamber without knowing anything.

Moro VII took the letterhead with a cold snort, then took out the letter inside and glanced at it hurriedly.

At first glance, Moro VII didn't pay much attention, he was still thinking about how to vent his anger.

But when he swept a few words on the military intelligence, Moro VII's expression became serious.

At second glance, he was already very serious and looked at it from the beginning.

Soon, however, the serious expression on his face changed to astonishment, and he began to examine the contents of the letter repeatedly.

Only a few short words were written on this military intelligence, but Moro VII looked at it several times, and always felt that he was dazzled.

After a few minutes, he finally had to believe that it was not his own dazzle, but what was written on the paper! (To be continued......)

PS: To say one thing, about the comments in the book review area, it's not that I don't want to reply, but I can't reply!! It's really painful.,I finally typed.,As a result, I can't send it after clicking on the reply.,That feeling of collapse is really helpless! So if I see any questions in the future and I want to answer them, I will answer them directly here.