Chapter 936: Invasion
Without waiting for noon, just a break in the meeting, the envoys of various countries knew about the conflict between Gouri and Downton, and some people took it for granted, this kind of period was supposed to be an opportunity for geniuses to show their talents, and Gouri, as a scepter, was not hostile to Downton.
Downton doesn't care anymore, anyway, he's already the target of public criticism, troubled, and how many people are waiting to see his jokes.
The nobles are not easy to fool, don't look at Downton as just the hand of the king, but everyone knows that this country is his.
A commoner, who took three years to get Frankfurt, or so young, so powerful, so lucky to get the love of Princess Sissi, who is not jealous, who is not envious, who is not angry?
Both the old aristocrats and the nouveau riche regard Downton as a thorn in their side, especially those surrounding countries, and they are eager to dismember this country immediately and have a gluttonous feast.
Lombardy is one of the nine empires, although far away from Frankfurt, there are many vassal states willing to vassal tails, there is no formal reason, once the war starts, they will inevitably intervene, but Samosey and Gwent have no such concerns, because Downton cut off the limbs of other people's sons and made them into human sticks.
Unlike Samosai, where Gwent was too far away to retaliate immediately, Samosai had gathered a vanguard of 200,000 men after a week of emergency mobilization.
Samosa's national strength ranked third among the third-rate countries, and if people wanted to take advantage of it, the Principality of Sogn dared to refuse, and sent 30,000 infantry to participate in the war as a servant army, and took the initiative to send a large amount of supplies.
The Grand Duke of Sogn had to do this, because he feared that the king of Samosai would take advantage of the opportunity to annex his own territory, so he cursed Downton every day lately. At the same time, he also asked for help from the suzerain, Saint Laurent.
"The big war is about to break out, I'm going back to Frankfurt to preside over the overall situation, you go and live with Sissi, she is safer there!"
After receiving the report of the Drow scout, Downton arranged for Juliet and his party as soon as possible, and then prepared to return.
"I'll go with you!"
More than Hu Tao stood up. Others also ask to go along.
"No need, I'm leaving alone, it's more hidden!"
Downton refused.
Not to mention the main city of Xueman, which is Frankfurt, also has several mage towers, and the plane coordinates are interfered with throughout the day, and any teleportation magic array is activated, and there will be huge deviations in positioning, even if the teleportation is successful at great risk. Waiting for them were also heavily armed soldiers.
As long as spatial teleportation is detected, several corps will assemble and go to suppress it as soon as possible!
I don't know how many people are watching Downton's whereabouts now, but with the One Ring, he can leave the main city incognito, and then find a remote place for Homer to build a magic array and quickly return to the palace.
"Be careful!"
Sissi who rushed to hear the news. did not quarrel to go back together, but promised to take care of Hu Tao and his party. Solve his worries.
Being so empathetic made Downton even more guilty.
In the afternoon, Downton returned to Frankfurt from the snowy city of the land of ice and snow.
"Master!"
Seeing Downton, Abagun hurriedly informed the other ministers and asked them to report on the latest situation.
Of course, the Eye of Odin, who is in charge of Beyoncé, is constantly watching. Downton knew the situation in the country well, and let them come, but to deter them, to tell them that the hand of the king, the Duke Ben, was not dead. Dispel their disobedience.
"How's it going?"
Downton sat behind his desk, reviewing some important texts that the goblin butler couldn't handle.
"Arnold is stationed in the royal capital with the barbarian legion, and the other legions are all in place, and it is currently Trist as the commander, commanding the front line!"
Among Downton's current subordinates, only the Black Hand and Trist have the experience of commanding large armies to fight, the former is an elite who is used to fighting and has been tempered with blood and fire, and the latter is an all-round genius carefully cultivated by the Duchaden family since childhood and received a hundred years of elite education in the Spider Academy.
"Master, I want to go to the front!"
Arnold rushed into the study, looking depressed.
"What do you know? Letting you stay in the royal capital is a trust in you!"
Abagon is going to be angry, he is not a die-hard cronie, but he will not get this task.
"But I want to fight!"
Arnold complained like a wronged little daughter-in-law.
"Go ahead, the whole army develops the front!"
Seeing that Abagon was about to speak, Downton interrupted, "The security team and the city defense force are enough to deal with emergencies, I will arrange for Sha Romeanda to fly around the city sky later, whoever doesn't die, just make trouble!"
"Thank you, host!"
Arnold happily took the order.
"How many goblin bombs are in reserve?"
Downton was very concerned about the production of bombs, and it can be said that the battleship and the bomb were his biggest trump cards.
"Twenty-one thousand!"
Abagon directly reported the answer.
The Nine Great Empires destroyed the rift in the plane leading to the lava secret realm, and only they could enter through the teleportation array, which was simply their own backyard, but they didn't know that Downton had let Homer leave the teleportation array early.
With Abagon's business acumen, eloquence, and abundant sugar-coated shells, and testified by Thyssen's father's own experience, he recruited three more tribes of Krupp giants.
Abagun knew that the master's new power was unstable, and war was indispensable, so he put them into the military factory set up in the dungeon and produced goblin bombs with all his might, so he could have this reserve.
"All ready, I'll use it at any time!"
Downton nodded with satisfaction, and after hastily handling his official duties, he didn't even eat dinner, rode a firebird, and rushed to the front line overnight.
In the commander's tent, Trist is arguing with a group of generals.
Downton suddenly entered, and these high-ranking generals were stunned for a moment, and then knelt down and saluted in unison.
"Don't be polite, report the situation!"
Downton sat down in the position of commander that Trist had conceded.
"At present, the front line has gathered 100,000 troops, including 30,000 ogre legions, although the black hand has trained them, but the discipline is still worrying, the human army is 70,000, except for the 15,000 people selected from the original ace legion. The rest is estimated to be able to fight with the wind!"
Trist took the whip and stood in front of the map, talking eloquently.
Looking at the Zhuoer Ranger who has no stage fright at all, the generals are no longer surprised, and the martial arts chief of the Du Chaden family must be worthy of his reputation.
"The enemy is outstanding. And after a long march, I arrived the day before yesterday, and I was exhausted, so I was ready for a sneak attack!"
The opposition among the generals was too loud for Trist to attack the night before, but even so, he had the catapult troops bombard the camp on the opposite side every half hour, even if it could not cause any damage. Also interfere with their sleep.
The quarrel that Downton heard was that Trist planned to launch a night attack, but was questioned by some generals.
"Can't wait any longer, the enemy army is recuperating and waiting for reinforcements to arrive, once they are allowed to recover, it will be more difficult to break the enemy!"
As a young man, Trist was determined to forge ahead. He is a pure hawk commander who advocates offense. Eager to smash a qiē enemy in the offensive!
Downton did not make a decision immediately, and after listening to the other reports and opinions that had descended, he looked at the map and fell into deep thought.
There was silence in the tent, and the generals stood aside, not daring to disturb Downton's thoughts.
Ten minutes later. Downton pulled out his pocket watch and glanced at the time.
"2 a.m., night attack!"
There was a commotion in the big tent, and several old and serious generals stood up to dissuade them.
"My lord, the regular army and militia of Samosai combined. It's close to 300,000, we only have 100,000, and it's almost impossible to win against them in the field!"
"Yes, what we should do is to clear the walls, reclaim the defenses, rely on the city, destroy the enemy's living forces, and drag them across. ”
"The logistical supply of the 300,000 army is an astronomical amount, even if it is the national strength of Samosai, it will not last!"
When the generals saw Downton's silence, they all emboldened themselves and began to speak.
"And then?"
After the generals finished speaking, Downton asked, "Let them wantonly plunder the land of Frankfurt while our army is defending?"
A general wanted to refute, but was interrupted by a wave of Downton's hand.
"Do you know the current situation in Frankfurt? Not to mention that the Duchy of Sogn may fall to Samosai, even if it does not defect, this front, with the enemy's war reserves, is enough to last for one or two years, well, even if it is half a year, or even three months, it will make the surrounding countries think that Frankfurt is dying, and when the time comes, it will definitely rush up and take a big bite, what do we do to resist the enemy army surrounded on all sides?"
Downton's icy gaze swept over everyone.
The generals were silent, of course most of them had considered this problem, but this is a hypothesis after all, don't look at the other party's only three times more troops, it seems that the number is very small, but double is 100,000 troops, you must know that Downton at the beginning, relying on more than 10,000 patchwork regiments, he defeated Frankfurt.
"Now there is only one way in front of us, to defeat the Samosai army as quickly as possible, to deter the surrounding forces, and make them dare not act rashly!"
Downton stood up.
"But adults ......"
There were also generals who were about to speak, but were interrupted by Downton.
"Shut up, I've already given you a chance to present your opinions, now, make a plan for me to attack at night!" Downton took the whip from the staff officer's hand and pointed to a red cross marked on the map, "Our army will use this as a breakthrough point, and will definitely be able to defeat the enemy army, what you have to do is to maximize the results of the battle as much as possible!"
Listening to Downton's words, the generals thought that he had gone crazy, and that the success of the night attack was just to kill and wound some enemies, to defeat the enemy army, and to pursue it? This is simply a fool's dream!
"Any comments?"
Downton's gaze scanned the audience.
"Nope!"
Even if he is dissatisfied in his heart, no general dares to say it, you must know that Downton is a dictator~ dictator, with absolute strength, the future and life of these people are in his thoughts......!
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