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At 3:20 a.m. on July 3, a sharp knock on the door woke up the sleeping Imperial Adjutant Prais, and soon, the tired Imperial Adjutant Prais appeared at the door of the room, his face was a little vain and pale, his eyes were swollen, like a giant panda, looking at the adjutant standing in embarrassment at the door, and asked in a hoarse voice, "What is so urgent?"
In fact, he just slept at 2 o'clock in the evening, tens of thousands of troops fought among the dense mountains, not to mention the steep mountain roads, the same straight line distance but need to climb several rugged peaks, plus the weather is unbearably hot, there are many mosquito bites in the mountains, the soldiers are miserable, there are faint signs of plague epidemics in the army, and the pressure on logistics can be imagined.
He was tired from the complicated and heavy logistics, but he liked a person who did it himself, so the weight on his shoulders was even heavier.
"My lord, the Ministry of Military Affairs is urgent!" The adjutant looked at Prais with a respectful expression, straightened his body, and handed over a piece of paper with a red label in his hand,
"Do you know where the report came from?" Prais took the report with a puzzled expression, took off his dress from the hanger, and asked casually as he put it on,
The red signature of the emergency text jiàn, in the falcon army often represents the most urgent military situation, even the important minister of the empire, Prais in the middle of the night had to get up immediately, as fast as possible to send the falcon to the military camp, did not dare to have the slightest slack, once in charge of military affairs Prais knew that the situation in the war is always unpredictable, there is a possibility of reversal at any time
The adjutant cautiously replied beside him, "This is an urgent piece of information, the Ministry of Military Affairs said that it was sent by the Eastern Royal Court with a special green eagle, and they did not dare to delay after receiving it." Just sent it over!"
"Is this a piece of information from the East Court?" Prais's hand holding the information trembled slightly, as if he was holding something hot, and said with a slightly angry face, "What's the matter, how could the Ministry of Military Affairs send the military affairs report of the East Court to me? These guys are getting more and more chaotic, and it's time to manage it."
Prais's calm face was gloomy and terrifying, in the upper echelons of the Falcon Empire, everyone knew that the lieutenant who had always been known for his generosity also had untouchable scales. That's the Dongting people,
At the beginning, it was the Wikiians who pushed the Ryordian people off the throne of the continental overlord, but they did not brutally treat the Ryordian soldiers, nor did they implement a bloody purge policy for the occupied areas, so most of the Werdian people still have some goodwill towards the Wikibians, even if they are finally annexed by the Falcon Empire, the resistance is not great. Because after all, the Falcon Empire helped them resist the invasion of the Dongting people, and finally killed the Khan King of the Dongting, avenging the blood revenge of millions of dead compatriots
But the people of Dongting are different, these brutal cavalry from the cold regions of the north are simply a group of bloody saboteurs. Wherever he went, there was a dead land, and in just half a year, with the usual practice of occupying land and slaughtering the city, the entire northern part of Ruierdian was stirred into a mountain of blood and corpses.
At least 2 million Rui Erdian people died under the invasion of the Eastern Court cavalry. The culprit who caused the eventual annexation of the Ruierdian Kingdom was also a heavy blow to the Dongting people in the hinterland of Ruierdian, if there was no Dongting people to rob by fire. Even if the kingdom of Ruierdian cannot make a comeback, it is not impossible to continue, at least it will not fall to such a miserable point in just a few years
This is not only a family hatred, but also a national hatred, and it is an eternal pain in the hearts of countless Rui Erdian people, without decades of integration. It is impossible to smooth it down, so the fat man has long had a strict order. Not a single piece of information about the East Court will be sent to Prais, and if it is to be sent, it will be sent directly to the princess Rui Tang Tingna, who is in charge of the affairs of the East Court. ...,
The Ministry of Military Affairs knows this rule, but this time it made such a big oolong and sent an urgent piece of information from the East Court to himself, no wonder Plais's mind was also angry, and he deceived people too much!
Looking at Prais's iron-blue and ugly face, the adjutant hurriedly explained that tonight was exactly the night of the princess of the East Court, and the cowards of the Ministry of Military Affairs, even if they were brave, would not dare to disturb His Majesty Falcon's dream in the middle of the night, so this report was sent to the adjutant chief first according to the usual procedures
"I see! These guys have been getting more and more unruly lately! I will definitely go to the Falcon Majesty to make a good statement" Prais's face looked a little better, he touched his chin, and was silent for a while, should this information be sent or not?
He sighed, tore away the information in his hand and glanced at it, his face changed again, and he changed his anger just now, but immediately ordered in a deep voice, "Hurry, prepare the fastest horse, I want to go to His Majesty's camp!"
"The fastest horse?" the adjutant was stunned for a moment, Prais rarely rode horses, most of the time in carriages, this is what Prais, who has always regarded himself as a nobleman, did
"Yes, prepare the horses!" Prais said again in an accentuated tone
"Yes, I'll go right away!" the adjutant hurriedly ran out, and Prais looked up at the black sky above him that was still shining with starlight, and sighed, "War, why is it always inevitable!"
The Falcon Majesty's camp was on a fork in the road leading to the city of Agron, and it used to take most of the night to run from the city where Prais was located, and at dawn Prais arrived at the barracks outside the city of Agron, dismounted from his horse, and handed the reins of his horse to the guards at the gate.
"Is His Majesty there?" Prais asked the guard on duty that day with some eagerness, and the guard replied that his Falcon Majesty was in the big tent, and Prais hurried to the central big tent
"The adjutant came late at night, it's hard work!" took the information from Prais, looked at Prais with a solemn look below, the fat man nodded at him, and thought in his heart, sure enough, it still happened!
This report mainly tells one thing, 10 days ago, the scouts patrolling the East Court intercepted a long-distance North Earth secret envoy at the border of the East Court, although he was poisoned and committed suicide by him, and did not obtain any effective information, but the East Court border guards believed that the contact party of the secret envoy was Dorok.
This is what makes Prais nervous, he looked at the fat man who didn't say a word above, and said, "Your Majesty, this is a dangerous signal, although our army has suffered a setback to the main force of Dorok. But the Dorok Mountains are complex, and there are many tribes,
Not to mention that the mountains are difficult to walk, even the heat and humidity here have already made many of our soldiers sick, if we continue to attack the north. The subordinates are worried that before the army reaches Aaron, it will already be a plague epidemic, but if the time of the war drags on to winter, the earth is frosty, and the snow covers the mountains, and the winter in the Dorok Mountains is absolutely unimaginable cruel to ordinary people, and then it will really be a dilemma!"
Speculation about Prais. The fat man smiled noncommittally and said, "The adjutant is thinking too much, I don't have any intention of conquering the entire Dorok Mountains at once,
If the Dorok Mountains were so easy to conquer, the original Rode and Ryerdian were the two countries. It has long since divided this huge mountainous area between the two countries in two, and it will continue to be here for so many years!" The fat man got up from his desk, lifted the curtain of the military tent, and looked out the window at the camp where breakfast was being made, and the white tent covered the earth and mountains like white clouds.
"As for the Doroks' private actions. I already knew!" The fat man's eyes narrowed slightly, and his voice of regret stopped, and he teased confidently, "Duo Xue is a very good leader. It's a pity that most of the companions he relies on are a bunch of straw bales, and a few of them have really experienced war?...,
He forgets the essence of politicians, and it is impossible to sit idly by and watch one person to grab so much glory, and what politicians like most is to sit back and share profits without spending a penny. As long as it is beneficial to them, they will not hesitate to do it.
The relationship between the Northlanders and Dorok is no longer a hidden secret, and they may still regard this as a secret, only Duo Zhi himself, you may not know that when the main force of Duo Luo Ke was surrounded, the nobles of Duo Luo Ke had already begun to arrogantly preach such a sentence at the banquet held by Aaron: "Don't worry, we will get help from the north, we will have a strong ally! An opponent that will make the tyrant tremble! He will help us to save the Speaker."
"These idiots...... It's really sad to meet such a partner...... "Even Prais was a little indignant about Duo Choice, who was besieged by heavy troops, and did not even think about solving the dilemma, but used such a state secret as an excuse to be used by these politicians to publicize it everywhere, which shows how powerful these guys are against each other, as long as they are not fools, they can guess who the so-called northern ally in Doroke's mouth is, except for the careerist Asu Russia who started in the north, who else will there be!
"The dark arrow from the companion behind is the most chilling thing!, it's a pity that there are multiple choices that are rare in a century" The fat man said disdainfully at the corner of his mouth, and put down the curtain in his hand,
He turned around, patted the somewhat distracted Prais with his hand, and said with relief, "Forget it, let's talk about the rest, in fact, the news of the Dorok and the Asou Russian alliance, I have already learned through the spy network of the Guò Empire in Aaron, but because these information related to the Eastern Court have avoided the adjutant general, the adjutant has no idea!"
"What! The Dorok and the Asu Russian tribe have been united!" Prais's body trembled slightly when he was shocked by the news, and looked at the fat man with a surprised face,
On the one hand, because this kind of secret network is exclusive to the fat man, and secondly, because it involves the movements of the border of the Eastern Court, it all bypasses Prais.
The fat man picked up a piece of confidential information from the table, handed it to the confused Prais, and said apologetically, "I'm glad that in the face of real national affairs, the adjutant still chose to put aside his personal grudges, which makes me feel very admired! Look at this, our north is already in full swing."
"Your Majesty is saying that there should be a move in the north?" Prais took the information, his eyes swept over, and his face was a little strange and confused, and asked, "How can this be, everyone knows that this southeast headland is the best natural port for going to sea in the northern seas, last time we were willing to spend 500,000 gold coins to buy it and were rejected, this time the Austins let it out extremely happily, it seems a little too impossible!"
"Hehe, of course not, Austins are not fools. How could he be so willing to give up this natural port, which is ranked number one in the north," the fat man turned around and sat heavily in his seat before continuing
"According to intelligence, last month the Asovian Russians inflicted heavy losses on the Austin army in the coastal area, capturing a large number of Austin nobles, and they took the initiative to do so. Naturally, the Austins could be forced to sign an unequal contract, and they were now majestic in the northern cold region, and they had obtained the control of the southeast headland in the northern cold region, so they would definitely expand in the southeast headland.
But they didn't know. The southeastern headland is connected to the northern seas of Ryrdian, which means that our trading port in Ryrdian will be under the threat of a cold fleet, and in order to secure the port, the Imperial escort fleet will inevitably go north, and conflict is inevitable!"...,
The fat man's voice stopped. The corner of his mouth sneered and said, "This is the poisonous plan of the two tigers of the Austin people, they can't stop the Asou Russians, so they think of pulling us into the water, the idea is good, but it's a pity that it's too inferior." If I am not mistaken, the Asovian Russians do not know that they have fallen for the calculations of the Austens!
The northern seas of Ikadiva,
The frozen snow can be faintly seen in the seawater, and the snow-white and transparent North Sea jellyfish are trying to open and close, these tenacious and humble lifeforms. It is a miracle in this extremely cold water, trying to break out of the constraints of the sea and show its beauty.
There are jellyfish that have unfortunately been smashed by the hull of a passing ship. Floating on the surface of the sea, and then slowly sinking, when you see it casually, you think it is a white-ribbon marine fish flying freely in the water.
This is the world of ice gods, with a cold and biting north wind, and white mist floating on the cold sea. The sea is so beautiful, so peaceful. Like a blue dream in the legend, there is a legend here that the ice god of the North Sea lost his most beloved necklace in the bottom of the sea, so he lingered in this sea area all year round, so all year round, it is almost this kind of cold weather, the sun overhead is almost invisible, just a hairy halo, there is no light, only cold
A pointed warship with a spinnaker came out of the white mist of the calm sea like a swordfish, and the sharp and heavy hull squeezed the shallow ice floe on the shore with a crisp creaky cracking sound, and on the top of this small sail clipper, a long string of long strips of white cloth hung in the wind, waving like the gills of a long fish.
It was a Russian warship, and it was flying its flag with great arrogance, patrolling its new territory like a swaggering master
Since July, the Azous Russians have been appearing more and more frequently in this sea, for the Azourians who have great power on land, the sea is a new area, but it is an extremely promising area, with the sea, food, trade in goods, and even the Ellisti Maritime Promenade, which is coveted by the northerners
The Eristi Maritime Corridor is located near the southeast headland, and is the only way for the northern sea to pass through the central sea.
The captain of this North Sea sail clipper is called Polarsus, he is not an Asoucus, but a captain recruited by the Asoucians from the port sailors, Polarsus was originally just a helpless wanderer in the port, and he also knew a little about the sea, and occasionally followed the merchant ships to the sea.
Because the reputation of the Asorus in the southeast cape is not very good, most of the captains are reluctant to join, and finally Polasus stood up and said that he can completely turn this beautiful sea area into the inland sea of the Asoru people, and was immediately appointed as the captain of the Asou Russians, and the Asou Russians greatly expanded their maritime power in the southeast cape, not only recruited a lot of sailors, but also exchanged 5 sail clippers from the Austins at the cost of 100 nobles, and initially established a sea force,
With the so-called navy, the Asovian Russians could not wait to show their strength, from time to time sending fast sailing boats back and forth to patrol the Ellisti promenade, and bragging to show off their so-called control to the various tribes, and occasionally engaging in a few pirate trades.
"Quick, quick, sail with all your might, catch up with that merchant ship! That's a big fish" Borassus raised his head proudly, his face undisguised his greed, he crossed his hands on his hips, and looked at the sea,
Fifty meters in front of him, a merchant ship full of cargo was staggering forward in the ice floe, and the mark of the commercial alliance fluttered on the top of the merchant ship.
Ordinary small pirates will put it when they see this mark, because the merchant ships that can hang this mark are powerful merchants in the commercial alliance, this kind of merchant ship is not only high on the side, but also in the tonnage, there are plenty of sailors, and there are weapons equipped with melee combat, commercial ships, wartime is a transport ship to transport troops, and even some have crossbows on board, which is not worse than a warship.
It's a pity that Polacus is a temporary pirate, and he doesn't know much about business alliances that mainly operate in the central and southern seas, and in this half a month, his clippers are coming and going, and all the ships have to hide when they see it, which naturally makes him believe that he is the master of this sea area, and now he sees such a rich prey, he naturally will not let go,
The speed of the North Sea Clipper was extremely fast, and it almost pierced the position of the merchant ship.
"Order them to stop the ship for inspection, otherwise, we will attack!" Polasus stood at the bow of the ship and ordered loudly, the sailors behind him also showed fierce eyes one by one, what kind of inspection is simply an excuse, as long as the other party stops the ship, they will rush all the way, kill all the people, move the goods, and sink the ship directly if they can't finish moving, the sea is vast, and the sea is extremely cold, and people don't know it!