Chapter 144 The Turning Point of the War (Ten Thousand Words Update 10)
Faced with Montreal's inquiry, the messenger respectfully replied: "The last time you met with Count Tyrone, I was by your side and will never admit my mistake. "
Montreal asked: "Then, Is this old friend of mine who I haven’t seen for a long time still in good health?”
The messenger immediately responded: “Very good.”
Although he said so. But there was no joy in Montreal's eyes: "Step back."
Montreal wears the family's "molten embers". This set of fourth-level enchanted plate armor is very gorgeous. The dark background is engraved with fiery red lines like lotus flowers. Whenever the fighting spirit surges, it will appear with A bright red stream of light.
Compared with the majesty of the armor, the Earl of Montreal's face does not look so majestic. His skin is a little pale, his eye sockets are sunken, and his tall aquiline nose makes his face rather gloomy.
He opened the reply letter, glanced over it, and his expression became a little cold: "His mouth is still so tough. If Meng'en City had such strength, it would not have been breached."
< br>With that said, Montreal handed the letter to Thomas, who was sitting side by side with him.
As the red archbishop of the Church of Light, Thomas wears a black soft hat on his head, covering his slightly bald crown. His clothes are split open, and behind the golden priest robe is a large Red cloak.
He has a round face and compact features. He looks quite rich and honest, like a kind businessman.
Taking the letter, Thomas quickly scanned the content and smiled softly: "Earl Tyrone is still so confident."
The content of the letter was very simple. On the surface, Earl Tyrone expressed his concern for Montreal and Thomas was grateful, but there was resentment between the lines, vaguely implying "even if you don't come" , I can solve this problem myself."
Thomas asked: "Mr. Governor, what are you going to do next?"
Montreal said: "We have been marching for a long time, and we are exhausted, and we have experienced it again today. After a big battle, both I and my soldiers need to rest.”
"Next, I plan to rest for a while before making a decision."
This reason is not reliable.
Even if the road thaws in the spring and becomes muddy, the Fox family's army should have arrived long ago. The reason why it has delayed until this time is because it has been delayed for too long on the road.
We only march for half a day every day, starting at dawn and resting at noon. If it rains or snows, we have to stay for an extra day.
By dragging it like this, I hope that the hand of death can give some force and uproot the Slater family.
Unexpectedly, even after so long delay, even the inner city has been breached, and Count Tyrone is still alive and well.
"Earl of Montreal, I understand your concern for your soldiers, but things should not be done this way." Thomas said lightly: "I still recommend that you continue the attack and clean up the hand of death."
Montreal looked unhappy, he didn't like others teaching him to do things: "Archbishop Thomas, the soldiers are not those tireless undead creatures, they need to rest ."
"And isn't Earl Tyrone very energetic? The coalition forces of the four legions are also very motivated. Why should you be anxious?"
Thomas sighed: "Meng En City is here. Like a ravaged and crying girl, longing to return to the embrace of the Lord of Light, as a bishop of the Holy See, how can I ignore it? "
"But I can understand your consideration for the soldiers. Since your army needs to rest, then I will lead the priests to the coalition forces."
Montreal's expression became more and more depressed, and his voice was cold: " Sir Thomas, you have to memorize Abandon the promise between us?"
Thomas shook his head slightly and met Montreal's eyes: "I only have loyalty to the Lord of Light in my heart!"
The eyes of the two almost collided. To explode a ball of lightning in the air.
Previously, the interests of both parties were basically the same.
Montreal is happy to see the decline of the Slater family and the city of Monn in ruins.
And Thomas also needs a struggling and crying city of grace. Otherwise, it cannot reflect the brilliance and power of the Lord of Light.
But now that they have entered the city, the interests of both parties have fundamentally conflicted.
Thomas’s demand is for a quick solution, and he must show the indispensability of the Church of Light.
But Montreal is different. He wants to drag it on, use this war to continue cutting flesh with a dull knife, and bleed the Slater family bit by bit.
"Meng En City is indeed crying." Montreal said: "But even if you save her, she will return to the arms of her husband, and your heaven on earth will not be born in her belly."
One of the contents of the deal between Montreal and Thomas was to allow the Church of Light to station troops in the Fox family's territory. Now, he began to try to threaten them with this.
"The mercy of the Lord of Light cannot be measured by value." Thomas did not give in: "God loves the world, but the monarch may not."
Montreal frowned slightly: "What are you doing? What does it mean?"
"Death The Order of the Dead Hand is not just causing trouble in one place," Thomas said: "Now there are five major human forces, including the Insa Empire, the Kingdom of Lozeron, the Kingdom of Podomich, and the Feton city-states, as well as our Cairns Empire. Shadow of the Hand of Death ”
"This is not only a security incident, but also a political issue."
"If other countries have put out unrest, but our Keynesian empire has not been able to solve the problem, especially if it falls After the Insa Empire, our respected country What would His Majesty think? "
As the only two empires, Keynes and Insa have been at odds with each other and are very keen to suppress each other's international reputation. If the Insa Empire puts out the war first, Just make fun of the Keynesian empire.
This is absolutely unacceptable to the face-saving King Keynes XVI. If he were really condemned, the first person to bear the brunt would be the Governor of Montreal.
Montreal's eyelids froze slightly, and his breathing began to become rapid: "Your Excellency, the Archbishop, is going to add insult to injury?"
"No, I'm just analyzing the situation for you." Thomas said lightly: "Of course you have to make your own judgment on how to do it."
Montreal clenched his fist.
This time the Death Hand Order's offensive was powerful, far beyond his expectation. Because of this, he was full of expectations for the destruction of the Slater family.
As the only two earl families in the province, the decline of Slater means the rise of Fox.
As long as Tai Lung dies now, the Slater family will be firmly suppressed by him in the next few decades!
However, the Fox family relied on their relationship with the royal family to take root in the Nord province. Now being so close to the Church of Light is tantamount to betrayal of the royal family.
If you offend the Church of Light again, you will not be able to gain favor from both sides.
"I understand what Bishop Thomas means." Montreal's voice was full of displeasure: "After the repairs tonight, I will continue to march, and I also ask Bishop Thomas to cooperate."
"Your kind act He will definitely be remembered by the Lord of Light." Thomas had a peaceful smile on his face.
Montreal snorted coldly when he heard this, waved his hands and left the tent.
Until his back disappeared, Thomas's face suddenly darkened: "Idiot."
In Thomas's view, Montreal's scheming city is far inferior to Tyrone. There are such big differences between the two families. The quality gap of the family head is decisively related.
Montreal actually thinks that he has the autonomy to choose to negotiate terms with the Church of Light. This is simply ridiculously naive.
In fact, the moment he chose to cooperate with the Church of Light from Montreal and sit back and watch the turmoil at the Hand of Death break out in the Nord province, he no longer had any choice but to cling to the thigh of the Church of Light. .
Otherwise, other nobles in the Nord province and His Majesty Keynes XVI will let him know what the consequences of double-dealing will be!
Thomas had a proud smile on his face.
Also, if Montreal's political sensitivity hadn't been so bad, how could my plan have gone so smoothly?
The conversation in the big tent was unknown to outsiders, but the news of the arrival of the Fox family's army had already spread throughout Men'en City.
Of course Raven, who returned to the camp, also received this news and learned that the nobles were meeting in the big tent.
According to usual practice, Raven would only stay for a short period of time before leaving, but today he waited an extra two hours.
Sure enough, just when the moon was at its zenith, Viscount John sent someone to invite him to his tent. Also invited along with Raven was Judra.
Now Viscount John looks even worse than before. He has always been very image-conscious and even took off his helmet. His eyes were bloodshot. Even if he tried his best to suppress it, he could still make people laugh. See the unbearable anger.
“Let’s all sit down.”
Raven and Judra looked at each other and sat across from Viscount John. The old nobleman picked up the wine bottle and poured a glass for each of them. wine, and then raised his glass.
After clinking glasses in silence, Viscount John drank it all in one gulp, and then started pouring the wine again, three times in a row before stopping. "Huh..." After exhaling a breath, Viscount John snorted: "Those guys who have no sense of honor, I really should bring out some photo crystals to let them take a good look at their faces."
Raven knew why he said that.
Now, not only the Fourth Army, but also the entire military camp is filled with a very blind optimism.
According to the nobles, since the Earl of Montreal is here, as the governor, he cannot watch the inner city being captured. The performance of the priests today was also seen by many nobles, and they all felt that Victory is within reach.
Under such a mentality, those nobles who had previously clamored to fight independently changed their attitudes and petitioned to reunite together, allowing the four legion commanders to take on their responsibilities and direct everyone to fight. Exterminate the Order of the Hand of Death.
In that way, it seemed that he had completely forgotten who was the culprit of the chaos in the army.
Don't even think about it, the four army commanders must feel as uncomfortable as eating flies, and the most injured among them is none other than Viscount John.
Because he is the one who is most responsible and values honor the most. He felt deeply guilty because of the disintegration of the legion before. He has not only failed the trust of the Slater family, but also failed the civilians of Meng En City.
Especially because he had the ability to bring the legions together, but failed to do so because of his own selfishness, the feeling of guilt became even stronger.
As time went by, Viscount John began to stop worrying about this, but he never thought that just because Montreal entered the city, the nobles would come to him again, and they were all passionate and generous. It looked like that , as if he could sacrifice his life and blood for the comfort of the city of Meng and the province of Nord at any time.
It’s not like this to play tricks on people!
In other words, Viscount John is generous and only curses people with "no sense of honor". If it were Raven and Judra, they would have cursed in different ways.
"You must have heard about what happened in the military camp." Viscount John asked.
Leiwen nodded: "Yes, it seems that everyone is asking for a fight and their fighting spirit is high."
"Why are you so high-spirited? I just want to take advantage of the last opportunity to gain military glory. "Judra smiled disdainfully: "Everyone looks like a loyal soul to the empire, and I don't know what they have been doing."
Viscount John sighed: "It's no wonder that nobles all put family interests first. At times like this, of course they have to take the initiative to seek credit and seek titles and fiefs for themselves and their families."
This is indeed true. Whatever Viscount John would say, Raven could almost guess that Viscount John would give them a shot in the arm and persuade them to put the overall situation first.
Old nobles, that’s it.
In the past, people wiped people’s butts with a smiling face, but now they wipe people’s butts with a cold face.
Don’t lose your sense of honor.
Raven had no such awareness, and was already ready to find an excuse to run away and never act with the army.
However, Viscount John's words were completely beyond his expectations: "Therefore, the three of us must also be prepared to make full achievements in the war and not to lag behind others."
Leaven Judra and Judra were stunned at the same time, their eyes locked on the old nobleman, as if Viscount John had changed from an old man to a charming girl.
“You two don’t have to look at me like that.” Viscount John smiled tiredly: “I’m not testing you.”
“People just want to eat something. I am wise, no matter how good-hearted this old guy is, I am not stupid enough.”
"Everyone of them considers the interests of the family. Wouldn't it be okay to come to me?"
Leaven smiled: "Of course it will be okay. What do you think, Viscount John?"
< br>Viscount John said in a deep voice: "Although the current atmosphere in the military camp seems to me to be blindly optimistic, the conclusion is not Question."
"This war will be over soon."
"So, in the next few days, I will lead the fourth army to attack the undead army outside the city. , although there are a lot of undead legions left there, there is no fatal threat except for a bone dragon.”
"However, although group operations are devastating, when it comes to the specific distribution of military merits, there will definitely be serious disputes."
"So..."
Viscount John pondered slightly: "I Decided to give it to both of you The right to move freely. There are many skeleton soldiers scattered in Meng'en City now. Although it is more dangerous for you to destroy them, all you will gain will be real military exploits that no one can take away. "
Lei. A smile appeared on Wen's lips.
Although everyone looks amiable, as if they really don't care about Raven's first-level medal of courage, when it comes to the battlefield, someone might shoot him a few cold arrows out of jealousy.
Acting alone is indeed a preferential treatment for Raven, who is familiar with the terrain of Munn City.
Judra showed a hint of embarrassment on his face: "Well... Viscount John, your idea is indeed a good one, but I have no soldiers left..."
Continuous In the battle, the two hundred serf soldiers brought out by Judra were completely wiped out. Maybe some of them are still "exerting their remaining heat" among the troops of Death Hand.
Viscount John said: "It doesn't matter, my Xuefeng Army can lend you a centurion, and can also allocate you a detachment of serf soldiers."
Then he turned to Raven : "Do you need additional military support from me?"
Raven shook his head: "I don't have to. If there are too many people, it will be inconvenient for me to command and dispatch."
This is not entirely true. In fact, Raven doesn't want Viscount John to discover his secret. , and he did not intend to do so at this point He continued to struggle, but asked instead: "Speaking of which, if you allocate so many troops, aren't you afraid of affecting the combat effectiveness of Xuefeng Legion?"
Although this question was euphemistic, it also awakened the people who were being attacked. Judra was stunned by a good thing from heaven : "Yes, Viscount John, why do you offer such generous terms? What about your military exploits?"
Viscount John said: "My title is already Viscount, and there is only one heir in the family. Not even with many military exploits Let me be promoted to earl, a little more or a little, it makes no difference."
"And as the commander of the Fourth Army, no matter how many soldiers I have, the combat achievements afterwards will not be less than mine. ”
These are all truths, but they cannot explain why he suddenly released such huge kindness and benefits. This was not a decision that could be made in a moment of excitement.
Viscount John said the real reason: "...I am old."
"And I am not afraid of your jokes. In my early years, I was obsessed with building a career and improving my personal strength. My only son was My wife is extremely doting on her. Now she is over forty years old, but she has just been promoted to the second level. Whether it is city power, scheming or ability, she is..."
“Alas!” Viscount John sighed: “Although he got married early, his children were born late. Now my grandson is only three years old. Once my soul returns to my ancestors, the family inheritance will be a big problem. Question."
"Our three fiefdoms are adjacent to each other, so I have to rely more on you two for the future."
Raven nodded slightly when he heard the words. He couldn't understand Viscount John's state of mind at this time, but he admired and agreed with his decision very much, but there was one thing he was still a little confused about.
Choose to bet on himself because Raven saved Viscount John once before and his character is guaranteed; Judra chose to run away before, and the identity of the heir is not certain. Why did Viscount John Will he value him so much?
Viscount John's next sentence solved his doubts: "Judera, I can't comment on your family affairs, but my youngest daughter is also a widow now..."
John When the Viscount mentioned this, he was implying that if Judra failed to inherit the title of the Wharton family, then Viscount John would welcome him to marry his youngest daughter and give Judra the status of a knight.
This is also a good help for my family in the future.
Judra nodded heavily: "...Thank you, Viscount John."
"I'm old and have low energy, so I won't leave you to chat anymore." Viscount John said: "Next, it's up to you. "That's it."
Raven and Judra bowed and left together.
Back in his tent, he had just sat down, and before he could take a breath, he heard Volaf shouting: "My lord, Baron, Mr. Judra is asking for an audience."
"Sure enough, I'm here. "Yes." Raven shook his head and chuckled: "Let him come in."
The curtain was opened, and Judra's figure appeared in the tent.
Leaven smiled and asked: "Why, are you here to ask me about the topography of the lower city?"
"No." Judra's face was gloomy: "I'm here..."
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Boom——
The spring thunder exploded, covering up Judra's voice.
Lightning shined into the tent, making his face look particularly ferocious.
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(End of this chapter)