Riding and Slashing

Chapter 272

Three days later, the Throne Hall of Sarleon City.

At this moment, Ulrik was listening to the military report from a knight in surprise.

"Your Majesty, Earl Leon led his troops straight in three days ago, occupying the largest port in D'Shar, Aishikman... Neither Gavan Khan of Turda Fortress nor Bahaman, the lord of Aishikman, dared to stop the army of fierce lions. Bahaman has decided to cooperate with the Kingdom to deal with Kadan. He and Gavan Khan returned to the Turda Fortress to protect the retreat of the Kingdom's army. However, Earl Leon originally decided to rush to Kadan before organizing the D'Sha army. Before, I used the fastest speed to attack Toba City, but..."

The knight was eloquent and reported things clearly, but he obviously didn't finish speaking.

It's just that when he said this, Ulrik on the throne stood up, so the knight looked at the king and slowed down the conversation.

Ulrik stood up because he was a little excited and nervous. He really didn't expect that Li Ang's efficiency was so high. It was only half a month after he publicly declared war on De'Shar, and Li Ang actually took down Ashe. Coman!This is progressing incredibly quickly...

Ulrik also understood Li Ang's tactics. Bahad Khan Kadan suffered heavy losses outside Sarleon City, so Li Ang rushed to use the fastest attack before Kadan could replenish his troops and summon the D'Shar lords to form an army. Speed ​​drives straight in.

In fact, when Li Ang marched to Turda Fortress, Kadan probably had just crossed the desert and returned to his territory Toba, so he must have not had time to react.

This means that the kingdom's army can form a situation where the more fight the less along the way. Most of the D'Shar lords may not dare to stand in front of the army, so they can intimidate some D'Shar lords to back down and even cooperate with the kingdom.

But Ulrik knew that although he could figure out why Li Ang quickly took Eichkeman, he definitely didn't dare to do like Li Ang.

Or it can also be said that the vast majority of people dare not do this—this kind of raid for thousands of miles is a gamble. If they are held back by a group of brave enemies and give the enemy's main force enough time and space to react, they may be killed. Trapped to death in the enemy's territory, it is normal for the whole army to be wiped out.

So Ulrik was a little nervous, especially after hearing that Li Ang planned to continue to blitz the city of Toba, he couldn't help standing up: "Has Li Ang marched on Toba? Did something happen?"

"Not yet, Your Majesty... After the army entered Eichcomman, it was discovered that the fleet of the Bacchus Empire was marching towards Eichcomman, so Earl Leon must deal with the Bacchus fleet first, lest the army be attacked by two sides. I am After discovering this situation, I decided to come back and report to you—Earl Leon's plan to quickly attack Toba can no longer be carried out, and I am worried that the army will be trapped in Eichcoman..."

This knight named Monteverde was obviously not one of Li Ang's subordinates, and everything he reported came from what he had witnessed.

In fact, Montever is the son of the former lord of Eagle Talon, Keidren.

Kedron single-handedly rushed into the army formation of the Ravencrow Kingdom. King Gregory IV of the Ravencrow thought that this was a rare warrior, so he brought Kedren back to the Ravencrow Realm.

And the Duke of Brennus came back and reported to King Ulrik that "Kedron died bravely in battle"-this is the opportunity he gave Kedron. Kedron once committed treason, and only by dying in battle can the family be saved. .

So Kedron's family only lost their original baronial title and territory, but they did keep the family's life and other family property. Kedron's son Montevoir still retained his knight status, but he could no longer be called a 'lord' up.

In fact, Ulrik also reused Kaedren's son Montevor because of this-after all, Kaedren died heroically when the country was in danger...

Now Monteverk was sent by Ulrik to Leon's army to monitor the movement of the army, and he could be regarded as the king's confidant.

"Bacchus... It's normal for Emperor Marius to think about Ashcomman..."

Ulrik murmured to himself after hearing Montevor say that the Bacchus fleet had been discovered.

He actually understands Emperor Marius very well now—it was also a domestic rebellion, and he also suffered heavy casualties from foreign enemies when dealing with the rebels, and Emperor Marius must have suffered much greater losses than him.

After all, only half of the Sarleon Kingdom was in chaos, and the tax revenue in most areas was not affected, but the entire Bacchus Empire was in chaos, and there must have been no harvest last season.

Today's Ulrik is extremely poor, so Emperor Marius is naturally even poorer, and he may have gone bankrupt.

Therefore, Ulrik immediately understood the intention of Emperor Marius to send the fleet - Eichkoman could solve the economic crisis of Emperor Marius.

In the same way, Eichkeman can also solve the problems Ulrik himself is facing...

"In this way, the Kingdom's army may indeed be trapped in Eichcoman... Bacchus' fleet, Leon, will definitely be able to handle it, but Bahad Khan Kadan may take the opportunity to organize the D'Sha army to counterattack...Montevo, Go and pass on the king's order to Li Ang, asking him to stick to Ashkoman, and I will personally lead the army to support..."

While stretching out his hand to signal the clerk to write the king's decree, Ulrik gave instructions to Monteverde at the bottom of the steps.

"Your Majesty is wise. Earl Leon will definitely be able to stop Bacchus' fleet, but it will inevitably delay the march to Toba. This will give Kadan time to summon the De'Sha army..."

Monteverde bowed his head in convincing.

Today's King Ulrik seems to have returned to his ambitious and wise appearance.

On the side of the throne room, the clerk who was writing the king's decree frowned.

The clerk was a young and handsome nobleman.

This is Brennus' son, Lord Malbert.He was now Ulrik's designated future son-in-law.

It's just that this son-in-law hasn't gotten engaged to the little princess yet—Ulrik's youngest daughter is only ten years old this year, and she was born when the Lion Knights were rebuilt.

And before one of Brennus or Ulrik died, Ulrik probably wouldn't officially announce the engagement...

Ulrik is in good spirits now, and maybe he can have another son. After all, he is only in his early fifties. Xinna's princess is young and beautiful, and he probably still has a chance to get an orthodox heir.

Malbert hesitated for a while with a pen in his hand, but still said nothing, and wrote the decree according to King Ulrik's statement, and stamped it with the king's golden seal.

With his current status and responsibilities, he can only listen to politics and cannot speak.

Today's King Ulrik never convenes the imperial council, and everything is decided with one word. He cannot pour wine in the imperial council as a waiter, and can only appear in the throne room in the name of a clerk.

Wine waiter and clerk, these are two positions often held by juniors who are regarded as the successors of the ruler. According to the law, these two positions can only listen to the government and not speak, but they can learn how to govern the country in the process of listening to the government.

However, when Malbert handed over the king's decree to Monteverde, he said: "Knight Monteverde, please hand it over to Earl Leon, and bring back Earl Leon's signature for His Majesty."

Receipt of the king's decree was usually indeed signed a palindrome, which meant acknowledgment of receipt.

Of course, the marshal who is leading the army may sometimes refuse to accept the king's order due to sudden changes in the battle situation.But in this case, a reply must also be sent to the king, informing him of the reason for not accepting the order.

"Malbert, do you have any concerns? Just say it, you and I don't need to abide by such strict laws..."

Ulrik noticed Malbert's abnormality and began to encourage his future son-in-law to break the law.

But Malbert seemed unwilling to know the law and break the law. After hesitating for a while, he put down his hand holding the pen, took off the clerk's hat on his head, and then spoke.

"Your Majesty, Earl Leon may not obey your order."

Malbert hesitated to speak, but he spoke with confidence.

"Why? He is a smart man, he should know the price of disobeying me..."

asked King Ulrik.

"Because he is probably not in Eichcoman anymore, Lord Leon is very efficient in using troops... That's why I want to remind His Excellency Montevo, and let Count Leon personally sign the king's decree."

Malbert gestured to Monteverde.

Ulrik waved Monteverde out of the throne room.

"Now there is no one else, what do you want to say?"

Ulrik saw that Malbert had something else to say.

Malbert said softly: "Your Majesty, Earl Leon's Changhe Town is much more valuable than Dexia's Aishekman... You can definitely go to 'support' slowly, after all, the journey is far away..."

Ulrik was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Malbert hesitantly, but at the same time he was a little relieved - Malbert's ability to say such a thing meant that he was indeed thinking of the king wholeheartedly.

But when Malbert lowered his head to salute the king, when Ulrik couldn't see his face, he quietly revealed a complex and incomprehensible expression.

At that moment, he had a humble smile on his face, but his eyes were filled with a light called ambition.

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The D'Shar capital, Toba.

Geographically, Toba is located in the south-central part of D'Shar, dividing the Savanir Desert into two halves, the north and the south.

This is a fairly large city, with a population even larger than Boshi City—this city was built at the place where the water source is most abundant in the entire Dexia, at the foot of the Wusu Mountains.

Wusu Mountains is a huge snow-capped mountain slanting between Dexia and Fieldsway. It is a mountain with a very high altitude. Although it is located in the south, it is still covered with snow all the year round. The entire southwest of Dexia is covered by this mountain surrounded.

It was the existence of the Wusu Mountains that created a natural dividing line between Deshar and Fieldsway.

This mountain range is the source of almost all fresh water resources in the entire De'Shar, but at the same time, it is also the source of the formation and continuous expansion of the Savannill Desert.

A large part of the Savannier Desert is the Gobi Plateau, which is the part of the western Desha near the Wusu Mountains.

The Gobi near the Wusu Mountains is high in altitude and belongs to the plateau desert. The temperature range is very wide. The maximum temperature difference in a year can even reach more than [-] degrees, and it is quite extreme—either the heat is unbearable or the cold is unbearable.

At the same time, the temperature difference between day and night is also very large. Forty degrees during the day and a few degrees below zero at night are normal.

This environment makes it difficult for plants to survive in this place, and without plants, it is difficult to preserve the moisture in the soil, and gradually a large deserted plateau is formed.

However, the Wusu Mountain Range is not a complete mountain range structure. There is a gap in the middle of it - in the middle of the two huge mountain ranges, there is a valley mouth, where the "High Pass Fortress" is now built by the Fieldsway people.

The mouth of the valley formed a huge wind outlet, and the humid sea breeze from the west coast has a higher pressure, so it "blasts" through the huge wind outlet from west to east to the territory of Dexia all the year round.

This year-round one-way warm wind has brought years of snow to the Wusu Mountains, and turned the plateau Gobi on the east side of the mountains into a source of windy and sandy desert.

The desertified Wusu Plateau is swept by wind and sand year after year and spreads to the east. Every year, accompanied by huge sandstorms, the boundary of the desert continues to expand.

Therefore, the entire eastern side of the Wusu Mountain Range is full of desolate Gobi and deserts, while the territory of Fieldsville on the west side of the mountain range is mostly tree-lined hills, which are as distinct as two worlds.

Almost the entire Savanir Desert will be affected by this kind of sandstorm-except for Toba City.

A mountain ridge extends horizontally from the Wusu Mountains. This mountain ridge is also the source of the largest river in Desha, the "Ghazi River", and Toba City is upstream of this river.

The abundant water source makes the river channel full of tall, strong and deep-rooted trees, and the horizontal mountains block the wind and sand from the high-pass fortress, making the area around Tuoba City the most livable area in the entire Dexia.

There are abundant water sources, trees that can block the wind and sand, and a large area of ​​grassland, and the production of goods can go directly to the sea along the Ghazi River - the "Narda City" at the mouth of the sea is also a big city, but there is no Ishiko Cayman so many fine natural harbours.

This is the reason why Toba can become the capital of D'Shar - the noble Bahad Khan naturally wants to occupy the best territory in the entire country.

But the situation in Toba City is a bit tense today.

After Bahad Khan Kadan returned to Tuoba, he immediately planned to reorganize the army and tried to secretly kill Emir Xerxes to ensure his position.

But before he had time to recruit new troops, he heard that Li Ang had brought the army of the Sarleon Kingdom into the country.

And his younger brother, Emile Xerxes, suddenly disappeared after this.

This made Cardan quite flustered for a while - what he was most worried about was that the hostile country would support Amir Xerxes as a puppet.

And Amir is missing, this situation can be imagined with his knees, his younger brother who has been claiming to "split the De'xia" is probably going to find the Lion Kingdom to divide the De'xia equally.

And within a few days, Cardan received the news that Eichkeman was occupied by Li Ang, and it is said that there was no war.

This made Kadan's heart sink to the bottom - what he was most worried about seemed to have happened.

Bahaman was probably forced to do nothing, and Kadan could understand.

But Emile Xerxes, who suddenly disappeared, must have surrendered to the enemy on his own initiative...

Under such circumstances, it is necessary to regain Aishikman as soon as possible, and to show that the current Bahad Khan Kadan is still the strongest in the entire D'Shar, otherwise many people will definitely vote for Amir Xerxes...

But it is said that Li Ang's army is over [-] strong, and Kadan must organize a strong enough army.

Moreover, if Bahaman will surrender, then other lords may naturally be unstable.

So Kadan sent envoys to various places, and began to gather the armies of the D'Sha families, and went to Singal in person to ensure that the powerful Caliph Tahir, who had not suffered any losses, was still loyal to himself.

Yes, instead of being loyal to De'shar, it's different to be loyal to Kadan.

Although Khalifa Tahir, the lord of Singal, had always supported Cardan before, but Cardan himself understood that Tahir must have been vacillating.

If he doesn't show up, I'm afraid that Singal, an already unstable place, will directly lose control.

With the troops that had not yet been fully reorganized, Kadan rushed to Singal at an extremely fast speed, just in time for Ramon's news of auctioning the Lord of Aishikman in Singal.

(End of this chapter)