In the silence on the long table, Thales exhaled.

No war is isolated.

Suriel's atrocities twenty years ago led to the resistance Exeter faced twenty years later.

Victory twenty years ago led to failure twenty years later.

The second prince once again thought of Old Crow’s words:

[Before you make up your mind to go to war, I wonder if you should first think clearly: Can this really achieve your goals? How many unexpected things will happen from this? What additional consequences will there be? In the longer term

What does the future mark? How should the impact on both of you be calculated?]

Soduo snorted and broke the silence:

"Just like that, supplies are not going smoothly and the troops collecting food are making slow progress."

"The siege was unfavorable, and the efficiency of the siege was repeatedly delayed."

"And the life or death of the Grand Duke of Longxiao City is even more unclear. Those who came back with the Dragon Spear flag still only had remnants of defeated troops, and rumors are everywhere."

Life and death unknown.

Thales tried his best to adjust his breathing.

After hearing about the bloody feud between Prince Suril and the Freedom Alliance, he suddenly realized that once Selma fell into the hands of the Freedom Alliance...

No.

Thales forced himself not to think about the worst possibility.

Soduo paused for a moment and motioned to the occult man standing aside to continue.

The latter nodded:

"After that, we made some inquiries and made some guesses: there should have been a quarrel among the top management of the Northlanders."

The important ministers looked at each other.

"The nobles guarding the city had the intention of retreating, but the proud Grand Duke of Qiyuan City, Kulikun Roni, had a tough attitude. He threatened the friendly forces not to retreat, claiming that he would once again mobilize troops from the country to assist the front line. If he failed, he would

Cheng Ren.”

"The generals are at odds with each other, and the quarrel between the two sides is ugly."

Thales's mind stirred, and another poem appeared from the fragments of long-standing memory:

【Snobbishness makes people fight, and the heirs will fight against each other.】

Soduo sighed and interjected:

"And this was their third mistake."

Perhaps it was because they had lamented before, but the ministers here no longer hesitated after hearing Exeter's stupid move.

The scar-faced man from the secret department said calmly:

"Until one day, the flag of the Camus Alliance was raised on the top of the city of the Freedom Alliance."

As soon as this statement came out, everyone was suspicious again.

"Commas?"

Gilbert spoke in surprise, then shook his head decisively:

"impossible!"

"Well, it seems impossible now."

Soduo nodded and frowned:

"But the news played its role: from then on, rumors of Comas' involvement in the war spread in the Northland military camp, and it was useless how the coach tried to suppress it."

"On the other side, the soldiers and civilians of Fort Liberty, who were struggling to support themselves, were encouraged and confident when they heard that help was coming."

"One is declining, the other is growing, the enemy is silent but I am revitalizing..."

Soduo slowly raised his head, his eyes flashing:

"A total defeat for the Northlanders."

"That's when it started."

Thales looked at the stalemate on the map and felt something in his heart.

The next second, Soduo's language became urgent!

"As rumors spread, a nobleman from the garrison city who did not want to take risks abandoned his camp early in the morning and retreated first."

"Perhaps he is just angry and wants to change the defense zone or change the land to collect grain. Of course, it is not ruled out that it is a spy trick..."

The white chess pieces moved under the hands of the military adviser and left the original area.

"However, following his example and thanks to the previous discord with Qiyuan City, a large number of the lords of the garrison city followed him to retreat without notifying the friendly forces, causing the entire battle line to deform."

Thales frowned tightly: with Freedom Castle as the center, the connected white chess pieces gradually spread out, revealing more and more gaps.

Just like the armor that has been hacked and slashed in hundreds of battles, it finally couldn't bear it anymore and cracked.

Thordor Red slapped his palm on the long table, his face ashen:

"This resulted in the Qiyuan City troops who were ten miles away and were on the front line of the siege, exhausted but still holding on, to unknowingly lose their flanking vigilance and support."

"Completely expose the weak points of the abdomen and back to the enemy's reach!"

As the war situation progressed, the ministers listening to the military situation were also serious and nervous.

"Maybe the miscommunication only lasted two hours, and maybe the Northlanders' window of vulnerability was only sixty minutes, but do you remember the Freedom Alliance's trump card?"

Soduo reached out and fished it out and retrieved the black knight from outside the field. When he let go of his hand, it had already appeared in front of white's battle line, as if it was haunted by a ghost.

"After a clever victory over Longxiao City, they reappeared after disappearing for a long time and seized this window."

The military adviser gritted his teeth, as if he was experiencing this war:

"The morning fog has not yet cleared. They cooperated with the remnant troops in Liberty Castle inside and outside to successfully launch a surprise attack."

Sodol's words were very concise, but Thales could only imagine the intensity and cruelty of that day.

"When the retreating garrison city receives orders from higher-ups, reacts, and forces the entire army to stop retreating," Soduo sighed, slowly stretched out his hand, and diverted the originally unstoppable white chess formation.

chaos:

"The demoralized Qiyuan City was attacked at its back and fought hastily. In the end, it was in decline and its defeat was irreversible."

After the words fell, there was silence.

"That's ridiculous!"

Viscount Connie couldn't help complaining:

"How can Northerners be so stupid!"

When Thales heard these words, he felt mixed.

"Because we are standing here, watching them." Duke Cullen said slowly, but his tone had a rare sense of solemnity.

Viscount Connie was speechless for a moment.

"Then what?"

The Financial Controller, Juke Man, pondered and asked:

"The army guarding the city is still intact. Although its combat power is not as good as that of Qiyuan City, it should not be underestimated. It was only a corner of the battlefield that was defeated. It should be..."

But Soduo's next words interrupted him.

"The leaders of the garrison city knew they had made a big mistake and were eager to make amends, so they made a decision."

"It's not about retreating and setting up defenses, stabilizing the front."

The military adviser was no longer bitter. He described the military situation expressionlessly and pushed forward the white chess pieces that represented the garrison city one by one:

"But go back to the battlefield and rescue your colleagues."

As soon as these words came out, some of the people present frowned in thought, and some suddenly realized it.

"It's about loyalty." Viscount Connie muttered.

Thordor Red suddenly raised his head!

He glanced at everyone:

"That was their fourth mistake."

Viscount Conney frowned.

Sodo lowered his head and gathered the black chess pieces in Free Castle and the knights outside the castle:

"The strategy of the Freedom Alliance is completely opposite to what it was twenty years ago: after they are victorious, when they pursue the enemy, they do not seek to kill more people. They only seek to be mobile and flexible, drive away the majority, and attack the elite."

"So, when the flag of the garrison city arrived on the battlefield..."

The next moment, Thales watched as the fallen white chess pieces were pushed together and swept towards the white chess pieces that were still standing.
To be continued...