【0007】 Kill the chicken to warn the monkey and hide the sky and cross the sea
The entire Crown Guard family is like a big clock that is wound up. Everyone follows their own rhythm, running non-stop, racing against time, and non-stop.
Patriarch Pit Crownguard went to Dawnhold almost every day, staying from morning to night to discuss matters regarding Noxus with Jarvan III.
Judging from the current situation, a direct war between the two countries should not be fought. Although Darkwill has a tough attitude, he has no intention of gathering troops to the border.
Moreover, the Green Teeth Peak-Mourning Gate defense line has just been renovated. If the Noxians choose to attack at this time, they can only kick it on the iron plate.
So, after some discussion, Demacia confirmed the idea of killing the chicken to scare the monkeys.
In layman's terms, it means putting some pressure on the small countries that are sandwiched between Demacia and Noxus and acting as buffers between the two countries, and mopping up the unlucky ones who stand on the side of Noxus to demonstrate.
The Dauntless Vanguard has begun mobilizing, and the elite team can rush out of the Green Teeth Fortress at any time, rush through the Gate of Mourn, and give the surrounding small countries that are closer to Noxus a "necessary warning".
As one of the commanders of the Dauntless Vanguard, Tiana Crownguard has now returned to the military camp - although she has only been married for less than a year, she can barely be considered a newlywed, but with the king's order, she is temporarily
She bid farewell to her husband, who served in the demon searcher army, and embarked on the battlefield.
As early as the day after handing the piercing rod to Lux, Tiana, who had taken a quick look at her brother's funeral, led the elite Dauntless Vanguard and left the capital of Demacia.
As for Ogesha... As the mistress of the family, she must be very energetic to face the power vacancy after the family loses important members. In the eyes of outsiders, Ogesha is a very well-behaved and responsible person.
A noble lady, she is well-rounded and popular, but she never interferes in family affairs.
But in fact, Ogesha is the one who talks within the family. Regarding the family's communication and management, she almost always decides with one word. On the contrary, it is Peter Crownguard who looks big and thoughtful, except when he is marching and fighting.
He was an expert when he was young, but when he returned home he could only be submissive to his wife.
In the next generation, Galen is with Jarvan IV every day, receiving training from the German Steward - although this hometown is from Ionia, a man who is usually quick and taciturn is better at using a spear, and Galen is better at using a spear.
Lun himself prefers big swords, but as a former Noxian ace gladiator, Xin Zhao didn't feel any pressure to be Galen's mentor in swordsmanship.
Anyway, one sheep is driven, and two sheep are herded. This is not only a teaching, but also a companion for Jarvan IV.
As for the youngest princess in the family, Lux, in the eyes of others, she should be the most leisurely and carefree one in the family.
But in fact, she is probably the busiest person in the entire Crown Guard family.
From the morning, she will perform endurance long-distance running and climbing training under the supervision of Kalya. After running, she will take a simple shower before having breakfast. Then, after taking a walk in the garden, she will go to the reading room to read.
Of course, reading is just a show. In the reading room, her main task is to listen to the lectures and remember everything Kalya told her - from spell principles to magic control; from spellcasting models to enchantment expertise, Kalya's knowledge
It seemed like a vast ocean, and Lux was riding a small boat, wandering in the ocean of knowledge points.
There are four classes in the morning, and another two classes after a short lunch break at noon. After completing six classes, Lux will conduct swordsmanship training step by step under the guidance of Kalya.
Start with the most basic sword swing and lay a solid foundation step by step.
This regular life naturally attracted the attention of Ogesha. She was very happy to see Lux study hard and use the noble etiquette flexibly, but she was full of worries about Lux's behavior of "wielding the sword indiscriminately".
Although this decorative sword is mainly used to cover up the magic piercing rod and has no edge at all, it is still a bit dangerous for a nine-year-old girl to wield a sword.
Therefore, Ogesha simply proposed to hire a tutor for Lux to train herself.
In Ogatha's view, the family no longer needs a general - now both Peter and Tiana are trusted by the king and almost control the entire Dauntless Vanguard, while Galen and Jarvan IV are best friends and have a bright future.
Light, so in terms of military affairs, the Crownguard family has no need to go further.
If you invest your strength in the army at this time, it will only cause trouble.
On the contrary, in terms of business and clerical work, the family's manpower is somewhat stretched.
You must know that the Crownguard family is not a small family. In addition to the main branch living in the capital of Demacia, the family has many branches in Mithril City.
But although there are many people, in Ogesha's view, the members of those branches can only be said to be hard-working and down-to-earth, and there are really only a few who have bright minds.
In her opinion, Lux's best choice is to practice more communication and business skills and help her take care of the family's affairs.
Peter, who has always loved his little daughter, and Galen, who loves his sister, do not want Lux to become a female warrior. Therefore, in the Crownguard family, it is almost everyone's consensus to let Lux run the family, even if Lux is only nine years old.
Peter was already thinking about which family could be worthy of the apple of his eye.
This is not "freedom of marriage and love", but the most basic obligation as a Demacian nobleman - all Peter can do is to choose a family that is good to Lux as much as possible among the families that meet the conditions.
Therefore, regarding things like Lux's sword dance, Ogesha always believed that "this is just a way to exercise your body, and you don't have to work too hard."
It was precisely for this reason that Ogesha felt relieved after Lacus said, "I just practice and move my body after studying. I don't need a teacher and won't do dangerous things."
After telling the housekeeper to pay more attention, Ogesha just let it go.
It's a good thing to exercise. Anyway, there is no instructor to teach Lux. As long as Lax doesn't hurt herself, then let her go.
The shrewd and capable Ogesha obviously didn't know that Lux's sword training was completely different from what she thought.
In her eyes, Lux just danced the sword alone in the garden every afternoon to evening. No matter how much she danced with her light and decorative sword, it was impossible to become a master of swordsmanship.
But it is a pity that Lux has a mentor, and he is a tutor who specializes in education. Although it seems that Lux just chooses a posture every day and waves the sword continuously, but in fact, these sword stabbings, sword picks, and sword splitting...
Various postures such as wiping the sword, holding the sword, and lifting the sword are the basic teachings of swordsmanship carefully designed by Kalya.
Moreover, by changing his own weight, Kalya also integrated strength training and skill training. In this seemingly random swing of the sword, Lux laid a solid foundation for his martial arts.
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Finally, after the Dauntless Vanguard completed its assembly, the sweep code-named "Operation Clearance" was officially launched on the Valoran Plains east of Green Teeth Peak.
Demacia, which had lost its Ranger General, used the excuse of searching for Noxian spies to forcibly raid a large number of city-states close to Noxus, and "destroyed many bandits entrenched on the trade routes along the way", "a huge
Preserving Valoran's freedom of trade."
Faced with the strength of Demacia, a group of small countries naturally dared to be angry but dare not speak out - compared to Noxus, who found an excuse to bite you a piece of land, the Demacians are already easy to talk to, and they are dead
General Ranger, let them make a fuss.
Anyway... they have no interest in the land outside the forbidden magic stone area, so they will suffer some losses.
The worst that can happen is to raise some taxes and make the people under the rule suffer. Once the Demacians are all angry, it will be over.
They were originally chess pieces.
In this way, [Operation Clearance] was a great success. Dauntless Vanguard personally went out and dealt with many smugglers and mercenaries working for the Noxians. They also uncovered many spies and made many small countries turn to them.
Demacia - more importantly, during this period, the Noxians tried to stop them several times, but they were all stopped by the coordinated rangers. In this regional confrontation, Demacia can be said to be
A big win!
Commander Darkwill is really just a paper tiger with a cruel look and a soft heart!
Then, before the Demacians could even compose an ode to their victory, a shocking news reached the Demacian capital.
Just as the Demacians were accumulating strength and executing Operation Purge, Noxus sent its own Watching Sea Fleet, along with more than twenty legions, to march eastward into Ionia.
It’s not that Noxus is jealous, but they have set their sights on Ionia!
All the previous toughness was just strategic deception by the Noxians, and the so-called "several attempts to intervene without success" were actually nothing more than a bluff, and the troops gathered at Dragon Gate turned around, boarded the ship directly, and then
Heading straight to Ionia.
In this way, while the Demacians were showing off their power in Valoran, while Noxus was dispatching troops and generals, the Western Theater also took advantage of the situation to strengthen the Trewell Defense Line and the Dalmer Defense Line, waiting for Demacia to possibly
The attack appears.
Demacia is here to scare the monkeys.
The Noxians simply kept it secret.
After hearing the news, Jarvan III felt as if he had been hit hard on the head with a hammer.
Demacia's previous display of power now seems like a complete joke.
The cunning Noxians took advantage of their pride to start a bigger war!
Fortunately, Jarvan III was outstanding after all.
After realizing that he had been severely manipulated by the Noxians, the King suppressed his anger.
Even at this moment, he really wanted to teach the Noxians a heavy lesson, but many previous wars had proven that it was unwise to attack a heavily defended fortress and a defensive line that was an angle to each other.
Moreover, fighting the Noxians outside the country is not in Demacia's national interest - Demacia has fertile land and rich products, but actually does not have much desire for land. At this time, fighting the Noxians
If the war begins, Demacia will gain nothing.
Even if Demacia always advocates justice, they will never be able to fight for Ionia and Noxus.
Of course, this does not mean that Jarvan III will sit back and watch the war sweep across Ionia. If possible, he is naturally willing to cause some trouble for the Noxians.
Therefore, at the next noble meeting, Xin Zhao rarely stood in front of the stage, and the main content of his speech was about Ionia.
Xin Zhao is not optimistic about the situation in Ionia.
In Zhao Xin's view, there are many strong people in Ionia, but they are all scattered. After coming to Demacia, he has realized the power of unity, but the whole of Ionia is not so much a country.
, it is better to say that it is a large martial arts world, with each region under the autonomy of the same cultural capital.
If Demacia is a typical feudal kingdom with clear distinctions between nobles and civilians, then Ionia can be said to be a primitive society, where there is no distinction between politics and religion, lack of written laws, and no standing army, even if each sect has its own army.
He may not be a strong man, but he may not be able to resist the vast Noxian army...
It is precisely because Xin Zhao once lived in Ionia, Noxus and Demacia, so he knows very well that it is difficult for Ionia to compete with the Noxians on a frontal battlefield.
Therefore, from his perspective, his suggestion was to send a small number of teams to take the sea route and transport as many Ionians as possible before the Noxian navy blocked Ionia.
I say this not because Xin Zhao betrayed Ionia, but because when he was in Ionia, he was just a fisherman who studied with the sect in the village for a period of time. He himself didn’t even know about Ionia.
How big is it.
Moreover, Xin Zhao at that time had no access to the hidden existences of Ionia, so in his opinion, Ionia had no chance of winning in this war. Without the protection of the ocean, Ionia would
Difficult to fight.
Xin Zhao's statement was affirmed by the Council of Nobles.
The nobles of Demacia will not fight for the Ionians, so it is impossible for them to directly attack the western defense line of Noxus - especially when the Noxians are obviously well prepared.
However, they are very willing to see the Noxians cause trouble by accepting refugees.
In this way, the Demacians sent a small fleet through the Valoran Strait, and before the Noxian Admiral Dugall completely blockaded Ionia, they sailed from Kuilin Island, Galin Island and Chi
On Cloud Island, several batches of refugees from Ionia were picked up.
And Lux, who has been practicing cultivation... knows nothing about it.
Ogesha's original purpose was to hide Galen and prevent him from doing anything impulsive because of his overwhelming sense of justice. It was just a matter of convenience to hide it from Lux.
It was not until the ship that accepted the refugees from Ionia returned that Ogesha handed an invitation and a dress to Lux.
"Baby, come with me to attend a dinner party tomorrow night." Ogesha looked at the dignified daughter in front of her, with a smile on her face, "The Bouvier family has adopted a little girl, and tomorrow will be her initiation ceremony.
.”
"The Bouvier family?" After Kalya's reminder, Lux quickly showed a clear look, "In other words, Miss Kashina will have an older sister? This is really a beautiful thing.
But...why did Mr. and Mrs. Bouvier adopt a little girl?"
"That was an Ionian... The evil Noxians invaded their homeland, and our benevolent King sent a fleet to take in some orphans who had nowhere to go - and in order to give them a better life
Integrating into Demacia, the Bouvier family will set an example and adopt one of the little girls."
"That's right..." Lux nodded, "People from Ionia, I remember that Manager Xin Zhao seems to be the same way?"
"That's right." Ogesha also nodded, "But after all, he is unmarried, so it is not easy to adopt a child... Anyway, my baby must behave well tomorrow. This is the first time that you are acting as a noble lady instead of a child.
Showing up at a Demacia banquet—don’t be nervous!”
"Don't worry!" Lux puffed up her chest with a smile, "Leave everything to me!"
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