"The master of the palace himself said that there are not three thousand purple dragon knights, not three thousand miscellaneous troops, but there are not many cavalry in Faerûn that can compete with the purple dragon knights." Karadna smiled.
He continued, "Although the conqueror's army is called a large army, it is essentially an immigrant army. The two previous major wars were dominated by elite battle groups, and ordinary soldiers were auxiliary.
However, the number of enemies is so large that once the elite are separated from the main body and pinned down, it will easily cause a large number of casualties to ordinary immigrants, which is probably what the leader of the army least wants to see.
The hobgoblin army they faced in the Giant Plains was a powerful army, but unless it was a last resort, they would never dare to let them rush out of the Giant Plains and attack the human army on the Dragon Coast, because doing so would attract public anger.
Let them bear the reputation of colluding with monster tribes to attack human tribes.
Therefore, it was very difficult to fight that war, and from the very beginning, it was not a bargaining chip at the negotiating table."
Karadna was a disciple of Fengdahast, but she came here on her own initiative. Instead, after she single-handedly wiped out an orc raiding force from Thunder Peak, she attracted the attention of Archmage Wei Yuanting.
, what impressed him most was that the warlock was powerful but could live in obscurity.
Before officially accepting her as a disciple, she had rejected the invitation to the Knights secretly arranged by Vongeldahast several times. She had secretly contacted her several times through changing her identity. The court archmage discovered that the girl not only possessed powerful bloodline power, but also had received the most powerful training.
Orthodox aristocratic education has its own unique features in all aspects, including economics and military affairs.
The ruthless Vongeldahast could no longer hold back, and took the initiative to reveal his identity in front of her, and begged her to be his apprentice.
The court mage is quite famous. That time Karadna did not refuse again, and she did not disappoint Vengdahast. All aspects were on par, especially in her systematic training.
, the growth rate is even more amazing.
Vongeldahast hid a secret in his heart that no one could tell. He planned to train the young female disciple to be his successor, and it was not because of this intention that he took the opportunity to arrange her next to Yalusel.
Vongeldahast said with a smile: "That is a good thing for them. It will make it much easier for them to facilitate peace talks. Once Yidong enters Ivanso, we must follow him closely and not act without authorization.
"
The last sentence is what the Grand Master of the Palace told Yalusel. Karadenai has a stable temperament and will not do anything too rash.
"I know, he's not a child, so he won't be so careless." Yalusel murmured dissatisfiedly, even she herself was not particularly confident, because many times, once she got into the mood, she would
Leave everything behind.
"Then show the flag." Vengdahast waved his leg, and a huge magical flag appeared above his head in the sky, with a purple dragon roaring vividly above it.
In ancient times, there was indeed a purple dragon named Sagro in Dragon Bay, but the Kingdom of Cormyr was called the Purple Dragon Empire and had no relationship with that dragon, at least not the so-called blood relationship.
Just because their knights like to wear purple armor, Genji's looks like a huge purple dragon, hence the name Purple Dragon Legion.
Later generations of scholars also derived the implication that they would replace the ancient dragon Sagro and continue to dominate the north shore of Dragon Lake.
With this as its flag, throughout Faerûn, there is the Kingdom of Cormyr, and there is no other semicolon.
As soon as the flag was raised on Vongeldahast's side, everyone, whether it was the Dragon Coast Alliance or Ivanso's conqueror army, reacted.
The latter's reaction was undoubtedly better. In just a few minutes, a wave of magic flashed, and a cavalry wearing red heavy armor appeared a few hundred meters away from Vongerdahast and his party. There were not many of them.
There are only fifty cavalry, but they are not equal in strength. Picking one out at random and putting it in the Purple Dragon Legion to serve as a mid-to-high-level commander is more than enough.
"Long distance, large-scale troop transmission."
The eyes of the three people couldn't help but condense. They were not close to Ivanso, almost as far away as the lake.
More than fifty heavy cavalry, including men and horses, is not a small number. Even if Vongeldahast personally stepped in, he would not be able to teleport five cavalry using advanced teleportation techniques.
The nine-ring teleportation circle can teleport on a large scale, but the process of casting the spell is long. Only a few minutes after they showed the flag, they could not prepare the spell.
They all have very high military literacy, and are very aware of the value of spells that can quickly mobilize troops on the battlefield. It is easy to catch the enemy by surprise, especially the coalition forces outside the city where countless forces are mixed together. They just need tactics.
If used well, the fifty cavalry in front of you can stir up the situation.
In this case, Karadna's previous judgment was a bit too arbitrary. Maybe she didn't have time to discuss it with her companions. The cavalry led by the two commanders was very close at hand.
The two commanders are a man and a woman. The man looks much younger than them, but he exudes the aura of a mature man. His appearance is the kind that makes people startled at a glance, but the more he looks at it, the more he becomes more and more...
It's comfortable, the more you watch it, the more you like it, and it's hard to feel disgusted.
Just at the first glance, he was mistaken with his identity in the intelligence, and he denied the culprit of the whole thing, Gavin Nott, the initiator of the conqueror's army.
The woman next to him is wearing a blood-red sealed armor, covering herself airtight. The reason why she can be seen as a woman is because the armor she is wearing is tailor-made and has a concave and convex shape.
, especially the size of the chest is so majestic that a special process had to be used to forge the breastplate to support it.
That unique shape is not a status symbol. Ms. Catherine, the first choice of Ms. Strategy, has never taken off her armor since she became the saintly body of Ms. Strategy, and her current true appearance has been seen. It is said that this is not true.
Because when she was possessed by Ms. Strategy, she made a sacred oath, asking Ms. Strategy not to show her true face to the world for a month, and she would not show her true face to others for a month.
"Master's Pavilion East, after half a year of separation, don't you think you are lying here." Gavin took the lead and bowed to salute.
Seeing Vongeldahast appear here, he did not feel that there was full of distrust between the Conqueror Army and the Dragon Coast Alliance. To seek a truce and peace, external forces must intervene.
There is one person around who can play that role, and that is the Kingdom of Cormyr. As the king, Assan IV cannot leave the royal capital lightly, so he can send a court mage with high enough prestige and powerful enough strength to take action.
But the two people following him were a bit beyond his expectation. Although their faces were a bit immature, he mistook the information at the first time.
Because those two people would become very important in the Kingdom of Cormyr ten years later.
One is the regent with the reputation of the Iron Princess, and the other is the new court mage of the Kingdom of Cormyr who has succeeded Vongeldahast.
Vengdahast laughed loudly and said: "He has indeed not changed at all, but the change in the little friend is a bit unexpected. At one time, he felt that the little friend was not an ordinary person, but he did not expect that he was so extraordinary."
"The Archmage is overrated. He just messed around and made some trivial achievements. Let him introduce something to us." Gavin pointed at Catherine beside him and said, "The elector of Ms. Strategy, the strategic battle requires
Lord Se, the first lord knight of the Yin Red Banner, Catherine Yantingduo, Lady Blood Eagle, is Mr. Vongdahast, the court mage from the Kingdom of Cormyr.”
Vongdahast was the first to speak: "I have heard about Madam for a long time. That time he came with the entrustment of the East, the Princess Faya Lusail, she will be the first batch of students to study at our Yinhong War College.
, as support from Ms. Cuo, students from the Kingdom of Cormyr, in addition to paying normal tuition fees, will donate 100,000 gold coins to the Yinhong War College free of charge every year."
"I would like to ask the Archmage to express His Majesty's generosity on his behalf." Catherine showed a hint of joy appropriately. She would never have too much free assistance like that.
But compared with Gavin's previous donation, the Kingdom of Cormyr is obviously petty. For the Kingdom of Cormyr, a donation of 100,000 per year is obviously unmeaning and does not count as a great help. This also sets off Gavin.
of sincerity.
"There's no place to shut up there. If there's anything, they can talk about it back to the city." Gavin made a gesture of invitation to the Palace Archmage and his entourage.
"Okay." Vongeldahast followed suit.
Because the Dragon Coast Alliance also sent cavalry to meet them, the matter they wanted to discuss could be settled in just a few words.
Gavin waved his leg, and fifty red falcon knights rushed in like a tide, guarding everyone in the middle, and walked towards Ivanso in a majestic manner, without any intention of using the previous collective teleportation.
It's not unavailable, but it's intentional. It's not Catherine's fault that they were sent out to line up before, but it's Zalanda's. She is also in Ivanso now. Catherine's is very reserved to deal with emergencies.
.
Wherever the Red Falcon Knights passed, the Dragon Coast Alliance troops had to retreat like the tide.
Not being shocked by their powerful strength but their unique identity, if the direct relatives of the Goddess of Strategy actively attack them without reasonable reasons, it will be equivalent to declaring war on Ms. Strategy and all her followers.
Don't say that they didn't have the intention to start a full-scale war with the conqueror's army. Even if they did, they wouldn't dare to rashly involve a quasi-god in it.
Gavin and the others were sure of that point, so they sent the Red Falcon Knights out to greet them instead of other extraordinary battle groups.
Along the way, Vengdahast was very restrained, and used the corner of his eyes to look at the situation of the Dragon Bay coalition forces and the conqueror army, and made an assessment of their strength.
Yalusel and Karadneko were blatant. They even kept whispering. Although they didn't know each other for the first time, they got along very well and could find many things in common.
As they gained a deeper understanding of the Conqueror's Army, they discovered that they had underestimated the strength of the Conqueror's Army and the chaos of the Dragon Bay coalition.
With a heavy cavalry force of less than a hundred men, they are so disorganized. If they don't attack on a large scale, they will probably become liquid tea gruel?
Moreover, now that the conqueror's army has the advantage of city defense, they need to hold on for a while, and the coalition army will have to collapse on its own.
With supplies ready and the army of conquerors temporarily assembled, the coalition forces were there, although they had a steady stream of assistance from major cities.
But if they were replaced as commanders, they would definitely send out a small number of elite cavalry to harass, destroy, and plunder their supply lines.
What they can think of, those believers of Ms. Strategy cannot think of.
The purpose of assessing combat effectiveness and victory or defeat is naturally also to prepare for negotiations with Donglai. Whoever has strong military strength and a greater chance of winning will naturally have more advantages and can offer a higher price.
"Is that the leg pen of the necromancer Arms?" The court archmage stood in front of the city hall of Ivanso, his brows furrowed.
He could see something unusual there at a glance. It was clearly connected to the Shadow Plane, and there was a direct passage there.
"No." Gavin nodded and explained, "Archmage, please rest assured that they have already dealt with the problem there. They will never allow those ghosts to enter the material plane through this place and use it as an office location. Is it temporary?
It will definitely be used for other purposes in the future.”
There is no reason to spit out the meat you eat. The Ivanso City Hall has become a sub-territory of the Vizeme Manor. Naturally, you can't do it, and you won't go back very soon.
"As long as we know the special characteristics of that place." Vongerdahast wisely stopped meddling.
After everyone entered the city hall and sat down, the palace mage went straight to the point: "I believe there is no need to explain his purpose. He just wants to know, little friend, what are our plans? Should we fight or make peace?"
"It's not a question of whether they want war or peace." Gavin complained indignantly, "They kindly helped the people of the Dragon Coast eradicate evil. Not only did those brother cities not appreciate it, they turned around and organized a coalition to general
They were surrounded, and the Archmage asked them whether they wanted to fight or make peace, as if he had asked the wrong person."
That's a cunning little fox who behaves very well when he gets an advantage. I am attacking the city in their home territory. I hate that they have surrounded me. I can't get the advantage even if I don't attack the city directly.
Vongeldahast laughed and cursed in his heart, but said with a gentle face: "He knows the grievances in my heart, so he can deny the main purpose of his trip and find a balance point acceptable to both parties. What requests and opinions do I have?"
No matter what, he will go to the city lords on the Dragon Coast to discuss it. After all, once a war breaks out, both sides will be bleeding like rivers."
"You can let them leave Ivanso." Gavin said unceremoniously, "First, their army wants to withdraw fifty kilometers, and he wants to ensure the safety of his army.
Second, Ivanso must be handed over to the rule of Ms. Yeshandara and the resistance army led by her. They have been fighting for the just cause of Ivanso's liberation. It is more suitable to hand it over to them.
Third, they seek to ensure the safety of their legal industries in all cities on the Dragon Coast and not to retaliate against them because they leave.
Fourth, they must promise not to destroy the road of conquerors they established, not to retaliate against their normal business travel here, and to recognize the ownership of Blood Gorge City on the Giant Plains. Once they attack here, Blood Gorge City will
Have the right to fight back.
5. They cannot stop those people from the Dragon Coast who voluntarily join their migration team.
Six, they asked to prepare 10 million gold coins as war compensation. After all, they helped them eliminate a huge security risk on the Dragon Coast."
At first, the Palace Archmage nodded slightly. Such a request was so reasonable. But when he heard the first two words, even he couldn't help but look at them sideways.
Either the lion opens his mouth, or the dragon opens his mouth, begging not only for money but also for favors, and is ready to peel off a layer of the dragon's bay.
"Are there any other conditions?" Vongeldahast asked, making irresponsible remarks about whether a lobbyist or a mediator should not have the right to put forward conditions for the wrong party.
"We have those for the time being." Gavin vowed, "Ask them to meet their six conditions. Within three months, they will leave Ivanso and hand it over to the rule of Ms. Yeshandara. That's wrong.
, they must promise and ask Ms. Yeshandara not to take the initiative to provoke a war, and they must not use troops here wrongly. Once they break the contract, the hobgoblin army of their Blood Gorge City has the right to enter this place to assist in defense."
"He tried his best to facilitate this matter." The palace mage responded vaguely. He suddenly felt that his mission on this trip was arduous and he had a long way to go.
He found it difficult to accept such conditions, let alone the Dragon Bay City Lords who were involved.
Vengdahast acted resolutely, and after listening to Gavin's opinions, he appeared in the coalition commander's camp, where a group of city lords and mayors had already gathered, waiting for his news and listening to the plea he brought back.
, the city lords and mayors quarreled directly in front of him.
"Robbery, isn't that a naked robbery? Did they attack Ivanso on their own initiative, and they didn't accept their request for employment? Why should they ask for money? And the price is really outrageous, 10 million, why didn't he
Go and rob? No, even if you rob it, you can’t do it so quickly. No, I will never do it. They will never pay the money.”
"Blood Gorge City is now completely managed by a group of hobgoblins. When will the monster city enjoy the territorial rights of intelligent life? Wouldn't it be a mess?"
"They are not allowed to use troops in the Giant Plains. That is not even a ridiculous request. Monster tribes breed there quickly. If they do not clean it regularly, monster tribes will soon grow stronger and attack their city. They cannot agree to that request.
.”
"If Ivanso is a city on the Dragon Coast, and the mayor appoints them, why should he be appointed by an outsider? It is very forbidden to attack them on his own initiative. What kind of hegemony clause is that? It is absolutely wrong and cannot be agreed to."