The candidate that Brando thought of was naturally the duke's daughter in the mosaic collar, Miss Faina. This lady is Veronica's student and is at the top of the imperial aristocratic circle. Through her, he can understand this.
The news is that he is the most suitable candidate. What is even more valuable is that there is no real interest dispute between him and the Duke's daughter, and there is no need to worry that the other party will deceive him for no reason. Although the eldest lady behaves well in the Ring of Trade Winds
He's arrogant and rude, but he doesn't look like a cunning person.
What's more, he really needed someone to prove from the side whether the emperor's eldest son's weak supporters in the south were reliable.
When dealing with the local nobles of the empire, he had always very skillfully avoided the topic of the emperor's eldest son - he described himself as Veronica and Mangrove as a member of the military forces in the northern empire overseas.
As a friend, this identity has a natural affinity for a group of nobles who have a good impression of the emperor's eldest son. In addition, Lenaret exposed some informants who were loyal to him to Brando. Through these people,
Brando and his envoys easily established relations with the royalist faction in the empire.
But these people are not worth relying on after all, and Brando knows this very well.
He immediately wrote a letter to Faina. There was still a long journey from Fuyun Hills to Huaye Ling, and he didn't expect to receive a reply for a while. However, at this time, the nobles in the south wrote to Faina again.
He brought a new message.
This information was also entrusted by Brando to ask them to help inquire about it. It was mainly about some news about the current jihad. Almost at the same time that the jihad began, the Eruin envoys set off on their way to the empire.
When they entered the prosperous areas around Er, they could still get more or less information about this war, but as they entered the Balta Plateau and then turned into the mountains of Anzeruta, in these uninhabited areas
, is really isolated from the world. For two months, except for the conflict with Count Jean and Count Alcorns, they have been completely blank about almost all information from the outside world.
According to the Cruz nobles, since the big explosion in July and August, the retaliatory actions of the Lion Man and the Sylph on the border have kicked off a vigorous jihad. This war was carried out between October and November.
They were in a stalemate, and fell into complete silence in the last month of the Year of the Sword. The farce between Brando and the southern nobles of the empire seemed to attract everyone's attention for a while, but made the ongoing war insignificant; Feng
The elves began to shrink after the first round of offensive in the Four Realms. After all, this was an act of revenge based on the tragedy of Orkins. Although it was regarded by all parties as the curtain of the rise of the Holy War, the curtain had not yet been drawn after all.
Open, compared to the private behavior of this local legion, the two huge empires still need time to react to this war. This is a unique spectacle in the third holy war, as if the limbs of the body have already moved, but the brain
Still operating slowly.
As for the lion men, it seemed even weirder. When these people of the earth began to attack the fortresses in the Rokochi Highlands and Broken Sword Mountains, they seemed to fall into silence. I don’t know whether it was because they were worried about failure or because they encountered winter.
Despite the logistical difficulties here, no progress has been made.
This news, except for Tuoquining's part, is not fundamentally different from what Brando and the others heard two months ago when they were still in Ampelser.
However, the offensive actions of the wind elves can be expected. In this era, except for Madara, the binding force of the central empires on the local areas is actually very limited. Among them, the Cruz Empire is slightly stronger, and the wind of Saint Osol
The elves are slightly inferior, because St. Osol still faces the problem of conflict between the two main races of humans and elves. This problem was not resolved in Brando's era until after the Slate War, while Faenzan
Secondly, Faenzan is a loose alliance, with the Inir people as the main body, and there are also affiliated countries such as the Knights of Gresius. The north is a fertile land for city-states. If it were not for the influence of the Holy Temple,
, it is almost difficult to call it a country. Of course, it is very rare for the domestic situation to be as corrupt as the Kingdom of Eruin. Each of the three empires is undergoing internal reforms. Among them, the wind elves and magicians are
Enzian is at the forefront. It seems that the Cruz people also have the Silver Queen who is trying to build a highly centralized empire. Lenaret is also ambitious, but for a while, these huge empires still have to rely on local nobles.
to maintain operation.
The retaliatory action of the elves of Saint Osor was initiated by the legion commanders and lords of Orkins, although it actually received the tacit permission of the Elf King's Court; the counterattack launched by the Red Legion of the Cruz people was not actually initiated by Silver.
The war initiated by the Queen's order also received the acquiescence of the Supreme Being, and even the Temple of Fire did not object. The trick here is that both sides are already interested in continuing this war, but both sides have domestic conflicts.
Not quite ready yet.
Therefore, it is also foreseeable that the wind elves came to a standstill after suddenly launching an offensive.
But the behavior of the lion man seems very strange.
Torquining is a tribal country. There are two main races in this country: lions and dwarves, as well as some orcs or lycanthropes. The lions, dwarves, orcs and lycanthropes respectively form a large group
Clans and tribes, large and small, are scattered in the Great Plains and the mountains of the north. They have kings, who are the chiefs who are nominally recognized by all the clans and tribes, and spiritual leaders, who are the high priests of the Earth Temple, or in other words
The prophet, in theory, under the call of the chiefs and prophets, these tribal peoples gathered together and decided to launch a holy war, which means that this golden kingdom is ready for this war.
But the current situation is that lions, dwarves, orcs and lycanthropes have gathered together to form a large army, but this army is hesitant. This situation has caused the empire to publicize that the Torquinings are not good at it at all.
Attack the city, and the Rokochi Highlands-Broken Sword Mountain fortress group has a dangerous terrain and high walls. Therefore, these barbarians are unable to launch an effective attack on the empire. They can only look at the wall and sigh. When winter passes, they will naturally hold on.
Live naturally and return to the teacher.
Most of the nobles who brought this information to Brando swore to believe this. The empire has high walls and strong cities. Unless it is an opponent of the same level as St. Osor, how can it be possible to break through the empire's fortresses? But for these
With people who are blindly optimistic, Brando really wants to remind them that a fortress in the empire was breached not long ago, and the person who captured the fortress was just an earl from a small border country. This earl is now with you.
In front of you, you are so arrogant, shouldn’t you also consider the occasion?
But in the end, he still shook his head. The pride of the Imperial people was based on tradition, as if they had already formed a deep-rooted concept. Once this concept was formed, it was basically the same as superstition, and they could not listen to different opinions.
of.
But he and Nymesis knew very well in private that Tuoquining's golden-maned lions were not good at attacking cities, but there were also Chongshan dwarves in this army. Chongshan dwarves were a group of people who lived in the mountains in Warnd.
The dwarf tribe among them, in fact, they only exist in the Earth Temple and the Broken Sword Mountains north of the Holy White Plain. They have been settling here since the migration in the Dark Ages, carving mountains, digging tunnels, and are good at
They build underground palaces and halls. They have considerable research on architecture and mechanics. They are both craftsmen and warriors. They are the most adept at siege warfare, and are especially good at digging tunnels.
These Cruz people seemed to ignore these craftsman warriors who were best at siege.
As for another widely circulated theory, Tuoquinin's army stagnated because it was restricted by supply lines in winter. In fact, it is nonsense. When have you ever heard of nomads and clansmen needing supply lines? They fight.
Their habit was to plunder along the route and raise their own supplies on the spot. For such an army, it was strange that they suddenly stopped.
Brando looked at the map again and again, but finally couldn't get a clue.
But he was thinking about something else.
Historically, at the beginning of the Holy War, the Lions launched a ferocious offensive. They once breached the Rokochi Highlands-Broken Sword Mountains fortress group. At the most critical moment, they almost endangered the Red Army's war in the Four Realms. However,
At that time, the players in the empire were so aggressive that they used their bodies to hold back the Toquinin Lions from advancing northward. It is said that this was the first time players changed the historical course of the game. You must know that the average player of that era
The level does not exceed level 35, and Tuoquining's side also has a large army of players. In that battle, it can only be said that the players on the empire's side were too united and too powerful.
Since then, the Lion Man could only look to the north of the Great Plains divided into two parts by the Broken Sword Mountains and the Anzer Tower, and has been unable to recover since then.
What Brando is thinking about at this moment is whether this history will happen again.
Of course, he was not talking about the history of players repelling the Lion Man, but the history of the Lion Man breaking through the Rokochi Highlands-Broken Sword Mountain Fortress Group. As far as he knew, the Lion Man broke through the Rokochi Highlands-Broken Sword Mountains.
In the battle of the mountain fortress group, the role played by the players of Torquinin is extremely limited, because the main force in the siege is the dwarves, and the dwarves are one of the races with the smallest number of players. After all, the lions are tall and powerful and are very popular among players.
Lai, this is not necessarily the case for dwarves, not to mention that dwarves even have beards for women. A race that cannot attract female players will definitely not be able to attract male players to join. This is an iron law of history.
The significance of this news to Brando is that the less disturbed history is, the more likely it is that Warnd will repeat itself in this world.
But when he asked Nymesis about this possibility, he received a negative reply.
"It's nearly three years ahead of the holy war I saw in my dream, Brando," the female knight looked at his face and replied, "This is because of us. You don't know this."
One thing, the current situation is completely different from that then."
Brando doesn't see it that way. The time point of the holy war has been advanced. However, this is not necessarily a bad thing for Tuoquining. The clan people's war mobilization speed is very fast. It is a big advantage to not have to prepare logistics.
What's more, their mobility is already very strong on the prairie, but for the empire, it means less time to prepare, so the current situation seems to be more favorable to the lion people than in history.
He raised this point to Nymesis, but the female knight shook her head: "It seems so, but the actions of the lion men are very abnormal. They did not behave like this in previous wars. In that dream,
What's more, their battle to capture the Rokochi Highlands-Broken Sword Mountain fortress group was not very clean and tidy, but the whole process seemed very proactive, which is completely different from the current situation."
Brando couldn't help but frowned when he heard this. He knew that Senior Bai Jia was superior to him in terms of the historical details of the game in the Year of Spring Dawn. His knowledge of that period of history came from the forum and some subsequent players.
It is a memoir-like statement, but for senior Bai Jia, it is mostly personal experience. There is a key difference. Before level 30, the game content and plots that players are exposed to are very low-level, and senior Bai Jia just happens to
He was one of the few players above level 30 in that era.
After listening to Nymesis's description, he couldn't help but purse his lips, thinking about where the difference lies.
Nymesis saw his thinking look and reminded her loudly: "Have you set your mind on Toquinin's Lion Man?"
Brando nodded, not hiding anything about Nimesis. Over the past few days, he had become accustomed to discussing such issues with the female knight. The feeling seemed to be back to the past, which made him vaguely look forward to: "History
Up to Cruz players... Cruz's adventurers, you know the ones like us, held off Torquinin's army until July, until the White Legion joined the fight. The war started in May, but that was in the spring and summer
At the turn of the year, in the winter, the White Army will be in Lieru further south, and their response time may be faster. We only need to find a way to delay the pace of the lion men a little, and we can succeed."
He paused and continued to answer: "You should have seen my arrangement. I need a certain degree of prestige. My grandfather's identity is a great advantage, but Brando is too young, so young that he is almost useless."
I may inherit Darus' position in the imperial army. But fortunately, his starting point is high enough. People are always willing to believe in some superstitious things. If I can perform just right and confirm some of their visions, then I
There is still hope that he will gain a relatively high status among the future jihadi armies."
"According to Veronie, the situation in the empire is in turmoil, and history is completely different from what you and I have seen in our dreams, whether it is Her Majesty the Queen, Her Royal Highness the Prince, Duke Ludwig and Ben
Kerr's military power, the temple, or us, if we want to take the lead in this chess game, we must be able to determine our own destiny. The only way is to be a chess player instead of a chess piece. I originally had some
I was hesitant, but Akane’s experience finally made me decide to take this path. I was really too naive before, thinking that Eruin could settle down in a corner and find his own path by developing the Black Forest.”
"But in fact, when the tide comes, no one can escape. You and I have both witnessed this -"
"So there are things I must do now, and I have to do them." Brando replied solemnly: "The lesson to the southern nobles is just the beginning. I need them as a stepping stone to let the empire understand that Elu
Because of the existence of reason. But the only thing that can really connect Brando and Sword Master Darus is the Holy War. But at present, our strength is very weak. It is impossible to trouble the wind elves of Saint Osor. The only chance is
Only in Torquining.”
After listening to Brando's words, Nymesis was silent for a long time.
"You did all this just to save a little mountain girl?" she suddenly asked.
"From a personal emotional point of view, it is like this," Brando replied: "Just like when you planned to rescue us from Madara in Bunosong, you lacked reason, but it is natural for human nature.
.You saved us because you are our leader and have promised to protect every member of your team. I rescued Qian for the same reason. I promised to give her freedom and hope for the future. I must do this.
a little."
"This is an obsession." Nymesis listened to Brando's words and moved her mouth, as if trying to figure out the second half of his words, because she understood that the 'you' he heard was referring to her.
Another experience, but instinctively, the female knight did not agree that it was her. She thought it was just a dream of hers. But this time, she did not say the rebuttal in the end, but answered like this.
"This obsession is the driving force behind my return to this world." Brando replied: "I don't want to give up a second time, senior."
"I'm not..." Nymesis finally sighed: "Well, I want to tell you something, Brando, you are too dependent on everything you have seen in your dreams. I don't know why.
You always believe in that dream so firmly, as if it had really happened. But a dream is a dream after all. For me, its biggest benefit is that it gave me a different life experience and made me mature quickly.
I wanted to get up and stand out from my peers, but I never thought about confirming anything from this dream, because in that case, the world would seem too illusory to me."
"And I feel like I'm seeing another me in you. You are always very forward-looking in your actions, but the more you rely on that dream, the less able you are to get rid of it. For you - for a lord, this is a very important thing.
For a count of the empire..."
The female knight looked into Brando's eyes, paused, and then answered word for word: "It seems too childish."
Brando was completely stunned. He never thought that Nymesis would say such things to him, but the other party's tone was completely like she had taught him step by step how to become a qualified person.
The person who is the leader of the group.
"But..." he replied.
As if she had anticipated what he was going to say, Nymesis shook her head and said, "You actually already know what you should do, Sophie."
Brando froze there as if he had been struck by lightning, looking at the female knight as if possessed.
"It's just because of your dependence on that dream that you can't trust your own judgment," Nymesis shook her head and changed her title: "Do you understand now?"
Brando stayed for a long time, as if he finally understood what the female knight meant. He looked at the other party deeply: "You mean, I should analyze what Tuoquining's lion man will do by myself?"
"Didn't you analyze very well just now? I once taught you how to analyze tasks and how to arrange the steps of tasks. Today I can at least see that you have learned very well," Nymesis smiled slightly:
"If I were your senior Bai Jia, then I should feel very happy, but unfortunately I am not. And you are no longer Sophie. Brando, you have more knowledge that even Sophie cannot have. You are E
Lord Earl of Luin, you should be able to understand this."
Brando took a deep breath.
He shifted his gaze back to the map.
"Okay, I understand," he replied softly: "In short, we still arrange tasks according to the priority of things. Since the guests have arrived first, as hosts, we naturally cannot neglect the guests. This is the ancient noble of Eruin.
The proper manners.”
Nymesis nodded: "Exactly."
In the last ten days of the Moon of Winter Qin, the entire empire focused its attention on a war that was both unexpected and expected. On this day, the armies gathered by Earl Jean and Earl Alcorns finally
Arrive at Floating Cloud Hills. (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)
