The Gaudan Plains, this fertile wilderness in the center of the empire, has always been a place of contention for various forces. After the empire split, it also became the frontline of the war.
There was a roar under the city wall, and in the distant position, artillery sprayed out fire, and then the shells flew across the sky with a whistling sound and hit the city wall.
The sound of musket firing is everywhere in my ears, and occasionally I can hear the sound of the crossbow on the top of the tower being cocked. Although the times are progressing, some of the past facilities have not been completely abandoned.
The taut crossbow string flicked, and the huge arm-thick crossbow bolts were fired at the bottom of the city wall. The soldiers who were preparing to approach the city wall penetrated through, bringing up a lot of stumps and broken arms, and the sounds of screaming and crying echoed on the battlefield.
After paying a certain amount of casualties, the Western Empire's army gradually approached the city wall, while the Eastern Empire's army on top of the city also suffered a lot of damage, and the voice of counterattack also weakened.
"Damn it." The commander holding the saber in his hand spit out blood on the tower, then frowned and looked at the increasingly unfavorable situation below.
"Bang——"
Several more cannonballs landed in the city, knocking down the towering shooting towers and scattering bricks and stones. Some soldiers also fell from high altitudes and were subsequently buried by the falling rubble.
After clearing several of the more threatening shooting towers, a squad of gryphons rose up from the rear of the Western Empire. They swooped down carrying the 'Thunder Flame Arrows' and further opened the gap in the city wall. Troops like a tide began to flow in.
Enter the city.
Soon after, this fortress on the Gaudan Plain fell into the hands of the Western Empire. On the city wall covered with ruins and black smoke, a flag of a platinum griffon and white roses was raised, which was also a brand-new heraldry representing the Western Empire.
Two days later, New Rose Castle in the Eastern Empire.
Queen Evelyn was still sitting on the high-backed throne, with nobles and courtiers standing in front of her on both sides.
A messenger made an urgent report in the hall with military information. After learning that the Iron Fish Fortress on the Gaudan Plain had been lost, everyone started talking.
"In other words, in just one week, the Western Empire has removed three of our fortresses on the Gaodan Plain, and the remaining two fortresses are also in danger?" Evelin's face was slightly cold, and she seemed a little unhappy.
"Your Majesty the Queen, please calm down for the moment." An old man wearing a bachelor's robe stood up and reassured everyone in the hall. After seeing that it was quiet, he continued to speak.
"The Gaudan Plain is fertile land in the empire, an important grain-producing area, and the core territory of the former royal family. We cannot give up easily."
After saying this, many people below agreed, and soon some people started to take the initiative to make suggestions.
"I am willing to lead my family's army to support the fortress on the Gaudan Plain." A middle-aged nobleman wearing a dark red dress came out.
"It's Earl Shane." Many people recognized the nobleman who spoke.
As one of the blood-sworn families who swore to protect the royal family in the past, it was not surprising that Earl Shane took the initiative. Under his leadership, some other nobles also began to respond.
Finally, when it came time to decide on the commander of the support team, although several nobles had ideas, they did not speak immediately, but waited for the queen to speak.
Evelin was sitting on the throne wearing a bright red dress with gold trimmings. She glanced across the audience and then raised her arms. Her white wrists stretched out from the red satin cuffs and pointed at the two people below.
"This time, the detachment is led by Earl Shane, with Baron Dick as the deputy commander and guidance. Sir Saran, Sir Feder, and Sir Lucy serve as the commander and staff officer of the detachment respectively."
After naming the main personnel for this support, Evelyn turned her attention to the other side, where stood several people wearing white and blue dresses. They were representatives of the Landsworth family.
"The Landsworth family will also send at least 50,000 troops to assist this time."
"Yes, Her Majesty the Queen." According to the past tacit understanding, mobilizing 50,000 people to support the front line is within their permission, and they will not refute this matter.
Afterwards, Earl Shane took the lead in the following detailed arrangements. After discussing other unimportant matters, the royal meeting ended.
After leaving the hall and walking through the corridors of the castle, Evelin returned to the bedroom where she lived.
After closing the door, she sat in front of the dressing mirror and closed her eyes for a few minutes. Then she opened her eyes and saw the figure sitting by the window.
"Do you know the news from the front line?"
"Well, it's not much faster than you." Rock replied.
"Then it seems they did a pretty good job and didn't waste any time." Evelin knew how powerful the intelligence organization in Roque's hands was.
Ever since Elio disappeared in Titiania, Dark Moon, who is loyal to the royal family, has been hit hard. Many core personnel have disappeared in the imperial capital. Later, this man found the opportunity to take over this dark moon in the empire.
A powerful force.
"So, what's the reason? Why did the Western Empire suddenly become so strong? Wasn't it always able to maintain a balance of power before?" Evelin raised her head and asked.
"The reason is not complicated, because an old acquaintance of mine took over the position of general." Roque recalled his experiences as a boy and marveled at Isaiah's rapid rise.
"Who?" Evelin suddenly became interested.
"The third son of Baron Burris, Isaiah."
"Never heard of it."
"It's normal if you haven't heard of him. He entered Emenas in the same year as me, and he was also my friend when I was a teenager. You should have been in the third grade at that time." Roque introduced briefly.
"Oh, it's been exposed, Mr. Assassin. Based on this information, I will soon be able to find out your specific identity."
Evelin didn't know where Baron Burris belonged to a noble family, but as long as she knew this name, it would be easy to find out about Rock's past.
"Well, that doesn't matter because my family moved out of there a long time ago."
"Oh, you are really cautious." Evelin continued to ask.
"Then let's talk about General Isaiah and see what kind of person your friend is."
"Isaiah..." Roque closed his eyes slightly, as if that face that made people want to be punched appeared in front of him again.
"One lucky guy." He commented simply.
"Is that all?"
"Yes, although I was familiar with him when I was a child, we haven't seen him for more than ten years now, so the information in the past cannot be accurate."
"Then tell me about him in the past."
"In the past, he was the third son in the family. He was not very controlled by his parents. He was very free. He was pretty good-looking. He would occasionally be silly. He was very optimistic. He cared about the people around him. He was not a bad person, but he was a little lazy." Roque paused after speaking.
After a while, I added a few more sentences.
"I'm familiar with myself, I'm good at making friends, and I know how to please girls."
"The following points are probably what Mr. Assassin is jealous of. I see that you are cold and indifferent. I guess you were the kind of person who had no friends of the opposite sex in school." Evelin leaned on the back of the wooden chair and held up one hand.
He tilted his head and looked at the Mr. Assassin not far away, as if he was searching his memory for a time when he might have seen this man.
"Do you have friends of the opposite sex? Indeed, I don't have any."
"It's really pitiful. You can think about how monotonous your college career is." After Evelin said a few words, she seemed to be relieved a lot, and then she continued to talk about business.
"Do you have any good ideas for General Isaiah?"
"I am not a talented person who can command an army, nor am I a top student who graduated from Bridge Pier Academy. Your Majesty Evelin, I am afraid you are making things difficult for me."
"Then don't you know a few famous generals? By the way, do you know the whereabouts of the three former victorious generals, Darcy and Sifule?"
"Sifrey retired after learning that Queen Lily had left safely. He was a confidant of the Red Queen. He had been favored by the Red Queen when he was in the academy, so he would not be trusted by His Majesty Elio, so he simply later
Left the army."
"I roughly know where he lives now, but I won't go looking for him because I have talked with him and I know clearly that he no longer wants to get involved in the internal fighting in the royal family."
"Okay, Queen Lily's confidant." Evelin sighed as she recalled the inconspicuous little girl in school who later sat in the queen's seat.
The queen who was born as a commoner was able to sit so firmly in that position. Even if Aimanke died later, she could not shake her position. She was also the student council president of the school back then, so why didn't she have such a genius under her?
"As for Darcy, he should still be trapped in the permanently frozen city of Titiania. You don't have to think about this. The forest elves just tried to enter some time ago, but they still failed and lost many high-level people.
Extraordinary.”
"Many of the nobles in the central part of the empire have lost their talents to constant internal fighting, but the Eastern Region has rarely intervened before. If you are looking for talents to command the battlefield, I am afraid you will have to ask for help from the Landsworth family." Luo
Analysis of the gangster Evelyn.
"I don't want to go. I can't show weakness in front of the Landsworth family." Evelyn refused directly. As an emperor who was supported by others, her power and position were inherently delicate. Once she bowed her head, it would be difficult to maintain it in the future.
The two discussed for a while, during which Evelin even asked if she could win over the person opposite.
"The possibility is very low. Isaiah cares about his family very much, and her sister's husband is a direct vassal of the Salius family." Roque said that this cannot be done.
"What about the possibility of assassination?"
Rock paused for a while before replying calmly: "You can try."
Seeing the assassin whose breath turned cold, Evelin felt a little regretful, as it seemed she shouldn't have made such a suggestion.
"Just give it a try. Don't waste precious manpower. We originally have less power here." She tried to make some concessions.
"I will go there myself." Rock raised his head and took a deep breath.
"No, if you go, what will I do here? What if the Landsworth family sends someone to control me one day, and there will be no one around to protect me."
"Sorry, I'm just an assassin. I'm not good at protecting people." After saying that, he stood up and disappeared from the window sill.
Quickly coming to the window sill, looking at the deserted scenery below, Evelin gently touched her forehead, feeling a little lost and empty.
Although this Mr. Assassin had robbed her, it was not a bad thing. It was precisely because of his existence that she was able to gain some independence from the Landsworth family and not be completely controlled.
A week later, 100,000 troops supported by the Eastern Empire set out and caught up with a siege underway. Because they arrived in time, the fortress was able to be defended and was not captured by the enemy.
In the following more than a month, the two sides fought several more battles on the border.
Musket lines, artillery bombardments, cavalry assaults, etc., the two sides tried various tactics. In these rounds of battles, although the Eastern Empire had a numerical advantage, it still did not gain much advantage.
Seeing that their intentions and command style were about to be seen through and grasped by the other party, the Eastern Empire's army once again became conservative, holding on to the city and no longer attacking easily.
At the same time, after more than a month, Rock gradually grasped Isaiah's location and whereabouts.
One night, several high-level Dark Moon Assassins broke into the military camp. Although Isaiah was not killed, he was injured and slowed down the offensive.
Another month later, Isaiah, who had recovered, once again commanded the army to advance, gradually tearing another hole in the jagged border.
In the battlefield filled with artillery fire, Isaiah stood on a high platform and looked at the battle ahead. However, this behavior was once again assassinated. A cavalry from the chaotic Middle Eastern Empire rushed into the military camp and went straight to the general's position. Everything happened in a flash of lightning.
Suddenly, the military camp was in chaos, with sounds of killing and killing everywhere.
After being supported by several guards and hiding in a safe corner, Isaiah breathed a sigh of relief, but the good times did not last long. Soon, the sound of several blades penetrating flesh was heard from behind, and several assassins in red approached the general again.
"Stop them!" the guard sergeant shouted, raising the small musket in his hand and firing one after another, although the leader surrounded Isaiah with shields.
During the battle, several guards fell one after another, and the remaining three assassins in red were only a few steps away from Isaiah.
Faced with a dangerous situation with no retreat, Isaiah no longer hesitated, pulled out the long sword from his waist, held it tightly, and began to concentrate on dealing with it. With his own Sequence 6 strength, as long as he was on guard, he would not be
People are easily killed.
"Bang - bang -" there were several more gunshots and knife sounds, and two guards and an assassin fell in a pool of blood.
Finally, with the slashing of the sword, the remaining guards and assassins fell one after another.
"Huh, are you alive?" Isaiah gasped slowly while holding the sword, looking at the guard beside him who was still moaning and howling, and nervously turned his eyes to listen to the sound.
Suddenly, another sharp dagger stabbed out from behind him and penetrated into his chest, but with the sound of a bell, a golden shield expanded, temporarily blocking the attack.
After getting a gap, Isaiah took a few steps and then looked at the black figure that suddenly appeared behind him.
"Who is it?" He pulled out the gun with his left hand and fired several times, but the bullets were easily cut away by the opponent.
Finding that the shooting was ineffective, Isaiah quickly retreated, and then shouted loudly, and many nearby soldiers rushed over immediately.
Seeing that today's assassination was about to fail again, Roque stopped staying and continued to move forward, but was blocked by the golden shield on the opponent's side.
A few seconds passed in an instant, and soon the soldiers who rushed in protected Isaiah again, and Rock was also surrounded by layers of guards.
After confirming that he was safe, Isaiah breathed a sigh of relief, and then looked at the masked assassin in the field, but soon, his face began to change color.
"It's you, Rock." Even though they hadn't seen each other for more than ten years, he still recognized the other person from those eyes.
The two parties in the field stopped temporarily. The soldiers stared nervously and silently at the powerful assassin, while the other party also silently looked at Isaiah who was protected by the crowd.
"It's me." Roark stopped covering up.
"Why are you here? Wait a minute, I probably understand." Isaiah is always so smart and thinks of many things in an instant.
"I didn't expect it to be you, Rock." He was impressed by the other party's boldness.
"I didn't die in your hands. I won another round after all. We haven't seen each other for many years. I didn't expect to meet again at this time."
"Why did you get involved in this? I remember that this was not the scene you longed for when you were a child."
"Have you forgotten what you said before? You want to become a world-renowned, uh, hero." He was originally going to say the word assassin.
"If you do this, your uncle will be sad."
Immediately afterwards, the general seemed to open up a chatterbox and took the trouble to ask about various things.
"You are very annoyed."
Finally, the silent assassin couldn't bear it any longer, and a successful smile appeared on the face of the man opposite.
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