It's the good time of April, when old trees sprout green buds, smokey willows sprout new branches, and all kinds of flowers bloom on the streets of the royal capital, bringing the entire Golden Dragon City into the beauty of spring. In the past, this time was all in the city.
When it is most vibrant, the nobles in the city will always come out of the city in groups to enjoy the scenery. The traders seize the opportunity to do business along the streets, making the prosperity of Jinlong City even more prosperous.
It's just that this spring day seems lifeless compared to the past. The Western Army was defeated, and the news that Clay City was surrounded by orcs has spread to almost everyone in the city. This matter cannot be hidden even if you want. After all, Clay
Sicheng is so close to the royal capital that it is almost the last barrier of the royal capital. People from Clays City and Jinlongdu have frequent exchanges, and many people from the two cities are even relatives. Before the orcs besieged the city, in order to alleviate the
Due to the pressure of food and grass in the city, Clay City evacuated a large number of civilians, most of whom flocked to the Golden Dragon City, which naturally spread the true situation on the front line.
The Golden Dragon City is about to face the orcs' military front. The people of the Royal Capital, who have not suffered a military disaster for hundreds of years, are really scared. Most people are either hoarding food to prepare for evacuation, or looking for a way to leave the Royal Capital first and go to
Taking refuge in the remote Western Region or the Northland, where can you still think about enjoying the spring time? The streets of Jinlongdu have become unusually depressed. The occasional pedestrians on the road are also in a hurry, with worried expressions on their faces. On the road.
Only there were a lot more soldiers patrolling, which added to the tense atmosphere.
At this time, the Forbidden Palace was even more majestic than before, and the number of soldiers guarding it had increased. They were obviously wary of something.
In the side hall, Renn and a few of his confidants were discussing something. Ever since the orcs broke through Longxing Pass, Renn rarely convened the kind of large court meetings with hundreds of people in the past. Whenever there was any important matter, the two parties would discuss it.
Important senior officials like Varys were gathered together to discuss and decide.
"The orc army has completely surrounded Clais City, right?"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
"According to the news from our black prison, the orcs have enough troops. They had the opportunity to complete the encirclement three days ago, but it was delayed until yesterday to complete the encirclement."
"What's the reaction in the city?"
"His Royal Highness the Prince did not break out of the encirclement. Instead, he took the opportunity to send away a group of civilians. He also expressed to the soldiers in the city many times that he would coexist with Clays City."
The orcs just used a simple method of encircling three and missing one. A discerning person can tell at a glance that there is no cavalry advantage or air superiority. If the army of Clay City dares to take the opportunity to break out of the city, they will immediately be defeated by the centaurs and wolves.
The cavalry entangled them and left nothing behind. The eldest prince just made the most correct choice.
It's just that this kind of thing is easier said than done. In the face of the horror of life and death, many people will take a chance, otherwise there wouldn't be so many successful cases in history.
After hearing that the eldest prince was completely trapped in Clay City, Ren was silent for a few seconds, and then said in a calm tone for a long time:
"Well done. With the combat power of the Iron Guard, we should be able to buy some more time for the Royal Capital. The Golden Dragon Capital has not experienced a war for too long, and its actions are too slow."
"It's because we didn't do our job well, please punish us."
When Ren said this, the left and right ministers looked at each other and immediately apologized to Ren first.
(It’s a bit repetitive, I’ll change it after I finish writing it, and I’ll read it later)
Since the Battle of Longxinguan, the relationship between the two prime ministers, the Left Prime Minister and the Right Prime Minister, has been much better than before. No matter how they fight, they are the top group of vested interests in the kingdom, and their interests are basically the same as those of the kingdom.
Bound, if the human nobles rebelled and wanted to overthrow the Charman family, they might have the possibility of changing their families. After all, they all belong to the same class and would not make things too ugly.
But now the biggest crisis in the kingdom is the orcs, a group of aliens who once oppressed humans. Even if the orcs are now vigorously recruiting humans to surrender, they have learned through various channels that surrendering humans are also extremely unpopular with the orcs.
The orcs are also doing dirty work like cannon fodder. The orcs have done such an ugly job before they have completely defeated the Golden Dragon Kingdom. When the Golden Dragon Kingdom is gone, there is no need to think about how the surrendered humans will be treated. So.
, whether out of carelessness or out of interests, most human nobles have no intention of surrendering to the orcs.
Now that the situation is like this, the fight between the left prime minister and the right prime minister is no longer important. In other words, there is no need for the two of them to show it to Renn. Working together is what Renn wants to see most at the moment.
"Well, I also have the responsibility to recruit another group of volunteers as soon as possible. General Wood is complaining to me again today that there are too few people at his disposal."
The biggest problem of Golden Dragon City now is that it has no scale, but the number of defenders is seriously insufficient. The Forbidden Army was originally one of the most elite troops in the Golden Dragon Kingdom, but most of them were sent to fight at Longxi Pass. At this time, they were either killed or killed.
It became a defeated army. The current defenders of the royal capital are mainly the small number of imperial troops left behind and the garrison army that was urgently reorganized later. It can be said that the regular army has combat effectiveness, at most hundreds of thousands of people, which is worse than the situation in Clays City.
A bit worse.
In order to replenish troops, the royal capital has recently been recruiting volunteers, that is, ordinary people to participate in the defense of the city. In these days, tens of thousands of people have been recruited. For such a large royal capital, this small amount of troops is still only a drop in the bucket.
"Your Majesty, the pace of volunteer recruitment has slowed down a lot in the past two days. Those who are willing to join the Volunteer Battalion to help defend the city have basically joined. Without coercion, it may be difficult to recruit more people."
The population of Golden Dragon City is over one million, and only fifty thousand volunteers have been recruited. This may seem like a small number, but in fact, this is the result of the people generally supporting the kingdom. After all, without using coercive means, there are more than fifty thousand young and strong soldiers.
Volunteer to participate in the defense of the city.
"What are the reactions of various noble families now?"
"Most of the nobles in the city are organizing their own bodyguards to prepare for a decisive battle with the orcs!"
After all, the Golden Dragon Kingdom is a country with a semi-centralized and semi-feudal system governed by the king and the nobles. The nobles are very powerful, and they usually cannot squeeze much power from the common people. It still depends on how much power each noble family can contribute.
When Ren asked about the situation of the nobles in the city, the right minister immediately stood up and told Ren "good news".
However, Ren obviously does not believe that these guys can be so righteous. It may not be possible for these people to actively collude with the orcs to betray the country, but it is absolutely impossible for them to be so selfless.
Renn turned his attention to Wallis, the leader of the black prison, who stood aside. The intelligence chief immediately stepped forward. He was not afraid of offending the nobles of Golden Dragon City and said bluntly:
"Every family has been smuggling supplies out of the city recently. The two marquises who have gone too far have transferred most of their property. Most of them went south, and a small part went to the west and north. Even if there was no written ultimatum before, they could not
We are about to leave the city, but there are still many nobles leaving the city at will with ultimatums in their hands."
"this..."
What is going on with the nobles in the royal capital? If Black Prison wants to investigate, he can find out which mistress's house they spent the night before. Such a big move cannot be hidden from Black Prison's investigation.
Being directly slapped in the face by Varys, the right minister was also a little embarrassed, because he was one of the people who transferred the family property. Although he was here, he had no intention of escaping from the royal capital, and was even prepared to live and die with the royal capital.
But that doesn't mean that he won't arrange a way out for his family. He has already bought property in the south. Even if he dies in the royal capital, his family can still live a wealthy life as long as they escape to the south.
The Right Prime Minister stood there, speechless for a long time, but Ren was rare and did not get angry. Instead, after thinking for a while, he ordered:
"There is no need to check the customs clearance documents. If the nobles want to leave the city, they can leave. However, private soldiers are not allowed to leave. The knights can only leave at most one person from each family. Children and women can leave the city in advance. They are willing to take away the gold and silver wealth.
You can take away as much as you want, but you can only carry part of the food rations. Let each knight lead his private soldiers to report to General Wood. No one from the family without private soldiers reporting will be allowed to leave the city."
"Warys, keep an eye on them. If any family dares to leave the city or transfer food and grass against the rules, stop them immediately. Not only will the title be taken away and the fiefdom be taken back, but the entire family will be dealt with according to the old rules of the Pagat family."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
What is the old example of Marquis Pagat? Because he participated in the rebellion, no one in the whole clan survived, and even the house was taken back and given to Richard. Now Ren is equivalent to equating the nobles who ran away without making any contribution at all.
Rebellion will lead to genocide.
If Renn only used coercion, it might cause a large-scale backlash among the nobles in the royal capital, but Renn's brilliance is that he was tough but also made certain compromises, allowing a knight to leave, and taking the elderly and weak at home with him.
and part of the family property, which is equivalent to leaving a way out for every family.
Without being able to resist Ren, most of the nobles in the Golden Dragon City would probably have to pinch their noses to admit it. The hundreds of nobles in the city could at least gather together hundreds of elite warriors and hundreds of knights. This is better than before.
Among the common people, the role of recruiting 100,000 volunteers is even greater.
"Where's the Northland? What's the reaction from our Northland King?"
"According to the information sent back by spies from the Northland, the Hunter family has begun war mobilization and the army is gathering. Previously, the Northland Army occupied the city of Surgrad. There is a high possibility that the Northland Army's army will directly attack in the falling snow.
City, board the boat and go directly along the Longjiang River to the city of Sirgrad."
"The Northland dispatched more than 500,000 troops this time, all of them armored elites. The spies also discovered many dragons and giants. If they can get to Sirgrad City in time, there will be close to 800,000 troops in the north.
, even if the orcs break through Kress City, they will still be wary of Sirgel in the north and will not dare to attack the royal capital easily."
When Varys said this, the left and right prime ministers on one side both had smiles on their faces. If in normal times, such a powerful military force in the north controlled the barrier to the north of the royal capital, Sirgrad City, it would definitely make the center
The adults have trouble sleeping and eating, and have to think of ways to reduce the vassal all day long. But in the current situation, the stronger the reinforcements in the Northland are, the better. As for whether the Northland will be too big to lose in the future, that will be a matter after defeating the orcs.
Even Renn smiled after hearing this:
"This guy has some conscience."
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central plains
The orcs' siege of Clay City has never stopped, but the intensity of the attack has never been strong or weak. Every day, a group of surrendered human cannon fodder is driven up to fill ditches and consume the materials and physical strength of the defenders. The real orc warriors are behind.
To put it mildly, even the most important white dragon has not participated in the attack. The defenders are happy to see the orcs attacking like this. No matter what the orcs' intentions are, they are willing to accompany the orcs to delay the attack for a while.
At the same time, another orc army bypassed Clays City, the only barrier to the east of the Golden Dragon City, and headed straight to the northwest.
More than fifty miles northwest of Clays City, the orc army marched quickly along the road built by the Golden Dragon Kingdom. From the air, the entire road was full of densely moving black spots. Hundreds of thousands of orcs were marching as far as the eye could see.
Just like an army of ants, it swallowed up all the human villages on the road, making it a hellish scene all the way.
"General Skaar, why do we suddenly go to the northwest? If we attack with all our strength, Clay City can definitely be captured within a week. The human capital is right in front of us. Now we are diverted to the northwest to attack another city.
, all the advantages were taken by others.”
The orc troops on this march were obviously drawn from the army that attacked Clays City before. Originally, Clays City was vulnerable in their eyes, and even the Golden Dragon was regarded as their achievement. The result was inexplicable.
He was transferred to the northwest to attack a city that he had never considered before. At this time, the generals in the army had some suggestions.
"You ask me how I know, but this is the great shaman's order, just act according to the order!"
The commander of these hundreds of thousands of troops was obviously a little dissatisfied with the order to be transferred to the northwest. He just didn't dare to show disrespect to the great shaman and could only yell at his subordinates. After all, his previous goal was to capture the human capital.
, and the distance to success is already very close. Anyone who is suddenly transferred to another direction will be unhappy.
After being scolded by the coach, the others stopped talking and could only follow the order and continue to move towards Slgrad.
...
"Where are you now on Skarna's journey?"
"Reporting to Your Majesty the Great Shaman, General Skar has already set off as ordered. We are still about two hundred miles away from Sirgrad and will be able to arrive in five days."
"Okay, order the army to speed up and meet up with Sgar under the city of Sgar within five days!"
"Yes, Your Excellency the Great Shaman!"
In addition to the nearly 500,000 troops drawn from Clay City, there is also an Eastern Route Army led by the Great Shaman himself, which is also rushing towards Sirgrad. Originally, this army was going south to encircle Golden Dragon City.
The men and horses who then entered the western border were suddenly mad. Two armies of orcs, with a strength of close to one million, rushed towards Sirgel...