Chapter 17 Meeting!

The Gull Fortress.

The princess covered with the black veil was sitting at a round table, slowly sweeping her eyes through the black veil to several officers in front of her. In the Kingdom of Fair, due to the strict hierarchy, the commanders of the army are basically nobles in each territory, and the title and title of the fief are equivalent to the rank. However, titles such as generals and * are just honors. They are generally awarded to commanders who have achieved outstanding merits and achievements in wars without real power.

Although there is no principality within the kingdom, in fact, large counties such as Leharren County and Di County are no different from the Principality in terms of the substantive authority of their lords. Most of the time, they only nominally belong to the royal family. Although they are obliged to fight for the king when the royal family is in danger or the king has orders, the army from a certain province and county generally only obeys their own lord.

These nobles and knights standing in front of the princess at this moment, their fiefs are all in Dilu County, under the jurisdiction of the Earl of Philharmon. Because Dilu County is in the western part of the kingdom, it has to fight against sand thieves from time to time, coupled with the stubbornness and ruthlessness of Count Ferrein, although they are also nobles, these people's are obviously different from the rotten nobles of Glusidia and other provinces and counties. They obey orders and have a strong sense of honor and mission. This is also the reason why although the civil war broke out in the kingdom, the lords of the counties competed for land with each other, but Dilu County has always been at peace.

Of course, in terms of actual power, although Sophia can be regarded as representing the royal family, they do not need to obey her orders. However, unconditionally obeying the instructions of the princess, not only nominally, but also nominally regarded Sophia as the leader of Dilu County, which was the request of the Earl of Flawn. In addition, they have heard about the deeds of this noble princess. In the past, she was regarded as the most respectable member of the royal family. Since the crisis of the kingdom, she planned to destroy the shadow blood dragon on Pingxia Island, fought with soldiers in the royal city until the last moment, and thus lost her left. His hands and his original beautiful appearance, and later he personally took the Knights to ambush the sand thief group that constantly harassed Dilu County, and annihilated the enemy almost without any casualties, all of which made them admire.

Of course, Princess Sophia is not without shortcomings. A few months ago, someone spread a rumor in private that although the princess pretended to be chaste and noble, she actually secretly raised a small white face several years younger than her. This scandal appeared on the princess, who had always had a good beauty and reputation, and deeply disappointed many knights in the army at that time.

However, with the development of the situation, the little white-faced teenager who was said to be a princess also surfaced. He was a magician. He not only faced the shadow blood dragon, but also rescued the princess from the dark prince in the dangerous situation that the royal city had been captured, and then broke through many obstacles to make this no longer beautiful. The princess escorted to the White Sand Castle. He helped the princess deal with the sand thieves. He broke into Shajiao Mountain alone and explored the conspiracy to prevent the danger of Dilu County being invaded by the enemy's army unprepared. Moreover, it was heard that just a few days ago, it was because of the role played by the magician teenager at a critical moment that he avoided the loss of the Gu'ai Pass. He bought time for the deployment of Dilu County's army, but he was seriously injured and almost died.

If at the beginning, some people said that this teenager named Meiji was just a little white face of the princess, then now, everyone has begun to believe in the love stories written by those bards. There is no doubt that there is a sincere love between the princess and the magician teenager.

Even if the teenager is much younger than himself, even if he is just an ordinary citizen, even if being with him will bring himself a reputation stain, the noble princess still loves him without hesitation.

And even in the face of the most terrible enemy, even if the princess has lost power or even no longer beautiful, the teenager is still willing to accompany her and risk his life for her again and again.

Romantic love has always been the pursuit of knights. This cross-class love between princesses and magician teenagers not only began to be sung by those bards, but also conquered the hearts of these knights and low-level nobles.

After greeting the princess one by one, everyone sat at the round table.

A little man with butterfly wings flew out of nowhere. She lightly circled around Sophia and waved the magic wand in her hand to make herself golden to enhance the gorgeous effect of her appearance. After seeing that everyone noticed her, she fell proudly on the round table.

"This is 'floating snow'," Her Royal Highness introduced to others with a smile. "From now on, she will be our military division."

The little fairy waved her magic wand in an air.

There is nothing that looks organized but incomprehensible, such as the spirit of the meeting, and there is no secret intrigue between them. The content of the meeting is simple and realistic. Sophia briefly told everyone about the situation ahead.

"The main force of the enemy has arrived, the Guai passes will be abandoned tomorrow, and the Gull fortress will soon be attacked." Princess Sophia said, "In addition, they may also bypass the Gull Fortress to attack the White Sand Castle, so we must always pay attention to the movements of the enemy and support each other with the White Sand Castle. Only in this way can we defend it at the same time, so when the enemy attacks the fortress, we can't just defend and must take the initiative to attack if necessary. The overall strategic goal is to force the enemy to attack the fortress with all his strength, consume the enemy's combat effectiveness in defense, and finally repel the enemy.

A baron took the princess's words and unfolded the map on the table: "From the information from the south, the situation is not optimistic. Si's army landed in several ports at the same time. Due to the suddenness, several provinces and counties along the coast have fallen. Of course, if the enemy wants to gradually occupy the Fair Kingdom, no matter how powerful it is, it is impossible to swallow the whole south at once. However, they are likely to go directly north with Bincheng or Fei'an as their stronghold. Although it is not a small risk for them, the civil strife in the kingdom has not completely ended so far, and the Orcs in the north may go south at any time. Coupled with Panqi and other chaotic troops, I am afraid that before the enemy organizes a truly effective defense line in the inland counties People have hit the heart of the kingdom, and then we are in danger.

"Therefore, we must not only defend it, but also completely repel the enemy and clear the enemy's large-scale long-range transmission arrays in Shajiao Mountain, Xiangshawan and Beihe Corridor. In this way, we will have the opportunity to face the enemies in the north or the orcs in the cold wind and hills," Her Royal Highness said, "I know this is not easy, but considering that the enemy may not be able to calculate that we will get their attack plan in advance, and their current strategic goal is the south, so we are not at all Opportunity."

A knight who had won the title of brigadier general said cautiously, "But we have never faced Si's army and still don't know how they fight."

"This is indeed the most headache," the princess touched her forehead. "First of all, as we know, there are orcists who can control giant sandworms and soul-eating eagles in the enemy. The soul-eating eagle is fine. As long as you areware in advance, it is not a big problem to arrange archers at a high place. But the giant sandworm can easily dig through the tunnel and even penetrate the rock, which is much more troublesome. Fortunately, our soldier knows more about sandworms..."

"Hmm!" The little fairy flew to the princess's shoulder. "Although the sandworms can penetrate the rocks, they are afraid of water, which is why they prefer to live in the desert. The overly wet land will stiffen their skin that can secrete corrosive mucus, making them trapped underground and unable to move.

"So," said the princess, "the problem of the White Sand Castle is not very big. There is a moat there. Even if the enemy can dig out the river to draw away the water in the moat, it is impossible to dry the soil immediately. The trouble is still on the side of the fortress. Fortunately, since we know in advance, we can make arrangements early. I have sent someone to study the design drawings of the fortress, drill holes from some key places, and regularly inject a lot of water into the holes. And we also have some magicians. Although there are not many, there is no problem to use water magic to penetrate the ground at a time.

"But," the knight whispered, "since the enemy can manipulate soul-eating eagles and giant sandworms, is there anything else we don't know for the time being?"

"This can only be seen one step at a time." Princess Sophia sighed, "However, we are not without advantages. At least, we have a water elf who can use prophecy, which allows us to obtain the enemy's information in advance to a certain extent to prevent trouble.

At this time, the little fairy snorted inappropriately: "Prophecy often depends on luck."

Her Royal Highness can only smile bitterly.

The meeting continued, from the response to the retreating defenders at the Guai'ai's entrance to the contact with Baisha Fort and military arrangements were discussed one by one.

After the meeting, the others began to disperse. Sophia looked at the little fairy while sorting out the documents in her hand: "How's Meiji?"

"It's okay. It's already well under the effect of magic." The little fairy shook the magic wand and eliminated the golden things around her. "Because he wants to help the defenders retreat, he will leave at the last time."

"As long as it's okay." Sophia sighed, "I really shouldn't have let him go to such a dangerous place."

"Well, let him learn to be obedient, so that he won't be lazy all day long." The little fairy said indifferently, "Recently, there have been too many 'heroic deeds' about him, which makes him blindly proud there, and he doesn't think that a large part of it is the credit of others. He is just lucky enough."

"I can't say that. Although he looks a little scoundrel, many times, he is really trustworthy." Sophia said, "I have to admit that his performance surprised me a little, I mean..."

"I understand," the little fairy nodded. "Sometimes, when I saw his careless appearance, I wanted to beat him, and when I saw his stupid appearance of being proud to death with a little credit, I was even more angry. But that guy, although it always looks frightening, has really not disappointed people.

"Well," Her Royal Highness smiled, "but I'm still a little worried about him. After all, he has just been injured. I asked Emma to take care of him last night."

The little fairy hesitated for a moment.

"What's wrong?"

"That elf," said the little fairy, "the prophetic water elf..."

"You mean the wind? What's wrong with her?"

"It's better not to let her meet Emma..."

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