Chapter 388 – Stalemate in the South 2
Chapter 388: The Stalemate in the South 2
The Restoration Army – this is the name that Giles’ rebels gave themselves, which originated from a small kingdom that was not yet established in the Kingdom of Aldo, and Giles’ family was more or less related to the royal family of this country. However, according to the current propaganda of the Restoration Army, this long-disappeared royal family is much more than just a cutthroat, and Giles believes that his family has a legitimate claim to the entirety of the Kingdom of Aldo.
The rebel encampment was filled with hustle and bustle and chaos, which of course was pretty much true of all armies in this day and age. In the outlying parts, vendors yelled hard to sell their goods, while heavily made up prostitutes walked around soliciting customers.
Fighting, gambling, and drinking were everywhere.
But in the center part of the camp, it was heavily guarded, with a solemn and murderous atmosphere. Heavily armed guards scrutinized everyone who came in and out, and those who wandered about at random would be taken down immediately.
Located in the center was a wooden fortress, where the Supreme Commander of the rebels lived.
At this moment, a meal was being held inside the wooden fort.
“Archduke Giles has arrived!”
As the attendant loudly sang his name, everyone inside the hall immediately stopped talking and then stood at attention.
A man wearing a scarlet cloak with a matching sword hanging from his waist walked up to the main seat.
This man was tall and broad-shouldered, the beard on his face seemed to be carved out and filled with a sense of majesty, and although his beard was gray, his eyes gleamed, and the look on his face wasn’t angry or authoritative.
This is exactly the originator of the rebellion that lasted for several years in Aldo, the thorn in the side of the kingdom government, and the Grand Duke of Giles with the name of “Greedy Wolf”.
The Grand Duke stood facing the crowd and raised his hands slightly, “Please be seated!” He then sat down himself.
The crowd followed him and took their seats.
Giles lifted a cup of wine and said loudly in a trenchant manner, “Next week will be the day of our duel with the False King’s army, the swords on the battlefield don’t have eyes, I hope that all of you will be blessed by the Lord of Light, and that we will still be able to meet here after the battle! Gentlemen, let’s drink to that first.”
After the Archduke finished speaking he tilted his head and gulped down a large cup full of wine.
The hall resounded with the sound of booze.
“His Highness the Grand Duke has a great capacity for drinking!”
A fawning voice resounded in the seating area.
Only to see a man dressed differently stand up, the reason why I say differently was because the others were either in military attire or simply dressed, he was the only one wearing a gorgeous nobleman’s tunic.
He said confidently, “We will definitely be able to wipe out the False King’s army next week, and then swiftly move north to take Jingyao in one fell swoop!”
Giles narrowed his eyes and said with a slight smile, “Haha, Sir Abel, with this confidence of yours, we will definitely be able to take down Jingyao and take control of the whole country …… [if your Vibranium family’s army wasn’t such a waste]”
If it wasn’t for the alliance, Giles really wanted to say that last sentence out loud.
According to the original plan, the Restoration Army fought from the south to the north, and the Veblen Family’s army fought from the east to the west, so that the royal family’s army couldn’t take care of both ends, and fighting underneath the city of Jingyao was supposed to be a sure thing.
However, the Vibranium family’s army was so ineffective, facing the main force transferred south, the royal army’s defense in the east was empty, but it failed again and again.
In the end, they even shyly ran to their own side to pick up the leakage, really unbearable to the peak!
Responsible for leading the army is Vibranium’s youngest son, Sir Abel, from Abel can know why the Vibranium family’s army strength is so low. This prodigal son came here and spent all his time recruiting prostitutes and drinking wine, and did not look like he was fighting in the war, but rather like he was traveling. The army under his command is also strange, not good at fighting, but good at bullying assholes, it’s really a shame for martial artists. Such an allied army, do not add to the chaos is good, every time the battle Giles in the name of the reserves let them stand far away from the side, as if it is shouting to support, farting to add wind.
After dealing with a few sentences, Giles no longer pay attention to Abel, turned to a young man on his right and said, “Mr. Scott, this battle still needs more effort from you!”
Scott stood up and rubbed his chest and saluted, “Please don’t worry, Grand Duke, a new batch of assistance from the Secret Law Society will arrive soon, not only will there be secret medicines supplied to the Undying Army, there will also be a large amount of armor and strange equipment, on the day of the decisive battle, the overall combat power of our army will definitely be on a higher level.”
The Grand Duke nodded slightly while stroking his beard. However, there seemed to be a slight worry between his brows, which had never been stretched.
Samar, the general sitting on his left, could see his lord’s concern and inquired out loud, “Mr. Scott, can your organization take advantage of these few days to support more ordnance? As you can see, the armor rate of the False King’s army is far higher than ours, and I’m afraid that it’s difficult to gain an absolute advantage with only the limited number of Immortal Army!”
“This ……” Mage Scott was a bit embarrassed, pondering, and in the end could only reply, “I will report to the top.”
Scott is also bitter in his heart, when he first came here was originally ambitious, to achieve the greatness of the sorcerer’s legend – to subvert a powerful kingdom. But halfway through the battle, the opposite side of the kingdom’s army suddenly soared in strength, mainly in terms of equipment, almost everyone in the front line of soldiers wearing armor, although only some average quality iron breastplate, but also much stronger than Giles side only a few elite troops can wear armor.
When did the Aldo royal family become so rich? Could it be that the nobles of Jingyao knew that they were destroying their families to save their own lives, are you kidding? Moreover, even if the nobles are willing to donate money, where can the kingdom get so much iron to make weapons that are not used elsewhere?
Scott could feel that the organization’s interest in Giles was declining, and supporting him to be able to crack the earth seemed to be the limit. The Secret Society’s attention had shifted to Horned Bay, about to make huge waves there, and Nathan was sent there, it was hateful.
Samar sensed Scott’s perfunctory approach and a disgruntled look surfaced on his face.
Scott hurriedly changed the topic in order to get rid of the embarrassment, “Did you guys find out where all the armaments of the False King’s army came from?”
Samar frowned tightly and said, “According to the intelligence coming from the north, it seems that they were all purchased from the Northwest Gulf.”
Many people in the hall showed puzzled looks – Northwest Gulf, which nook and cranny is this? A place that one has never even heard of.
Samar explained to the crowd in a loud voice, “It’s the northwestern territories of the kingdom, named for the large bay there. In recent years, it seems that large, high-quality iron mines have been discovered there, and it also coincided with the kingdom’s war, so the production of ordnance has skyrocketed.”
One of the generals hammered the table fiercely after hearing this, “Darn it, how did such a good thing happen on the False King’s side.”
Scott asked, “Can’t the lords there fight for it? Through your secret power ……”
He did know about the Northwest Gulf, a certain senior member of the Secret Society went there and then there was no news.
A man in civilian clothes – looking like he was in charge of intelligence – shook his head and said, “Although the lords of the Northwest Gulf disagree with each other quite a bit, they are still largely loyal to the royal family, and they are so far away from the Southern Realm that our influence is is really limited.”
As the crowd murmured, Archduke Giles waved his hand and they all fell silent.
“Greedy Wolf’s eyes flashed with a cold light: “There is no point in talking, let’s focus on next week’s battle! Those who owe us, those who are counting on us, I will settle them one by one!”
“Fight!” “Fight!”
His generals shouted in unison, their voices shaking the entire hall.
Abel and Scott shivered in unison as they were intimidated by the Archduke’s gaze.
(End of chapter)