Section 120 Secret Letter 1

Dear General:

I am here to write you the first letter. As you request, this letter should be delivered to you with absolute sealing, not via magical communication.

The journey has been quite smooth since I set out. Judging from what I saw in Groney, the whole country is still calm at the moment. The expected civil war has not begun yet - at least it has not begun yet.

Although the situation is tense, you can still see many caravans on the road. According to the results of my consultation along the way, except for the prices of grain, iron and horses, there was no obvious price fluctuation in other things. Of course, this may also be because I have not yet entered this country.

The first stop I visited was Fororos City. As you taught, I did not rush to see the Duke of Byron as soon as possible, but spent three days to carefully understand the overall and surrounding situation of Fororos City. As previously information showed, Byron had gathered a considerable number of troops in Fororos City. Based on my observations from afar, I thought this army was well-trained and well-equipped, and could be put into battle at any time (afterwards, Byron also accompanied me to review the army, which made me more certain about this).

Although you think Duke Byron is resourceful, not good at military strategy, and is a cunning politician, but he has absolutely no talent to lead troops. But according to my opinion, it is quite amazing to organize such an army alone. I know that your vision is much sharper than mine, but perhaps as the years go by, Byron has made up for his own shortcomings, or he has obtained a subordinate who is good at military strategy.

In any case, according to my opinion, Byron currently has a very amazing strength. In this competition game, he has taken the lead. According to my observation of the overall defense of Fororos City, even if the military fortresses on the periphery is ignored, the city itself alone cannot be ignored. As long as Byron leaves 10,000 soldiers to guard (according to my observation, his total strength should be around 30,000 to 40,000) to be responsible for the defense of Fororos City, then he is hiding in a turtle shell. Any enemy to capture this city will require at least 50,000 troops and several months to suffer at least 10,000 casualties. Of course, the city is equipped with all the equipment and food is quite abundant.

In addition, Fornoros City is Byron's base camp after all. Although Byron's Duke made the city of Hawks angry and resentful, at least the situation in Fornoros City loves their lords very much. The order issued by the Little Queen has now been known to the whole city, but all the residents have almost no exception to choose to support Byron.

By the way, the little queen of Eagle City did an amazing move. She collected the taxes she owed from the lords of various places but failed. She actually ordered them to be rebellious and deprived all the great nobles of their titles, territory and wealth. This is really surprising, but I believe that with your level of knowledge, you should have known about this when you see this letter.

The throne of the Markremiz family may not be long. Even outsiders can see that the little queen's trick will directly push all the currently neutral forces to her opposite. Even if she solves the huge economic debt problem, it will not be able to reverse the huge difference in strength between the two sides. I think my second stop can be cancelled. In Eagle City, I will not waste time to meet the little queen, and I just need to observe the situation a little before I can leave.

After I asked for my meeting, Duke Byron met me. He gave me a grand welcome ceremony and talked with me alone for a long time.

This is not a particularly pleasant thing, because Byron is not a likable person, he talks a lot of nonsense and keeps pounding on the side. I must say that he is always trying his best to know my purpose, especially my attitude, and your personal opinions. Of course, in this regard, I deal with it completely according to the method you taught me: constantly suggesting, but never clearly what to say. I always emphasize that I am your personal messenger, and I do not represent anyone except you.

I don’t know if it was because of showing off or trying to show my strength. A few days after the conversation, Byron took me to visit a series of places such as grain warehouses, material warehouses, military camps outside the city, etc. I believe this was not intentionally disguised as a deception, because I had secretly observed these vital places before I met him. The results of the observation, I have already said in the previous article - at least in my opinion, I believe Byron is ready to fight a protracted war.

Byron even asked me to attend a formal meeting as an attendee (of course he did not announce my name and identity). At this meeting, it should be the result of a deliberate performance. Byron used this to clearly explain the overall situation of Groney and his strategy to me. Retelling this meeting is quite troublesome, so I would like to explain to you a few key issues.

First, Byron's strategy is very clever. The duke obviously knew that he lacked military talent, so he had no intention of resolving disputes with the army. He would maintain a defensive position in his strategic situation. He would never take the initiative to attack, but patiently hang his enemy with economic noose. The information he had was not much different from the information you told me before. From an economic perspective, he did have an unparalleled advantage. Even if he did nothing, his enemy would slowly die.

To be honest, unless the gods throw a mountain of gold from the sky and hit the city of Hawks and Falcons, the little queen has no hope.

This strategy has improved my personal evaluation of Byron. If Groney’s current situation is compared to a bet, Byron’s hope of winning is far more than fifty percent.

Second, Byron has strengthened the defense of Fornoros. If an external enemy attacks this private territory, he will find that this is a hard walnut that cannot be broken or swallowed. Based on my private investigation and the information that Byron revealed to me, I can basically be sure of this. Without major changes within (such as Byron himself died), with external forces, whether it is the little queen of the Falcon City or the Rafa of the north, they may not have enough troops to break through the multi-layer defense line of Fornoros City. Even if there is, it will not be possible in the short term.

Judging by the method you taught me, I think that even if Byron suffered a great loss in the field, Fornoros City can still be solid. With such a base, even if Byron makes huge mistakes, he can still leave the capital to turn the tables. After all, as the first point said, the two enemies that Byron faces cannot take too long, and even if they win a battle through a short-term raid or a genius planning, they still cannot change the overall situation.

Third, although Byron's basic strategy is to drag down the enemy by time, this does not mean that he stayed in Fornoros City with peace of mind. In fact, his activities are very active. In diplomacy, he is trying his best to win the support of the great nobles from all over the country, and I think that after the little queen made such a foolish move, Byron's diplomatic efforts will definitely achieve fruitful results. In terms of defense, he also has good results in strengthening the defense of the castle outside Fornoros City. At least, with my military ability, I have no opinions on Byron's defense strategy.

Finally, the two most important things are that Byron intends to cut off the supply of Eagle Falcon City. He is in consultation with various chambers of commerce to discuss the trapping Eagle Falcon City from an economic perspective. At present, major chambers of commerce have not answered, but once the little queen is unable to repay the accounts on time, this will undoubtedly happen. In addition to the economy, Byron also completely controls Groone's various ordnance foundries - it must be said that in this matter, he is far-sighted. Groone's various ordnances, including the former ordnances in Eagle Falcon City, were moved to a far-reaching place by him because of "noisy pollution". As long as his diplomacy is successful (as mentioned earlier, the little queen's stupid moves have greatly reduced the difficulty of doing this), the little queen may not have the ordnances available.

In other words, in terms of military equipment, the Little Queen cannot support a war that is even slightly prolonged. Not only the Little Queen, but also General Rafah were also affected. Of course, the Guards' Legion under the Little Queen was more significantly affected, because according to what you said before, the Guards' Legion's reserves are not much. Especially the cannons and the number of cannons and shells in the Guards' Legion is limited. Unless they purchase ordnance through merchants through some trade channels.

But then again, according to the existing information, the little queen could not have enough money to purchase arms - it would be great that she could not sell arms for money without selling them. In this regard, Byron targeted more Rafa.

Based on the above, I finally believe that without other forces intervening, Byron should be the final winner of this civil war. He is indeed cunning and powerful enough.

However, what really shocked me was not Byron's arrangement, but a name.

General, I don’t know if you already knew when you saw this letter - at this moment, the person who controls everything by the little queen is named Ashu Rufate. I believe you will never ignore this name. This name reminds me of our experience in Sivania and everything that happened at that time in Mir City.

Yes, there is now a man named Ashu Rufate (the same name as the Duke of Blood) next to Groone's little queen.

I carefully asked about the situation of Ashu Rufate. I tried my best to make myself seem like a chance curiosity broke out, at least I hope no one could see the tension I was when I asked.

This man named Ashu Rufate comes from a small town west of Gruney. His specific origin and family are unknown, and he never mentioned it to anyone. If someone asks, he will say that he has lost his memory. He is a son-in-law of the Griffin family (yes, that big family that both Griffin and Tiberius have branches) who are about to marry into a marriage - in short, he came to Eagle City because someone from the Griffin family introduced him to the position of the Queen's personal guard.

Then, in the failed coup launched by Byron, Ashu Rufate protected the Queen and broke through numerous obstacles, eventually fled outside the city, and took over the Guards' Army to launch a counterattack. Because of his important contribution, he eventually became the real ruler of the Hawk City in the current sense.
Chapter completed!