Chapter 154: Defeat

New information continues to spread to Eagle City.

Now, every residents of the Hawk City are discussing this matter. An incredible but unquestionable news. Her Majesty the Little Queen encountered Byron's main force on the edge of Byron's territory, and then launched a raid at dawn, breaking Byron's 60,000 troops in one fell swoop.

This victory completely reversed the situation.

Betrayers are always more likely to be betrayal, and this sentence of ancestors has been verified. During the time when the little queen cleaned the battlefield and buried the bodies of the dead, Byron's vassals quickly made their own choices. Except for a very few who were closest to Byron and had no second choice, others quickly rushed to the queen's camp and immediately expressed their position to her. Almost everyone was trying their best to express their loyalty to the queen and their hatred for Byron. Some even hugged and kissed the queen's boots.

However, whether they are sincere or just performing, at least their purpose is to achieve it. Because the little queen accepted their surrender. She also publicly announced that except Byron and his group of best friends, others who have repent and reformed themselves and are willing to swear allegiance to her again will be forgiven. Of course, according to the little queen, that is not a real "forgiveness", but allows "to make meritorious service". However, this is not a big problem.

The only thing that is unforgivable is the more than eighty nobles. These people actually formed an alliance with Byron and raised their swords to resist the Queen's power, which is truly unforgivable.

So when the little queen came to the city of Fornoros, her command was far more than the initial 20,000 soldiers. Fornoros is a large city, the nest that the Byron tribe worked hard for many years. Originally, 20,000 soldiers could not even surround the city, but now they are surrounded by the royal army.

This victory not only resulted in the favorable situation in the war, but also further consolidation of the Hawk City itself. Now, Prime Minister Alinn has effortlessly sent people to take over some of the previously uncontrollable traffic roads and fortresses - the current situation no longer allows these people to continue to watch.

In addition to these, there were lobbyists who came out of nowhere. In fact, it seemed that countless guests who tried to visit the ministers appeared in the Hawk City overnight.

It must be said that the ministers selected by the little queen were actually not popular. Because within the seven kingdoms, if anyone is appointed as ministers by the king, it would be like auspiciousness that comes from the sky. Not to mention relatives and friends, even those who are inseparable from the mountains and forests will come to congratulate them.

After becoming a minister, even his aunts and aunts would be brought to the door by those who work hard to get involved in the situation, especially those businessmen. Because at any time, it is an important task of the chamber of commerce to establish good relations with the country's higher bureaucrats.

However, when the little queen established the palace, these new ministers did not have such a crowded treatment, and everything was deserted. Almost no merchants were optimistic about the small palace. They came to the door, but they did not congratulate, but collected debts. As we all know, Prime Minister Ailin was once clamored by merchants to repay the debt, which made them very difficult to come to Taiwan.

Of course, the debt was finally paid back. This matter should have been settled, but after this trouble, the old man as conservative as Ellen and seriously aristocratic insulted to him decided that this was a great humiliation for him.

Since he had been seriously insulted, the old prime minister used the stubborn thinking unique to the old man to deal with this problem: he strictly restrained his subordinates, forbidden all officials from accepting banquets from merchants, and did not allow them to accept gifts, and severely punished them if they were found. This is especially true for several chambers of commerce involving this "debt collection" incident. It must be said that Prime Minister Ailin is still very prestigious and capable, so these ubiquitous lobbyists found themselves without any space for a moment.

The only thing that slightly weakens the Queen's joy of victory was the news from the north. As mentioned earlier, since Byron launched the rebellion, General Rafa had almost cut off the news. Now it has been understood that this is because the barbarians launched multiple invasions, which restrained all of Rafa's energy. There are rumors that Rafa himself was also cursed by the cultists, or was injured in assassination, and could no longer be in charge and had to block the news to avoid being taken advantage of.

This news can infer many things. Having said that, since the last barbarian invasion was defeated, the northern border has been stable. Even civilians can infer several approximate situations from various rumors: White Fort fell into the hands of the barbarians and became their base. However, it was precisely because of the competition for this base that many fierce civil wars occurred within the barbarians. These civil wars effectively consumed the barbarians' power, making it difficult for them to launch a real attack.

No matter how cheering and thrilling the enemy's killing, it seems that this effect is almost over. The barbarians may have a new leader - according to the name of those barbarians, called Chaos Lord. According to the plan of General Beller, who arranged this situation, sooner or later, a Chaos Lord will defeat his competitors and become the master of White Fort. But at this time, the barbarians have been greatly injured due to the civil war, and their troops and supplies have been greatly lost. If they can launch a counterattack at this time, they can solve the barbarian problem once and for all in a way that can achieve twice the result with half the effort - at least twenty years of peace for the north.

It’s a pity that the plan did not change quickly. Now the Barbarian Civil War is probably over, and Groney’s Civil War has just begun.

Although the Queen won a battle, it was still early to be true. The reason for saying this is that Fouroth City was originally a very solid city. During the period when Byron became the Regent, he launched several large-scale constructions aimed at strengthening Fouroth City's defense capabilities. Of course, after he failed to launch a coup and fled back to Fouroth City, he once again carried out a major repair and rectification of the whole city.

The current Fornoros City is not an exaggeration to describe it as "imperfect".

Ashurufat stood in the camp and looked at the solid city ahead. By human standards, the city's defense is indeed very strict. All kinds of fortifications on the walls can be considered perfect. Even the city defense cannons have complete defense.

According to the news, Byron still has 10,000 regular troops in the city, and can mobilize no less than 20,000 militias at any time. According to the formula in the military book, it is inferred that to attack such a city, 150,000 soldiers, corresponding siege equipment and two months will be required. Even so, the cost of 30,000 to 50,000 casualties will be paid.

So Ashu Rufate also admitted that he had no capital for a strong attack at all. So what he did here was to build camps and prepare for an orthodox siege.

"Ash Rufate!" The little girl suddenly walked out from behind, "What are you looking at?"

"Nothing," Ashu Rufate smiled and looked into the distance. "I'm imagining Byron's expression now. To be honest, if possible, I really want to see his expression now."

As he looked at the fortifications and guards on the city walls, he imagined Byron's face in his mind. When he was the queen's personal guard, he had seen Byron many times in various meetings, ceremonies, ceremonies and other occasions. But Byron had never seen Ashu Rufate in front of him. If he really looked, his eyes would just sweep over Ashu Rufate. At that time, Byron was the Regent, and Ashu Rufate was a little guard of the queen. Byron was the hereditary duke, and Ashu Rufate was still working hard to become a knight. In fact, except for the entanglement between Ashu Rufate and Shirley, Byron had no reason to spend too much time paying attention to him.

"Does he... want to kill him?" the little girl asked in a low voice. Speaking of which, Byron was also a very close person to the little girl. She felt a little sad for no reason when she thought that Byron would die. "There are still many innocent people..."

"War is a terrible thing..." Ashu Rufate turned his head and looked at the little girl's slightly depressed face. "Remember this sentence. The war did not start because of the kind wish of mankind. Even if it is, it will resolutely and ruthlessly eliminate all those who still maintain goodness in their development. This war was caused by Byron, who, his accomplices and his people, provoked the war. Now they must pay the price for their original choices. This is a natural thing. The loser must be judged by the winner. If we fail, then our fate will not be different."

He raised his head again and looked at the city wall. I wonder if Byron was patrolling the city at this time, but he thought not only that. When he was thinking so, a strong wind mixed with wind and sand blew, blowing a white eagle flag on the side to flew. The white eagle on the flag seemed to break through the shackles of the flag and use its claws to grab prey.

"By the way, I heard that Lord Scadra is back?" Ashu Rufate asked casually.

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"Bastard! That bastard!" Byron jumped up from his seat. Although he was quite old, at this moment, he was as excited as a child who had just been snatched away his toy.

"He actually... dares to talk to me like this!" Byron waved his fists and walked around his hall, making a series of curses.

There is a reason for him to be so angry. The biggest and most important vassal in his territory, Locks sent him a letter. The letter accused Byron of violating the way of the monarch and ministers, and his ambition to implicate the prince's power, which was really self-destructive. The letter also clearly advised Byron to commit suicide immediately to apologize to avoid the war to poison the people. Otherwise, the queen's anger would definitely ruin Byron.

Byron still remembers it very clearly that after he returned from the Falcon City, Rox was one of the first people to come to congratulate him. In addition, he also loyally provided Byron with a group of good-bred war horses. Not only that, he even secretly sent people to persuade Byron to take the initiative to become king, in order to "increase the morale of the soldiers." Byron once regretted that he did not have a legitimate daughter, so he could not win over this capable and loyal subordinate with a perfect engagement.

Although the city of Eagle Falcon was surrounded, Byron still hoped that the vassals could restrain the Queen's troops on the outside. However, he did not expect that the "reliable" Locks had already stood on the Queen's side. He obviously provided a lot of help to the Queen, so he not only did not receive punishment, but instead became a member of the Queen's command.

Byron walked around the hall, and his subordinates all bowed their heads and dared not speak, and no one dared to bear Byron's anger at this moment.

Fortunately, although Byron was impulsive, he could easily calm down quickly. He calmed down when he returned to his seat, except that his face was still ashen.

This is the first card of the domino. No, the situation is even worse. Byron couldn't figure out how many of his other subordinates had changed their camps. Perhaps they had all bowed their heads to the little girl, but no one wrote a letter to Byron like Locks.

But no matter what, Locks's turnaround probably means that the little girl can engage in a long-term siege without any worries. Although the city of Fornoros is abundant, it will always be exhausted.
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