Who says knights can't backstab

Chapter 666
When Anastasia returned to the palace, Photios had already walked out of the room, with his hands behind his back, looking at the courtyard outside.

Hearing Anastasia's footsteps, he turned sideways and looked at Her Highness, who was moving swiftly. He vaguely felt that His Highness seemed to be in a much better mood than before.

"Your Highness...or should I call you Your Majesty?"

"Your Majesty." Anastasia stopped and glanced at him.

"Alright then, Your Highness." Photius nodded lightly, "Did you forget to say something to Marquis Adrian?"

"Say something?"

"For example..." Photiou said softly, "The matter of His Highness Alexei..."

Anastasia covered her mouth.

"Ah." The corners of her eyes twitched and twitched, and then she held her forehead.

"Really... forgot."

She stood up, took a few steps back and forth in the room, clasped her hands in front of her chest, as if to cheer herself up again: "No, no, it's not that I forgot, Sir Adrian's subordinates will definitely be able to provide Alexei with great Good teaching environment... Alexei is not a child anymore, it is normal for him to decide these things by himself..."

"Besides, doesn't he admire Lord Adrian? It's just a surprise for him..."

She was so self-paralyzed that Photios behind her couldn't help shaking her head, and then turned her gaze to the palace courtyard in the afternoon.

The weather in Solconan in June was just right, and there were rustling insects in the sunny courtyard.

Photios half-closed his eyes, as if he was immersed in this piece of peaceful tranquility.

Then he asked in a low voice: "When does Your Highness plan to ascend the throne?"

Beside him, Anastasia, who was also standing with her hands behind her back, was looking at the courtyard with calm eyes.

"Wait for a suitable time."

"I feel that time is coming soon."

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Siliki in June ushered in rain after rain.

This year's rain came quickly and violently, and went quickly and swiftly. The dark clouds gathered and dispersed, scattered and fell again, and the stone floor was constantly switching between soaked and half-dry and half-wet, as the wheels of the carriage rolled over. , splashing a piece of water.

There is an ivy corridor in the Lord's Mansion.The leaves are fat and thick, connected into one piece.When it rains, walking down the promenade, you can only hear the sound of rain pattering on the leaves, making a series of noises, but the stone floor in the corridor is dry, and no rain can fall in.

The sun faded away silently, and the dark clouds quickly gathered together. It was just the prelude of two or three drops of ticking, and the sound of rain falling everywhere.

The rain came the same as before, fast and fierce.

Pedestrians on the road looked for the nearest eaves to shelter from the rain, while the three small figures covered their heads and did not even look at the eaves next to them that could shelter from the rain. They strode hard one by one and rushed into the Lord's Mansion against the heavy rain door, and then all the way through the wet grass, has been rushed under the green vine corridor -

"No. 1!"

The white-haired girl in the lead raised her hands high, before she even had time to wipe off the rain on her face and hair, she quickly turned her head and looked proudly at the two figures behind her:

"Tiffany No. 3, Alexei No. [-], Alexey, you lost again!"

The second catwoman was shaking her fur vigorously, and the cat's ears were moving, obviously very happy.And Alexei, who was only one tail behind her, had already knelt down on the ground, beating the ground with both hands, with a look of resignation:
"Wow, it's me again who lost!"

Caroline just wiped off the rain on her face, walked up to Alexei, and helped him up with both hands.

"Alexey, only by experiencing failure can you cultivate a tough heart."

The little prince stared blankly at the white-haired girl who was already a head taller than him, the hesitant and painful expression on his face gradually disappeared, and his eyes were full of hope.

"Then... Earl Adrian, have you experienced such setbacks?"

The girl blinked, and replied without thinking, "No."

The little prince opened his mouth, choked and speechless.

The hope in his eyes was shattered again.

Before he had time to say anything, he heard a hurried voice from outside the corridor. Someone was walking quickly, and at the same time kept saying:

"Caroline! I saw it. You brought your Highness to play this kind of game again. What if you get wet and get sick!"

The blond girl who walked into the promenade holding a large transparent umbrella shook her hands, and the umbrella immediately disappeared like melting ice.

"Sister Alina, you're back!"

Caroline didn't give Elena a chance to reprimand her, she just opened her arms and embraced her - but now she is no longer only a little taller than Elena a few months ago, she has already surpassed Elina Most of her head buried Elena directly in her chest, causing the blond girl to struggle for a while before breaking free.

"Caroline, don't make trouble!"

"Hehehe~"

Caroline grinned, compared to a few months ago when she was short and short with a cute feeling, now it is more of a sense of youth bursting from the inside out.

"Sister Alina, aren't you on the front line, why did you come back suddenly?"

"Of course I came back to take care of you."

While she was answering, she snapped her fingers with her left hand, and a thin flame jumped from her fingertips, but it exuded scorching heat.She squatted down and fiddled with it for a while, and immediately raised a warm fire on the ground to dry the three people who were drenched.

Caroline immediately pursed her lips at Elena's pretentiously vicious words, and was about to complain softly, but Elena turned to Alexei and bowed:
"Your Highness, how are you doing these days? The battle at Amasir shouldn't have affected you, right?"

Alexey looked at the blond girl who was only a little taller than him, but much more majestic than Caroline, her face flushed a little, and she waved her hands and said, "No, Caroline and the others treated me very well." of……"

"Tiffany." Alina rubbed the catgirl's hair at last, then turned around, and said to Caroline:

"Mr. Angers' side has stabilized. I'm here this time to take you to Windswept Castle."

"Wind Yarn Castle!"

The displeasure on Caroline's face was immediately swept away, and her face was full of excitement: "Is it the city that was captured recently!"

"The most recently captured is Luye City, which is closer to Fort Mandex, and Windshaft Castle is close to Qingmao City."

"Mmmmmmm!"

In fact, Caroline didn't have a map of Amasir in her head at all, but she nodded like a boat treading waves at this moment, only caring about responding to Elena's words.

"Then you take Tiffany and His Royal Highness to sort things out now, and rest for a night, we will set off tomorrow."

After Alina finished speaking, she yawned big, with a tired look on her face that couldn't be concealed.

(Click here to watch the high-definition distribution map of Amasir town)
The O'Connor brothers' civil war was more "aboveable" than they thought.

The two sides pressed their armies to the south of Fort Mandekers and north of Moragul, in an area called "Field Near the Forest", and they avoided the territories of both sides in a tacit understanding. The important cities only rely on the several small cities in this area to deal with each other.

Siliki's side was still standing still, waiting from January to February and then to March.They originally thought that Hobart O'Connor and Joyce O'Connor would turn the entire Outland Territory and Insaro into a battlefield, but they didn't expect the two sides to be so restrained.

But the garrisons in the other cities are also dispatching towards the wilderness near the forest, especially the four border cities near the Volgo province. The garrisons are walking cleanly.

So after the talks with the Thunder Lions, Atzke immediately decided to send troops, first swallowed the Green Marsh City that Firland had not yet taken, and then quickly took over the management of the Volgo Province leading to the Amasir Merchant. Four towns on the road.

Zhuma Town, Xiangbao Town, Linshuiwan Town, and Dujialin Town.

After that, Atzke did not stop doing two things, and simply defeated the remaining two secondary towns between Firland and Volgo Province, Windscrew Castle and Border Forest Town.

The two cities lacking garrisons did not make much decent resistance, and the recuperation of the previous few months also allowed Siliki's troops to increase rapidly.

Most of the territory they swallowed belongs to the Utland Territory where the provincial capital Fort Mandekers is located, which is where Hobart O'Connor is now based.

This aroused the dissatisfaction of the eldest son of the O'Connor family, but Joyce O'Connor would not generously let his brother deal with his worries first—even though the town of Unicorn Forest belonged to him, Insaro was also Siliki was occupied, but in the end it was Utland who lost more, and he could accept it in his heart.

So the Sciliki Army cleverly and Joyce O'Connor formed a two-horse trap against Hobart.

Hobart was not completely stupid, knowing that being caught in the middle would definitely suffer a big loss, so he gave up the stalemate with Joyce.

But just when Atzke thought that Hobart would team up with Joyce to counterattack Silikie, an outsider who tried to snatch the O'Connor family's foundation, Hobart once again showed his stupid nature——

He directly ordered all the ministries under his command to retreat to the city, shrinking back and not moving.

There is neither peace nor alliance, and the envoys from any party will always say "I have sent a letter to Solkonan, and His Majesty will uphold justice."

Now this civil war is completely embarrassing.

Joyce has spent so long on manpower and material resources. It is a loss to march into the siege at this moment, and it is even more a loss to retreat and give up.But Hobart stayed behind closed doors, emphasizing his right to inherit the legitimacy, and being a shameless turtle, but Joyce really had no choice.

So what else could Joyce do?Pick a city and surround it first.

This made everyone in Siliki overjoyed. Baron Jean was doing psychological construction every day in the four cities adjacent to the Volgo Province to win people's hearts. Within a month and a half, probably in the middle of May, the four cities were completely obeyed. Yu Silikie.

His method is not complicated. Citizens are selected from these small towns as representatives. After witnessing the huge profits brought to them by the Boyle Chamber of Commerce in Silikie, no one will choose to go back to the previous one. A life that is not taken seriously and exists only as a "post".

Windscreen Castle and Border Forest Town were crushed by Siliki's garrison, and they couldn't afford to fight back.

And just when Atzke was worrying about whether the two O'Connor brothers should fight or not, and what to do next, Hobart once again showed his stupid nature.

He seemed to be waiting for a month and a half without any response from Solkonan. He lost confidence in Solkonan, and led his army to launch a surprise attack in the middle of the night, annihilating a Joyce force that besieged the city of Utland. up.

Then he launched an attack with great fanfare, with the attitude of taking all Joyce down in one go.

This instead made Joyce think that Hobart and Silikie had reached a joint venture, so that they would have the confidence to go out of the Stud front line, so they turned to Hobart's previous method——

Turtle.

As a result, Hobart wasted no time. During the lively siege of the city, the long-prepared Silikie army went all out and directly captured the "Luye City", which was one step closer to Fort Mandex.

It's not that there is no garrison in Luye City. Hobart left at least 300 people to garrison this very important rear area for him.However, the entire siege battle lasted less than a day, and Luye City had already been replaced with Siliki's antler-hooked moon flag.

Hobart couldn't think of anything in his head. Even if Luye City didn't have a powerful city defense circle, the city walls were still strong. How could it be captured in less than a day?

Once Luye City is broken, there will be no cover behind the provincial capital Fort Mandekers. If Commander Silikie drives straight in, then if he doesn't attack the front, his hometown will be lost——

So Hobart led his troops back in a hurry and re-entered the city.On the way to retreat, he was counterattacked by Joyce, and was attacked by a large group of knights suspected of being Siliki, and suffered heavy losses.

But Atzke was not in a hurry to attack Fort Mandex. He managed the newly captured Luye City steadily, sitting in the Luye City himself, and felt extremely at ease.

For today's Siliki, Luye City has the greatest strategic significance.

From Luye City to the north, you can drive straight into the vast plains of the Firland, which is equivalent to an important gateway to the Fellland.

Taking down Luye City, today's Siliki is tantamount to taking all of North Amasir into his pocket. Siliki's current territory is like an iron fork missing one side, and it takes all of Amasir except the north. The area is all framed inside.

And since Luye City blocked the road leading to Philland Plain, he didn't have to worry about the opportunity for O'Connor's cavalry to go all the way north and attack the hinterland of Silikie.

As time entered June, the arrival of the rainy season allowed the O'Connor brothers to naturally enter a truce.

But the truce on the front line, the production line behind Siliki, did not stop for a moment.

Azike was sitting in the Lord's Mansion of Luye City, looking at the map leisurely, swinging his legs.

The young earl must have never imagined that after he left Siliki, Siliki would have so many breakthroughs...

The Lurea experimental base, which he had given high hopes for, had already given an astonishing answer.

　This chapter gives a simplified map of the town distribution!
　　Probably this is the meaning, there is an error in the distance between the cities, but this is the meaning of the orientation!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)