Medieval Aurora: The Rise of the Dragon

Chapter 101 Attack on the Empire

His Majesty Karl Franz watched the long queue outside the city. The refugees were in a panic. In just one week, the refugee wave had rushed out of the archipelago and spread to various provinces on the east side of Westerland.

Nordland and Middenland bear the brunt.

After the sergeants stopped a Nuer businessman with his family and made several inquiries, the news mentioned in the letter in the emperor's arms was finally confirmed.

"Marienburg has reappeared, and the corruption of chaos has erupted in the city. It is suspected that a great demon personally took action." Karl Franz chewed on the information, and various possibilities and intelligence merged into several guesses in his mind .

In the end, he sniffed his nose vigorously, and snorted a word in disdain.

"democracy."

The most prosperous port in the Old Continent finally came back to people's sight after countless days of news. A large number of wealthy businessmen and refugees flocked to flee. They brought those appalling news and crimes to people in other parts of the empire.

All this seems to be consistent with the news he received in the meeting before his departure, however.

"The early warning given by the Sigma reciter seems to be a little too late," the emperor's frown was not relieved by this news. In contrast, he was more concerned about the purpose of his trip and the second half of the prophecy .

Although the most devout chant can only perceive occasional sporadic messages from Sigmar at very coincidental moments, they are often useful.

"So what does a senseless battle represent? And who saved Marienburg in a crisis?"

Just after discovering the whereabouts of the Cathayans, Karl Franz issued a summons in the Grand Palace of the Parliament.

After receiving the news, the electors who came over held a meeting about Marienburg and Middenheim. After collecting a lot of information, the time and place were too coincidental for them to speculate. Marin Whether the upheaval in the fort has something to do with the Cathay army outside the Drakovald Forest.

In the end, under the strong impetus of the emperor, even in the case of hasty convening, Nordland, Middenland, Aviland and Reikland all agreed to respond to the emperor's military actions, and other emperors who came one after another Hou himself or the representatives, also under Karna's very tempting proposal, agreed to do their best to contribute to the empire.

The Guardians of the Empire knew that they could not refuse such a temptation. While the great changes brought disasters, they also brought golden opportunities.

The purpose of the emperor's trip is also a bargaining chip to urge other leaders to stand with him.

That is, Karl puts an opportunity in front of them to take Marienburg back into the Empire's pocket.

Although no one puts such discrimination on the surface, almost everyone agrees that the prosperous city of Marienburg has been ruled by merchants for hundreds of years, which is an indelible shame to the empire.

Especially after the group of bold and wealthy businessmen announced their separation from the empire, this sentiment was passed on to the entire city, which also made it difficult for Marienburgers to receive any good looks when they came to the empire.

However, the reason why this proposal can impress them is that the former fiefdom baron of the land of Marienburg has disappeared for many years with the decoupling of the city and the country.

Other lords whose blood could be traced back to Ludwig still retained traditional claims to the area.

Of course, the existence of this idea still needs to be based on the recovery of Fort Marien.

But most people are full of confidence in this, after all, the opponents blocking them are already defeated.

The imperial troops have already passed through the barren Roaring Mountains. In fact, the journey from Reikland to Marienburg is not very far away, but because of the situation in Middenheim, the emperor had to mobilize as many troops as possible. , and detours north of Middenland.

Here, the ruler of the Grand Duchy of Middenland, Leoboda II, has just assembled and successfully joined the large army.

Although the relationship between Middenland and Middenheim was periodically tense, the prince still didn't say much, and directly chose to join the ranks of support.

The imperial army did not have much time to recuperate in Kronborg. They must immediately choose to continue eastward and set off for Middenheim, the location of the Great Temple of Ulric and the holy flame.

More and more information along the way showed that the Cathay army that emerged from the Drakenwald Forest was not a small or medium-sized army as they initially judged, but a large and well-formed army.

The Cathayians are almost undisguised about their whereabouts. According to the direction they are traveling, the think tanks have come to a conclusion——

"Their destination is Fort Marien." After listening to the analysis of several staff members, Karl pointed his finger at the piece of land on the west side of the map.

"No matter what these Orientals want to do, we need to have a communication with them before they achieve their goals, no matter what form it is."

That is to say, in the worst case, the imperial people will not hesitate to fight a war with the mysterious Cathay army in their own territory.

Karl Franz's only worry is who the leader of this team is.

Which general is it?
Or the great lord of Cathay——

A member of a certain dragon.

During the Great Crusade, during the battle for the Demon Realm, the Emperor of the Empire had witnessed how Billong used majestic magic to tear a Prince of Chaos to pieces.In that battle, he was deeply impressed by the power of the Shenlong clan over the mortal world.

"I can't continue to waste time here, I must go to Middenheim first." While thinking, he felt that time was too tight.

After making up his mind, Karl Franz could summon his mount, the giant griffin named Death Claw.

"Lead the team and follow closely, Gaitara." The emperor's last words pointed to an unexpected figure, and Countess Ludmila III of Aviland took over the appointment in surprise.

It was purely an accident that she came with the troops. The countess, who was preparing for the celebration in Reikland, agreed to the request for support at the electorate meeting, and was dragged into the chariot by the emperor.

"It seems that the emperor didn't want to take the lead in provoking a conflict." Although Gaitala is not good at political sense, he is far from being a mediocre person.Karl Franz temporarily handed over the command of the team to himself, which must have taken into account the differences between the Grand Duke who advocates war and himself.

"And obviously, I can't really command this group of people." The countess knew this well, and she still had to maintain absolute control over the army while leaving the team. This was another meaning of the emperor, but she It's not disgusting to such political tricks.

After all, the Averlands never have to worry about being on the wrong side, their rulers know whom to be friendly with and whom to fear.

　Thanks for the reward from the dragon on the roof

　　
　
(End of this chapter)