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Facing the trembling ministers, the always straight-tempered King Charles bluntly rebuked:

"If you keep losing like this, I'm afraid you won't even lose face!"

Faced with his anger, Prime Minister Messer said tremblingly: "Your Majesty, although we suffered a trivial defeat on the front line, our Groningen defense line has been completed."

"This is an impenetrable line of defense. Relying on mountains and rivers, we only need to defend a front less than a hundred miles wide. We only need 5 people to hold the entire Groningen Province."

Facing the Prime Minister's explanation, King Charles became even more angry. He shouted loudly:

"That's enough, Mercer! Our 6000-strong army was annihilated by [-] of the Walder Knights in the Angus Valley! It's not a failure, it's an annihilation!"

Moses said nothing because he could not find a reason to justify the failure of the front line.

It was outrageous that 8 people were defeated by 6000 people, but it was even more embarrassing when it was still a battle of annihilation.

Of the 7000-strong army that set out, most of them were less than [-] who escaped after the war.

Of the more than 7 people lost, more than 1 were killed or wounded on the battlefield, and more than 1 were missing while fleeing.

In addition, nearly 4 people were captured.

King Charles was thinking about how to redeem these well-trained soldiers, but he didn't know that these people would never come back.

Matthew arranged a good home for them.

Although the Earldom of Rundebel is not large, it has many factories and mines, requiring a large amount of labor.

As the living standards of the Lundebel people improved, they became less and less willing to engage in dangerous and heavy manual labor.

They prefer to use their skills and intelligence to make money.

Overall, this is a good thing.

But the existence of this phenomenon has also brought new problems. Who will do the dirty work?

Refugees who have fled, of course, can do it, but if they do all the hard work it could cause new imbalances.

Do not suffer from widowhood but suffer from inequity.

If newcomers to Lundebel are asked to do too much heavy lifting, they may feel discriminated against.

If the old lords are allowed to do too much, they will feel that the lord is unfair.

In order to resolve this conflict, Matthew shamelessly asked Diana for the [-] captives.

Diana hesitated, and she finally decided to leave the ownership of these 4 people to the Grand Master and Marshal Model.

The grand commander is the deputy commander-in-chief of the southern army and represents the Holy See. His words are very weighty. As long as Matthew does not plan to use these prisoners for viewing or conduct any anti-human experiments, he will certainly support them.

Matthew knew that Diana was a soldier and had to obey orders, so he naturally didn't argue with her.

Without Diana's cooperation, this battle would not have achieved such results.

If the battle merits were divided fairly, Diana would definitely be above him.

Now that he has killed Fisher, he will definitely not be able to continue undercover, and it is natural for him to return to the empire.

He followed Diana all the way north to the headquarters of the Imperial Southern Front.

As soon as he arrived at the headquarters, he was warmly welcomed.

Hundreds of knights on white horses lined up neatly at the gate of the camp to welcome Matthew and Diana back.

Seeing the six thousand cavalry and the [-] prisoners they were driving, the knights uniformly raised their swords and placed them on their right chests to salute their victorious comrades.

The empire has been established for thousands of years and has always bullied others. It has rarely been the case that its territory was taken away by foreign enemies.

This invasion by the Kingdom of Perth not only took away the entire province of Groningen, but also took away large areas of the Maritime Province and the three surrounding provinces.

If we don't deal with these crazy people, I'm afraid everyone will feel that the empire cannot stand up.

This is something more terrible than failure on the battlefield.

However, the Southern Front had many problems, the first of which was the issue of command authority.

This is a mixed front army composed of 25 Imperial Central Army, [-] Imperial Noble Army, [-] Knights Army and [-] miscellaneous troops.

In order to balance the forces of all parties, although the emperor appointed the most trusted Marshal Model as the commander-in-chief, he also appointed three deputy commanders-in-chief.

The three deputy commanders are Walder, who represents the Holy See and the Knights, the Duke of Hesse, Hettingen, who represents the aristocracy, and Lund, who represents the merchants and emerging local forces.

The attitude of these three people toward the commander-in-chief Model was superficial respect, but in fact they had their own thoughts.

These four people are all excellent generals. No matter who has absolute command power, the war on the southern front will not be as bad as it is now. It is a pity that none of them has absolute power.

They restrain each other, contain each other, and monitor each other.

Fortunately, there are no eunuchs in the Clare Empire. Otherwise, if there were another eunuch to supervise the army, even the God of War would not be able to save the situation.

Diana told Matthew these things during the march.

Thinking of these bad things, Diana could only sigh silently.She couldn't figure out how to solve such a problem.

If there were not many internal conflicts, why would she lead 6000 people to the rescue?

As long as she brings more people, she can disperse the enemy head-on without having to take risks herself.

Thinking of this, she felt inexplicably irritable.

Her ancestors have lived in the Claire Empire for hundreds of years. Although they are not as old as Matthew's family, they are still from the old empire.

Although the empire now looks like a strong giant, it is actually an old and sluggish giant.

Everyone knew there was a problem within the empire, but no one could think of a solution.

Since the Himilun family has brought the empire to this point, it is better to change the emperor!

Diana was startled by the boldness of her idea.

She carefully looked around, focusing on Matthew next to her.Seeing Matthew's high-spirited look, her heart beat faster.

She thought about the past in Rundbell.

Everything Matthew did was to prepare for the fight for the emperor's position.

A bolder idea emerged from her mind.

The titles of the seven electors, except for the archbishop who will never run for election, have been controlled by the Himilen family and the Hoffenhager family respectively in the past few hundred years.

They used various means to get the elector seat under their command.

In addition to the crown of King Himilen, the Himilen family also holds the two titles of Duke of Salzburg and Margrave of Osenberg; while the Hoffenhager family holds the two seats of King Clysia and Duke of Tillotson.

They firmly held the throne of the empire, and other families never had the opportunity to ascend to the emperor's position.

Although the Cardinal of Verona is an elector, he never runs for election, which means there is no such person.

Diana, who had little interest in politics, was surprised to find that the only candidate for emperor besides the two major families in the empire was Matthew.

The reason why the Hoffenhager family attacked Matthew was that they hoped to bring this last neutral elector under their command.

By then, the Hoffenhager family and the Himilun family will have three elector seats, and their hopes of regaining the throne will be much greater.

However, their military campaign against Rundberg failed.

Matthew repelled the Hoffenhager family's army and killed Admiral Karl. More importantly, he burned Master Didier to death in the sea of ​​fire, making the Hoffenhager family's conspiracy go bankrupt.

Diana carefully analyzed Matthew's Rundebell defense battle, and she could only come to one conclusion. This was because the goddess of fate wanted Matthew to win.

She could find no explanation other than that.

If General Karl and Didier had not divided their forces, if Didier had not been so stupid, and if Matthew's assault on the battlefield had not had a miraculous effect, the outcome of this war would have been the genocide of the Rundebell family.

However, Matthew miraculously won the battle.

The win was both beautiful and lucky.

If the last victory was a fluke, what about this time?

Diana was lost in thought.

Matthew is not a qualified commander because he does not understand many basic common sense of fighting.

But he has the potential to become a top star because he can always find opportunities that are rare on the battlefield.

When she was in a daze for a while, Matthew reminded her softly: "Diana, everyone is waiting for you, don't be in a daze."

Diana stared at Matthew, and after a long time, she whispered softly in a small voice that only they could hear: "Matthew, can you trust me absolutely?"

"What do you want to do?"

"I will make an important decision later. No matter what I say, can you support me unconditionally?"

Matthew nodded in agreement without hesitation.

After this battle, they fought side by side, experienced life and death together, and their friendship was naturally different from before.

Although he didn't know what Diana did, she would definitely not harm him.

Under Diana's expectant gaze, Matthew made a solemn promise, "Of course."

After receiving Matthew's promise, Diana took a deep breath, raised the corners of her mouth slightly, and entered the camp with her head held high amidst the welcome of the white horse knights.

Ma Xiu was about to follow, but Zero grabbed his sleeve.

Zero said nothing, and the voice sounded directly in Matthew's mind.

"Matthew, how can you directly agree to her almost unlimited request? What if this woman has ill intentions towards you?"

Matthew slowly shook his head and opened his mouth, and Zero understood the shape of his mouth.

"I trust her."

He believed that Diana had her own principles for dealing with things, and he believed that Diana could maintain a fair attitude most of the time.

No matter what, she will definitely not harm him!

That being the case, there is nothing to worry about.

Matthew tightened the reins, clamped the horse's belly, caught up a few steps, and walked into the camp side by side with Diana.

At the entrance of the main camp, Commander Model and several deputy commanders were there to greet him.

Seeing them appear, Model's hearty voice sounded.

"Let us welcome our triumphant heroes!"

His voice was full of energy, just like his expression, full of the joy of sunshine after the rain.

Chapter 135 Absolute Trust

The welcome banquet is held at the head coach, and only nobles above the baron level and officers above the major general level can attend.

Because it was still during the war, there was only rich food but no wine.

But it doesn't matter. Everyone gets drunk without being drunk. Such a big victory is enough to make everyone happy.

Everyone drank water instead of wine and enjoyed the victory happily.

So far in this war that has been restricted at every turn, the Imperial Army has suffered more defeats and fewer victories on the battlefield. Even if it wins, it is just a defeat, and there are very few organized annihilation battles.

This great victory achieved by Matthew and Diana greatly boosted morale and rekindled the desire for victory in the entire army.

As the atmosphere of the banquet gradually heated up, the generals curiously asked about the specific situation of the battle.

The written battle report submitted by Diana was very simple, just describing basic data such as battle loss ratio.

This kind of battle report is for the base camp, and what the generals want to know more is the specific situation.

After all, Matthew does not have a military position in the empire, so it is inappropriate for him to brag about himself.

He politely gave Diana the opportunity to tell the story of the battle.

She is a fair person, and she will definitely tell the story of this battle fairly.

Amid everyone's expectations, Diana's clear voice echoed in the camp.

She recounted the battle process that day in the most concise language.

She attributed the victory of this battle to the heroic efforts of all the soldiers.

Matthew nodded, appreciating Deanna's high emotional intelligence speech.Although it was a bit out of character for Diana to use such a scene as a preface, she was right.

Although the key to the victory or defeat of the battle was he and Diana, the main force of the battle was indeed the six thousand cavalry.

With just the two of them, even if the God of War came to the world, it would be difficult to achieve such results.