Chapter 664: corrupt situation

A man who seemed to be a beggar was brought to Catherine.

Catherine was shocked.

Because she could vaguely recognize the other person's face. The person in front of her was Becky Mandel, the second son of the royal family's noble Mandel family.

A year ago, he accepted the family's arrangement and went to the Watcher's Fortress for training in order to obtain his knight title.

In Catherine's impression, Becky was a strong young man who, like other young nobles in the royal capital, attached great importance to his external image.

But the person in front of him was far from the Becky in his impression.

He staggered forward, looking exhausted. He must have experienced a long journey. His cloudy eyes revealed the difficulty of the journey. His clothes were very shabby, his exposed skin was covered with red scars, and his hair was scattered like a mess. Dirty and blown to pieces by the wind.

"Are you Becky Mandel?"

Catherine asked incredulously.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Your Highness Princess, I didn't expect that I would still be alive to see my old friend from Jingyao, and that I would still be alive to see you! This must be a gift from the Lord of Light to me."

Becky actually cried excitedly, staggered and almost fell down, but luckily Aofina next to her held her up.

The black-haired female general comforted him: "Becky, you are surrounded by your own people now, so you can rest assured. Please explain the details to His Highness."

Becky Mandel gathered her emotions and spoke quickly to describe a terrible reality to Catherine.

The Bradleys have betrayed the kingdom, and Watcher's Keep has fallen.

"The front of the fortress was attacked by the orc army. This is nothing. We are confident that we can repel them, just like we have done countless times before."

"But... we suffered a shameful sneak attack on our back. The Bradley family's army entered the fortress area in the name of transporting supplies..."

"What's even worse is that it's not just the Bradley family's rebels coming from behind, but also a large number of orc troops!"

"We really don't understand how such a large orc force appeared behind us!"

"Although the entire legion fought hard, the main fortress finally could not withstand it. In order to save the last seeds of the Watcher Legion, Deputy Commander Sir Duke finally ordered a breakout!"

"Since the west is the territory of the Bradley family, we chose to break out to the Altyn Plateau in the south, which is at least nominally the territory of the kingdom."

"My small team was ordered to cut off the rear, but after a fierce battle, it got separated from the main force and lost its way in the wilderness."

"We passed through the primitive jungle and the Gobi Desert, and there were constant attrition, and finally I was the only one left. When I could no longer hold on, the Lord of Light breathed my last breath and let Guo see this town. And the Kingdom’s flag flying over the town.”

When it was all said and done, Becky Mandel burst into tears.

"I'm the only one left! I'm the only one left!"

He kept repeating this sentence.

Damn traitor!

Anger burned in everyone's chest.

The generals around Catherine all clenched their swords at their waists.

Ofina suppressed her anger and asked her lord on behalf of him, "Your Highness, what should we do now?"

The princess's golden eyebrows were already frowning tightly.

It is not difficult to judge from Mandel's words that the situation in the northeastern part of the kingdom has fallen into a situation that is so corrupt that it can no longer be corrupted.

The most important gate has been lost, but the largest local lord has united with the enemies coming from outside the gate.

What's even worse is that his own army has fallen deep into the traitor's territory, like a leaf in the turbulent waves.

No wonder that Bradley boy dared to be so unreasonable to me.

"A trap has been laid for us."

Catherine immediately summoned the generals to discuss the next step.

"Retreat immediately to territory loyal to the kingdom!"

"What to do about the Watcher's Fortress? Just ignore it?"

"The fortress has fallen!"

In view of the current severe situation, everyone quickly reached an agreement that they must retreat.

"If the Bradley family had planned this in advance, I'm afraid we would encounter many obstacles on our way back."

Catherine voiced her concerns.

Lester's eyes were cold, "Then kill those traitors! As long as they pay an unbearable price, even if they pay their lives, it will be worth it."

"No, no, no!" Klein disagreed, "Lester, you are a general commanding the kingdom's army, not a knight charging into battle!"

Dempsey also nodded and said: "Our responsibility should be to preserve the strength of the kingdom as much as possible when the situation is irreversible."

Klein spread out a map on the table.

"Look, this is the area we're in."

"According to my judgment, most of the Bradley family's power should be used to deal with the Watcher Fortress, while the other part should be near us or ambush on our way south. So I suggest..."

He moved his finger toward the west.

"Go west!"

"Going to the Blackstone Land?"

"Yes, to the Land of Blackstone. Gather the forces loyal to the kingdom there."

Lester asked: "The orcs are all looting. If they really enter the hinterland of the kingdom on a large scale, they may immediately attack the rich south to plunder the wealth. UUReadings www.uukanshu.com"

Klein continued to elaborate on his point of view, "If we build up a considerable force in the Blackstone Land, it will seriously threaten the flanks of the orc army and prevent them from going south with all their strength. And there is another important reason."

He looked at Catherine: "Further west from the Blackstone Land is the Northwest Gulf. As far as I know, the Northwest Gulf now produces more than half of the kingdom's steel and weapons. In war, this is the real wealth. But this This place has been relatively closed for a long time and has never been tested by large-scale wars with the outside world. We must build a barrier for the northwest bay in the Blackstone Land."

Most of the southern nobles' impression of the orcs is that they are a group of barbarians wandering on the grassland. They are tall and brave but have poor discipline. As long as the human soldiers form a good formation, a single hedge can beat them to pieces.

However, most of the generals of the Royal Capital Knights have experience in the Watcher Fortress and have a relatively correct understanding of the power of the orc army, especially when a new royal tent has been born on the grassland. Be lenient to the enemy.

It would have been fine if the Watcher's Keep was still in the hands of the Kingdom, but now the great keep has fallen.

Klein: "As long as the Northwest Gulf is allowed to complete the transformation to adapt to the war, I think it is not impossible to push the orcs back directly from the Blackstone Highlands with the support there."

Aofina nodded: "Then we must notify Earl Grayman as soon as possible to prepare."

"Your Highness, what do you mean?"

Everyone looked at Catherine, waiting for her to make up her mind.

The blond princess quickly decided.

"Let's go to the Northwest Bay!"

"But before that, we have to get some chips against the Bradley family."