460: Chapter 67, Marshal Goway_2 460: Chapter 67, Marshal Goway_2 The intelligence found by the Military Department, all came from them.
The specific details of the assassination, only these principals were aware of.
Especially those five big shots, excluding Duke Arondo who clearly died, whether the other four are dead or alive is completely unknown.
To want to track down the murderer, basically it’s not for the Military Department to decide.
Without the cooperation of these major nobles, it fundamentally won’t be able to proceed.
It’s not that everyone purposefully resisted the investigation, it’s mainly that before the investigation had conclusively determined anything, all the families lacked even the most basic trust.
Probably at this time, they all saw each other as murderers.
Even if the trust crisis was eliminated, the Military Department would find it difficult to fully intervene.
There’s no choice, everybody’s shady past was quite considerable.
As long as it didn’t come out, it’s fine, once it all got uncovered, then it would be a major political accident.
Even in wartime when they don’t have the energy to fight amongst themselves, after the war, these dirty pasts would also be targets for political enemies to attack.
Under this context, The Five Great Houses of the North would rather investigate themselves than allow the Military Department to become involved.
“Hmph!”
After a cold hum, Caesar III irritably said, “I don’t want to hear so many excuses, the mastermind behind the scenes must be found out as soon as possible.
Tell those guys in the Northern Border that either they must find the murderer themselves, or they will fully cooperate with the Kingdom’s investigation.
Also the problem on the front line, the Military Department must take it seriously.
With so many disruptions happening all of a sudden, the Orc Army will definitely not give up on this opportunity.”
If there’s a chance, Caesar III wouldn’t mind knocking down The Five Great Houses of the North, but certainly not now.
No matter how annoying the Five Great Houses of the North are, their military strength is indeed real.
During the time of resisting the invasion of the Orc Army, they did play a crucial role.
Without these families acting as a shield, the flames of war would soon burn within the Alpha Kingdom, the loss that would ensue from that would absolutely be astronomical.
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“Kill!”
“Kill!”
“Archers, shoot!”
“Hold on, all of you hold on!”
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In the end, the flames of battle still burned within the Warhammer Kingdom.
Faced with the aggressive Orc Army, the defenders performed much better than the Ortonians.
Although the defense line still couldn’t be completed at least, they dug quite a few pits to trap and slow the Orc Cavalry, and set up multiple wooden fences.
Even though the defense was not as strong as a castle fortress, at least it was better than nothing.
The series of simple defense lines couldn’t stop the Orc Army, but it did slow down their advance.
When one legion was wiped out, another filled its place, sadly the end result was all the same.
Facing a steadily increasing number of casualties, the Warhammer Kingdom felt a lot of pressure.
“Marshal, you’ve already seen the number of casualties reported from the frontline.
If the current situation continues, I’m afraid our troops deployed on the southern front line won’t last much longer, they’ll all be wiped out!”
Joseph II said indifferently.
It could be seen that he had accumulated dissatisfaction towards Marshal Borg to the point of explosion.
Kings are practical, if the pillar of the Kingdom couldn’t resist the tide, then they were no longer a pillar.
Past merits didn’t count for anything in the face of reality.
If there was a better choice, he would have replaced him already.
As the person involved, Marshal Borg, also had a belly full of anger.
If it was due to problems in his strategy, he would accept the responsibility.
The problem is that the strategy he developed didn’t have any mistakes.
If he hadn’t beefed up the defense at the Moxi Duchy, the enemy would have broken through already, there wouldn’t even be a need for the circuitous route.
Even though the threat to the southern line, was also brought up early, the problem was that the Kingdom’s strength was limited, and it did not have the ability to cover so many places at the same time.
Limited resources that had to be distributed in an infinite defense area, no matter how it was deployed, vulnerabilities would emerge.
Even if the Orton Duchy line was defended, it wouldn’t matter if the enemy detoured another few hundred miles.
The alliance was ineffective, allowing the enemy to sweep through, what could be done?
Without adequate city defense, only some simple facilities remained.
To stop the advance of the Orc Army, if the frontline army hadn’t collapsed at the first touch, it would be because everybody had risked their lives.
“Your Majesty, what are your plans?”
Marshal Borg asks, expressionless.
All were hot-headed masters, as an old servant of the Kingdom, he wouldn’t simply take the blame for nothing.
If the problem wasn’t solved, that was a problem with the Kingdom’s strength.
The current situation was rotten, but he didn’t blindly command, so he didn’t feel guilty about it.
“The Orc Army coming from the south has a total of only a Hundred Thousand troops, among them, there are thirty thousand ordinary wolf cavalry, the real elites are only seventy thousand.
Don’t look at how the Orc Army has been sweeping through everywhere, their losses are absolutely not small.
The current overall strength is at most around ninety thousand.
Gather the forces from the southern and central provinces of the Kingdom, slowly play them out, waiting for the opportunity to fight decisively!”
Joseph II said calmly.
This strategic plan was the result of his think tank’s painstaking thoughts.
Theoretically speaking, under the full mobilization of the southern and central provinces of the Warhammer Kingdom, they could organize an army of six to seven hundred thousand.
With the advantage of having several times the soldiers than the enemy, they could definitely put up a fight.
It wasn’t hoping for a quick victory, as long as they could stall for some time, that Orc Army would be trapped.
“Your Majesty, you’re too optimistic.
The nobles in the southern provinces, have never thought that one day the enemy would attack them from behind hence, their preparations seriously inadequate.”