Chapter 1420 - 1332: The Royal Court Has Gone Mad

Chapter 1420: Chapter 1332: The Royal Court Has Gone Mad

Jeska unfolded the newspaper, not speaking, but rapidly reading through the articles that condemned the Royal Court’s call for unity.

In front of him was a hot cup of coffee, emitting wisps of white steam.

The morning light was faint, and through the damp steam, he looked across the table where two people were sitting.

One of them, Northern Battle Army Commander André, picked up a bubbling coffee pot and poured a cup for Southern Battle Army Commander Dass: "Has your unit’s epidemic improved?"

Dass thanked him, accepted the cup, but held it without drinking: "If you say improved, it hasn’t fully recovered. If you say not improved, it won’t affect the upcoming operations."

"Now the General Staff Office is asking us to hand over the defenses in the Narran area to the Narran Battle Army, what do you two think..." André tentatively asked.

Jeska, with his seniority, would not resist the opinion of the General Staff Office: "Since His Majesty ordered it, there must be a reason."

"I suspect the General Staff Office had to make this decision," Dass was straightforward, "Our nearly hundred thousand troops are spread too thin."

Discussing this issue, all three simultaneously looked at the map on the wall.

This map is updated in real-time with information gathered by the three army chiefs and the General Staff Office.

Upon careful observation, one would see a massive frontline stretching from the Golden Soup Castle in the north to Sk Wolf Castle in the south, crossing the land north of the Nao’an River on the Eastern Continent.

Such a lengthy line requires several rounds of transportation for supplies and personnel.

If it were within or near the Holy Alliance’s territory, it would be manageable, but this area is far from the Holy Alliance.

The map shows the main Central Battle Army stationed between Sk Wolf Castle and Longbow Castle, convenient for transporting supplies from the Nao’an River.

As for the four surrounding armies, most are stationed near the Seine River, also to facilitate transportation of supplies and personnel.

The original Western Battle Army near Fishing City was moved north to Golden Soup Castle due to the movements of the Royal Court’s army.

Thus, the defense line near Fishing City had to be handed over to the Narran Battle Army for guarding.

This was unavoidable, as the local army could assemble supplies and recruit personnel much easier than the Holy Alliance.

Although the Holy Alliance has new recruit camps in occupied areas, they certainly aren’t as reliable as local areas.

That’s why these three generals could appear simultaneously, as aside from the Eastern Battle Army, the three major armies are now concentrated in the Thorn Garden area.

"How are the young men fighting around Golden Soup Castle?" Jeska folded the newspaper and walked over to the two men.

"The Royal Court launched several fierce attacks, but they were repelled each time," André said with a smile.

After a summer, numerous fortifications around Golden Soup Castle were built, together with its inherently strong defenses, it was as firm as a golden soup.

Despite the vampires showing more bravery than the Northern Army, they were repeatedly driven back.

"Any movements in Golden Horn Bay?"

Dass replied: "They’re still gathering and training troops."

Jeska furrowed his brow again and walked to the wall.

The distribution of forces on the map clearly shows that the Holy Alliance’s aim is to strengthen the north.

The strategy is to prevent the Royal Court from rescuing the fifty thousand vampire prisoners and try the revolving door tactics, using a retreat from Falan direction to push northward to block the Royal Court’s land retreat.

In the view of the three army commanders, this is a very sensible deployment and plan.

But at this point, Jeska sensed something amiss.

Dass was the first to stand up, approaching Jeska’s side: "Jeska Commander, do you have any ideas? Feel free to share."

Jeska looked at the map, and after a long pause, he spoke: "Don’t you think it’s strange?"

"Strange how?"

"The means of the Royal Court."

"What’s strange about it?" Dass was somewhat puzzled.

André fell silent, furrowing his brow while staring at the map.

"What I mean is, the Royal Court’s attack methods seem too normal." Jeska bluntly stated, "Don’t you find it strange?"

Dass was initially surprised and then joined in the contemplation.

The Holy Alliance’s goal is to use Golden Soup Castle to draw the Royal Court into attacking, which in the absence of successful negotiations, becomes a political issue that incites the Royal Court’s massive assault.

But the premise is that the Royal Court remains the Royal Court.

In the Konyaz major marshal event before this year’s war, the Royal Court clearly showed its resolve to fight desperately.

With such determination, it’s strange that the Royal Court still chose to attack Golden Soup Castle.

As Horn would say, it’s like someone castrated themselves but didn’t practice the sunflower manual.

If nothing changed, then what was the point of the Royal Court’s uproar?

"But they don’t have anywhere else to attack," André thought for a long time but still couldn’t figure it out, "Could it be an attack on Immortal Stone Field?"

Attacking Immortal Stone Field theoretically could be a path, but none of the generals present believed it was correct.

It’s important to know that to the south lies the Central Battle Army and the assisting Falan troops, to the north is the four major armies, and they are obstacles the Royal Court can’t bypass.

Even if they attack Immortal Stone Field and enter Fishing City, what then?

Indeed, it cuts off north-south communication, but the problem is that the north and south are essentially two separate logistic systems.

The south not only has the Nao’an River artery, even if the Royal Court cuts off the Seine River, the Norn people would still supply the north.

Given the Holy Alliance’s engineering capabilities, building a temporary canal is not difficult.

In terms of command issues, the Holy Alliance has army-level units where command is independent, and the army composition is integrated.

Even if communication is cut, the signal towers can fully compensate.

If they attack Immortal Stone Field, it means plunging into an even bigger trap than Golden Soup Castle.

Because this action by the Royal Court and bypassing fortresses to hit the enemy’s center is essentially the same, once the retreat route is cut off, everything is ruined.

Even if the Royal Court wants to perish and fight Saint Alliance, the premise must be that they are the victors.

The prerequisite for defeating the Holy Alliance is the Royal Court must still withdraw from the Eastern Continent, undermining their rule, which from a game theory perspective is impossible.

How much animosity does Serafe have towards the Holy Alliance, abandoning acquired interests just to explode with the Holy Alliance?

What kind of spirit is this?

Even Prince Kongdai resurrected wouldn’t make such a decision, right?

From the Holy Mechanism Court’s deployment, they also believe the Royal Court cannot attack Immortal Stone Field, otherwise, why would the Eastern Battle Army be moved north?

"Jeska Commander, what’s your view?" Dass turned to Jeska, "I can’t think of how the Royal Court could attack."

"Neither can I, and that’s what’s most puzzling. We can only keep ourselves on high alert, ready to respond." Jeska couldn’t figure it out either, but he had no choice.

In this eerie atmosphere, the three army commanders returned to their respective command centers.

As Jeska suspected, shortly after their small meeting ended, a piece of urgent news reached them.

Upon seeing the message’s content, although not in the same place or time, it prompted nearly identical expressions and reactions from the three.

Has the Royal Court gone mad?

The attack on Golden Soup Castle was merely a feint; they really advanced north from Dawn Island, thrusting into Immortal Stone Field along three routes.