Isabel did not actually change the direction of the wind. She just used fairy magic to summon the wind spirit and push the sail forward.
After summoning the wind spirit, you no longer need to consume magic power. In fact, the consumption is not large. It cannot be used as attack magic, but is used for navigation magic.
With the blessing of the wind, they arrived at the port near the imperial capital in almost no time.
Then, they got on Mafia's carriage at the port and rode for almost a whole day before arriving at the imperial capital.
The moment he stepped on the bluestone-paved streets of the imperial capital, Arthur was much less energetic than when he was in Sashili, and his face was full of exhaustion.
It seemed that it had rained not long ago in the imperial capital. The stone bricks on the ground were soaked with rainwater. There was a faint chill in the mist. The clouds in the sky were gloomy all year round because of the soot emitted. However, the coal smoke in the air The smell of smoke is lighter.
He looked at Isabel in his arms and smiled bitterly.
"Isabel, I'm already thinking about the castle.
If there is a castle, we can reach the imperial capital in one step.
It's a pity that I was too anxious when I came out before, otherwise I would have definitely brought the Thousand Miles Flying Boots with me. "
"You should make a few for yourself," Isabel said.
At this time, Dan also walked out of the alleyway on one side.
"Consultant, we have contacted the local Mafia, and they have arranged accommodation."
The advisor was speaking of Arthur, his position within the Valentine family.
But to be precise, his full name is "Outside Consultant", which means that since he is a member of the Valentine family, he is not a member of the Valentine family.
In normal times, he is an irrelevant person, but when the family encounters extraordinary times, he can exercise authority second only to the leader.
Isabel raised her eyebrows and looked at Dan, "Do you have power in the imperial capital?"
"Yes." Dan nodded, "The Imperial Capital is our most important trade export point, so there must be some people there, but most of them are responsible for business in the commercial and trade direction. We have always kept a low profile in the Imperial Capital. "
"Your leader is quite smart." Isabel whispered.
After a pause, she said, "Just find a place to live. Next, if you don't want to get into trouble, just leave first.
We have real estate in the imperial capital. "
Dan was silent for a moment and said, "The godfather asked me to obey your orders, but if you are in trouble, you can come to me at any time.
We are at 123b Cole Street, where we still have some self-protection power. "
Isabel's eyelids narrowed slightly, "You should reserve your self-protection power for self-protection. There is no way for you to participate in this kind of thing."
"What are you going to do?" Dan couldn't help but ask.
Isabel looked into the distance and murmured softly, "Go and recover some family property."
Dan frowned slightly, but seeing that Isabel didn't want to say anything, he didn't ask any more, but turned to Dan and Arthur and turned around to leave.
At least, what he knew was that both Arthur and Isabel had special abilities.
If even the two of them can't solve the problem, it will indeed be impossible for Mafia who remains in the imperial capital to face it.
Arthur and Isabel did not stay here too long, but went to Berry Street where the bar used to be.
They wanted to find the entrance to the bar, but apparently Char blocked it with magic. In the past, Arthur and Isabel could directly break through the blockade and get in through the pillars, but now they probably can't get in even if they break through the wall. go.
Although he was well prepared, Arthur still felt a little down.
"He is very hard-hearted," said Isabel.
"I know, the teacher is doing it for my own good." Arthur murmured softly, "Next, shall we go to Baal Cathedral?"
"Go directly," Isabel said, "don't waste time."
Arthur nodded, but just as he was about to go to the church, a very noisy sound suddenly came from the distant street.
There were a few people running around the corner of the street, but then there were more and more people.
People were running in the streets in fear, screaming and crying one after another. Some people even carried large and small bags on their backs and ran towards the outside of the city.
On the street, many people brought their own carriages and threw their luggage on them.
Arthur frowned, and he reached out and grabbed the arm of a fleeing man.
"What's wrong?"
"Coming in, the army of West France is coming!"
"What?" Isabel opened her eyes suddenly, "How could Romy Town be lost!"
The man obviously didn't want to answer, but immediately broke away from Arthur's hand and ran towards the outside of the city.
At this time, Dan ran out of an unknown alley. His eyes searched anxiously among the surging crowd, and he soon found Arthur and Isabel.
He stepped forward quickly and said with a bloodless face, "Advisor, our people have received news that the West French army broke through the defense line and entered the town of Romil."
"Calm down first," Arthur said, "What's going on?"
"I'm not sure either." Dan said in a low voice, "I heard that the intelligence came from someone on the front line. He rode a horse all night to the imperial capital, and the person who told the intelligence died after telling him the information."
"But how could a place like Romir Town be lost?" Arthur was a little unbelievable.
Romir Town is the town that Alicia passed through when she went to the snowfield after becoming an old man.
There are two mountain ranges there, which are important barriers for Britannia to defend against European enemies. There is only one way out between the mountains, which is very narrow and almost as dangerous as the fjords of Sassili.
As long as there are enough troops and resources to support it, and as long as the general has a little bit of brains, it is impossible to lose.
Of course, once it falls, the army only needs to march over a hundred kilometers of plains to directly attack the imperial capital.
In recent years, the imperial capital has expanded rapidly. The city walls have either been demolished, or most of the residential areas have been built outside the city walls. In other words, those two mountain ranges are the imperial capital walls.
But now, the wall has been breached.
"Where are the Royal Celtic Cavalry?" Isabel asked with a frown, "Where are the Celtic Cavalry stationed in the royal capital?"
"I'm not sure about this, but" Dan paused, "I don't think it can be defended just by relying on the Royal Celtic Cavalry. Without the barrier of the Maria Mountains, and the imperial capital has no city walls, then The army will probably start street fighting, that's when."
Dan fell silent.
"How could it be lost there?"
Isabel frowned, but suddenly, she seemed to have thought of something, and her face darkened almost visibly.
"Damn it, you bastard!"
Arthur looked at Isabel with some confusion, "What's wrong?"
"This is a trap, a trap with the imperial capital as bait." Isabel said gloomily.
Arthur thought for a moment and whispered softly.
“When all the armies from West France come in, they will cut off the entrance to the mountains and cut off their retreat route. Maybe they can eat this main army.
But will the army of West France really take the bait? "
"With such a big bait in the Imperial City, anyone would lose their mind." Isabel murmured in a low voice, "Besides, who would have thought that someone would use the Imperial Capital as bait?"
"Yes." Arthur said doubtfully, "Why would the commander do this?"
“Using the Imperial Capital as bait, if anything happens to the Imperial Capital, it will definitely be a major blow that will severely damage Britannia’s vitality.
Is he really so confident that this plan will succeed?
Even if they successfully block the entrance again, what will happen if the West French army that has entered the plain joins forces with outside forces to attack them?
The difficulty of defending Romil Town will increase exponentially, even with support.
Using the imperial capital as bait would be too much of a sunk cost. "
"Perhaps, in his eyes, the imperial capital is no longer so important." Isabel murmured softly, and he remembered what Xia Ya and Alicia had seen in the south.
If Victor's real purpose is to build a new country in the south, then the imperial capital is not that important to him, but it is a very tempting bait for the enemy.
If he could use this to relieve the pressure from the West French Empire, then he would be able to mobilize all his forces to deal with the Spanish Empire and completely end this war on the land of Britannia.
And if he was allowed to end this war, his achievements would be enough to offset the disadvantages in the defense of the imperial capital, and even increase his prestige.
Of course, if the destined emperor appeared before he ended the war and successfully ended the war, it would be another outcome.
War is the fastest and easiest way to gain merit. Without war, the destined emperor would not be able to gain prestige quickly.
Victor was obviously aware of this, so he chose the risky and radical method of using the imperial capital as bait to speed up the progress of the war.
Now this war has gradually become anxious, and both the other side and Britannia urgently need to seek changes.
Victor's move was actually the common expectation of Britannia and West France.
However, who gets the benefit in the end depends on the outcome of the battle.
"There are more than one million people in the imperial capital!" Arthur said in disbelief, "So many people, just give up like that?"
"For power, there is nothing he can't give up." Isabel's eyes were also filled with chills.
"Most of the nobles in Britannia are in the imperial capital!" Arthur said, "Isn't he afraid of provoking these nobles?"
"About a week ago," Dan's voice came from one side, "Regent Victor held his daughter's eighteenth-year-old coming-of-age ceremony at the Burminck Castle, a hundred kilometers away from the imperial capital.
Many nobles were invited to participate, and most of the nobles from Victor's family left the imperial capital.
Some of his opponents felt that war should not be so extravagant and wasteful, so they stayed in the imperial capital.
so."
"Those who stay here are all Victor's opponents." Isabel said with a gloomy expression.
Dan said from one side, "Advisor, the carriage is ready, let's get out of here as soon as possible."
Arthur said nothing. He looked at the flow of people that was gradually surging and even gradually blocking the street.
Behind the imperial capital is a vast plain. There are at least bunkers hidden in the imperial capital. If they escape through the plain, the cavalry of West France can easily catch up.
However, if you stay in the imperial capital, you are basically waiting to die.
In a war of aggression like this, once the invaders invade the imperial capital, they will definitely burn, kill, and loot.
"Isabel." Arthur said with his back to her, "Since that person's purpose is to lure the enemy deep, then cut off the entrance to the Maria Mountains and annihilate all the enemies entering the plains.
His ultimate goal is not to destroy the imperial capital.
So, we just need to hold on to the imperial capital and delay for some time, right? "
"Theoretically, that's the case." Isabel nodded, "However, the guards in the imperial capital should be very limited.
Three years ago, I learned about these things.
Our main enemy is the Spanish Empire, and all military deployments are for the purpose of defending the Spanish Empire.
Most of the main force is in the south.
The imperial capital in the north focuses on defense. Due to the existence of the Maria Mountains, there are not many military deployments.
In order to ensure that the entrance to the Maria Mountains can be cut off, Victor should have hidden most of the main force he could bring around there.
Although the Royal Celtic Knights are elite, their number is too small, and the nearby garrison is not enough.
However, these limited troops faced the main force of the West French army.
I conservatively estimate that the number of the West French army is at least ten times that of the imperial garrison!
The imperial capital does not have large city walls, so there is a high probability of street fighting, and the combat effectiveness of Britannia's cavalry will be greatly weakened in street fighting.
It is extremely difficult to defend the imperial capital. "
She looked at Arthur and said solemnly, "Maybe we should choose a more rational method."
Arthur fell silent. He stood there and looked at the people around him.
People's panicked shouts and cries were like rough waves on the sea, roaring one after another, impacting the dam deep in his soul.
He pursed his lips and said in a low voice.
"This isn't the first time I've heard these sounds, Isabelle.
Just a few years ago, in Eagle Point.
It was an extremely horrific purgatory.
From that day on, I told Char.
I want to change all this, I want this kind of thing never to happen anywhere in this land.
Three years ago, I had no power and could not change anything.
But now, I am different, I am stronger and I know better what I want to do. "
Isabel was silent for a moment and said, "But the enemies you have to face may be tens of thousands."
"Then I will fight one against ten thousand."
Isabel raised her eyes and stared at Arthur, her eyes flowing as she looked at the young man she had only known not long ago to be her biological brother.
In her eyes, Arthur is actually still a child who has not grown up.
This is also the reason why she followed Arthur back to the imperial capital.
She didn't feel comfortable handing Brittania over to him.
But now, Isabel felt that she saw in Arthur what an emperor should have.
Isabel suddenly remembered Char's evaluation of Napoleon's performance at the Battle of Wagram a few years ago.
Like Napoleon, Arthur at this moment is neither a reckless man nor a deranged desperado.
On the contrary, he is very sensible.
He knew how powerful his enemy was, and he knew he was in danger.
But even so, he still did not retreat.
To protect what you should protect.
Implement the beliefs you should implement.
Face your enemies with dignity and dignity.
And looking forward to defeating them.
This is the courage to be a king.
(End of chapter)
