"Hey! Your Highness, you may have just come from Hangu Town, so you don't know yet. Now Is has declared war on us Baisus. Their army has crossed the border to attack, and Linxi Town on the border has been lost. At present, many refugees are coming to Hetante County. Lord Rudendolf is afraid that there will be Is spies in it, so he asked us to close the city gate."

"What! Is declared war on us?" Jessica was stunned when she heard the news. Everyone around was stunned. Except for Roger, they were slightly better. Others, especially Adams and Singer, who had always thought Is impossible for attacking Baissos, felt it was even more incredible.

"Captain John, will the intelligence be wrong? He regards the Is bandits who invade our borders as Is' regular army? Edward, the king of Is, is our majesty's brother-in-law! Although Is and we, Baisus, have never formed an alliance, have always been friendly. When we had a war with Jepen, they secretly supported our supplies. How could they turn against each other all of a sudden?" Singer's first reaction was that the intelligence was wrong.

"My lord, the information is absolutely true! Because the border guard soldiers who were defeated on the front line took back the Issian army after capturing Linxi Town, they posted a declaration of war in the town. The declaration of war explained why they declared war on Baishos." Commander John quickly explained.

"Where is that announcement of war? I want to see!" Singh was anxious now. Before coming to Hangu Town, he knew that Jepeng had launched the most fierce attack in nearly twenty years, so the kingdom government transferred 100,000 Eastern Legions stationed on the Islamic border to the southern border for support. There were only more than 10,000 border defense forces on the eastern border of Baisos, as well as local armed forces such as the city guards and garrisons in various towns. Their combat effectiveness was very low. These troops were okay to maintain public order at ordinary times, and it was probably difficult for them to suppress bandits. Not to mention fighting with the regular troops of other countries. If you really fight, these troops would probably be defeated in the face of the enemy's main combat corps.

"The declaration of war was placed in the lord's mansion. Lord Rudendolf and Commander Seedorf were discussing how to defend the enemy at the lord's mansion." John replied.

"Commander John, then you can lead the way in front and take us to the city lord's mansion!" Adams was also anxious now.

"Okay! Please come down with me!" John immediately rode his horse and led everyone to the city lord's mansion.

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The lord's mansion in Hetante City is a four-story castle, covering an area of ​​about 200,000 square meters, and the city walls are very tall. They are located in the center of Hetante City, like a city in the city. There are many lawns and flowers planted around the castle, which looks very elegant and quiet.

However, Jessica and his group had already watched these scenery flawlessly. After they walked to the gate of the city lord's mansion, John stepped forward and said a few words to the guards at the door. The guards quickly knelt down on one knee to salute Jessica.

"No need to be polite! You guys quickly open the castle gate. I'm in a hurry to find Rudendolf now!" Jessica said anxiously.

The guards did not dare to neglect and quickly opened the castle gate, allowing Jessica and others to enter the city lord's mansion.

Not long after Jessica and others walked into the city lord's mansion, they heard a loud voice saying: "Your Highness, why don't you notify me in advance when you are here! Let's go out of the city to welcome you."

Jessica looked closely and saw that the speaker was a white-haired man in his sixties, wearing a noble dress. Although he was gray-haired, he was full of energy and his voice was full of energy, which was very different from the ordinary old nobles' frail and sickly image. Next to him was a middle-aged man in a well-tailed military uniform. When they saw Jessica coming, they both knelt down on one knee to salute.

According to the noble etiquette, Jessica should have reached out to let them kiss. However, Jessica is anxious now, so she didn't reach out to her. She said anxiously: "Mr. Rudendolf, the military situation is urgent, so we don't have to be polite to those red tape. What is the situation on the front line now? I just came from Hangu Town and don't know at all."

After hearing this, Ludendolf stood up and said calmly: "Your Highness, I was planning to send someone to Hangu Town to find you, but I didn't expect you, Your Highness, to come here in person. Let's go! Let's go into the house and talk!" After that, he made a "please" gesture to Jessica.

Jessica was not polite, and immediately took Roger, Adams, and Singer into the hall of the city lord's mansion. After Ludendolf ordered his servants to serve coffee to everyone, he pointed to the middle-aged man standing next to him and said, "Your Highness, this is Seedorf, the commander of the city guards of our Hetante City. Let him introduce the current situation of the battle to you!"

After hearing this, Jessica looked at Seidorf and saw that he was about forty years old, wearing a blue uniform often worn by officer Baissus. He was very tall and handsome, but his expression was very melancholy. He seemed to be worried about the current situation of the battle. After bowing to Jessica, Roger and others, he opened the curtain hanging on the wall of the hall, and saw a combat map with some blue and yellow circles and arrows on it.

"About five days ago, Is' army suddenly crossed the border and launched an attack on us. Because Is' attack was very sudden, the border guards on the border had been running for some time before, so they were completely unprepared. In addition, they were far inferior to the other side in terms of number and combat effectiveness. Therefore, under Is' fierce attack, they were quickly defeated. Is' army not only occupied Linxi Town, the command center of the border guards in the eastern region, but also occupied several nearby towns." Seidov said, pointing to a yellow circle on the map.

"Is' confidentiality work this time is very good, because they are also bandits in the border area, and we have always had a good relationship with them before, so we didn't pay attention to their increase in troops to the border area. After they launched the attack, we began to send people to reconnaise the intelligence of the Is' army. From the information we have heard so far, the force they put into the attack should be their Lightning Corps, with a total force of about 80,000. It is unknown whether they have any subsequent reinforcements. But it is difficult for us to withstand only these 80,000 troops." Speaking of this, Seedov smiled bitterly.

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