Chapter 1345: Accepting a Mission in a Time of Crisis

The general who was pardoned by Queen Bella was Roger de Sanchez.

8 years ago, it was Roger who led Gilles, Eugene and others to fight against the Eastern Route Army of the Britannia Army led by Su Cheng, who was only a double oak knight at the time.

In that battle, Roger and Eugene worked together to defend Mayne City, and once stopped Su Cheng's 40,000 Eastern Route Army, making it impossible for Su Cheng to lead the Eastern Route Army to support the Feihai Plain battlefield.

If Roger and Eugene could really stop Su Cheng outside Mayne City, then the battle 8 years ago might have been a victory for their Rolin Empire.

It's a pity that they failed to stop Su Cheng.

Su Cheng led the Eastern Route Army to bypass Mayne City through the mountain road and arrived at the Feihai Plain battlefield in time, causing their Rolin Army to fail.

Roger was one of Barr's confidants and also participated in Barr's uprising.

In the end, he was arrested and thrown into prison along with Barr and others.

The reason why Roger was able to get the chance to be pardoned and released from prison was because the power of the family behind him was too strong.

Roger was a close confidant of Barr... no, it should be said that he was the person with the most superior family background in Barr's entire small group.

He was the heir of the current Duke of Valoya.

The Duke of Valoya was one of the few nobles in the Rollin Empire who had a large fiefdom.

And Roger was also the eldest son of the current Duke of Valoya.

After learning that his eldest son had followed Barr and others to launch a "rebellion" and was thrown into prison, the Duke of Valoya immediately used his family power to find ways to get his eldest son out of prison.

If Roger had only committed an ordinary minor crime, the central government of the Rollin Empire would really make a big deal out of a small matter for the Duke of Valoya's sake.

But Roger committed a serious crime.

The crime Roger committed was one of the most serious crimes - rebellion.

Committing such a heinous crime, only being thrown into prison without being sentenced to death is already a very merciful and gentle punishment.

If he is released from prison, it would be really unreasonable.

Duke Valois spared no effort to get his eldest son out of prison.

The central government of the Rollin Empire did not give in.

This long tug-of-war lasted for nearly 2 years.

And this invisible war that lasted for 2 years has finally come to an end.

The Rollin Empire is currently on the verge of national extinction and is in urgent need of people.

Pardoning Roger and asking him to assist Denis in defending Orleans can not only alleviate the crisis of no one available in the Rollin Empire, but also give Duke Valois a face and end this long tug-of-war that has lasted for 2 years - it can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

Although this pardon for Roger is conditional - Roger, who is pardoned and released from prison, must work together with Denis to defend Orleans and defend Orleans.

In fact, Duke Valois is no longer very willing to let his eldest son go to war.

Especially in this kind of battle where the gap between the enemy and our combat power is huge.

Although Duke Valois doesn't know much about military affairs, he knows how to count.

The three armies rushing towards Orleans have a total of 150,000 troops.

After the reinforcements were sent, the defenders of Orleans were only a little over 20,000.

20,000 vs. 150,000 - it's clear who has the advantage.

But Duke Valois couldn't be so shameless as to ask Queen Bella not to let Roger go to the Orleans battlefield.

Roger committed a heinous crime of treason, and Queen Bella only put him in jail. Now she has pardoned him, which is a great gift from heaven.

If he was so shameless as to ask Queen Bella not to let Roger go to Orleans, it would be that Duke Valois didn't know how to appreciate it.

After being in prison for nearly two years, Roger had just come out of prison. Before he had time to breathe a few breaths of free air, he immediately put on the long-lost armor that he had not worn for two years, and led 20,000 elite soldiers north to Orleans with Denis.

The 20,000 elite soldiers he and Denis led were all guards who were originally responsible for guarding Tuli and protecting the emperor, and were always led by the emperor himself.

The original total strength of the guards was nearly 100,000.

Because the national strength of the Rolin Empire has declined year by year in the past few years.

In order to reduce treasury expenditures, the guards, which originally had 100,000 troops, now have only 80,000.

At the moment when the northern border army was completely annihilated, the 80,000 guards responsible for guarding Tuli have become the only remaining combat power of the Rolin Empire...

Queen Bella had never given the military power of the guards to anyone before.

But at this time, she handed over a quarter of the guards' strength - 20,000 elite soldiers of the guards to Denis and Roger.

It is enough to see from this that even the incompetent Queen Bella has keenly seen that they are now in danger of losing their country.

This is a sense of crisis that Queen Bella has never experienced before...

Not wanting to lose her country or the crown on her head - under the pressure of this unprecedented sense of crisis, Queen Bella has gradually begun to do some bold and wise things...

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From Tuli to Orleans, it only takes 5 days to march at a normal speed.

As the army continued to move north and the distance between them and Orleans continued to narrow, Denis and Roger saw more and more refugees fleeing south along the way.

These refugees either came from the completely lost north, or from Denis and his destination - Orleans.

In order to escape the war, these poor civilians became refugees, fleeing with their families.

20,000 elite soldiers were arranged in four columns under Deni's command.

They headed north, heading for the battlefield that was about to become a meat grinder.

The refugees headed south, fleeing the horrific war.

Refugees kept passing by the soldiers.

Looking at these frightened refugees, many soldiers looked heavy.

The atmosphere in the queue became more and more solemn...

Roche was the first to notice this change in the army, so he said to Deni in a deep voice:

"Commander, this is not good... The morale of the troops was not high to begin with."

"Now it seems to be even lower."

"We are about to arrive in Orleans. If we let the morale drop like this, we will not be able to defend Orleans."

The northern defense line collapsed, the northern border army was annihilated, all the territory north of Orleans was lost, there has been no victory report since the war began, and the Britannia Army is invincible... These news continued to reach Tuli.

Although the guards responsible for protecting Tuli were all elite soldiers selected from a hundred, it would be strange if they did not feel frustrated after hearing these worse news...

Emotions are contagious.

The refugees with panicked expressions kept passing by them.

Their panic and fear were also constantly transmitted to the soldiers of Deni's army.

It didn't take long for the refugees' panic to spread to most of the army, causing the already low morale and fighting spirit to drop even further...