The Lord Of Blood Hill

Chapter 568: Justice Army

Prince Kullen frowns. "How do you know Ogiro will definitely attack Lumir?"Henwell takes a sip of wine. "That is my secret. In short, you do not have much time. I will wait ten days at most."

"If you still have not made a decision after the autumn harvest, I will take it as you withdrawing from this feast."

"By then, Ogiro will no longer continue attacking me. Instead, it will transfer troops to attack Lumir."

"The five full-strength legions I deployed on Peace Haven's eastern front will be moved to the western front."

"You will face nearly ten of my legions. If you want to tear open the defense line here, your country will need to mobilize thirty legions."

"And at that time, in the feast that is Lumir, you will not even get a sip of the soup."

"More importantly, Your Highness, you will have lost soldiers and generals at my hands without gaining a single benefit."

"Then, in the end, you will miss the future opportunity to swallow Lumir. For you, that will be a massive political disaster."

Prince Kullen does not agree immediately. He says he cannot make the decision and that the Golden Capital must make up its mind.

Henwell is not bluffing him. Ogiro truly is about to attack Lumir.

As for why, that has to be explained from before the war began.

With Henwell's support and the cooperation of Lumir's second prince, large quantities of military supplies were sent into the rebel forces inside Ogiro.

Elia had already infiltrated Ogiro before the war began.

Under the arrangement of Blood Fox Meredith, deputy head of the Military Intelligence Office, he smoothly joined the rebels under the King of Justice.

The identity Meredith prepared for Elia long ago was that of the elder brother of the King of Justice's beloved concubine.

Meredith had managed this identity for a long time, only activating it now.

Naturally, that beloved concubine of the King of Justice was also a spy trained by Meredith.

Howell had killed this young woman's entire family. Meredith found her when she was full of rage and thirsting for revenge, then began training her.

She was taught how to hide hatred, how to please men, and how to extract intelligence.

After that, through a series of maneuvers, Meredith helped this woman rise step by step until she became Howell's favorite.

Are there talented people in this rebel army?

Of course there are. With a large enough base, some people with unusual talent will always appear.

In addition, multiple sides secretly support the rebel army, so a number of capable people have indeed emerged here.

Of course, a considerable portion of them are moles planted by various sides.

Among these moles, Peace Haven's are the most professional, with the most complete cover identities, ones that can withstand investigation.

Ever since the King of Justice raised his army and gained momentum, Peace Haven began planting moles inside the uprising army, which has now been renamed the Justice Army.

On the military side alone, among the forty thousand soldiers of the Justice Army, the most elite five thousand are secretly controlled by Peace Haven.

As for the administrative side, without Peace Haven's secret support and planning, it would have collapsed long ago.

The beloved mistress of the King of Justice publicly claims to come from a noble family.

Correspondingly, Elia's identity is also that of a knight who once served as an officer in the kingdom's army.

Howell, the King of Justice, tried more than once to have his lover pull this 'brother-in-law' in, but she sternly refused every time.

When the war in Peace Haven was about to begin, Howell's chief adviser suggested that the King of Justice should take the opportunity to expand his territory.

His subordinates all echoed the suggestion, and the Justice Army began to make moves.

This immediately alerted Ogiro. Two standing legions were transferred over to prevent this fellow from causing trouble.

After that, the advisers created a counterintelligence scheme, forcing the King of Justice's 'brother-in-law' to join them.

When Elia arrived, the King of Justice personally hosted a banquet for him to show how much he valued talent.

During the banquet, Elia's expression is filled with anger the entire time.

That actually reassures everyone. After all, anyone forced from noble status into banditry, from a respected knight into a wanted rebel of the kingdom, would not look pleased.

They did not know that from the very beginning, this had been a setup.

Elia was appointed as a thousand-man commander in the Justice Army. Then, through a beautiful battle and a large amount of bribery in gold, silver, and jewels, he persuaded the King of Justice to grant him a region.

After that, large numbers of Peace Haven elites began joining Elia's command through various methods.

Before the war began, Elia had already gathered five thousand troops. All the people originally left behind by the King of Justice had been removed.

It was not that Ogiro failed to notice the King of Justice's situation. To prevent this fellow from dragging them down, they had made certain preparations.

Militarily, they had two standing legions, one garrison legion, and the surrounding noble forces.

In Ogiro's view, without support from Peace Haven, which could barely protect itself, this rebel army was not worth mentioning.

As for Lumir, once the three sides decided to jointly attack Peace Haven, Lumir withdrew its support for the Justice Army.

It even sold out the Justice Army, handing Ogiro quite a bit of important intelligence.

This made the decision-makers of the Ogiro Kingdom in Diversion Bay even more confident. They did not take the King of Justice seriously at all.

However, given the current situation, Ogiro, acting on the principle that it was best not to fight at home if possible, gave the King of Justice a chance to live.

Diversion Bay's envoy offered the King of Justice terms for surrender.

The kingdom could ennoble Howell, but only as a pitiful honorary lord, lower even than a knight without hereditary territory.

In Diversion Bay's eyes, this was already the greatest concession. If they did not need to focus on dealing with Henwell right now, they would never offer amnesty and incorporation in the first place.

One must understand that in this world, no one has ever shouted, 'Are kings and nobles born to rule?'

Here, kings, nobles, ministers, and generals are born as what they are.

No country can tolerate mud-legged rebellion and uprising, much less offer such people amnesty and incorporation.

Once rebels are incorporated and granted noble status, it first denies the inherent nobility of the noble class.

Second, more and more rebels will imitate them later.

This precedent cannot be allowed.

Even the title of honorary lord is something Diversion Bay does not truly want to give.

As soon as the King of Justice disbands his army and prepares to surrender, he will be executed immediately.

But what Diversion Bay offers clearly cannot satisfy the ambition Howell has been fed.

In his view, he is the same as the lord of Blood Hill in Peace Haven. Both have territory and armies. Even their names are strikingly similar.

Henwell was recruited with the position of duke, and that was only because Henwell is young and personally strong.

If Ogiro wants to recruit Howell, then at the very least, it should offer him the position of count with hereditary land.

Now they want to dismiss him with the title of honorary lord. That is naked humiliation.

So Howell shows no mercy. He kills the envoy and throws the man's head into the kingdom army's territory.

After that, the decision-makers in Diversion Bay fly into a rage and immediately order the army to begin a punitive assault.