Chapter 399: Nothing can be done

Chapter 399: Nothing can be done

For Duke Norma, the question of surrender or not is just a small episode worth noting. Although Yuneruo felt a little uneasy whenever he wanted to get up and commit suicide by jumping off a cliff with serious injuries, but this kind of unease did not affect his handling of government affairs.

For him now, the biggest problem is how to deal with the Thracian army.

There is little hope of relying on the Norma line of defense to block the Thracian army's attack like last time. After more than a year of war, the Norma line of defense has long been riddled with holes. What's worse, he can't come up with a strong army now to resist the Thracians.

Mo Lai is not a military power, and more than a year of war has consumed a lot of their war potential. After the last defeat, the various lords were not optimistic about this Norma battle, and there were few who were willing to send troops to support them. Even the other dukes were not optimistic about this battle. More than one contacted privately. Duke Norma, advise him to retreat as soon as possible, not to lose too much manpower and material resources in the Norma area, which has no great defense.

Duke Norma of course knew that he couldn't keep it, but he had to keep it, or at least for a while.

In the last Norma battle, he fought for fifteen months before and after, and even if he can't last that long this time, he should at least persist for five or six months.

And it's already late September, and it's almost October. As long as you stick to it for a few more months, when winter comes, you can follow the practice of last winter and put ice armor on the defense line. I believe that the Thracians will never want to use their lives to fight against the fortress covered with ice armor.

In this way, he should be able to last until February and March next year, nearly half a year.

This is what Duke Norma thought about it. He planned to stick to the Norma line of defense for half a year before retreating.

Of course, the preparations for retreat must be made first. In case of an accident, it is also necessary to respond in time to avoid any leaks.

But all calculations are based on a premise-he must be able to hold on during the current period, in the months from autumn to winter.

In this regard, Duke Norma really has no confidence.

That's why when Duke Alanz proposed a duel before, he was vague, neither agreeing nor rejecting it.

His plan was this: if he was sure, he would win the war with a duel; if he was not sure, he could at least delay it for a while.

But it never occurred to him that Duke Elanz didn't intend to let him delay time.

After the military meeting, only two days later, the envoy of the Duke of Errantz came to visit him.

"Our duke is ready." The messenger was an earl named Otto Spinola, and the Spinola family was considered a famous Thracian family. Before the founding of Thrace, they belonged to the Alanz family. loyal supporter. Later, during the establishment of Thrace, the Erantz family became dukes, and there could only be two marquis places under their name.

From then to now, more than two hundred years have passed, and the Spinola family has always been only an earl, and has no intention of being promoted at all. But no one would doubt their status in Duke Alanz's heart - they are true friends and best friends, the kind who can entrust their lives on the battlefield and entrust their families when they have an accident.

The contemporary Count Spinola came to be the messenger, which really gave Duke Norma a lot of respect.

However, Duke Norma would rather he not give himself this face!

If the emissary's status is not high enough, he can still push three, block four and procrastinate, but in the face of Count Spinola, he is really embarrassed to play that kind of tricks - he can't play!

Don't look at him as a duke, the other side is an earl, but in terms of his status in the entire Western Continent, "Burning Steel" Otto Spinola will only be higher than him, a duke who can barely hold the title of "Scholar" many!

In this world, a person's prestige can be seen from his title. A person with high prestige must have a unique title of prestige, and a person without a title must have low prestige.

... Duke Norma has no title, or in other words, there is no such a powerful and domineering title that can make people impressive.

Of course, if he can win this battle again and defend Norma under the attack of Duke Ellands, then he will probably get a resounding title.

But this is obviously impossible.

So Duke Norma didn't mention a word about the war, just inquired about the duel.

"Who are you going to send for a duel?" he asked casually.

Count Spinola said solemnly: "Our Duke has proposed three plans. If you or a marquis of your subordinates goes to the duel, she will fight against her herself; if it is an earl of your subordinates or a noble of lower status. , then it's me; if it's some other help you've got, then it's Mr. Connery."

Duke Norma didn't consider the first two possibilities at all, and only thought of the third one.

"Mr. Connery?" he said to himself, "this name... how does it sound familiar..."

"Connery the Tomb Raider?" asked the Marquis of Trensou in surprise. "Is that the gentleman?"

Earl Spinola smiled: "It's better not to say this title, Mr. Connery has been washing his hands with gold for almost two hundred years."

The Duke of Norma and the Marquis of Trensou looked at each other, and their faces were a little ugly.

Tomb Raider Connelly is a famous legendary powerhouse in the Western Continent, and also a famous "legendary mercenary" - as long as the price is right, he is willing to help others. Over the years, he has been very active, more than once for the sake of The money has been sold.

Of course, Mo Lai Federation also thought about winning him over, but the former tomb robber said that he was like duckweed in the wind, and he was used to going with the flow and had no intention of settling down.

For Duke Norma, the bigger problem is... He originally planned to find this legendary powerhouse to "fight on his behalf".

He was silent for a long time, and then asked: "How many legendary powers are there in your army now?"

Count Spinola said with a smile: "There are not many, there are only four in total."

"Which four?" The Marquis of Trensou couldn't help asking.

Count Spinola said four names.

The faces of Duke Norma and Marquis of Trensou were even more ugly—the legendary powerhouse they wanted to recruit, or the legendary powerhouse they could use money to relate to, had already been recruited by Duke Alanz in advance.

"You dukes...you are so cautious!" Duke Norma sighed.

"It's not our Duke's request, it's our teacher's request." Count Spinola replied, "He wants us to find some legendary powerhouses to help, lest someone disturb him when he uses the legendary spell to move the mountain."

Legendary spells? ! Move mountains to make way? !

Duke Norma's face was pale, and the Marquis of Trensou was also full of panic.

They didn't even remember how Count Spinola was put off, there was confusion in his head, his heart seemed to be full of panic, but it seemed to be empty, and his stomach was full of discomfort, but he couldn't say anything.

After a long time, when the sky was getting dark, Duke Norma finally came back to his senses and sighed deeply.

"It can't be done!"