Unknown Knight

The chaos in the surrounding countries soon became difficult to control, and the kings of the Kingdom of Swadia, the Khergit Khanate, and the Kingdom of Rhodok had no choice but to agree by letter to hold a secret meeting in the city of Viruga.

Soon, under the threat of a common enemy, the kings of the three kingdoms put aside their guard and prejudices and gathered in Viruga City. During the secret talks, the three kings reached a consensus:

The current chaos in the Three Kingdoms was caused by the "troublemaker" Aix. His series of actions not only led to chaos in various countries, but also endangered the rule of monarchs and nobles of various countries. He is the public enemy of all nobles.

With this consensus, the three kings and the great nobles who attended the talks with them jointly signed a secret agreement, which stipulated that the three countries would jointly send troops to attack the Kingdom of Vigia under the regent of Aix one month after the end of the talks.

Originally they wanted to gather their armies together to launch an attack, but they had a dispute over who would lead the coalition forces of the three kingdoms. After the dispute, the three kings had to compromise and only agreed on the time and specific area of ​​the attack, and everyone fought on their own.

This was also a last resort. The kings and nobles of the three kingdoms were well aware that they were doomed to conflict with each other. If they were to force such an army together, they might become chaotic before the battle even started and might be defeated by Aix in one fell swoop.

It would be better to agree on a time and then send out troops separately. This way, everyone can divide the cake in advance, and there will be no conflicts due to uneven distribution after victory.

In this secret agreement, the three countries made detailed divisions of attack directions and areas:

The Kingdom of Swadia attacked from the west, first recovering the territory of Talboria which originally belonged to the Kingdom of Swadia, and then sent troops to attack the city of Kuraw, occupying the city of Kuraw and its surrounding areas.

The Khugit Khanate attacked from the east, first recaptured the Sajchi Fortress which originally belonged to the Khugit Khanate, and then attacked the city of Kudan, occupying the area around the city of Kudan and Tangquan Fortress.

As for the Rhodok Kingdom, although it had no direct territorial disputes with the Vigia Kingdom, they were actually the most hurt by Aix's business practices as a commercial country, and they were also the most willing to send troops. They were responsible for the southern route, sending troops from the middle to directly attack the Vigia Kingdom's Rivadin City and its surrounding areas.

The three kingdoms divided up three of the four cities that originally belonged to the Kingdom of Vaegir, leaving only one city, Vaicherze. They were quite righteous and planned to force Aix and Queen Isabella to divorce after their victory, and then let the Kingdom of Vaegir hand over Aix in exchange for the three kingdoms retaining Vaicherze to continue the dynasty for Queen Isabella.

However, their idea was beautiful, but they chose the wrong opponent. As early as when they secretly gathered in the city of Viruga for a secret meeting, Aix had already received the news through intelligence. Although he did not know the specific content of their secret meeting, he knew without thinking that it was definitely aimed at him.

Originally, Aix had the idea of ​​unifying the continent, but he always liked to be passive, so he was very conservative in his actions. He would not act rashly without absolute strength. Lao Liu's character made him want to take advantage of conflicts among countries and take advantage of them.

In addition, they are trying their best to accumulate strength, and when their own strength reaches an absolute crushing level, they will sweep across the countries with a crushing momentum. This means that if there is no pretext for foreign wars, Aix will basically not easily launch a war of expansion.

However, this does not mean that Aix dare not start a war with other countries. Over the years, Aix has fought many battles, big and small, and has already known the nature of the armies of other countries. In addition to the intelligence collected from other countries, he is now very clear about the approximate strength of the countries on the continent and is not afraid of them launching an attack together.

The reason why he did not launch a war of unification was simply because he valued his military and civilian manpower and wanted to be stronger. It would be best if he had an iterative advantage before launching a war of unification. This would result in fewer deaths of soldiers and less waste of the people's blood and sweat.

Therefore, Aix is ​​not only not afraid now, but also has some expectations. Since it cannot be avoided sooner or later, they want to set off early, and Aix does not mind giving them a ride.

Soon, Prince Aix, who was in the city of Rivadin, received a diplomatic note from the Kingdom of Swadia, demanding that Aix return the Tarboliya territory that originally belonged to the Kingdom of Swadia to them, and threatening that if it was not returned, the kingdom would send troops to take it back.

Then the Khergit Khanate also sent a diplomatic note, saying that they had discovered that the actual occupier of Sajci Fort was not Tojunayan, but Prince Aix. Saiga Khan demanded that Aix hand over the control of Sajci Fort as soon as possible, otherwise he would bear the consequences.

Seeing that he had received two diplomatic notes in succession, Aix could not help but sneer. It was obvious that the other party had wolfish ambitions and wanted to covet others, but he had to make it sound righteous and have a legitimate reason. It was obvious that he had no confidence and was cowardly before the war even started.

However, this was clearly a sign of action. Aix was well aware of the principle of a lion attacking a rabbit. Even if the enemy was no match, he had to fight with all his strength. Moreover, this time it was three companies attacking his one, so he could not afford to be negligent or slack.

Immediately, Aix ordered his subordinates to send more intelligence personnel to these three countries, so as to seize the initiative and understand the enemy's movements as soon as possible.

Within a few days of receiving the note, Aix received relevant intelligence. This was also thanks to the hunting falcons that had been continuously bred over the years. Under his instructions and attention, the territory's intelligence agencies and the Institute of Biology, after many generations of screening and iteration, finally bred relatively stable hunting falcons.

This newly bred hunting falcon is smaller in size, has a small appetite, and has a strong ability to recognize roads. Although it is still somewhat different from the homing pigeons that Aix had in mind, and occasionally runs on the wrong route and returns to the wild, it can basically complete the task of transmitting intelligence.

With this powerful weapon, just as the three kings convened the nobles for a pre-war banquet, Aix had already received the news. However, what he did not expect was that the first to assemble troops was not the Kingdom of Swadia and the Khergit Khanate that sent him diplomatic notes, but the Rhodok Kingdom, which reacted the most low-key.

It seems that the previous discussions among the three kings have achieved good results, allowing them to reach a high degree of consensus on action. King Gryphus of the Rhodok Kingdom should have assembled his troops in advance in order to catch up with the scheduled appointment. Among the three kingdoms, only the Rhodok Kingdom's troops lacked cavalry units, and the marching speed was relatively slow, so King Gryphus took action in advance.

Soon after, the Kingdom of Swadia and the Khergit Khanate also took action. As their actions became more and more frequent and the intelligence they sent back became more and more detailed, Aix gradually figured out the general attack direction of the three countries.