Chapter 846: Pot-Sharing Meeting
Lifting the tent curtain, Raffl walked in without any manners in front of the nobles sitting on velvet-cushioned chairs.

With a bang, the old knight angrily slammed the battle report on the table.

“The man ran away, so forget it.” Lavle pushed away the maid who came to help him take off his cloak. “The battle at Tinsmith Ferry actually caused the Holy Alliance army to sneak attack and retreat twenty miles?! Will there be a war?”

Laffer thought that these new nobles from Heshang Island would argue as usual.

But now, they sat obediently in their chairs, as if they couldn’t hear what Laffer said.

As if a blessing had come to him, Laffer suddenly raised his head and looked towards the end of the long table.

The originally empty main seat was now occupied by a young man wearing a mink scarf.

Compared to the Genegis that Laffer had seen before, this young man’s hair was much thinner.

“Your Majesty the King…”

Just as Lavle was about to kneel down to salute, he was interrupted by Jinigis: “Don’t practice this inappropriate etiquette. Tell me, what happened in this battle?”

The young king snapped his fingers and replaced a maid whose bones were not broken by the blow. She came up and carefully changed Lavle’s clothes.

“Laffer, please sit down.”

Raffl sat down hesitantly, and then Ginigis officially announced the start of the meeting.

There was no point in trying to conceal defeat in this battle, for Ginigis was at the front.

He could basically find out the specific situation by going to the camp and asking the low-level knights and junior sergeants.

According to the original plan, the Holy Alliance should only know that he had come with his vassal army, but not the actions of the border knights.

For they came in two directions, the Pope’s army marching from the Garden of Thorns, while they marched along the Nauan River.

The Thousand River Valley Holy Alliance launched an attack, which was just the right time to lure them into attacking.

Without the unobstructed waterway of the Nauan River, they would not be able to mobilize troops and move quickly.

Therefore, in the battle of Redwayne Manor, Lavel had to quickly attack the Wild Wolf Regiment and force the Chongxin Regiment to cross the river.

After that, the border knights would arrive and cut off the Tinsmith Ferry, thus directly encircling the thousands of elite troops in the valley.

Whether it was swallowing it in one bite or surrounding and attacking the reinforcements, for King Gigi, it was never such a wonderful start.

Unfortunately, he did not receive any cheers or applause.

First, there was an internal leak, which led to the Thousand Valley Holy Alliance giving early warning and starting an investigation into the number of Leias.

Then came the Battle of Redwine Manor, where 20,000 men fought against 5,000 men. Their morale was greatly reduced, making it difficult to pursue.

In the end, the nobles of Heshang Island disobeyed orders and, fearing that their credit would be robbed, directly attacked the Chongxin Regiment in Xijiangdu.

More than 20,000 attacked 5,000 people, and it was a surprise attack, but the result was still a defeat in the field battle and a confrontation across the river.

Afterwards, they were defeated by the combined Wild Wolf Regiment and the Chongxin Regiment with a casualty ratio of seven to one. How can this be explained?
“He doesn’t care about his face anymore!” As the maker of this battle plan, although the battle of Redwayne was delayed, he at least killed many people from Thousand River Valley along the way, causing a lot of casualties.

Leaking secrets and disobeying orders means completely turning a deaf ear to his words.

After listening to the reports of noble generals at all levels in full, Jinigis grasped the armrests of his chair.

His knuckles were pinched until they turned white.

The most wonderful start was gone, the Red Knight was captured, more than 70,000 gold pounds were deducted, and there was no result at all.

No matter how well-mannered King Gigi was, when he heard the news for the first time, he was so angry that he smashed his favorite porcelain cup.

The nobles were whispering to each other, and the hot-tempered nobles from Thorn Garden pointed at the nobles from Heshang Island and started cursing.

“I told you to wait for the people of Qianhe Valley to pass before attacking, why didn’t you do it?!”

“They are lingering at Tinsmith Ferry. I have reason to suspect that they have already known the news of the coming army. If we don’t hold them back, will they run away?” The nobles of Heshang Island are all capital lords who grew up in Changge City. Naturally, they are unwilling to suffer grievances.

Another Heshangyu noble said even more aggrievedly: “My army has clearly held back the Qianhe Valley Chongxin Army, why did you let the Wild Wolf Army out?”

“Stop talking nonsense!” Blacks, the representative of the Osla family, always speaks his mind. “The Wild Wolf Army retreated to join the Chongxin Army. Why did you stay at the Tinsmith Ferry instead of helping to intercept them?”

“Who would have thought that you couldn’t even stop 5,000 people!”

“Ha! Who could have imagined that you were repelled by 5,000 men at Tinsmith’s Crossing? Who could have imagined that you were repelled 20 miles by 10,000 people from the valley at Tinsmith’s Crossing?”

“In the final analysis, it’s still because the command is not smooth.” Lavle stood up, “I hope you can gather the command power and unify the actions, such as sending a royal messenger to supervise…”

“Then no need.”

“This defeat is not due to war.”

The two groups of nobles, who were about to come to blows just now, suddenly changed their expressions, joined hands and laughed.

The Duke of Omes, standing aside, looked at the noisy scene, glanced at the dull Genegis on the throne, and a scornful smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

“I think that this battle failed because of the information leak.” As soon as Duke Omes said this, the tent immediately became quiet.

As if to cooperate, a Heshang Island noble coughed and said, “Should we investigate who leaked the information?” “Let’s start with the church.”

“No, no, no, let’s investigate from the royal family.”

“No no no…”

As several royal nobles were struggling with the church, Genegis knocked on the table.

“Everyone, the leaker, I investigated it clearly on the way here.” Jinigis’ words were still calm, but those who knew him well could hear a hint of hidden anger.

After calling softly, a dozen nobles came in, escorting seven or eight people dressed as servants.

“For freedom! Long live the Holy Way! Ten thousand votes for the Holy Sun! You nobles who are possessed by the devil should all die!”

The usually docile maid now looks like a witch with her hair disheveled.

They were breathing heavily, which was different from the timid and numb state they had been in the past.

These leakers had marks from branding irons and whippings on their bodies, and several of their ten fingers were broken.

There was a light in their eyes that had never been seen before, a light that dared to look the nobles in the face, a light that dared not kneel before the king, a light that was blinding to all the nobles.

“Modors! You actually!” A noble from Heshang Island sat up straight and stood up.

No matter where they came from, these people were whispering to each other with ugly faces.

Obviously, these servants were personal servants they knew.

Several monks wearing sleeves with royal emblems handed copies of interrogation documents and evidence to the table.

“Damn it, who gave you your life? How dare you not kneel?” A knight flew into a rage after seeing the evidence that his own servant had leaked the secret.

He climbed over the long table and kicked one of the servants over.

The servant’s chest deformed, blood spurted out, and he fell to the ground.

The knight was about to kick again, but was stopped by a monk with his staff.

“Sir, are you trying to silence someone?”

The knight broke out in a cold sweat.

This is the most terrifying assassination and espionage organization under King Jinigis, and it is said to be modeled after the Thousand Silk Spider.

However, compared to the Thousand Silk Spiders, these monk spies prefer to create secrets rather than investigate the secrets of the nobles.

Kidnapping, stealing, poisoning… are commonplace for them.

With the support of the majority of imperial edicts and the protection of the Red Knights, these nobles had no choice but to swallow their anger.

It has to be said that, with the exception of the Norns, the three major powers east of the Dragonsleep Mountains all adopted spy politics.

The only difference is probably the degree.

The black-robed monk walked up to a noble steward and asked, “How much did the Cheka of the Thousand Valley Holy Alliance pay you to bribe you?”

“I won’t take a penny from them! Don’t use money to measure our holy souls!” The butler stiffened his neck and looked at Jinigis.

“Since I converted to the Holy Word, I have truly lived.”

“Myrcella is the god of the poor, the god of poverty, but you are the rich, the devil.”

“Kill me, you hypocrites will go to hell. I am a true believer with a clear conscience. I will go to Mount Bliss after I die.”

The other leakers behind him all echoed the message.

“The heresy of the Holy Way sect has finally spread to the territory of Leia.” Jinigis stood up and defined these leakers –

A foolish person who has been bribed and brainwashed by the heretics of the Holy Way.

“Wan Fang is wrong, it’s all my fault.” King Jinigis coughed, wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, and walked around the long table.

Seeing that the leak would affect themselves, these nobles all shut their mouths.

“I know that everyone has put in a lot of effort in this operation, but merits are merits and faults are faults. The main leaker has already appeared.”

Walking around the long table, the voice floated over the heads of many Leia nobles.

When Jinigis sat back on the main seat, he looked around and said, “Out of respect for the nobility, please tell us how to prevent this mistake from happening again.”

There was silence for a while. After a while, a noble from Heshang Island stood up as if he had eaten shit: “We swear to obey orders next time.”

“Is that enough?” asked Genegis.

The nobles looked at each other, and finally a Stonebreaker noble looked at Lavle: “Sir Knight Commander, how about you tell us more about the plan supervised by the royal courier?”

(End of this chapter)