Chapter 487 First Meeting
"Today is my first meeting since I was crowned king. This time we are mainly discussing how to fight against the attack of the church next."
After the earl and legion commanders below were seated, Gervis looked at everyone and spoke slowly.
"According to the intelligence the Rangers have gathered these days, the Church will launch a general attack on us soon!"
After Gervis finished speaking, the earls below had no intention of speaking because they had already known about the situation a few days ago.
So, Gerviston paused and continued
"And this morning I received some bad news. The church was already very powerful, and now they have incorporated those captured soldiers into their army."
"There are at least 50,000 captured soldiers from the Principality of Jean and the Principality of Alban. This means that in the near future, we will have to face at least 70,000 troops from the Church!"
"Your Majesty, is this news reliable?"
Now, the people below were no longer calm. This was very bad news for them.
The original strength of the church was hard for them to cope with, and now the abandoned soldiers were included in the team, so the pressure on them was several times greater than before.
"The news is absolutely reliable. I have sent out five waves of rangers to investigate, and the results are all the same!"
"The church has gathered those captives and started building siege vehicles and catapults with their help!"
Gervais gave them a positive answer.
The earls below were all lost in thought.
Now the City of Glory is their last barrier. If they cannot keep the church out of the City of Glory, the entire continent will fall into the hands of the church.
"Your Majesty, we now have a total of 20,000 troops in the City of Glory. Although we have sufficient supplies, the strength of the church is very strong. I think we should gather troops from the territory and come to the City of Glory again."
At this time, the Earl of the Stanley family took the lead in proposing.
No one wants to be a puppet of the church, not to mention that they can no longer be accepted by the church, so no one wants the City of Glory to be conquered by the church at this time.
"Although this is the best solution at the moment, there is one thing I think you need to pay attention to!"
"Winter is just over a month away! We need to defend the City of Glory, but we also need to be on guard against the orcs in the territory."
"And I can tell you very clearly that the appearance of the orcs is closely related to the church. I am very worried that this time the orcs will not only be more numerous than before, but also may arrive earlier."
Sitting in the main seat, Gervis could see the worried expressions of all the earls.
At this moment, he also expressed what he was most worried about.
Although the nobles had some suspicions before, no one dared to truly conclude that the orcs were a conspiracy of the church, but Gervis was certain.
Although the church's main force was blocked by the City of Glory, there must be many hidden spies of the church in the Principality of Zeon.
Although the Principality of Jean had been searching for church personnel in the past few days, most of them were just ordinary priests.
Some spies with powerful titles or secret agents have already been lurking.
Gervis was very worried that these people would cooperate with the church's large forces and open the portal in advance to allow the orcs to arrive.
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This news from Gervis made all the earls turn pale, as it was already difficult enough to face the church army.
If the rear becomes chaotic again, the Principality of Jean will probably be like a small boat in a storm and will be crushed at any time.
"Your Majesty, what should we do now?"
All the earls stared at Gervis intently, expecting him to come up with a countermeasure.
Since Gervis had already thought of this, they guessed that Gervis must have also thought of a countermeasure.
"We have lost so many soldiers in the Principality of Alban, and the force in the Principality is seriously insufficient. Therefore, not only can we not withdraw personnel from the territory, but we also need them to strengthen the defense and move into the fortifications of the previous winter."
"Your Majesty, if we do this, many of our subjects will need to evacuate early!"
"There is no way to evacuate! If orcs show up, we will be the ones to suffer losses! So I hope that you earl families can take the initiative to distribute some food to comfort the serfs who are forced to evacuate."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Having said this, no one dared to refute Gervis' words. After all, this was Gervis' first decision after being crowned king.
It was just a matter of money and food, but they were willing to do so when it came to a matter of life and death.
"Then your majesty, what about the City of Glory?"
"That's exactly what I'm going to say now!"
Gervis smiled and nodded, signaling them to be patient, and continued.
"You have all seen the power of my small steel cannon and musket, right?"
"I have seen it. Your Majesty's small steel cannon is not only powerful, but also more accurate and farther than a trebuchet!"
"In addition to being more accurate and farther, forging is also easier!"
Gervis had a smile on his face. He thought over and over again and realized that artillery was his greatest reliance when fighting against the ordinary soldiers of the church, so he needed to forge a large number of artillery and muskets.
Moreover, Gervis was not worried about the leakage of the manufacturing process of artillery and muskets, because saltpeter was only available in his mineral space.
"However, forging small steel cannons and muskets requires a necessary metal, and that is Mithril! And a large amount of Mithril."
Now that the power of the church in the Principality of Jean has been eliminated, the mithril mines of each earl have fallen back into their own hands.
And Gervis wanted to take this opportunity to collect more mithril, and forging cannons was the best excuse.
I have put in so much effort and even provided gunpowder. These earls can't just sit there and do nothing.
"Your Majesty, there is a mithril mine in my earldom, and it is already being mined. I will send a message back later and ask them to send over the refined mithril. It should be more than a hundred grams!"
The Lord of the North spoke first. It was definitely a good thing for their Weldon family that Gervis became king, so he was very supportive of Gervis.
However, the mithril ore content of the Weldon family is very low, and it may not be possible to extract 100 grams in a month, so this is already the limit given by the Lord of the North.
This is because the mithril was not taken away last month. The Welton family seized it from the church.
"Your Majesty, although there is no mithril mine in the Earldom of our Elvo family, we have collected some in the past. We are willing to contribute 30 grams of mithril!"
"I, Stanley..."
With the Lord of the North taking the lead, several other earls also expressed their opinions.
Although some families did not have mithril mines, they also took out their family treasures.
Next, Gervis discussed with several earls again about how to train soldiers and strengthen fortifications, and his first meeting ended.
In transition! The next volume of the Holy Continent will be released soon!
(End of this chapter)
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