"Let's start the report."
Roddy looked at the staff officer in military uniform and nodded, signaling him to start the report.
"… According to the current information, the first beacon came from the 'Randall Sentry Tower' in the Nehemiah Grassland. The beacon was then passed on and was observed by the border intelligence station …"
It had been three and a half hours since the beacon was lit. With the speed of information transmission, the intelligence department established by Roddy could already be considered the best in the continent. However, he did not look proud at all. Instead, he stared at the staff officer with a frown, waiting for the next part of the report.
"After the beacon was lit, Aars Fortress quickly organized a team of cavalry to provide support. They just confirmed that the sentry tower had been attacked and there were no survivors …"
As soon as the staff officer finished speaking, the expressions of the cabinet members became serious.
The Cullen Kingdom didn't have many troops stationed in the Nehemiah Plains. They only built 15 simple outposts to guard against the orcs' movements. Because the kingdom didn't view the orcs who had fled as a formidable enemy, they didn't invest too much in the Nehemiah Plains. They didn't even have the time to replace the communication circle on the outposts deep in the plains. They could only use the most primitive fire beacons to transmit information.
At this time, they did not expect that the orcs would suddenly attack the sentry tower.
But in theory … the sentry tower had a wide field of vision. If they discovered the situation in advance, even if they were attacked by the wolf riders, they should have enough time to escape on horseback.
"According to the analysis of the frontline, when the enemy appeared, the soldiers in the sentry tower should have realized that they could not resist. After lighting the beacon, they immediately left on horseback. However, they were only about 300 meters away when the enemy caught up with them … In the end, only three orc corpses were left at the scene."
The staff officer looked down at the paper in his hand and continued, "From the traces at the scene, the enemy should be more than 100 orcs, and there were about 10 wolf riders — but …"
He paused, "But according to the report of the frontline soldiers, they think that the size of the warg is completely different from the impression. The depth and size of the footprints are much larger than the normal warg. And the enemy … "
Seeing that the staff officer was speechless, Roddy raised his eyebrows, "What's wrong? Just say it. "
"After the enemy killed the sentries, they ate them on the spot."
This sentence made the faces of all the cabinet members present turn ugly.
Although war was cruel, and they were aware of the atrocities committed by the Orcs — previously, when the central part of the kingdom was eaten alive by the Orcs, tens of thousands of civilians had died. But a massacre was a massacre, and the act of eating the people on the spot had clearly crossed some boundaries …
This did not mean that they were simply cruel. Instead, it meant that they had completely lost the characteristics of intelligent creatures. They had probably become mindless monsters.
"Anything else?"
"Prime Minister, this is all the information we've received so far. The follow-up information should still be in the process of being collected …"
"Keep updating. Report to me directly if there's any news."
However, just as Roddy finished speaking, someone immediately knocked on the door and brought new news: The southern port of the kingdom had been attacked by the Hybrid Fishmen!
"The dock was attacked by mutated murlocs, but because of the early warning, the defense team on the shore responded effectively. The murlocs that attempted to attack the shore were quickly eliminated. However, several other fishing villages near the coastline suffered similar attacks, and black smoke can be seen rising. I'm afraid …"
Although the current information was transmitted quickly enough, the speed of the reinforcement of the soldiers was really limited. There were currently no roads in the kingdom that extended in all directions. Many remote and isolated areas may not be known even if they were attacked.
Roddy's troops were deployed near the port where the aircraft carrier was built. Under the situation of inconvenient transportation, even if they knew which fishing villages were attacked, it was not very realistic to rush along the coastline to support these fishing villages …
In other words, the land area of the kingdom was too large. When faced with such an attack, many places were simply unable to respond.
"First, ensure the safety near the port. From now on, the kingdom will enter a state of emergency. Inform Sodelor and all the army, air force, and navy strategists to come for a meeting in an hour."
Sodelor had just returned from Eiseka half a month ago, and should now be on vacation. But now, this news was enough to end everyone's vacation. Not only Sodelor, but all the research departments, personal laboratories, and even factories in the entire city of Houllier would receive similar notices before evening …
In other words, from now on, the purpose of the existence of all these places uniformly turned to one thing: war.
"By the way, inform all the newspapers to prepare for the upcoming publication. The wartime control of public opinion has been emphasized before. Now, whoever does not comply will be immediately dismissed and investigated. "
Roddy knew that such a day would come, but he did not expect the enemy to attack from two sides at the same time. The number of orcs was limited, so he did not think that this would cause too many losses. But the "murlocs" were a big problem. No one knew how many murlocs in the sea had been infected by the demons. If, like Lachman, another "ancient behemoth" or something like that came ashore, it would not be a good thing.
"Knock, knock —"
Someone knocked on the door of the conference hall. Roddy immediately let someone in. "Report immediately, no need for the salute."
"Yes … Prime Minister, we just received news from the eastern border of the kingdom. A Magic Tower of a mage suddenly exploded, and infected beasts have appeared to attack the nearby villages …"
"More flowers?"
Roddy turned to look at the map of the Kingdom of Karen that had been set up. He quickly marked the locations of the reported attacks on it. He found that attacks had occurred in the northwest, south, and east.
The nobles in the cabinet were a little flustered. At first glance, the enemy seemed to be menacing, as if they had surrounded the Kingdom of Karen in an instant.
After all, from a strategic point of view, it was very foolish to disperse the military forces to attack in different directions — unless one had enough confidence, or was sure that one's military forces were absolutely superior.
After all, in the eyes of politicians, war was not the end, but the means. Gathering superior military forces to make the enemy compromise and achieve one's political goals.
But now, the enemy did not seem to act according to their logical thinking at all. This kind of "sudden attack" came quickly and almost at the same time. Now, it seemed that they had no idea what the enemy was going to do.
"We still know too little about the murlocs. Could it be that the main force of the enemy came from the sea?"
"Didn't Lachman do some research on the murlocs? We can ask for technical help from them … "
"Knock, knock —"
Someone knocked on the door again.
"Prime Minister, news from Lachman and Eskar said that the coastlines near the coastlines have been attacked by murlocs!"
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