In the stands, Dx sat with a group of officials from the Ice Sea Kingdom.

Earl Xiafei, Consul General of the Ice Sea Kingdom in Tulum Port, just took a small note from a secretary.

He glanced at the handwriting on the note and immediately smiled with his lips pursed.

"It's interesting." He handed the note to Dex.

Dex also took the note and glanced at it, then nodded with a smile, and then pinched the note to pieces.

The gambling game was held in the name of some big merchants in Tulum Port, including the Kingdom of Ice Sea, the United Kingdom of Nice, the Kingdom of Saint-Shia, the Republic of Gaul, and the Empire of Lucia.

Of course, everyone knows who is standing behind these big businessmen.

The Vitu family and Barbaria...

Oh, no, the gambling battle between the Ritu family representing the Deron Empire and the Barbaria, which represents the multinational coalition, will be the prelude to the future war.

Almost all Tulum Port who can participate in this bet has placed a heavy bet.

According to the betting situation, the total bets on both sides are almost the same.

As expected, most of the local chambers of commerce and families in Tulun Port bet on the Imperial Army; interestingly, some local forces in Tulun Port have secretly placed bets on Babalia.

The chambers of commerce in various countries, and even the officials in Tulun Port, have also placed heavy bets on the side of Barbaria's subordinates on the surface, but some have also secretly placed heavy bets on the Derren Imperial Army.

"This is human nature!" Dex smiled contemptuously.

The Delun Empire and the Lucia Empire are both top powers in the Medland Continent. The armies of both countries are extremely powerful.

However, if the army of the Deron Empire was a sophisticated and rigorous killing machine, then the army of the Lucia Empire was turbid and chaotic enough to flood all the floods.

Both sides have their own strengths and weaknesses.

If it is the elite main force of the two countries, then the result of the gambling is really hard to say.

Almost everyone present knew in their hearts that the Imperial Army that participated in today's gambling was actually the newly recruited and trained Marine Corps after Flicker came to Port Tulun. This army has not been in force for a long time, and it has probably just completed basic military training, so the combat effectiveness... It is hard to say, how much combat effectiveness they can have.

The troops that Barbaria fought were not the main force of the Lucia Empire, but the winged cavalry of the Duchy of Portland in the northeast corner of Tulum Port.

The Principality of Portland had a small territory and a small population. The national strength was lingering between the third and fourth levels, but their winged cavalry were elite light cavalry with a bit of fame in the Medland continent.

"No one can know the result of the gambling battle in advance." Dex sighed in a low voice.

"However, we are dealers, and the dealers take all of them, we won't lose." Earl Xiafei smiled and said, "Actually, it doesn't matter if you lose, right?"

"Yes, it doesn't matter if you lose." Dex turned his head and looked at the red roof faintly exposed to the west.

Even if you lose a big loss in this bet?

The local fleet is located outside the sea.

The forces of the multinational coalition are gathering from four directions: northwest, northeast, southwest and southeast of the Delun Empire.

As long as the Tulun Port was conquered, the Ice Sea Kingdom would chew a piece of fat meat, and any losses could be easily compensated.

Then, the Marines of the local fleet gently advanced hundreds of miles northward...

The benefits this war can bring to the Kingdom of Ice Sea are at least more than a hundred times the total bet of today's bet. As one of the actual operators of this war, Dex, Count Xiafei and others, the benefits that can be obtained from it are definitely a scary astronomical figure.

This is the strategic vision.

The local natives and many foreign businessmen in Tulum Port were focused on the gambling itself.

Dex and others have already focused on a higher level.

Of course, this does not prevent Dex and others from making some pocket money from this bet... This is a reasonable and compliant little fun.

"It's just a little fun." Dex smiled: "What's important is that the main force of Duke Ross' army is trapped in Kasica and cannot land in reinforcements at all... The only thing that can be counted on by Tulun Port now is these thirty newly formed Marine divisions."

"Today, let's test their quality." Dex smiled happily.

It would be great to have Barbaria take the initiative to jump out and test the actual combat power of the Tulun Port army in advance for the Kingdom of Ice Sea. As long as the real combat power of the Tulun Port garrison was tested, the next combat plan of the Ice Sea Kingdom could be made more detailed and perfect.

Surrounded by a group of tall and powerful Lucian men, Barbaria seriously signed a bet with Hesen, then glared at Hesen fiercely, stretched out his right hand full of fluffy, and gestured to cut his neck.

He grinned and smiled proudly.

He was sure to win this battle and had the absolute confidence to win.

Is there anything more wonderful than winning 100 million gold marks at the beginning?

This is a sure win!

The Delun Empire Army, which appeared in front of everyone, was just an ordinary army of two full brigades.

Only Barbaria himself knew that most of the winged cavalry he sent to participate in the gambling war were elites of the Royal Knights of the Lucian Empire.

The Principality of Portland is the closest vassal state among the many vassal states of the Lucian Empire, geographically closest to Tulum Port. The straight-line distance from Portland's capital to Tulum Port is only more than 300 miles.

It’s just a north-south mountain range that is like a wall, just crossing the border line, just like the mountainous area west of Tulun Port, with steep mountains, rugged terrain, narrow and difficult to move through, and large-scale troops are difficult to cross.

So much so that for many years, even when the Lulai Plain in the north was beaten to the ground, the Duchy of Portland could only send small elite troops to sneak through the mountainous area to invade Tulun Port.

It is a coincidence that these days, a little princess, known as the "Pearl of Portland" and who was born beautifully, officially came to her. When she reached the age of getting married, the two princes of the Lucia Empire were like flies smelling blood, and came to attend the princess' birthday party with a large number of elite "crazy" from thousands of miles away.

At the birthday party, the two princes heard about the causes and consequences of the Royal Bank of Heidra, and learned that the multinational coalition forces were about to launch a war against the Deren Empire.

In order to compete for the "Pearl of Portland", the two princes who almost drew their swords to face each other and fought to the death, immediately made a decision - to take their respective subordinates to the border between Portland and Tulum Harbor to wait for an opportunity.

They are preparing to participate in this war in person and use military merits to evaluate whoever can laugh to the end can bring the "Pearl of Portland" back to St. Ankarin Arbor.

The dull sound of horse hooves came.

A team of fully armed cavalry trotted from a hill in the east.

The war horses riding these cavalry were one head taller than ordinary war horses, and they were extremely handsome and imposing.

The knights on the war horses were wearing light silver half-armored armor, light green uniforms, light red cloaks, sterling silver helmets, and colorful feathers decorated on the helmets, which looked particularly fancy.

Behind the saddles of these knights, two thin flagpoles that were seven or eight feet high were inserted on the left and right.

Two swallowtail flags were hung on the flagpole, with the red dragon emblem of the Principal of Portland on it. The edges of the flag were thin golden tassels. As the knights advanced, the flagpole spread out forty-five degrees left and right, just like two wings dancing in the wind behind the knights.

These knights are extremely well-equipped.

They hung a round steel shield in their left hand, a saber in their right hand, a thin and long rifle hanging on their saddle, and a folded steel crossbow behind their left thighs. Inside the arrow bag next to the steel crossbow was a dark bag of pure steel crossbow arrows.

On the back of their right leg was a huge leather bag, with twelve javelins more than four feet long.

There are three-cylinder short flintlock guns hanging around the waists of some knights.

Some knights even had more than a short gun around their waists, but had five or six full rows of five or six.

Although some knights do not have short guns around their waists, they are covered with shiny flying knives and heavy flying axes.

In the sun, these weapons all shine with dazzling light.

All the winged cavalry had expressionless expressions. They rode their horses, rushing out from behind the hills like a silent mountain, and then quickly formed a huge geese feather formation, slowing down, and slowly approaching the Delun Empire Army more than two miles ahead.

"This..." Dex in the stands slowly stood up: "Isn't this like the winged cavalry of Portland? Whether it's war horses, equipment, or...their spirit."

Although the winged cavalry of the Principal of Portland are elite, they are only elites in the conventional sense.

As a small country of third to fourth level, no matter how brave and good at fighting in the Duchy of Portland, they always exude a petty spirit... But the winged cavalry in front of them have a strong confidence that is only as strong as the top elites.

Even, it can be said that the winged cavalry in front of them have... an extreme pride, even arrogance.

When they looked at the Delun Empire Army ahead, there was even a kind of contempt and ignorance like a butcher looking at the little chicken.

As an adjutant of the local fleet of the Ice Sea Kingdom, Dex was able to distinguish this inexplicable momentum.

This is impossible to be the winged cavalry of the Principal of Portland.

Well, at least half of them were not real winged cavalry...

"Barbaria cheated." Dex bit his lip and smiled secretly.

"Damn..." Earl Xiafei's face suddenly turned black: "I asked my personal servant to suppress 200,000 Jinmaks on the Delun Imperial Army in the name of others... This is the private money I have worked hard to accumulate!"

Dex then glanced at Count Xiafei quickly and said in a weird tone: "Private money? It's so happy... I borrowed 500,000 gold marks from the Royal Bank and bet on the Delun Empire."

Earl Xiafei and Dex looked at each other and shrugged their shoulders at the same time.
Chapter completed!