Realm of Power

"What is that guy Lecco doing here?"

Duke Rubensack frowned slightly. He had already heard that the navy performed extremely poorly in the southern campaign. His Majesty the Emperor was very dissatisfied with the admiral who oversaw naval affairs. In the document approving the Imperial Ministry of Foreign Affairs, , His Majesty the Emperor asked Rubinthucker to find a new helmsman of the navy. Rubinthack, who was familiar with the non-military circles as if he were in his own backyard, immediately set his sights on Admiral Mutbaisu of the Navy's Second Fleet. ,

Admiral Mutebaisu is 34 years old. He is brave in combat and cautious in style. He is a rare conservative in the navy. This is in line with the current urgent need for the Imperial Navy to rest and recuperate. At least this Admiral Mutebaisu will not knowingly know that the navy is insufficient. Under such circumstances, in front of the emperor His Majesty slapped his chest in the face and promised that comprehensive control of the straits would be effortless. If the navy had not been overly entrusted, which cost the empire countless financial resources and food, mobilized one-third of the empire's army, and caused the empire to fall into embarrassment, the southern expedition would not have been possible. will appear

"Please come in, Admiral Lecco!"

Rubinsack shouted to the door with a solemn face. He could vaguely guess the purpose of Admiral Lecco's trip, because he had heard some kind of rumor. Looking at the military circles in the country, there were people who could influence His Majesty the Emperor's decision. There are only a few of them, and I am undoubtedly the most authoritative among them.

"Bang" the door opened from the outside, and a fat middle-aged man wearing a gold-rimmed Imperial Navy uniform walked in cautiously from the outside. When he saw Duke Rubinsack, a flattering smile immediately appeared on his face. "Mr. Minister. "

"The Admiral is following His Majesty in the southern expedition! Are you here because His Majesty the Emperor has returned to Beijing?" Rubinsack looked curious and made a gesture to sit down, with a deliberately surprised expression on his face. ,

"Well... of course not. I came back early on my own."

Lecco, who was about to give Chen Wei to the former Navy Admiral, showed a hint of embarrassment on his face, and his lowered eyes were bloodshot. He looked like he had been running all day and night without stopping. He said with a painful expression, "I heard that His Majesty the Emperor decided to change the Navy Admiral, so he came back early!"

"Is there such a thing? Why didn't I know?" Rubinsack pretended to be surprised, with a trace of relief in his eyes. Sure enough, the news was leaked!

"Mr. Minister, there is no need to hide it. In fact, I have already realized this!"

Lecco shook his head. He said calmly, "In this southern battle, the navy was so overwhelmed that it couldn't hold its head up. In addition, the Strand navy as a mercenary suddenly withdrew, which ultimately led to the failure of the battle. Even if His Majesty the Emperor ordered me to be dismissed on the spot, I would not complain at all." ! The reason why I suddenly came to see the Minister is because on the way back, I suddenly received a report from the Putau Squadron! After thinking about it again, I decided to come back and meet with the Minister in person, because this report made me feel... disturbed!"

"Uneasy? What kind of report makes the Admiral so nervous?"

Duke Rubensack's white eyebrows raised slightly, and he could hear the sincerity in Admiral Lecco's tone.

"Admiral Alange of the Putau Squadron reported that he encountered the Falcon Empire's large naval fleet on the Huacheng Island chain in the Putau waters!" Leko took out a report from his arms with a cautious expression. Place it respectfully in front of Duke Rubensack

"Flower City!"

Rubinsack's hand holding the report felt as hot as fire. He looked at the location above with some disbelief. Yes, the Huacheng Island Chain!

Duke Rubensac's solemn gaze flickered as imperceptibly as the tip of a needle, Huacheng! It is the home base of the Putao rebels! The Falcon Navy also appeared in the Huacheng Island Chain! Rubinsack suddenly had a feeling of clearing away the clouds and fog.

Yes, this is the only possibility, then everything can be explained. The Putao rebels suddenly became incredibly strong. Obviously it's because there is support from the Falcon Empire! Most likely, the other party simply replaced the Putao rebels with the Falcon Army!

"It's no wonder that Remshat suffered a bloody head injury in Lisbon and couldn't get close to this half-ruined city!"

Rubinsack read the report impatiently and no longer cared about what to say. He went straight to the desk, picked up a pen, and wrote the words "Attention Falcon Army" in bright red on the report. He shouted loudly to the guard at the door, "Come here, please write this report as quickly as possible." Sent to Remchat on the battlefield in Lisbon"

"It seems that this report has caught up!" Admiral Lecco's face showed a hint of relief. He stood up from his seat, took out a thick document from his arms, and gently placed it on Ruben Sa. On Gram's desk

"Is this?" Rubinsack looked at the documents on the table and asked curiously.

Admiral Lecco smiled at the corner of his mouth, "This is a comprehensive investigation report of the entire Imperial Navy that I spent three years on. Whether it is based on experience or sensationalism, I only hope that this document can play a role in the reform of the Imperial Navy." If a little bit works, then I’ll be satisfied.”

"Why should you give such a thing to me?" Rubinsack asked hesitantly.

Admiral Lecco had a faint wry smile on his lips. "Originally, I wanted to wait for His Majesty the Emperor to return to Beijing before submitting it together with the resignation." Admiral Lecco's voice paused before continuing. But later, I still felt that in this case, Under the circumstances, even if I submit it, His Majesty the Emperor, who is very dissatisfied with me, will not take a look at it, so I decided that even if it is considered shameless, I hope that I can hand it over to the next Admiral in person through the hands of the Minister!

"I have only one wish, that the Imperial Navy will never be defeated!" Admiral Lecco bowed to Duke Rubensack with a solemn expression as a soldier, then turned and walked out of the office.

Watching the back of Admiral Lecco leaving with a sad look on his face, Rubinsack took a deep breath with complex eyes, put his hand on the documents on the table, and flipped through them. He had to admit that Admiral Lecco was very important to the Imperial Navy. Passionate, he is also a very capable person,

As a representative of the navy's main battle hawks, Lecco, who was only an admiral of the squadron at the time and did not have an outstanding appearance, was one of the few admirals in the empire who had the courage to lead the imperial navy to confront the Lantester Navy, the largest naval power in Oparo. holding character,

It was precisely because of his outstanding performance that time that he was eventually valued by His Majesty the Emperor, who also liked to attack, and was promoted to Admiral of the Imperial Navy, succeeding his predecessor, the aging Duke of Poppara. And Lecco did not live up to the expectations of the ambitious Emperor,

Under his full leadership, the Gangfei Navy, which was originally just a general defensive force, was like a beast that suddenly revived in just 2 years. The number of warships and sailors doubled, and they soon showed an aggressive attitude towards the Gallic Empire in the north. In several wars against southwestern Gaul, the navy acted as the vanguard of the army and advanced vigorously. The Gallic navy was beaten. Throwing away their helmets and armor, they retreated steadily. It was also Lecco who confidently proposed the amazing strategy of advancing simultaneously on land and sea.

"Use the army attack as a bait, use the navy's carrier operations as a jumping point, and finally form a two-sided attack on the southwest!" Duke Rubinsack's mind still echoed in the military meeting at that time, the imposing naval admiral Ming Mingming sound, that battle was also the most promising attempt to capture the southwest in just over a century. If it weren't for the strong intervention of the Northwest Navy, the Imperial Navy's superiority in the southwest was reversed by the first battle. This battle in the southwest could be called a brilliant victory!

Three days later, the document from Kyoto, Congo, was delivered to Remchadt, who was convening a military meeting. He held the document, which was personally approved in red letters by Minister of Military Affairs Rubensack. Remshat's eyes were suddenly bloodshot, as if he had been hit in the head with a stick, and his body swayed slightly.

Report the three words Falcon Army in red above! Remshat angrily punched the wall, and blood flowed down the open wound. The cunning Puntau people and the despicable Falcon Empire were all a trap. What the other party did under Tob in Lisbon was An unsolvable dead end!

"Sir, what's wrong?" The general below looked at each other. No one knew that Remshad, who had always been gentle and gentle, would suddenly become so irritable. It felt like someone had just set fire on his butt.

"My lord, the Puntau people shot a letter from the city wall!" A Gangfei general walked in from outside holding an arrow cluster with a letter tied to it. He glanced at Remshat, who was turning blue, and carefully handed over the arrow cluster in his hand.

"A letter from the Puntau people?" Remshat hesitated for a moment before taking the arrow cluster. After carefully checking it, he found that there was no problem before tearing down the letter on it. He read it with solemn and unexpected eyes. Throughout the letter, I took a deep breath.

"What's the matter, sir! Is this a letter of engagement from the other party?" asked General Gangfei who delivered the letter.

"No, it's the Putao rebels in Lisbon who want to negotiate with us!" Remshat raised his head and said every word with a solemn face.

"Negotiation? Are the Puntau people crazy?" General Gangfei exclaimed. "Do they really think that they can be arrogant enough to negotiate with us if they win once or twice? What qualifications do they have to negotiate with us?" , Lisbonto has not been captured, but it is still under siege. Although it cannot be captured now, as long as the imperial army arrives, even ten Lisbonto will be useless! "

"Although I say that, I don't know where the reinforcements from the empire are yet!"

The corner of Remshat's mouth twitched. As a senior affairs officer of the Ministry of Military Affairs, he knew very well that before His Majesty the Emperor returned, the Empire's troops could no longer be withdrawn, and the pressure from the Northern Falcon Empire also made the Empire stay in the north. The troops were crucified. It was obvious that the despicable Falcon Empire took a fancy to such an opening, so it assisted the Putao people so unscrupulously! In this confrontation, Gangfei was at a disadvantage, and behind the Putao people stood the powerful Falcon Empire.

"Shoot it back and tell the people in Putau that I agree to negotiate!" Remshat gritted his teeth. The negotiation s issued by the other party happened to be at the time when His Majesty the Emperor was about to return to Kyoto. If he could quell this rebellion, or instead of not being at fault , it is still a very dazzling achievement. Faced with such a temptation, Remshat could not refuse.

"grown ups....."

General Gangfei's face became ugly. For the arrogant Gangfei soldiers, negotiating with a small principality like Putao was simply a humiliation. However, under the insistence of Remshat, the regiment commander, Next, the Congolese army agreed to negotiate

The location of the negotiation was set at the Saint-Cam Hall in the city. In order to finalize the candidates for negotiation, Remchat finally sent Bold, the former governor of Lisbon, and three young officers with him.

The former Governor of Lisbonto was wearing a blue uniform of the African army, with a white sand-wrapped glove on his right hand. After entering the city gate, he covered his nose intentionally or unintentionally. Because there were ruins all around, and thinking about the day when the city was full of corpses, Bold felt panic in his heart.

The smell here has a weird musty smell, like a rotten apple. The sweet smell of lees also made his nose feel uncomfortable. In the light beams shining in from the gaps between the ruins, he could see countless white ash marks rising and falling,

Since the turmoil in Lisbon, Saint Cam Hall has been abandoned for quite some time. The courtyard has just been tidied up, but traces of the original mess can still be seen. The flowers and plants on both sides of the marble walkway have also been cleaned up. Some broken reliefs seem to be silently accusing the disaster. The murals in the corridors are stained. Full of gray dust. On the window sills on both sides of the corridor, the thick dust can drown a grunt.

On the carpet that was once covered with corpses, you may still see the blood stains left by the massacre that day.

These expensive cashmere carpets, which should have covered the hall to highlight the status and dignity of the guests, required one or several young maids. Bending over, lying on the ground, carefully use your delicate white hands, like a little oriole pecking at rice, to clean the lines in a clockwise direction bit by bit. Even a small hair joint will be damaged. It may cause the entire carpet to be imperfect. This is a very laborious and laborious task that often requires the mobilization of many people. It takes a busy afternoon or a day to complete it.

But now is a war, not to mention careful cleaning, even flushing, just find some cloth brooms. First rinse it with water several times, then clean it casually, and then lay it on the floor carelessly. The delicate hair of the wool carpet is completely messed up and tangled together like a bunch of small particles. A strange smell emanates from here. Coming out, for Governor Bold, who was accustomed to Lisbonto's floral fragrance and rich carpets, this place was simply as scary as hell. These tangled hairballs were like cracks in his heart.

"The Lisbonto of the past no longer exists, and the Lisbonto of today is only a little better than hell!"

Governor Bold's expression was very complicated. He had put a lot of effort into this place. Under the guidance of several Pu Tao soldiers, he walked into the negotiation room. There was a long table with four people sitting across from it. One of them had an expression on his face. There was the cold Duke of Putao, and the other was the sad-looking Prince Raphael. There were two other people whom he didn’t recognize, but judging from their straight back posture and their attire, they should all be soldiers. Bold’s eyes were slightly surprised. The weapon floated across the waist of one of them,

It was a very weird style and weird arc, which seemed to give this weapon a far more ferocious cutting ability than a long sword. Boll thought this completely subconsciously. He didn't know that this evil weapon has been used since From the moment it was born, it The sword is still inserted into the scabbard, but because it is often stained with blood, there are some faint red marks on the surface that can be seen on the handle. That is the blood invading the sword. Blood rust formed in the handle gap

"Your Majesty, Governor of Bold, what do you think of this ruin-like Lisbonto in front of you?" Seeing the envoy Bold, Duke Putau's face became colder. "I remember that the Governor of Bold said at the beginning that this place It is the most beautiful place you have ever seen. Now, do you still think it is beautiful?"

During the civil unrest in Lisbon, the governor ordered the army that was supposed to maintain order and turned a blind eye to the entire turmoil. In the end, a small disturbance in one or two blocks turned into a brutal turmoil sweeping the entire Lisbon within a few days. People from Puntau were killed in this turmoil. Because the Eastern Rebellion was the source, turmoil also broke out in other areas at the same time. If we want to say who is the person who caused the most harm to Putau, the Governor of Bould is definitely the one. First.

"I'm sorry, but this is war!" Bold didn't expect that the Duke of Putau opposite would ask such a question, and he couldn't help but responded with a guilty conscience. Only he knew that there was someone else taking command that night. ,

"War is not about massacring civilians! Look at this city that has turned from heaven to hell because of you." Duke Putao gritted his teeth, clenched his fingers, and made a rattling sound with his joints. "If it weren't for negotiation now, I would definitely order you to be killed." Hang the murderer of Lisbonto”

At this moment, the whole space became silent,

"Let the negotiations begin. These boring conversations will not be of any help to the negotiations!" Bolder suddenly looked away, obviously unwilling to continue to mess with this matter. The commander that night was named Remsha. Special, Boer really wanted to say this, but finally held back,

The Duke of Putao who was sitting in the seat snorted in dissatisfaction. Compared to the aggressive Duke of Putao, the other King Raphael was much quieter. His eyes were still wandering in fear, especially when he saw Bolder's face turned livid just now. This cowardly King of the County was on the verge of shouting, "I was forced to negotiate!"

"Tell me about the conditions!" Bold sat down at the first place and looked at Duke Putau in the first position opposite. Several officers behind him sat down next to him. He also felt very rude to Duke Putau. Angry, but what can be done? The first two attacks Cheng Cheng failed miserably, and I have lost the confidence to speak hard words at this negotiation table. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users please go to m. to read).