Realm of Power

"Okay, I get it, it was just a few days as expected! Sure enough, it's still here!"

The fat man waved his hand to the guard who reported the report, looked at the sparkling sea in the distance, turned around, and smiled with a domineering tone, "It seems that Gang Feiren still has a bit of blood, and finally decided to take the initiative. Break this wall that embarrasses me, otherwise I would have wasted all my efforts in rushing back to Puntau."

"Has your Majesty already known in advance the time for the Congolese Army to move south?" Varisien's face flashed with horror. As the military commander of the empire stationed in the Putau area, he was always staring at the Congolese Army in the north. It was impossible to determine the time when Gang Fei's army went south. How did your Majesty know?

"It's not like I knew it in advance. I just guessed it. It's still an army of 60,000 people."

The fat man curled his lips, held his hands on the side of the ship, looked away from the sea in the distance, and said in a solemn voice, "We have superior troops but are lingering in the northern region. They don't even dare to touch our borders. Now the central and northern regions have been robbed." , the Congolese army did not continue to wander in the north The reason is that if the opponent's commander still avoids fighting like this, I am afraid that the Gangfei people themselves will think that their general is a coward who bullies the weak and fears the strong, and the morale of the army will be severely damaged that is difficult to repair. Therefore, it is not difficult to judge that the opponent will go south at the latest! In these few days!”

"That's it..." Varisien felt chills running down his spine when he heard this. He secretly felt sad for the Gangfei people. His Majesty even judged the time of going south so accurately. It is estimated that these 60,000 Gangfei troops will be killed by His Majesty. Even the bones are swallowed, but I still don’t know how to swallow them.

"Your Majesty, the Fei army has just moved south. Should we attack it or...?"

Varisien carefully explained the current situation. There are currently only 10,000 regular troops and newly recruited local troops in the entire Putao area. The local troops have just completed their training and are insufficiently equipped with weapons. The 10,000 regular troops were well prepared, but facing the 60,000 regular troops who were armed to the teeth and with high morale, they had more than enough defense but not enough offense. The fleet sailors gathered in Lisbonto were a combat force that could not be ignored, but apart from what was in front of them, The Dillens family and the Huron family are members of the Imperial Navy, and military orders can be used to request them to participate in the war. I'm afraid other forces in the empire are not so willing to contribute.

"Don't worry, it won't take long before they come crying and begging you!"

After hearing this, the fat man raised his eyebrows, as if he remembered something interesting. He patted Varisien on the shoulder with bright eyes, "Just remember one thing. No matter how much the other party begs, the basic principles cannot be lost." , if something goes wrong, I will ask you! "

"yes!"

Varisien nodded quickly. Although he did not dare to doubt the words of His Majesty Falcon, he still doubted the attitude of all parties. Those bastards would not be so proactive. Who would do anything that does no good? We are here to make a fortune, not to fight the enemy. If such a scattered army is forcibly pushed onto the battlefield, all parties will think it is a snake, and it will only make the command more confusing.

At this time, he heard the voice of His Majesty Falcon and continued, "Just order the troops to strengthen defense, because this is a distance of 50 miles. The African army will be very careful, and they will never get close to Lisbonto without two or three days." !”

"Two or three days to walk fifty miles?" Varisien was stunned for a moment, thinking he heard wrong.

The fat man said, "It's not surprising. In the last war, the Congolese army suffered a bloody blow at the foot of Lisbonto. If you are the commander of the Congolese army, you will get close to the possession of the Congolese army without sufficient preparation." Lisbonto with strong defense?”

"No," Varisien shook his head and said, "And in order to prepare for the Imperial Navy's surprise attack from the coast. I must also leave some troops to set up security in the rear. In this case, the troops that can arrive in Lisbon the day after tomorrow can Forty thousand people would be great!

"You are right, the defensive force is enough, and these two days are enough for us to turn everything around!" The fat man looked at the two people in front who were listening with their ears raised, and suddenly there was a murderous look. With a feeling of Tengteng, he ordered "Dylan Cary, Hu Lun Xisu!"

"Yes!" The two were startled and quickly replied.

"As the emperor of the empire, I order the two tribes to assemble all fleets and troops this afternoon, line up along the sea outside Lisbonto Port, and assume a posture to attack the northern part of Putau!"

"This afternoon?"

Hearing this time, Dylan Scathy, who had already pricked up his ears, and Hu Lunxisu, who was in ecstasy, couldn't help but secretly think about it, what is your majesty going to do? Is this going to involve two navies in the war? Since it is an assault on the north, the more secretive it is, the better. Your Majesty, with such a big fanfare, are you not afraid of alerting the Gangfei army heading south in advance? And if the fleet is suddenly ordered to go into battle, the soldiers below will also have opinions!

The fat man glanced at the confused faces of the two people and knew what they were thinking. The corners of his mouth turned up slightly and he said slowly

"Don't worry, I don't mean to let you go to war yet, because news will come out this afternoon. The Imperial Navy Department is going to announce the list of the Empire's qualifications for entering the inland sea in the afternoon. In order to avoid causing chaos when entering the inland sea, the Imperial Navy Department is preparing Divided into three batches, a total of 2 months Let the empire's fleet enter the inland sea! Although the inland sea has vast resources, entering first or entering later determines the initiative that can be taken in the inland sea area. The gap is huge. You two should be very clear, so the domestic forces will die. Keep an eye on it, everyone is waiting to open the inland sea, what a pity! "

The fat man sighed slightly and patted the handrail of the ship. "Just as the army is heading south, Lisbon is in danger. For strategic reasons, the Imperial Navy can only postpone entering the inland sea indefinitely!"

"What! Shelved indefinitely!" Dylan Sikasi and Hu Lunxisu glanced at each other subconsciously, their voices trembling slightly. "Your Majesty, this is not a joke!"

"There is no way. The empire must first solve the military threat! Before it can consider the issue of developing the inland sea, I believe everyone can understand!" Fatty said with a calm face. The news is like this anyway. Of course, there are some modifications, such as The Gangfei people have been defeated. For example, Lisbonto is no longer in danger, or the northern part of Putau has been completely recovered. Anyway, at least the Putau area must be stabilized.

"Your Majesty, you mean that the empire will open the inland sea only when the Gangfei people withdraw their troops from the Putao area?"

Dylan Scathy and Hulen Xisu both had strange expressions on their faces. Thousands of ships and nearly 100,000 sailors gathered in Puntau just to enter the inland sea. If the Ministry of the Navy really spreads such news, the fleet gathered in Lisbon will explode immediately. For those who have spent huge manpower and financial resources For all the forces in the empire who planned to enter the inland sea this time, this news is definitely a disaster.

Don’t say anything else. Mobilizing so many sailors and ships and leaving them here means sitting back and watching the loss of huge wealth. However, the empire cannot be blamed for making this decision. If the empire loses Lisbonto and the Putau Coast, it also high-profilely encourages domestic forces to march in. The Inland Sea is a joke.

"You can say that. And the new standards for entering the inner sea will be changed because of this battle! The empire is not completely unkind!" The fat man glanced at the two people with dull faces, glanced at the sea and sky in the distance, and said slowly He said, "The empire is coming soon to judge rewards with military merits. This This is not an exception. I don’t care what means they use, whether they attack, assist in the defense, or go north to counterattack. Anyway, if you kill a thousand Congolese troops, you can get the qualification to enter the inner sea, and if you kill three thousand people, you can get it. Become the first group to enter the inland sea,

The fat man's voice paused, and his eyes became deeper. "Entering the inland sea to open up trade is not a smooth road. There are imperial fleets and enemies of the empire in the inland sea. Small forces without enough strength and ability will be swallowed up by other forces if they enter. The fate of losing is worse than Set up an artificial dividing line here, and either choose to evacuate with self-knowledge, or form a new alliance with other forces. The Imperial Navy only believes in the final result if it wants to seize the commanding heights into the inland sea, so it will use itself. Ability! This is the empire’s screening of them!”

"What if more than five thousand people are killed?"

After hearing such conditions, Dylan Sikasi and Hu Lunxisu were both smart people and asked almost at the same time. Whether to kill a thousand people or three thousand people, it is really not difficult at all for the total strength of the two tribes of more than 20,000 people. On the contrary, as the standard was known in advance, both of them felt a little touched in their hearts.

"If you kill five thousand people, I can grant them permission to enter the inland sea in advance!" The fat man paused, glanced at the two of them, and smiled. Yes, that's what he wanted. Two enviable role models, how can they encourage these guys to risk their lives with Gang Fei people?

The Imperial Navy opened the inland sea with several expensive Dragon-class main battleships and more than ten Dragon Tooth battleships. It involved tens of millions of funds, the mobilization of two imperial fleets, and the fierce battles of tens of thousands of sailors. The outside world only saw the Imperial Navy. The strength of the Imperial Navy was seen on the southern coast of Congo, and it was seen that the Strand Navy, the overlord of the inland sea, was swept across the southern coast of Congo. However, it was not seen that a quarter of the Imperial Navy's strength was lost in the battle on the southern coast of Congo.

To pay such a heavy price, the empire certainly needed more than just a coastal foothold;

At the same time, it also proves the previous judgment that the entire inland sea cannot be controlled by the current strength of the Imperial Navy alone. It is an inevitable trend to allow domestic forces to expand and spread. It is Fatty’s own consideration to allow powerful forces to enter the inland sea as the first batch. ,

Because they are the strongest, these forces that enter first will inevitably establish a foothold in the inland sea closest to the empire's control area. Then, based on the coast, all forces will expand to the hinterland of the inland sea layer by layer based on their respective capabilities. Finally, Forming a force-promoting layer centered on the empire-controlled area,

As these propulsion layers continue to grow, the empire's tentacles will become larger, and eventually the inland sea will truly become the empire's inland sea. This is the terrifying core of the empire's inland sea strategy.

This time, the military strength of the two tribes is undoubtedly the strongest. What the two tribes are looking for is not the batch issue of entering the inland sea, but the ambition to enter the inland sea earlier than other forces. For the two tribes, which have not been so passionate for a long time. Entering the Inland Sea Jedi is an excellent opportunity for the two tribes to sublimate from regional forces to imperial forces. Letting them enter the Inland Sea first is a powerful complement to the Imperial Navy.

Moreover, it is not wise to force these other forces to fight head-on. After all, except for the two tribes, the others are not regular armies, and it is easy to hold them back if they are unwilling. However, there is really no problem at all in letting them march north to the north of Putau to fight against the Congolese and African forces left behind. ,

The Congolese-Africa army moved south aggressively, with no more than 20,000 troops staying in northern Ptau. The northern part of Ptau was already in a mess after being looted by the Congolese-Africa army. The resistant fortresses were burned and most of the cities were in ruins. In order to obtain These forces will also risk their lives to enter the inland sea, as for the consideration of combat power. Many of these sailors are soldiers from various forces in the Ikadiva Unification War. They have seen blood and killed people! There are even some professional soldiers with outstanding combat capabilities. If these people flood into the northern part of Congo, the scattered Congolese army that remains behind will be in danger of being defended.

The sun was not hot on this springy April afternoon. At the gate of the port, many people had gathered to look at the notice on the wall that had just been issued by the Admiralty Department.

At one end of the port, hundreds of warships were gathering in preparation, with the signs of the Hulen and Dillens hanging on the cloud-like masts. The sides of the warships were undulating in the waves of the sea, and the sailors above were quickly pulling up the white flags. The huge sail hung like a waterfall, if the previous order was just a show. The Dillens fleet and the Huron fleet are already making real preparations for departure, and the organic infantry are embarking on the battleships.

"how so!"

"On hold indefinitely..."

"Then what should we do?" People in the crowd watching the notice kept making various desperate voices. There were big and powerful businessmen, and there were also small businessmen who only had one ship and wanted a piece of the pie. The empire's order to suspend the opening of the inland sea was ignored. touches everyone differently,

Signs like this are plastered all over the streets of Lisbonto. The entire port was in a state of panic. The news that Congolese troops were approaching Lisbonto came out only in the morning. The various forces gathering in Lisbonto were still discussing how to deal with possible war recruitment orders from the empire. In the afternoon, the Navy Department conveyed such a notice. , everyone was dumbfounded. At first, everyone didn't feel much about the Congolese army going south. Anyway, there were imperial troops in front of them, and everyone was just afraid of being temporarily recruited. So in the morning, I received the news from the military in Lisbon that I was asked to report. Each one of them found various reasons, including being sick, not accustomed to eating, not acclimatized, vomiting and diarrhea, and unable to walk. Some people also said that they accidentally flashed their waist while having sex last night. Who knew that it was only the afternoon and everyone was still hesitating whether they had gone too far, when a notice stunned everyone.

The Congolese Army is approaching Lisbon, and it is reasonable to suspend the opening of the inland sea. However, nearly 80,000 sailors and thousands of fleets are ready to go. Now the Imperial Navy has suddenly stopped entering the inland sea, even if it has been trembling in front of the imperial sword for several years. The forces from all sides can no longer tolerate this time.

"We must have an explanation!" a leader of the Ruidian Chamber of Commerce said angrily

"Yes, ask the Navy Department, they have no right to do this!" It was a wealthy businessman from the Business Alliance who could say this. Others immediately agreed, and some people thought this was retaliation from the military. So he pointed the finger at Varisien, who was in charge of the Putao area.

"The situation seems to be getting out of hand!"

Standing on the window sill of a villa, Sidney Suo, who had just been promoted to one of the twelve deacons of the Business Alliance and was in charge of the inland sea trade line, put down the curtains in his hands and saw from the notice that there were already more than a dozen waves of people looking for him. , the business alliance cannot continue to sit idly by, the impact is too great, it is almost a disaster,

Now only the Business Alliance came forward, or there was still some room for change. He and a dozen big businessmen rushed to Lisbon to the Imperial Army base camp. They did not see Varisien there, but got Varisian from the adjutant. The news that Sean had gone to inspect the city wall, Sidney did not accept the news. If you dare to delay, you immediately rush to the city wall. Fifty meters away from the city wall, the carriage is stopped by a sentry with a serious look. "In this important military area, except for carriages transporting supplies, no one else is allowed to enter." There is no way, Sidney asked from the carriage Going up and down, a group of people walked towards the city wall with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

The war is about to begin, and the army begins to gather towards Lisbonto. Along the way, you can see carts of crossbows being transported towards the city wall. Under the city wall, temporary blacksmith shops are lined up, working day and night, "Hurry up, hurry up! "The infantry captain scolded the new recruits. A group of soldiers with weapons walked past him. Iron boots stepped on the ground. The armors on their bodies collided together with a nervous clatter. The smell of cooked cowhide that bound the armors filled the air. diffused in it,

"It looks really serious!"

"Yeah, look, the crossbows are all loaded," someone whispered from behind, sounding a little regretful. At the entrance to the passage leading to the city wall, Sidney and his party were stopped by an officer. "Who are you?"

Sidney Thor stood up from among a dozen people, his tone seemed a little impatient, "I am Sidney Thor, the deacon of the Business Alliance. We have something urgent to see Lord Varisien?"

"Deacon of the Business Alliance?" The officer looked him up and down, and his eyes paused on the logo of the Business Alliance on his chest. He seemed to find it credible. He looked at a dozen other people, and then replied seriously, "Varisi Master En is in the war room on the city wall, go up and go about 30 meters to the left! "

Upon hearing Valicion's specific location, a dozen or so people from Sidney's family immediately walked up the city road. As soon as they took a few steps up, they heard the officer's voice coming from behind, "If you don't have any emergency, It’s better not to go there! Your Majesty is discussing the battle plan with you!”

"Your Majesty? Which Your Majesty?" Sidney Suo stopped in surprise when he heard this, turned around, and the others also stopped.

"Does the empire have many majesties? The officer below snorted in a very unkind tone.

"You mean His Majesty Falcon is in Lisbon!" Sidneyso couldn't help but shuddered, his feet felt as heavy as iron.

"Yes, let me tell you, how could a mere Varisian have the courage to offend so many forces? But it would be different if it were His Majesty Falcon. To ask for an explanation in front of His Majesty Falcon, wouldn't this be courting death?" Someone among the dozen or so people complained:

Sidney Thor felt that he was looking for death. Just when he was hesitating, he saw Varisien, the garrison chief on the city wall above, walking over with a document in his hand. The two knew each other, Sidney Thor. Deniso shouted "Lord Valician, I am Sidnisor!"

"Sidnisau!" Varisien stopped and when he saw him, he quickened his pace and walked over. "Why are you here, Mr. Sidnisau? It's very dangerous here, and a fierce battle may break out at any time!" "Varisien spoke first,

"Have you read the notice from the Admiralty?" Sidney Sol smiled bitterly. After knowing that His Majesty Falcon was in charge, the aggressiveness that he wanted to ask just now disappeared.

"I've seen it. To be honest, I can't help you!" Varisien said with a look of shame. "Although I also think that the Navy Department's move is too inappropriate, this is His Majesty's intention, and neither the Imperial Navy Department nor our Army There is nothing I can do about this system!"

"Please, sir, save us!" A dozen people behind Sidney suddenly knelt down.

"Shh, do you want to kill me? His Majesty is still up there!" Varisien pretended to be panicked and asked everyone to stand up.

"The only one who can save us now is your Majesty! Your Majesty is your favorite general, and he is also an important minister of the empire who is in charge of Putao. If you are willing to come forward..." More than a dozen people wailed.

"If you are willing to come forward to intercede, our business alliance will definitely remember your friendship, and all the families involved in this matter will express their gratitude to you!" Sidney Thor He gritted his teeth and said

"This..." Varisien had a troubled look on his face and looked very hesitant. His eyes paused on Sidney Suo and a dozen big businessmen. He seemed to have made some determination, okay, I'll try my best, His Majesty is on top, I'll try my best to tell you, but I don't know if I can succeed! "

"Good work!"

Hearing that Varisian was willing to take the risk, more than a dozen people, including Sidney Thor, were moved, and they were already saying in their hearts that Varisian is a good person! Under the eager gazes of everyone, Varisien slowly walked up the city wall with heavy steps, his face ashen.

As soon as he was out of everyone's sight, he immediately walked as fast as flying, and with a rosy face, he suddenly pushed open the door of a lookout on the city wall.

After closing the door, Varisian burst into unbearable laughter, "Haha, it's here as expected. I see you guys haven't taken the bait this time. Now even if you throw away the harsh conditions of killing a thousand non-combatants before entering the inland sea, , the other side will also be grateful."