Realm of Power

The heavy rain in the royal capital covered the pale city. The sound of swishing hit the windows, but the whole city was filled with another scene of celebration. This morning, the cavalry sent back from the front line had re-captured the Imperial Guards. News of the Alec Fortress has spread throughout the royal capital. Now, as long as you catch anyone, they will tell you without hesitation that the military is finished and the royal family has a chance to win! The overall situation is decided! ,

"Long live His Majesty the King!"

"His Majesty the King is unparalleled in wisdom!" There were all kinds of cheers. There had been no one in the tavern balcony for more than a month. Due to the overcrowding, many taverns had hung up signs saying that they would not pay for drinks for three days. I wish I could forget this month. The withered and broken things that came were all thrown into the shouts. Who would have thought that the final winner of this war would be the royal family, which no one was optimistic about at the beginning!

The military began to rise sixty years ago and has gradually monopolized military power. Among the 500,000 standing troops, at least 300,000 are in the hands of the military. The full strength of the royal family is only more than 100,000 troops. One is declining, the other is declining, and even the royal family The coalition of nobles in the northern interior, which has always been considered an ally, has also directly joined the military camp this time. It is obvious that they are not optimistic about the royal family. , even the northern allies who knew the royal family thoroughly, how bad the situation of the royal family was. It can be imagined that before the war started, the strength of the two sides was already very different. After the war started, the royal capital was shocked three times a day. Alec, the portal of the royal capital, was After the Japanese invasion, the imperial guards completely abandoned the outskirts of the royal capital, and the military troops swarmed in. They may be at the gate of the city at any time.

The city was in a panic as if it was the end of the world, and was completely shocked by the sudden bad news. It was recognized that the royal army had poor combat effectiveness, and the imperial guards were completely useless pension troops. The direct army that supported the facade had not seen a real battle formation in ten years. Even if What was once an elite royal brigade, a middle-aged warrior who was in his prime, has become an old man. ∷∷, not to mention the soldiers below. After ten years of no war, the number of people has changed twice. Only God knows how much combat strength is left. During that time, everyone who could manage to escape ran away. The remaining The victims were either civilians who had no use in escaping, vassals of the royal family, or die-hard loyalists of the royal family who had been outsmarting the military for decades. I have been fighting with the military for decades, but they always put their lives on the line. The military will not accept changing the courtyard. Instead of doing this, it is better to stay loyal to the end and get a good reputation at least.

There were 400,000 people in Feize King's capital, but 70,000 to 80,000 were lost in just a few days. But the changes that followed were eye-opening. Fezer's Fifth Army and Eighth Army were the fastest to break in. The Twelfth Army suddenly switched sides for some reason, and the ferocious noble army also parted ways with the military. Embarrassingly heading west, and then this morning, the Swift Cavalry reported. Master Krudia led more than 100,000 southern troops to fight back, cutting off the military's retreat in one fell swoop. The situation changed in a dizzying way. This is definitely a miracle that has not happened in more than a hundred years. And behind all these miracles, They all should belong to one person, and that is the extremely wise His Majesty the King. The morale of the soldiers in the royal capital has soared, and they are even laughing at the Hokuriku nobles who have abandoned the royal family. After the war is over, let’s see how His Majesty the King will deal with them!

"It's time for the seven provinces of Hokuriku to readjust. Now that His Majesty has an army of 300,000, it's not a matter of words to defeat these clown-like aristocratic armies!"

At a huge celebration banquet held in the palace, a general of the legion directly under the royal family, with a red and high-spirited face, raised the wine glass in his hand, arched the black silver-rimmed general uniform on his body, and surrounded many people who thought they had The noble ministers who have the ability to reach this big cake are excited when they say that the Hokuriku region is the collective name for the northern part of Feize, although the Feize royal family It has nominal royal power, but it only has the power to appoint most of the royal territories in the central region. The seven provinces of Hokuriku have always been controlled by the seven Dukes, and the royal family has no involvement at all. But it is different now. Fang's defeat is only a matter of time. After taking care of the military, the next step must be to take care of the Hokuriku noble army who fled to the west of the royal capital.

"I heard that the Hokuriku Noble Alliance Army has 70,000 to 80,000 people!" A noble said hesitantly.

"Seven or eighty thousand people are nothing! What about the 100,000 field elites who rebelled against Ferretri? They are directly under the First Army and the Second Army. Which one is not a powerful force of elites who have fought in hundreds of battles? They are not like the ones in the tube in front of my royal army. The rats are surrounded by a group of people, and now they only need to be pinched gently from the east and west sides to eradicate them completely without any effort."

The general who was directly under the legion had a look of disdain on his face, a contemptuous smile on his face, and pointed fingers, as if he had trampled all the leaders of the northern noble coalition under his feet. What! Alec is already in Kuredia Under human control, unless these Hokuriku nobles can grow wings and fly away, no, even if they grow wings, we can still shoot them down with arrows!" "Haha" the nobles laughed happily all around." Those bastards like the Seven Dukes will not let go of anyone they catch! Starting with that old dog, I chopped off their heads one by one. By then, the seven northern provinces will belong to His Majesty!" A middle-aged nobleman with curly hair said loudly, "I know that all of you here are actually related to the northern nobles! There are quite a few connections, and some are even marriages that last for decades, but just It was these old friends who had been friends for decades, but what they showed after entering the royal capital area was not the etiquette that friends should have. Wherever they passed, the castle burned, the territory was completely destroyed, countless manors were destroyed, and countless slaves escaped. Do we need to pay attention to friendship with these robbers who break into our homes?

The nobles below were suddenly excited, "I can't bear it. I will pay with blood and kill those bastards!"

It’s no wonder that the nobles of the royal capital hate these northern nobles so much. The situation before them is so obvious. As long as these northern nobles trapped in the royal capital area are killed, the seven northern provinces will belong to the nobles of the royal capital. There is nothing more powerful than this. Something seductive? The eyes of the nobles in the royal capital are already red, which is the desire for huge benefits. The war has reached this level, everyone is waiting to reap the fat fruits of victory!

In a corner of the huge palace, King Laurian II of Fezer stood on the dark high platform, looking at the city covered in rain. As the overall planner of the war between the royal family and the military, everyone in the hall believed that victory was in hand. Different from his relaxed and excited mood, the old man's face was desolate at this moment, and even his body seemed to be a lot slimmer. Ten years of planning had led the extremely proud military to a dead end, like peeling off the cocoon, stripping away what originally belonged to the military. The strength is disintegrating layer by layer

This process seems to only take about a month. But the old man has planned the result countless times. Since its implementation, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is dancing on the tip of a knife. Even a normal middle-aged person will be overwhelmed by such huge pressure. What's more, he was an old man in his dying years. Everyone only saw the final victory, and a few people knew how hard it was to win this victory.

What is needed is courage to transfer 100,000 directly affiliated troops to the royal capital and abandon other areas of the royal capital. Abandoning Alec, the gateway to the royal capital, and introducing the military and aristocratic troops into the royal capital, what is needed is decisiveness. The blood of 400,000 people in Nulon can be used as the node to leverage the entire campaign. Finally, seize the opportunity to persuade Feize's three armies to surrender. , eventually causing the balance of power to tilt,

This cold-blooded approach. If you make one wrong move in your planning, everything will collapse, which is a blessing. The fate of the kingdom seems to be on the side of the royal family, or in other words, it is on the king, who has been planning for ten years. Finally, he lived up to his expectations. Before victory came, the old man looked lonely. It’s more like the final word,

"Your Majesty, are you still worried about the Falcon Empire agreement? Although it will have a certain impact, we now have 300,000 people in our hands, while the Emperor's army on the west coast only has more than 100,000. I don't think the Emperor will be like this Unwise, he has already taken thousands of miles of fertile land on the west coast, and he still wants to Isn’t that enough? And he has swallowed up such a large area in one go, so he still has the energy to negotiate with us!" Duke Gankefu, the deputy commander of the royal army, looked at the old king's sad back and said angrily. The Emperor of the Eagle Empire's request is too much! The cession of the entire west coast is something that can only be written in secret. There is no reason to formally sign the agreement. If the royal family really signs it, then the royal family is now in control of the victory. His majesty's reputation has increased to the level that all the Feize monarchs have never done before. If you reach a height you have never reached before, you will be cast into the gutter overnight. This kind of self-destruction is not something that cannot be signed even if you are beaten to death!

"I'm not worried about the more than 100,000 elites of the Falcon Empire on the west coast, I'm worried about the emperor!"

Lauryn II looked into the distance, which was the direction of the west coast. He held the hand on the palace pillar and tightened it unconsciously. He said slowly, "I know you may not believe it, but as King Feize, I can feel the strong pressure from the emperor on the west coast. That kind of pressure is overwhelming, like a white rain curtain hanging over the entire city in front of me."

Lauryn II's voice paused and continued, "If my goal is to restore the true royal power of Fezer, and I have worked hard for it for so many years, in the eyes of this emperor, the entire Fezer may be just another one." It’s just a little prey on a whim. The realm is too far away, and I can’t even consider the emperor’s true thoughts!”

Gan Kefu is Laurian II's confidant. They are not much different in age and are of the same generation. It can be said that they have been together through thick and thin. Therefore, Laurian II has no need to hide anything from Duke Gan Kefu. Gan Kefu couldn't help but feel dissatisfied with the Falcon Emperor's high praise and said, "Your Majesty, are you worrying too much? That Emperor is only twenty-eight years old this year. A young man of twenty-eight years old, he can see What?" Duke Gankefu looked a little unimpressed.

"Twenty-eight years old?" Laurian II's eyes flashed, he glanced at Duke Gankefu, who was as white-haired as himself, and said with a wry smile, "Mr. Gankefu, you seem to have forgotten that a year ago, it was this man who The twenty-eight-year-old young emperor used an army of 100,000 emperors to kill 300,000 elites of Fei Shan, a powerful country in the middle of the country, and destroyed Fei Shan. Six months ago, he used an army of less than 300,000 emperors to kill him. , defeated 700,000 Southern Alliance troops, overwhelming the entire South! Compared with these, are we really sure of victory with the 300,000 miscellaneous troops in our hands? And I have always suspected that the Hokuriku noble army retreated to the royal capital? The west side is the handiwork of this emperor. You know, the noble army can have half of the wealth of the royal capital and control of seven northern provinces!"

"So, it was so sudden that the noble army suddenly fled to the west. I was still wondering how the stubborn Geng Di suddenly became so smart and came up with this second-second chess move. It seems that someone The result of wiring at the back! "Duke Gankefu showed a hint of shock. He didn't think the empire would send troops from the west coast when he heard that Lauryn II Saying this, I feel that the possibility is very high. As for whether the royal family can win over the noble army to surrender like the Fifth Army, it is already impossible after the Nulon Massacre. The royal family and the northern nobles have already parted ways. Maybe he is accepting that such a big piece of fat is sitting in his mouth. If he doesn't bite it, according to the nature of the Falcon Empire, how can he be willing to do so!

"Find a way to inform Geng Di. Now we can only hope that this will be able to delay the emperor's plan!"

Lauryn II took a deep breath, with an extremely solemn expression. He took off a sword with a golden cross hilt with the royal emblem on his waist and handed it to Gan Kefu. "The direct army will leave Beijing tonight. Take this with you." Wang Ying, the situation has been stabilized, and the south side will be left to you!"

"Yes, I understand."

Gan Kefu's eyes flashed with a ferocious look, and he nodded solemnly. He took the Wang Ying Sword, which represented the command authority of the Imperial Guard, with both hands. This was the sword of the first monarch of Feize, and it was also proof of the imperial guard's command authority. He Knowing what Laurien II means, Kurudian himself will have no problem , there will be no problem with 50,000 imperial guards, but it is hard to say about the few southern vassal kings. Although there was a secret agreement with the royal family at the beginning, Feize was in a strong state at that time. In order to deal with the common The enemy, Fezer's military, and the southern vassals were willing to be used by the royal family.

Now that the military is about to be destroyed, all the capable troops of Feize Kingdom have been concentrated in the royal capital area. In other areas, except for the tens of thousands of border guards left by the military in the east, other areas are completely open.

The southern vassal kingdoms would not have thought that after wiping out their military forces, they would mobilize the Imperial Guards and direct legions to kill all the tens of thousands of southern vassal troops, and then drive the army south to kill the royal families of these vassal kingdoms. All uprooted!

The military strength of the southern vassal kingdoms lies here, and they are unable to resist the army moving south.

If the Feize royal family wants to establish its absolute royal power, how can it be possible to allow these vassal kingdoms to become independent? Feize is the suzerain state and the absolute master of these vassal kingdoms. It was before, is now, will be in the future, and always will be! It's just that even Kurudia, who is in charge of the southern plan, doesn't know about this plan. That's why Gan Kefu needs this royal eagle sword. This is the highest authorization from His Majesty the King!

"Then, my subordinates will go!" Duke Gankefu bowed respectfully to King Laurian, turned and left, and his figure finally disappeared into the darkness outside the torchlight. (To be continued.)