Realm of Power

Kalua Maple Castle, the Capital of Martin's Fang

This is a fortress city with beautiful scenery. With the main body of the fortress as the center, four city walls extending outward, a network of roads extending in all directions, and densely packed houses, it is like a huge spider web, covering the area of ​​20 miles nearby. are shrouded in it, especially in the light of the setting sun

Because the sea level here is slightly low, it looks like a concave and sunken lake. From a distance, it looks like a huge sunset setting in the city, so Kalua Maple Castle is also called the "Sunset City"

This city on the southern prairie was not a real city at first, but just a military barrier on the border. The ten-meter-high city wall left large shadows behind the setting sun. The somewhat dark city wall reveals deep gaps from time to time, as if As if they were made by huge rocks, these gaps silently describe the tragic environment at that time. Astan I, the founder of the Kingdom of Martin Fang, once encountered a siege of 200,000 troops here, and finally reversed the situation and defeated the army. The allied forces of the grassland tribes laid the foundation for the establishment of the Martinliya Kingdom.

Of course, Astan I's revenge was also very strong. In the subsequent counterattack, he broke through the capital of the original enemy and ordered a massacre that lasted for half a month. When the massacre was finally ordered to end, the city was surrounded by towering towers. The walls of the city no longer have any inhabitants left alive, and the original growth The people here were completely erased from history by Astan I, and all the buildings in the city were destroyed in the fire. This was the beginning of the Martin Liga people dominating this land, and in order to commemorate that The battle established the victory of the Martin Liga people and made Fort Kaluua the capital of the country.

Justin, the foreign undersecretary of the Kingdom of Harvey, looked at the slowly entering Kalua Castle from the carriage window with complicated eyes. In the vast sky in the distance in the east, the afterglow of the setting sun was gradually disappearing, and at the end of his sight was a large area. Farmland, wilderness and woods, there are not many people in the city, and there are almost no shops on the streets.

"It seems that the rumors that the Martin Liya people hate merchants are true, even in the royal capital. You can imagine that in other regions."

Sitting opposite Justin, a middle-aged man wearing a black dress said with flashing eyes. He is Habiasos. In terms of identity, he is still above Justin. He is one of the important members of the Harvey Kingdom's military department. The main purpose of coming this time is to discuss the division of the southern part of the Order State with the Kingdom of Martina. , after a chaotic melee with each other, each suffered losses, and the Kingdom of Harvey had to admit that it was unrealistic to squeeze the Martinites out of the southern part of the Order Kingdom. Since everyone had the same goal, it was better to cooperate with each other. Cooperate and squeeze out the weakest Ikar people from the southern part of the Order State first.

"Your Excellency Habiasos is right. The Martinliya people are not good at commerce, and they also have a hostile attitude towards merchants. There was a long time when merchants were executed in the Martinliya Kingdom." Foreign Affairs Secretary Chief Justin said respectfully, "Ma The reason why the Dinliya people hate merchants can even be traced back to Astan I, the founder of the Martinliya Kingdom. "Any businessman is a liar and should be burned at the stake." These are the exact words of His Majesty the Great King. "Justin's voice paused. He paused, looked far-sightedly at the street outside, and sighed, "It is precisely because of this that the Martin Liya people are robbing people. They have accumulated considerable wealth in more than a hundred years, but it is probably only ten who have truly become a national power." Less than two or three, a lot of iron and gold Silver and the like can simply be melted down and made into simple war tools and decorations. If all these wealth were given to our Kingdom of Harvey, our Kingdom of Harvey would have long been the overlord of Barrow in southern Europe. We still need to cooperate with the Order State there. Only through unity can we fight against the oppression of the Eero people"

"Oh, is the rumor that His Majesty the King suffered a big loss at the hands of merchants true?" Habiasos asked curiously. He had only heard that the Martin Liya people hated merchants before, but the specific reason was unknown. I knew it, but I didn’t expect it to be involved with Astan I, the founder of the Martin Fang Kingdom and known as the Lion of Barro in Southern Europe. He was a talented and strategic generation of heroes who unified the divisions. The Martin Tooth Prairie, after unifying the power of all the prairie tribes, frequently launched wars with foreign countries. In the past ten years, the newly born Martin Tooth Kingdom was like a greedy glutton, constantly plundering and occupying nearby lands. The territory also expanded from Fort Kalua to the east and west by six to seven hundred miles, almost twice the size of the original Martinliya Prairie, truly forming the foundation of the Martinliya Kingdom!

"It is indeed true. One hundred and sixty-six years ago, Astan I personally led the army and captured the four vassal kingdoms under Fezer in one fell swoop. The entire Obaro was shaken. The 200,000 troops of Fezer Kingdom rushed south. The two sides were in A war broke out on the Harry River near the west coast. It was already the middle of winter. Martin's fangs could not continue to supply rations and had to spend a lot of money. He bought grain from a merchant at ten times the price. It turned out that the merchant was a liar and ran away with the property of the Martin Liya people. The Martin Liya army was in a desperate situation of running out of food. In desperation, Astan I could only force the army to advance. In a decisive battle with Fezer's Army, Martin's Tooth Army was eventually counterattacked by Fezer's Army due to lack of preparation. Not only was all the originally occupied areas lost, Lost, and was forced by the Fezers to sign an agreement not to invade again. "Justin paused, and looked back from outside the carriage." This was the first time that the Martinites, who had been located inland for thousands of years, did this. Being close to the west coast, one could even feel the warmth of the ocean monsoon, but was beaten back with a head-on blow. Not only did more than 110,000 elite soldiers die in battle, but It also led to the termination of the expansion of the Martin Tooth Kingdom to the west coast. King Astan I, who was already sixty-four years old at the time, became depressed and angry after returning to the country. He became ill and finally died in the spring of the next year. In the remaining years, Martin's Fang Kingdom headed west several times in an attempt to fulfill the last wish of Astan I, but never once did it come so close.

After listening to Justin's words, Habisos was silent, and said with a helpless smile, "Actually, we are not qualified to make fun of the Martinites. The Martinites are eager to get this treasure land on the west coast, but we Harvey people are not the same." We have been fighting for decades for an outlet to the inland sea, and only now have we seen the light of day.”

"As a completely landlocked country, not only the goods exported to the outside world are strangled and levied high taxes, but also the spread of various science and technologies circulating in the north and south lags behind the average level. Look at the current situation of Martin Tooth Just know, until now, Mattingly The Ya Kingdom is still in the stage of tribal rule, and its military technology is at least fifty years behind the north. "Master Habisos is right. Although the Martin Li Ya cavalry is powerful, it is not as good as our southern cavalry." In contrast to the characteristics, if compared with the north-facing majestic Compared with the imperial cavalry, which is the number one in the mainland, the disastrous defeat in the Battle of the Holy Capital of the Order State has explained everything. The empire only participated in the battle with 30,000 cavalry, but it made nearly 100,000 people of our southern four-nation coalition stand on their feet. Even His Royal Highness Prince Rutelli Famous generals all died on the edge of the Holy City, Martin's Tooth Army, who is also the main force of the cavalry, is said to have wiped out most of its combat strength in a single encounter. However, he could not even touch a hair on the opponent's horse and would never be able to participate in the battle again. The difference is really shocking. Shudder!" Justin also shook his head uglyly.

The Civil War broke the backbone of the South's confrontation with the North. Although the scale of the Battle of the Holy Capital was much smaller than that of the North-South War, its impact was greater. It can be said that it completely chilled the fighting spirit of the South. If the North-South War is said to be The main reason for the defeat was that the southern command was mostly unfavorable, so the Battle of the Holy Capital made the huge gap in combat power between the two sides even more obvious.

What does this mean? It means that two years later, the gap caused by the Civil War has not diminished, but has become larger and larger. After the victory of the Civil War, the empire took advantage of the power of victory and first suppressed and divided the southern power Feize, and then divided it. The six central countries were drawn into the empire's camp. With the defeat of the Ero Empire, the entire southern inland sea line has completely become the empire's territory of power. Therefore, the empire can dominate the Holy Land. At the most critical moment of the Capital War, they directly sent a cavalry force to occupy the Holy Capital without any scruples. Even if the four southern coalition forces succeeded in ambushing the Putamia Army and marching north, they would ultimately have no choice but to hate the Holy Capital War, which not only caused eight The loss of tens of thousands of troops also resulted in the death of two princes from the four kingdoms and the capture of more than 20 generals under his command. It can be said that it was the most brutal battle against the north in the past two years.

Along with the two special envoys from the Kingdom of Harvey, the Kingdom of Martin Fang also sent Count Remshat, the senior officer in charge of military affairs, to participate in the negotiation. This is a man with silver-white hair and almost transparent eyes. As a middle-aged man, he invited Habisos. The location was not his official residence or even his private residence, but a small basin filled with salt gas in the mountains to the north of Kalua Feng Castle.

A manor is built on the edge of a horizontal mirror-like lake. Its owner is one of Remshat's many lovers.

In his youth, Remchat was a handsome man who was well-known throughout southern Europe. Even now, he is still handsome and charming, attracting many women. There is almost no trace of the unique barbaric temperament of the Martin Tooth people in him. Instead, he gave people an aura of nobility, like a erudite scholar, so much so that he had been to the Kingdom of Gangfei in the north for ten years, and no one was found to be a Martin. tooth man,

"How many lovers do you have?"

Someone had asked him the same question before. Remshat basically didn't answer immediately, but thought about it with a serious expression. Then he put on an almost cheeky bright smile and replied, "If it's not in units of ten, I'm afraid it's still..." It’s not over yet!” It seems a bit exaggerated, but it’s not entirely bragging.

"The beauty of the mellow fragrance, the delicacies that melt on the tongue, the music that shocks the heart, and the graceful beauties, such a life is not wasted."

However, no one believed what he said, because it was he who plotted to kidnap a princess of the Gangfei Empire and sell it to the Feize people nine years ago, inducing the Emperor of Gangfei to personally conquer Feize, and inducing Gangfei to The six-year war between the empire and Feize in the south ended in the failure of Emperor Gangfei's expedition to the south. Gangfei's national power was greatly damaged. Later, it was defeated by the Falcon Empire rising in the northwest and had to move to the capital, laying the groundwork for Gangfei's demise!

"This time we are discussing the division of the southern part of the Order. I wonder if Lord Habisos has any better suggestions. There are eleven provinces in the south, and we, Martin Fang, only occupy six. I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince. After all, I, His Royal Highness the King, will personally lead the army in this battle. If the value of the alliance between the two sides is only this, why should we still join forces?" Remshat placed the wine glass on the marble table and looked at Habiso calmly. Si Na's alert expression

"I think the value of the alliance does not lie in a few provinces, but because we have a common enemy!"

Habisos said every word with a solemn face. Facing Remshat, he had to be careful.

This is not an ordinary person, he is the white fox Remshat. Mentioning it in Barro, southern Europe, is enough to make people feel cold. To put it bluntly, the collapse of the Gangfei Empire has an inescapable relationship with him. If If it weren't for his planning, the Gangfei Empire, which was at its peak, would not have been trapped in the Fezer War for six years, which had shaken the country's foundation, and was taken advantage of by the Falcon Empire rising in the north, and was eventually defeated by the Falcon Empire. Eating away step by step

If it weren't for this person, Southern Fezer would not have suffered losses due to the protracted war between Congo and Africa. After the military strength suffered, the Fezer royal family took the opportunity to regain power. In the end, a civil war broke out between the royal family and the military that shook the entire Fezer Kingdom. , the final result was that the main force of the military was destroyed, the royal family collapsed, and Feize was divided! It can be said that Martin Li Ya did not waste a single soldier. He defeated his old enemy Fezer.

If the Falcon Empire hadn't occupied the southern part of Feize, the Martin Tooth Army might have leapt to the west coast and realized the Martin Tooth Army's dream of more than a hundred years! It can only be said that it is better to calculate than to calculate!

"A common enemy?" Remshat picked up his glass and took a few seconds to swallow the meaning of this sentence. He suddenly smiled and said, "Your Excellency, you are talking about the empire in the north? It shouldn't be. After all, we are with The empire has no fundamental contradictions. Although we had some fights in the Battle of the Holy Capital, we were the ones who lost, so the empire The first person the country has to deal with should not be our Martin Liya, but your Kingdom of Harvey. Moreover, it is now during the Empire’s annual meeting. The generals and governors from all over the country have returned to the Empire’s Ocean City. It is possible to use troops in a short time. Not very sexy. "Betrayed by a companion you have trusted for decades will be unforgettable!"

Remchat narrowed his eyes slightly. "On the contrary, you have been preparing for the current situation for twenty years. Others don't know what the rebellion in the southern mountains of the Order State is about. Could it be that the person from the Order State Your Highness the Pope, don’t you know? She almost died during the Battle of the Holy Capital. Do you think the Valkyrie will swallow this breath? This time the empire funded her with millions of imperial gold. According to the intelligence, the female pope has been reorganized. The Knights Templar became a member of the Knights Templar Order, and its scale has grown even more!"

"What is the so-called big increase?" "I heard that the Templar Knights were expanded to 20,000, and the Skitarii were expanded to 200,000!"

Remshat's nearly colorless eyes shone white under the light. What he said made Habisos' complexion change. Their Harvey Kingdom's intelligence network did not have such detailed data, and this turned out to be Martin has always given other countries the impression of being rude and arrogant. According to the intelligence network of the people, "I heard that the empire in the north had vigorously cleaned up part of the intelligence network in the south some time ago. It seems that the loss of the Kingdom of Harvey is really not small." Seeing Habisos's surprised look in his eyes, Remsha The corners of Te's mouth were slightly raised, and he said to himself

"What do you mean by your words?" Habisos looked a little angry. The other party lowered his voice, but that didn't mean that he couldn't hear it.

The empire's suppression of Harvey's spy network has always been regarded as a shame by the Harvey people. In addition, in the battle of the Holy Capital, the highest-ranking person killed was Prince Rutelli of the Kingdom of Harvey, and a generation of famous generals spilled their blood on the Holy Capital. Wetland, Prince Rutelli is the main person in charge of the affairs of the Order State. Whether it was the original planning of the southern rebellion of the Order State or the subsequent series of actions, Prince Rutelli can be said to be the core figure.

As a result, now that Prince Rutelli died in the battle for the Holy Capital, the original strategy had to be revised. The original plan was to consume the forces of the other three countries in the battle of the Holy Capital, and then Prince Rutelli personally led 30,000 Harvey troops. Go south, seize the opportunity, cooperate with the main force of Harvey Kingdom internally and externally, and occupy the southern part of the Order Kingdom first, but now It has become a tripartite conflict between the Kingdom of Harvey, Martinliya and the Ikar people. If Prince Rutelli does not die, there is no need for him to come to discuss anything with the Martinliya people, because His Highness the Prince must have planned everything, but Rutelli The prince is dead, and the follow-up plans and key points that were interrupted because of this can no longer be implemented.

Negotiating with Martin Liya is really a helpless move

"I'm just feeling a little emotional. I don't mean anything else. In fact, our Martin Sharptooth has also suffered a lot of losses. I didn't expect that the empire would suddenly do this. And the Ministry of Supervision is just a bunch of hounds." Remsha Te shrugged apologetically. In fact, Remshat did this on purpose for the scandal that led to the Harvey Kingdom turning away from the Empire some time ago, only to be severely repaired by the Empire.

It is said that it aroused the emperor's anger, and the Imperial Supervisory Department was dispatched across the board. An invisible bloody storm almost uprooted the arrangements that the southern countries had infiltrated in the past two years. The Martin Fang Kingdom was also affected, and was sent to the north to collect all kinds of intelligence. Only three or four of the ten people came back, but the people sent by the Martin Fang Kingdom were not many in the first place, and the empire seemed to have some mercy and did not kill them all, so it was still acceptable.

The espionage network of the Kingdom of Harvey, which mainly aroused the emperor's wrath, is said to be even worse. Because of the complete blockade of the Imperial Navy, those with Harvey background cannot escape and return home. They are hunted down one by one by the empire in the north. Almost exhausted,

Remshat shook his head with an ugly face, deliberately pretending not to realize that the huge losses of the Harvey Kingdom's intelligence personnel had affected the Harvey Kingdom's normal intelligence on the Order State. As expected, Habisos began to sit down. "I can't help but thank you for being able to tell me such important information, but I believe that the Harvey Kingdom's espionage network should have more detailed information."

Habisos knew that Pudamia had assembled such a force and he could still sit there. Moreover, the omissions in the intelligence network made him even more furious. He left Remshat's villa in a panic. This matter must be done. Immediately inform the country, otherwise it will be irresponsible for the tens of thousands of Harvey troops in the country. Moreover, he also needs to ask the domestic intelligence department what they eat.

When did even Martin's intelligence network surpass Harvey's intelligence network? This time it was really embarrassing. He was slapped in the face, but he didn't know it. Standing in front of the window of the villa hall, watching As Habissos boarded the carriage and drove away in a hurry, Remshat showed a sinister smile.

This negotiation is about carving up the southern part of the Order Kingdom. Remshat, as the representative of Martin's fang side, knows that in terms of military strength, the Kingdom of Harvey occupies the main force, with a total of 80,000 Harvey troops, and it has been twenty years. The preparations and planning are far from Martin's 50,000 cavalry warehouse. It can be compared to facilitate the invasion, so Harvey's side will definitely demand to take advantage, and he uses this information to directly slap the Harvey people in the face, warning the Harvey people that if the Harvey Kingdom cannot resist Pudami Ya's counterattack, what qualifications do you have to talk about divisions here! Both sides are extremely hypocritical and perfunctory, but they naturally know it well inside, they just don't tell the truth. What really determines everything is strength! "Sir, is it a little too hasty to tell the Harvey people the information that we have spent a lot of money to get?" A young officer from Martin Liya said hesitantly. In fact, this information was paid for by Martin Liya. It was detected at great cost, and more than six intelligence officers were bleeding, but Remshat deliberately acted as if he could get it easily. "If we don't tell the Harvey people, are we Martin Liya people going to fight against Pudami?" Ya’s 200,000-strong army?"

Remshat turned back from the window with a cold smile, "I deliberately provoked the Harvey people, just to make the Harvey people think that Putamia's first target was them. In fact, Putamia's side I'm afraid that I don't have the intention to go south yet. Half of the two hundred thousand troops are newcomers. Even if Putamia is a real Valkyrie, it is impossible to change the situation of being unable to go south in the short term."

Remshat paused and continued, "But it's different now. After the Harvey Kingdom gets the news, they will definitely seek verification, and then they will inevitably increase their troops. However, the Harvey Kingdom doesn't know that the more troops they increase, the more powerful they will be." In forcing Pudamia to go south in advance! No matter who defeats whom in the end, I, Martin Sharp Tooth, can wait for the opportunity. What the Imperial Cavalry did in the battle of the Holy Capital, can’t we, Martin Sharp Tooth Cavalry, do the same?”

"So there is such a strategy, sir, it's really admirable." The young officer said with admiration on his face.