Realm of Power

In early winter, the west coast of Baros in southern Europe is covered with yellow fallen leaves. As the sun sets, the spiers of the majestic buildings with a strong fusion of Fezer style and Empire style are projected on the crowded streets. The tall Uta trees sway silently in the wind, in the direction of the blue port. , the imperial merchant ship with huge white sails slowly sailed out of the port, and the chamber of commerce carriage with the sunrise pattern printed on the outer wall was illuminated. Passing through the middle of the street and driving into the alley next to Central Street, the light of the golden sunset shines in from the carriage window. Sitting in the carriage is a slightly fat black-haired young man with a pair of black pupils like those in the night. The sky is as bright as the stars, and she is wearing a black dress, with a vague aura that suppresses the surroundings.

The black-haired young man placed a top-secret report on the table with his right hand, raised his head and looked at the gorgeous beauty opposite, smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth, and said jokingly

"It seems that Mount Edmund has been suppressed more severely by the Hérault royal family than I expected. It's just an old thing from the Hérault royal family. You can't even get it. It was even stolen and prepared for you." Auctioning this thing on the west coast of the empire, I put all the intelligence tasks in the southern region of the empire on you, isn't it a bit unsafe?"

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty, this matter is indeed our negligence. We didn't expect that the Eero royal family would secretly sell this thing. By the time we found out, the other party had already brought this thing to the west coast of the empire." Opposite The stunning beauty's pretty face turned slightly pale, and the rays of the setting sun coated her long, wavy hair with a layer of golden light. , a milky white cashmere robe tightly wrapped her bumpy breasts. Even so, her extremely thin waist and plump and high buttocks could still be seen from the back, and a section of snow-white slender calves were exposed at the bottom of the robe. , whose figure carries a myriad of charms, is none other than the former Princess of Hérault, Ancollo, who is currently one of the heads of the Southern Intelligence Department of the Empire.

"Haha, it's just a joke. Why should Her Majesty the Princess take it seriously? In fact, the Empire was able to make a comeback on the Western Front. The Southern Intelligence Department played a vital role. Her Majesty the Princess can make any request now. As long as the Empire can do it. I won’t be stingy when I get there.” The fat man looked very happy. The feeling of being strangled by others was finally reduced a lot. He let out a fierce breath. "Your Majesty is already very grateful for not holding us accountable for our negligence. How dare we ask for anything?" Ankoluo's pretty face was full of sight, and his voice was excited and he said, "If it had been under the Héro royal family before, , I’m afraid it will take one or two middle-level leaders’ heads to make up for this matter. I’m afraid even I, who is responsible for this matter, will not be exempted from the punishment. My subordinates really I didn't expect that His Majesty is really kind..." "That old thing is just a curiosity of mine and is dispensable. After all, the main responsibility of the Intelligence Department is intelligence. You should be rewarded for your excellent work, and I I heard that you sacrificed your lives in order to obtain information about Silver Fox's return to the army. According to the rules of the empire, these intelligence personnel who sacrificed will receive their dues. The honors and generous rewards they received, and this time, I have asked the Ministry of Military Affairs to specially approve 500,000 imperial gold as the resettlement costs of the sacrificed personnel. Everyone will be awarded second-class military merit, and their descendants can enter the empire's vocational schools without taking exams. Although they are gone, I believe that their descendants will have a better life." "Your Majesty is saying that there are resettlement expenses for the sacrificed personnel?"

An Keluo looked shocked. She covered her rosy and attractive lips with her white hands, and a pair of bright eyes flashed with a layer of moisture. This was the first time she heard about the sacrifice of intelligence personnel. The country would pay for resettlement, and there was also money. With such enviable generous treatment, you must know that in this era, in terms of social status, in addition to soldiers and businessmen, these vocational schools The eager expansion of the empire requires a large number of skilled craftsmen and various professional technicians. Every year when the empire's vocational schools open, they are crowded with people. However, the selection conditions are extremely strict. The Imperial Vocational School adopts a strictly controlled selection method. It is better to have fewer students than to overdo it. Even many nobles are sending their children to it.

The descendants of these intelligence officers can enter without examination, which basically means that they have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of their lives. Ankolo, who was born in Mount Edmund, knows very well what this means, and it means that the future victims of Mount Edmund will They will die calmly. They have the background of Mount Edmund. They may never be able to get rid of Mount Edmund in their lifetime, but their descendants will not. Their descendants can live a normal life, or even better than normal people." If you have any more questions, you can tell me."

The fat man's eyes flashed brightly and he tapped his fingers on the table. He personally designated the empire's treatment of intelligence personnel, otherwise the empire's intelligence network would not be so developed. Fatty has never been stingy in terms of intelligence rewards. The empire To reach the current scale, intelligence is indispensable. "No, I just didn't expect that His Majesty would value the life and death of intelligence personnel so much. Intelligence personnel should die on intelligence..." An Keluo pursed his lips slightly. Open it, take a deep breath,

"Oh, is that what you think?" The emperor of the empire sitting opposite interrupted her with a stern voice. The emperor looked out of the car window with a stern face and murmured in a low voice, "Look at the bright sunshine outside the car. , the adjacent streets are crowded with people, and the dazzling shops are crowded with people. Since Carisu The region has been developed, and the empire has built a fortress on the border of Martinliya. The commercial economy of the entire west coast of the empire has been affected. But the basis of all this is that the invisible intelligence personnel are sacrificing and bleeding. Intelligence belongs to a country. Eyes, who can master more information than the other party? , can basically determine the outcome of the war, and this is also one of the keys to the empire's ability to maneuver vertically and horizontally and defeat the strong with the weak many times. Although soldiers are ultimately required to fight bravely, if there are no problems with the intelligence, it will inevitably be the result of wasted efforts. Before the war, The first people to bleed are also intelligence officers. If you can't even guarantee the treatment that intelligence personnel deserve, what can this country expect? If you still think so, I have to consider transferring you from the Southern Intelligence Department. I will never allow any intelligence personnel to sacrifice in vain. ! ""Your Majesty is right, but your subordinates are wrong!"

Ankeluo's pretty face was blood red. He lowered his head quickly and his lips trembled slightly. Finally, he didn't say anything, but under the invisible table, his fingers were clenched tightly, and his sexy nails even sank into In the palm of your hand, intelligence officers can actually be protected in this way! The emperor in front of her had to remind her of another emperor, Emperor Farouk. This emperor had extremely strict standards for doing things, especially towards the slave-like Mount Etmund. Even if there is bloodshed, even the bright and charming Ankolo, despite her noble status as a princess, has no status at all in Farouk's eyes. To put it nicely, she is a liaison, and to put it worst, she can be sacrificed at any time. The victim, the guard and the toy

For Emperor Farouk, even if he kills Ankolo, Mount Edmond will not do anything. Instead, he will send another one as quickly as possible, because Mount Edmund's reputation is too bad, except for Eero. No one in the royal family is willing to take him in. On the contrary, once he is kicked out by the Eero royal family, he will encounter the dilemma of being surrounded and exterminated by all forces.

Under such circumstances, Mount Edmund has no choice at all. Even if the Hérault royal family frowns, Mount Edmond will be in chaos. This kind of thing has not happened for a short time, but has been like this for the past thirty years.

In fact, she wanted to tell the emperor of the opposite empire Mount Edmon's treatment under the royal family of Eero. Even before her Encro, two contacts like her had been secretly executed by Emperor Farouk of Eero for some minor mistakes. Now, by Farooq's side, Ann Ke Luo is completely walking on thin ice. Although she has survived to become a princess, she actually doesn’t know whether she will be alive tomorrow. The moment it was confirmed that Emperor Farouk of Erro was killed in battle, the person who was happiest in his heart was actually this person who was considered by the outside world. The most favored princess

Although he knew that Mount Edmond was notorious and had served the Hérault royal family, he didn't mind at all.

As soon as Mount Edmund joined, he was personally given the important responsibility of the Southern Intelligence Department by the emperor. His status was even parallel to that of the Imperial Intelligence Department, and his generosity was even more astonishing. Although he knew that the empire was rich, he only had two million in imperial gold per quarter. , this made Mount Edmond, who had been cut off from the royal family of Eero for half a year, almost going crazy. The elder of Mount Edmund, who was the head of the southern intelligence department of the empire, was said to be crying bitterly, hiding in his room and crying.

You know, in the Hérault royal family, Mount Edmond only has 200,000 imperial gold funds per quarter. Just for this quarter of 200,000 gold, Mount Edmond has been the boss of the Hérault royal family for decades. Lackey, how many children of Mount Edmund have died because of intelligence, and the Héro royal family has never cared about the loss of Mount Edmond.

The emperor's regard for Mount Edmund showed an absolute broad mind and openness to all rivers. In order to make the emperor feel value for money, all Mount Edmund wanted to make a fool of themselves and used all their strength in the shortest possible time. Restore the intelligence network. Mount Edmon already has its own intelligence network, but due to limited funds and suppression everywhere, many intelligence networks have been abandoned.

In the past, Mount Edmon had informants, but no money. Who was willing to provide information? Now that the empire has invested so much money, the intelligence network that had dried up due to lack of funds quickly recovered. Even the Martin war ten years ago Several secrets that had been lurking in the Li Ya fiasco were activated again. Information from the south is continuously flowing into the Empire's Southern Intelligence Department. The specific strength and march progress of the Silver Fox's return army have actually been revealed before they have even arrived. Otherwise, even if the fat man is the God of War, he will not be able to do so. Not being able to connect the links properly, the silver fox almost died in Stam

And Silver Fox probably never expected that the person who had tricked him was actually the remnants of Mount Edmund ten years ago.

In the final analysis, Silver Fox still failed because of the intelligence. Mount Edmon also took this opportunity to avenge the death of ten years ago. Silver Fox was defeated in the battle on the western front of Martinliya Kingdom, and the entire Ouba Luo was shocked, although he finally confirmed that Yin Fox is still alive, but he is also seriously injured and on the verge of death. He was shot by three arrows and fought his way out of the siege by more than a hundred of his subordinates. He is already extremely lucky if he is not dead. He still wants to go to the battlefield. He doesn't have half a year of training to be afraid. I can't even get out of bed

The biggest loss this time was the destruction of the 100,000 troops directly under the Ansili family who had made great achievements in the wars under Silver Fox.

This was a severe blow to the entire Anxili family, and even shook the foundation of the Anxili family's rule.

Because these 100,000 soldiers of the Anxili family are not the army of the lords under their command, but the army directly under the family. They are all veterans of the battlefield. They are the brand used by the Anxili family to support their facade. Among them, the lower-level officers are entirely composed of children of the Anxili family, which is very important to the family. He is extremely loyal, admires the commander Silver Fox extremely, and fights bravely without fear of death. In the Battle of Kalisu, he was already The mad dog-like one hundred thousand Kalisu army was defeated by this army. Now more than half of them died in the battle, and even the famous general Mo Yayo, who was called the Shadow of the Silver Fox by the outside world, was the first in the battle. Qiongdu died in the rout, Silver Fox was seriously injured, and Moyayo Qiong died unexpectedly in battle. This alone reduced the Anxili family's deterrent power by more than half.

It stands to reason that since the Empire has torn open the Western Front and severely damaged Silver Fox's troops, it should move in with a large army. However, the Western Front is not as easy as it seems, and it is even a little embarrassing, because even if Stam was captured , the Imperial Army cannot advance westward, because the special geographical environment of Martin Liya Kingdom is too troublesome.

The uncertain weather, the swamps that turned into lakes due to rain, the great plains that were ravaged by the surge of rivers, and the Martinliya people's practice of not building cities for hundreds of years, for the Imperial Army They are all obstacles. If there is no city to capture, there is no foothold. No matter how much territory is conquered, it is still a rootless tree. And as the battle line deepens, the logistics line becomes longer.

At that time, as long as the Martin Liya people use cavalry to cut off the logistics line, no matter how many troops there are, they will only be defeated. Moreover, the terrain of the Martin Liya Prairie also determines that it is completely impossible to stop the Martin Liya cavalry from detouring. In terms of geography, Being familiar with the environment, the Martin Liya people undoubtedly took advantage of the right time and place, and once the Imperial Army was defeated, it would be the final result of being covered up along the way.

So now, although the imperial military front has reached Stam, it is unable to go deeper for the time being. Only when several newly built fortresses are completed can there be support to continue moving forward. The construction of several fortresses will take at least It would not be completed until mid-October, and it was at this time that Ankoluo, who was in charge of the Eero Empire, found His Majesty the Emperor and reported something about the sacred artifact that was specifically requested by the Emperor. , disappeared unexpectedly

Even the former Princess of Hérault, Encollo, was not able to get it, and the fat man was still a little surprised. Although the thing was called a sacred tool for the country, it was actually just a tool used by Emperor Hérault for annual sacrifices. It was not precious in terms of value. After the decline of the Eero royal family, who will care about this, even this time to encourage The princes from the south marched north to recapture the royal capital. The Royal Family of Airo was already selling off the iron and auctioning off the royal collection. However, this thing was stolen from the Royal Family of Airo just because it was inconspicuous. The person who stole it did not dare to do it. Eero auctioned this thing, but he went to the west coast of the empire to auction it.

According to the relationship between the Hérault royal family and the empire, it is indeed the safest to auction in the empire area. Moreover, with the sudden prosperity of the west coast of the empire, rich and dignitaries from Barrow in southern Europe gather, it is indeed an excellent time for the auction.

The most fortunate thing for Fatty now is that he unexpectedly obtained Ankolo and Mount Edmond. Otherwise, in the face of this long-planned counterattack from the south, even the empire would be afraid that it would be difficult to gather troops for a while. After all, the empire is too vast. Moreover, the empire's main attack direction the previous year was in the Central Asian region. With the Imperial Capital West Road, the empire overpowered Bertrand Bonnie. Nearly 150,000 front-line combat troops, including the Yanzhou area in northern Zhongbia, the 30,000 new Yanzhou army in Yueshan, and the 80,000 elite cavalry in Xiting in the north grassland direction. Just in the direction of Zhongbia, if the empire Counting the garrison troops together, it amounts to an army of nearly four to five million people. It can be said that half of the empire's main field force is not in the direction of Oparo.

The Civil War broke out so suddenly that even the empire could only respond hastily. Although

Ankolo was originally one of the top executives of Mount Edmond. Now that Mount Edmond has been merged into the Southern Intelligence Department of the Empire, Ankolo has naturally become one of the important figures in the Southern Intelligence Department of the Empire, and is responsible for As for Eero, he is well aware of the North-South War between the Empire and Southern European Barrow. The Empire's main combat forces are concentrated on the battlefields of the Order State and the West Coast battlefield. The number of troops on the Eero battlefield is only 20,000 until now. about

Now the battlefields of the Western Front and the Kingdom of the Order are already raging with war, with heads rolling and blood flowing like rivers. Even the Hokuriku noble group has been destroyed. The western part of the Martin Riya Kingdom has been defeated, but only the Eero battlefield is. The main reason for the calm situation is that Ankolo, a senior member of Mount Edmond who was born in the Hérault royal family, has no idea about the internal situation of Hérault. We know the situation too well. Ankolo was in charge of the intelligence of the Eero Empire at the beginning, and a very important part of it was the monitoring of the domestic situation in Eero. In particular, the princes in the south of Eero, who had always been at odds with the central government, now turned to deal with the Eero Empire. The princes on the Luo side just gave a little provocation and let the southern princes pass the blame, and they all wanted to wait for it to happen.

"My subordinates have found out that the other party chose to auction this item at the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce auction house in three days. I could have intercepted it immediately, but this item has already entered the auction house's vault. This time the auction house There is also a batch of important goods to be sold. It is said to be the goods of the military. The military has sent guards. If we take action, my subordinates are afraid that something will go wrong."

An Keluo lowered his beautiful face and said, his white neck looked so graceful, and his hair and temples exuded a faint fragrance.

The Sunrise Chamber of Commerce has now been designated by the imperial government as an auction house chamber of commerce that specializes in auctioning trophies. This time they defeated Silver Fox's army, and there were a lot of trophies. They were all stuffed into the auction house for auction, and the items auctioned this time were also extraordinary, that is War horse resources, the empire has no shortage of war horses, and the Martinli Ya Prairie is also the most important place in southern Europe. Luo is the only resource area that produces war horses. These horse ranches are of little significance to the empire, and the Martin Liga horses are far inferior to the Nordic Barro horses in terms of endurance and load-bearing capacity. They are only suitable for assault troops such as the Martin Liga Lancers. , the empire doesn’t need much, so Fatty simply sells part of the horse ranch.

In fact, I know that batch of goods, including five thousand war horses and Martin Liya armor and armaments, as well as six Martin Liya horse ranches. "The fat man glanced at Ancolo's graceful neck. Slightly absent-minded, the charm of this former beloved concubine of Emperor Eero is indeed great.

Hearing Ankeluo say that the auction was at the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce, Fatty knew why Ankeluo came to see him in person.

It was all caused by those horse ranches. As soon as these horse ranches were released, most of the southern European Barrow went crazy. The southern European Barrow lacked war horses. Only the Martin Liya people had war horse resources, but the Martin Liya people did not protect the horses. Just like my own eyes, and the Martinliya Kingdom does not allow the sale of war horses, the result is that the entire southern Europe of Barrow is short of horses, and only the Martinliya people have horses.

Ever since the Empire used cavalry groups to sweep through the Southern Allied Forces in the Civil War, all countries have realized the powerful power of cavalry.

In the subsequent battle of the Holy Capital of the Order State, 30,000 imperial cavalry dragged down 100,000 coalition troops, which once again shocked the south. Without cavalry, they would be beaten. Countries have realized the importance of cavalry, but the lack of horses in the south is There are insurmountable shortcomings. Now that the empire is willing to release the horse ranch, it is extremely attractive to all countries. Naturally, all countries are bound to win.

In just a few days after the news was released, representatives from more than ten countries had already arrived on the West Coast. To be on the safe side, Lytle, who had just returned to the West Coast to take charge of affairs, asked the emperor for instructions to dispatch military troops to protect the auction house. Fatty agreed. At Lytle's request, this time the Empire defeated the Silver Fox on the Western Front and auctioned off the Martin Liya people's horse ranch. This was in front of The whole Obaro slaps the Martin Liya people in the face. The Martin Liya people will definitely not sit back and watch. Once there is a massacre in the auction house, it will be embarrassing and humiliating. The imperial government has now blocked it in advance. At the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce's auction house, once it was reported that something was missing, the reputation of the emperor would be damaged, and the auction items were released by the emperor himself.

So even the Southern Intelligence Department didn't dare to take action halfway. "Now that we have entered the warehouse of the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce, there should be no problem. We will just auction it off when the time comes." The fat man waved his hand, hesitated and said, "That piece Although the old thing has the name of a sacred weapon to protect the country, its value is not high in fact. It can only be regarded as a gift. However, few people have seen it up close. It is impossible to judge whether it is true or false."

"That's not a problem. I've seen that thing before and even touched it." An Keluo said in a charming manner, "If Your Majesty agrees, I can accompany Your Majesty."