Realm of Power

The few days of fine weather in winter were fading away, and layers of black clouds rolled up from the sky and piled up quickly. In the sight of everyone in the Holy City, black clouds quickly covered the entire sky. Large raindrops like broken beads exploded on the windowsill, transparent water splashed everywhere, and the strong wind made the windows on both sides of the street whine.

According to the normal continental climate, it is the coldest time in winter in the Holy Capital of the Holy Order. However, the cold wind blowing against his face made Hu Sa, the Grand Knight Commander of the Templar Army, standing in front of the conference room window, feel a hint of coldness. The breath of spring. As an old man who has lived in the Holy City for twenty years, Hu Sa can no longer remember how many times he has seen such rain. This is The result of the conflict between the air flow from the sea in the north and the cold air in the south, the climate of the Shengdu Wetland has always been so strange and unique. The surrounding terrain is higher than that of the Shengdu Wetland for some unknown reason. This causes the airflow from both the north and the south to The airflow will converge to the Holy City. Even in the dry and cold winter, there will be abnormal weather with continuous heavy rain.

Raindrops were rushing down along the eaves. The wind was blowing and the rain was cold. The sound fell into the conference room, and it was filled with a sense of desolation.

More than a dozen generals of the Temple Army sat in two teams at a long table, with uncontrollable excitement on their faces. They looked with bright eyes at the great knight commander Hu Sa who was standing in front of the window. Although he was already fifty, the result of years of self-discipline, aging was almost invisible on him. Under the eager eyes of everyone, Hu Sa turned around from the window, glanced at the generals, and curled his lips slightly. "You don't need to worry too much, this Even if the empire does not want to let go, it has to let go. You must know that 1. Although the empire defeated the Martin Liya Army in the Holy City and gained the dominance of the Barro hegemony in Southern Europe, if it loses the support of the Order State itself, this Barro hegemony in Southern Europe will have no impact on the country. As far as the empire is concerned, it is like the moon in the water. It can be seen but cannot be touched, unless the empire completely penetrates the entire Martinliya Kingdom from the western front and creates a road from the Martinliya Kingdom to the hinterland of central Barro in southern Europe."

Hu Sa paused, tapped his fingers on the table, and said decisively, "And this time, I have communicated with all seventeen forces in the south. Except for the eight central countries who are willing to become the lackeys of the empire, the other forces have expressed their opinions. You must stand on the side of our religious order. As long as the empire refuses to give way, the princes of Aden and the southern part of Heiro will respond in unison and jointly denounce the empire's aggression against our religious order country." What the Grand Knight Commander Hussa said is so right, we must let go of our arrogance. The domineering empire knew that this was the glorious religion of God. The regiment country is not the Nordic Barrow they can run at will. Hearing Husa's words, the other Temple Army generals immediately became excited. Someone immediately stood up and said with excitement, "Everyone knows the empire's ambitions for the Southern Europe Barrow." I know, if it weren’t for them, I would teach The Tuan Kingdom will not face such a danger of annihilation, but until now, the empire has not expressed the slightest apology. Under such circumstances, the empire still refuses to let us go and let us take back the occupied areas. It does not want to rob us. The land of the Order Country, what else could it be!”

"Yes, we must not allow the empire to continue on our land, otherwise it will be an invasion. We must withdraw from our religious order country and the Holy Capital!"

Just in the past few days, they have been arguing about how to divide the occupied areas, and in the entire Holy City, the past few days have also been turned upside down. In addition to the celebration parades celebrating the defeat of the Martin Liya people everywhere, there are also people in various streets. The recruitment office set up at the point needs people to seize the land, and the entire Temple Army only has 50,000 or 60,000 people in the Holy City. If they want to go south and recover a large area of ​​occupied areas, it is conservatively estimated that more than 200,000 people will be needed. temple The army is only capable, and the occupied areas were completely destroyed by the Martin Liya people and urgently needed a large number of labor forces to rebuild. Therefore, the Temple Army took up the banner of returning home from the south and recruited refugees who fled from the south in the Holy City. The Temple Army was about to go south or go back. The refugees crowded in the Holy City enthusiastically signed up for the Temple Army. In just a few days, the total number of the Temple Army expanded from the original 50,000 to 60,000 to more than 300,000. It was like an explosion

After all, there were more than 300,000 people. Anyone here stood up and said that he had tens of thousands of troops under his command. Invisibly, the generals of the Temple Army felt that their backs were straightening a lot. Now the Imperial Army was just sandwiched between them. Between the main force of the Holy City Temple Army and the occupied area, how could the generals not become anxious and impatient? It was like there was a big piece of fat in front of them, and they could be taken off as long as they stretched out their hands. If the empire did not get out of the way, this hand would stretch out. Don't go there,

The generals of the Temple Army's eyes were shining, and they were talking among themselves. The support from the southern forces made them feel stronger. No matter how powerful the empire was, how could they still fall out with the entire southern European Barrow when they had the hegemony and dominance? , and the defeat of the Martin Liya people is already a fact. The main cavalry force that the Temple Army feared the most has been completely gone, and even the hoarded baggage The wooden city barrier was completely burned by the empire. Although there are still one or two hundred thousand defeated troops left, they are like beating a drowned dog when they are hungry. I heard that the defeated army has fled south now. Large tracts of occupied areas are all left behind. Whoever can rush over first will belong to whom. Under such circumstances, everyone can still sit here, which is considered to be extremely patient.

"This time the main force of our Temple Army goes south. Only the supplies need to take away 90% of the supplies in the Holy City, and there are more than 300,000 people. It can be said that the entire Holy City is empty. If His Highness the Pope asks, What do you think we should say?" The generals were chatting about the future, and when they were trembling with excitement, an inappropriate voice interrupted the generals' beautiful dreams. Hu Sa looked at the generals with his eyes like knives,

"Your Highness the Pope? Who has nothing to do at this time? Why are you mentioning that national traitor!

These things and the population are not originally from the Holy City. Since they were brought here, they should be taken away now. I believe His Highness the Pope can understand this matter. Moreover, compared to the Holy City, I believe these materials are more needed to restore the occupied areas. "Because of Potamia's obvious pro-imperial stance, the nominal leader of the Temple Army, Privately, she has been scolded as a traitor to the country by the generals of the Temple Army, and even regarded as a traitor to the entire Order State. This meeting is discussing the move south, and the existence of Putamia, which the generals have deliberately ignored," cough Well, I have already reported this matter to His Highness the Pope, and His Highness the Pope has agreed to personally take charge of the overall situation in the Holy City."

"Yes, yes, His Highness the Pope can just sit in the Holy City and coordinate the overall situation." The generals smiled and agreed. Twenty years ago, Hu Sa was already one of the three knights of the Temple, and the Temple Army was the most powerful. Although the senior minister later left the position of the three knight commanders, he was still very popular in the Temple Army. Otherwise, he would not have been in the original dispute between the old and new popes. Although Hu Sa Bearing the obvious mark of the old Pope on his body, the new Pope still did not dare to do anything excessive to Husa, and just exiled him from the Holy City. The other Temple Army officers were not so lucky, and most of them were killed. Killing or detaining, this is also the reason why the old Pope Potamia won the Papal War, but all her confidants were killed and wounded. It was difficult to find a few trustworthy subordinates.

Except for a few of the newly promoted generals of the Temple Army, most of them were from Putamia, and most of them were managed by Hussa. These generals of the Temple Army who were promoted later, in the Battle of the Popes, In the past, most of them were non-core middle-level officers who were not qualified to participate in the dispute. Now they have become important military ministers, and even become high-ranking officials like regional governors in the near future. Naturally, they are interested in Hu Sa. Thank you so much,

How could the officers who were promoted like this be loyal to Pope Potamia? There were also a few who were silent, with a bit of hesitation in their eyes. These generals were not loyal to Potamia. , but because these people were all rebels in the former Pope’s war, they are more These generals who were promoted later knew better how dangerous this move was. They were just reaching out under the eyes of the empire. If the empire didn't fall out, it would be fine. But if it did, do you really think that more than 300,000 civilians could compete with the Holy City? A battle with 100,000 imperial troops in the area? Don't be kidding, the Martin Liya army of 500,000 people was defeated by the empire in one night. A mere 300,000 civilians were probably not enough for the emperor to fill his teeth. But under the overall environment, these temple troops The generals looked at each other and could only follow the crowd. Now Saint The world is completely dominated by the Templar Army. The Templar Knights themselves have performed outstandingly in resisting the invasion of the Martin Liya people and have gained considerable popularity. Everyone believes that the Templar Army is invincible, even the Martin Liya people. They have all been defeated, who dares to stand up and sing the opposite at this time!

The Temple Army's defeat of the Martin Liya people was itself the result of the Temple Army's self-promotion. In order to demonstrate the strength of the Temple Army, the Temple Army told the refugees in the Holy City that the Temple Army had suffered heavy losses during the battle to defend the Holy City. After the attack of the Martin Liya people, in the Battle of the River, Hu Sa, the Grand Knight Commander of the Templar Army, personally led the Templar Army to take the risk to ambush the main force of the Martin Liya Army, and finally defeated the Martin Liya people and saved the entire Order State from danger. ,

On that day, Grand Knight Husa turned back to the Holy Capital from the direction of the river, and the accompanying knights were covered in blood, flying with flags and shouting "big victory". Everyone in the Holy Capital saw it, except for Ji Ji. A small number of high-ranking military officials unanimously believe that it was the Templar Army who defeated the Martin Liya people, and it was Husa, the great knight commander of Old Ermician, who was the mastermind behind the plan. As for the Empire, he was just a shameless villain who took advantage of others.

He had previously avoided fighting, but now that he saw the Temple Army defeating the Martin Liya people, he immediately and shamelessly rushed into the Holy City area. Not only did he not help the Temple Army, he also deliberately dragged the Temple Army back and snatched the fruits of victory. , in response to what the Empire was forced to do, people in the Holy Land were already furious, with all kinds of people criticizing the Empire. Even the imperial merchants in the Holy Capital have been affected. In the past few days, all shops with an imperial background have been closed, most of the windows have been smashed, and the goods inside have been snatched away in the victory parade. Even during the battle to defend the Holy Capital, Si Duhan, who had been hit hard, was put under house arrest by Hu Sa in the name of protection, but in fact he was put under house arrest by force.

Hu Sa asked Si Duhan to sign a document and donate all imperial commodities and materials in the Holy City to the Temple Army for free, in order to calm the anger of the Holy City.

"And since the night before yesterday, the Imperial Team has stopped pursuing. At present, the main force of the Imperial Team is still staying on the front line of Glenyamu. This is enough to show that the Empire is ready to compromise with us, and the armaments and supplies are almost ready. , and I also got a lot of things from the imperial merchants, including food for 300,000 troops to support a month. "Hu Sa's hand fell on the long table. On the map, a voice grunted, "These imperial merchants are still thinking about hoarding money to enrich the country during the national crisis of our religious order. If the imperial team were not still in the Holy Capital area, these people would all deserve to die." "What, so "More food!" "These imperial merchants are really disgusting." "These are the food of our religious order country. It's time for them to take it out now." The generals were still preparing supplies. I was worried. I really didn’t expect Hu Sa to get so much food at once. One month’s military rations were enough to recover all the occupied areas. At this moment, there was a sudden noise outside the conference room door, and Hu Sa raised his eyebrows. , just as he was about to have an attack, he heard the officer in charge outside the door trembling slightly and hurriedly replying, "Sir, I just received the news that the Imperial Team 1 is rapidly shrinking in the direction of Getaiya. "Army!" There was a sudden noise in the conference hall. "Didn't you get out of the way?" There was a loud noise in the conference room, and Hu Sa waved his hand heavily, "Everyone, The future of the Order State is now in your hands. Everyone must assemble their troops immediately and leave the Holy Capital in the afternoon. The troops are very fast. We cannot let the empire have a chance to regret."

Hu Sa's eyes were like lightning, but his voice was trembling with excitement. The empire really didn't dare to turn its back at this moment. The empire concentrated its troops on Getaimu instead of withdrawing. In fact, it was equivalent to opening up the road south. The external claim that it must be a gathering for repairs is just a statement used by the emperor to save face.

Hu Sa let out a sneer. The blue-red copper armor pressed down on his body, and it was so heavy that it collapsed. His temples were as white as snow. His eyes, which seemed to have seen countless scenery and narrowed into lines, revealed a shuddering feeling. Sharp, standing there is like a tower, pressing down on the surrounding areas The eight winds were motionless, and it seemed that even the wind and rain in front of him had slowed down a little because of his words. At this moment, Hu Sa gave the generals a feeling of shock. This continent could still be conquered without a single soldier. The person who forced the emperor of the empire to compromise was probably the Hu Sa in front of him.