Realm of Power

"Your Majesty, Hu Sa cannot stay. Your Majesty has a broad mind and doesn't care about clown-like figures like Hu Sa at all. However, Hu Sa has always been hostile to the empire. His Majesty will return to the Holy City this time. The road was blocked, and with no other option, I had to give in and ride forward. To come to negotiate is to have evil intentions and no sincerity in negotiating at all, because only Hu Sa from the Templar Army came here. No matter what the content of the negotiation is, Hu Sa has the final say. Once the Templar Army returns to the Holy Capital, Hu Sa is afraid that Hu Sa will They will immediately declare the empire to be an invasion and resolutely refuse to acknowledge the negotiations."

Seeing Husa turn around, a trace of contempt flashed through his deep-set eyes, and then one person and one horse turned back to the Temple army array. Salton finally couldn't help but stand up.

This is not the first time Salton has met this great knight captain Husa. Even he can feel the hatred that the other party has for the empire from the bottom of his heart. It is impossible for His Majesty the Emperor not to feel it. Hu Sa is obviously a hypocrite, planning to fall out immediately when he returns to the Holy Capital. As long as he returns to the Holy Capital, Hu Sa can completely overthrow everything. The empire will take advantage of this opportunity to block the Temple Army here. Next time If you have such an opportunity again, it will be even harder than reaching the sky!

As an outstanding politician, Salton knew very well about an old stubborn like Husa. Once such a person decides on something, he will not change it. As one of the top three knights in the Kingdom of the Order, Husa, Having experienced the most powerful era of the Order State, he has a firm belief in the Order State and the Temple. He is an old-school member of the Order State. The outstanding ones among the characters are very clear about the empire's intentions towards the Order State, so they have repeatedly used this to blackmail the empire into making concessions. Their grasp of the current situation has reached the level of proficiency. If they had not expected that the empire would hook up with Martin's remnant army, , it is really possible for him to send the Temple Army south, and then form a situation of dividing the north and the south with the empire.

Moreover, Husa, as the leader of the Temple Army, has the ability to respond to all kinds of propaganda in the Holy City under the various propaganda of the Temple Army. As long as he returns to the Holy City, Husa will be a fish in the sea, unless the empire betrays its faith and risks letting the entire A danger that is reviled by the entire continent. If he launches an army to capture the Holy Capital, there is absolutely nothing he can do about it.

"Are you saying that Hu Sa is pretending to surrender?" The young black-haired emperor turned around solemnly, his eyes flashing with an inexplicable luster.

"My subordinates can be sure that the other party is 100% feigning surrender. Otherwise, why didn't he bring any attendants? He was just afraid of leaving other people's testimony." Salton looked anxious and categorically stated that he would never guess wrong, because if it were him, In the current desperate situation, this deceitful tactic will be chosen."

"I hope what you said is wrong, otherwise it would be a pity, because I don't think Husa can return to the Holy Capital alive." To Salton's expectation, the young prince suddenly burst into laughter, his eyes Looking at Hu Sa's returning figure, the young emperor curled his lips slightly.

"What do you mean by your Majesty's words?" Salton looked stunned and stayed there for a while.

The young emperor glanced at the Crusader flag flying towards the Templar Army, and looked at the Templar Army dragging back the corpses and wounded soldiers of the Templar Army under the watchful eyes of the Imperial Archers, with a smile on his lips, "Don't you think the Templar Army is going south this time?" , is Putamia’s attitude too smooth? It’s just a matter of not asking, I’m sorry How could that woman, as a woman who wanted to ascend the throne, allow Husa to carry away 80% of the population of the Holy City, evacuate the entire Holy City of supplies, and leave an empty Holy City? Give it to yourself, unless like us, Potamia just wants to lure Hussa out of the Holy City."

The young emperor paused, his eyes flashed, and continued, "In fact, if you think about it, you will know that no matter how stupid Potamia is, he is still the Pope of the Order State and the master to whom the Temple Army once swore allegiance. Ten years ago, This woman, who was still a child, already knew how to send people to sneak into the southern part of the Order to encourage rebellion in the south, and then take this opportunity to grow from the temple. Laohui took back the power of the Temple Army belonging to the Pope, and then controlled the Temple Army for several years. He even used the Empire's Civil War to send those who disobeyed him to the sword of the Empire, and even his own Even if my father doesn’t let go, how many of her people are there in the Temple Army? Do you really think Hu Sa will know? "

"This time Hussa went south to regain the lost territory. This will determine who will be the real power in the Order State in the future. Putamia's cooperation is enough to show that she has considerable manpower in the Temple Army. Otherwise, It will also be difficult to occupy the core of power in the subsequent situation. It is foolish for Hussa to fight for control of the Temple Army by promoting generals in large quantities. Among those who support him for profit, few will be truly loyal. The Temple Army camp was attacked and tens of thousands of people fought. Death, more than 200,000 people collapsed, and the temple army was strong on the outside. Qian can no longer be concealed, and the Holy Capital is already empty. Whoever goes back must be responsible for this fiasco. Who do you think those generals will really follow Hu Sa back to the Holy Capital to be scolded, so those generals who are really willing to follow Hu Sa There is only one kind of person who scatters it back, and that is The people of Potamia! Anyway, the Martin Liya people even robbed the camp of more than 200,000 people, and attacked Husa, the leader of the Temple Army, on the way. It is not so incomprehensible. I let him go. Just to show that Husa’s death has nothing to do with the empire! "

"Your Majesty is saying that Husa will die on the way?" Salton felt a chill on his back. Just now he felt that it was wrong for the emperor to let Husa go, but now he had to feel sad for Husa's situation.

"Pudamia will not let Hussa see the walls of the Holy Capital. Send the order to get out of the way and let the Temple Army pass."

The young emperor took a deep breath, took the reins of the war horse from the imperial guard, got on the horse and said to Salton, who was still stunned on the spot, "Send someone to tell Valicien and Saron, let them Personally lead the main force of the empire in the direction of Getaiya to follow the remnants of Martin Liya. If the Martin Liya people show signs of repentance, they will be killed immediately and no one will be left behind."

"Yes, my subordinate will go and deliver the order immediately," Salton nodded quickly and said.

"Just send someone there. You stay here for the time being. There are still some things that need you to deal with." The emperor raised his hand on his horse and said,

In the distance, the Imperial cavalry blocking the bridge entrance began to disperse, making way for the bridge entrance. The Temple Army's embarrassed-looking Imperial Cavalry passed through the jungle of swords. As expected by the emperor, the Temple Army Only a part of them passed the stone bridge, and about 30,000 troops were still staying there. These troops unanimously sent special envoys to the imperial army.

"The empire has great military power. The person who forced the empire's military resources is Husa. We are just subordinates who carry out the orders. We were deceived by Husa before leaving the Holy City and heading south. Husa, a villain, is jealous of the power of the empire and instigates opposition. The hatred of the empire, in fact, we have always been loyal to His Highness the Pope of Potamia. We firmly support the alliance between His Highness the Pope and the Empire. We will never continue to follow Husa, the traitor."

The remaining Temple Army generals asked to surrender to the empire, placing all responsibility on Hussa's head and exposing Hussa's various crimes.

"Tell the truth, why did you leave the Temple Army?" Salton looked at the surrendered Temple Army generals with an angry and funny face. The emperor left himself here to receive the surrender of these guys.

"Sir, let's tell the truth. The reason for our surrender is very simple. We don't want to die yet!" Among the generals of the Temple Army, a middle-aged general with a huge figure stood up alone. "We are not fools. We will We can't tell that the Temple Army is too late. Although we don't know what Hu Sa said to His Majesty the Emperor before His Majesty the Emperor was willing to let go, but at least one thing is certain, that is Hu Sa There is absolutely no way we can compete with His Majesty the Emperor. If we continue to follow Husa, we will either be caught and imprisoned by His Highness Pope Potamia, or be beheaded by the Emperor. Moreover, the battle just now, although it was only short, It was a short contact, but everyone can clearly see how big the gap in combat power between the Temple Army and the Imperial Army is. There is no future for following Hu Sa, and we may even lose our heads. We don’t want to die yet.”

"Is it because of this?" Salton's face showed a strange look. These generals who can command the regular army of the Temple Army are not completely idle. They still have some necessary vision. In fact, Salton still doesn't know that these generals In order to encourage the Temple Army to go south, they didn't know it in the Holy City. Dao has received benefits from many people, placed many vacant military positions, and made many empty promises. Many generals even sold out their positions in occupied areas in advance. Everyone is happily waiting for the Temple Army to regain their lost territory. Who knew that overnight, the camp was attacked by Martin Liya people and all the supplies were plundered?

Going south is a joke. Those who fantasize about following the Temple Army to the south to get promoted and make a fortune, may have fled back to the Holy Capital by now and spread the news of the Temple Army's defeat throughout the Holy Capital.

These people have invested a lot of money. At the beginning, the Temple Army was so hyped about the prospect of going south that many nobles and wealthy families in the Holy City believed that the Temple Army would be able to regain the occupied areas, and they all regarded the investment as a possible one. The gamble that determined the fate of the family for hundreds of years has now turned into an empty dream. Not only has everything been lost, but so many people have died. It is conceivable what kind of fate these generals of the Temple Army will encounter once they return to the Holy City. They will definitely be welcomed by the crowds, but what they are thrown over are not flowers, fruits, and beauties, but swords. , rotten eggs, saliva, all kinds of curses, there will probably be hundreds of people chasing them for compensation. In this case, who would dare to return to the Holy Capital?

As for the Temple Army, Hu Sa stood at the exit of the stone bridge, staring at the troops still stranded on the south bank. His old face was livid, and his fingers were clenched fiercely. These bastards were usually grateful to themselves, and they looked like they wished they could do it for them. He looked loyal until he died in battle, but now he sees that he has nothing to lose Seeing that the Temple Army had no hope of going south, even after returning to the Holy Capital, due to the disastrous defeat and lack of supplies, they immediately chose to break away from the Temple Army and fall into the arms of the Empire. The transformation of these troops , the impact on the entire Temple Army is fatal,

In the early morning, a long line of black-armored cavalry appeared in the dawn light. Running at the front were the lightly-armored Imperial Rangers. These Imperial Rangers roared past along a river heading north. In these Behind the Imperial Light Cavalry, large groups of Imperial Cavalry were crossing the river.

It has been two days since Husa led the Temple Army back to the Holy Capital. During these two days, the Imperial Army only moved south of the river, and neither man nor horse crossed the river. It was not until news came that the Imperial Cavalry began to cross the river. On his way back to the Holy Capital, Grand Knight Husa of the Templar Army was attacked by the remnants of Martin Liya. Grand Knight Husa led more than a hundred Templars to fight against the siege of tens of thousands of Martin Liya's remnants, and was eventually annihilated.

The news spread and the mainland was shaken

"Your Majesty, according to the information from the Ministry of Intelligence, the person who took action was Anslento, the commander of the Second Army of Husa's direct army. This man was a confidant promoted by Husa. He had followed Husa as his attendant for four years, and he had always been ignored by the outside world. He thought he was Husa's most trustworthy right-hand man. Who would have thought that Anslento was actually from Potamia?" Salton took the report he had just received early in the morning and hurriedly broke the emperor's dream.

Salton said, "In order to cover up the fact that Husa was actually stabbed in the back with a knife by one of his own, Anslento also killed more than a hundred guards who were responsible for Husa's duty that night. Anyone who was a little familiar with the internal affairs of the Temple Army Everyone will see the problem here. None of Hu Sa’s trusted knights survived, but just before Hu Sa Less than two miles away from where Sa was attacked was the camp of 8,000 elite members of the Second Army of the Templar Army directly under Hu Sa. No one knew why Hu Sa came there with more than a hundred Templar knights in the middle of the night. Two miles away from the camp, the intelligence department guessed that it was most likely that Putamia himself arrived at the Second Army that night.

"Haha, the intelligence department's guess is not bad. According to Putamia's usual style, it is very likely that he will arrive in person to take command of the Second Army." The emperor who received this news just grinned slightly. The Temple Army actually reported that tens of thousands of Martinliya troops were involved in a surprise attack and siege that led to Hussa's death. This cannot withstand scrutiny. Hu Sa's troops were driven in a hurry, and the journey was at least fifty miles in one day. They didn't even dare to take a breath. How could tens of thousands of people be used to ambush Hu Sa's hundreds of men? Putamiya personally arrived to command the attack and kill Hu Sa. Sa, he must have used Anslento to inflict serious damage on Hu Sa first. Hu Sa desperately fled from the camp to two miles away, but he was caught up and killed. He just lacked some experience in eating."

"What should the Empire do about this matter?" Salton asked in a serious voice.

"Of course, let the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issue a document condemning the brutality of the Martin Liya people. Our empire will not bear the death of Hu Sa." The young emperor shrugged calmly and suppressed the information in his hand. At the table, he said with a relaxed face, "Although Hu Sa has betrayed everyone, after all, he is still He is the Grand Knight Commander of the Templar Army. He has a huge reputation among the civilians of the Order. He is regarded as a savior. If the death of Hussa is related to the empire, the empire will be in a very passive situation. The empire and the Order After all, the two countries are in an alliance. In the eyes of the countries, the two sides have just joined forces to fight in the Holy Capital. After defeating Martin's army on the field, the Grand Knight Commander of the Templar Army died tragically in an attack in the blink of an eye. If the Empire did not care, it would be easier for people to associate Husa's attack and death with the Empire. Putamia It is clear that Hussa's death is framed on the Martin Liya people, so let Valician It's better to inform Si Green. For others, Hu Sa's death is a trouble, and no one wants to get involved. But for Martin Liya's remnant army, it is definitely a great achievement. When the army is defeated, He can also counterattack and kill a leader of the opponent's camp. Si Green will choose to admit it."

Sure enough, the death of Hussa made all countries think of the Empire immediately. The entire southern Europe Barrow knew that the Grand Knight of Hussa was firmly against the Empire. Hussa drove the Temple Army south to give the Order State power. Not falling under the control of the empire, but now the battlefield in the Holy City has just ended, Martin Liya's remnant army still has more than 200,000 people, and the great knight Captain Husa was suddenly attacked and died tragically

Which way to look at it, the empire is most likely to kill the donkey. The empire quickly issued a statement protesting the brutality of the Martin Liya people, and in order to show respect for the Grand Knight of the Templar, the emperor even On January 25th, they arrived at the Holy Capital City for the first time. What surprised all the countries the most was that Siglin, the leader of Martin's remnant army, also issued a statement admitting that he was responsible for the attack on the Templar Army's Grand Knight Husa. It was his personal command and his achievements were brilliant! Everyone in Martin Liya has admitted it, and the other countries can no longer investigate.

Within the Order State, due to the shortage of supplies, the Holy City had to fully open up market controls.

Imperial merchants began to enter the holy capital area of ​​the Order State with a steady stream of supplies from the north. The entire Order State needed to be rebuilt. The huge profit drive here was simply an irresistible temptation for the Imperial merchants, and The State of the Order In order to rebuild, huge financial and material assistance from the empire was needed. Without the resistance of the old school, Putamia really realized that he had the power. He has been running around the major chambers of commerce in the empire in the past few days, and even went to Feishan. Coast, via Sunrise Chamber of Commerce After pulling strings, a large number of agreements were soon signed with the Imperial Bank and major chambers of commerce in the empire, which covered the tax revenue of the Order State for twenty years, fully opened the coastal ports, and even the entire central and northern regions, allowing the empire to Caravans are passing through, and a large number of towns are being rebuilt within the sect. Each town has become a commercial point for various chambers of commerce in the empire to compete for. As each town gradually recovers, by March, the empire's merchants have basically been in the sect's country. Established a trade route to central Barro in southern Europe