Realm of Power

Arriving at the nearest imperial military camp, after a day of rest, Du Yu decided to take a boat along the Great River of Hérault and head north to the capital of Hérault.

Although the Hérault region has all surrendered, it has been proven through the interrogation of the Silver Fox that the Silver Fox was able to lead two thousand elite Martin Tooth cavalry across into the southern Hérault region, thus bribing a nobleman from the central Hérault region. As a cover, two thousand Martin Tooth cavalry were disguised as the personal cavalry of the Hérault nobles, and then they easily drove into the southern part of Hérault under the eyes of the imperial army.

"It's time to clean up these wallflowers, otherwise this time it will be the silver fox, and next time we don't know who it will be."

Du Yu stood at the bow of the Imperial Dragon Tooth battleship, looking at the scene of spring coming to the earth around him. The long winter has finally passed. With the latest water rise, the Erro River has lost three points due to lack of water in winter. One of the rivers surged again, especially the yellow sand desert in the southern part of the Hérault, which had been soaked by rain for twenty days. The large Hérault river flooded again.

However, this time the Hérault river flooded, the empire had already prepared for it. A large number of ships took advantage of the abundant water flow brought by the Hérault river flooding to transport large quantities of war materials to the south. At the outlet of the southern coast of the Hérault, a new The large-scale military port fortress is being completed. The war against the Kingdom of Aden personally directed by the emperor in the winter has, to a large extent, The purpose is to cover the construction of this large military port. As long as the construction of this large military port is completed, the empire's control will completely radiate to the southern coastline of Hérault, so as to form a south-north direction for the recovering Great Plains of southern Hérault. This is a military strategy as well as a rectification strategy, and it can pose a threat to this strategy of the empire.

It is undoubtedly the Kingdom of Aden that knows that the Gulf of Aden area and the southern region of Elo are only a cape apart.

It is absolutely impossible for the Kingdom of Aden to just sit back and watch the empire easily complete the strategy of encircling the entire southern plain of Hérault, not to mention the Red Dragon Palace of Aden is eyeing the southern part of Hérault. The Aden people will definitely send troops to the south of Hérault.

In such a situation,

As the mainland's number one strategist, the emperor chose to take the initiative. The best defense is to attack. First, the main force of the imperial navy, more than 300 warships, crossed the river and invaded the Gulf of Aden with a miraculous assault. In the hinterland, it caused turmoil in the Kingdom of Aden, and then lured the enemy from thousands of miles away. Finally, it severely damaged the main force of the Aden Navy who came for revenge at Mas Crescent Bay in the Central Asian Sea. It completely reversed the situation that had been in the two years since the war between the Imperial Navy and the Aden Navy began. disadvantageous situation

On the land battlefield, the imperial army penetrated the desert barrier that the Aden people had been operating in the north for decades. In the south, the imperial army instigated a great slave riot in Aden, and finally defeated the more than 100,000 troops of the Kingdom of Aden with inferior strength. A large number of plantations were completely destroyed, and the largest grain-producing area in southern Aden was completely reduced to a quagmire. This war only lasted for more than a month, but the impact on the Kingdom of Aden was greater than the previous thirty years combined.

It even directly triggered the incident of forcing the palace into the Red Dragon Palace.

"The old white-collar Count Luracasi was known for his fairness among the princes in the southern part of Héro, but he did not expect that his descendants would be so dishonest. After moving to the central hilly area, he was dissatisfied with the remoteness of his fiefdom, and secretly colluded with Silver Fox. Rulakasi's If this is the case, it is even harder to say for other families." Pope Potamia stood on the bow of the Imperial Dragon Tooth battleship cleaving the waves of the river. She was wearing a long white dress like a banished immortal. She knew very well what the emperor's words of cleansing meant. , but for these original Eronan His Royal Highness the Pope did not have much favorable impressions of the princes, and said in a clear voice, "We will undoubtedly frighten these nobles in the first place, and then seduce them with benefits. Since these nobles still choose to surrender after the fall of the Eero Empire, there is absolutely no chance." Following the plan to destroy the old royal capital together, as long as there is a way to survive, they generally will not choose to rebel immediately. If this path still allows them to feel the hope of reviving the family, then they will lower their high heads. Use new ways to revitalize the family.”

The black-haired emperor curled his lips slightly, looking at the spring coming to the earth, saying such words was a bit too embarrassing.

The water flowing in the big river hit the sharp bow of the Dragon Fang battleship, and it was like a broken mirror that was opened to both ends. When it was seen that it was a battleship of the Imperial Navy fleet, other oncoming Imperial ships gave way to the left. The Luo Da River was already nearly a hundred meters wide, and now during the high water season, it has reached 130 to 40 meters. At first glance, it looked completely white, but what fell in front of the black-haired emperor was a surge of spiritual energy.

With his eyes closed, the black-haired emperor greedily absorbed the surrounding spiritual energy into his body. The Erro River is indeed an artificially transformed river, but no one knows that the true meaning of this river is to transport spiritual energy from north to south.

After half a year of opening up, the great river of Hérault, with a large number of imperial supplies heading south, was far more depressed than the great river due to the conflict between the royal family in the north of Hérault and the princes of Hérault in the south. At this time, it had become a densely packed fleet. The scene of comings and goings, a large amount of strategic materials from the empire flowed down the river, and the returning fleets were often loaded with manpower and goods from the Aden region. The slave riots in the southern region of Aden were taking place. In full swing, these rioting slaves attacked plantations, beat slave owners, and robbed lords' castles. However, they still dared not touch large cities. Large cities have city walls and a large number of city guards. However, with the Aden military The slaves who had drained the entire southern military force were no longer satisfied with just attacking the outer edge areas of the city. They began to attack in groups the large cities of the Aden people in the south.

This magical stroke made Putamia feel excited.

Regarding the empire's sudden all-out attack on the Kingdom of Aden, there were always different opinions some time ago. Famous generals from many countries watched, and the Imperial Army God waved his hand again. The people of the Kingdom of Aden fell on their backs, and the mountains and rivers were shattered. However, the significance of the empire's strategic victory in this battle, Far greater than the actual benefits gained

In other words, the empire was at a loss in this war against the Kingdom of Aden.

"This time the calculating emperor must have fainted from crying in the toilet."

"Who says otherwise? The war launched by the empire against the Kingdom of Aden was a strategic victory, but it was definitely a loss in terms of profits. Although it took down the desert barrier in the north in one fell swoop and opened the door to enter Aden later, it was only for So we mobilized 100,000 imperial troops to go deep into dangerous areas, spent millions on military expenditures, and stationed a large number of troops later. This was a bottomless pit, and all we got in the end were a few worthless oases.

"As for the navy, using all the power of the Imperial Navy to defeat the Aden Navy would only result in more than 60 expensive warships being damaged in battle, and all that would be gained would be a vast sea area. To convert it into wealth, it would take at least five years. Only later can we see the results, that is to say, the empire Spending a huge military expenditure that was close to the Civil War, mobilizing all the elite groups on land and sea, and finally risking a battle against Aden, in fact, they gained nothing and even got themselves into trouble. The emperor, a profit-seeking and greedy slave, this This is a loss to my grandma’s house once.”

"If the Battle of Aden cannot be resolved quickly, I am afraid that the empire's domestic economy will also be dragged down. I heard that this time even part of the fleets of major chambers of commerce have been taken away."

"The Gulf of Aden is approaching too far. No matter how long the emperor's hand is, it will be swollen this time."

"I have to wonder now whether His Majesty has long ago intended to make the capital of Ero into an underground auction house, so that some matters that are inconvenient for the empire to come forward can be left to the capital of Ero to resolve." Pudamia said His long eyes retracted from the direction of the dock in the distance, and he murmured in a strange tone. What losses, strategic gains, and actual losses? Only those who only pay attention to the surface of this battle would think so.

The Battle of Aden is far more than superficial as seen

First of all, the empire took this opportunity to complete the construction of its stronghold in the southern part of Hérault, laying the most solid bridgehead for another large-scale war later.’

Secondly, the southern part of Aden was filled with war, and the emperor who caused all this had already ordered the imperial army to withdraw from the southern battlefield and repair the coastline. At the same time, he used a large amount of food and weapons to exchange looted property from the rioting slaves. , craftsmen, and even high-status Aden nobles. Those making trouble in the south of Aden are all rioting slaves.

In order to obtain weapons and supplies, the leaders of these rioting slaves sold their plundering proceeds at low prices. In war-torn areas, the most valuable thing is human life. No matter how much property there is, it cannot be used as food. The imperial military only uses extremely cheap, even They bought these properties and prisoners from the rioters at an unimaginably low price, and then transported them back to the north of Hérault through the large river. These exquisite properties from the Aden nobles came and went. , the price has increased by at least fifty times, and even noble girls from the Aden area occasionally appear in the underground market of the capital of Aero. The empire strictly prohibits the slave trade, but it cannot completely stop the aristocracy of Aero. Their strong desire to buy, and after all, the capital of Eero is not under the direct management of the empire in name. Despite the nature of a prince, the empire only turns a blind eye to various sales here.

In fact, everyone knows that behind this kind of thing is the imperial military. Most of the Aden nobles who were trafficked were redeemed by the Aden people with almost the same amount of gold. It is conservatively estimated that this time the empire almost transferred the entire Aden All the property in the south has been collected, with a conservative estimate of more than 30 million to 50 million. That is where 60% of the plantations in the Kingdom of Aden are located, and it is the richest local tycoon settlement in the Kingdom of Aden.

And this is far from what was expected. After decades of prosperity in the Gulf of Aden, every one of these areas that has never been affected by war is full of oil. Once those big cities with huge populations are also breached, there will be It is unimaginable how much property was brought back.

"I want to go back to the Holy City. As you said, if the master has been away for a long time, it will inevitably become overgrown with weeds." Putamia looked at the black-haired emperor, looking hesitant to speak.

"I said that the Holy Capital is yours. You can go back at any time. I will not stop you. If there are too many weeds, just leave half of it. Otherwise, the Holy City will be too crowded." The black-haired emperor smiled slightly. As for the reason why Potamia suddenly wanted to return to the Holy City, the black-haired emperor had roughly guessed something. The Holy City was in chaos now, because Potamia's disappearance had almost turned it into a lawless place for imperial merchants. Damn it. Even Sokutus Stellan sent a letter to complain about this.

In the past, the black-haired emperor didn't care much about the order of the Holy Capital, but not now, because there have been reports that someone is conducting extensive surveys around the Holy Capital. Although it is in the name of commercial prospecting, in fact the shadow of the Red Dragon Palace is very obvious.

They are looking for the weapon rumored to be in the Holy Capital, so how can that be done! Thinking that there might be a large amount of spiritual energy stones there, Du Yu took a deep breath