Rise of the Empire Total War

"You said, what should we do?"

Coming out of the Ippolito Palace, the treasurer Joachim approached the spy chief Miklos and asked the latter.

Although Miklos' words were astonishing in the meeting just now, everyone still did not agree to make peace with Richard. Not only Queen Audrey and Foreign Minister Mild were still determined to continue to resist, even at the beginning It seemed that the court priest Bronis, who was on their side, was still hoping that the reinforcements from the Kunians and Lasiks would arrive in time.

"What else can I do? I can only continue to resist." Miklos replied, without feeling a trace of emotion from his tone, which made Joachim hesitate for a while.

Just because of his hesitation, Miklos had already walked down the stairs and walked towards the carriage that had been waiting for him for a long time. Seeing that he was about to get into the carriage soon, Joachim gritted his teeth and quickly chased after him, grabbing the other man's clothes. Robe, said: "We have nothing against Richard, why do we have to die with them?"

"Once Richard breaks through the city wall, no matter whether we have had a feud with him or whether we have assisted Jutian in overthrowing the Stuart family, in his eyes, we cabinet members are Jutian's remnants. You Are you willing to die with them?"

Joachim’s words made Miklos’s eyes flash with light. He stared at the chief financial officer who grabbed him, and then looked around to make sure that no unimportant people heard and saw all this. Then he lowered his voice and said, “Then I’ll get in the car together, we’ll go back and talk about anything.”

"Okay!" Joachim was overjoyed, knowing that Miklos had been persuaded, he quickly followed Miklos into the carriage, entered the carriage together, and walked towards the latter's manor.

Sitting in the warm compartment, Miklos said, "Joachim, do you have any plans?"

"I have a preliminary idea." Joachim sat upright, considered his words, and said, "I will contact some trustworthy nobles in the city, unite, and wait for the opportunity to attack Queen Audrey. Of course, here Before that, I would send someone to get in touch with Richard and let him cooperate with us to take the city in one fell swoop."

"Can you guarantee that Richard will obediently cooperate with us after learning about our plan?" Miklos asked. With a dark breath, "If he deliberately consumes our strength and waits until the last moment to attack, we will all be finished."

When Miklos raised it, Joachim suddenly discovered this possibility, and his back was covered in cold sweat. Before he could speak, Miklos continued: "In fact, it is very easy to succeed. We All you need to do is launch a coup when the next meeting is held, directly control Queen Audrey and Mild, and force the queen to agree to surrender, and all problems will be solved."

"Then we need to buy off the guards in the palace. Even if there is an accident in one part, the two of us will be directly arrested by Queen Audrey. Ippolito Palace is her territory!"

"Her territory? Not necessarily." Hearing this, Miklos sneered sinisterly. He leaned back, leaned against the soft velvet-covered carriage wall, closed his eyes, and continued: "I am responsible Over the years, the Spymaster has developed many spies in the court, and although some of them have gone out with His Majesty Zhu Tian and have not returned yet, the rest of them are reliable enough."

Joachim suddenly felt chills on his back. He looked at Miklos with a confident smile on his face, and now he realized how terrifying the opponent's power is. It is not the person who can develop a group of eyeliners under the eyes of His Majesty the King. What a good man, maybe he may have developed an eyeliner in his own home, watching him every day.

Thinking of this possibility, Joachim couldn't help swallowing, and was full of deep fear for Miklos. He, who can stand out from a business family and become the chief financial officer, knows the importance of eyeliner.

Eyeliner is also very important on the battlefield without gunpowder called shopping malls. If you use eyeliner well, you can even quietly defeat a powerful opponent.

Just at this moment, the bumpy carriage stopped, and the respectful voice of Miklos' confidant sounded outside, "Master, we're here."

Then, Miklos opened his eyes and put on a soft smile on his face. He gestured for Joachim to get out of the car first, and the latter pulled the curtain of the carriage door and walked out. As soon as he was born, he couldn't help shivering due to the cold wind blowing.

"Please, Your Excellency Joachim." Miklos, who got out of the car, straightened the folds of his robe, and said to the guests beside him, and then the two entered the house together.

...

the next day.

The roar of the artillery and the howling sound of the boulders thrown by the trebuchet broke the tranquility of Nord City again. The extremely penetrating shells and heavy stone bullets fell from the sky and hit the already devastated city wall heavily, making it tremble. And there are tiny cracks.

The soldiers on the city wall had already evacuated here and hid in the safer towers, or directly retreated under the city wall-those soldiers hiding in the towers miscalculated. With yesterday's lesson, after the first round of volleys , The artillerymen turned their muzzles to the towers containing large crossbow machines one by one, making a deafening roar.

boom!

The high-speed flying shells accurately smashed on the surface of the stone tower with a howl that tore through the sky, directly smashing the outer layer, and the stones flew horizontally. The soldiers hiding inside only felt the violent vibration under their feet, and they fell to the ground without standing still, and the interior ceiling was constantly sprinkled with dust.

"Keep shooting, let those rats hiding in the tower know what pain is!"

The officers standing in the crowd applauded secretly, cheering for the artillerymen. Yesterday, they were so angry that they were shot by the enemy's large crossbow machine and there was no place to vent their anger. Today, it is finally their turn to be sanctioned. It is really joyful.

In the expectant eyes of the officers, the matchlock of a heavy artillery was ignited. The next second, the artillery roared loudly. The moment the sparks flashed, the black shell came out and flew at high speed in mid-air. What a coincidence. Surprisingly, this shell hit the firing port of the tower just right, and after smashing the stone walls around the shooting port, it destroyed the crossbow machine with unstoppable power, plowing a path of blood among the crowded crowd inside.

For a moment, screams resounded throughout the entire tower, and blood splattered, almost staining everything inside.