Rise of the Empire Total War

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Trotting all the way on the stone paved road covered with a layer of snow, under the watchful eyes of the heavily armed guards on both sides, Vasco stepped up the steps, and within a few steps he reached the closed gate of the parliament. After the guard guarding the gate said a few words, the two guards pushed open the heavy wooden door together and let Vasco in.

As soon as the heavy parliamentary gate was opened, the cold outside came in with the wind and snow, which instantly dissipated the warmth in the room. Everyone inside turned their eyes to the guy who broke in, showing displeasure, and wanted to see if it was Who broke in at this time.

Facing people's eyes, Vasco quickly took out a roll of parchment envelope from his arms, raised it high, and shouted at the same time: "Richard was crowned King Winster in Nord City, and marched towards Urif! "

"Wow!"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was an uproar in the entire venue. Those congressmen in gorgeous robes whispered to the people around them, their words and expressions were full of shock at this matter.

"Silence! Silence!"

Seeing that the congressmen became more and more noisy, the speaker Roger Christian, who was sitting on the high platform, finally picked up the small hammer placed on the table, and slammed on the table. At the same time, he shouted loudly to silence everyone. The sound, the venue quickly quieted down again.

When the venue was completely quiet, the speaker put down the hammer in his hand and asked Vasco who was standing under the stage seriously: "Vasco, what's going on?"

"Your Excellency, on January 1 this year, Richard Stuart, the exiled prince of the former dynasty of the Winster Kingdom, was crowned in Nord City to restore the rule of the family. On January 8, he led the army March into the separatist counties of Ulif, and at the same time order the generals under his command to be stationed on the border with our country."

"Stationed on our border?"

"What is this for? I think Richard wants to invade our great republic!"

"Yes! Your Excellency Speaker, we should issue a war mobilization order to prevent Richard's invasion!"

The venue was once again full of clamor from members of parliament, followed by a series of knocking sounds. The speaker once again loudly ordered everyone to be quiet. After that, he turned his gaze to Vasco and asked, "Vasco, How many Winster troops are stationed on the border between the two countries?"

"Your Excellency Speaker, my people once observed the enemy army that was building a camp from a distance, and found that the number of the enemy was about 9,000, and there were tall trebuchets among them." Vasco said.

"Catapult?!" The crowd was in an uproar again, but soon quieted down. Chairman Roger ignored them, and then asked, "Vasco, do you know how many Winster troops are in Ulif's territory?"

"I don't know the specific number, but what is certain is that the number must not be less than 15,000."

The congressmen fell silent all of a sudden. From this point of view, the total number of Richard's army is conservatively estimated to be close to 30,000. With such a huge army, let alone they deal with it alone, even with the reinforcements from the Principality of Lasik I'm afraid it will be too much.

At this moment, a congressman stood up, and everyone's attention was suddenly drawn to him.

"Your Excellency, Speaker, and members of Parliament." He said, "The most urgent thing is to issue a military mobilization order to the whole country, and at the same time send envoys to seek assistance from our ally, the Principality of Lasik. It is still winter, and the roads are covered with snow, so it is reasonable Chad will not be invading our country any time soon, we have plenty of time to respond."

"Hmm." Speaker Roger nodded approvingly, motioning for him to sit down, and just after he sat down, another congressman stood up and announced his point of view.

"Senator Linus, I agree with your words, but I don't think Richard will let his legion go to war in this cold winter. In my opinion, Richard's intention is to intimidate us, Let us not dare to send troops, so that he can successfully take down the Urif collar."

"If this is the case, then we will consume a lot of military expenditures and food supplies to maintain the army's combat readiness and delay the future spring plowing. This will undoubtedly cause dissatisfaction among the people. So I think it is only necessary to maintain the current standing army. Recruit a small number of citizen soldiers and send the main force to the border to guard against Winster's army."

As soon as he finished speaking, before Congressman Linus could refute, the person sitting next to the latter stood up immediately, saying: "Chairman Gaius, in the face of war, everything has to be compromised!"

"The fiscal revenue of the Republic has been declining year after year. If there is another meaningless loss, we will not be able to bear such a price!"

Seeing that some of the people were motivated to quarrel, the chairman Roger quickly said: "The opinions of the several members are all reasonable, but the final conclusion depends on the vote of the parliament. Next, please give Linus Senator and Senator Gaius to vote."

Then, one of the two vice-speakers sitting under the speaker's seat said, "The members who support Congressman Linus's proposal please vote with a show of hands."

"Shua."

Suddenly, a group of people on the circular seat raised their hands. From a distance, it almost accounted for half of the people. The clerk standing aside hurriedly recorded the number of voters.

After the record was over, another deputy speaker spoke and said: "The members who support the proposal of Mr. Gaius please show their hands and vote."

"Shua."

The clerk recorded the number of voters again. When the counting was over, the number of supporters for the two proposals was quickly placed on the table of Speaker Roger. The supreme ruler of the republic looked at the data on the table and frowned slightly. Wrinkled, he still opened his mouth and said: "Under the collective vote of the members of the assembly, the proposal of the representative of Gaius was approved, and the official military order will be issued tomorrow..."   ...    What happened in the parliament of the Republic of Kunia, Richard didn't know that he was now directing the first round of siege. After the wind and snow subsided, the deafening roar of artillery rang out for the first time outside the city walls of Fort Hovini. The dark solid iron ball flew towards the city walls at high speed with unstoppable power, and then hit heavily on the marble wall. , leaving a slightly sunken pothole on it. This impact not only hit the wall of the city wall, but also hit the hearts of the defenders, making them terrified.  Boom! Outside the city was the sound of rumbling guns. Inside the city, in the earl's residence, the old Nsksa, who was lying on the bed, looked pale and listened to the thunderous sound, his body trembling violently. All the servants in the room looked nervously. Looking at the seriously ill old earl, he was afraid that he would die directly due to external stimuli.   Little Nsksa is not here. As the commander-in-chief of this castle, he must stick to the front line and fight side by side with the soldiers.