Rise of the Empire Total War

On April 18, 1125 in the continental calendar, Slade, the capital of the Kingdom of Swachichi.

Years of peace have made this city -- oh no, it made the people of this country forget about the war and the distant threat from the Kingdom of Winster. Around them, you can see people from Winster everywhere. The high-quality goods of the kingdom, as well as the finely dressed Winster merchants, these distant visitors have captured the hearts of the Swachis—no, most of the Vardasians—by virtue of their goods alone.

Not only the people are immersed in peace, but even Slade's court is the same. Although King Titos worked hard for a few years after the defeat, he was soon captured by the beauties offered by the nobles. This kind of middle-aged man is energetic, but he is also hot for three minutes. After being captured by beauty, he completely fell into it and let go of his power to let his cabinet chiefs handle it. The strange thing is that although the court nobles are fighting for power and profit, they are busy for their own interests. , but the kingdom did not become chaotic, on the contrary, it was better than the years when King Titos worked hard to govern.

Although the nobles did not dare to tell this matter in front of King Titos, they still laughed at this almost "incompetent" monarch behind his back. When a person is serious, the effect is not as good as when he abandoned it. It also proves how capable he is.

King Titos gave up, but his grown-up second prince had other plans. The second prince, Carl Axman, who was famous for his force since he was a child, was appointed by his father as the palace ban of the kingdom when he was an adult. The commander of the guards has mastered more than 500 elite imperial soldiers in Fauzis Palace. How eager he is, he fantasizes that one day he will be able to lead the army on the battlefield for his father and the kingdom, and fight against the majestic King Winster* The *team played a game, but every time he expressed this meaning in front of his father, he would be yelled at by the drunk king.

Unwilling? There must be some, not only unwillingness to continue being imprisoned in the huge Fauzis Palace like a vase, but also unwillingness to be cowardly with his father. It was precisely because of his father's cowardice that his eldest brother was sent as a hostage to Nord City and has not returned. It is also because of his father's cowardice that the kingdom can only be under the threat of the Winsters.

"I must change all of this!" Carl roared in his heart, but he only had these five hundred or so heavily armed soldiers of the imperial army. They lived together and gained the loyalty of most soldiers, but this was not enough. If he wanted to change all this, he had to gain the support of more nobles.

Perhaps the gods in the dark favored Karl Axman, and some nobles who were also unwilling to continue like this took the initiative to find him and expressed their intentions to him. Karl is not a reckless man with only muscles in his brain. He tried it wittily and made sure that the other party was not sent by his father to test him (in fact, he didn't need to do this, because King Titos's salted fish is famous After that, they accepted the other party's kindness and planned together.

Once he enters into the cooperation, he will understand the opponent's power better,

This really surprised him, because the opponent's minions are all over Slade City and many places outside the capital. Although their military capabilities are very weak, their strong connections are enough to make up for all of this. What they lack is a suitable opportunity and A leader who can convince people.

This leader is Carl Axman. As the second prince, he legally has the right to claim the Kingdom of Swachiqi (of course, his eldest brother is more legal, but the eldest prince does not come back all the year round. Occasionally send some letters back, so that the nobles can only choose Karl), and they still have the imperial guards in the palace in their hands. They can control the palace and the king at the first time of the coup. As long as they control the king, their actions will be successful.

However, the two sides have not yet reached a consensus on how to exercise control of the king. From the bottom of his heart, Karl still wants his father to continue to be the king and lead the kingdom to become stronger, but the nobles want to overthrow this incompetent king and make it more powerful. Talented people replaced them, and the two sides disagreed on this point, and they couldn't reach a consensus for a while, and the coup was postponed.

It would be a blessing for King Titos if they continued to delay, but he should never have stimulated the already dissatisfied nobles. Because he heard that a snow-white elk appeared in the kingdom, King Titos instantly remembered a rumor in the legend: as long as a snow-white elk is sacrificed to the gods, the sacrificer will get endless wealth and wealth in his life. Wisdom, its lifespan will also be extended a lot.

Therefore, he asked all localities to do their best to hunt such an incomparably precious white deer, and forcibly ordered the nobles to open the restrictions on the forests in the territory, so that hunters and civilians could go hunting on their own, which undoubtedly caused an uproar. As we all know, everything in the territory is privately owned by the nobles, including the resources in the mountains and forests. If the ban is lifted to allow civilians to enter, maybe they will take advantage of the opportunity, so the nobles wrote letters to protest, demanding that the king take back his order.

However, King Titos was unwilling to take back the order he issued. He still enforced his decree, causing more and more nobles to backlash. Some radical nobles even summoned the army in their territories to openly defy the royal family Order, the majesty of the royal family instantly fell to the bottom at this moment. Against this background, Karl also lost confidence in his father, and with a flash of his head, he agreed to the nobles' request.

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When the kingdom became turbulent due to the hunting order, Karl secretly summoned the soldiers of the imperial army who were loyal to him, and told them what he was going to do. Contribute to maintaining the stability of the kingdom.

So, one night when King Titos was intoxicated with wine, Karl led the soldiers loyal to him to launch a coup, directly broke into the king's bedroom, and controlled the king who was drinking with a beautiful woman. Then he opened the palace door and let the nobles and them The private soldiers entered and took the entire Fauzis Palace in one fell swoop.

Facing the angry King Titos, Karl never dared to face him, so he could only let the nobles put his father under house arrest. Then, the nobles united to elect Karl as the new king and abolished the stupid order issued by King Titos, which resolved the turmoil.

The news of the coup d'état in the Kingdom of Swatchi quickly spread to the surrounding countries, and it was delivered to Richard's desktop along with the spy network. Looking at the record of the coup d'état in the letter, Richard's face was gloomy, but soon With a smile on his face, he knew that he had an excuse.