The Lord Governor Hughes stood up and smiled slightly: "So what's your plan? Lord Salvador."
"In my plan, you are the key." El Salvador said solemnly: "Although our collective strengths add up to an absolute advantage, we also have our biggest weakness: we are not a whole, we are a group! We have too much So many members, I'm not sure if all our members have a firm will! You know, some guys are easily shaken, and some guys have no ambitions and just want to keep quiet, and some just want to keep The status quo. But now, it's time to make a choice! There is no 'status quo', no 'balance' anymore! No more! We face a war and I have to make sure that in our collective, all The members all made the same move! Now the emperor has taken the risk, he has made the craziest move! We must show our toughness and determination! If we hesitate, or are cowardly, then our internal All members may be shaken... After all, the governors of the Northeast region you know have never had any ambitions. Those guys simply don't have the courage to overthrow the empire. They just want to be honest and rich. We have to bust the illusions of these guys!"
"You don't need to tell me these things, I'm not a fool." Hughes shook his head: "I need to hear more things... conditions in my favor."
He looked into Salvador's eyes, the kindness in his eyes faded little by little, and his edge gradually revealed: "Osgilia belongs to me, it sounds really good, but... Do you think this is enough? Don't So naive, El Salvador. Osgilia is very close to me, right in the palm of my hand! When we overthrow this empire in the future, whether you promise it or not, whether others agree or not, this place is mine! Because it and My territory is too close! No one can get here except me! That is to say, no matter what, this place will be mine in the future!"
There was mockery in his tone: "You can't bribe me with 'what belongs to me'? It's ridiculous."
Salvador stopped for a moment, he sighed and looked into Hughes' eyes: "What do you want?"
Hughes smiled, his eyes slightly curved when he laughed, then he took out a piece of paper from his sleeve, made a list of several items on it, and slowly pushed it to the other side of the table.
Salvador glanced at it and took a breath: "You actually made a list?"
"Of course." Hughes smiled. "Otherwise, what do you think I was doing when I had afternoon tea?"
Salvador snorted heavily, picked up the piece of paper and glanced at it, the ink on it was indeed new, especially the last line, which was obviously just written.
Salvador took a quick look, and his face became extremely gloomy: "You are asking too much, you know, you are doing these things for yourself."
"But the gun is the first bird." Hughes laughed lazily: "I am the first to come out, and I will be hit with all the power of the royalist army! Besides, you are all too far away, I will bear the brunt and take on them. The strongest attack. So, I think it's reasonable to ask for some compensation."
"Military expenses... food... weapons... Hmph, your Armenia produces the best iron ore, do you still need us to provide weapons?" El Salvador frowned in dissatisfaction.
"Oh, I don't need weapons, but I need war horses." Hughes's attitude became tough: "Ten thousand top war horses! Note, I am talking about war horses! If I see a horse or a mule, then I am not guaranteed Do something irrational when you are angry."
"Ten thousand horses, this is not a small number. Do you want to equip a cavalry regiment?" Salvador sighed: "I can only promise that I will try my best to convince other members and allies to agree to your conditions."
"Very good, then can we celebrate the happy cooperation first." Hughes smiled.
Salvador snorted and looked at the newly added text at the end: "Daphne and Adeline, you want both of these girls? You have such a big appetite, my old friend! "
"Of course, I am very happy to hear that you are here. And I am even more overjoyed to hear that you have brought such two precious gifts. So, I was on this list during afternoon tea. Made some small additions."
"Daphne..." Salvador sneered: "Her title of Crown Princess is just a joke to us. But... She is a member of the Minas family, no matter what, she has a hostage of the Minas family in her hands. It's always a big chip! Humph... You're playing a good game. And Adeline... What's on your mind? Odin?"
"Don't forget, our princess, her 'princess' title, is not just for Byzantine! I heard that in the Odin Empire, the mighty Odin God-Emperor has always cared about his Where's the little niece?"
"Okay, I promise you, anyway, even if I object, you won't allow me to take them away." Salvador shook his head, but finally stared at Hughes: "I want to remind you, it's a good advice. It's okay to cooperate with the Odins if you have to... But if you want to make friends with the Odins, you will regret it later!"
"I will remember your advice." Hughes raised his eyelids.
Salvador was relieved, and he put away the list: "I don't have time to stay here, I have to leave immediately... There are many things waiting for me to do."
"I can guarantee that my army will move out early tomorrow morning and make a gesture of intimidating Osgilia." Hughes immediately made some practical promises: "However, I will not send people to die in vain. Ten days! I need you and other allies to respond within ten days, otherwise... you know what that means."
Salvador glanced at Hughes, got up and strode towards the door, when he reached the door, he suddenly stopped, turned his head and glanced at Hughes: "Change it."
"what?"
"The 'Armenia area' you just mentioned, I think... the Kingdom of Armenia, perhaps a better name, His Majesty King Hughes!"
Hughes smiled, and he also looked at El Salvador with the same complex eyes: "I think this is a good idea... Well, in the same way, I think the Kingdom of Rodriguez is also a good name... His Majesty the King of El Salvador!"
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The training ground is hot.
In the distance, the young men were galloping fast on their horses, and small groups of small groups kept making various tactical formations.
Nearby, some recruits are doing the most basic assassination training. These are the most basic cavalry combat skills. There is a big difference between the assassination on horseback and the infantry. After days of training, these new recruits who have just been added to the 13th Corps already look a bit like cavalry.
After the last war, the 13th Corps, which suffered heavy losses, was reorganized again - anyway, for a unit with the largest damage rate in the history of the Imperial Army, this is already commonplace. Most of the soldiers recruited from other units are veterans. Supplementing in this way can minimize the loss of combat effectiveness. For these newcomers, they are not rookies, and the only thing they need is to integrate into the first The collective of the Thirteenth Corps.
But the biggest trouble is... a lot of the new recruits aren't cavalry - although some were cavalry when they were in other units, by the standards of the Thirteenth Corps, they're far from qualified.
Ruhr's strategy was to draw some of the "horse infantry" under the original 13th Corps to supplement the real cavalry troops, while the foreign recruits would be added to the original "horse infantry" flag regiment.
At this moment, the fat Ruhr was standing next to the training ground, squinting at a group of soldiers who were performing on the training ground. These soldiers were making standard movements to imitate an assassination on a horse under the guidance of the instructor.
Ruhl's eyes were fixed on a figure standing on the left in the first row.
That slender figure was none other than the special observer sent from the imperial capital: His Royal Highness, Crown Prince Garcia of the Empire.
I don't know what happened to this madness, but on the first day he arrived in the army, he made a strange request: he asked to go down to the lowest level of the army, eat and live with the soldiers, train together, and truly experience the military career. .
Ruhl began to think that His Highness was just a whim, but after these days, he found that His Highness was real!
This legendary crown prince, who pays the most attention to appearance and etiquette, these days, in the front-line troops, he and the soldiers are scrambling and rolling, and every day on the training ground, he is covered in mud, disgraced, and living in the most rudimentary. In the tent, I ate with the soldiers in a pot, and I didn't even take a bath for a few days. I was sweating and huddled in the tent with other soldiers.
Looking at the young man with a lance on the training ground at this moment, Ruhr sighed in his heart: Who would dare to say that His Highness is an incompetent little white face, he is simply blind!
There are no more than ten people in the entire army who know this Highness, and the other officers and soldiers at the bottom do not know this new comrade-in-arms around them... Anyway, there are many new recruits who have been added recently.
Let the adjutant beside him invite the crown prince who is in training, and then in the shocking eyes of all the soldiers, Ruhr personally took off his cloak and put it on the crown prince, and solemnly saluted him. There was a commotion in the queue.
The crown prince sighed, he wiped the sweat from his forehead, and glanced at Ruhr: "It seems that my soldier career is over?"
"Yes, it's over early." Ruhr smiled bitterly: "I'm sorry, Your Highness, from now on, you can't continue to experience the life of a soldier at the bottom of the front-line army. We need you to stand in a more important position... "
Garcia nodded. He didn't say anything right away, but first washed his face with the water from the adjutant on the sidelines, wiped the water off his face, and then sighed: "Imperial Capital... something happened?"
"Yes." Ruhl took out an urgent military order just sent from the imperial capital: "His Royal Highness... War, here we come!"
There was no trace of surprise on Garcia's face. He just nodded, took the order and glanced at it, and then sighed: "It seems that the emperor really did it. The murderer who killed my teacher has not been found yet. Is it?"
Ruhr rolled his eyes: "You have also seen the content in the military newspaper. I don't know more than you."
The fat man murmured in his heart: What a play! Is that old boy Cavie Hill really dead? What a joke!
Fatty thought so in his heart, but on the surface he was meticulous: "We must start as quickly as possible, and then rush to King Qin of the Imperial Capital! His Majesty has issued an assembly order, all the troops loyal to the royal family must move closer to the Imperial Capital and form a crusade against the rebels. The coalition forces... the National Luck, the battle will begin here."
Having said this, the fat man paused for a while, and continued with a stern face: "This order, Your Majesty has sent it to various places... It is written very clearly, His Highness Garcia. His Majesty explained that once any abnormality occurs during the war In other words, if there is any misfortune... Your Majesty must be unlucky... Then, you will have the right to be crowned emperor on the spot and continue to lead the empire to the final victory."
"Towards... final victory." Garcia pursed her lips, smiling complicatedly.
(Final victory, if such a thing really exists, talk about it!)
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Imperial Capital, South City Dock Area.
This is the residence of the Gallens Chamber of Commerce in the Imperial Capital. The place near the dock is an important commercial area in the Imperial Capital. All the large chambers of commerce on the mainland have their own strongholds and warehouses here.
At this moment, the person in charge of the Gallens Chamber of Commerce in the imperial capital, Guro, who is quite similar in stature to General Ruhr, is worrying about something with a frown.
The imperial capital has been completely blocked, the wharf is closed, and the city gate is closed. Coupled with the fact that El Salvador in the Red Zone broke through the day before yesterday, breaking the city gate and fleeing westward, the level of martial law in the city has suddenly increased a lot.
It is said that the blood in the red zone has been slaughtered, and none of the last prisoners were left. The furious His Majesty ordered all of them to be executed, and even the trial process was avoided.
Because of the accidental escape of Salvador, the biggest enemy chief, General Spann of the city guard suffered His Majesty's great wrath. General Spaan was deprived of his title and removed from his position on the spot - but His Majesty allowed him to remain in the capacity of a lieutenant. City Guards, committing crimes and meritorious deeds. The new commander-in-chief of the City Guards temporarily let the Deputy Minister of Military Affairs, the former General of the Thirteenth Corps, Mr. Adric temporarily lead. With Adrick's prestige in the army, he was enough to take on this important task.
But the problem is that now General Adrick himself is not in the imperial capital. He does inspect the northeast of the empire to rectify the military affairs of the place.
For Gu Luo, his biggest problem is that because of the complete blockade of the imperial capital, and the blockade is so thorough, it is extremely difficult for him to transmit information to the outside world. As an intelligence director, he knew very well that the Byzantine Empire was facing a huge change! And this change will also have a profound impact on the Landis Kingdom!
He has to do something... has to do something! !
And just today, an unexpected guest came to visit.
Sitting in front of Gu Luo was a girl who looked no more than twenty years old at most. She was dressed in a white robe and had a little freckles on her face.
God knows how this delicate little girl, who looks so frail and bookish, ran through the city alone to the south of the city to meet her in the now chaotic imperial capital.
The only reason why Gu Luo met this girl was that the girl claimed to be "I am the disciple of Lord Caviehir"!
Cavie Hill! Anything that gets involved with this name will get complicated.
So Gu Luo met this very quiet girl for the first time.
"You don't need to know my name, you just need to know that I'm a disciple of Lord Caviehir." The girl sat in front of Gu Luo: "I know your name is Gu Luo, from Lantis, thirty-six years old. , the first-level military attache under the Landis Kingdom Intelligence and Inspection Agency, according to the information I have, you are the fifth candidate among the candidates for the throne of the Landis Kingdom Intelligence and Inspection Agency Minister of General Affairs in the next 20 years. ."
Hearing these words, Gu Luo's expression changed suddenly.
"You don't have to worry, these materials were already on my teacher's desk long before you came to the capital." The girl's understated tone seemed to describe a simple fact.
"Caviehill... Lord Caviehir, what does he want to see me..." Guro swallowed, and then he asked a question that everyone was concerned about: "Lord Caviehir, he, Are you still alive?"
The girl frowned, and her expression was calm: "This question, to be honest, I am also troubled. I can only say that I don't want the teacher to really die... And I will tell you the truth, The last time I saw the teacher was a few hours before the assassination. So... I can't tell you if the teacher is really dead, although I still have fantasies in my heart... So Mr. Guro, if you want to kill me Catch up and kill Miekou, you can do whatever you want."
"..." Gu Luo left sweat: "Don't joke, I believe that a character like Lord Caviehir is not so easy to die. Okay, now tell me, you are looking for me, what do you need me for? ?"
"It's very simple... Our empire is experiencing a major change. In this change, what position will the Landis Kingdom stand on?"