"I have nothing against you killing him."
After hearing about Tegel killing his wife, Sophie's expression was very cold: "Your decision is right. If you really plan to recruit this guy, I will also try to persuade you to give up your thoughts and kill this guy. Dude. Your judgment is fine. For this kind of person who can kill his own relatives and loved ones without hesitation for the sake of his own wealth and future, such a guy has no value in recruiting. Such a person will never understand Loyal, he will not hesitate to sell anyone in the face of profit."
Speaking of this, Sophie's tone changed slightly: "... But! What I want to say is that it is right to kill him, but the wrong way. You can do this more skillfully. Now you kill him, but others may not really know why, especially since we are the occupiers, killing Tegel as soon as we occupied Nordin, it is easy to cause panic among the people."
"Then it was a mistake to kill?"
"I said, your decision is right, this guy is a disaster and can't be kept. But before killing him, you can be more skillful." Sophie smiled lightly: "Okay, since I'm here, this Let me take over this matter, and I will take care of the aftermath. Well, I need some people. It turned out that some servants from Tegel's family were brought under control and handed over to me... "
Xia Ya didn't have much interest in these things, just handed it over to his subordinates at will, and then immediately cared about the most important issue.
"Hasting's... how is it now?"
Sophie glanced at Xia Ya, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "To be honest, I... I'm not quite sure yet."
"Oh?" Xia Ya smiled: "Is there something you are not sure about?"
"Of course." Sophie replied quickly: "My duty is to assist you in handling problems, but I am not responsible for making decisions. I just tell you my analysis and judgment, and then you can refer to it."
After a pause, Sophie's expression became serious: "That guy Hastings, I can't see through him."
Xia Ya didn't show too much doubt: "It's normal, that guy... If he could be easily seen through, he wouldn't be the Odin Valkyrie."
Xiaya stood up, and after walking a few steps in the room, frowned: "What is his request?"
Sophie told Xia Ya about her experience at Hastings, including the content of the conversation. After Xia Ya listened to it, her expression did not relax because of it, but instead became more dignified.
"He said... You should understand what he wants." Sophie smiled wryly, then took a deep look at Char: "Obviously, sir, you and this Odin Valkyrie seem to have some unknown things. Relationship?"
"That's not what you should know." Xia shook her head.
"Okay, I will stick to the position of a subordinate." Sophie said lightly: "You are the boss, you have the final say. Since there are some things you don't want others to know about, I won't ask more. The questions I'm worried about are actually Very simple: do you think he is credible?"
Xia Ya thought for a while with his eyes closed, then he opened his eyes and smiled: "For the time being... It's believable."
What does Hastings want
Others don't know, but Xiaya understands.
That guy, his "senior brother"... All he wants is to kill the Byzantine royal family! Come for a complete revenge!
However, is his philosophy the same as his
of course not.
Kill the Byzantine Royal Family... Well, if it's that Rabbit Emperor, Char Ya doesn't care about his life or death.
But, don't forget, the turtle is about to marry the poor man, the princess of the Byzantine royal family. By blood, he is also a member of the Byzantine royal family.
Hasting's ideal is to destroy the Byzantine royal family, then Hasting will stand on the opposite side of the guardian of the entire Byzantine Empire, including Adric and others...
"It's really difficult." Xia Ya smiled bitterly.
Hastings, Black Flag Army, this will be a hot potato in his hands.
"Place it for a while, isn't the result of your negotiation the way of mercenaries? Let's do it first." Xia Ya couldn't think of a better way for the time being.
But what can be affirmed is that in any case, the Black Flag Army is a very powerful force, and there will always be some benefits in its own hands.
Sophie looked at Xi Ya: "I have an idea."
"what?"
"... Rodriguez, El Salvador." The chief of staff smiled lightly, showing his white teeth.
Xiaya immediately concentrated and started to think.
What a Salva…
After pacifying the four military regions in the north, the expansion of the territory, the army under control, and the population will become larger and larger, and at the same time, there will be more and more enemies to face.
The four military regions that bordered me before have all been pacified, so next, there will be more and more Tema military regions bordering me...
The most powerful of them is undoubtedly the guy from El Salvador.
The Rodriguez Military Region, bordering Nordin, resolves Nordin, and then it will directly collide with the territory of El Salvador. The 10,000 reinforcements sent by El Salvador solved Reinhardt, so what's next
Second war? Conquering El Salvador
From a military point of view, war is not a problem. After pacifying the Fourth Military Region in the North, Xiaya's strength is unprecedentedly powerful. If a war begins, he is absolutely confident in solving El Salvador.
But from a political point of view, it is not wise to do so.
He didn't have the ability to eat Salvador.
It's one thing to win a war, but it's another thing to eat the opponent outright.
After pacifying the four military regions in the north, large tracts of new land, population, and territory need to be controlled. I need to promote people I trust to control these places. I need to appease people, pacify the place, and take care of the aftermath of the war... and so on, etc., Thousands of thoughts.
After all, Xia Ya's Northern Army Group is a new group. There are not many direct descendants that Xia Ya can really trust, and there are not enough people who can use it. It is his limit for the time being to eat four military regions. His greed, even if he takes down a new place, he has no suitable person to take over.
His group, which has just established initial cohesion, is not suitable for swallowing a cake that is too large at once.
"El Salvador won't sit and wait to die, he will find a way to trouble us." Xia murmured to himself: "Then, let's trouble him first, don't let him idle."
"It's the same as what I thought." Sophie smiled happily: "Then... let the Black Flag Army... go south."
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Early morning in Osgilia, the sky is full of haze.
Winter is almost here, and the cloudy days in Osgilia have lasted for several days, and the weather is too humid and cold on days without sunshine. Some people who are not in good health have begun to wear thick leather jackets to keep out the cold.
The square in front of the palace is empty, the nearby streets have been under martial law, no more pedestrians will pass by here, the gate of the palace is closed, and the garrison army still maintains the city defense of the imperial city. It still looks solemn and solemn, but in fact it has already highlighted some decadent appearances.
Everyone knows now that the core of power in Osgilia is no longer here. The new core of power is the military.
The military has now completely taken over everything, city defense, army, logistics, internal affairs, and so on.
Everything, all power, has now been transferred to that person.
Adric, the marshal of the empire's protection of the country, is in charge of all military and political powers at home and abroad - such a position, throughout the Byzantine Empire's founding until now, has never been a subject with such great power!
Today, although the emperor of the empire is still the supreme existence of the empire, such a "supreme" exists only in name.
The city defense of Osgilia is firmly in the hands of the city guards. The central army has entered the city, some are stationed near the military headquarters, and some are stationed in the port area.
It turned out that the private armies of the nobles in the imperial capital had been disarmed and concentrated next to the main camp of the Central Army—the name was to assist in defense, but in fact, everyone knew that the private armies of these nobles were actually being held on the spot by the Central Army. If there is any change, the Central Army will slaughter them completely without hesitation.
It seems that the imperial capital has finally entered the "military control", Adric, the guardian of Osgilia, is in charge of all power, but in fact...
The situation in Osgilia did not develop in a good direction.
"What about the news from the South?"
Adrick raised his head, the scars on his face were hideous, his eyes were anxious, and his eyes were full of red bloodshots.
"What else can I say, continue to talk about it." Ruhr smiled bitterly: "Our teacher will not be captured."
"He knows the situation better than us. And... from the situation, he even has an advantage over us." Adrick shook his head.
Indeed, the situation is not good.
With the mutiny of Osgilia, Adric has seized supreme power, but the South is still in the hands of the Duke of Minas - and even now, the situation is worse than it was a few months ago.
After the mutiny, the Duke of Minas in the south has completely cut off his relationship with the imperial capital, and his southern expedition army has broken through the largest group of southern rebels.
The leader of the biggest rebel in the south, called "Terror Ivan", has been wiped out, and Minas has pacified the south at an astonishingly fast speed—this can already confirm what Ruhr had discovered before. Shadow of the Duke.
This old-fashioned teacher is ahead of his disciples every step of the way.
Adric became the marshal of the Empire's protection of the country, commanded all military affairs inside and outside the country, and issued an order in the name of the emperor to recall the Duke of Minas...
However, the Duke of Minas in the south ignored it. The Southern Expedition Army under his control calmed down the last rebellion in the south at the fastest speed. With a posture of being unacceptable", he only wrote that "the battle situation is urgent and he has to obey the power" for the imperial edict to recall him from the imperial capital.
Of course, this kind of writing is just a pretense.
What made Adric even more uncomfortable was that Duke Minas quickly quelled the rebellion in the south, annihilated the last rebellion, captured the rebel leader "Ivan the Terrible" alive, cut off his head, and then The grandiose sent people back to the imperial capital to ask for credit.
The application of merit is strictly in accordance with the decrees of the empire, there are official documents submitted to the military department, and there is a return to the emperor...
But Adric of the imperial capital had to pinching his nose to recognize it, and then awarded the Duke of Minas in the name of the military, and at the same time gave credit to the southern counter-insurgency army, acknowledging their achievements in counter-insurgency in the south.
There's nothing Adrick can do... He has to.
The Duke of Minas also wrote the letter again very interestingly, thanking the military for the award, and at the same time saying that the south has just been pacified, the place is still unstable, and the remnants of the rebels are in trouble. In order to consolidate the fruits of victory, he will continue to stay in Sitting in the south, in order to completely wipe out the remnants of the rebels...
Both sides have tacitly maintained a peaceful face.
We all know that now is not the time to tear our faces off.
However, the situation began to develop in the direction of Duke Minas.
Adrick was in a bad situation, he knew that, and Ruhl knew that too.
The Duke of Minas assumed a posture of leading the army outside and supporting himself to protect himself. He occupied the territory in the south and competed with the imperial capital. And Adrick didn't have much way to take him.
If the strong action uses force and tears up the face of the south, then... the only way is to send troops to the south to conquer Minas, but this road cannot be taken!
Hughes of the Armenian Military Region stood by his side and watched indifferently. If the imperial capital once sent troops to the south, this poisonous snake would show its fangs without hesitation.
But if the Duke of Minas in the south is left alone and continues to send troops north to attack Hughes...
Adrick can be sure that once his army leaves the imperial capital, the Duke of Minas will not stay peacefully in the south! He will definitely return to the imperial capital with the southern counter-rebel army, and then take over all power!
Ruhr once made a ruthless move: "Let's go north to suppress the rebellion! With Emperor Garcia on the expedition, even if Duke Minas takes the opportunity to play tricks in the back, even if he returns to Osgilia, he will only get an empty city, as long as We have the emperor in our hands..."
The idea was ruthless, but Adrick immediately dispelled Ruhl's illusion.
It's not that Adrick is pedantic, but at this time, Adrick has shown a more sober observation than Ruhl!
"Teacher has already betrayed the empire." Adric calmly analyzed: "Even if we kidnap His Majesty the Emperor and go to the north together, then the teacher will immediately take the opportunity to take Osgilia behind us... and then... he may go further. , do it even better! For example, after occupying the imperial capital and taking our base camp, do some tricks in the rear, making us disadvantaged in the front line... If we accidentally lose the battle on the front line, the army will fall... or even we die on the front line, Or... His Majesty the Emperor himself died on the front line, and the teacher would be happier in the back. At that time, if the emperor died outside, the teacher would probably be in the capital, and he would be supported by his subordinates and immediately crowned the new emperor!"
This is definitely not some ridiculous guess!
The Duke of Minas has absolute prestige, with decades of connections, prestige, and a wide range of disciples in the army...
If the emperor died in battle on the front line, and the royal family had no heir, he could completely direct a scene of being "supported and crowned" by his subordinates.
There is no northern expedition, no southern expedition, and the situation seems to be so stalemate here.
However, the stalemate in this situation is still unfavorable to Adric!
Don't forget... There is a very important reason why Osgilia can continue to persist and continue to be the core of the rebels in the north: the center of the empire also controls several counties in the south of the empire.
The land in the south is the last source of wealth and taxation in the center of the empire, as well as the last source of troops.
But now, the south is occupied by Duke Minas, and his southern counter-rebel army, in the name of counter-insurgency, has taken over several southern counties, and the prestige of the old duke for decades has quickly established his prestige in the south. , The local military and government are all under his control, and he has enough prestige and connections.
Osgilia, on the other hand, has completely become an isolated city!
A true lonely city!
Although there are still a lot of troops, but... such a big city, so many troops... To maintain it, the amount of money needed is huge!
Osgilia is just a city, and the surrounding area is not large. In the long run, where will the money and food come from to maintain it
With the aid of the Landis at sea? It can't last long after all. The wealth, taxation, money and grain of the South can no longer be counted on.
So every day of stalemate, Osgilia's hoarding of materials and money will be consumed a little, and when the money and food are exhausted, it will also be a dead end!
It's not that Adric and Ruhl don't know their situation.
They just think about how to decide.
They only have one step to go, and once this step is taken, they are betting everything, and there will never be a chance to look back!
Either go south, or go north... They're just still deciding.
However, at this time, the news from the north finally reached the imperial capital!
"The general of the northern garrison of the Empire, the Grand Duke of Noz, Charleiming, reported to the Imperial Army. Military Region! The Fourth Military Region has completely recovered!"
In one fell swoop, the four Tema military regions were pacified and the land of the four military regions was conquered!
The most important thing is that this result came so quickly! !
In less than a month, the four military regions in the north were eaten by Xia! !
Such news immediately caused a shock and an uproar in the imperial capital! !
The young upstart in the north, his rise is already unstoppable! !
Everyone was stunned by the news from the north! Whether it is the imperial camp or the warlord party camp!
That young upstart in the north, he and his group of the Northern Army, have been less than two years from the official birth to today!
And now, this Northern Army group has become a behemoth that must be looked up to by any side of the empire!
The Union Army already has the largest territory of all forces: the territory controlled by the Union Army has reached an area equivalent to seven counties: More, Siltain, Corsica, Beckerpe, Bolo, Newicca … Of course, there is also the fief of Xia Lei Ming as the Duke, Nods County!
No other military region has such a large territory! Then there is no land in the south controlled by the Duke of Minas in the south!
At the same time, the Northern Army has the most powerful and combat-ready army in the entire Byzantine Empire! The army of the Northern Army defeated the Odin Chixue Army and defeated four military districts within a month! Such combat power, no army in the empire can do it!
With the largest territory and the strongest army, the Xia Lei Ming in the north has suddenly become the number one tyrant in the Byzantine Empire in the current tyrannical forest!
"This Char... gave us a big surprise!"
Holding the report from the Northern Army in his hand, Ruhl smiled strangely.
And Adrick, sitting there quietly, stroking his forehead, he didn't know what he was thinking about...