Power and Empire Chapter 1680: Road to War (6)
"What is that guy Lecco doing?"
Duke Rubinsack furrowed his eyebrows slightly. He had already heard that the navy performed extremely poorly in the Southern Campaign. His Majesty was very dissatisfied with this admiral who had an overview of naval affairs. He was replying to the documents of the Imperial Military Affairs Department In the middle, the emperor asked Rubinsack to find a new navy helm. He immediately turned his attention to Admiral Mute Baisu of the Second Fleet of the Navy, as he was familiar with the Congolese military circles like Rubinsake in his back garden. Body,
Admiral Mutebaisu is 34 years old. He is brave in combat and has a cautious style. He is one of the few conservatives in the navy. It is in line with the urgent need for the imperial navy to rest. At least this Admiral Mutebaisu will not know about it. In the case of insufficient naval power, he patted his chest in front of His Majesty to ensure that full control of the strait is effortless and other brazen rhetoric. If it were not for the navy to be too large, it would cost the empire countless financial resources and food, and mobilize one third of the empire. The army, the southern march that caused the empire to fall into embarrassment will not appear
"Please come in, Admiral Lecco!"
Rubinsack shouted to the door with a solemn face, he could faintly guess the purpose of this Admiral Raco’s trip, because he heard a certain wind. Throughout the military circles of the Congolese and Africa, it can affect the emperor. There are few people who make the decision, and I am undoubtedly the most authoritative one of these few
"Slap" the door opened from the outside, and a chubby middle-aged man wearing the Imperial Navy uniform of Phnom Penh walked in cautiously from the outside and saw Duke Rubinthack, a flattering smile immediately appeared on his face. "My Minister"
" The commander-in-chief followed his majesty's march! Is he here because his majesty has returned to Beijing?" Rubin Sack looked curious and gestured to him to sit down, his face deliberately showing a trace A surprised look,
"This... of course not, I came back early by myself."
Lecco, who is about to give Chen Wei to the former admiral of the Navy, his face showed a trace of embarrassment, and his low eyes were bloodshot. He looked like he was running for a day and night without sleep, and said with a painful expression" I heard that His Majesty the Emperor decided to change the Admiral of the Navy, so he ran back early!"
"Is there such a thing? Why don't I know?" Rubinthak pretended to be surprised, and there was a trace of relief in his eyes. Sure enough, the news was still leaked!
"You don't have to hide, Lord Minister, in fact, I already have such a consciousness!"
Lecco shook his head, and said calmly, "The navy was crushed and unable to raise its head in the southern battle, and the sudden withdrawal of the Strand navy as a mercenary eventually led to the defeat of the battle, even if the emperor was on the spot. I ordered the abolition of me, and I have no complaints! The reason why I came to see the Minister suddenly was because on my way back, I suddenly received a report from the General Squadron! After thinking about it, I still felt that I would come back to meet with the Minister in person. Once, because this report made me feel uneasy!"
"Uneasy? What kind of report makes the admiral so nervous?"
Duke Rubinsack’s white eyebrows raised slightly, he could hear the sincerity in the voice of Admiral Raco
"Putau Squadron Admiral Alange reported that he was on the Huacheng Island in the Putau waters and encountered the large naval fleet of the Falcon Empire!" Lecco looked cautiously and took out a report from his arms. , Respectfully placed in front of Duke Rubinsack
"Flower City!"
Rubinsack held the hand of the report and felt the same scorching heat. Some did not believe it and looked at the location above, yes, Huacheng Island Chain!
Duke Rubinsack’s solemn gaze flickered like the tip of a needle, Huacheng! It is the lair of the general rebellion! The Falcon Navy also appeared on the Huacheng Island Chain! Rubinsack suddenly had a feeling of pulling away the clouds,
That’s right, there is only this possibility, so everything can be explained. The general rebels become stronger at once, obviously because of the support of the Falcon Empire! Most likely, the opponent simply replaced the general rebels with the Falcon Army!
"It’s no wonder that Remchart hit his head in Lisboa to bloodshed and couldn’t get close to this half-ruined city!"
Rubinsack read the report in a hurry, and couldn't care about what to say. He went straight to the desk and picked up the pen, and scribbled the report with the bright red words "Watch out for the Falcons." , Shouted to the guard at the door, "Come here, immediately send this report to Remchat towards the battlefield of Lisbon"
"It seems that this report is still catching up!" The admiral Lecco's face on the opposite side showed a trace of ease, stood up from his seat, took out a thick document from his arms, and gently placed it on Rubin Sack’s desk
"This is?" Rubin Sack looked at the file on the table and asked curiously
Admiral Lecco smiled at the corner of his mouth. "This is a comprehensive survey report that I spent three years on the entire Imperial Navy. Whether it is experience or grandstanding, I only hope that this document can reform the Imperial Navy. Play a little bit, then I’m satisfied"
"Why do you give me something like this?" Rubinsack asked hesitantly
Admiral Raco’s long mouth with a faint wry smile" Originally, I wanted to wait for His Majesty to return to Beijing, and then submit it with the resignation. "Admiral Raco’s voice stopped before continuing." But then I still felt In such an environment, even if the submission is submitted, His Majesty, who is very dissatisfied with me, will not take a look, so I decided that even if it is considered shameless, I hope that I can use the hands of the Minister to personally hand it over to the next admiral!
"I have only one wish, and the imperial navy will never be defeated!" Admiral Raco solemnly performed a soldier's etiquette to Duke Rubinsack, turned and walked out of the office
Watching Admiral Raco’s look away from the back, Rubin Sack took a deep breath with complicated eyes, put his hand on the paper on the table, flipped through it, and had to admit, the Admiral Raco. The enthusiasm for the Imperial Navy is also a very capable person,
As a representative of the navy’s main battle hawks, he was only the admiral of the squadron at the beginning. Lecco, who was not outstanding in appearance, was one of the few admirals of the empire who had the courage to lead the imperial navy and the first naval power of Obaro, Lantes The opponent of the special navy,
Because of that outstanding performance, he was finally valued by His Majesty, who also likes to attack. He was promoted to the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Navy in one fell swoop, replacing the old Duke Popala, and Lecco did not lose sight. The expectation of the ambitious emperor's majesty,
Under his full leadership, it was originally just a general defensive Gangfei Navy, like a beast that suddenly cheered up. In just two years, the number of warships and sailors had doubled, and soon it was against the north. The Gaul Empire showed an aggressive attitude. In the several wars against Southwest Gaul, the navy used to act as the forward of the army to advance forward. The Gaul navy was beaten to lose its helmet and armor, and retreated steadily. Lecco was also full of confidence. Fully put forward an amazing strategy of parallel development of land and sea
" uses army attacks as bait and naval carrier operations as a jumping point, and finally forms a two-sided attack on the southwest! "Duke Rubinsack's mind was still echoing in the military meeting at the time, the imposing navy The admiral’s clear voice, that battle was also the most promising occupation of the Southwest in the past century. If it were not for the strong intervention of the Northwest Navy, the imperial navy’s superiority in the Southwest would have been reversed by the First World War. It can be called a brilliant victory!
Three days later, a document from Gangfei-Kyoto was delivered to Remchat, who was holding a military meeting. Holding this document, which was personally approved by the Secretary of Military Affairs Rubinthak in red letters, Remchat’s eyes suddenly It's bloodshot, it's like being stuffed with a stick, and the body shook slightly,
Report the three words Falcon Army in red! Let Remchart punch the wall angrily, the blood flowed down the cracked wound, the cunning generalist, the despicable Falcon Empire, all this is a trap, the opposite party is under the Lisbon Torb It is a dead end that cannot be solved!
"My lord, what's the matter?' The general below looked at each other, and no one knew that Remchat, who was always gentle and elegant, suddenly became so irritable, it felt like someone had just burned his ass. ,
" My lord, the general man shot down a letter from the wall! "A general Gang Fei walked in from the outside with an arrow tied to the letter, and he glanced at the blue-faced Remsha Especially, carefully hand over the arrow cluster in your hand
" The letter from the General Man? "Remshat hesitated on his face, took the arrow cluster, and after careful examination," There was no problem before tearing down the letter above, his eyes were solemn and unexpected. After reading the entire letter, I took a deep breath
"What's the matter, my lord! Is this the opponent’s letter of engagement?" asked the general Gang Fei who delivered the letter
"No, it is the general rebels of Lisbonto who want to negotiate with us!" Remchat raised his head, his face solemnly said every word
" Negotiations? Are the generalists crazy? "General Gangfei exclaimed." Do they really think that if they win once or twice, they can be arrogant enough to negotiate with us. What qualifications do they have? Tell us, Lisboa is not captured, but it is still under siege. Although it is still unable to conquer, but as long as the empire's army arrives, even ten Lisboa are useless!"
"Although I said that, but the imperial reinforcements don’t know where it is!"
Remshat’s mouth twitched. As the Senior Officer of the Military Affairs Department, he knew very well that before the Emperor returned, the empire’s forces could no longer be extracted, and the pressure of the Northern Falcon Empire also made the empire. The troops staying in the north were nailed to death. Obviously, the despicable Falcon Empire took a fancy to such a gap, so it was so unscrupulous to assist the generals! In this confrontation, Gang Fei is in a weak position, and behind the Putao people, standing behind the powerful Falcon Empire
" shoot back and tell the generalists that I agree to negotiate! "Remshat gritted his teeth, and the other party sent out the negotiation s at the time when His Majesty is about to return to Kyoto. If he can quell the rebellion, or Not only is there no fault, but it is also a very dazzling achievement. In the face of such a temptation, Remchat cannot refuse
"Master..."
General Gangfei’s face turned ugly. For the arrogant Gangfei soldiers, negotiating with a small principality like Putao is simply a humiliation, but in Remshat, the army commander With his insistence, the Congolese and Fei army agreed to the negotiation
The place for the negotiation was set in the Sanctum’s Hall in the city. In order to finalize the candidate for negotiation, Remchat finally sent the former Governor of Lisbonto Polder, along with three young officers,
The former Governor of Lisbonto, wearing a blue uniform from the army, with white sand-wrapped gloves on his right hand, after entering the city gate, he intentionally or unintentionally gently covered his nose because it was all around The ruins, thinking that the city was full of corpses that day, Boulder's heart panicked,
The smell here is a musty strange smell, like a kind of moldy apple, emitting a sweet lees smell, and it makes his nose uncomfortable. In the beam of light shining in from the gap between the ruins, you can see countless The white ash marks of undulating underneath,
Since the unrest in Lisbon, the Sanctum Hall has been abandoned for a long time. The courtyard has just been cleaned up, but the traces of the original mess can still be seen. The flowers on both sides of the marble walkway have also been cleaned up. It’s clean, some broken reliefs seem to be silently accusing the disaster. The murals in the corridors are stained with gray dust. On the windowsills on both sides of the corridor, the thick dust can drown a babble,
On the carpet that was once covered with corpses, you may also see the blood stains left by the tragedy that day,
These luxurious cashmere carpets that should have paved the hall to show the identity of the visitor and the dignity need one or several young maids, bending over, lying on the ground, carefully using delicate white hands, like a little yellow warbler pecking rice Generally, bit by bit, strict clockwise pattern cleaning, even a small hair knot error, may cause the entire carpet to be imperfect. This is a very laborious task and often requires a lot of people to be mobilized. , Busy for a noon or a day to complete,
But now it’s a war, don’t say careful cleaning, even if it’s washing, just find some cloth brooms, rinse it with water a few times, and then clean it casually, and it’s laid out on the floor with wool. The exquisite mustard on the carpet is completely messed up and tangled together like small particles. The weird smell emanates from here. For Governor Borde who has been accustomed to the floral fragrance of Lisboa and has a strong carpet. , Here is as terrible as hell, these tangled hairballs are like rifts in his heart
"The Lisbon Torre of the past no longer exists, and the current Lisbon Torre is only a little better than hell!"
Governor Boulder’s look is very complicated. Here once he poured a lot of effort into it. Under the guidance of a few general soldiers, he walked into the negotiation room. There was a long table with four people sitting across from him. One is the Duke of General with a cold face, and the other is King Raphael with a sad look. The two others don’t know each other, but from the tall and straight back posture and the attire on the body, they should all be soldiers, Bold’s gaze. The weapon that drifted over one of them in surprise,
It is a very weird style, weird arc, it seems to give this weapon a far more fierce slashing ability than a long sword, Boll’s thinking is entirely subconscious, he does not know that this evil Since the moment it was born, it has been linked to the horrific military exploits of the Shishan Blood River. Although this war knife is still inserted in the scabbard, it is on the hilt because it is often infested with blood, and the surface can be vaguely I saw some looming red marks, which are blood rust formed by blood invading into the gap of the knife handle
"Your Excellency Governor Borde, what do you think of the ruined Lisbon Tower in front of you?" Seeing the sight of Borde, the face of the Duke of Universal became colder and colder." I remember, the Governor of Borde said at the beginning Ever, this is the most beautiful place you have ever seen. Now, do you still feel beautiful?"
Lisbon Torres civil unrest, is the governor’s order that the army that should be maintained in order, turned a blind eye to the whole turmoil, and eventually led to a small turmoil of just one or two blocks, which in a few days became the cruelty that swept the entire Lisbon Torres The turmoil, countless people of Putao, lost their lives in this turmoil, because the Eastern Rebellion was the source, and turmoil in other regions also broke out at the same time. If you want to say who is the person who harmed Putao the most, this Boulder The Governor is definitely number one.
"I'm sorry, but this is war!" Bolde didn't expect that the Duke of Universal would ask such words. He couldn't help but responded with a guilty conscience. Only he knew that that night, the other person in charge of the command There are people,
"War is not about slaughtering civilians! Look at it because of you~IndoMTL.com~This city turned from heaven to hell" The Duke of Universal set gritted his teeth, held his fingers, his joints made a clucking sound. "If it's not a negotiation now , I will definitely order you, the murderer who destroyed Lisbonto, to be hanged"
At this moment, the whole space is quiet,
" Let’s start the negotiation, these boring conversations won’t help the negotiation! "Bold suddenly turned his eyes away, obviously unwilling to continue to mix things up, the commander that night called Remchat, Polder wanted to say that, but finally held back it.
The Duke of Universal snorted in dissatisfaction. Compared with the aggressive Duke of Universal, the other King of Raphael was much quieter, his eyes still wandering in fear. Especially seeing Boulder's face turned pale just now, this cowardly king of the county, almost shouting "I was forced to negotiate!"
"Tell us about the conditions!" Boulder sat down in the first position, and looked at the Duke Putao, who was in the first position opposite. The officers behind him sat down beside him. He was rude to the Duke Putao. I am also very indignant, but what can I do? The two previous siege defeats have made myself lose the confidence to speak hard at this negotiating table. "To be continued." If you like this work, you are welcome to (m) vote for recommendation and monthly pass. Your support is my greatest motivation. For mobile phone users, please go to m to read. "[This text is provided by the Qihang Update Team @頭貓裝品吧@TB小红鸡@神韵有意@小乐鸡@神兽老师]