Power and Empire Chapter 3741: Under the sword (6)

Heavy horseshoes rested on a dark green weed. A slender, flax-haired young man wearing a cross helmet tightened his hips on a war horse, staring deeply at the towering King Ero in the distance. The city wall of Eero is full of unquenchable enthusiasm. The Royal Capital of Eero bears not only the functions of the city itself, but also a symbol of the strongest period of Eero Empire.

Along the wilderness road to the north, although it was built on the northern wetland, as a huge carrier of the political, economic, cultural, and military center of the Eero Empire, King Eero is a rare highland. Xiongcheng

When it was built, it was deliberately selected on the higher terrain on the plain. The tall city wall is said to have hollowed out an entire mountain, the top of the towering towers rising from the ground, five major expansions in decades, and even more This city, which was originally only 15 square kilometers, extends from the high platform that was originally established to the north and the south, and 16 districts are demarcated, and it now covers 40 square kilometers.

At the same time, there are two huge rivers across the huge city. From the young people’s position, it looks like a huge dragon lying on the high hills in the distance. The population reached 80 when the population was the largest. Wan, known as the most populous city in Southern Europe. Relatively speaking, the holy capital of the state of the Order at that time was only 300,000, and the capital of King Fezer was 270,000. Only the distant King of Aden was said to have 60 Ten thousand, all of this is under this great city. Although the glory is now gone, after the cruel looting of the enemy’s religious group, the population of the current royal capital has fallen to three hundred thousand. This is still the imperial education. After Tuanguo bought it, it was the result of the resettlement of the Erotians who went bankrupt due to looting. Of course, all of this is an insult to their country for the youth in front of them

"This city will become the most majestic city on this continent, and it will become the place that everyone looks up to." The young man remembers the scene of his father holding his hand and examining the entire Eero map with excitement on his face. The young man is the second son of the former Ero King Farouk, Prince Altrega. As he clenched his fingers, the captain of the guard, wearing a chain armor, walked up from behind anxiously. , Took a deep breath and whispered, "His Royal Highness, the southern princes held a secret meeting this time, but they did not inform anyone in the royal family. It seems that the rumor is true"

"It's really not true, but it doesn't really matter. You and I all know that those people are not trustworthy in the first place. It's not surprising that they are acting now"

Prince Altriega said indifferently, his eyes still looking at the royal capital of Eero in the distance. He has been here for more than a full month. In his eyes, it seems that he can still see the fire. Dark smoke filled the sky in the king's capital, and the streets were full of people fleeing, whether they were aristocrats or civilians, they were all desperate and helpless at this moment. The gate of King Ero to the south had long been blocked by countless crowds and cars. The horse was blocked and impassable, the crying father and mother screamed across the sky, the empire suddenly collapsed, and hundreds of thousands of troops were wiped out in ashes. King Eero was like a lamb to be slaughtered shivering under the butcher knife of the sect's army.

Altrega clenched his fingers subconsciously, and the tugging sensation from the palm of his right hand reminded him of how embarrassed he was when he was hung down from the city by the guards while holding the rope in his hand, because he was unprepared. In that catastrophe, the Eero royal family also suffered heavy losses. There were more than 300 members of the royal family, but only 21 ran out in the end. As the orthodox members of the royal family, except for one prince, the other royal family. Direct bloodline, either died in the catastrophe or disappeared. That is the fall of the Eero Empire and the fall of the Eero Royal Family.

Seeing that there was no change in Prince Altrega’s face, the captain of the guard Reis couldn’t help saying, “The Kentam family had contact with the empire’s high-levels and offered to buy back the capital of Eero with two million gold. The enemy's handshake is a huge insult to the royal family of Eero. If they are allowed to continue this way, once the king of Eero is really taken back by the southern princes, then our royal family will have to..." His voice stopped, his eyes were angry, and he stopped talking

"What are you afraid of, as long as the Eye of God is still in our hands, the situation will not get out of control"

"But the eye of God is not already..." The captain of the guard Leis subconsciously said in a low voice.

"Well, don't worry too much about such things"

Altriga sighed, turned around, looked like a knife at the pale-faced guard, and the corners of his slightly resolute mouth rose slightly. "You don't really think that who can take back King Ero Do, you can really become the Emperor Erot? What a joke, if someone takes back the Erot capital, even if it is our royal family Ken, other princes will not agree. At that time, we will choose supporters from it. , So that the royal family can easily get the greatest benefit in retaking the royal capital without any cost, because whoever wants to become the emperor must get permission from the eero royal family, and the eye of **** is always there. In the hands of the royal family, the last exhibition was opened in the sacrificial hall ten years ago. According to the rules, these southern princes are not eligible to participate. We say it is true, then it is true!"

This also works? "The captain of the guard, Leis, has a stunned expression

As the captain of the second prince’s guard, he didn’t have a long time with him. It was because the former captain of the guard died in the royal capital that he was transferred by the second prince. The reason was the royal guard of Leith At that time, the squadron went to the south for a certain mission and escaped the destruction of the entire army at the Battle of Rutiazi Fort. For Altriega, this was the last military force of the Eero royal family, and Eero The loyalty of the Janissaries is unquestionable. Regarding the fall of the former emperor, the captain of the guard, Reis, knelt on one knee when he saw the first side of the fugitive Altriega, vowing to say "If I was there at the time." Rutia Zibao will definitely protect His Majesty the Emperor!"

"You may not be able to protect my father, but you can protect me"

The embarrassed Altriega stretched out his hand and pressed it on Reis's shoulder, like a real monarch, with a tough and cold expression. Farouk is dead. In a sense, he is the heir to the throne. Although he escaped from a prince, that prince was well-known in the royal family for doing business, and his reputation in the royal family was quite bad. This time he was able to escape because the prince was hunting near the royal capital. Seeing that the cult ** surrounded the royal capital, he immediately flew to the south by bypassing the royal capital. Such a person cannot expect to be able to assume the hope of restoring the empire, and he does not have the qualifications to restore the empire

Yes, qualifications. Altriega thinks that no one except himself has such qualifications, because he is Prince Eero, the second heir to the throne of Eero. In the case of the disappearance of the first heir, he is the first. Heirs, but the princes of the southern Aero clearly don’t think so. Compared with the oppression that the emperor’s bloodline feels, which prince who laughs all day looks more in line with what the princes want

"The Eye of God is in my hands, and the throne is in my hands. What is that person!" Altriega looked at the camp behind, with extremely clear contempt,

That is the camp of the coalition forces. The countless gray tents are like large groups of gray goats crowded together, covering the flat wilderness of the southern part of the Eero capital. The hot air is floating in the southern part of Eero. The colored flags of a family of princes, the Allied forces of the southern princes of Aero used a half-arc pointed wooden row to form a huge semi-arc. Although the weather is not very hot, it is for the southern princes who are full of mountains outside the capital of Aero. For the soldiers, they have been here for a full summer, from the cool spring to the hot summer. From the very beginning, under the call of the royal family, under the glorious banner of regaining the capital, they marched northward with great momentum. Up to now I look lazy and listless

The initial sacredness of this northward movement in their hearts is tantamount to a holy war. For so many years, the Southern Ero people have struggled with the yellow sands of the south in the desert area, but few people will go to the north. It’s because the Southern Erotians have always believed that they are the true Erotians and the continuation of that civilization, while the northerners are traitors. They have abandoned the original heritage. Although they have become more and more powerful, they are more and more powerful. At the beginning, the Eero tradition became more and more distant. Initially, the Eero people’s beliefs came from the holy city, and the holy city advocated the existence of all things, and its external expansion was a peaceful cultural expansion. The holy city’s sacrifices were like the spread of civilization Seeds, spread knowledge of farming, culture, and animal husbandry to all parts of Southern Europe. If nothing happens, the holy city may become the core of the entire Southern Europe in more than a hundred years.

But the holy city collapsed and everything changed,

As the most pious Southern Erotites in the Holy City, they found that the Erot priests who led them suddenly became enemies of the Holy City. They carried out a massacre on the remaining sacrifices of the Holy City and burned the ancient texts of the Holy City. , Abandoning the belief that all things have animism, but began a rapid expansion, which finally triggered the catastrophe eighty years ago. The people of Eero in the south believed that it was a divine punishment and abandoning the holy city to the Eero branch. Punishment, eventually the Erot branch moved north, but there are still many southerners staying. In front of them, the northern Erotians are traitors, just like the northern Erotians look down on the southerners, and the southerners look down on the northern Erotites. ,

"The Northern Erotians finally confirmed their mistakes. In the face of a more powerful enemy, they have no power to fight. Now is the time for us to prove the Southern Erot right"

"Are there too many people"

"Don't be afraid, as long as the capital can be recovered, everything is worth it. The empire has only 20,000 defenders in the capital of Erot. We can scare the emperor to pee his pants with a shout."

"Are we 200,000 people still unable to beat 20,000 people?"

"Maybe the emperor's team will flee to the wind, maybe we can get back to the capital without blood." Originally, the total strength of the 31 princes was only 50,000. With the vigorous encouragement of the princes in the south, one month After that, it became 150,000 people, and in the end it exceeded 200,000. It is necessary to know that the total population of the entire southern Eero is only one million. Such a huge number makes the princes of the southern Eero feel terrified. Inner ambitions have also begun to expand in the direction that is in line with this force, and the Eero kingship is not so out of reach. The era of the Farouk family is over, so whose era will take it. . . . . .

In the spacious conference tent, there are ventilation holes on all sides, and the cool draught wind keeps flying by, taking away the heat from people, but when the meeting was held, the Marquis of Kentham had been wiping sweat. , The news from the north immediately pushed the Kentam house to the forefront of the storm. It was originally just a try. Who knew it had received a response from the top of the empire, even the old and cunning Marquis of Kentam. I don’t know how to express this.

"This was an accident. My Kentam family definitely didn't want to be an emperor."

The Marquis of Kentam's face was slightly pale, sitting on a bench specially arranged for the meeting, when all the lords were still discussing, the first thing to say was that this matter was not a conspiracy, but an accident. He knew that if not To show their attitude, these lords will seize him, and then attack the Kentam family.

If that is the case, for the Kentam family, the Jedi is an irresistible disaster

Although the Kentam family is one of the three major lords in the South, it cannot stop all other lords from besieging. Moreover, the Kentam family itself is not good at military affairs, but in business. The largest chamber of commerce in South Eero, at the same time, the relationship with the major families in the north is not bad, so this makes the Kentham family look golden in the eyes of other princes. They are all the color of gold coins. It used to be a group to fight from the north. The pressure of each family can still be harmonious, but now it is different. The northern royal family is already weak, and the southern princes who have lost the most pressure naturally also have ambitious people staring at the Kentam family

"Hehe, how come I haven't encountered such an accident"

When a short-haired and sturdy middle-aged lord sneered at the corner of his mouth, he twitched the centipede-like scar on his right cheek, which looked like he was alive. His name is Wright, the patriarch of the Boying family, Bo The territory of the Ying family is connected to the territory of the Kentam family. The territory of the Boying family is not large, and one third of the Kentam family’s territory, and most of them are barren yellow sand wastelands, because the Boying family territory Bandits are rampant. In fact, there are rumors that those bandits are private soldiers of the Boying family.

"The emperor, the Kentam family is about to become the emperor. Should we first salute the future emperor respectfully." A middle-aged fat man in a red dress got up from his seat, With a mocking look, while pretending to bend the Marquis of Kentam to bow

"Haha!"

"The emperor, Emperor Kentham, what a ridiculous feeling"

"Such jokes will make us laugh to death"

There was a burst of laughter from the crowd. The Marquis of Kentham's face was pale as paper, his fingers clenched, and his body was shaking. In addition to scolding Atris for bringing disaster to the family, he also felt himself. At this moment, it is like a fat pig waiting to be slaughtered. Everyone wants to cut a knife here. The Marquis of Kentham feels like he is going to be dizzy in this atmosphere. What did he do and how did he give birth? Such a daughter who doesn't know the heights of heaven and earth!

At this moment, a servant of the Marquis of Kentham sent in a note from outside the tent,

"My lord, this is just sent from the north"

"When is it all, why are you still sending this?" The Marquis of Kentham almost vomited blood, snatching the note from the servant. What else could be good news from the north? It's nothing more than that Atris has reached a formal agreement with the empire, which will only make herself and the Kentam family even more desperate. If other lords had not seen this scene, he might have swallowed this note at once. Invisible, better than worse, just swallow a piece of paper, not a bottle of poison!

"I said Lord Kentham, what's on that piece of paper, let everyone take a look at it?" Wright yelled strangely from the sturdy body

"Yes, let us know, when will Lord Kentham become the emperor!" The other lords roared, but the greed in their eyes turned slightly red, and one of the lords even walked over. Pulling off the fingers of the stiff Marquis of Kentam, he pulled the piece of paper out of his hand, and opened his mouth slowly with a smirk

"No, that's not what I meant." The Marquis of Kentam felt his heart explode. He stood up hard, but was pressed heavily on his shoulder by a large hand on the left and right.

"What's written on the note?" The other lords couldn't wait. They looked at the lord who opened the note, but unexpectedly found that the smirk at the corner of the lord's mouth was frozen, and the whole person was like Like being cast a certain spell, I suddenly became motionless, and the expression on his face began to change. It was a look of fear. At this moment, everyone realized that the lord’s hand holding the note was shaking

"What's the matter, Amorik"

"Why is this expression~IndoMTL.com~Isn't something really going on?" Someone walked over curiously, glanced across the note, and immediately trembled.

"The Minister of Imperial Affairs, Hu Keqili, landed in Cairo Port two days ago... Negotiations with the Kentham family broke down! Eighty thousand imperial troops are assembled, and they are about to go south!" The low voice, almost wailing, just like It’s squeezed out of that person’s mouth,

"How can it be that I have already contacted the Kentam family!"

"Why did it collapse? Didn't you talk about it well!" Someone scratched the little hair on top of his head.

"The game is big, the empire is going south, what shall we do, are we really going to fight the main force of the empire, that is Hu Keqili, the first general of the empire!" someone shouted desperately, in the agenda. The lords exploded, and all of them stood up and ran over.

Although they talk about the empire going south every day, but facing the iron current of the empire going south, who dares to fight! As the Minister of Imperial Affairs, Hu Keqili was recognized as the first general under the emperor. Even if he was sent to destroy the country, how could he use it to deal with small places like the princes in the south of Eero? The empire kills chickens with a sledgehammer, is this to kill us all!