Power and Empire Chapter 1679: Road to War (5)

Akazel, a small city in the Principality of Phu Tau, is a city close to the sea. It has always been famous for its picturesque scenery. With the cold freezing rain, it whizzed to the ground, rolling up the debris on the ground and gathering them together. A fine trickle flows quickly along the drainage ditches on both sides of the street. The temperature in Akazel has truly entered a very cold winter. White ice floes formed on the sea, and all ships were forced to dock in the port. , The small town has a population of 30,000. Among the 17 cities in the Principality of Universal, it can only be regarded as a third-tier city.

Although it is very remote from the center of the Principality, news from the inland is spreading rapidly here. In Guangping in the center of the city, more than a dozen ordinary citizens gather together, and their gods are very strange. , Each of the gods seemed to dance with their eyebrows, and the voices of timid whispers sounded inside from time to time

"Have you heard? Your Excellency is back in Lisbon!"

"It's nonsense, it's just a rumors, Lisboa is already in ruins, where will the ghost go back!"

"True, even if it is hell, the duke will fight for it! This is the original words of the duke, don't forget, just because of this, Gang Fei once wanted to assassinate him!" A general civilian **** sè said vigorously, with an unusually firm gaze

"It's crazy! It's crazy, you will be foolish to believe those unreliable rumors! What if the Duke really returns to Lisbon? Can you defeat Gangfei? It's impossible for Bai Rì to dream! "A citizen watched and shook his head next to him, and said, "If I were a Duke, I would be an inhuman puppet honestly. It would be great to eat and drink!"

"Shameless! It is because of someone like you that our Principality is controlled by Gang Fei!" This citizen's words aroused the resentment of everyone nearby,

"You support the Duke, but what can the Duke give you?" The citizen said shamelessly, "It's been six years, and we just bullied us that time. You've seen the Duke appear before, don't be silly, general If you want to defeat Gang Fei, even a hundred years is useless, because Gang Fei is not invincible. You need people to have people, you need soldiers and soldiers. Even if you stretch out a little finger, you can crush it into powder, and we can How about? Resistance? Continue fighting? This will only lead to cruel revenge from Gangfei, and we will suffer in the end. Instead of this, it is better to become Gangfei earlier! Although it is not a purebred Gangfei , But at least we are also second-class civilians from Gangfei, much better than those in remote areas!"

"You coward, despicable traitor!"

Just now, the ordinary citizen's face turned blue, and his face spit on the ground contemptuously.

"Am I wrong? It is you who should reflect on!" The scolded citizens held their heads up and looked disapproving.

"This **** once helped a Gang Fei person lead the way and beat him!" I don't know who shouted in it. Others immediately gathered around

"Help! It's a murder!" The screaming screams sounded, and the fist hasn't dropped yet, this generalist is like he has just experienced a big torture.

His shout quickly attracted a group of Gangfei soldiers who were patrolling nearby. These Congolese soldiers are fully armed. Wearing armor and holding a cold spear in his hand, the murderous aura stopped the general man who was whispering.

"What are you doing, don't you know that more than ten people are not allowed to gather recently?"

The Gang Fei officer who led the team glanced around with cold eyes. In the end, it fell on the citizen who was glaring at him, his tone was full of murderousness, because the recent situation was tense. The security teams in various places have received orders to strictly prohibit the gathering of ordinary people. If more than ten people are arrested

"This is our common land, what right do you Gangfei people have to stipulate like this!" This common citizen raised his head without fear, and looked at the Gangfei people around him like a fighter.

"Power? Lao Tzu's fist is power!" The Gang Fei officer's face was cold, and he waved his hand behind him. A dozen soldiers armed with weapons rushed up from behind. Express dissatisfaction with the empire. Take it away immediately!"

"No, what do you want to do, you don't have such power, you...Ah..."The citizen was struggling in panic. Gangfei is famous for his brutality. Recently, he was arrested in the name of gathering. Of the people, have been executed three batches, and there has never been one who can come out alive,

"My lord, he was just drunk and talking nonsense!" some ordinary people next to him pleaded.

"Yeah, we were just playing around!" The beaten generalist also began to intercede, but the Congolese officer did not move. Instead, he waved his hand and said sharply, "Untouchables against the Empire Damn it, and those who help these untouchables should die too!"

"You savages! One day, you will roll out of the land in general." The citizens screamed and protected their bleeding heads with their hands. The whole person was squatting on the ground, **** and tragic scenes nearby. The citizens were silent one by one, everyone was shocked. Everyone heard a screaming scream. A rounded up soldier of Gangfei slammed his spear on the citizen's face with a long spear in his hand.

"This is the fate of the opposition to the empire!"

The leader of the army has a sigh of face and ruthlessly commanded the soldiers to raise the handle of the spear and slam them at the feet of the citizen who was screaming in pain, until the citizen's screaming became weaker and weaker. Although it adopts a soft policy toward general practice, the conqueror is the conqueror. The realization of the army in this respect undoubtedly illustrates this point.

"Captain Von Oup, such an untouchable education is enough. It really kills people. Everyone will look good!" A district sheriff next to the officer quickly reached out and pulled him away. Now it's not a murderer. When,

Since the Duke of Putu landed in Lisbon, the Putu person who had to bow his head and bend over when he saw just non-human beings didn't dare to take a breath, he suddenly became brave, and a lot of people have surrounded him. Once the generalists really arouse public anger, the people who are looking around are definitely not the ones they can carry. In the end, it took several minutes before the district sheriff finally stopped the soldiers, and the citizen was already trapped. I was in a coma, covered in blood

"The servant, barbarian..."

The citizens huddled together in blood, apparently in a semi-conscious state, but still whispering in their mouths

"It's just a general untouchable, and if he is killed, he will be killed!" The officer sneered indifferently. He didn't seem to want to stop like this, but he looked around more and more. General set of people. Those countless angry eyes also made him feel scared from the inside,

"Okay, stop!" He told his soldiers, "Take this guy away right away! I have enough reason to suspect that he is in contact with the rebels in Lisbonto." The soldiers reacted. , Hurriedly rushed up, a soldier tied the foot of this universal man with a rope, and then used a war horse to drag the ordinary civilian who had been unconscious, and a long bloodstain from the universal man’s Dragged out of his body, under the eyes of countless ordinary people full of blood. Traverses the entire Guangping,

The rain is like silk, washing away the blood on Guangping, but for most ordinary people, such humiliation cannot be washed away! The Duke is in Lisbon! The capital of the Principality is still insisting, and such news is spreading in the hearts of more general people

Duke Rubinsack, Minister of Military Affairs of Congo, standing tall and straight in front of the window sill of the office. Gazing affectionately into the distance, dìdū had just snowed, and a piece of whiteness enveloped the ground in front of him, and the frozen lake in the distance. You can vaguely see the civilians digging ice on the lake, and a group of white water birds flies from flapping their wings, like a long line, full of the wild interest of nature. This place may not be as colorful as the mountain lakes in the south, but it has the natural simplicity of the northern plateau, showing innocence and beauty in the roughness.

In winter, the earth is filled with white smoke and frost. The spires of the majestic buildings on both sides are projected on the surface of the street. No people can be seen on the street. Everything seems so dead. The light is slanting to the west, from the house. The narrow gap shè shè down, dragging out long shadows

"Your Excellency Minister" heard a heavy door opening sound behind him, and the adjutant **** sè hurriedly walked in from outside the door, holding a battle report in his hand

"It's the battle report from Lisbonto." Rubinthak turned around, glanced at the battle report in the adjutant's hand, and joked in a relaxed tone, "It should be about the same in terms of time, Remchat's The 40,000 army should have calmed down the general rebels at this moment."

"I hope that guy can follow my advice and didn't kill the Duke of Universal Set in angrily. After all, the empire has not fully controlled the Duke of Universal. Killing this Duke will undoubtedly greatly worsen the Duke of Universal. A softened attitude,

"Even if you put up a useless puppet and raise it for a few days, I just hope Remchat can still remember it!" The Duke walked to his desk

"Minister, I'm afraid you will be disappointed!" The adjutant stood at attention, his face was not relaxed, and unexpectedly passed the report in his hand to Duke Rubin Sack." It was indeed from the battlefield of Lisbon, but not The blue of victory!"

"Biar, I didn't expect you to become humorous too! If it's not a victory, is it still a red sè for help?" Duke Rubinsack smiled and stretched out his generous hand, and took it indifferently. The adjutant’s report took the adjutant’s words as a kind of ridicule. Recently, the war damages of the Battle of the South have been counted. Although no substantial progress has been made, the Congolese and African troops have lost more than 20,000 people and 37 warships are robbing the strait. Lost in battle,

Duke Rubinsack’s heart is bleeding too,

This is already the third miserable defeat of the Imperial Navy this year. It is said that His Majesty the Emperor is furious and has decided to make great efforts to rectify the imperial navy which is disadvantaged in combat. For this reason, Duke Rubinsack is also troubled. The navy is no better than the army. Without a recruitment order, it can draw tens of thousands of soldiers. The imperial conquest The First World War in the Southwest has become a wound that is difficult for the Navy to recover. The loss of warships is not counted. The death of tens of thousands of experienced Imperial Navy sailors is the main reason for the imperial navy’s collapse.

A qualified sailor often needs to polish at sea for several years, and loses so much at a time. The Ministry of Military Affairs has to recruit from the hands of merchant ships, but one is for the army and the other is for civilian use. The gap between the two is not short. It took just a few months to get in. But the emperor was eager to go south. The navy was just trying to fight, like a severely ill patient who had not healed, to compete with a strong and strong man without being overthrown. Blame,

Remchart is so eager to win General Tau, it is not because he wants to rely on the maritime superiority of the General Tau area to reinvigorate the Imperial Navy. The Navy has become the emperor’s biggest concern. This is the imperial admiralty. Everybody knows.

His gaze swept over the seal of the report, Duke Rubinsack’s face was still stunned. It was really not the blue representing victory. According to the convention of the Congolese Army, if it is a victory or a great victory, it is Special royal blue ink pad. And in the report before me, it is shocking red, which means fighting hard and waiting for help

"What's the situation! What does Remchart want to do? This can not help but make Duke Rubinthack's two white eyebrows slightly furrowed, and an unknown premonition can't help but rise in the heart, Duke General is here. Lisboa’s landing is a trick in his eyes.

"If it is only to bring the army to a desperate place, and to arouse the soldiers' determination to die, the reputation of the Duke of Universal sets obviously does not have such a possibility! That is a possibility. This guy. It’s here to die. It’s not that there wasn’t that kind of sad hero before. Even if he knew it was death, he still insisted on staying in the capital. "After thinking about it, Rubin Sack can only make such a judgment. He is dealing with this. In addition to feeling a bit of appreciation, the Duke of General sets also didn’t hesitate to shoot.

A regional corps entered General Tau, and a frontier army was encircled as a flanker, in order to defeat this rebel army in the shortest time. On the one hand, he urged Remchat’s newly-built Tenth Crusade Corps to go to Lisboa, on the other hand, he also urgently mobilized three thousand border guards between the two countries to move closer to Lisboa, in his expectation. In front of the combined force of the two forces of 43,000 people, the 15,000 military force of the generals should be crushed like crushed pieces!

But now, the red sè on the battle report is undoubtedly showing it. There was an accident! In confusion, Duke Rubinsack opened the seal of the report with his fingers, and his eyes fell on the report.

"How could this happen!" This Marshal of Gangfei who has been on the battlefield for 30 years has cultivated himself in the past few years, and rarely has too much mood swings, and at this moment in his old face Above, there is rarely a trace of awe-inspiring gods,

Lisboto is still stubbornly in the hands of the generalists! In this report, Remchart’s Tenth Crusade Corps revealed a disastrous defeat. It suffered two consecutive attacks. The Corps lost more than one-third of the battle. It was unable to launch an attack on Lisboa. What the Duke of Ke cannot accept is that until now, the attack line of the Crusade Legion has not even touched the walls of Lisboa, let alone conquered this half-ruined city!

"There must be something wrong! Universal sets absolutely have no such strength!"

Rubinsack’s two white eyebrows were twisted together, and he threw the report in his hand on the table, his face solemnly like dripping water, as the military minister of the empire, his eyes would not When it comes to the trivial matter of one defeat and one defeat, what he values ​​is the true content of the battle of Lisbonto. The 13,000 casualties of the imperial soldiers have little influence on the military strength of the entire empire, but it does not have a big impact on the empire’s military power. The impact of this set of policies is fatal,

The Duke of Putao landed in the ruined Lisbon Torre. This seems to be an extremely stupid strategic layout. At this moment, it shows staggering wisdom. Lisbon Torre, the capital of Putao, a ruined city that has just gone through turmoil.

But it is such a city that seems to have no possibility of holding on, but the 40,000 army armed to the teeth of the empire is hit and bloodshed.

The news revealed here is enough for the empire old man to feel a bit of chill coming up from his spine,

The empire has spent countless strengths and manpower over the past few years to plant the unbeatable belief in the hearts of the general public. Suddenly, because of the defeat of Lisboa, the empire was forced to the edge of collapse.

The public opinion of the general people will soon boil again, and this time, it is no longer easy to transfer and rest like Remchat. All because of the significance of the Lisbon affair is far greater than At this moment, the capital of Uttar Pradesh, which is actually occupied, is like a bright lighthouse that suddenly shines in the hearts of Uttar Pradesh people. It reignites the belief about the country in the hearts of the already confused Utau people, and a nation finds itself at once. Soul, and still in such a tragic way

Especially I don’t know where the rumors came from,

The Duke’s phrase "Even if my country becomes a hell, I will fight to death for it" has spread throughout the entire Putao region in just a few days! The image of the duke at this moment is like a sad warrior who is backed by his homeland~IndoMTL.com~ who fought to death,

Duke Rubinsack can foresee that under the rendering of intangible emotions, the popular feelings of Putao are pouring towards the duke at a speed visible to the naked eye, as long as the Duke of Putao always sticks to the near-destroyed city of Lisbon. The hearts of the general population will always be close, overwhelming, unstoppable, and eventually form a torrent that makes the empire have to choose to retreat.

Looking at the report in his hand, the old handsome Rubin Sack was at a loss in his heart. He was very sure that a general man had absolutely no such strength! Otherwise, there is no need to resort to this seemingly tricky but upright slamming method,

The other side is thinking that turning the whole war into a battle for the city of Lisbon is really a clever layout ability. From the moment they landed in Lisbon, the imperial army was completely under the command of the other side. That's great dancing!

Then who can tell himself, who is the man who is standing behind the fortified walls of Lisbon and waving the baton!

This is an unfair war!

"Your Excellency, the Admiral Lecco of the Admiralty of the Admiralty, see you!" The voice of the guard sounded outside the door,