Conquest

    Chapter 207 [Red Round Table]

    "Teacher, I think the emotions of His Majesty seem to be a little out of order."

    Out of that dark excessive study, freckle girl seems to be relieved, she carefully looked at their respected teacher, now carvesylver but as if still a face leisurely, he even had the leisure mood to stop to watch the imperial palace those wearing gold armor Samurai: "Oh, the style of this armor seems to be new." ”

    TeacherLet

    The girl’s attitude towards the teacher is somewhat puzzled, and her face is full of worry.

    "Sweetie,Carvesylver took back his eyes. He looked at his female disciple. To be exact, the youngest female disciple: "I am here to bring you here. I hope you understand what we will face next."

    "But the emotions of His Majesty are not normal."The freckles girl insisted that she lowered her voice, but she remained firm: "Don't make any decisions when the mood is abnormal – this is what you said."

    "Yes."Carvesylver suddenly smiled. He touched the girl's face with his hand. His eyes showed a strange look, but the voice was soft and soft: "But…If that decision is what I made him do? ”

    The girl did not speak. She tried hard to think about the meaning of the teacher.

    Your decision…The teacher induced him to make…So,

    "To bring you here today, there is only one purpose."Carvesylver took back his hand and left behind him, laughing leisurely: "There is only one purpose, let you look at it, look at this place, I only need to achieve one purpose…Let the Mr. Junker see you, know you, nothing more. ”

    Junker? The Chief of the Nightfall Guardian, the guy full of darkness?

    TeacherWhat are you planning? ”The girl suddenly gave birth to a deep fear.

    Carvesylver didn't seem to intend to explain everything to his disciples. He looked up at the sky: "You must understand one thing…I am not god, so I can't guarantee that every decision I make is correct, and I can't guarantee that every plan I make will succeed. In fact, this empire should have perished decades ago! However, we have exhausted all the means to let it survive until now…Now, it is time to have a result, no matter whether the result is good or bad. ”

    After a pause, his face reappeared with a smile that didn’t have a bit of smoke and anger. He said: "Well, the sunshine outside is really good, today is a good weather."

    "the weather is nice today."

    Kontos also stood on the window sill of the study. He looked at the flower that was dying, and looked at the bright sunshine outside the window. The eyes of the old emperor were full of nostalgia.

    At this moment, in this gloomy study, there is only the emperor and another person – exactly a "shadow."

    The middle-aged man who had always followed the emperor and looked plain and unpredictable was still like a shadow standing in the shadow. He didn’t know when he suddenly appeared in the corner of the room, without a little bit of alive. Like a ghost, hanging his hands, hanging his head, standing there.

    "This kind of good weather always makes me sad. Is it true that all people who are dying will have this feeling?"Kontos turned his head and suddenly looked at the shadow: "I am asking you questions."

    The middle-aged man looked up and looked at the emperor with no expression. After a while, he slowly shook his head and pointed at his mouth.

    "Oh, I seem to ask the wrong person again."The Kontos emperor seemed to smile: "I have forgotten, I shouldn't ask you any questions about this non-speaking guy. ButOnly once, ok? Chuck, only once. ”

    The look of the middle-aged man became serious. He seemed to think seriously about what he was thinking about.

    Kontos continued to slow down: "This is my last chance and my last move. MaybeIt was also the last chance of this empire. I feel that my body is decaying and decaying faster and faster. Chuck, I am a good emperor! I know this very well! I am not greedy, not drinking, not too much luxury, I only rest for eight hours a day, all other time to manage my empire! In my young and healthy years, almost all the time is fighting for this empire! I passed through the blood in the war and I was hurt! My sword has killed the enemy! I have left my blood on the enemy's sword! I don't guarantee that I am the only emperor to do this, but I understand that there are not many emperors who can do this! ! In history, the emperors who can do this are all generations of Enlightened Ruler, who have created a great situation…But here I am…In the past few years, the situation has not improved! ! ”

    The old emperor's face was too excited and some sick redness, his throat rolled up and down, shortness of breath: "All this, why is it!" If I was born a few hundred years ago, I will become the legendary emperor of the next generation of great cause! But now, I have been fighting with the damn locust for almost half of my life, and they are constantly stopping them from stealing my empire – my empire! ! ! ”

    The emotions of Kontos finally calmed down from the excitement, but his tone was very eye-catching, and the unspeakable despair, but little by little: "Carvesylver told me the answer: these are not my faults. ……The damn Terma military system existed for more than a hundred years, and I don't have to be responsible for the mistakes of more than a hundred years ago…However, this is not the mistake I made, but I want to bear this result! This is really he damn it unfair! ! unfair! I should be a generation of legendary emperors, and I will be respected by generations to come! Instead of lingering and sustaining the national transport, the king of the country that died in the end of the country! ! ”

    Finally, when the emperor couldn't speak, the middle-aged man slowly walked out of the corner of the room.

    He gradually approached and walked to the three steps in front of the old emperor. His face was dignified and slowly opened his mouth.

    MajestyThe voice in the throat was hard and stiff, as if it had been said for too long and had not spoken. Every word he spoke seemed to be so laborious: "If there is such a day…I can tell you that you have my loyalty. My body will be the last barrier in front of you. ”

    Kontos's brow moved and he seemed to be moved.

    Slowly, the old emperor's skinny hand pressed on the shoulders of the middle-aged man. He looked at the heart of the other's chest. The old emperor's voice was a little hoarse: "I remember there was a wound there, right? It was during the war with the Odin people that you were injured in order to protect me. Well, it is Hannigan.The guy that Sol left on Ni's chest, an axe spear, if it wasn't for his spear head that had already been cut off, I'm afraid you are dead. Oh, but you also stabbed him a sword…I heard that it seems to be the only record of Hannigan's injury on the battlefield for decades. ”

    The look of the middle-aged man changed, and he became stunned and fierce, and the hoarse voice repeated the name: Hannigan.Sol!

    The name, perhaps speaking, is not unfamiliar to people all over the continent, especially the Byzantine!

    Because the owner of this name has a prominent identity.

    Odin is the spokesperson of Odin in the world – the Odin Empire is now Emperor Odin!

    Imperial Capital Osgiliath The northeast corner of the city, two urban canals that run through Osgiliath, cut a triangular area that is about six blocks tall. In Osgiliath, this place is called the Red Zone. .

    In addition to the Imperial Palace and the Hagia Sophia where the Pope is located, it is almost the most sturdy place in the city of Osgiliath – of course, the removal of the residence of Carvesylver.

    Geographically, the Red Zone is located to the northeast of Osgiliath City, but a canal that surrounds it leads directly to the southeastern harbour terminal, and the smallest sea-going vessel can even enter the sea directly through the canal if necessary. Moreover, there are two major roads that lead directly to the port.

    At the same time, the Red Zone is in the same parallel line as an important place in Imperial Capital: the Imperial Army, the Eagle's Nest.

    If you want to describe it, this place with only six blocks is almost a city in the city.

    On weekdays, even the security patrols of the city defense will not be near here. As for the city defense forces, it is strictly prohibited to approach the Red Zone.

    In the Red Zone, there are about a thousand troops stationed all the year round. These troops are not part of the formation of the city defense army. To be precise, they are better like the private army of aristocrat.

    This army is all infantry, the finest armor and weapon, produced in the Empire's most famous Armenia military region, and the soldiers are carefully selected.

    And such an elite level even exceeds the army of most of the Empire's central standing Army, their official preparation, I am afraid that few people will believe it.

    They are "agricultural soldiers"!

    Yes, you're not mistaken! It is a farmer! It is the product of the semi-agricultural system under the Terma military system.

    Of course, they are different from the mud-legged peasants who Shaar saw in Moore County. These guys are really elite! Everyone is a carefully selected warrior!

    More importantly, such an elite thousand team, they will not listen to the orders of the military, and will not even follow the orders in the Imperial Palace! The only thing that can command them is that there is only one voice…The owner of the Red Zone.

    El SalvadorCarlin – the current Chief Military Secretary of the Byzantine Empire! At the same time, it is also one of the flagship figures of the imperial valve henchmen!

    If in today's Byzantine empire, to find a person in the military who can barely compete with Duke Minas, then this El Salvador.Carlin Lord is probably the only qualified candidate.

    As the current "red round table speaker", El Salvador is the number one eye of the emperor Emperor Kontos!

    The Red Roundtable is not a formal organization, nor is it an official department, but this organization is the most powerful group in the current Byzantine Empire! In the Empire's current fifty-four Terma military district, Governor, fifty-one are members of this group.

    The "red round table" has been established for eighty-nine years, and this year will officially enter its ninth year – the ninth year of contending with the Imperial Royal Family.

    In fact, the earliest purpose of this organization was to confront the Royal Family of the Empire and the traditional aristocrat group led by the Royal Family.

    There are only five articles in this organization.

    Article 1: All members must uphold the interests of the red round table group, which is higher than any secular law or religious belief!

    Article 2: All members are family hereditary systems. Once they are joined, they will be passed down from generation to generation. Any opt-out will be regarded as a traitor and hostile to all other member families!

    Article 3: The speaker of the meeting has the power to convene the meeting and has the power to make decisions (if the decision of the speaker is opposed by half of the members, it can be rejected).

    Article 4: The president of the meeting shall be elected once in three years, and the re-election shall not exceed two circles.

    Article 5: All members are protected by groups, and any member who is attacked is considered hostile to the whole group.

    The existence of these five programs, in the eyes of the Imperial Royal Family, is simply a great contempt for the imperial power!

    Just the first article "above any secular law or religious belief" has already announced the significance of the existence of this organization!

    El SalvadorCarlin, as the current speaker of the red round table, this is his last year as the speaker. Because he has been re-elected for two worlds, he also has no right to continue to sit in this position when he changes next time.

    As the current Chief Minister of Military Affairs, he is nominally the manager of the entire Byzantine government, but in fact, he can only command the army of his family military region. If nothing else, the next speaker's candidate will probably fall on the head of the current Armenia Military District, the military district that produces iron ore and is known for making fine armor.

    El Salvador’s own family also has a military region. It’s ironic that the area he owns is the Rhodelia region of the empire – yes, the most elite iron army of the empire, the famous 13th Army, the Rhodelia cavalry Army. The birthplace! When they stepped out of the empire's toughest group of real warriors, they became the backbone of the empire, the birthplace of the most loyal and brave army of the empire.

    But now, it is the territory of the imperial valve henchmen.

    Of course, the military-owned military area of ​​El Salvador is only East Rhodelia, which is one-third of the original Rhodelia region. The current Military District Governor, nominally let his younger brother serve, because according to the imperial decree, the military minister can not serve as the local military district Governor – although already self-contained, but at least nominally, the red round table of this group All members have not yet blatantly rebelled, and they are nominally honored by imperial law.

    El Salvador is very prestigious in the red round table group. During his five years as the speaker, he has made quite a good result. From this point of view, the body of the old emperor Kontos has deteriorated day after day, but he has a certain The degree of relationship. For five years, he forced the emperor to pass two laws favourable to the Terma military system and defeated at least three attacks by the Aristocrat Council against the Terma Military region, even in connection with at least two assassinations involving aristocrat, and, with his support, Emperor ** The budget has been cut two times-all of which are, of course, the military spending of the eagle forces loyal to Royal in the Imperial Central Standing army.

    However, El Salvador has been in a deep vigilance these days.

    From too many signs, the old emperor in the Imperial Palace who was dying at any time tried to organize a campaign against the "red round table." And this action, I am afraid it will not only be a few ridiculous bills to encourage aristocrat, or to promote a few young hawks and other young generals.

    Most importantly, the emperor suddenly sent crown prince Garcia to Imperial Capital in exile. This move immediately gave El Salvador, who had struggled with the emperor for a lifetime, a taste of a different kind.

    Although I heard that the emperor was extremely angry and dissatisfied with the crown prince, although I heard that the emperor had abolished the mind of the crown prince, although I heard that the conflict, the emperor broke the crown of the crown prince…

    But…

    "The son is the son. For thousands of years, the minds of all the emperors will not change. Even if the son is an idiot, it is his own son. ”El Salvador expressed his opinion to all members: "I don't think it is a punishment for the emperor to get the Garcia rabbit out of Imperial Capital. I suspect there is a conspiracy! Don't forget, even if the emperor doesn't like his son again, his son is the son! You may have forgotten the end of the last-generation tulip Grand Duke, but I have not forgotten it. ”

    These warnings were sent to various places by letter. In fact, the members of the red round table group are distributed in the military regions of the empire in the north and south of the empire as Governor, but most of the members of the military region have their own personnel in the Imperial Capital military. An official, who also acts as a spokesperson.

    For the warnings of El Salvador, most of the Military District Governors are not too concerned.

    The emperor made the crown prince out of Imperial Capital, what about?

    Kontos, who is already old enough, the old emperor who has been walking and panting, what else can he do?

    Nearly half of the land of the empire is in the hands of the military region – still the better half. The total number of troops in all military regions combined is more than three times the number of troops in the Central Standing Army who are loyal to the Royal Family (this is not the potential for full mobilization.)

    Emperor

    HumEveryone is not rebellious, he is the emperor! If rebellious…He is not!

    What can Kontos do? Launch a coup?

    Stop joking around. Even if he launched a coup, he would kill the members of the warlord party who stayed in Imperial Capital at most, but most of the military district Governor stayed on his own site! Once this happens, it is the situation where both sides completely tear the face! Kontos He knows very well that once the open battle is over, the Imperial Royal Family won't win! The comparison of the strengths of the two sides, after a hundred years of Terma system, has already been overwhelming!

    Unless Kontos doesn't even want to be the nominal Emperor Capital Capital!

    However, the neglect of most members does not alleviate the concerns of El Salvador.

    Unlike most members – most of the military region Governor, is a warlord on his own site all year round, and even many new military areas of the military have not been to Imperial Capital! ! Because the central government has completely lost control of the military region, the appointment of the Military District Governor is only by the symbolic report below, and then the central government's nominal approval.

    Moreover, everyone knows that the Royal Family wants to get rid of everyone, who will send it to the emperor to take advantage of this opportunity?

    Can be different in El Salvador! He has been at Imperial Capital for many years, and served as the Minister of Military Affairs, as the Speaker of the Red Round Table. His confrontation with the Great Emperor of Lance in Imperial Capital has been too many times!

    He is very aware of the character of the Great Emperor of Lance and knows more about this tough and stubborn old emperor. Even he has felt that in recent years, with the old emperor's body getting worse, this Old Man has repeatedly revealed a sense of gradual madness…

    sucker Punch……Well, that's what it means!

    In the prospect of a struggle that has lasted for a lifetime, the stubborn Old Man will not make any crazy moves at the end? El Salvador can't take the risk.

    AND MOST IMPORTANTLY…The other Governors can go crazy with the fearless emperor. After all, even if the emperor went crazy, they still stay on their own territory. Even if the emperor launched a coup and launched a civil war, those guys could still cope with it.

    You can be different! You can be at Imperial Capital! Just under the eyes of the emperor!

    If the old madman is desperate, then the old man who is in Imperial Capital will be arrested by the old emperor who launched the civil war to cut off the flag.

    In fact, the old emperor has gradually become mad and has already had signs. Just last year, the old emperor had brewed a large-scale cleansing of the military personnel – that is clearly a move that knows that it will fail. If it fails, it is a complete face.

    El Salvador took advantage of an opportunity to subtly disintegrate the madness of the last old emperor. That move earned him the praise and support of many members, because it not only resolved the attack of the old Imperial Palace, but also consumed A considerable part of the eagle army is loyal to the Royal Family.

    MaybeI can contact Odin again…A war may make the old madman in the Imperial Palace temporarily awake. ”

    El Salvador was sitting in the study and holding a quill, he was hesitating.

    His eyes shrouded under the dark lashes, with a cold glow.

    Well, that's right…It might be a good idea to have another war.