Conquest

    Chapter 464, Chapter 2, Second Capital

    After another two or three days outside the city, there was finally a new movement in Osgiliath.

    First, the Royal Family sent a team of troops led by Count aristocrat. The Count aristocrat was probably the trusted aide of the Royal Family. It came to the army with a lot of aristocrat, as well as the two finances of the empire. The deputy of the minister and the special envoy sent by Prime Minister.

    Speaking of it, the goods in Osgiliath City are already in short supply. After more than half a year, most of them rely on the supply of Atlantic Atlantean.

    But after all, Shaar is such a military army to go down to the South. In any case, the Imperial Central Government must express a gesture of consolation. Otherwise, if the family is down to the south, the army is stationed outside the city, and the emperor says nothing at all. It’s too much to pass the price.

    There is not much in things, and the cost in the city is already tense. I heard that even the emperor himself has already squashed and dieted. The so-called labor force is just a matter of going through the game. It was originally a proper procedure.

    These people who sent troops to the army were all drawn from the city guards. I heard that for the Royal Family system, the emperor specially allocated a small team of Imperial Guards. However, when the army's team came to Shaar's army station, it still shocked the entire Shaar army.

    – This is the most imperial Imperial Capital City Guard? This is the highest-rated Imperial Guard that claims to be the best equipped? It’s just a bunch of beggar!

    Imperial Guard is still barely able to guarantee the full range of weapon equipment, and those city guards are much worse. Most of them even have a complete armor. It is difficult to get together. The weapon is also very complicated. Many people are not using it. The sword of the city guard's system seems to have quite a lot of weapons used by the people. It seems that they have been seized from the rebels to make up the number.

    As for the materials sent, it is even less obvious. There is not much food – the emperor now hears that he only eats a few pieces of bread per meal. However, there are some rewards for some gold and silver vessels. It is said that the emperor has moved out of some of the old bases in the Imperial Palace.

    But such a thing, if it is assigned to everyone in the army, it is really unbearable.

    So, even the Count Lord, who is in charge of the army, seems to have some faces that can't be hanged – when the empire is so poor!

    But Shaar was very polite, took the Count Lord and said a long time of intimacy, everyone had a good meal, and when they left, Shaar quietly stuffed a box and sent it to that place. Count Lord's horse carriage.

    The box was some of the good things that Shaar had picked out from the spoils seized from the large number of rebel war prisoners.

    The rebels had been in the Imperial Capital for many days, but they really took a lot of good things. Unfortunately, the war in the past few days, the rebels were defeated, and after the things were seized, they were cheaper for our hillbilly Lord.

    Shaar also sent people to pick out some "boutiques" in the trophy of the fortune–the rebels robbed a lot of aristocrat giants in Imperial Capital, and actually got some treasures, Shaar picked all the finest items, staying important Use.

    In the box of the Count Lord, which was given to the army, it was filled with a precious vase, the fine brass, and a number of gems, and a piece of art that was worthless! I don't know which aristocrat home the rebels copied from.

    It was the Count Lord of the army who opened the box and looked at the vase on the way back, and suddenly he felt it in his heart.

    This army…What it looks like!

    The materials of the laborers that I brought with them are all added together, I am afraid that the value cannot be matched with such a vase! Hey, the imperial power is so small, it’s really nothing to be a self-employed ambassador, but it’s ridiculous behind the countryside in the north.

    The Count Lord got Shaar's gift. After returning to the city, he would naturally say a few words about Shaar, so there is no need to say it.

    The army is just taking a passing game. This is the end of the game. Below, it is the real reward!

    Shaar waited for temper for another two days. He thought that the formal appointment order should come down very quickly, but who knows, this waited for three more days!

    What the emperor was thinking? Everything has already been done, and it’s not so painful to order the reward, what kind of strength is it?

    However, Shaar was annoyed, and couldn't help but imagine the Emperor Garcia. I was afraid that the other person's heart was really depressed.The imperial emperor was forced to apprehend the land by a local place in the north, and he was stunned by the other side…But I can only hold my nose and hold it down.

    The emperor was slow to refuse to formally order, presumably the last bit of the heart is in the air.

    Shaar waited for temper until the fifth day, and the official imperial order finally came down! !

    This time, the person responsible for the order was still the Count Lord who came to the army last time. The Count Lord had the gift of Shaar last time. This time he ran again, and his attitude towards Shaar was naturally more intimate.

    Poorly they are the aristocrat of Imperial Capital. If it used to be such a valuable vase, it would be a valuable thing, but where would it be in the eyes of a handsome Count Master? But this time Osgiliath City broke, most of Aristocrat's homes were smacked, and almost all of them were tossed by the rebels, which was a big buck.

    I heard that many aristocrat Masters can still persist when they are fighting, but they can wait for the rebels to be taken away. When they come back to their homes, they will pull their necks on the spot…Many aristocrats are going bankrupt directly!

    The Count Lord, who heard that he was still a distant relative of royal's, at a time when the Imperial Royalist aristocrat group talent had withered, his former fringe figure had been trusted and appreciated by the emperor, and two times he had chosen to Shaar here Raul or convey the royal Decree Such a person is enough to show that this guy is now very reusable.

    What surprised Shaar is that this time, together with the imperial order, there is a deputy, but it is his old acquaintance!

    At the sight of the group, the bloated body was so conspicuous that Shaar was surprised and laughed at the time: "Ha ha! You chubby! ! Father can die for you! ”

    As he said, he strode up and opened his arms and hugged each other.

    Ruhr licked his mouth – there was still a wound on his body. Chubby can only use force to break Shaar, smiled bitterly: "damn it, you want to die, or want me to die! Lightly, my old arms and legs are not quite awesome. ”

    Shaar loosened Ruhr and stepped back two steps. He carefully looked at Chubby and looked up and down for a while, and his eyes gradually warmed up.

    Speaking of it, talking about the many generals in the army of the Byzantine Empire, Shaar and the chubby's personal relationship is the best.

    Without him, it is really two guys, one big and one small, one looks like a fat and fat, a seemingly bold and straight, but in fact it is a big and a small two foxes, it seems that human and animal is harmless, in fact, full of bad water, full of stinking taste!

    Byzantine is the lord of the emperor, Shaar is the most respected of Adek, but the most amiable, but this chubby.

    Adek is the old boss of Shaar, who has cultivated Shaar in one hand, like Yan Shi’s father.

    And this chubby is like a close friend.

    The two looked at each other and their faces were full of sincere smiles. Shaar said, "How come the order, but sent you?"

    Ruhr hēi hēi laughed twice and lowered the voice: "The city is noisy, and Father is impatient. I found this difference and simply hid behind you. I went out of the city, my eyes disappeared, and my heart was quiet. ."

    Shaar listened and looked at Chubby: "Are you arguing?"

    Ruhr smiled and glanced at Shaar: "Not for you!" Your 10,000 cavalry is out of the city, so many people are not very upset! ”

    Immediately after the two entered the camp, the scene conveyed the emperor, naturally it was a cut-off. Shaar summoned the officers and officers of the army to listen to the Count Lord in public to read the emperor, and then naturally eat and drink.

    Speaking of it, Shaar’s cavalry, many of them used to be Ruhr’s old men. This time, the two sides were naturally happy. Everyone sipped a drink and watched the wine cellar. Shaar and Ruhr took out tents and walked freely in the camp to a secluded place.

    Shaar looked at chubby and found something out of his arms and lost it.

    Ruhr took it and suddenly his eyes lit up: "Tobacco? Good things for Zakou people! LOL

    Shaar smiled and gave him a fire. After watching Chubby’s hand holding a tobacco roll, Meimei’s swallowing cloud, he smiled and said: “I guess you must like this thing, this time I came over and brought it. Some, I will leave it to you for a while."

    Ruhr squinted, enjoying his face, and said: "Your boy is so blessed! Zakou native's tobacco is a rare thing. I heard that these tobacco leaves are all the girls of Zakou tribe who have rolled out their hands on the thighs of the **…hēi hēi ……"

    Looking at chubby's face, Shaar snorted and immediately said: "What is the situation in the city now, you tell me."

    Chubby listened, smiled a little, his face was a little weird, and he glared at Shaar: "You little fox can guess?"

    After a pause, he sighed long: "What else can you actually have? Nothing is that everyone is not practical. Your 10,000 cavalry is placed outside the city, your majesty is not a heart with you, and it is not surprising that you are wariness. This war. It is a military disaster! At this moment, there is another army outside the city that is not the one who has left his heart. How can you let our emperor kneel down to sleep? Subtle is subtle, underarminess, but you are not willing to let you go back immediately, suspicion of you, but you need this 10,000 cavalry to stay outside the city! Because as long as you are here, Atlantean will be upset! Before you came, the situation in the city was Atlantean's strength, we were weak, so the customer was strong and weak, we talked to the other party, and we were not emboldened. Now that you have this 10,000 cavalry to go out of the city, how do you say that you are also the flag of the Byzantine Emperor, and Atlantean always regards you as our group. Just the two days you came, when Atlantean talked to us, it was obvious that the attitude was very polite. Hēi hēi ……So, now the city is so busy, I want you to leave early, and I am reluctant to let you go, my heart is tangled. ”

    Shaar listened, and he smiled. Then said: "The emperor asked me to go to the city to see you. You said that I can go now? Still dragging for another two days? ”

    Chubby squirted a cigarette from his nostrils and rolled his eyes. "Don't wait, you can get the benefits. The emperor can't make any concessions any more. It doesn't make sense to wait until tomorrow morning." You will go to the city to ask for it. I think the attitude of the emperor to you, at least on the surface, will be very good. Even if it is for Atlantean, he will hold a nose and play a concert with you. ”

    Shaar nodded. "So, I will go to the city tomorrow?"

    "Go into the city."Chubby smiled: "The imperial order is already issued in plain text, and things will not change any more. His Majesty now has to admit this fact, and will never make another thing to play his own face. You are now safe to enter the city, and you will not take any action against you. You swayed into the city and saw the reward, took the official position, and then walked around the scenery, you can leave the city and bring your army to the north. ”

    After a pause, Chubby thought a little and said: "Shaar, you are going into the city this time, I will make a bottom with you, our little emperor, although I am not quite right in your heart, but after all, he is not old enough. To put it bluntly, the means are still far less sophisticated than the emperor. You don't have to be too wariness…It is our Prime Minister, Salon Bonelli, but a powerful character! The old Prime Minister, needless to say, is an important banner left by the emperor to restrict the military forces. For whatever reason, the Prime Minister will be desperately trying to suppress you, so you have to do it. Be prepared to deal with this Old Man. ”

    Shaar listened, hēi hēi smiled twice: "My Duke's title is from the Prime Minister Lord's handwriting."

    Ruhr smiled too, just patted Shaar's shoulder and made a comforting expression.

    Speaking of it, there is not much to do with chubby for the headache of the title.

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    The next day, Shaar took people into the city.

    At this point the overall situation has been set. The imperial order has been issued in plain text, and Shaar does not have to worry about the emperor's own attempt to throw himself into the city. He only took a few officers and more than a dozen guards, and then accompanied Besta. In the face of the officials led by Mrs. Governor Monica, I went to the city to see the emperor.

    Entering the city is already taking the Arc de Triomphe.

    The most magnificent city gate of Osgiliath, the miraculous huge building, Shaar has seen it once when he came to Imperial Capital. This time, the huge city gate and the city wall are full of war. trace! The walls of the city are full of dense marks, and the catapult's stone mortars, rockets burned, and the color of the remaining blood…The ground is also pitted, and the carriage horse is difficult.

    Especially when crossing the bridge before entering the city, there was a weird smell of rancid smell in the air, so that Mrs. Governor around couldn't help but frown along the nose. Shaar first saw it, and then he understood it. This is the smell of the corpse smell!

    Osgiliath has been fighting for half a year, and the big river outside the city doesn't know how many bodies have been sunk! The clear and beautiful rivers of the past have turned into a black water full of death! After the war, the work of cleaning up the river was afraid that the people in the city would have a headache for a long time.

    Entering the city, the scene in front of me is even more so that Shaar can't help but breathe!

    In the past, the great, magnificent, noisy, full of vitality of the city, has become the appearance of this look? !

    Looking at it, there are broken walls everywhere. Most of the buildings near the city walls have been demolished. Some have removed the materials to enrich the city defense, and others have been destroyed in the street fighting! The streets in the city, the bustling streets of the past, have already been faceless! All the way through, everywhere traces of burning, there are almost no pedestrians on the streets, most of them are hiding in the ruins of the broken houses on both sides, shooting a bunch of fearful eyes from the window.

    A large blockbuster of the block was burnt down, demolished, and even along the way. You can also see the confessed patriots, black cloth on his face, responsible for going back and forth in the neighborhood, doing cleanup work, and burying those corpses everywhere. , one by one, lifted out and gathered together…

    Fortunately, it is still not in the winter, the weather is cold, if it is not quickly packed up, and after a few months, the weather is hot, the waste city after this war, I am afraid that it will cause disease!

    Along the way, in addition to the ruins of this full purpose, the most impressive thing for Shaar is the eyes of those Osgiliath people!

    When Shaar came to Imperial Capital last time, the biggest feeling here was the pride of the Osgiliath people born in the stock! As a member of Imperial Capital, the Osgiliath people live in this largest city, known as the city of the greatest miracle of mankind, the most prosperous and most popular Imperial Capital, formerly a person who walked casually on the street, in the eyes They are full of pride and anger in the bones.

    But now it seems that those responsible for cleaning up the bodies, and occasionally flashing from the corner of the street, these people shoot in the eyes, in addition to fear, fear, the most, is a kind of numbness!

    (This city…already dead.

    Shaar felt in his heart.

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    Shaar did not immediately enter the Imperial Palace to see the emperor – this is the rule of Byzantine, Shaar as a local foreigner, seeing him in Beijing, he has no power to go directly to the Imperial Palace to see his majesty!

    The foreigner will enter Beijing. According to the rules, he will go to the military to report, and then wait in the arranged accommodation! Waiting for the emperor to be free, and then send someone to summon you, you are qualified to accept your next meeting!

    This is a rule and a way of embodying the authority of the emperor.

    Before entering the city, Ruhr and Shaar had the first words. This time, the emperor has hinted at Ruhr, and everything has to be done according to the rules! Just to let Shaar show respect for the imperial power.

    This requirement, Shaar naturally will not refuse – anyway, he does not lose anything, is to sell the emperor a face.

    Moreover, my identity is different now. There is an elite cavalry outside the city. I am in the city, I am afraid that the whole city is up and down. I don’t know how many pairs of eyes are staring at myself in secret!

    Especially those Atlantean!

    At this time, I have to take care of the overall situation, even if I look at Atlantean, I have to show myself a respect for the imperial power. This is Ruhr's confession and Adek's request!

    Going to the military to report things, naturally, General Shaar Lord ran personally, and there were people who went to apply for it. He himself was temporarily waiting to live in the place he was looking for in the city.

    According to management, Foreign Capital will enter the Imperial Capital and wait for the emperor to summon. It will take a while to wait! This time can be long or short. If the emperor is in a good mood, or is not too busy, maybe he will be on your schedule for ten days and a half. If the emperor is in a bad mood, or busy forgetting you…I am afraid that I will wait for a month or two!

    For example, when Shaar last rushed to Imperial Capital to see the emperor, it was the emperor's name and asked him to come to Imperial Capital to receive the honor. In this way, Shaar last time went to Imperial Capital and waited for a lot of genius to get the emperor's interview. It!

    But now his identity is naturally different. Since he gave the face of the Emperor Garcia, he went to the military to report, and he was waiting for the call, and he showed a respectful attitude of the imperial power. Garcia naturally did not dare to take it too much. – Who doesn't know, our General Shaar's temper, but sloppy!

    When you do things, the Emperor Garcia will naturally not make you difficult.

    In Ruhr's opinion, the emperor will order the summons to go through the scene and wait for the day at most.

    Shaar's residence is a slightly more complete house selected in the city. I heard that it is a legacy of aristocrat, the aristocrat. In this war, dozens of the whole family were slaughtered by the rebels. However, this house was valued by a Chief of the rebels and was preserved as a stronghold.

    It stands to reason that this kind of house, the ghostly, is not suitable for the foreign ministers who come to see him in Beijing, too unruly…But at the moment, the house in the city, which family does not have a few souls?

    And Shaar doesn't care much about this ghost.

    In his words: "Father marched to fight, killing people like numb! A face of murderous aura, full of prestige! Even if there is a ghost, it is hiding from Father! ”

    He swayed and put his own entourage into the house, and he was ready to wait in peace.

    I didn't expect that when the day was still dark, someone came to the door.

    The person who came to see is a young man dressed in an official robes of the Empire. He looks very clean. When he comes to see Shaar, his look is calm and even faint, and there is a taste of arrogance.

    When Shaar spoke, the tone was faint.

    “General Shaar, we Lord, please come over for a while.”

    Shaar looked at the person coming to the door: "You Lord? which

    The other person smiled a little and smiled very calmly: "Salem Bonelli, Lord Minister."