Great time travel

Chapter 36. Precursors to be overlooked

In the luxurious guest room of the Earl's Mansion in Ita Rica, Princess Pinna, who took over the place with the decree of the Rose Knights and the Imperial Senate, was staring at the scrawled letter on the desk with a pair of red rabbit eyes open for some reason. The short letterhead, with an unusually haggard look.

Since the short-cut road passing through Arnus Hill has been completely washed away by the flood, and other roads need to go around in circles and over mountains and mountains, even if you ride a fast horse, you can travel from the imperial capital of Urabianca to Iraq. Talika City also takes twelve to fifteen days.However, since humans in this world have tamed pterosaurs as flying mounts, at least the transmission speed of some urgent information has been greatly accelerated by "airmail".An imperial dragon knight carrying mail can fly from the imperial capital to Ita Rica City in half a day—so, only three days later, Princess Pina in Ita Rica City received the mail. The battle report of the eldest prince Saushar leading the eastern rebels into the imperial capital.

Of course, even after suffering such a fiasco, the new emperor Diabo has not come to the end of the road: he still holds an elite central army with strong morale and strong morale, and he can still get almost the entire army. The full support of the Imperial Senate - before the rebels besieged the city, most of the elders and nobles of the imperial capital had already fled, and at the same time almost emptied the imperial treasury...

The few days before and after the imperial capital's attack and defense battle were naturally not enough to remove the centuries-old savings of the empire and the royal family.But in fact, in view of the fact that the imperial capital was too severely damaged in the flood, it was already difficult to repair. As early as when the flood victims in the surrounding areas of the imperial capital began to be evacuated and resettled, the Senate had already begun to transfer the gold, silver and treasures in the imperial treasury. There are various archives and precious books, preparing for the next move of the capital.Even Princess Pinna, who escorted the demi-human refugees to Ita Rica, was ordered to bring a large number of royal archives and books in her luggage.

Therefore, even if Saushar, who captured the imperial capital, was not an empty city, the wealth and influence he gained were far less than expected.

(Since only a fraction of the state treasury was robbed, Saushar had no other way to reward the army other than looting the capital.)
And Diabo, who has lost the imperial capital, still has enough capital to continue to compete with his elder brother-at present, Diabo has rebuilt the Senate and the "Imperial Legitimacy Government" in Rendell City in the north of the imperial capital. Raised the banner of rebellion.Soshal ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor in the dilapidated imperial palace, and called on the vassal states and provincial governors of the entire continent to send troops to follow him to "set things right"...

All of a sudden, the eyes of the entire Farmat continent seemed to be focused on the vast plain between the imperial capital and the city of Rendell.

However, Princess Ping Na, who was outside the main battlefield, already felt waves of despair before the decisive battle started.

——No matter who her two elder brothers won the final victory, the disintegration of the empire seemed inevitable!
For many years, the militaristic empire has been relying on brave legions and bloody wars to cruelly rule the vast Farmat continent.In the eyes of the rulers of the empire, there is no right and wrong, black and white, only strong and weak, life and death in this world!The weak will be beaten, the strong will take everything, invincible force is the supreme truth, the loser must submit or die, it's that simple!
Um?Neither surrender nor die?It's so troublesome, it seems that I have to keep pumping my fists and beat you to death, or beat you to death!
Of course, the imperial government still has certain preferential treatment and benefits for citizens of the empire, especially military members, but if they are not citizens of the empire, they will not enjoy this treatment, and they will have to endure all kinds of terrible heavy labor and extortion.The empire has never cared about the thoughts of the conquered. The will of the empire is everything on this continent. All conquered aliens must endure it obediently. If they cannot bear it, please die as soon as possible...

Under such circumstances, the empire's strategy of ruling the Farmat continent was almost entirely dependent on a large and capable army and tyrannical and brutal suppression. Even so, the empire's rule over a considerable part of the area was still only in name.Such a simple and brutal ruling strategy made the imperial government very low in the minds of most of its subjects, and it was only because they were afraid of the mighty army of the empire that they were powerful that they had to endure it.

Not to mention those demi-human races who are regarded as aliens, even the pure-blooded humans of other races have very bad loyalty to the empire.

However, in the past six months, this powerful army that maintained the existence of the empire was collapsing at an alarming rate—the destruction of the Alien Expeditionary Army on the Arnus Hill, the flood in the imperial capital, and the civil war of the royal family. Every bad news is a traumatic injury.Today, the empire has the two most powerful armies, but under the leadership of the two princes, they are still fighting each other on an unprecedented scale!

And those dissatisfied vassal states, as well as the long-dormant foreign careerists, are all looking forward to the self-destruction of the empire!
——When this battle is over, no matter who wins or loses, most of the legions that the empire relies on to frighten the Quartet will probably perish.And rebellions and uprisings throughout the continent will follow.No matter how outstanding the general is, it is difficult to reverse the decline in a short period of time, because too many citizens of the empire who can serve as soldiers and officials, the pillars supporting the empire, have died in this series of disasters.

After all, a country is still made up of people. Without a group of people who love or at least identify with this country, no country can last long.And once there is no reliable and sturdy native army as a force guarantee, the empire's hegemony on the mainland will become an illusory thing.

Therefore, the extremely glorious empire that just unified the mainland not long ago has actually stepped on the gate of hell, like a decaying ship that has been flooded by sea water on the deck, the ship's sides have cracked, the keel has been broken, and the mast is collapsing , no matter how majestic and admirable it was in the past, it is nothing but a pile of wreckage that is about to sink.

Of course, the empire has not experienced such a level of setbacks and heavy losses in its long history. With the tenacity and tenacity of this country, even the current catastrophe, according to the opinions of people of insight at home and abroad, in the end most likely Still able to survive.Perhaps many years later, the empire that has regained its strength will have another chance to be reborn from the ashes and make a comeback... However, within at least one generation, the empire conquered the entire Farmat continent with strong troops, and all the countries in the four directions The short golden age of submission is doomed to come to an early end.

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In fact, there are not a few wise men in the empire who have seen through this hidden danger, but in the face of such a situation, no one can do anything.And Princess Pingna, who is in an awkward situation, is even more difficult to protect herself. In this civil war, it can be said that both sides are at odds—even if her second brother Diabo wins the victory and secures the throne, the next thing to say Maybe he would also look at Princess Pingna, who was the regent of the empire, as an eyesore, and regard it as a potential threat, and then quickly send her to a remote and backward wild country to marry.If it was her arrogant and violent elder brother Soshar who won the civil war, she might be held accountable for the crime of handing over the scepter to Diabo without authorization, even if she is exiled or executed. possible!
Even if you don't consider these things, it's just that your father's bones are not cold.The elder brothers had already started to fight each other, and the fact that the whole country was bleeding into rivers had already made Princess Pingna, who was delicate and innocent, feel so sad that she couldn't help it.

Therefore, after thinking hard for a long time and crying bitterly, the helpless Princess Ping Na found that the only way to anesthetize herself was with alcohol... Thinking of this, she couldn't help but grabbed the hip flask and silver cup by the table, and gave herself Once again, he filled a large glass of magnificent blue-purple wine.

This is one of the few specialties of the Earl of Vermar, a rye beer infused with wild blueberries and cherries.The local brewer pours the fermented fruit slurry, mixed with fruit pieces, directly into the barrel, thus dyeing the rye beer a beautiful purple.Even after a year of cellaring, it still retains the original attractive sweetness of the fruit, and you can feel the strong fruity aroma as soon as you drink it... In this way, there is no hesitation in filling a large glass of blueberry beer. It fell into the stomach of the princess smoothly.And the aroma and luster of the contents in the cup tempted her to continue savoring with confidence and boldness.

After drinking several cups in a row, the strength of the wine suddenly became stronger, but Princess Pingna couldn't resist the temptation to smell the wonderful smell mixed with alcohol, wheat and fruit, and continued to drink one cup after another. He went down, as if he wanted to get himself drunk.

At the same time, behind her, the chief instructor of the Rose Knights who came to ask for military instructions, and the princess's swordsman Gray Arud, just opened the door a crack, peeped inside, and then lightly He closed the door lightly, and retreated out again with the lightest steps.

Although, as a veteran of many battles, Gray understands the truth that alcoholism hurts the body and makes things worse, but as Princess Pinna's master and elder, he also understands the melancholy and misery that Her Highness the Princess has accumulated in her heart at this time... Even if you let her get drunk like this, let her vent, and then sleep comfortably, it is still better than keeping everything in her heart and holding back all the time. much more
"...It's nothing important anyway, Captain Percy Go Ballesti of the Yellow Rose team, two female knights, and twelve attendants went east along the Appia Avenue yesterday to scout out the flood. The situation, but failed to return on time..."

As Gray walked out of the Earl's mansion silently, he muttered to himself, "...the area to the east, I led a team to sweep it several times last month, no matter how you think it won't be dangerous... …Maybe they went hunting and playing somewhere on a whim, so they delayed the time?! Oh, it’s really ugly, when you have time, it’s time for these young ladies to clean up their military discipline..."

However, what this experienced middle-aged soldier never imagined at this moment is that the female captain of the Yellow Rose Team, Miss Bosys, who he was talking about, and the entourage who followed Bosys on the tour, all Has been overthrown by someone, and lying on the ground tied up...

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PS: I finally returned that plague-stricken Xiaomi mobile phone. It was really exhausting. I will never buy cheap and discounted products again.