Realm of Power

At 3:20 in the morning on July 3, a rapid knock on the door woke up the sleeping Imperial Adjutant General Plais. Soon, a tired-looking Imperial Adjutant General Plais appeared at the door of the room. His face was a little pale and his eyes were swollen, like a giant panda. He looked at the adjutant standing awkwardly at the door and asked in a hoarse voice, "What's so urgent?"

In fact, he had just fallen asleep at 2 o'clock in the evening. Tens of thousands of troops were fighting in the dense mountains. Not only the mountain roads were steep, but the same straight-line distance required climbing several rugged peaks. In addition, the weather was unbearably hot and there were many mosquito bites in the mountains. , the soldiers were miserable, and there were faint signs of the plague spreading in the army. One can imagine the pressure on logistics.

The complicated and heavy logistical work made him exhausted, but he also liked a person who did everything himself, so the weight on his shoulders was even heavier.

"Sir, urgent report from the Ministry of Military Affairs." The adjutant looked at Plais and reported the report with a respectful expression. He stood upright seriously and handed over a document with a red label in his hand.

"Urgent report from the Ministry of Military Affairs? Do you know where the report came from?" Plais took the report with a confused look, took off his formal clothes from the hanger, and asked casually while putting it on,

Urgent documents with red signatures often represent the most urgent military situation in the Falcon Army. Even as an important minister of the empire, Plais had to get up immediately in the middle of the night and send it to His Majesty Falcon's military camp as quickly as possible. He did not dare to Without the slightest slack, Plais, who was once in charge of military affairs, knew that the situation in a war was always unpredictable and could be reversed at any time.

The adjutant next to him carefully responded, "This is urgent information. The Ministry of Military Affairs said it was sent by the Eastern Royal Court with a special green eagle. After receiving it, they did not dare to delay and sent it directly."

"Is this a piece of intelligence from the East Courtyard?" Plais's hand holding the intelligence trembled slightly, as if he were holding something hot, and he said angrily with an impatient expression, "What happened, military affairs?" Why would the Ministry send Dongting's military affairs report to me? Don't they know that I have never been involved in Dongting people's affairs? These guys are really getting more and more chaotic, and it's time to manage them."

Plais's calm face was gloomy and terrifying. Everyone in the upper echelons of the Falcon Empire knew the lieutenant general who was always known for his generosity. There is also an untouchable reverse scale, that is the Dongting people,

It was the Wikiyans who pushed the Ruidian people off the throne of the continent's overlords, but at least they did not treat the Ruidian soldiers brutally, nor did they implement a bloody cleansing policy in the occupied areas, so most of the Ruidian people The Vekians still had some good intentions, even if they were eventually annexed by the Falcon Empire. The resistance was not great, because after all, the Falcon Empire helped them resist the invasion of the Dongting people, and finally killed the Khan of Dongting, avenging the blood revenge of millions of dead compatriots.

But the Dongting people are different. These brutal cavalry from the cold northern regions are simply a group of bloody saboteurs. Wherever they go, there is a dead end. In just half a year, the entire northern Ruidian was turned into a sea of ​​blood and corpses with the usual practice of massacring the city.

At least 2 million Ruidian people died in the Dongting cavalry attack. They were the main culprits that caused the Ruidian Kingdom to be annexed. They also dealt a heavy blow to the Dongting people in the hinterland of Ruidian. If not With the Dongting people taking advantage of the fire, even if the Ruidian Kingdom cannot make a comeback, it is not impossible to continue, at least it will not fall into such a miserable situation in just a few years.

This is not only family hatred, but also national hatred. It is the eternal pain in the hearts of countless Ruidian people without decades of integration. It was impossible to appease the situation, so Fatty had already made a strict order. All information about the East Court would not be sent to Prais. If it was sent, it would be sent directly to Ruitang Tingna, the Princess of the East Court who was in charge of East Court affairs.

The Ministry of Military Affairs knew this rule, but this time it made such a huge mistake and sent an urgent piece of information about Dongting to itself. No wonder Plais is so angry that he can't bear it. It's too much to bully others.

Looking at Plais's livid face, the adjutant quickly explained that tonight was the night of the Princess of the East Court, and the cowards from the Military Affairs Department, even if they had the courage, would not dare to disturb His Majesty Falcon's sweet dream late at night. Therefore, according to normal procedures, this report was sent to the deputy chief first.

"It turns out that these guys have become more and more unruly recently. I will definitely make a complaint to His Majesty Falcon." Plais's face looked better. He touched his chin and was silent for a while. This information Should I send it or not? In the end, Prais decided to decide whether to send it immediately based on the content.

He sighed and took a look at the information in his hand. His expression changed again. He changed his anger just now and immediately ordered in a deep voice: "Quick, prepare the fastest horse. I'm going to His Majesty's palace." camp"

"The fastest horse?" The adjutant was stunned for a moment. Prais seldom rode a horse. Most of the time he rode a carriage. This is what Prais did, who always regarded himself as a noble.

"Yes, prepare the horse," Plais said again with emphasis.

"Yes, I'll go right away." The adjutant ran out quickly. Plais looked up at the black sky with stars still shining above his head, and sighed, "Why is war always inevitable?"

His Majesty Falcon's camp is on a branch road leading to Yaglen City. It takes most of the night to travel from the city where Plaice is located. At dawn, Plais arrived at Yaglen City. At the military camp outside, get off the horse and hand the reins of the horse to the guard at the door.

"Is His Majesty here?" Plais asked the guard on duty that day anxiously. The guard replied that His Majesty Falcon was in the main tent. Plais hurried to the central tent.

"The adjutant came here late at night, thank you for your hard work." After receiving the information from Plais, he looked at Plais with a solemn expression below. The fat man nodded to him and thought to himself, sure enough, it happened after all.

This report mainly tells one thing. Ten days ago, the patrolling scouts intercepted a Northland emissary who was traveling far away at the border of Dongting. Although he committed suicide by swallowing poison, no effective information was obtained. The court border guards believed that the liaison party of this emissary was Dorok.

This was what made Plais feel nervous. He looked at the fat man above who said nothing and said, "Your Majesty, this is a dangerous signal. Although our army has suffered a setback from Dorok's main force. But Dorok The mountains are complex and there are many tribes.

Not only is it difficult to travel in the mountains, but the heat and humidity here have also made many of our soldiers sick. If we continue to attack the north, my subordinates are worried that the plague will spread before the army reaches Aaron. However, if the war lasts until winter, the frost on the earth, the Dayan Mountain, and the Dorok Mountains will definitely be severe in winter. It is unimaginable cruelty to ordinary people. Then it will really be a dilemma."

Regarding Plais's guess, the fat man smiled noncommittally and said, "The adjutant has thought too much. I have no intention of conquering the entire Dorok Mountains at once.

If the Dorok Mountains were so easy to conquer, the original two countries, Rode and Ruidian, would have split this huge mountainous area in two long ago, and the Dorok people would still be able to continue here. After all these years, "The fat man stood up from the desk. He opened the curtain of the military tent and looked out the window at the camp where breakfast was being made. The white tents covered the earth and mountains like white clouds.

"As for the private actions of the Dorok people, I have known about it for a long time." The fat man narrowed his eyes slightly, paused in a somewhat regretful voice, and joked confidently, "Duoze is a very good leader, but it is a pity that the companions he relies on, But most of them are just a bunch of idiots. How many of them have actually experienced war?

Duozhi relies too much on the conspirators who are buried in conspiracy dogfights. He has forgotten the nature of politicians. It is impossible to sit back and watch Duozhi grab so much glory. What politicians like most is not spending a penny. Enjoy the profit sharing. As long as it is beneficial to them, they will do it without hesitation.

The tumultuous relationship between the Northlanders and Dorok is no longer a hidden secret. Those who may still regard this as a secret can only choose themselves. You may not know that just when the main force of Duoluoq was being surrounded, the nobles of Dorok had already begun to arrogantly preach such words at the banquet hosted by Aaron, "Don't worry, we will get some help from the north." With assistance, we will have a powerful ally and an opponent that would make even a tyrant tremble. He will help us save the President."

"This group of idiots... It's really sad to meet such companions..." Even Plais felt a little aggrieved by Duozei who was fighting alone. Faced with Duozei who was surrounded by heavy troops, he didn't even think about relieving himself. Instead, he felt aggrieved. Using such national secrets as an excuse , being used by these politicians to promote everywhere, it can be seen how fiercely these guys are fighting each other. Anyone who is not a fool can guess who the so-called northern allies in Dorok's population are, except for the careerist Asuo who originated from the north. , who else

"The hidden arrows from the companions behind are the most chilling thing. It's a pity that a once-in-a-hundred-year chance is lost." The fat man said with a disdainful curl of the corner of his mouth, and put down the curtain in his hand.

He turned around, patted the somewhat absent-minded Prais with his hand, and said comfortingly, "Forget it, let's talk about other things. In fact, I have already passed the news about the Dorok and Asuo alliance through the empire." The spy network under the auspices of Aaron learned that it was only because the information related to Dongting had been avoided by the adjutant, so the adjutant knew nothing about it."

"What's the alliance between Dorok and Asu'ou?" Plais was shocked by the news and his body trembled slightly. He looked at the fat man with a surprised face.

For such an important situation, as the adjutant general of the empire, he himself knew nothing about it. This was a serious dereliction of duty. On the one hand, this kind of confidential network belonged exclusively to Fatty, and on the other hand, because it involved the movements on the border of the East Courtyard, so All bypassed Plais.

The fat man picked up a piece of information marked confidential from the table and handed it to the confused Prais. He said with some apology on his face, "I am very happy. In the face of real national affairs, the deputy chief chose to put aside his personal grudges. This I am very impressed. Look at this. Our north is already in full swing."

"Your Majesty is saying that there is going to be some action in the north?" Plais took the information, glanced over it, and asked with a strange expression on his face, "How could this happen? Everyone knows that this southeastern cape is the best natural seaport in the northern seas. , last time we were willing to spend 500,000 gold coins to buy it but it was rejected. This time the Austin people gave it up so happily, it seems a little too impossible."

"Haha, of course it's impossible. Austinites are not fools. How could they be so willing to give up this natural port that ranks first in the north?" The fat man turned around and sat heavily on his seat before continuing.

"According to intelligence, the Assuos severely damaged the Austin army in the coastal area last month and captured a large number of Austin nobles. They took this as their initiative. Naturally, they can force the Austin people to sign an unequal agreement. With the contract, they are now very powerful in the northern cold land, and they have also obtained control of the southeast cape in the northern cold land, so they will definitely expand aggressively in the southeast cape.

But they don't know that the southeastern cape is connected to the northern waters of Ruidian, which means that our trading port in Ruidian will be under threat from the cold fleet. In order to protect the port, the imperial escort fleet must go north. Conflict is inevitable"

The fat man stopped, and sneered at the corner of his mouth, "This is a vicious plan of the Austin people to fight for food. They couldn't stop the Asuos, so they thought of dragging us into the water. The idea is good, but it's too bad. If I don't think I'm wrong, I'll send an envoy and I won't die. If I'm not wrong, the Asuos may be celebrating happily even if they don't know that they have fallen into the Austin people's scheme."

Northern waters of Ikadiva,

Frozen ducks can be faintly seen in the sea water, and snow-white and transparent North Sea jellyfish are opening and closing hard. These tenacious and humble life forms are miracles in this extremely cold water. They strive to break out of the shackles of the sea water and show their beauty.

Unfortunately, a jellyfish was smashed by the hull of a passing ship, drifted on the sea, and then slowly sank. When I saw it accidentally, I thought it was a white-banded sea fish flying freely in the water.

This is the world of an ice god, with biting cold north wind and white mist floating on the cold sea. The sea water is so beautiful, so quiet, like a blue dream in the legend. There is a legend here that the North Sea Ice God lost his most beloved necklace at the bottom of the sea, so he lingers in this sea all year round. Therefore, it is almost always this cold weather all year round. The sun above your head is almost invisible, just a hazy halo. There is no light, only cold weather.

A pointed warship with a triangular sail emerged from the white mist on the calm sea like a swordfish. The sharp and heavy hull squeezed the shallow ice floes on the shore, making a crisp crunching sound. A long string of long white cloth strips hung from the top of a small sailboat, fluttering in the wind like the gills of a long fish swaying.

This is an Asurian warship. It flaunts its flag extremely arrogantly, patrolling its new territory like a arrogant master.

Since July, the Asuo people have appeared more and more frequently in this sea area. For the Asuo people who have strong strength on land, the ocean is a new area, but it is an extremely promising one. area, where there is the ocean, food, goods trade, and even the ability to control the Elisti Sea Corridor, which the northerners dream of.

The Elisti Sea Corridor is located near the southeastern cape and is the only way from the northern sea to the central sea. Whoever controls the Elisti Sea Corridor is equivalent to controlling the passage to the northern sea.

The captain of this North Sea sailing clipper is called Borasus. He is not an Asurian, but a captain recruited by the Asurians from among the sailors in the port. Borasus was originally just a helpless man wandering in the port. , I also know some things about the sea, and occasionally follow merchant ships out to sea.

Because the reputation of the Asuos in the southeastern cape was not very good, most of the captains were unwilling to join. Finally, Borasus stood up and said that he could completely turn this beautiful sea area into the inland sea of ​​the Asuos. , and was immediately taken over by the Asuos Appointed as captain, the Asuos expanded their maritime strength in the southeastern cape. Not only did they recruit a lot of sailors, they also exchanged 100 nobles for 5 sailing clippers from the Austins, and initially established a maritime force,

With the so-called navy, the Asuos couldn't wait to show off their power. From time to time, they sent clippers to patrol the Elisti Corridor and flaunted their so-called control to all races. Occasionally, they would even fight. A few pirate deals,

"Quickly, sail with all your strength. If you catch up with that merchant ship, it's a big fish." Borasus raised his head proudly, his greed undisguised on his face. He put his hands on his hips and looked at the sea.

Fifty meters in front of him on the sea, a merchant ship loaded with goods was rocking forward among the ice floes, with the logo of the Commercial Alliance flying on the top of the merchant ship.

Most pirates will pass by this mark when they see it, because the merchant ships that can display this mark are powerful merchants in the business alliance. This kind of merchant ship not only has a high side, but also has enough tonnage, enough sailors, and is equipped with melee weapons. , used commercially as ships, and in wartime they were used as transport ships for transporting troops. Some even had crossbows on board, which were no worse than warships.

It's a pity that Borasus is a temporary pirate and doesn't know much about the commercial alliances that mainly operate in the central and southern waters. In more than half a month, his clippers came and went, and all the ships had to hide when they saw it. With that, it is natural for him to believe that he is the master of this sea area. Now that he sees such a rich prey, he will naturally not let it go.

The speed of the North Sea clipper was extremely fast, and it passed the position of the merchant ship with almost dazzling speed.

"Order them to stop and inspect, otherwise, we will attack," Bolasus shouted from the bow, and the sailors behind him were rubbing their hands and looking fierce. Inspection was just an excuse. As long as the other party stopped the ship, they would rush forward, kill all the people, move the goods, and sink the ship if they couldn't move all the goods. The sea was vast and the sea was extremely cold. No one knew it. To be continued. . (/皮,无,弹.窗,小,说.网)