Realm of Power

Belus, Commander of the First Squadron of the Imperial Northern Navy, stood in front of the window sill of a second-story building in the main city of the Kingdom of Austin, holding a cup of steaming dark purple rum in his hand.

Outside the window, the chestnut branches covered with holes trembled slightly in the cold wind. There were almost no traces of pedestrians on the neat streets below. Only the layers of checkpoints set up by the army and the martial law soldiers walking back and forth gave people a sense of wonder. a depressing atmosphere,

"Commander, you are really bullying us. The Austin people dared to put us under house arrest." There was a heavy door opening behind him, and Belushi saw his adjutant Sahe Dianqi hurriedly walking in from the door.

He threw the hat heavily on the table and sat down opposite Belous.

"There's nothing to be angry about. It's to be expected. Calling it a house arrest is a bit too much. It's just a tight protection at most." Belushi said with a calm smile. "If something happens to us, what do they want most?" The food we need has been wasted. You have also seen the situation outside. Other streets are also in trouble, but we are very peaceful here. If it weren’t for the rusty lock outside, I’m afraid this place would also be affected.”

Belushi said slowly, lowered his head and took a sip of the rum in his hand, feeling the spicy jam flavor fall into his throat, until it turned into strong heat in his chest,

Through the window in front of him, on the street near the three-way intersection opposite, among the black pillars of a row of ruins of shops that had been burned by the fire, some small black dots were squirming there, like ants searching for available Food, Sahedian knew it was the large number of homeless people who formed during the unrest in the main city of Austin.

They are like a group of parasites. Once there are looted shops, these wanderers will appear. Unrest is often accompanied by killings and disorderly looting, not to mention that this time the situation is dominated by a man who has always been known for his lawlessness. army faction,

Austin's army has always had the habit of looting in wars, often occupying territory and looting everything. Therefore, among the inland tribes, most tribes would rather support the ferocious Asuo tribe than help the coastal Osuos. This is the reason why the Ding people

In order to win over the support of the army, the Army Faction promised to allow soldiers to loot without restraint for a day after the rebellion was successful. During this late looting, the first to suffer were the nobles who had supported the Navy Faction and opposed the Army Faction in the past.

The rebels rushed into their mansions in groups and looted everything they could find. If they encountered resistance, they killed them all in the name of the rebels.

In just one day, more than 1,300 male nobles of the city of Austin were massacred. Countless ladies and ladies, after being ravaged by the rebels, managed to maintain a thin bond with the fierce choice of Austinites. ice moat,

The piled corpses even blocked the river for three days, and most of the noble properties in the city were burned. Then some wealthy businessmen were affected, and finally the common people were affected.

Because the time is only one day, the citizens who are ranked in the last order will suffer the least losses.

This policy is undoubtedly the best way for the rebels to attack dissidents and gather property. By putting the blame on the uncontrollable rebels, it only costs a small price to exchange for a large amount of property obtained during the robbery. ,

In the main city of Austin, which is short of food, no matter how precious it is, it is not as valuable as a bag of food. The army faction has already made plans to use part of the army food to buy soldiers' looting proceeds at low prices, and sit firmly behind the scenes to reap the benefits of the fishermen. plan

In recent times, the streets have always been chaotic. Passing citizens will hurriedly pass by, glancing slightly at the deep meanings lingering in the ruins.

Watching these great figures from the past standing in the biting cold wind, wearing shabby leather jackets and thin dirty shirts that could barely cover their bodies, with somewhat unfamiliar flipping movements, they tried hard to walk through the ruins that they had never even glanced at in the past. They are looking for anything that can continue to allow them to survive.

Most of them used to stand at the top of the food chain, but now they are just a group of homeless people who have nothing. They often fight, quarrel, and even beat themselves to death in order to grab something.

They just want to survive, and they will take these trophies to the remnant recycling personnel set up in the city. Although the nobles have been looted, most of the valuable furniture and utensils that were smashed in the turmoil are painted with The decorative gold or silver powder is scraped off and condensed into lumps, which are coins exchanged with the outside world.

A group of people lay in the ruins turning over pieces of broken furniture. You can imagine how messy the scene was, and it was very disgraceful to not even spare the damaged items.

So even ordinary citizens are unwilling to do this, and the army can only encourage these wanderers to do it.

Regarding this situation, the secret envoys Belus and Sahedian who arrived on behalf of the Empire's Northern Navy also felt quite deeply about it in the past few days.

Hearing Belus's ridicule, Sahedian said with emotion, "I heard you say that, it's really like this. It's not just chaos outside, it's simply lawlessness.

This city is really weird. There are obviously military patrols, but there is still no order at all. I was passing by just now and saw a group of mobs robbing the shops on the opposite Esshad street, and a group of patrols were completely indifferent to this. turning a blind eye,

Fortunately, the shop owner and his family realized something was wrong and ran away in embarrassment with their young daughter in advance, so there was no tragedy like the murder of the family a few days ago. However, everything inside was looted, and I don’t know how they will survive in the future. "Go down." Adjutant Sa Hedian had an angry look on his face. His numb hair was a little messy, and his thin and tall body exuded an unruly and heroic spirit.

"Mobs? Do you really think those are really mobs?" After hearing Sahedian's description, Belushi curled up his lips with disdain. "The Austin rebels are in urgent need of a lot of money now to trade with us.

Didn’t you notice? The sequence of this riot was on Radisson Street, the central axis of the city, yesterday, on Rikoai Street, and today on Esshad Street. It was basically a premeditated robbery one by one from south to north.

It is absolutely impossible to say that without the control of the city controller, since we have no money, we will rob from the city. Speaking of which, we can also be regarded as one of the accomplices."

"This, it seems to be true"

Sa Hedian was stunned for a moment and was silent for a while before he said with a strange expression, "Commander, I really don't understand why we want to give the food we got to the people of Austin.

Although it is officially for sale, the price is too low. Four hundred tons of grain only cost 5 million gold coins. Such a price is probably not available in the entire northern cold land. But as long as you take action, it will be robbed. If the goods are sold in the interior of the Northland, they will cost at least 8 million gold coins."

"This is the meaning above, it should be out of balance considerations"

Belushi sighed and said with a look of regret, "It is because of the participation of our Northern Navy in the war that the balance of the three parties that caused the civil strife in Austin was broken."

"Breaking the balance? What do you mean?" Sahedian asked with a serious look on his face, full of confusion. "Isn't it the plan designated by the Navy to send troops to the Austen Territory, disrupt the situation in the Northern Sea, and seize the hegemony of the Northern Sea? Isn't it the plan designated by the Navy? Now we are defeated The Austinites control the Northern Sea, so why do they say we have broken the balance?"

Belushi clasped his hands behind his back, looked at the sky outside the window, and said, "Plans can never keep up with changes. This is what I heard His Majesty Falcon often say when I was a guard of Samor. I didn't understand what it was at the time. Meaning, but now I know that only when you stand at a certain height can you realize that many times, plans can never catch up with changes.

"According to intelligence, the king who fled the main city of Austin has privately promised to give up the throne of Austin to Austin Carlos as long as Austin Carlos can help the royal family return to the royal city.

Obviously, Austin Carlos will not refuse the temptation of such conditions. It is only a matter of time before he agrees. Once Austin Carlos, the strongest among the three powers, agrees to form an alliance with the Austin royal family who fled the main city, Austin Carlos will The Sting Rebels' current seemingly advantageous form will take a turn for the worse.

Austin Carlos' advance has obviously stalled. The coalition of southern coastal princes gathered around him has cooled down to 25,000 people. The Austin royal family has also gathered 16,000 people in Scandina, the second line. rebel army,

The total strength of the rebels facing them is less than 30,000. Under attack from two sides with huge disparity in strength, coupled with the lack of military supplies in the rear, the rebels will inevitably collapse without a fight."

"Isn't this great? At least one of Austin's three-point forces was defeated without fighting, and the other two were also seriously injured." Sa Hedian blinked.

He is not a commander. For him, killing the enemy is victory. One less enemy is always better than one more enemy.

Belushi smiled bitterly and said, "If one person collapses, it does not necessarily mean that one's vitality is severely damaged. There are less than 50,000 Austinites involved in the civil unrest. Compared to Austinites with a population of 170,000, the duration of this civil unrest is too short." , but it is far from the level that really hurts the people of Austin. If it is calmed down soon,

Once the spearhead of the Austinites is quickly pointed at us, without the support of the land, everything we have worked hard to fight for may be in vain.

The situation is serious. Even if you know you are seeking skin from a tiger, you still have to do it.

"Well, it shouldn't be the case. Our army has already occupied the interior of the Northland. Couldn't they be of some help... Sahedian seemed a little unwilling to accept Belus' statement and asked stubbornly.

"This is indeed the case. The army has just defeated the East Ailai people in Andrade, and captured the leader of the East Ailai people in one fell swoop, which shocked the entire Northland. However, since the army landed in the Northland, they have fought fierce battles and suffered a lot of losses. , plus the soldiers urgently need to adjust, the time to march into Austin will require at least a month of rest and recuperation.

"During this period, ensuring the balance of the three forces in the Austin Civil War is the only way to protect ourselves.

This is also the purpose of the Navy Department giving us this order."

Belushi clenched his five fingers together, "The best way to make a person weak is to let his blood slowly drain away." To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. , your support is my biggest motivation)v

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