Realm of Power

The prison door was closed again, and the fat man and the guards had come out of the dungeon. It was still raining lightly outside, and the fresh air blew into his face.

"It's such a cool weather." Fatty's habit of being afraid of heat and liking coolness made him take a deep breath of cool air, trying to drive away the stuffy air in the cell. "Pass my order and let King Zuo Wei go!"

The fat man looked up at the raindrops falling from the sky and waved his hand to the respectful guard. The fat man's words shocked the guard captain Salon who was following him. He thought he was hallucinating and asked doubtfully.

"Sir, you mean to let King Zuo Wei go."

"Yes, let him go back to the north. It is useless for us to keep him now. Killing him will only deepen the hatred of the Kugit people towards us. It is better to let him go." The fat man nodded affirmatively. "Kudit People will soon withdraw to the north. This invasion campaign is coming to an end. Kuji The special court needs a scapegoat for the defeat. I gave King Zuowei to him, so that the Kugit people would have reason to vent their anger of defeat on King Zuowei. We Samoer can sell King Kugit a favor, You can also avoid the hatred of the Kugits, so why not!”

"But sir, how can King Zuo Wei be willing to go back in shame like this? What if he raises his troops again for revenge?"

"Raise your troops to take revenge! Haha." The fat man smiled mysteriously on his face. "Why is he taking revenge? Do you think he is still the invincible commander who swept across Wikiya, the powerful Kugit Left Guard King?"

No! Now he is just a defeated general and the king of lost troops. It is a blessing to be able to avoid the prying eyes of other tribes. I gave him the scimitar and the gold medal just to plant the seeds of fear in his heart. This The seeds will take root and sprout in his heart, and as time goes by, they will continue to penetrate into his heart, making him fear and panic when he sees our military flag of Samoa in the future.

"But sir, I'm afraid King Zuo Wei is not that obedient. He will not go back according to our arrangements." Salon reminded hesitantly. Regarding Salon's doubts, the fat man smiled disapprovingly. "You don't have to do this." Worried, he will definitely go back to the north, because the ashes of all the left-guard cavalry will go back with him. From his crazy behavior just now, it can be seen that he is a commander who cherishes his subordinates, and he will definitely escort him personally. The subordinates are returning home!”

Just like the coming summer heavy rains, July is destined to be a month of change. Samor began to carry out new field reforms. The barren land in the Vizan, Omul and Volendi areas was allocated to soldiers with meritorious service and the original territory. The mountain people, which greatly consolidated Samoer's rule in the three regions, Fatty believed that in order to protect their own interests from infringement, these soldiers and mountain people would do whatever it took to protect their interests from infringement.

Fatty mobilized more than 500,000 people in the entire territory to integrate the original water conservancy system.

It is planned to connect the water conservancy channels in the entire Satsuma region, centering on both sides of the Satsuma Rijiang River, and extend to the three areas of Wezan, Volundy, and Omul. The branch streams of the Satsuma Rijiang River will be dug deeper and wider to form A new river finally leads to the center of Samor's rule, the fortresses of Zhivadin and Samor.

The external purpose is to facilitate the connection of waterways for commerce, but in fact it is to prepare for the mobilization of troops in the Satsuma region. When people looked at the merchant ships laden with goods on the river going down the river, no one realized that if it was the Satsuma army Get on the boat from the Satsuma Fortress Pier and sail down the Satsuma Ri River. You can reach any of the three areas within one day.

In the fat man's mind, there is an idea that is inconvenient to express. It is to build strong garrison fortresses at key points based on smooth waterways and supplemented by convenient trade routes. This is a star-studded network that extends the Kingdom of Kyoto southward. The roads are completely blocked by land and water. Any Kyoto noble who attempts to go south will be dragged down, scattered, and dragged to death in this huge network!

Of course, not everyone is pleased and admired by Fatty Satsuma's feat of overhauling water conservancy. The ambitious Marquis Doueric in Kyoto is very dissatisfied with this, but he has no choice but to hide in Kyoto and play around.

The messenger who went to Satsuma to negotiate was originally selected by the old patriarch of the Hasselblad family in Kyoto, the former Financial Secretary Hasselblad. As one of the largest private military nobles, the Hasselblad family has 6,000 elite two-handed swordsmen, and is the second largest private military noble. The armed forces of the Du Eric family were also one of the initiators of this conspiracy.

Originally, the Hasselblad family was planning to take advantage of this opportunity to move south to Samoa and occupy the Volendi area outside Kyoto. However, after hearing the news about Samoa's defeat of the left guard cavalry in Wezan, Hasselblad, the old fox, seemed to sense the danger. , immediately claimed that he was ill. Sure enough, on the third day, the Samoan army occupied the entire territory of Volundy in the name of chasing the remaining left-back troops. Two local lords were attacked and destroyed the castle because they expressed their unwillingness to obey.

Thinking that he almost ran into the knife of a Samor, Suhaon never mentioned anything about his mission to the Samor again. He was so angry that Du Eric scolded "Old fox!"

"Whoever goes to seek death!" The nobles of Kyoto are not fools. The Eighth Flag Regiment of the Satsuma people is stationed in Fulundi, which is only more than a hundred miles away from Kyoto. The so-called pursuit of the remnants of the army is obviously an excuse to stay at The Samaritans there have begun to build a garrison city in Volendi. Fort, it is said that there is also a flag regiment stationed in the Aumr area not far from Fulundi. Follow-up troops are still coming in continuously. In just ten days, the three main battle flag regiments of Samoer are stationed in the Aumr area. Nearly 20,000 troops gathered outside Kyoto, and a tense atmosphere permeated the entire Kyoto.

The sudden appearance of Satsuma's ferocious face chilled the arrogant nobles of Kyoto. They didn't know what the Satsuma people wanted to do. Although Kyoto had 80,000 troops, except for the main force defending the north, there were only five old, weak, sick and disabled people in the south. Thousands of people, this is completely out of proportion to the Samoan army armed to the teeth.

Overnight, the situation reversed. The ambitious Kyoto noble found a sharp Satsuma dagger pressed against his back. The cold blade made people feel palpitating.

"Dear knight, didn't you receive the order from His Majesty the King to evacuate?"

The king's special envoy, Viscount Duissari, asked the Samor commander uneasily, secretly cursing the big nobles who sent him to negotiate. In Kyoto, where marquises are flying all over the sky, a little viscount like him is just for the big nobles to call upon. He was a small chess piece after drinking. Late last night, he was tied into a carriage, and then he became the unlucky envoy who could be beheaded at any time.

"I'm not a bullshit knight, and I didn't see the so-called king's order." Crolisate glanced at Duissari noncommittally, curled up the corners of her mouth subconsciously, and kicked the ball directly to Zhivadin. fat man

"I am just a servant serving my master. If you have any problem, go to my master, not me!"

"You're not a knight?"

Duaisari opened his eyes wide and looked at the tall Commander Samour in front of him in surprise. In the Kingdom of Wikiya, are there any army commanders who are not knights? If he had time to take a closer look at the Samoan army, he would find that it is more difficult to find a knight in the Samoan army than to choose a queen for the king.

"I'm sorry for offending you. May I ask your noble master where he is?"

Duaisari clearly felt that the commander in front of him had a bad temper. He did not want to offend this grumpy giant, so he quickly bent down respectfully to apologize.

The "smooth-tongued" Duaisari, who is famous in Kyoto for his tact, doesn't want to have his head chopped off by the Satsuma people because of this, and he doesn't want to become the laughing stock of the entire Kyoto autumn.

"He, he is in Zhivadin. You can find him by asking the city guards to lead the way."

Crolisate felt extremely angry when she thought that she was moving stones to build a castle in Volundy, while the fat man was hiding in the bustling city of Zivadin and enjoying life.

"Excuse me, what is his name?" Duaisari was confused when he heard it. It seemed that this silly master was not a big shot, but an ordinary person in Zhivadin City.

"You idiot standing on top of the city to urinate! Yes, that's what you said to the city guards!" Crolissart thought for a while and nodded firmly.