Realm of Power

The huge dragon-class battleship's hull shook slightly under its feet, and the battleship's huge sail slid down from the tall mast. The fat man held his hands on the side of the battleship and looked at the horizon of the port not far away.

The dense outline of the town looks like a huge checkerboard in the distance. In less than half a year, the Putau area has undergone obvious changes. The streets are full of people and the carriages loading goods are outside the port. Queues are waiting to enter. Of course, the most people at the port are waiting to return by boat. The people of the Empire, the Congo Empire abandoned New Kyoto and reorganized on the Besuka line in the south. The direct consequence was that the entire northern Congo became a vacuum zone overnight. Rumors spread that the Istanis were about to march south. Many People doing business in the Putao area chose to return home in panic.

Because the Gangfei people abandoned Xinjing so suddenly, the Imperial Navy had to mobilize 17 large transport ships and temporarily recruit commercial cargo ships from the Putao area to barely transport more than 10,000 people to the north. Those who stayed behind were still There were more than 20,000 people, and people were panicking. They crowded the streets and alleys of the port, and the floors of pubs and hotels were full of people.

The fat man was aboard the flagship of the Empire's First Naval Fleet, the Boiling. This battleship had just completed its rest in the Southwest District. It happened to be heading south to Putau along with the transport fleet that had unloaded the refugees in the Southwest District and rushed back to Putau. Then it took the transport fleet with it. Going south, there are also 13,000 Falcon Empire Guards.

This time Fatty personally rushed to Putau, not only because of the tense situation in the southern Putau region, but also because Fatty believed that the center of gravity of the Barrow battlefield in Central Europe was also moving south.

For the empire. This is an excellent opportunity to break the deadlock in Barrow in Central Europe.

The empire's tentacles were not limited to the northern coast. There is also the Putau Inland Sea, whose coastline is three times longer than the northern coast. Before the imperial fleet begins to officially enter the inland sea, the empire needs an inland sea port that can become the support point of the entire strategy, and the three inland sea ports belonging to the Gangfei Empire are undoubtedly all Quite tempting,

After the Istanis had a spark with the imperial border guards on the northern border, they immediately turned to the southern region.

As the empire's troops transferred back from Kyoto in Gaul arrived in the southwest region, the defense line was as solid as a mountain, and the Istani people's northward advance had been completely blocked in the sparse forest line.

Thoradin I, the Emperor of Istanbul who conquered Gaul's new capital, was indeed a talented and overlord-level figure, and he was admirable enough. When he realized that he might have fallen into a trap where people cannot retreat in order to advance, he chose to get out immediately. He first announced externally that the Istanbul Empire had no intention of annexing the lands in northern Congo and Africa, but would only return these lands to its previous owners. This declaration was almost saying that Istanis had no interest in the northern part of Congo. If you want it, just take it. Several small and medium-sized countries nearby have already been slobbering over this exciting thing. Without hesitation, they began to devour the territory of Congo and Africa connected to them.

And Thoradin I, who escaped from the trap in the north, successfully got rid of the aura of ridicule of the Balor crowd in Central Europe. He showed astonishing military talent. He led the main force of the 110,000-strong Istani army. Marching continuously for three days, they suddenly inserted themselves into the rear of the Congolese and African troops who were fighting fiercely in the Focodir area. The main force of the Congolese and African troops was defeated overnight. They desperately broke through and headed south. They suffered numerous casualties along the way. The hundreds of thousands of troops broke through the encirclement with less than 40,000 troops. , it is completely hopeless to restore the north in a short time!

At this point, after more than two months, the Istan Empire, which invaded the Congo Empire, completely achieved strategic and tactical victory. First, it severely damaged the main force of its old enemy Congo, and then captured Xinjing of Congo. Now it has broken through Foucault. The connecting line of Dier completed the convergence of the two heavy military groups of the Istan Empire. Together with the 70,000 people mobilized from the empire again in the previous month, the total force exceeded 300,000 Istanis in northern Congo and Africa. It has been established that It has established its strong position in Barrow, Central Europe. Because the army was resting, the Istani offensive began to slow down after the rendezvous.

The trend of the war, from the fierce conflict at the beginning, to a period of relative peace,

Wulun is the Falcon Empire that swept across Gaul in the north, or the Istan Empire that defeated Gangfeixing in the middle. Everyone is waiting to see the direction of these two countries, because in the wind-swept central and northern parts of Obarro, these two countries are is the protagonist

But in January, another thing suddenly attracted the attention of the entire Obarro, and that was the 1.12 unrest in Gangfei.

When the fat man received this report, he was on his way to Puntau. After taking a quick look at it, he quickly smelled the smell of conspiracy. This was simply a typical frame-up. If the "1.12" guess was correct, If so, it must have been a riot initiated by the military under the command of Emperor Gangfei.

And the final result was that the shaky royal power suddenly became extremely stable and monopolized the power.

Emperor Gangfei took advantage, killed all the enemy forces, unified the enemy, and finally framed the enemy, and used this incident to win the sympathy of the Barrow countries in Central Europe. It was like a person who had eaten the Overlord's meal and wiped his mouth clean. But he wants the Falcon Empire to pay the bill, because in this matter, no matter what the Falcon Empire is, No matter what attitude you face, you will undoubtedly be regarded as the mastermind behind the scenes. The Gangfei Empire can just use this to weaken the negative influence that the Gangfei Empire has caused in Central Europe and the Ba Empire. It is like a delicate child attacking the entire Central Europe. Barrow seeks protection, crying how some strange beetle from the north has bullied him badly,

But in the opinion of Fatty, the handling of this incident by the Gangfei Empire was a failure. It was nothing more than a power struggle. If it was handled more tactfully, it would at most cause some small fluctuations. But it was extremely stupid to be so arrogant as to think that it could be used to provoke an opponent who was much stronger than itself, and to expect to step on this opponent's head to gain power.

Maybe the Gangfei people would think that the Falcon Empire would choose to honestly suffer this loss under pressure from various countries, but the Gangfei people obviously did not understand the history of the empire's rise. There was never a word of willingness to compromise on the Falcon emblem. When Fatty was still the hegemon of the south of Vikia, he had bitten back a large county from the Rieldians because of the invasion of the continent's century-old hegemon,

Blood for blood, tooth for tooth, this is the principle that the Falcon Empire has always adhered to, and it is also the backbone of the empire's soldiers. If you dare to spit at my feet, I dare to directly cut off one of your legs. The empire has faced countless opponents stronger than itself, and in the end, these enemies have all turned into dust.

Gang Feiren's move just touched Fatty's reverse scale.

Originally, Fatty went to Putao to prepare for high-level negotiations with Gang Feiren, using three million gold coins to lease three large ports in the south of Gang Fei Empire for a period of thirty years. Gang Fei Empire is now at a critical moment of lack of money. The defeated army in the north needs money to appease, the corps in the south needs money to mobilize, and the establishment of a new inner court needs money.

As long as the conditions are put forward, even if they are a little cheap, there is no need to worry that Gang Feiren will not agree.

And the practice of renting ports with money. In the Central European Baro Inland Sea area, it is a relatively common and acceptable practice, which will not cause resentment among the Central European Baro countries. After all, the Falcon Empire is an empire with most of its territory in the north. If you want to integrate into a new region, keeping a low profile in the early stage can always provoke fewer enemies.

So Fatty let Turit Colleen, who has a unique background, fight the front battle and asked the Empire's Ministry of Foreign Affairs to cooperate with the power.

But the 1.12 incident made the fat man change his strategy immediately.

"It seems that we are still underestimated. Since we can't express our attitude, we don't need an attitude. This is an opportunity for Emperor Gangfei to unify power, and it is also an opportunity for my Falcon Empire to intervene in southern Gangfei. The cost of framing the empire also needs to be compensated with sufficient benefits."

"There has never been any morality in the relationship between countries. In the final analysis, it is just a matter of who has the bigger fist. The strong beat the weak, and the weak bully the sick. Unfortunately, we and the Istan people belong to the strong category, and Gangfei has just turned from weak to sick again. Even if Emperor Gangfei uses extraordinary means to unify all parties, it will take more than three to four years to eradicate the disease. Gangfei's mistake is to find the wrong opponent at the wrong time!"

"Emperor Gangfei gave up his northern part and wanted us to fight with the Istan people. Unfortunately, the Istan people are as smart as us! So, when you receive this letter, start a war! You know what to do, use the empire's iron cavalry and strong crossbows instead The Empire is speaking... . . . . . ! "

For ordinary people, this is a shameless "chi luo" letter of war. This light gray letter with high-quality calfskin and stitching has been completely preserved in the Imperial Museum for four hundred years. It is one of the few physical evidences of the emperor of the Falcon Empire, proving that he is a crazy war machine.

For the new students of the Imperial Military Academy who come to visit every year, the content of this letter must be deeply embedded in their minds and nerves from the first day they enter the academy, because it is a war myth, the peak king of a stormy era, the greatest and wisest military master in the past thousand years, the creator of a powerful empire across two continents, and the most straightforward and simple understanding of the complex relationship between countries. The relationship between countries is the size of the fist. Here, every student must memorize the entire letter word for word. From this letter, the new military students feel the responsibility on their shoulders, because they are the fist of the country. They determine the future of the country.

For historians, this was the beginning of a turbulent era, because from this letter, the Falcon Empire, which dominated the northern part of Obaro, officially declared war on Central Obaro.

In the historical records of the Putuo Kingdom. The day after receiving the reply, the Falcon Empire Princess Turit Colleen, who was stationed in the Putuo area, stepped on the carriage to Besuka of the Putuo Empire. In front of her gorgeous black carriage, 60,000 Falcon Empire soldiers crossed the border like ants.

The second war between the Falcon Empire and the Gangfei Empire broke out. In later generations, this war was given the gorgeous name of the Princess War, because the protagonists of this war were two princesses, two women with the surname Turit and who were sisters! Some local unofficial histories also call it the "Turrit War!"

Turrit, if you turn over the dusty history of Central Europe Barrow, you will find that the surname Turitkar is like an inescapable shadow in the history of Central Europe Barrow, always looming. This surname can be traced back to the era of the Fia Dynasty 1,100 years ago. As a powerful dynasty that ruled most of the Central Europe Barrow region at that time, its monarchs in successive generations had a mysterious witch to assist. It is said that the mysterious witch can help the monarch point out the dangers of the kingdom, judge the victory or defeat of the war, and even see who among the lords has evil intentions and who is extremely loyal to the monarch. That era is called the Dark Ages of Central Europe Barrow.

The king of Feiya sat high on the throne, and his royal power was stable. He holds millions of lives and deaths in his hands, many of them are cold-blooded and ruthless people, and the existence of the subordinate miko makes everyone feel that they have no privacy at all.

The ministers who went to see the king every day would ask their families to make funeral arrangements in advance, because of a look in their eyes or a thought that flashed in their minds. may be considered rebellious. In the end, the king's indiscriminate killing of innocent people caused the local princes who could no longer bear it to rebel. At first, it was just a small area, and the dynasty did not pay special attention to it.

But soon, the rebellion spread across most of the dynasty like a raging wind and spread across thousands of miles. In the end, even the officers sent by the dynasty to suppress the troops rebelled. The Feiya dynasty was wiped out by the angry rebels who came back, and the witches who had the power to peer into people's hearts were also killed by the soldiers.

The once powerful dynasty was divided into more than ten princes, but the descendants of the Feiya Dynasty were not exterminated. They fled to the coast during the war and changed their surname to Burrows. One branch of them is said to have descendants of witches and calls themselves Turrit, which means "ominous people!"

And in the battle between more than ten forces fighting chaos. It is also rumored that whoever can regain possession of the miko will be able to obtain the last secret treasure before the demise of the Feiya Dynasty. Rumors of a powerful dynasty being restored again,

It is said that it was a fortune worth tens of millions. Because the witch predicted the demise of the dynasty in advance, the last king of the Feiya dynasty buried three-quarters of the dynasty's wealth in a secret treasure, which was why the witches were sent. The expeditionary force mutinied due to lack of military pay, and the only one who could sense the location of the secret was the miko.

Stunning beauty, wealth that can rejuvenate the country, and the royal blood of the former Feiya Dynasty. For the heroes from all over the world who are eager to establish hegemony in the chaos and obtain the name of founding the country, this is simply a cup of poisonous wine that they cannot refuse. Immediately put aside the resentment towards the Fiya dynasty,

The descendants of the Feiya dynasty who were hunting down and destroying them quickly became a hot commodity in various countries. Princes from all over the country sent people to request a marriage with the renamed Burrows royal family. Of course, it was not an honest marriage, and the Burrows family Although the Tulit branch among them was dubbed the "unlucky people", But they are the hottest targets. After all, they are remnants of the previous dynasty. Women of the Burrows family marry powerful people from all over the world, but they cannot obtain official status. They will never have reproductive rights and can only walk in the shadows of the palaces of all parties. A woman is enjoying the In the midst of glory and wealth, you can only feel lonely.

On January 19, the news that the Falcon Empire's army had invaded the national border from the direction of Putau finally reached the Ministry of Military Affairs of the Republic of Congo.

The Imperial Imperial Council was being held to discuss the burial ceremony of Prince Dunard three days later. The young emperor was interrupted by the urgent report of the chief attendant. After receiving the report, the young emperor's face suddenly became surprised. What happened? I asked several questions in a row why! Why? What now? "

"What's the matter? Your Majesty?" The ministers were puzzled. Marcos, who had just been promoted to Marshal of the Empire, asked.

"The Falcon Empire claims to want an explanation from us," the little emperor said with a slightly trembling voice and a depressed look on his face.

"Explain? Don't worry about it! I don't believe that the other side dares to start a war with us when all the Central European Barrow countries are on our side!" A minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs said with a contemptuous look.

"The problem is that the other party has not declared war! The other party's forward has just captured Baluta, three hundred miles away, and the defenders of 5,400 people have been captured." The little emperor handed over the report in his hand," the other party said, If there is no explanation, they will move forward and hit Besuca! "

"What!" The ministers and military leaders who attended the imperial meeting were in an uproar. They all picked up the reports and were dumbfounded!

The turmoil has just subsided, and all parties have reached a compromise. This time, the Barrow countries in China and Europe are rarely unanimous in siding with the Congolese and African sides. It seems that everything is in good shape. Many people were still laughing just now. This time, they are taking the blame. In the case of the Falcon Empire, it is so correct. It is so dark and shiny. In fact, the Barrow countries in Central Europe are not that stupid. It’s just that the Falcon Empire showed its ambition to enter the inland sea in the past few months, and in a dense layout, It frightened the Barrow countries in Central Europe,

Thousands of merchant ships were ready to go in the Putau waters, and some caravans sailed into the inland sea as advance teams. This finally aroused the nerves of the Central European Barrow Inland Sea countries. The inland sea is the inland sea of ​​the Central European Barrow countries. National and regional sentiments are in The Central European Barro is very serious. In order to compete for the control of the inland sea, the Central European Barro and the Southern European Barro have been fighting for thousands of years. They finally gained some advantages. Now a Falcon Empire is suddenly added to it. No one can stand it! , the European Barro country needs an excuse to oppose the Falcon Empire's penetration of Central European Barro, and the 1.12 incident is undoubtedly this excuse.

Now everyone can see that the only one that can restrain the expansion of the Falcon Empire into the inland sea is the Gangfei Empire. Supporting Gangfei is preventing the Falcon Empire from entering the inland sea. It is said that eleven countries in the inland sea area have secretly reached an agreement with Gangfei. Decided to provide 100,000 gold coins to the Gangfei Empire every month to raise funds The military, especially the representatives of the Strand Sea Kingdom, broke with the previous friendly attitude with the Falcon Empire and showed the most resolute attitude. They actively requested to train a new navy for the Congo Empire and were willing to provide free assistance to twenty-one Strands. The main battleship "Tempest" of the Rand Navy serves as the foundation for the reconstruction of the Congolese Navy.

"The Falcon Empire is too arrogant. Let's take this opportunity to teach him a lesson!" A radical imperial general stood up suddenly.

"Lesson? The other party has 60,000 people! I don't know how many people are behind me!" A minister muttered with a dissatisfied face. "In the first war, there were 60,000 people. How many of our troops were destroyed! And this time the other party's fleet It’s moving too!”

"Are you just going to sit back and watch the other party's troops approach the city?"

"Even if we want to fight, do we have enough troops now? We are mobilizing one by one, just to die!" The generals and ministers were quarreling, and the imperial meeting was in chaos.

"That's enough! The enemy hasn't reached the city yet, why are you panicking!" Marcos looked at the chaos in front of him, tapped the table with his fingers, glanced across the panicked conference room, and said in a deep voice, "It's not about whether we want to fight or not." , but the other party has already knocked on the door. Now we need to It takes time to gather forces, so the best way is to negotiate first. Isn't that just a reason? Just give it to anyone. Don't forget that the Falcon Empire's headquarters is in the north. Wait until the other party sends the news back. It will take more than ten days to send it back!"

The imperial meeting ended in a hurry. The Foreign Minister who was ordered to negotiate came to the Falcon Empire's Liaison Office in Congo under the escort of the guards. He saw a big sign hanging on the door: "The Liaison Officer is seriously ill and no one will be seen!"

"You bastard, this is obviously going to add insult to injury!" The Foreign Minister's beard stood up in anger, but thinking of the current situation, he could only hold back the anger in his heart and asked the adjutant beside him to push the door open, and the adjutant stepped forward. I pushed it with my hand, but it didn't move.

"What's going on! Don't you even have the strength to push a door open?" the Foreign Minister asked angrily.

"Sir, the door seems to be nailed from the inside!" A guard looked through the crack in the door and said cautiously.