Realm of Power

The sunset scenery along the coastline in spring is very beautiful, especially from a position on a hill high on the coastline, where you can see the sunset dyeing the entire sea surface brilliantly red. The blood-red sunset shines on the sea, slowly condensing its afterglow, as if it wants to take away all the dark red condensed on the sky and the earth, leaving only a sad paleness to the earth.

Varisien, the governor of the Istan region of the empire, stopped and looked to His Majesty the Falcon, who was standing on the cliff in front of him, staring at the sea. He respectfully reported, "Your Majesty, the envoy of the Aden people arrived in Luya, claiming that he wanted the empire to launch a naval attack." Explain the incident! Otherwise it will be regarded as a war!" "Explanation? Why does this sound so awkward? When has the empire ever explained anything?"

The fat man turned around with a stern face, glanced at his confidant general, and grunted, "An entire fleet was sunk, and they came here shouting for an explanation from the empire. The people of Aden were so obvious." Delay strategy, I believe you can't help but see that although the sinking of the Longcrow is a matter of the navy, we are all members of the emperor. In this regard, there is no difference between the navy and the army! "

"My subordinates are incompetent!"

Varisien felt ashamed when he was told that, and even felt a little guilty when he replied, "There is indeed criticism of this situation in the military. They think that the Dragon Crow is a navy, and even if it is sunk, it will be a disgrace to the Imperial Navy. The army just needs to watch what they like, but I didn’t expect that even His Majesty would know about such a rumor! It’s a dereliction of duty by his subordinates!”

"It's a good thing that you know how to control this kind of remarks quickly, otherwise if I hear such bullshit remarks from somewhere again, you, Varisian's Governor of Istan, will stop working!" The fat man waved his hands indifferently and said in a condensed voice. He said, "Since the Empire's Civil War, the Empire's troops stationed in Istan have never been less than 200,000. They have truly been operating as the Eastern Front of the Empire. Looking at the Empire, there are only five or six people who can have this honor!" "In order to stabilize the Istan region as quickly as possible, I even directly appointed you as the empire's highest military commander and administrator in the Istan region. You can handle emergencies in the Istan region according to your powers without my approval. It’s not an exaggeration to say that he can truly cover the sky with one hand.” "You know, since this appointment was issued, there have been reports on my desk accusing you of brutally suppressing civilians in Istanbul, but I just threw them away without even bothering to look at them, because I believe you Varisien! I believe you won’t let me down!”

"The predecessor of the Istan region was the Istan Empire. Thoradin I, the hero, had already inspired the pride of the Istan people. The Istan Empire expanded rapidly and even once captured the Kyoto of the Confederate Empire, with elite soldiers and powerful generals. Countless, if not for the rapid rise of the Falcon Empire, the Istan Empire might have been recognized as the first empire in the entire Obarro! " "This is such a country. In just two or three years, due to the death of the emperor, it fell into a situation of disintegration. In the northern part of Istan, because it was less affected by the war, the hatred towards the empire was relatively light. Once it arrived in Istan In southern Stan, the number of people hating the imperial people is rapidly increasing."

"The main reason was the North-South War that determined Opalo's hegemony. In the North-South War, both sides invested more than 15.6 million troops, and the total number of soldiers lost was **100,000. It can be imagined, because this The number of people in Istanbul who were affected by the Civil War is countless. During the war, the Southern Allied Forces were extremely aggressive from the beginning in order to overwhelm our logistics line. Very cruelly, they drove the southern Istani people to the north. Until the end of the war, at least half of the population in the entire south was driven to the direction of Kyoto. The empire spent four to five months to resettle these refugees. Time has finally stabilized. If it weren't for the empire's 200,000 heavy troops pressing down here, these refugees alone would be enough to turn the entire Istan region into a rebel area!

The fat man took a deep breath, paused in his voice, and continued, "Those guys from the Ministry of Internal Affairs have no idea how to control such an occupied area without the power to suppress it! Those who accuse you the most Fierce regional internal affairs officers, if you are really removed, their heads will be chopped off and hung on pillars by the rebels in the Istan region the next day!”

"Finally, you did not disappoint me. In just over half a year, most of the rebellions in the Istan region were eliminated by taking advantage of the opportunity to settle the refugees. However, this is only temporary. If we want the Istan region to truly To belong to the empire, the south must be completely stabilized. Don’t the people of Aden want an explanation? Then tell them that Istan is now the land of the empire. Naturally, the people of Istan are also subjects of the empire. They have robbed millions of people of the empire. Should they also give it to the empire? Explanation! If there is no explanation, it is regarded as a declaration of war against the empire! "

"Yes, my subordinate understands what to do!"

After receiving the emperor's reply, Varisian's face showed a hint of joy. Your Majesty is your Majesty. He easily solved the most troublesome problem. As the highest military commander of the empire in the Istan region, how could he not know that he wanted complete control? How difficult it is to cover such a large area! If you are on the battlefield, to defeat your enemy, you only need to kill him, but here, you will find that conquering a nation is not just as simple as conquering its land. You can suppress it with force, but in fact you know very well in your heart, This is only temporary. The Istani people have their own long history, and they have been the overlord of the eastern part of Obaro for many years. How can their national self-esteem be erased with just a few crackdowns?" "Although Istan's army was exhausted in several wars, with only one out of ten left, and its national strength plummeted. Even the country eventually became a tragic battlefield of the Civil War. Millions of alien troops fought in this land that did not belong to them. They were fighting each other, and the pride of the Istani people collapsed at that moment. Weak and incompetent, the governors of various places were looking for their masters like grass on the wall. Although they were eventually swept away by the Falcon Empire with the victory of the Civil War, the hidden dangers left behind were also considerable, as if one person had swallowed more than himself in one gulp. Even if the digested food is not choked to death, it is even more troublesome if it gets stuck in the throat!

Now the emperor wants to take advantage of the opportunity of war against the Kingdom of Aden to transfer the conflicts in Istan. If so, this Dragon Crow incident is indeed the best opportunity. The Aden people are in Istan The hatred in the south is not just a little bit, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is overwhelming. When there were hundreds of thousands of southern coalition forces, it was the Aden Army that wreaked the most serious havoc in southern Istanbul, because the Aden Army has always plundered the population. His habit, taking advantage of the opportunity of the Civil War, was even more unscrupulous and used every possible means. In order to capture the so-called trophies, they often surrounded the whole city and captured them. The old, weak, women and children were not spared, and even the slightest resistance was not spared. Just kill , the Civil War, the Aden people plundered countless people from the Istan area and sold them as trophies. Looking at the entire southern Istan, when the Istan people talk about the Aden people, they gnash their teeth and wish to sleep on their skin and eat their flesh! After all, it was the Southern Allied Forces that wreaked havoc in the south. If the empire declares war on Aden in the name of revenge for its own people, it will surely be able to quickly reverse the hatred of the empire in the south!

When he met the Aden envoy again, Varisien already had a different attitude. It was difficult to make peace, but not easy to collapse?

Varisien finally understood that the Aden people were now fighting with the Elor people in the Cornelia area, and finally gained an advantage. At this time, what the Aden people were most afraid of was that new forces would intervene in this battle, and The empire is one of those possessions that changes the entire war situation, and this is something that the Aden people have obviously taken advantage of. A big loss. The entire Third Fleet was gone. Thousands of people fed the bastard, but they still sent a special envoy. They still had to hold their necks and shouted at themselves to get an explanation from the negotiation table. They were almost killed. Lie, the people of Aden are declaring war, they are simply trying to avoid war!

The more this is the case, it also shows that the battle between the Aden people and the Ero Empire has reached the most critical moment, and the Aden people have to take such a proactive attitude to hold back the empire! Why do you need to be polite to yourself!

When the head of the Aden envoy was put in a box and sent back to Aden, Varisien had already given the order to assemble the troops. Let's see what other tricks the Aden people can use this time. After suffering such a shame and humiliation, what else can they do besides start a war? manage?

"Is the Empire really going to war with us?"

"Asshole, I'm just saying, this method won't work!"

"It was a shame in the first place, but now it's even more of a slap in the face."

The Kingdom of Aden was already in a panic. Suddenly, it was discovered that 200,000 emperors had actually gathered on the border. The empire also raised a flag demanding that the Kingdom of Aden return all the people it had plundered during the Civil War. Who are these people? The people of Istan were not part of the empire at that time. After a series of repressive measures were launched in the Tanzanian region, the empire had never cared so much about the people of Istanbul before. In order to start a war, it did not hesitate to use such a chilling excuse. This further shows that since the Civil War, the empire has been in Iraq. The waning imperial army in the direction of Stan seemed determined to fight him!

The top leaders of the Kingdom of Aden are going crazy. The Falcon Empire is not the Eero Empire. During the North-South War, the mighty combat power of the Falcon Emperor's army frightened the entire Oubaluo, not to mention that the Falcon Empire is Oubalu. Luo Continent has the most cavalry in the country. It is conservatively estimated that there are at least 300,000 imperial cavalry. Such a cavalry group can completely crush the so-called undead army of the Aden Army.

Only the news that the Emperor of the Falcon Empire personally visited the Istan region made the people of Aden feel something! The tense nerves of the people of Aden have been stretched into a straight line. Every time the emperor takes action, it is the result that shocks Obaro. For Cornelia, the Kingdom of Aden has invested most of its troops. It was easy to form a reversal of the war against the Eero Empire, but it was immediately possible to be wasted! The intelligence department of the Aden people is working crazily, trying to figure out the true intention of the empire to start the war, but it is completely unclear.

It was clearly the Imperial Fleet's despicable and undeclared war that led to the annihilation of the Third Fleet in Aden. However, it was the Empire that showed bitterness and hatred and launched a banner of revenge against the Kingdom of Aden. This is confusing right and wrong. Making the people of Aden want to vomit blood was the reason that the entire Obarro believed that the Falcon Emperor was looking for an excuse to interfere in the interests of the Cornelia region.

When the entire Obarro's attention was focused on the Istan area, where no one was paying attention, the bright sunshine was covered with early spring clouds on the bow of the boat. There was no wind most of the time, and the visibility on the lake was very high. After studying the surveyed southern waterway map, the experiment began with three Imperial Dragon Tooth ships as the test subjects. These three Dragon-class battleships had no weapons, but were the same in size as the Dragon Tooth-class battleships.

Seeing the flag bearer on the shore of the lake, issuing a signal indicating that it was ready to go, Katis, who had just been promoted to the admiral of the Twelfth Squadron of the Imperial Navy, straightened his collar, stood on the battleship in a straight black Imperial Navy uniform, and loudly ordered to ascend. After raising the sail, the sailors who were already waiting began to work hard to open the sail of the battleship. The white sail quickly rose,

I only felt my feet trembling slightly, and the scenes on both sides began to move backwards. The bow of the Dragon Tooth Battleship was like a knife, splitting open the water plants that had been floating on the lake for many years in front of it, as stable as if it were on a smooth mirror. Just like gliding on the lake, the other section of the lake is the river in the southwest of China. The speed of the Dragon Tooth Battleship is not the same. Unfortunately, even if the full sail is raised, in places like inland rivers and lakes, they can still sail at a medium speed. For the purpose of testing, the three Longya battleships are not equipped with oars, otherwise the speed will be faster. Only three heavy ships are seen. Their heads plunged into the waves in front one after another, like three huge smooth hairtail fish that finally entered the river with the current.

The size of the Dragon Tooth battleship can only be considered medium among naval battleships, but when it comes to inland waterways, the Jedi is considered a heavyweight. The impact of the mere water flow cannot shake the weight of the battleship. If nothing goes wrong, these three Dragon Tooth warships The warship will enter the southwest of Central Biya along the eastward river channel of the lake, and then enter the mountains of southern Central Biya until it reaches the southern outlet, achieving a true full journey!

"Start recording and see how long it takes us to reach our destination!" Katis said to the adjutant behind him with a serious expression. This experiment is extremely critical and secret. It was arranged by His Majesty Falcon himself. Even the Imperial Navy only has Only a few Imperial Navy Ministers know about this matter. If it succeeds and confirms the feasibility of river passage, the Empire will build a naval base on this inland lake. As a support point for the Imperial Navy in Central Belgium, it will be enough to change the Empire's influence in Central Belgium. The big layout of sub-region!

(To be continued.)