Realm of Power

Hearing what the adjutant said, Casti walked out of the cabin with a look of disbelief on his face, glanced at the adjutant, and then asked in a low voice, "Are you sure you heard correctly? Is there really a Central Asian who claims to be the emperor of Central Asia?" As an emperor, The commander of the naval squadron in the waters of Central and South-Bia, Casti still knows some of the current situation in Central and South-Bia.

"My subordinates are not sure. It's just that some of the sailors roughly understood it. The other party didn't know that our sailors knew some Central Bian language, so when they shouted for help, they accidentally shouted that the Emperor of Central Bia was here. , the people have been escorted to the ship." The adjutant shook his head with an ugly face. How can he be sure of this? No one has ever seen what the emperor of Central Asia looks like.

"Come on, take me there to take a look. Although I have never seen the Emperor of Zhongbia, I have at least seen the emperor's edict from the Song people. I can barely count it as having seen it!" Casti smiled bitterly. Knowing that the adjutant could not confirm this matter, he waved his hand.

The adjutant led the way, and he followed to the bridge of the Dragon Tooth Battleship, and soon reached the middle.

I saw sailors pushing a dozen ragged Central Asians from the battleship's steps. A sour smell hit my face. The fleet commanders all frowned slightly, and their eyes fell on the Central Asians in front. It could be seen that the Aden people treated these people not bad, but their hygiene was a bit poor, but still, If they were imprisoned on a ship, who would use precious fresh water to bathe these Central Asians? Among the dozen or so people, there were young, old and weak. Their withered and yellow faces indicated severe malnutrition, but they could still see When he came out, one of them, a young man about thirty years old, had an unusual status among these people, because no one walked in front of him, so they subconsciously followed behind.

This young man has a delicate appearance and is wearing a bright yellow robe. Under the gaze of the imperial sailors, there is obvious uneasiness and fear in his eyes, like a frightened child. Turn your eyes left and right, this person is the emperor of Central Asia? Katis couldn't help but slander him in his heart. It's no wonder that thousands of prairie people were so frightened that he abandoned a Kyoto. He was a frightened bird. Even the sound of bowstrings by the prairie people could wake him up from his sleep. Well, the Central Asians have such a cowardly emperor, so it’s no wonder that this is the case.

"Which one of you is the emperor of Central Asia?"

Casti grinned, deliberately pretending to ignore the young man's presence, and asked in a direct and cold voice in a slightly awkward Central Bian dialect. He believed that these Central Bian people should be able to understand, Sure enough, the dozen or so Central and Bian people looked dumbfounded, even more so. Someone looked directly at the young man. No one expected that a Western Continental person with a face from the Western Continent would suddenly appear here, speaking Central Bian dialect, and it seemed that his status was not low. The young man's body was unnatural. After shaking for a while, my lips trembled for a long time, and they actually started to tremble.

"It would be a pity if not." Casti narrowed his eyes and raised his hand. The sailors around him surrounded him with ferocious faces, and the light of the sword in the sailor's hand was even more ferocious.

"Such rude behavior, is this the Falcon Empire's attitude towards an emperor of a great power?" A stern voice came from a white old man behind the young man, wearing a tattered and wrinkled Chinese-American coat. Because the Asian robe has not been washed for a long time, it is basically impossible to see what the pattern on the robe is, but it can be seen that it is an official uniform from China and Biya. The man was so thin that he seemed to be knocked down by the wind, but his eyes were very bright. Instead of looking old and senile, he was more eye-catching than the young man. He said without fear, "What do you want to do?" How can you be so rude to His Majesty the Emperor of China and call your general here immediately? Your Majesty wants to see your general!"

"I am the highest officer here, Casti, the commander of the Falcon Empire's Central Asian Fleet. There will be no general with a higher position than me here." Casti smiled calmly under the old man's gaze. , waved to the surrounding Imperial sailors, and the sailors dispersed again,

"Commander of the Falcon Empire's Central Asian Fleet?" The old man had long seen that Casti's identity was extraordinary, but he did not expect that this man was the top officer of the imperial fleet in front of him, and the name of the squadron was even more surprising. The old man's expression changed. Could it be that the Imperial Navy has arrived in Central Asia?

"Who is your Excellency?" Casti looked at the old man. Obviously, the one who can speak here is not the emperor, but the old man. Even though he is in such a predicament, the aura of a superior person is still very strong on his body.

"I am the patriarch of the Tang tribe in Central China, Tang Hengshan!"

The old man flicked his sleeves heavily and snorted heavily. Although the other party was the commander of the naval squadron, in Tang Hengshan's eyes, the so-called squadron should mean a fleet, but he was just the commander of a fleet. , which is too far from his status as an important minister of the empire, what kind of face do he need to give!

The Tang family has always been the confidant of the Zhongbia royal family. Among the entire official family, the Li family and the Wuge Zhang family are the Tang family who hold the financial power of Zhongbia. To a certain extent, the Tang family has even spoken out. They are more feared by the local people than the Li and Zhang families.

Because everyone knows that behind the Tang clan stands the Zhongbia royal family. The relationship between the Zhongbia royal family and the Tang clan is like the relationship between the head of the family and the butler. Anyone who dares to say that the Tang clan’s orders are not the emperor’s will ?

Unfortunately, Tang Hengshan originally thought that the other party would immediately show respect, but Casti just raised his eyebrows.

"Tang Clan?" Casti paused deliberately, then turned to look at his adjutant and asked curiously, "Have you heard of the Tang Clan? What are the Tang Clan?"

Kasti's words were asked in awkward Central and Bian dialect. As soon as he said these words, Tang Hengshan's old face turned into the color of pig liver with anguish. What is the Tang people? The Tang people are not a thing! The old man's bulging eyes were about to explode. He didn't believe that the other party didn't know about the Tang Clan. The other party obviously came to humiliate him on purpose. The other party was so shameless. What was the Tang Clan? The trap in this sentence was too obvious, but he couldn't refute it yet. He wanted to loudly say that the Tang people were not a thing, but such words would be even more ridiculous!

"My subordinates don't even know what the Tang Clan is!" The adjutant suppressed a smile, but he pretended to be extremely serious. He could see that the commander did not like to see Tang Hengshan, the leader of the Tang Clan. How is it possible that Commander Casti does not know about the Tang clan among the four major families in Zhongbia?

You know, there are countless people in the Imperial Navy who are eyeing the position of commander of the Central and Northern Fleet. There are many naval admirals with numerous achievements in the Imperial Navy. If you pick any one, they can be placed in the Central and Northern Fleet. Asia dominates this sea area, but in the end it was Castile who got the recommendation from the Admiralty.

It's because Casti is one of the few naval admirals in the Imperial Navy who can speak a word or two in Central Asian.

This is mainly because before Casti became the Imperial Navy, the first mate on his ship was a criminal who escaped from the Eastern Continent. The relationship between the two was quite good, and he would occasionally ask him to speak a few Chinese proverbs and join in. Kasti, the queen of the Imperial Navy, would occasionally brag to his colleagues about his ability to speak Central Bian. Kasti himself did not expect that he would be surprised because he could speak a few Sino-Bian proverbs. He jumped out and became the commander of the Central Asian Squadron, which is the most popular in the entire Navy.

You must know that the powers of a naval squadron commander also have different powers. For example, the squadron commander in the inland sea area. Because the naval headquarters is in the inland sea, the power of the squadron admiral is restricted by the Ministry of the Navy. It is not obvious what the power is.

However, the commander of the naval squadron in the North Sea has powerful naval power that can even directly shake up the local situation. In the northern cold land, he is a giant like existence, and any force has to divide the empire in the North Sea. The fleet restrained itself in front of the fleet, because once the Imperial Navy fleet was angered, their specialties would not be able to be transported out, and it might even trigger a strong blockade by the Imperial Navy, which would directly suppress a powerful tribe without even daring to take a breath. There are many examples of people being jointly strangled by other tribes in the end.

The Central and South-Biya Sea Squadron is undoubtedly a large regional fleet like the North Sea Fleet. It is not comparable to the squadron in the inland sea area.

After the North Sea Fleet, it is once again a regional fleet directly operated by His Majesty Falcon and directly issues combat orders. To a certain extent, the Central and Asian Squadron only needs to obey the orders of His Majesty the Emperor, and even the Navy Ministry does not interfere. The power of such a squadron commander is no less powerful than that of the emperor. As for the commander of the regional army guarding one side of the National Army, such a position naturally attracted countless people to fight for it. Casti unexpectedly became the commander of the Central Asian Squadron, and he did not dare to be careless in the slightest. After arriving in Central Bia, I worked hard on my Central Bian language for several months, and I no longer have any obstacles to ordinary conversation.

"It seems that we can't talk anymore." Casti looked across Tang Hengshan and landed on the young man. The corner of his mouth curled up slightly. The emperor of Central Asia in front of him was really as rumored. It was already this time. , do you still need to hide behind an old man?

Thinking of the various rumors about the emperor, Casti also shook his head.

When the northern steppe peoples went south, they had hopes of regaining central China. However, the emperor was discouraged by the Yelu family who went south, and directly ordered the abandonment of the area north of the river. As a result, he was hungry and thirsty all the way. The 300,000 prairie people who went south are steadily After getting a foothold, and then after capturing central China, in July and August, they crossed the large river defense line that the Chinese people had worked hard to build, and especially once again broke through the Kyoto in the south. The massacre of hundreds of thousands of people shocked the entire Central Asian region

Even if Casti's squadron was within the Song clan's range in the south, they still heard the news. It is said that it was the Central Asian emperor's temporary boarding and escape that led to the disastrous battle of the Central Asian army in the south. Kyoto was breached again

As for the Central Bian emperor who was so frightened by thousands of grassland people that he abandoned the city, there was no news at all for a while. I don’t know if it was the emperor’s actions that chilled the hearts of all the Central Bian people. Or maybe even the Central Asians themselves don’t want this emperor who is causing harm to everyone to still be alive. Then, some people simply said that the emperor lost his way in the sea, encountered a storm, fell into the sea and drowned. The ministers who escaped with him did not dare to spread the news, so they simply fled to an uninhabited island. In order to protect themselves, Secretly, even the eunuchs and maids accompanying the emperor were executed

In October, some news came, and some fishermen on the coast even swore that they had found hundreds of skeletons, both men and women, on a deserted island a hundred miles away from Linhang. , although only the bones were left after being eaten by wild beasts on the desert island, the gorgeous torn cloths can still reveal the identities of these people who were born in the palace, and no one can find them except those who followed the emperor to escape at sea. other reasons to explain this,

The emperor may be really dead!

This is also the reason for the sudden change in the direction of the situation in Zhongbia. Originally, with the emperor here, even if powerful local clans such as the Southern Song Clan and the Southwest Long Family wanted to take action, after all, they were still bound by the righteousness passed down for hundreds of years. Suppressed, so I will only maintain a wait-and-see attitude towards the Central and Asian court being beaten by the grassland people.

But as the news of the emperor's possible death spread, the emperor's delay in showing up seemed to confirm this conjecture.

The Song fleet finally began to sail northward along the southern river that they had dreamed of for decades. No one in the Supiya region dared to stop them along the way. They continuously transported soldiers and materials from the south to provide support for the nearly collapsed country. The people of Central and South Africa hold up a sky,

Even if the grassland people break through the area controlled by the Chaotang, which is the territory of the Song people, even the Southern Song people who were dissatisfied with the Chaotang before will temporarily put aside their grudges and work together when the whole of Central Asia is in danger. Resist the attack of the prairie people,

In the southwest, the Long family army, which had been fighting against the grassland army, finally no longer concealed its true strength. One hundred thousand southwest army came out of the Guangling River mouth again, marched northward, and captured the northwest controlled by the grassland people in one breath, which shocked the world. In the world, the news that came back some time ago is that the Long family army even reached Yanzhou, which is the barrier between China and South Africa. They have all been captured. If you look at this strategic situation on a large map called Zhongbia, you will find that the Yanzhou in the north that has just been captured by the Long family army in the southwest, and the three forces that have stabilized the front line with the support of the Song clan. At the Chahe crossing, one from the south and one from the north formed a huge pincer attack on the grassland people in the central part.

The situation in Central Bia has undergone fundamental changes, and the prerequisite for all this is that the emperor of Central Bia is dead! But now, he is right in front of him!

"I am the emperor of Central Asia. Although I don't know if I will be executed, I still want to know, have the grassland people occupied the entire Central Asia?" Just when Casti was about to turn around and leave in great disappointment, The slightly hoarse voice of the young man came from behind. This voice was full of a strong sense of despair.

(To be continued.??) 8