Realm of Power

"What your Majesty is waiting for is Song Que, the leader of the Song clan!"

Listening to the words from the emperor's mouth, Ruitang Tingna's delicate body trembled slightly and her eyes were shining. She had already felt a bit strange since the emperor suddenly proposed hunting in Kaishan, but she never expected that Fatty's real prey , will be the leader of the Song clan who holds great power in Central and South Asia. Compared with this leader of the Song clan, the mountains of prey he talks about are just a joke!

The Lord of the Song Clan controls two thousand lands in the southern mountains, tens of millions of lives and deaths, and is now the actual manipulator of the Central and Asian courts. In addition to not having an emperor's laurel crown, the Lord of the Song Clan is actually as powerful as The emperor of Zhongbia was no different. It was really too shocking. The dragon-breaking divine soldiers descended from the sky and returned to the southwest to cut off the army. The Song clan's retreat turned the originally hopeless battle situation towards the Long family. This miraculous turnaround has shocked the whole of Central Asia. At this moment, if anyone knew, the leader of the Song clan who was supposed to be in the southwest hinterland had quietly Coming to Kaishan, the explosiveness of this news is no less explosive than when Long Po returned to the army!

It's no wonder that the captain of the Guards had the courage to report it. There is no doubt that this has been agreed by the fat man long ago. Otherwise, who would dare to come under such circumstances!

"Your Majesty, do you want Song Que to enter the camp?"

The captain of the guard asked cautiously. The emperor secretly ordered him to guard the camp gate in order to report the situation of the incoming people as soon as possible.

"No, bring me the ordinary armor you prepared!" The fat man shook his head and waved to the captain of the Guards.

"Your Majesty, what is this?" Ruitang Tingna hesitated for a moment.

"From now on, the news of Song Que's arrival must not be leaked at all." A sharp light flashed in the fat man's black pupils.

"I see!"

Ruitang Tingna nodded firmly with a pretty face. She knew that Song Que's visit must be a huge opportunity for the empire.

The dispute between the Long Family and the Song Clan determines the direction of power in Central Asia. The Song Clan's army invades the southwest and is only one step away from reaching the Long Family's headquarters. Unfortunately, Long Po's return has turned everything into Buoying, even if the Song tribe wanted to evacuate from the southwest at this moment, it would be an extremely difficult task. Long PoGeng After breaking through Changkou, not only did they cut off the entire Lichang River with rubble all over the city, but the 300,000 Long Family Army had blocked all the intersections out of the southwest like a sky net. Not only were all the previously lost southwest areas recovered, but also They also adopted a step-by-step strategy, turning the entire southwest into a dead situation.

If the Song people want to leave the southwest, they will first have to face the encirclement and suppression of the 300,000 Long family army led by Long Po himself. The north and southwest areas controlled by the empire are already the only areas that the Song people can evacuate from. The life and death of the Song people have already been determined. is in the hands of the empire

The fat man put on the armor that the captain of the Guards had found. Judging from the size, it was just right, so he knew it had been prepared a long time ago. Rui Tangtingna fastened the buckles of the armor for the fat man herself. Her big watery eyes made the fat man feel happy. He melted and said comfortingly, "There are tens of thousands of people in the camp. After all, there are many people and there are many eyes. If there is a little bit of news, Go, there is a bloody storm in the whole of Central Asia and the entire southwest. The empire has just ceased war with the Long family, and it is more likely that the war will break out again because of Song Que's arrival. You stay here, remember, there is no one from me tonight. Go, just inside this military tent! Even if anyone asks, you have to say this!"

Coming out of the military tent, the fat man pretended to be an ordinary imperial guard and followed the guard captain. He saw a thin middle-aged man pacing back and forth under the bonfire at the camp gate, surrounded by more than a dozen guards. Seeing the captain of the Guards walking out of the camp, the middle-aged man's face showed With a hint of urgency, the middle-aged man was none other than Song Que, the leader of the Song clan. He recognized the person as the captain of the imperial guard. From his attitude, it could be seen that the empire had indeed anticipated his arrival. In this case, it would naturally be good news, so I quickly asked, how is it? Has His Majesty agreed to see us? "

But unexpectedly, the imperial guard captain just now had cold eyes and a slight curl of his mouth with disdain, "Who do you think you are? Do you think His Majesty can be seen by you whenever you want? Leave now!"

"What, you!"

Song Que's eyes widened and his body trembled. He didn't expect that the other party would change so quickly. He was fine just now, but how could he become like this after going in and out again? This made countless thoughts flash through his mind. , the most common one is that the emperor of the empire refuses to see him. Could it be that he has really joined forces with the Long family and vowed to watch all the high-level officials in the southern mountains be destroyed in the southwest! This can't be true. The southern mountains were destroyed by the Long family, which would not be good for the empire. On the contrary, after the Long family destroyed the Song people, their power and control would increase significantly, and they would even take over the court of Central Asia. At that time, the Long family, who had obtained the authority over the entire Central Asia, would be the first to deal with the empire, which was crushed by the two battles of Kaishan.

"How dare you talk to our family master like this?" Song Dan's face next to him was even more angry. If it weren't for the eager imperial soldiers on both sides, he might have gone up and flattened the stern imperial guard captain. Dayton

"This is an imperial military camp. Everyone is the same. Anyone who stays without permission will be killed!" The captain of the Guards looked cold and raised his hand unceremoniously. Hundreds of grassland shooters appeared on both sides of the camp gate and raised their hands. He raised his bow and arrows, and the densely packed arrows made Song Que feel chilly in his heart. He believed that the other party only needed to wave his hand, and people like himself would be shot through by random arrows.

"You!" Song Dan's face turned red, his fists clenched, and he made a gurgling sound.

"It seems I misjudged the empire!"

Song Que pulled Song Dan, raised his head and looked at the sky, his eyes were cold, and he let out a long sigh. Before he came, he firmly believed that the empire would definitely help him! Otherwise, if the Long family controls China and Bia, the first one they will have to deal with is the empire. Song Que did not believe that the talented and strategic emperor could not see the determination of the Long family, but the facts before him made him feel helpless.

Could it be that he misunderstood the empire's balancing strategy? Or does the empire really value China and Bia’s commercial interests and has no ambitions at all for China and Bia?

How is that possible! Song Que never believed that the empire would look down on Zhongbia.

Since the beginning of the War to the East, the empire has severely damaged the grassland royal court and driven the Yelu family southward. Step by step, what they have done is not only to force the severely weakened Zhongbia court from the center to the south, but also to make the original Zhongbia internal Separatism, in addition to making huge profits through arms sales, is a balancing strategy that has always been adopted against all forces.

Song Que believed that an empire that adopted a balanced approach would never want to see the rise of the Long family and become the empire's formidable rival in Central Asia.

It is precisely because of this belief that Song Que ventured north and came to the imperial camp with only a dozen guards. He believed that as long as the empire was willing to let go of the northern river, the Song people could escape from this catastrophe. God, but the rejection in front of him made him feel a trace of powerless despair. Is the Song clan really doomed this time?

"Master!" The other guards also had angry expressions. The empire had gone too far. The Song clan was also the overlord in the southern mountains. When they entered the Zhongbia court, they were promoted to the power controllers in Zhongbia. When did they receive this? Such anger

"Why, you don't listen to me anymore!" Song Que's eyes were as heavy as a knife, and the guards lowered their heads one by one.

"Just think that I was blind and saw the wrong empire! God is going to destroy our southern mountains." Song Que's face was bleak, and he sighed with emotion. He turned around and left with his guards. It was already the end of spring on Mount Kaishan, and the leaves were as lush as In the summer in the north, the night wind is gentle, but it hits the faces of Song Que and others with a chill, which is despair. It was cold and the empire was unwilling to extend its hand. The tens of thousands of troops of the Song tribe had no chance of escaping to the southwest. All that was left was to fight with the 300,000 troops of the Long family in the southwest. The Song tribe was superior in strength, morale, and equipment. In front of the Long family's army, which is hugely different from each other, what else can they do except fight to the death to maintain the last bit of dignity in the southern mountains!

Just as Song Que walked onto a mound outside the camp, a strong voice came from behind, "Master of the Song clan, do you only have this little determination? If this is the case, then you will be really disappointed." It’s a pity that the lives of tens of thousands of troops in the southern mountains were lost in vain at the hands of the Lord of the Song clan.”

"Who!"

Song Que's face changed greatly, and he turned around quickly, only to see a young man wearing imperial army armor who did not know when he appeared under the shade of a tree less than twenty meters behind him. He had an inexplicable mocking look on his face, and his appearance was not handsome. Even a little honest, but those black eyes are like the stars in the night sky, which is scary.

"Sneaky, what do you want to do!"

Next to him, Song Dan's face was ashen, he was holding a sharp sword in one hand, and his whole back was bent into an arch shape, like an extremely tense mountain leopard, blocking Song Que's front. As long as the opponent made the slightest move, Song Dan would pounce fiercely. Go up and use the sharp mountain knife in your hand to chop the opponent down.

"Protect the head of the family"

The dozen or so other guards also looked nervous and broke into cold sweats. Who is this person? It was as if they had seen a ghost.

They had searched carefully along the way just now, and they can guarantee that there was absolutely no one nearby. How did the other party appear? If they hadn't heard what the other party said, the guards would have really thought they had encountered some mountain spirit and ghost, who could be captured by Song. The missing guard considers himself to be a highly skilled person in martial arts, and the mountain man has sensitive ears and eyes. Compared with ordinary people, Song Dan, the young master of the family who specializes in dealing with the dead members of the Long family, can still make people be so indifferent and not notice at such a close distance. This basically shows that if the other party If he really wanted to attack and kill Song Que, the head of the family, in the dark, he would probably be killed with an arrow in the woods without even having a chance to react.

"Don't you want to see me? What does this mean now?"

The young man opposite smiled lightly and took off his helmet with one hand, revealing a head of black hair and a face of a Central African. Although he was just wearing an ordinary armor, standing there gave people an imposing pressure. Come on, it's just the aura that only those who have been in power for a long time can have. Song Que thinks that even if he is himself, he can't make people feel pressured by being so indifferent. He is like a beast in the mountains, just squatting quietly, and Can make people feel breathless

"Hunt...Hunt...Eagle Your Majesty!" Song Que saw the young man's face clearly and took a breath. He didn't expect to see the Emperor of the Falcon Empire here at all. He was so stunned that he couldn't even speak coherently.

"The camp is in a mess and it's inconvenient to meet the head of the family, so I can only wait here in person. I hope the head of the house won't be offended." The fat man smiled slightly.

"Your Majesty is serious!" Song Que's face turned red with excitement. He thought he was already in despair, but he didn't expect a turn of events. Now that the Emperor of the Empire has arrived in person, it means that there is nothing to talk about. He suddenly went from despair to fullness. Hope, the leader of the Song clan also felt a little dizzy,

"It's okay if the head of the family doesn't blame you. Since we don't want to see the Long family gain power, it's easy to say!"

The fat man sat generously on the rock, made an invitation gesture to Song Que, and said directly, "It is not impossible for the empire to open the northern waterway. It just depends on how sincerity the family owner can show. After all, once the Southwest Long Family discovers the nobles, When the fleet enters the northern river, the Long family's 300,000 troops will immediately attack the border. What will be the benefit to the empire if this is done! The family master can't let the empire bear such risks in vain! "

"As long as everyone in the south can be rescued, the empire can put forward any conditions!" Song Que's eyes turned red. He sat down opposite the fat man, like a gambler who had put all his bets on it, and said directly, "It has reached such a point, what else can we do? There is nothing that cannot be traded! What’s more, the southern mountains are like that, there is nothing that cannot be given up.”

Seeing Song Que's attitude, the fat man smiled, took out an agreement he had drafted long ago and placed it on the rock.

"This is?"

Song Que didn't expect that the other party had drafted it a long time ago, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. People are like fish and meat, and I am like a knife. Does he still have any choice? He picked up the agreement with a solemn expression, glanced at it, his face suddenly changed, and he almost didn't dare Believing in his own eyes, the place names and content on it made Song Que, who thought he could trade anything, feel that his strong nerves were trembling. How could this happen! Is it possible to do this... Song Que felt that his hand holding this agreement was like holding a red-hot iron. If he signed his name on this agreement, it would be infamy for thousands of years! But this agreement also involves the lives and deaths of tens of thousands of people in the southern mountains.

"The conditions have been laid out. I think it can still be done according to the family master's ability," the fat man said straightforwardly with his eyes like daggers, and he was so heroic. "As long as the family master agrees, then the empire will let go of the northern river, even if it is fighting with The danger of a battle with the Long family's 300,000 troops will also make Nanfangshan The land is safely withdrawn! Of course, the Song family has concerns, and I am not forced. I am not afraid to tell the family the truth. These port areas will be managed by the empire, which will only benefit the Song family and have no harm. Moreover, I can guarantee that at least 100% of the money will be given to the Song family every year. Provide more than three million in financial revenue!”

"More than three million!" Song Que's red eyes flashed with a hint of emotion. Don't look at him as the leader of the Song clan. In fact, the Song clan is not considered wealthy in the southern mountains. Compared with the hinterland of Central and Northern Asia, It is even a poor place. Since the Song Dynasty moved northward, although they have controlled the power of the Zhongbia court, However, the central power has long lost its control over the local areas. Many places have suppressed taxes and failed to hand over taxes. As a result, the Song family has a huge financial deficit. Otherwise, this invasion of the southwest would not have cost more than tens of thousands. The mountain army of the Song people is at least 200,000 or more!