Realm of Power

The empire really sent troops, and directly occupied the Holy City with one blow. How did it do it?

The nobles looked at each other and gasped when they heard it. They felt that their heads were completely unable to keep up with the development of the situation in front of them. This change has made people don't know what to do! However, compared to the occupation of the Holy City by the empire, the impact of Putamia's defeat clearly worried the nobles of these provinces. Putamia's northward march was unimpeded. To put it bluntly, she opened the way to them. The main reason was the overt and covert support of the Putamia Army.

Once the Holy City completely takes control of the situation, they will definitely find trouble. "What should we do? Her Royal Highness Putamia is defeated, and the Holy City will definitely come to settle the score with us!" A noble of the religious order whispered with a frustrated face. He murmured, there was deathly silence all around, the nobles looked sad, under the dark sky, the wind and clouds were rising, it was chilly, this battle, Putamia The momentum of His Highness's army is overwhelming, and there is a high possibility of taking over the Holy City in one fell swoop. However, His Highness Putamia, who was originally believed to be victorious, was defeated. Now the situation becomes complicated. Originally, everyone was still thinking about Her Highness Putamia. After taking over the Holy City, I was able to grant them real management rights despite my promise, but now, I have to think about how to protect myself in this defeat!

This is human nature, and it is no wonder that these nobles swayed around, realized that the situation was not right, and immediately made the decision to abandon Putamia. This is because the national conditions in the Order are different from other countries. In other countries, regional nobles Although they are not as powerful as the central nobles, they are at least regional managers and have considerable resources and connections.

But this is the country of the Order, so there is no such possibility.

Here, the religious order is supreme. All power belongs to the religious order. It is not the nobles who control the management of each region, but the parish priests sent by the religious order. To put it bluntly, the regional nobles are just the subordinates of Guan Lixia, the branch of the religious order. Although each of the large manor owners has a certain amount of wealth and territory, their political status is not high, and they are also responsible for heavy expenditures on the religious orders. They must have generals. One-third of the income in the territory is turned over to the Order, which needs to provide a certain amount of material supplies to the local Templars. If a war breaks out, they also need to provide the Order with the skitarii in the territory to participate in the war, and they must prepare their own Food, but the spoils after the war belong to the priests of the Order. Therefore, the nobles of the Order State do not have much favorable impression of the Order. "Probably not, no matter what It is said that it was the Holy City that hinted us to open the way to the north. Now we will definitely admit it! After all, we have been working hard for the sect for so many years, and there is no credit but hard work! The noble said with a face full of reluctance, "It's stupid. Even if it is hinted by the Holy City, so what? Who has evidence? Justice only belongs to the victorious side. As long as the Holy City believes that we are the rebels of the Potamia camp, we will be defeated." Everything is meaningless!" A gray-haired old noble took a deep breath, glanced in the direction of the Holy City, and said coldly, "You should all remember how the rebellion broke out in the south twenty years ago! Six years ago, Marshal Batali of the Héro Empire personally led an army of 60,000 troops to invade the southern mountains from the mouth of the Bogea Valley. The Knights Templar went south to fight, but were ambushed by Batali in the Red Valley. They suffered over 10,000 losses and retreated all the way."

"It was the various tribes in the southern mountainous areas who desperately held off the Eero Empire army for more than a month. It was winter, and the southern mountains and forests were covered in ice. Marshal Batali of the Eero Empire found that the mountain roads were frozen and the army was deeply exhausted, so he had to give the order. As a result of the Eero army's withdrawal from the southern mountainous areas, the Holy City, instead of giving the various tribes in the southern mountainous areas the rewards they deserved, took advantage of the fact that the various ethnic groups in the southern mountainous areas were severely weakened and dispatched the Knights Templar to conquer them by force. , claiming to tame the various ethnic groups in the southern mountainous areas that have always been unruly. The ethnic groups in the southern mountainous areas have been exhausted from fighting with the Ero people. Now they are attacked from behind by the Holy City, and they can only retreat into the frozen mountains to hide. , that winter , although only more than 20,000 southern mountain people were eventually hunted down and killed by the Holy City, there were 200,000 southern mountain people who froze to death and starved to death in that cold winter due to lack of food. When the mountains were unblocked, Japan, the southern mountains are in rebellion!”

"There is such a thing. Isn't it said that those barbarians tipped off the Elo people, which led to the Templar Knights encircling them?" Hearing what the old noble said, the young noble next to him couldn't help but collapse. After taking a breath of air-conditioning, the content of the leadership they received was completely different. The priests of the sect had always told them, The traitors in the southern mountains are spies of the Eero Empire and accomplices of the Eero people in overthrowing the Order. How can you believe what these people say? These traitors who have abandoned the Order should be thrown into the Guangping in front of the Holy Capital Hall where they will remain immortal all year round. Purify them in the holy flame and let their souls become the dye of the holy flame. Only then can these southern rebels be considered atonement!

"If the southern mountains really belong to the Elo side, then the Elo army would have crossed the Carmen Mountains and come to us long ago. But in all these years, have you seen any Elo soldiers coming from the south?"

The old noble grinned and snorted resolutely, with a mocking look in his eyes. His words made the nobles fall silent again. It was obvious who was right and who was wrong. If the southern mountainous area really surrendered to Egypt, If the Luo people fight against the Order State for the Eero people, then the Eero army may have conquered the entire Order State long ago, but the Eero people have not come in from the south once

There is no doubt that the sect has compiled lies, and they have been fooled around them in recent years. The nobles' hearts are bleeding when they think of paying a large amount of southern counterinsurgency tribute to the sect every year. It is conceivable that Do you know, over the years, under the iron curtain of the religious order, how many things are still fake, how many times are lies fabricated to squeeze their blood and sweat?" I dare to say, Holy After they kill us all, they will definitely label us and Her Majesty Potamia as imperial spies." The old nobleman showed a wry smile on his lips, let out a long sigh, and said, "Twenty-six years ago , as the captain of the twenty-seventh team of the Knights Templar, I, Hafeli, witnessed what happened in the south with my own eyes. It was because I was dissatisfied with the actions of the Presbyterian Church in the Holy City that I resigned from the Temple. As a knight, I didn't expect that I would be treated the same way twenty-six years later. Should this be considered retribution? ""Asshole, I don't want to die!" "The Presbyterian Council of the Holy City will definitely kill us all." They were suddenly in chaos. They had had some illusions about the Holy City, but at this moment they were completely shattered by the old noble Hafelie. Someone suggested, "While the Holy City They don't have the energy to deal with us yet, let's all run for our lives! "But it was rejected again" Where to run! The rebellion in the south has been eliminated, the Holy City in the north has won, and the northern part of Erro in the east. We still don’t know what the situation is. Her Highness Potamia has been defeated, and the northern part of Eero may not be able to be saved. Even if we escape, we will have no way to escape! "

The rabbit is dead and the fox is mourning. There is a mournful sound. The nobles around are all ashen, and their fingers are clenched together. Can't you tell? This is deceived by the Holy City from the beginning. Why did you deliberately let Puda go? Mia's way to the north is to share the worries of the Holy City. It is basically a scam. Putamia's 90,000-strong army opens Entering the Atabi Wetland, they were defeated in a single battle. What does this mean? It shows that the Holy City has the power to defeat Putamia when she moves north, but the Holy City side wants to deliberately defeat them all. The purpose of getting involved is undoubtedly one, which is to seize the opportunity to defeat Putamia and completely deal with them! "As long as you enter the religious center, there will be no confession you can't get." This is something that the entire religious order country knows. The religious center is a department specifically responsible for interrogating apostates. It has the power to use all means to make apostates speak. When they think of the cold and bloody dungeons and the sharp black guillotine of the religious order, the nobles feel pain all over their bodies. His neck felt chilly, "If the Holy Capital had the combat power to defeat Her Royal Highness Potamia's 90,000-strong army, how did the imperial army occupy the Holy Capital?" In the silence, a dull voice from the noble group was like a strong wind blowing across the field, A burly man walked out from the nobles, came to the messenger cavalry, and asked in a deep voice with cold eyes.

Hearing his question, other nobles also gathered around curiously. Yes, I forgot to ask in the rush. It was clearly a war between Her Highness Potamia and the Holy Capital. How did she occupy the Holy Capital? Became the Imperial Army? How? The Holy Capital has been the core of the Kingdom of the Order for decades. Its powerful defense is famous throughout southern Europe. It cannot be defeated without three to four times the strength of the troops. According to previous intelligence, the strength of the Holy Capital Army is There are also 50,000 people. Unless everyone in the imperial army has wings, how can they occupy the Holy Capital in the blink of an eye?

"The Holy Capital Army faced Her Royal Highness Putamia's army on the Luolin Slope in front of the Atabi Wetland. Therefore, when the Imperial Army captured the Holy Capital, there were not many troops in the Holy Capital." The fast cavalry replied, and put the general The two wings of Damia's army were defeated, and the army was besieged from three sides. over and over again, and finally said that originally Her Highness Potamia had no hope of breaking through and was about to be captured alive, but because an imperial cavalry of more than 10,000 people appeared on the battlefield, the tens of thousands of people in the Holy City were immediately frightened. Dare to move, and finally sit back and watch Her Highness Putamia retreat from the battlefield with two thousand people!

"Ten thousand imperial cavalry can prevent tens of thousands of elite Southern Alliance troops from moving. This is incredible!"

The nobles looked at each other, and they all saw the deep shock in each other's eyes. At the same time, they also felt that Her Highness Potamia was indeed powerful. She was worthy of being the Valkyrie who killed Emperor Eero in the Northern Formation of Eero.

Even when both wings were defeated, he was still able to remain calm in the face of danger. He single-handedly led 30,000 troops to fight for several hours against the elite Southern Allied Forces, which had more than three times the number. He continuously defeated the main force of the Holy City Army, routed the heavy infantry of the Ikars, and completely defeated The Martin Liga Lancers, who have never paid attention to the entire south, finally relied on the Aden Heavy Infantry and the Harvey Swordsmen who were waiting for work in the Holy City to kill the mountains of corpses with every step of the way before putting Putamia down. The army suppressed it

It can be said that it is not an exaggeration to say that Potamia's army defeated the entire south. This was the result of Putamia's hasty response to the battle without knowing the extreme disadvantage of tens of thousands of troops infiltrating from the south. With such a record, who in the religious order country Type it out! If the Potamia Army had prepared early and concentrated its forces for the battle, it would not have been a defeat for the Potamia Army, but a triumphant advance by the Potamia Army, defeating the Southern Allied Forces in one battle and reaching the Holy Capital City! Let there be a real Pope in the Kingdom of the Order, Her Majesty the Queen! Some of them are nobles who are also Templar Knights. Their eyes are slightly red and their fingers are clenching.

The Templar Knights themselves are selected from outstanding noble children and are members of the aristocratic class. Therefore, the Templar Knights are loyal to the Pope of the Order State, but are not loyal to the Presbyterian Church. In their eyes, His Highness the Pope does not represent the Order, but the Order. It’s just His Holiness the Pope himself. This kind of relationship is similar to that of knights and women in the Middle Ages. Their king-like spirit of loyalty gave them a special kind of fanaticism towards Potamia. When they heard that Her Highness Potamia was personally attending the battle, the blood of the battle had even been splattered on her body, yet she still stood tall in the face of the ferocious enemy. When they refused to retreat, the blood of these Templar nobles was already boiling.

This is the Pope they deserve to be loyal to, this is the great Queen who can truly lead the future of the Order Country, not the current Pope who is so boastful that he is like a vase and collapses in a single battle on the battlefield! As if infected by this atmosphere, the wind blowing across the wetland field became more violent, and even made a whining sound, which was cold and sad.

The strong noble raised his head and glanced at the dark sky, glanced at the others, and said in a deep voice, "The situation is obvious. Her Highness Potamia is at least alive. We are not completely hopeless. Now we are facing There are only two ways in front of us. One is to immediately withdraw to our own provinces, and then wait until the Holy City arrests us all one by one. It is not necessarily true that they will kill us all. The other That is, we immediately entered the Atabi Wetland and found His Royal Highness Putamia before the Holy Capital Army. Although His Highness was defeated, we still have 30,000 fresh troops under our command. Although the Holy Capital Army and the Southern Allied Forces have 50,000 people, But after fighting fiercely for several hours, and now facing the Empire, I am afraid it will be difficult to even rest, and I would never have thought that His Highness would fight back so quickly. As long as one battle, His Highness Putamia will It can determine the outcome!”

"Yes, let's go find His Highness Putamia! As long as we find His Highness, we will still have hope!"

The other nobles immediately became excited. If there was a way to survive, who would be willing to wait for death at home? Since His Highness Putamia is so powerful, then just follow His Highness and move forward. As the strong man said, Holy No matter how powerful the capital army and the Southern Allied Forces were, they would never have thought that Her Highness Putamia would come back so quickly!

The nobles began to pour into the Atabi Wetland in front with their respective troops, spreading out like a huge fan, and began to search for traces of the Putamia army.

"Who is that person? He doesn't look like an ordinary person, but why don't I have any impression?" Someone among the nobles also asked in a low voice.

"What's the point? There are a hundred and twenty-seven noble families participating this time, and half of them have not seen each other for more than ten years. It's normal for you to have never seen them. I haven't seen them either. It should be "Is that a new member of the family?" The person who answered him said disdainfully. Because of their low status and the restrictions imposed by the Order, the nobles of the Kingdom of the Order do not travel as much as the nobles of other kingdoms and see each other. Strange nobles are very common