Realm of Power

"Your Majesty, I don't understand. If the empire wants to make all Anse tribes hate Arnowell, it only needs to kill all the detained tribal leaders. Why should Arnowell get people from them? Opportunity? "The commander of the Second Imperial Army, Salton, looked at the pale figure of Arnold walking out of the military tent, then handed a report in his hand to the emperor, and glanced at the emperor who was reading the report.

"Oh, what's the problem?"

The Emperor of the Empire was still looking at the report in his hand. The report came from Stam. Although Silver Fox's ten thousand remnant troops broke out from Stam desperately, they were also pursued and killed by the West Court cavalry all the way. Corpses were everywhere. In the end, only a few hundred people escaped from the Wolf Xibia Corridor. After careful search, Estante did not find the body of Silver Fox. This means that Silver Fox may not be dead.

Under the emperor's instruction, Estant completely let go of Stam, and the trapped 300,000 Martinliya people fled in large numbers. These 300,000 Martinliya civilians in Stam witnessed almost from beginning to end. How did Silver Fox, known as Martin Liya's most intelligent general, suffer a complete defeat on the battlefield of Stam, and how did he deal with the three hundred thousand trapped Martin Liya? People refuse to save themselves when they see death, but they just run away in the end. In this case, no matter whether Silver Fox lives or dies, his reputation has been completely ruined, brought by the 300,000 Martin Liya civilians who fled from the Western Front. The news will soon set off a storm in Martin Liya's country, completely blocking the Ansili family's hope of finally covering up this failure.

Silver Fox was completely tricked to death by His Majesty the Emperor!

This disastrous defeat not only resulted in the loss of a hundred thousand troops, but also all previous capital. Others did not know this, but as the person in charge of the Empire's Southern Second Army who had been with the emperor during this period, he knew that Si The Emperor was actually commanding the battle behind Tahm, and it was only after Tahm severely wounded the Silver Fox that the Emperor's real trump card was truly used.

If you want to destroy someone, the most practical way is to spread rumors and frame up, not to mention the fact that the Silver Foxes suffered a disastrous defeat at Stam.

More than a dozen personnel from the Southern Intelligence Department of the Empire sneaked into the hinterland of the Martinliya Kingdom. Silver Fox suffered heavy losses and it was hard to say whether he could retain his status as the young master of the Ansili family. There was still the ability to maintain Martinliya's control over Mount Edmund. Complete blockade, even if Mount Edmond completely tears up the secret agreement it signed with Silver Fox, Silver Fox will be helpless

The method used by Silver Fox to drive away Mount Edmund in Martin's teeth has made the two become mortal enemies. Now that the opportunity has come, how can Mount Edmund be willing to endure it? These imperial intelligence officers who came from Mount Edmund The personnel have been widely publicizing the Silver Fox's plot against Stam's 300,000 Martinliya people in the hinterland of Martinliya. He refused to save his life, was stubborn and self-righteous on the battlefield of Stam, and humiliated the country by losing his troops. He was even frightened by two thousand imperial cavalry and the army locked up the gate of the camp. He had an army of 100,000 but collapsed without even a frontal battle. ... Just dragging out one of these is enough to make the Anxili family unable to argue.

The Battle of Stam is so confusing that even those who participated in it are not clear about it. For example, the Anser tribe fought on one side. Most people still don’t know how the Silver Fox’s army was defeated and how Stam won. , not to mention Martin Liya, who was shocked by the Silver Fox defeat. Such rumors that are hard to distinguish between true and false, even if The Ansili family cannot be completely destroyed, at least it will not allow Silver Fox to have the opportunity to command the army again. Salton never thought about this before, but now he knows why the emperor did this. The thief captures the king first. This North-South War was actually started under the leadership of Silver Fox. All plans against the empire were planned by Silver Fox.

Without the Silver Fox, there is still nothing to show on the Western Front, but on the battlefield of the Order Kingdom, the Emperor's plan to use the Western Front to leverage the entire war situation has been realized.

Hundreds of thousands of troops from the two armies intersect with each other like canine teeth. Martin Liya temporarily changed the commander and now abandons the previous strategic layout. How many troops will need to be mobilized? It is already approaching October and winter is approaching. Wait until Martin Liya Army has completed the adjustment according to the requirements of the new commander, and I am afraid that I can even see the snowflakes falling.

By dragging the war into winter, this is the moment for the emperor to truly fight back

For the Martin Liya Army, whose logistics line has nearly doubled, winter will be a huge test. The Imperial Army is backed by sea transportation lines, and the distance is much shorter than that of the Martin Liya Army. There is no need to consider it at all. This is just a huge difference between the two sides. The empire's chances of winning in this southern war have at least increased by more than half.

After all, the battle is still about logistics, especially in the cruel winter season. The Martin Liya Army invaded the Kingdom of Harvey in June and July, and marched north to the Kingdom of the Order in August and September. It was a hot summer when they set off, and all the armors The equipment is all for summer, and as the season gets colder, Martin's army, which mostly has summer equipment, will be in a huge embarrassment.

Salton sighed secretly in his heart and hesitated for a moment before continuing, "After all, Arnowell can be considered a tycoon. Now His Majesty has handed over the power of life and death to him. As long as he is not stupid, he will definitely take this opportunity to win over the hearts of everyone, and The heads of various ministries are grateful for his life-saving grace, which will inevitably make his reputation in the Anse tribe stronger and stronger, and he will become the leader in the hearts of all Anse tribes. A united Anse tribe may not be a good thing for the empire. "

The black-haired emperor put down the report in his hand and smiled. "Actually, I really hope that Arnovel can rescue all the tribal leaders. Anyway, all the trophies of each tribe have been collected. To support these tribal leaders, for There is no benefit to the empire at all. On the contrary, this time they secretly Everyone fled from Stam in a hurry, and only Arnowell chose to stay at the end. Everyone knows what it means to choose to stay at the end in that situation, not to mention that in the hearts of ordinary Anser people, Arnowell is already a Their great hero, even if the empire uses means to stop it, it will be useless. After Arnovel returns, There is no suspense about becoming the co-leader of various ministries. The next step is to establish a country. Unfortunately, it is this last step that really forces Arnovel to get closer to the empire, and he has no chance to escape the control of the empire. "" I don’t understand. Although Arnold has the qualifications to be the co-owner, he is still far away from me. The founding of the country is still far away, why would Your Majesty..." Salton stopped. He knew that the emperor had been setting traps for the founding of Anse, but this time, the emperor not only did not add insult to injury to Arnovel, but instead gave him a big push. It was really inconsistent with the emperor's previous arrangements.

If Arnovel is completely victorious on the western front and returns to the southern part of Calisu, it will probably take five to six years to reach a sufficient level to establish a country. But now, the emperor is behind Arnovel. With a heavy push, the people's hearts, which were originally the most difficult to win over, were directly handed over to Arnovel.

This is tantamount to helping Arnovel establish the country, and even making things that were originally impossible become possible! As long as Arnold is not a fool, he will not miss this golden opportunity.

If the emperor hadn't suddenly revealed his true identity, Salton would have thought that His Majesty the Emperor had favored Arnovel. "I know that you have always been opposed to the founding of Arnovel because of the Battle of Carisu, but the Empire If you want to stabilize the situation in the south, Anse, although you don't pay attention to it, has a vital position. In fact, you don't need to go too far for the establishment of the Arnowell country. Worry, people's hearts are fickle, not to mention the cold winter is approaching." The emperor snorted, but said nothing more. After stretching, he sat on the bench again and continued to review the documents. When he heard this sentence Salton's face was awe-inspiring. For him, the emperor's words were like a key to solving the puzzle in front of him. All of Salton's confusions were solved at once.

"The cold winter is approaching. Why didn't I think that the emperor was not helping Arnovel establish the country? He was simply putting Arnovel in shackles."

The chill in the emperor's words was so cruel that cold sweat even broke out on Salton's forehead. It was almost October, how far away was winter?

It’s no wonder that the emperor doesn’t care at all how many people Arnovel will rescue. It turns out that the overall situation has been decided, and what follows is just a side detail. Arnovel is already in the hands of the emperor, and the people he saves are already unable to fly. The more you carry, the more you carry The burden becomes heavier. All the trophies from all the ministries have been confiscated by the empire. Only the Arno clan of Arnovel has retained the trophies. No matter how Arnovel gets the support of Anse's various ministries, if Anse can't solve the problem of crossing the mountains, to the south After surviving the serious food shortage problem in the first winter, once Anse's tribes suffered a large number of dead people in the winter, Arnowell, as the co-leader of the tribe, retained his own financial resources and ignored the lives and deaths of other tribes. When the time comes, the more support he gets in front of Arnold, the worse he will be scolded later. By then, these heads of ministries who support his founding of the country because they are grateful to Arnold will become the ones who completely crush Arnold. The last straw on Will's spine

There is only one possibility for the final result, either Arnovel will use all the loot to buy food from the empire to provide relief to the ministries. Even so, the final result will be a discredited and ostracized by the ministries.

Of course, there is another option, that is, Arnovel does not protect the tribal leaders, but only selects a few well-connected ones to preserve them. This reduces the burden on himself, but Arnovel will not save the leaders of the tribes. After returning to the southern part of Calisu, they will inevitably become the public enemy of all tribes. At that time, it is delusional for the Arno tribe to want all tribes to support the founding of the country. In the end, the only thing they can rely on is the empire.

This is an answer sheet with the same result no matter what choice you make. The emperor never gave Arnovel any other way from the beginning.

Arnold obviously didn't see this. Already in the Emperor's network, Arnold was still struggling. As Salton expected, he came to Anse's temporary camp and convened a meeting with the heads of various ministries. Outside the conference tent, the leaders of more than ten small tribes were already waiting outside. They are weak and always act according to the direction of the seven tribes. At this moment, outside the military tent, these tribal leaders are also whispering, "The adults of the seven tribes will not compromise with Arnovel, right?" "The other five tribes will not I know, but Master Aris and Master Kongku will probably not bow to Arnovel."

"It's hard to say. The current situation is obvious. The only one who can steal people from the empire is Arnovel. There were rumors that Arnovel colluded with the empire to force various ministries. I still don't believe it, but now...!" The tribal leaders turned away with a low voice. The moment they returned from Arnovel, they Everything feels wrong. It was Arnowell who proposed to unite with the Empire. It was Arnowell who did not run away in Stam. Now the only one who has not had his loot confiscated is Arnowell. Now even the life and death of the heads of various ministries, The empire was handed over to Arnovel, and the importance he attached to Arnovel was too obvious.

Even the night before, the emperor said, "You must know that the only allies our empire has always recognized are the Arno tribe." This sentence was passed to all Anse ministries by thoughtful people. At this time, it was also said that Arnovel had not betrayed Anse's interests came to collude with the empire, and no one would believe it even if they told it, but they didn't expect that there would be seven Most of the troops did not boycott Arnovel, but within an hour, Arnovel and the other seven leaders walked out of the military tent. The leaders of the seven departments admitted that Arnowell was the leader of the Anse, and Supporting the Ano tribe to establish a nation is a matter of life and death. It is impossible to expect these leaders who betrayed the alliance in the Battle of Stam to be so noble.

Moments before the golden sunset shone on the spire of the emperor's military tent from a distance, Arnovel appeared in front of the emperor and presented the confirmed list to the emperor. The emperor glanced at the names of the heads of various ministries submitted by Arnowell. list, his stern eyes slightly narrowed into a line, falling on Arnovel like the light of a sword. "General There are a total of twenty-seven tribal leaders. Almost all of them are on your list, Arnold Weir. You are really determined to save everyone. Don’t say I didn’t remind you. I’m afraid more than half of the people here will come back. When we arrive at the southern part of Calisu, the first thing we will do is to oppose you Arnovel." The emperor took a deep breath and snorted with a heavy nose.

"I know very well what they are scolding me in their hearts right now."

Arnovel shook his head seriously and said, "But I know better than anyone else that after Stam's defeat, the Anser who were once united have ceased to exist in name only, so I don't care about their life or death at all, just the Arno clan." If we want to establish a country, we can't let them die here. As for whether they will oppose me when they go back, it couldn't be simpler. Kill them all. That's it." Anovel showed a wry smile on his serious face, and said with helplessness. "The cold winter is coming, and Southern Kalisu cannot support such a large population. Now His Majesty has withheld their spoils again, and the various ministries are responsible for the empire. I am afraid that the resentment is not as much as the hatred for me. I, the Arnuo tribe, are willing to become a vassal of the empire. I just hope that your majesty will be willing to come to the rescue when the time comes. Thank you very much."

"Haha, you are a smart person."

The emperor smiled and signed the permission list provided by Arnovel.

Arnold has made it clear that he will kill people after returning, and Arnold is already willing to become a vassal of the empire. He is indeed a heroic figure who can take things up and let go. The situation is like this. Anse has no choice but to become an empire. The vassal talent may continue to exist, and Arnovel is just a mantis mantis.

In the battle of Stam, the powerful combat power displayed by the empire has made Arnovel clearly realize that the gap between Anse and the real continental powers is far greater than expected. The empire only used 30,000 cavalry. , Martin Liya used 100,000 troops, but Anse deployed 200,000 troops. As a result, in this battle between the two powers, they were not even qualified to be a real opponent! With such a secret, what qualifications do you have to bargain here!