Realm of Power

Kabu City, the holy capital area, the spring sunshine is like thousands of golden lights shining on the Sula River flowing outside Kabu City. The water is sparkling, like a layer of light golden yellow with a warm and warm feeling. m As one of the three northern acropolis facing north outside the Holy City, Kabu City is not large in size.

But unlike other holy capital acropolis, the central bell tower of Kabu City is particularly tall. There is a very spacious space inside, enough to accommodate hundreds of people. It is also a landmark building that guides ships on the river. One of the streams flowing in from the northern coastline flows into the Shengdu Wetland from the direction of Kabu City, overlooking the bell tower. You can see the entire Kabu City. Ever since the Battle of the Holy Capital, Kabu City has never been deserted.

Even in the middle of the night, Kabu City is equally busy. In the past month or so, more than half of the supplies entering the Holy Capital along the river transportation line from the north have landed in Kabu City and then entered via land transportation. In the Holy Capital, in order to adapt to the large-scale flow of materials, Kabu City has more than tripled its external expansion. In the past, Kabu City was only three or four miles long and wide, but now the extension of Kabu City has reached ten. five miles

A large number of temporarily built wooden houses spread out from the old town of Kabu City. They were so densely packed that there was no end in sight. On the dock outside Kabu City, densely packed transport ships began to dock, as dense as ants. Dock workers push large and small cars to unload the goods from the transport ship, and then move other goods from the dock warehouse to the cargo ship.

In order to meet the needs of docking ships, the original dock of Kabu City had long been demolished and replaced by a huge artificial lake more than 800 meters long and nearly 100 meters wide that branched off from the middle of the original river. This was the empire's The masterpiece of more than 40,000 Martin Fang prisoners captured in the Battle of the Holy Capital, with such a huge With the existence of the artificial inner lake, the status of Kabu City has suddenly changed from a small port in the north of the Holy Capital to a river hub that gathers about 60% of the merchant ships in the Holy Capital area, especially the four pier berths in the northernmost part of the artificial lake. On board, what is docked is not an ordinary transport ship, but a transport ship marked by the Imperial Navy.

At this time, there were a large number of imperial soldiers wearing black military uniforms. A steady stream of heavily armed people got off the transport ships and lined up in the open space on the shore of the population lake. As more and more transport ships docked, more and more transport ships docked. The number of Imperial Corps officers and soldiers disembarking from the ship was also increasing. The pier was full of murderous Imperial soldiers, standing in very strict formations, quietly waiting for orders. The only noisy thing was the neighing of mules and horses. Many mules and horses were struggling to pull down the heavy Imperial Thor Cannon from the transport ship. This was a very technical job. Even with the help of the crane, it was still difficult. The operators seemed a little nervous, shouting and gesturing to each other constantly. To avoid accidents.

"Lord Legion Commander, Commander Sgesa of the Fourth Flag has been ordered to report here." A commander of the Imperial Flag wearing a black uniform of an Imperial general stopped in front of Salton, his body stretched straight.

Salton's gaze passed over Sgesa's shoulder, and fell coldly on the imperial eagle flag fluttering above the heads of the soldiers. He frowned and asked, "My order is that all members of the Fourth Flag Regiment must arrive within one day." Arrive at Kabu and jointly deploy defenses with Kabu's Fifth Flag Regiment. Judging from the number in front of you, this is far from reaching the full strength of the Fourth Banner Regiment. The Fourth Banner Regiment has a total of 11,000 soldiers. The number of soldiers in front of you is 8,000. You Sigesa Are you dissatisfied with my order, or do you think my eyes are Blind?" Salton's tone was chilling. This was his first order to mobilize the army after he was appointed commander of the Empire's Southern Army. The other party's perfunctory attitude undoubtedly made the famous Nord general feel angry. You know , the newly unified Southern Army includes The original two major military groups in the West Coast and the Order Country region have a total strength of more than 200,000. Salton's base is on the west coast. If the generals in the Empire's Order Country region disobey him, he, the commander of the Empire's Southern Army, is equal to It's mostly an empty shell.

"I'm sorry, sir. Please don't get me wrong. Because of the temporary order, our army can only mobilize so many transport ships. Therefore, it is difficult to transport all 11,000 people to Kabu in one go. But please rest assured, my subordinates. We can guarantee that all officers and soldiers of our Fourth Flag Regiment will definitely arrive in Kabu within four hours!"

Sgesa quickly explained that he used to be the general of the Istan Regional Army under Valicion. In this Holy Capital War, Valicion and Saron were responsible for the main battlefield of the Order. The Battle of the Holy Capital ended. Later, when the Empire formed the New Southern Army, they transferred two main flag regiments from Varisian and Saron to join the new army. New Southern Legion, and Sgetha's Fourth Banner Regiment is one of them. Although Varisien and Saron both had objections to this, the emperor made up for them by entrusting the northern part of Hero to the two. losses, but the imperial generals who stayed in the Order State were still very stable about their decision to join the Southern Army.

The trend of the empire going south has become obvious, and if the empire goes south, it must take the corridor of the Order State. Therefore, the formation of the Emperor's New Southern Legion actually paves the way for the use of troops in the south. This means that who can be transferred into this new The Southern Army might form part of the emperor's army going south. In this case, the generals who were incorporated into the Southern Army would naturally not object, and they would feel at ease in their hearts.

The empire judges rewards and punishments based on military merit. Without fighting, it means that there is no reward or promotion, which means that the living standards of the troops under its command have been greatly reduced. At the beginning of this year, I returned to the Imperial Ministry of Defense to report, and casually transferred from the Congolese and African Northern Army. When a flag commander is selected, each one earns a lot of money, making countless imperial generals jealous. Everyone can only look at the Confederate Army, which was originally only a second-line army. The Central Asian region is booming , not only firmly controlled the golden trade route in Central and South-Bia, and derived huge benefits from it, but also expanded the sphere of influence of more than a dozen provinces in the Central-Biarian region, becoming one end of the empire's control over the situation in Central-Biaria. Tigers, when they returned to the country at the beginning of this year to attend the annual meeting of the Ministry of Military Affairs, they were all like proud roosters. The status of the legion has been turned upside down, from the second-rate position that no one wanted to see, to one that stands shoulder to shoulder with the five major legions of the empire. status,

Everyone sees it and feels warm in their hearts,

The empire has defeated its opponents in Barro, Northern Europe, and it is difficult for a large-scale war to break out. Since the last Civil War, the empire has basically entered a period of recuperation, and the focus of the empire's war has obviously shifted away from Barro, Northern Europe. Either South Europe Barrow or Central Asia, this is what the imperial generals are thinking about. The area where many people have requested to be transferred to, now has the opportunity to transfer to the new southern army that will inevitably become the core of the war. Sgesa can't wait to hold the smelly feet of Lord Salton and kiss him. There is no way he dares to slack off. It is really a transfer order. It came so suddenly. Sgesa's Fourth Flag Regiment turned out to be stationed in Gutburg, forty miles away from here.

The Fourth Flag Regiment's 11,000-strong reorganized flag regiment is also fully equipped on the front line in the empire, plus cavalry and horses, thunder cannons, and some ordnance and arrow clusters. It really has to be transported all from the rivers and waterways in one go. There are not eighty It is difficult to transport more than one transport ship. To be able to reach 8,000 people first is already the limit of considerable efforts. It can be imagined that ordnance, arrow clusters and other materials are transported in the back, and all the people are transported in the front. And most of them dress lightly and simply,

"At three o'clock in the afternoon, His Majesty the Emperor will personally inspect the Fourth Flag Regiment and the Fifth Flag Regiment in Kabu. I hope you will not disappoint me."

After listening to Sigesa's explanation, Salton nodded solemnly, accepting it. In fact, as the commander of the army, Salton knew very well that it would be hell if the Fourth Flag Regiment could arrive in one go. The reason why he To give Scorsese a cold face, he wanted to see this man with a black spear under Valicion's command. A vanguard-like figure with a reputation, the troops under Varisien's command are all meritorious troops who have experienced the Civil War. They are truly proud soldiers. If you don't suppress them, you will have to make them obey your orders completely later. It's more difficult, but now it seems that this Sgesa is a smart man.

"My lord, you are saying that His Majesty the Emperor is going to review us!" Sigesa had an expression of disbelief on his face. He felt like he had been hit by a pie falling from the sky, and it was a big pie with no edges. This has never happened before in the history of the empire for the emperor to review a certain unit alone. In the past, this was only possible with armies of more than 100,000 in the areas where major legions were located.

"Be prepared. Chaos has broken out in the Holy Capital against the Empire. Although His Majesty the Emperor has not agreed to send troops, he must tell the Holy Capital that our Empire will not tolerate it forever. As the sharpest sword in His Majesty's hand, you His performance will represent the attitude of the empire, and if necessary, may even be stained with blood.”

Salton reached out and patted Sgesa on the shoulder. The emperor evacuated all the chambers of commerce to Kabu, and mountains of supplies were also transported to Kabu. It is conceivable that when the people of the Order in the Holy City began to find themselves Falling into a situation where we are about to starve to death, seeing a large amount of supplies being stored in Kabu City, the possibility of taking risks is 100%. "Haha, don't worry, sir, we are soldiers, Isn't that what soldiers do? In fact, according to the opinions of my subordinates, those turtles in the Holy City are ungrateful villains. Without the empire, none of them would have been killed by the Martin Liya people. Now they are a little bit more They don't have a good face at all, but they turned against each other and refused to recognize anyone." There was a ferocious coldness in the corner of Sigesa's mouth. Thinking that he was going to be inspected by the emperor in person, his eyes were even brighter and scary.

The two main flag regiments of the empire, nearly 30,000 combat troops, and other troops of the empire in the north of the Holy City who were ordered to assemble towards Kabu. In the face of such huge force, if the people of the Holy City really dare to cross the thunder pool , then the empire would have a legitimate reason to take action. You must know that the temple army was The country was wiped out single-handedly, and the great knight commander Husa died unexpectedly. The entire Obarro was in an uproar. Countries such as Aden jumped out and accused the empire of invasion and asked the southern forces to unite to boycott the empire. However, after the empire announced that the Temple Army was forcibly conquering the empire, In front of the ironclad evidence of Holy Capital's supplies, all voices suddenly became mute.

The southern forces that had been preparing to issue a joint boycott statement against the empire were dumbfounded in front of the evidence produced by the empire. Hu Sa was seeking death on his own. Even if he seized the empire's supplies, he actually left behind a lot of so-called Receipts, these were all taken by Temple Army Husa in order to show that he was not occupying them by force, but requisitioning them in advance, and that he would be compensated afterwards. Since he signed a lot of written documents, Hu Sa originally planned to go south and never come back, so he naturally signed these documents without any burden. After all, the Temple Army had already included the central and southern parts of the Order. , even if the empire comes to you with these so-called documents, Hu Sa can completely deny that he did not sign them to shirk these so-called mortgage documents.

But Husa didn't expect that he would be hit by the Martinliya people just after leaving the Holy City. Not only did they defeat more than 100,000 troops, but all their supplies were intercepted. He wanted to return to the Holy City, but was blocked by the emperor at the bridgehead and had to agree to compensate the empire. In the end, before he returned to the Holy City, he was killed by the people arranged by Pudamia. In the end, all he could see was the outline of the Holy City wall. Now that these solid evidences have been put out, the accusations of Aden and other countries have become a slap in their own face. Instead, the Imperial Ministry of Foreign Affairs seized this opportunity and vigorously promoted the empire's generosity in treating its allies. "Husa acted perversely, violated the alliance agreement, and forcibly occupied the allied supplies. According to the character of the imperial emperor, not slaughtering the Holy City is considered restraint. Now a large amount of imperial resources have been transferred to the Holy City to help the Church State restore the prosperity of the Holy City. His Majesty the Imperial Emperor's broad mind is wider than the ocean. The sincerity of the Imperial Emperor towards his allies is enough to make any jumping clown In comparison,

After some publicity, several southern forces that originally held a neutral attitude towards the Empire jointly voiced their admiration for the Empire's tolerance and generosity in dealing with the Temple Army incident, and if possible, they were willing to cooperate with the Empire. This was the first time that a southern force expressed its willingness to cooperate with the Empire. You know, before this, even the eight central countries, which were known as the Empire's running dogs, did not dare to openly lean towards the Empire in foreign affairs, because the North-South War was too tragic, 700,000 southern coalition troops died in the battle, and several major powers were in turmoil. Facing the behemoth of the Empire, the entire South was trembling. At this moment, whoever dared to stand up and speak for the Empire would be directly regarded as a traitor by the surrounding forces.

The afternoon sun shone in from the windowsill, scattered on the ground, and pressed a secret report from the Holy City on the table. The black-haired emperor of the Empire stretched lazily on the bench, looked at Salton who was standing respectfully, and asked in a concentrated voice, "Are you all ready? "

"The newly formed Fourth and Fifth Flag Regiments of the Southern Legion, with a total of 23,400 officers and soldiers, welcome His Majesty to review them," Salton said in a deep voice, bowing.

"Let's go and take a look!" The black-haired emperor stood up and walked to the door of the office. He stopped at the door and smiled slightly, "Salton, the emperor of the empire has assembled heavy troops in Kabu and personally reviewed the troops. What kind of waves do you think this news will cause when it is transmitted to the Holy City?"

"I'm afraid the entire Holy City will be boiling." Salton seemed to have thought of something, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Haha, I think so too. The plan proposed by the Intelligence Department is very good. I also want to see how the Holy City destroys itself!" The black-haired emperor laughed out loud and strode out of the office door.

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