Realm of Power

The clouds in the sky are still very thick, but the difference between heaven and earth is very clear here. In the early summer season of April, other areas have either had abundant rain and large areas of farmland have been irrigated, or the warm sunshine of early summer is shining on the streets and alleys of the city. , but within the Kingdom of Robles. There is a sudden heavy snowfall these days. The Kingdom of Lobos, also known as the Snow Country, is backed by a huge mountain range from east to west, like a huge long ridge, forming a "Sichuan" character, which connects the North European Bay Area with the snow. Luo is divided into two parts. To the north of the mountain range is the northern Gaul region, and to the south of the mountain range is the Central European Barro region, which seems to be settling on the earth.

Harlem, the capital of King Robles, is like a mat outlined in a piece of white snow. The white of the streets is slightly lighter, drawing lines in the city. At the end of these lines, there is Royal Palace of Robles, just like White castle among snowflakes, all year round The coldness froze a thick layer of white frost on the outside of the large solid rocks. With the palace on half of the ridge as its back, it felt like it was sticking to the snow peaks, so in such a Under the terrain, solidity is far more important than luxurious decoration.

At this moment, in the main hall of the palace, the King of Lobos, Pramkarsi, who had just won the victory at Sulav Terrace, did not have the slightest joy on his face at the moment when he had just become the head of the Kingdom of Barro in Central Europe. The wine glass fell on the stall, and the red rum quickly dyed the wool on the carpet red. A report that had just been delivered made Pramakasi feel as if his hand was holding a hot iron.

"What happened, Your Majesty?"

Several important officials of Robles who were in the meeting looked at each other. The kingdom of Robles spent so much effort and almost mobilized the main force in the country to defeat the Rayla Youth Army in the battle of Sulav Platform and put the Central European Barrow Trading With control of the line in hand, the entire Lobos is now in a jubilant atmosphere, in remote snow conditions. The people of Lobos have never been so proud, and they have never felt so close to the feeling that their destiny is in their hands. The Kingdom of Lobos, the head of the Barro in Central Europe, is truly worthy of its name this time. Representatives from various countries have arrived at Harlem, the capital of Lobos. This is basically equivalent to acknowledging Lobos’ status as the Lord of Barro in Central Europe.

The Kingdom of Lobos has a bright future. What else can make His Majesty the King look like this now?

"The Biang people ambushed the fleeing Rila youth army in the land of three rivers. There were more than 20,000 people, and none of them survived. The Rila people's commander Lu Si ran away, but was beheaded by King Rila in anger. Head, now the whole of Central Europe Barrow is saying that the Biang people have formed an alliance with us, the Lobos Kingdom, and it was us who revealed the time and route of the return of Ruila’s remnant army to the Biang people!”

It took King Lobos Pramkasi a dozen seconds to come back to his senses from his trance, with a bitter look on his lips that made him want to cry.

There is really big trouble this time. Ever since the Empire won the battle over the Holy Capital of the Southern Order, everyone knows that the Beorn people who raised a flag of rebellion against the Empire during the war will be in bad luck. Previously, the Empire could not draw Take action and let the Biang people be arrogant for a while, but now even the half-million-strong army of the Martin Liya people has been swept away by the empire. What is the Kingdom of Biang? In the eyes of everyone, the Biang people and the dead mean the same thing. Everyone is gearing up, waiting for the empire to start a war with Biang, and immediately rush in to loot first, but this time the Biang people I don’t know why I’m so crazy. Even if I am ambushing the Rila Youth Army on their way back, why are they dragging the Lobos Kingdom into trouble?

When did the Lobos Kingdom form an alliance with the Biang people! Damn it, this kind of bullshit rumor can spread. Is this going to push me, Robles, into a pit of fire?

"That is, inform the other party of the retreat route of the Ruila Youth Army. This is too much of a joke. If we knew, we would have caught up with them long ago. How could we let the Ruila Youth Army just escape back like this?" After hearing His Majesty Plum's words, others The expressions of all the important ministers of Robles changed drastically. They felt that the Heavenly Spirit Cap was about to fly. The seriousness of the whole news was as if the sky had fallen for the Kingdom of Robles.

April is getting warmer, the inland sea has completely thawed, the Holy Capital War has ended, and the empire has just established the New Southern Army in the south. This means that the empire has completed the readjustment of the army. The next step is to move from the Barrow region of Central Europe to Fei Shan area, Istan area transferred to the south The army has withdrawn, and the empire has withdrawn 300,000 troops from these three areas. Once such a large army is withdrawn, it will be the time to launch a full-scale attack on the Kingdom of Biang. No matter how strong the Biang people are, can they still be better than those in the Kingdom of Biang? Are the 500,000 Martin Liya people who destroyed the southern holy capital by the empire stronger? Impossible, the Biang people are dead

Now the Biang people have come out and said that they are in alliance with the Kingdom of Lobos. This is obviously an attempt to gain support. But the problem is that no one can help the Kingdom of Lobos to exonerate themselves because the Biang people ambushed the Rila Youth Army. No matter how you look at it, it is the Kingdom of Lobos that benefits the most. Although the Rila Youth Army was defeated in the battle of Suraf Terrace, it still retained considerable strength, and it also exposed the low combat effectiveness of the Lobos Army.

There are no fools among the monarchs of the Barrow countries in Central Europe. The 60,000 Robles army was almost defeated by the 30,000 Rila army. In the end, it was because of the temporary withdrawal of the Rila allies that the Lobos were defeated. If there is a chance of a comeback, we know that Robles, the nominal head of the Central European Barro, is a strong but weak guy. He was pushed to this position because of good luck. He is not the same as the real one. Being the leader of Central European Barrow in a sense is another matter entirely. If the empire uses force against the Lobos, other Central European Barrow countries will probably follow to get a share of the pie. The rise of the kingdom was only seen a moment ago. With the bright future and exciting blood boiling, the next moment we are on the verge of national subjugation, as if a basin of biting ice was poured on our head. Who can bear this kind of thing!

"Why do you think it was me, Robles, and the Biang people who did it? There are many Barrow forces in Central Europe who hate the Riela people," someone said angrily.

"It's useless. The 30,000 young people's army has been wiped out. It is definitely a heavy blow to the Ruila people who currently have less than 100,000 troops in the country. The death of the 30,000 young people in the battle means that the Ruila people are behind five to In the past ten years, I am afraid that I will no longer be able to send troops abroad, so the one who will benefit the most is undoubtedly the Kingdom of Robles." Minister of Military Affairs Hattus looked at several important ministers and said with a wry smile.

"Then prepare your army. I don't believe that our Kingdom of Robles has no power to fight!"

"Don't be kidding. Everyone saw the battle of Souraf Terrace. Everyone knows the combat strength of our Robles Army. We have used everything we can, and in We have an absolute advantage in terms of military strength. We should fight 60,000 against 30,000. We still almost failed to suppress the situation. What can we do to fight the imperial army? Hattusya's voice paused before continuing, "And if the empire really thinks that we are colluding with the Biang people, they should attack Biang." Take care of us first before we get to the other side! Then we have only one way to survive, and that is to retreat to the snowy mountains."

"No, the snowmelt in April has been increasing, and many snow peaks have collapsed. If you enter the snow mountains at this time, many people will die." Someone immediately objected

"Well, it seems that I'd better go to the empire in person. I believe that as long as I can explain clearly, the emperor will not use force against me, Robles!" Pramkarsi was dejected, with extremely embarrassed eyes.

"No, Your Majesty, the last time I went to the empire, I, the Kingdom of Lobos, had lost all face. Even now, the Kingdom of Lobos has become the leader of Barro in Central Europe, and the other countries have no respect for us. , the root cause lies in that time when she personally went to the empire to plead guilty, and Ruila Although people have suffered heavy losses, countries are still afraid of them. If we bow to the empire again, then I, Robles, really have no possibility of rising. "The important ministers have spoken out against it. The impact of the last time was really too bad." Your Majesty, the imperial foreign affairs officer has just arrived at the royal capital."

Just when the hall was in chaos, the palace attendant walked in from outside and said next to Pramakasi

"What! The imperial foreign affairs officer came to Wangdula?"

When the other important ministers heard that the imperial foreign affairs officer had arrived so quickly, their faces became even more ugly. Was he here to deliver a declaration of war? It's too fast. It doesn't give us any time to prepare. Do you think this is a conspiracy in itself? Robles' senior officials have been completely messed up. Since the last Robles incident, the Imperial Ministry of Foreign Affairs has A foreign affairs officer was dispatched to the Kingdom of Robles, but his residence was not in the royal capital, but in a city twenty miles away from the royal capital.

"Everyone, please don't mess up, don't mess up your own position!" King Robos, Pramukasi said in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, the Imperial Foreign Affairs Officer requested to meet with Your Majesty alone." The attendant of the Kingdom walked into the hall again.

"Meet alone?" Pramkarsi's originally solemn face was stunned. The imperial foreign affairs officer arrived at this time, wasn't he here to declare war?

"Yes, the other party said they brought a letter from the emperor," the attendant whispered carefully. The atmosphere in the hall was too strange. Although the attendant did not know the reason, it was the most basic thing to observe the words and expressions of the important ministers of the kingdom. Everyone wanted to shed tears on their faces, and His Majesty the King was even more frightened. At this moment, the imperial foreign affairs officer suddenly entered the royal capital without making a sound. All this indicated that something big had happened.

"Take the imperial foreign affairs officer to the side hall, I'll be right back."

Pramkarsi sighed inwardly and said, clasping his fingers together. In the current situation, we can only see what the imperial foreign affairs officer said.

If the empire firmly believes that this matter is related to the Kingdom of Robles, then the only thing it can do is to order all the Robles people to withdraw to the Snow Mountain area. But in that way, the Kingdom of Robles has been in the Snow Mountains for more than ten years. The expansion of the outer areas was in vain. The life that had finally settled down had to be plunged into the cold snowy peaks again.

Although the Lobos people are strong, they have never had a large population. The main reason is that the living environment is a land of snowy mountains. Food production is the biggest problem. Food output determines the base of the population. There is no land property that can support the population. It turns out that the Lobos people will never rise. More than ten years ago, when Pramkarsi became king, he advocated that the Lobos Kingdom should cultivate fields like other kingdoms, instead of relying entirely on the snow-capped mountains. hunting on

In more than ten years, Pramukasi's greatest achievement was not to eliminate the rebellion, but to cultivate more than a hundred miles of vast fields around the snow-capped mountains. Although the output of the crops grown was average, it was very important to the Robles people. The increase in population laid the foundation for the Lobos to grow from twenty There were less than two million people a year ago, but now there are more than three million people, and they have basically achieved self-sufficiency in food. Once these cultivated fields have to be abandoned due to the empire's attack, for the current Lobos people For example, it means that many people will starve to death!

Under the tragic eyes of the kingdom's ministers, King Pramkarsi went to the side hall. Ten minutes later, the imperial foreign affairs officer left the side hall, hurriedly walked onto the carriage parked outside, and soon disappeared in the goose-feather snow.

"Where is your Majesty?" The ministers swarmed towards the side hall, and without waiting for the attendants at the door to pull the door open, they broke in. As a result, they saw King Pramkarsi standing alone in front of the window sill of the side hall, holding a A notice with an imperial cover

"Is that a declaration of war?" Someone's vision went dark and he almost fell down.

"You can say that." King Pramkasi grinned unexpectedly, and raised the notice in his hand. "The empire has sent notices to all the Barro countries in Central Europe, regarding the Riela people who instigated the branch of the Medici family to split from the main family. expressing concern"

‘What does this mean? 'Everyone was stunned. The fact that the Rilla people split the Medici family was not a big deal. It should have happened last month. The empire belatedly sent this notice after a month passed. What does it mean?

"I think the content is not very important. What the empire really wants to express is that it seems to be very dissatisfied with the Rila people. It has not mentioned a word about the Rila Youth Army!" Minister of Military Affairs Haturia looked melancholy. said in a condensed voice