Realm of Power

549 Cold Thorn (7)

North of Reedian, Twalimburg

This is a majestic castle surrounded by mountains. There is still a touch of white snow on the tall city walls. The warm sun in winter is shrouded behind black clouds. The occasional trace of gold that flashes out from the gap cannot be dispelled. the chill,

Under the white mist like a ribbon, only the brown spire of the castle can be seen from the high mountain top. On the top of the metal spire, a few small black spots are hovering in the sky. They are food. rotten vulture,

There is no biting cold wind blowing, no ice and snow cover, what is cold is the human heart,

Tevalin, the place where the sun shines, is a place that should be warm and hazy, but is shrouded in a dry and cold freeze. In the small town under the castle, the prosperity of people coming and going has long been lost.

The shops were all tightly closed, and the dust stirred up by the cold wind was not floating in the air. Even if someone occasionally passed by the town, they would still be curled up and trembling like mice.

I chose to pass here on a sunny day, and occasionally glanced at the center of the town, revealing uncontrollable fear.

Under the wooden pole of the central stone platform, there were more than ten naked people hanging motionless, their white bodies,

Swaying from side to side with the howling cold wind, it seemed that he was trying to break free from the shackles hanging on his neck.

If there is anyone who is familiar with Tevarin’s noble world, he will find that these people are all nobles of Tevarin’s status.

Mr. Rosa from Dirick Manor, Mr. Fetenlei from Finn Manor, and some "big men" who own manors in the Tevalin area,

All hang on it without exception,

The neck is long, the head is lowered, the chin is tightly clasped on the knot, and the teeth are cut out, and the eyes are cut into two dark, deep eyes.

Like a row of ducks hanging by the fat cook's window,

For these hanging people, their collarbones were broken due to hanging for a long time, and their necks were like long noodles.

It's about half longer than Zhengcheng's neck, which makes people feel terrified.

On the last pole of the wooden pole, there was a young girl hanging. She was shaved, naked, and had a black hair all over her body.

She is the daughter of the patriarch of the B Ku family in the Twalin area. Because the patriarch B Kuli went to the south last month, he only found his 17-year-old daughter to offset the amount.

It is said that the woman was not in Tevarin when the search was conducted that day.

I don’t know why, but I saw her at the execution site that day, and she suffered extremely cruel punishment before her death.

These nobles, who were usually very prosperous, were suddenly arrested by the local lord Marquis Chaibaud and then executed immediately without trial. As for the crime, they were colluding with the rebels and intending to oppose the great King.

The family members of the nobles were imprisoned, and their property was undoubtedly transferred to the name of Marquis Chaibaud. The tenants in the manor were also sent to the Argyle area to perform hard labor.

, this is undoubtedly a big earthquake for the entire Tevalin. The harshness and cruelty of the lord, Marquis Chaibaud, makes all the territorial residents tremble.

Some people said that it was the nobles who reported the lord's false claims of military exploits to the Royal Ministry, which led to such a severe crackdown. As for the real reason, no one knows.

But the statement that the Lord's action this time was tacitly approved by the higher-ups is undoubtedly proved.

Because the girl hanging on the last flagpole went to the Governor's Palace to accuse Marquis Chaibaud.

As a result, not only did it have no effect, but he was killed after being sent back by the Governor.

Marquis Chaibaud hung her on the flagpole without hesitation, undoubtedly telling everyone that he was not afraid of anyone filing a complaint.

Sitting on the seat in the main hall of Tevalin Castle, Marquis Chaibaud was squinting his eyes with a look of enjoyment on his face.

On top of his head, a beauty wearing a long red dress and long hair shawl was trying hard to meet the claws that he extended into his body.

The graceful and luxurious robe was torn open from the waist, and half of the white crotch was revealed. Most of a pair of round long crotch skirts were exposed from the bifurcation of the skirt. They were so white that people could only swallow their saliva.

Marquis Chaibaud's skinny hand was reaching into the chin of the long skirt along the curve of this person.

"Be gentle, sir, you hurt me."

Her voice trembled as she curled up in Chai Bird's arms, and her pale face flashed with painful blush from time to time, making her look even more charming.

Her weak and boneless body trembled slightly as Marquis Chaibaud's fingers penetrated. Occasionally, her red mouth would open a small gap, and a low and charming moan would be muffled from inside.

She is the wife of a local manor owner, a well-known beauty in Twalin. In order to keep her daughter who is only a few years old alive, she doesn't care about anything.

At the banquet in the Governor's Palace, she was spotted by the Governor, and after being raped for several nights, she was sent back to Tevalin.

As for how to deal with it, it all depends on Chai Bod's mood.

Marquis Chaibaud has been coveting her for a long time, and naturally he will not let her go this time. The Governor has already sent word,

This woman must be "strictly guarded" and she is obviously planning to keep her in Chai Bod's place.

This kind of keeping sin palaces is not uncommon in Ruidian. Often some big nobles, because of their status, cannot let some sinister things be exposed, so they put these pets with their subordinates or vassals. When needed, All you need is a password

He unscrupulously took his hand back from under the long skirt, feeling the smoothness and faint fragrance between his fingers, and said with a proud smile on his face.

"Don't worry, I am the deputy governor. As long as I say a word in the three northern counties, you and your daughter can survive. Just like the governor said, in order to atone for your sins, you must obey orders for 10 years.

"As for 10 years from now, haha..."

Chai Bod's voice paused, and a lewd smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"To be honest, your 5-year-old little baby is really a beauty. She has big watery eyes. If she can be trained a little, I believe the Governor will like it. Even if the Governor doesn't want it, I can continue to take care of it."

"Sir, a messenger has arrived at the Governor's Mansion."

The voice of the outer guard made Chaibaud have to vomit,

He stood up unwillingly and slapped the red-clothed crotch loudly. When he saw the other party holding up the clothes and throwing them away like a frightened little rabbit, he lazily adjusted Ling's clothes.

He muttered in a low voice, "I really don't know. Could it be that 3,000 strong laborers can't fill the stomachs of these adults? It's really disappointing."

"Let him in"

Marquis Chaibaud sat upright and ordered. Following the sound of footsteps, a young knight with curly hair came in from the outside.

His face looked very anxious, and he was only wearing a piece of mail stained with mud. He looked like he came in a hurry.

According to the knight's canon, a knight must keep his armor clean and translucent when meeting the lord.

But this knight obviously didn't take Marquis Chaibaud in his eyes. He raised his head and looked at the deputy governor in front of him first, and then put the letter in his hand into Chaibaud's hand.

"My Lord Governor, please take this person away to me."

The young knight said extremely rudely

"This person is the daughter of Lord Plais, the Minister of Military Affairs, and the personal servant of Miss Pradiere. I heard that she once went to the Governor's Palace because of some conflicts with you, and then was sent back to you this time. Miss De Aile specially urged that she must be taken back."

"bKulina?"

Chai Bod looked at the name on the letter in his hand and said angrily in his heart.

"Finally, I'm here. I've long heard that this woman is a personal servant among some powerful people in Palavon. I didn't expect that she would be the daughter of the Minister of Military Affairs, Prais. This is no wonder that the Ministry of Military Affairs always clings to me. "I can't let go"

"I'm sorry, I can't do it"

Chaibaud hesitated for a moment, then shrugged to the messenger, and said with a helpless expression, "Please tell the distinguished Miss Di Ailei that this B Culina is the key criminal in this rebellion, and he also insulted the Governor in person." Sir, I have already executed the death penalty on the spot in accordance with the kingdom's wartime disposal law. If she insists, I can only give her the body."

"You mean B Kulina has been executed?" The young knight clenched his fists and looked at him angrily, his eyes filled with red bloodshot eyes. He is B Kulina's lover. I heard that B Kulina Something happened in the northern county where Lina was located, so she went to beg Pradiere, who had just returned to China, for help. Who knew it was still a step too late?

"Yes, she, like those traitors, must be hung in public in the town below the castle for 300 days. This is a decree, and there is nothing I can do about it."

Chaibaud pretended to have a look of regret on his face, shook his head and said, "If I had known in advance that she was from Mr. Plais's house, I wouldn't have killed her at all, and I might even have entertained her grandly, but she I didn’t say it. I didn’t say it from beginning to end. I can only express regret for this matter.”

"Didn't you say it?" The young knight stared closely, his face turned pale with anger, and sneered at the corner of his mouth, "But as far as I know, you ordered B Culina to be tortured on the way back, and she In the end, the tongues were pulled out, and this time all the nobles arrested for treason were tortured in the same way◎Because you are afraid that they will say something like lying about their military exploits."

"Knight, watch your words. Are you defending those traitors?"

Chaibaud's face turned slightly pale, and the young knight's words were undoubtedly close to the truth.

He paced back and forth, then stared at the young knight in front of him with an eagle-like gaze, and said in a serious voice, "As a lord loyal to His Majesty the King, I have the right to decide the affairs in my territory, and yours My duty is only to fight. If you want to give me instructions, please ask His Majesty the King to issue an order."

"You will pay for your stupid behavior." The young knight left a sentence, turned around and left angrily.

In March, the situation on the mainland began to change rapidly again with the end of the cold winter.

In the north, Duke Falcon of Wikiia has just passed a battle that shocked the entire continent. He once again continued his undefeated legend with an absolute victory. He easily controlled the weakened Sikujit tribes in his hands. ,

And at the subsequent tribal leaders' meeting, with 80% approval, he became the co-owner of the Kingdom of Wikiyya and Kugit. Millions of Sikugit people fled from the Turga area to avoid the disaster. , began to return to his home on the grassland slowly and orderly in accordance with the relevant resolutions, everything looked so vibrant

In the south, the smell of war has not yet gone away. Due to the withdrawal of Ruildian's army, the resistance of some sporadic small lords has become meaningless. After several bloody suppressions, the Lud people finally captured Ruildian's Suluo area. firmly in hand,

At one o'clock in the morning on March 5th, everyone on the mainland turned their attention to the peaceful Dorok Mountains in the east.

On the desk of His Majesty Ragnar, King of Lod, a top-secret plan named "Cold Thorn" was officially closed.

The 100,000-strong Rohde army, armed to the teeth, crossed the border of Dorok from the east and north-central part of the Suluo Mountains at the same time. The hundreds of scout squadrons that moved forward quickly cleared the villages along the way according to the icons in their hands. It was not until dawn that Dusen, one of the six city-states, suddenly found himself surrounded.

Under the fierce attack of 100,000 Rode main infantry, Dusen's 80,000 defenders only resisted for three days before the whole city fell. The whole city was massacred. About 200,000 Dorok corpses were killed by the Rode people. Throwing it into the rushing B Chris River outside the city, causing the river to be blocked for more than ten miles,

The rapidity of this battle, from the dispatch of troops to the occupation, only took 3 days, undoubtedly shocked the entire continent again. No one expected that the Rode people, who always like to fight head-on, would fight such a delicate battle, even the fat man who was heading south , after getting this information, he thought for a long time and remained silent for a long time.

The end of the cold season awakened the ambitious and bloodthirsty eyes of the Lod people. Most of them adopted a policy of massacre against the Dorok people in the occupied areas, and drove a large number of refugees to their native Ruidian.

It is the connection point between Su Luo and the city-state of Dongluo. It is a continuation branch of the Ergang Shengkien Mountains that traverses the eastern part of the continent. The mountains stretch for thousands of miles and are extremely rich in mountain mineral deposits and precious beast skins. The city-state composed of Dorok cities controls it, with a population of about 1.5 million and a military strength of less than 100,000.

During the period when Rui Erdian controlled Su Ruo, these Dorok lords had always been vassals of the Su Ruo area. Although they did not necessarily obey the orders of the Rui Er Dian people, Rui Er Dian also stayed on his flanks and could have some obedient aliens. assist in defense,

Because of the cession of the Su Luo area, these pro-Ruidian Dorok city-states declared the establishment of Dongdorok after several unpleasant conflicts with the Lod people.

The strategic location here is extremely important. To the east is the Dorok Alliance, and to the north is the Otega Mountains in the hinterland of Reldian.

The most important thing is that from here along the mountains to the west, you can easily bypass the Kelgadan area where the Redians focus on defense, and go straight to Palaven, the center of the Redians.

This is a direct and effective turnaround strategy. It is said that the person who proposed this excellent campaign plan was Salton, the new Undersecretary of Military Affairs of the German Ministry of War.

This new star who shone brightly in the Southern Campaign and was known as the "Crippled Lion" showed as soon as he entered the Ministry of Military Affairs his astonishing keen eyesight and his iron-blooded style of doing whatever it takes to achieve his goals.

Fighting against the poorly equipped Dorok people in the mountains will undoubtedly cost you a certain amount, but it is obviously more cost-effective than fighting against the elite Ridian knights in the plains.

"For victory, necessary sacrifices are indispensable."

It was this sentence that made this plan hailed as the greatest tactical idea by King Rode, and it quickly gained support from Rode's senior officials. In order to succeed in the fort plan, the Rode people, who had always been grumpy, suppressed Su Ruo's plan. In name, we prepared openly for a whole winter. It was not until the specific movements of Wikiia were determined that the time was finally decided.

This is a powerful counterattack against Wikiya's control of Sikujit. The rise of Wikiya has made the Rhod people realize that a powerful threat is forming in their west, although the Rhod people do not think that Wikiya now has the ability to match their own. The strength of the First World War, but in a few years, when the subordinate grassland forces have been digested, it will be difficult to say.

The Rud people urgently need a decisive grand strategy to break free from the quagmire of hundreds of years of tug-of-war between themselves and Ruedian in order to deal with their increasingly powerful western neighbor, just like Vecia is doing its best to avoid Ruodian. Just as Germany was expanding to the north, the Lods were also avoiding Wikiia and expanding to the east.

But everyone knows that what these two kingdoms do actually has the same purpose.

That is to accumulate enough capital before the final decisive battle. No matter in terms of continental territory or power level, the fierce confrontation between the two kingdoms has been unstoppably put on the agenda.

After the increasingly declining Rui Erdian withdraws from the mainland hegemony, who will become the new overlord? The whole continent is waiting to see

The cold in the South China Sea becomes particularly gentle and beautiful in the unseasonal season.

The cold is almost still, as quiet as a mirror, more gentle, calmer, and more charming than the cold in the Coral Sea.

Densely packed fish schools shuttle freely here, occasionally leaving a series of small white sparkling lights on the surface.

Fishing boats and merchant ships dotted with white sails glided calmly in the distance, leaving long white traces on the sterns of the boats. The ripples spread out in circles, and then collided with other ripples, causing more The ripples circle and cannot disappear for a long time.

With the creation of the central Rode pirates in Rode West and the establishment of a permanent trade port in the Rode West Sea by the Vekian Navy, the joint trade between Vekia and Salander, Rode, and Rendian has fully doubled. ,

In addition to the Dorok Mountains, starting from the Port of Dillens in the south of Vikia, it only takes more than half a month to make a stop in the ports of several kingdoms. This will undoubtedly allow more merchants to focus on post-trade, not only Powerful families have sea ships, and even some small-scale business associations also build caravans.

The fat man stood on a tall building in the center of Lilex City with slightly narrowed eyes. Looking at this rare lush scenery, his eyes were filled with profound thoughts. Mona Qing stood beside him in a white dress, and the scene in front of her also made her stunned. I'm excited. I've long heard that post-trade is a place filled with gold, but I didn't expect it to be so prosperous. There are probably hundreds of merchant ships in the port in front of me.

Lirex is one of the trading ports in the south of Vikia, with extremely complete docks and trade distribution centers. Together with Dillens Port, it is known as the "Eye of the South"f @! !

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