Three Philosophical Questions for Travelers

After the charges were read out, according to the usual practice, the king asked him, "Hassan Heron Mulister, do you plead guilty?"

Hassan Heron stared at him with disdain in his eyes, "You can kill me, Your Majesty." The man said, "But have you ever thought about who will guard the northern border in the future?"

"That's nothing for you to worry about," said the king.

Hassan Heron said loudly: "Cade? Heworth! You should know that the northern border is not dependent on others, but on me. It is I who guard the border and expand the territory!"

Yes, it is thanks to you that the Northern Territory is split up like this. "Okay, I know everything, can you die?" said the king.

Hassan Heron was finally enraged, and he yelled: "You stupid king! I curse you! Your family, your empire, and yourself will all burn in flames! I will wait for you in hell !"

"Execution." The little king yawned untimely. He knew it was impolite, but he couldn't control it.He played too late with the princess last night, he was sleepy.

Hassan Heron's head fell to the ground.The military god who fought for the north for 20 years just lay down on the ground, blood flowed from his cavity, dead like a dog.

The people were cheering, the nobles were sneering, but the little king just felt sick and wanted to go back and sleep with the princess.

He originally wanted to go back to sleep with the princess, but as soon as he returned to Eagle Head City, his servant told him, "My lord, the prime minister is back and is waiting for you in the apse."

Chloe?The little king thought to himself, why did he come back so soon?Half a month earlier than I expected.

So the king went to entertain him in the apse.

When he arrived, Chloe Tali was sitting on a chair at the long table drinking fruit tea and eating snacks, and the food was delicious. He didn't pay attention to Cade's arrival until the waiter chanted loudly, the prime minister He wiped his hands and stood up from his seat.

"Your Majesty." He saluted lightly.

The little king looked at him and said, "I think you look good, Your Excellency."

Chloe said, "Really? I'm an old man who is going to die, and my good complexion is just a flashback."

He had never said such depressing words before, the king thought to himself, thinking of this, the king looked at Kloin's table: there were sweets and fruit tea, strange, Kloin used to only drink alcohol.

Thinking of this, Cade couldn't help but look up and down the prime minister.The person is still the same person, nothing has changed.Then the king said, "Come with me."

This time he did not take Kloin to Tianhu, but took him to the top floor of the palace.When he got there, the king asked him, "How are things going?"

The prime minister said solemnly: "The letter has been delivered. This is Duke Ucho's reply." He took out the letter with sealing wax from his arms.

The king took the letter, opened it and read it on the spot.As he expected, Ujo Klee Khan agreed to his military alliance and decided to send an emissary to contact him two weeks later.At the same time, Klee Khan also offered a price tag, such as tax cuts and subsequent military assistance. Westerners are also facing the threat of civil war and need the support of northerners.

There are seals and magic oil marks on the letter, so it can be confirmed that it is a secret letter from the royal family.After reading it, Cade asked the prime minister, "Is this written by Duke Ucho of Cold Night Castle?"

"Yes, Your Majesty," replied the Prime Minister.

"It will take a month at the fastest to go back and forth from here to Coldnight Castle, why did you come back so soon?"

The prime minister said: "At that time, the Duke happened to go hunting in the pasture in the east, which was very close to the border, so I quickly completed the mission."

It turned out to be like this. "Okay, go back and rest," Cade said.

"Yes, Your Majesty." The prime minister saluted and turned to leave.The king looked at his back and thought to himself: This old man is not quite right, what is wrong?He recalled the behavior of the prime minister before, and felt a little weird.

Has his appetite improved?Your complexion has improved?Your body has improved?

Or... am I being too sensitive?

Thinking this way, the king came to Tianhu.He first wrote a reply letter to the people of the Western Regions, saying in the letter: Exlid will start a pilgrimage in the spring of March next year, and he hopes that Duke Ucho can make preparations during this time.At the same time, the king will agree to all your requests. Please cooperate with us in March to destroy the cult and avenge the envoys of the Lord of Seven Colors.

Afterwards, he drafted another confidential letter to the little trident, which generally said: Your Excellency has extraordinary martial arts skills, strong soldiers and horses, and is a hero in the world.I am willing to make you the king of the East China Sea. From now on, the Gulf land will no longer belong to the four principalities, but will be an independent kingdom.You and I are equals and become neighbors.

He didn't really intend to do this, it was just a delaying tactic.He will use this method of negotiation to delay the little Trident for at least half a year. During this half year, he will vigorously eradicate the remnants of the Vulcan Cult and the Great Knights, and at the same time support new forces—that is, the Lastor family and his own King Iron Guard.After all this is done, he can officially start a war with the Gulf.

By the time the drafts of the three letters were finished, it was already evening, and in the end he couldn't play games with the princess.

He stretched himself on the reclining chair and thought to himself: This time, the prime minister can't deliver the letter, I have to find someone else.

The king felt that something was wrong with this guy after he came back from the Western Regions.

Is it possible that he betrayed me?Cade thought to himself, Chloe is a person who is absolutely loyal to the country, but does being loyal to the country mean being loyal to me?Can I represent this country in his heart?

Now that he knows about my secret alliance with people from the Western Regions, I absolutely cannot let him disclose this matter, let alone blackmail me with it.

How about killing him?Cade thought.

It's okay to kill him, but once he dies, I have to do many things by myself.I'm afraid I won't have time to play "Big Sweet Potato Cake on a Stick" or "Old Fisherman Catch a Big Fish" with the girls.

Forget it, kill it, kill it for peace of mind.Anyway, the old man won't be alive for a few days, and I won't need him in the future.Chloe Tali has no land and no soldiers. He is just a bad old man who is useless except to do some chores for me.

Thinking of this, the little king faced Tianhu and clapped three times.As soon as the sound fell, the water in the lake stirred, and three men in black jumped out of the lake with a "bang".This is his personal bodyguard, and also the most elite assassin in the imperial city, a deadly soldier.

"Your Majesty." The three knelt down on one knee.

The little king nodded and said, "Go, kill the prime minister."

Even the soldiers who had followed him for many years were stunned. The man asked, "You mean the current prime minister, Chloe? Tali?"

"It's him, let's go." The little king waved his hand.

The man in black took the order, turned around and walked outside. At this time, the king remembered something again and shouted loudly: "Wait a minute!"

"What's the matter, Your Majesty?"

"Be quick and gentle when you do it, don't be too rough, the old man is in poor health and can't bear it."

"You mean . . . minimize his suffering?"

"Ah, that's what it means." The little king nodded.

After giving this order, he went to sleep with the princess. The dead soldiers were very efficient, and it is estimated that the prime minister's obituary will be heard tomorrow morning.

The next morning he woke up very early, whether he was sleepy or not sober, so he came to the edge of Tianhu Lake to bask in the sun alone.By this time the dead were already waiting for him by the lake, and the king asked, "How is it?"

One of them shook his head and said, "We couldn't kill him."

The king was taken aback for a moment, and said, "You also sometimes miss?"

The man said, "No, he hanged himself when we went."

"Oh! As expected of the prime minister, he is really self-aware." The little king nodded and said with a wave of his hand, "Tell the Minister of Etiquette to give him a lavish burial!"

After finishing speaking, he took a nap in the sun for a while, and then slowly went up to court.

Today's sunshine is also very bright, how annoying!

Chapter 10: Bow Kahn's Tactical Meeting, Part [-]

Chapter 10: Bow Kahn's Tactical Meeting, Part [-]

The new army has been initially reorganized.

Bagu named the new army the Northern Expedition.This army united the elites of the major nobles in the Gulf, and he led it himself.Since the last Heavenly Father Guan victory, Bugu's reputation among the people and nobles has reached a peak that all kings of the past dynasties could not reach. won big.Lan Yu took this opportunity to publicize that Bugu was a god who came down to earth, and put him in the cloak of a god.

Ba Gu didn't bother to do this at first, but there must be a reason for Lan Zuo's approach.He will unconditionally accept all Lan Zuo's ideas, he trusts this person most in the world.

He has mobilized almost all the military forces that can be mobilized in the Gulf region. Sand Castle and White Bird City are paid by people, and the northern nobles in the Gulf region are also helping. Large sums of gold were funded.With the money from Fengleibao, the nobles in the Reach who are attached to Fengleibao will bleed accordingly.So relying on these forces, Ba Gu formed an army of 10 people.

At the same time, the people of the Sea God Sect had gathered many believers in Xiongshan City. Although most of these people were mobs with weak combat effectiveness, it didn't matter, because Ba Gu didn't want them to fight in the first place.

For Bagu, this Sea God Cult coalition has two functions:

The first function is to contain the northerners.

The Gulf occupies the Antler Pass, which can be advanced, attacked, retreated, or defended. As long as they can station troops here, the northerners must deploy heavy troops to defend in the north.Bagu didn't expect people from the Sea God Cult to really help him fight, as long as he could hold back the enemy's southern army.

The second role is to restrict Fengleibao.

Although Fengleibao donated some money, they have not formally pledged their allegiance to Bone Kahn so far.Therefore, Bone must be on guard against them. Fengleibao has been operating in the Reach and the South for many years, and its forces are deeply rooted.The tentacles of the Mundalia family not only controlled the entire south of the Gulf, but also radiated to the slave owners of the Southern Principality.That is to say, the Marquis of Eston Mondalia can not only command the coalition forces in the Reach, but also attract the southern allies.

And the Sea God Cult is the only force that can restrain Fengleibao in the Reach.Putin, the demon monk of the Sea God Sect, has also cultivated in the fertile area of ​​the River Bend for many years. There are his altars and temples everywhere, and his followers are all over the place.So the Sea God Cult and Fengleibao have always been in a state where I am in you and you are in me.They can form a kind of restriction, or balance, to each other.

At first, the demon monk Putin wanted to drag the Marquis of Eston into the water, but that guy was so cunning and cunning that he never fell for it. Later, Putin had to settle for the next best thing, and began to establish his own power in Fengleibao, gradually eating away at the Marquis of Eston. strength.A few years ago, Lan Zu had a clear insight into this situation, so he wooed Putin and gave him secret support, so that he could use the Sea God Cult to deal with Fengleibao.

Bugu admires Lan Chu's strategy, but he doesn't agree with Lan Zou's approach - he doesn't like these guys from the Sea God Sect, especially Lorelei, who goes back on his word.

The Bear Mountain incident was the trigger for all this.Lorelai's dishonesty was within his expectations, and he did take this opportunity to cheat the northerners, but that didn't mean he could tolerate Lorelai's betrayal.

After he resolved the threat from the northerners, the first thing he did was to rectify the Sea God Cult.Bagu doesn't trust these murlocs, he can't allow his people to believe in a foreign demon.He and Lan Zuo had discussed it long ago. When his reputation reached its peak, he would declare the current Sea God Cult as a cult, and tell the people in the bay area: Lan Zuo Kleist is the orthodox descendant of Sea God. Then Lan Chu was promoted as the leader.

At this moment, Bagu is sitting at the table, reviewing the documents from various places.This includes reports on grain, grass, chariots, weapons, etc. Lan Zuo and other important officials of the court also reviewed the documents with him here.The wealth of the Bayland is in the Reach. As long as the nobles of the Reach are willing to pay, they have the capital to fight.Ba Gu frightened the people of the River Bend with a big victory, and this victory made those nobles honestly empty his pockets.

At this moment, a messenger came from outside to report: "Your Majesty, a letter from the King of the Northern Territory."

Ba Gu raised his head and said, "Lan Chu, go and have a look."

"Yes." Prime Minister Lan Zuo took the letter, opened it on the spot and read it quickly.After a while, he laughed out loud and said, "Your Majesty, the little king said that he wants to be your sworn brother."

"What? He wants to be my brother?" Bagu laughed dumbly, and then other ministers also laughed, "What's going on?"

"The content of this letter is very simple, that is to say, the little king was frightened by your majesty, and he was too afraid to go out; he said that he would worship you. From now on, he will be the king of the North, and you will be the king of the Gulf. Became their neighbor." After saying this, Lan Chu tore up the letter immediately, and then sneered, "Are you kidding us?"

Ba Gu also sneered disdainfully, and said, "This is the little king's plan to slow down the army, so don't worry about it!"

At this time, Solista, the Minister of Military Aircraft, said: "Then what should we do? Shall we fight him directly?"

Ba Gu thought for a while, and said, "We can use our tricks, because—"

"Don't!" Lan Zuo interrupted the king's speech loudly, "What are you going to do? The northerners don't want to fight now, so they can't fight! The more they can't fight, the more we want to fight!"

The ministers all looked at the young prime minister, even Ba Gu looked at him and said, "Then tell me, when and how should we fight?"

"First of all, we need to know why the northerners don't want to fight with us?"

Treasurer Villaci squeezed his beard and asked, "Are they afraid of us?"

"Nonsense!" Ba Gu glared at him, "Aren't you afraid of me?"

Verach was silent for a moment.

Lan Zuo smiled and said: "The northerners must be looking for the most suitable opportunity to start a war. Let's think about what they want to do now from the enemy's standpoint."

Ba Gu leaned back on the chair and said, "Don't talk nonsense, tell me what you think!"

The king ordered that the prime minister should obey, but Lan Zuo raised his eyebrows and threw him a very provocative look. "Your Majesty, we need to brainstorm. Even if I, Lan Zuo Kleist, are extremely intelligent, I still have to give everyone a chance to play. It is good to listen to other people's ideas."

Ba Gu glared at him and said, "Little bastard, do you dare not listen to me?"

The prince of White Bird City squinted his eyes, leaned back on the chair, and said, "You must know that I only recognize reason but not others, Your Majesty the King with an open mind."

Are you fucking mocking me again? "I won't bicker with you!" Ba Gu waved his hands, "Speak, I'll listen!"

Lan Chu nodded lightly, and then said: "Then ministers, please speak freely."

Buckle Kahn's Tactics Session, II

Buckle Kahn's Tactics Session, II

So everyone began to discuss. At the beginning, Villach said: "The northerners probably don't want to fight in winter, because this winter is too cold, it is difficult to transport the luggage, and the troops cannot run." But then the Minister of Military Aircraft said that he did not want to Knowing about war, "Can the northerners be more afraid of winter than us? If I were them, I would start a war in winter and freeze the soldiers in the bay with the cold wind." Immediately, the grand maester also joined the discussion, saying that he was watching the stars at night, Finding that the star of Mingmen in the northern border is dim, it must be that the little king wants to avoid his own fate, so he can delay his troops.

Then Vilaqi suggested to agree to the little king's proposal, and to collect tribute from the northerners and take away their face; this time Hino also agreed with him, but Solista said that he would fight sooner or later, it is better to fight now...

Gradually, the discussion turned into a quarrel. Villach said that Solista didn't understand economics, and Solista scolded Villach that he didn't know how to fight; Grand Maester Shino said that he had seen through the will of heaven, and the judge didn't understand it from the beginning to the end. speak.

Ba Gu was really impatient, so he looked at Lan Zuo and asked, "Is this kind of discussion really meaningful?"

Lan Chu shrugged and smiled, leaned over and whispered to him, "At least it will let you understand that everyone here is an idiot except the two of us."

Bagu was speechless.

Indeed, there are only two people who can be recognized by Bagu in the whole bay area: one is his prime minister, Lan Zuo Kleist, and the other is not here. Overlord.Kilpus was sent by him to perform a mission in the North Sea, and he probably won't be seen in the past few months.

When we see Rosia, the three of us will have a good drink, he thought.

After a while, Lan Zuo coughed and said, "Everyone, let me sum it up."

So the quarrel stopped, and everyone looked at Lan Zuo.Lan Zuo said: "Do you know why your majesty and I dare to fight against the northerners?"

Everyone looked at each other, and the Minister of Finance said: "I have always wondered about this matter. Our financial resources and population are not as good as those in the north, so..." He didn't continue, and then Solista continued: "I think it's because Your Majesty His bravery is invincible in the world, and he dared to go to war because of the prime minister's superb strategy." After he finished talking nonsense, the air fell into silence.Lan Chu and Ba Gu looked at each other, then shook their heads together.

"It's because the internal conflicts among the northerners are too serious, everyone." Lan Yu raised three fingers, "The royal forces in Eagle Head City alone have been divided into three. The king, the Great Knights, and the Vulcan Cult are opposing each other. , check each other; other nobles are also standing in line or making multiple bets. Once we start a war to create conflicts, then the northerners may fight first. Do you know what happened a few days ago? The little king sent Hassan Heron Kill! The northerners have executed their war god."

Solista shouted: "He has lost the battle, of course the little king will kill him!"

"Being defeated is not the root cause of Hassan Heron's death." Lan Zuo took the map and drew circles on the major cities in the north, "You must know that the power of the Great Knights has reached the level that the king fears." , there are chapters of the Knights in these cities, these 'knights of honor' who meddle in politics and divide the tax money - these people have become full-fledged nobles, they are potbellied, they are called knights but they can't ride horses. I went there myself Only after passing through these cities can I be sure that the internal conflicts of the northerners have reached an irreconcilable level." Lan Yu looked at these ministers and said in a deep voice, "So the little king took this opportunity to eradicate the Great Knights. Generally speaking, our "big victory" this time was actually expected by the little king. It is not so much our big victory, it is better to say it is a win-win situation. We have won the trust of the heavenly father and the hearts of the people, and the little king is finally Get rid of his serious problem."

Solista asked: "If Hassan Heron is really that powerful, how could he be easily killed by the little king?"

Bugu said: "Idiot! It's not Hassan Heron who is powerful, but the Grand Knights' Association and those nobles who believe that Hassan Heron can replace the king! However, the myth of the God of War has been shattered, and no one supports him. Some people, It is absolutely impossible to fail!" If one day I suffer a defeat, I may be worse than Hassan Heron, he thought to himself.

"Exactly." Lan Zuo stood up and shook his white robe, then took a Vulcan scripture from the bookshelf.He showed the book to the people and said: "If you have read this scripture, you will know that the Vulcan religion is more terrifying than the big knight. If my guess is right, then the little king will eradicate the Vulcan religion next." Taught. In order to do this well, he will first appease us with generous conditions—equal? ​​Brother king? Oh! The arrogance of the northerners is deep in their bones, and the people in the Gulf are barbarians in their eyes. Why? Be worthy to sit on an equal footing with them?"