king.

As soon as he received the threatening letter, Hudson ordered the activation of the epidemic prevention plan, but unfortunately it was too late.

The orcs didn't just warn, but actually released the plague.When the letter came, the plague had already spread among the coalition forces.

The complex personnel composition of the coalition forces directly made Hudson's epidemic prevention plan unsustainable.After all, he can only restrain the people in the logistics department, not the frontline army and the mixed mercenaries.

Especially this plague is accompanied by an incubation period.Before the virus broke out, there was no trace of it.

A large number of non-combat attrition occurred, which soon attracted the attention of the high-level coalition forces.Even the investigation of corruption cases has become old news.

"The despicable orcs released the plague, trying to use this dirty method to force us to withdraw. What do you think about this?"

Hudson was taken aback by Marquis Sunil's question.

The expected criticism did not happen. Instead, he asked everyone for their opinions. Obviously, the desire to fight in the Frankish Kingdom is not as high as he imagined.

If you want to continue this war, just a plague is not enough to make the First Kingdom of the mainland retreat.

Judging from the current situation, most of the victims of the plague were ordinary soldiers with weak resistance.Even if aristocratic military officers who have succeeded in cultivation are hit, most of them can save their lives.

The great purification technique of the priest also has a certain effect on the plague.The only problem is that the sequelae are so big, and the number of priests who can release the Great Purification Technique is too small.

"After continuous research by the priests, it can basically be judged that this plague is the plague that has been rampant in the mainland for decades - the plague of black evil spirits.

In the history of the human race, there is another name-the Black Death.

The lethality displayed so far is not as terrifying as in the legend, that is because it is still winter.

In a short period of time, we can barely control the plague, but once winter turns to spring, the situation will deteriorate sharply.

If the war dragged on until summer, the Black Death, which broke out at full force, would pose a fatal threat to most knights and magicians. "

Blake said with a serious face.

The Holy See has the deepest research on these strange viruses.It's just that these are usually regarded as taboo methods and cannot be used unless it is absolutely necessary.

In the past history of the human race's internal struggles, everyone also maintained the most basic rationality, and never played such insane methods.

The enemy this time is obviously the Lord who doesn't play by the rules.The plague that killed people regardless of enemy or friend was released.

Listening to the crowd's scolding and complaining, Hudson silently became a melon-eating crowd.It is understandable to take any means for the continuation of the race.

It is meaningless to understand, and when it is time to make a move, Hudson will not be soft.

"If you can't drag it on, let's make a quick decision!
Before the end of winter, try to cause as many casualties as possible to the orcs. By the time of spring, the orc empire may have collapsed. "

Hudson bit the bullet and suggested.

The war has progressed to the present, and it does not make much sense to continue.

The orc empire, whose vitality has been severely damaged, will hardly return to the pre-war level even if it takes 100 years of cultivation.

With the loss of the fertile orc prairie and only a piece of barren rotten land, the development potential of the orc has been substantially weakened.

Even if one day all the orc races are unified, the Alpha Kingdom will no longer be the forefront of the human race.

According to Hudson's thinking, it is the best choice to pack up now and go back to each house.

It's just out of the interests of the kingdom, he still has to work hard, and he can't let the war end so quickly.

The corruption case has not yet come to fruition. If the war ends now, all the pressure will be concentrated on the case itself.

As the coach of the Alpha Kingdom's army, Hudson has to show up at this time anyway to prove that he has worked hard.

"Earl Hudson, you are thinking too well. Affected by the plague, the movement speed of the army has been greatly affected.

Especially your logistics department, the performance is extremely slow.If the fight continues, I'm afraid the soldiers won't even be able to guarantee what their next meal will be! "

For Blake's merciless sarcasm, Hudson's face looked very ugly, but deep down he was extremely happy.

It was right to be opposed, which was exactly what he wanted to see.In this war, he had obtained everything he wanted, and there was no need to stay and waste time.

"Earl Hudson, although Blake's words are harsh, they are not unreasonable. The current situation is indeed not suitable for the coalition forces to continue to penetrate.

The plague has been released. According to the orcs, if the war continues, they will open a passage to hell and attract powerful people from different planes to descend.

As the overlord of the mainland in the last era, it is not surprising that the Orc Empire has several space portals in its hands.

Once they are allowed to open the channel, it will be a threat to all creatures on the entire continent of Aslante.

The war has progressed to the present, the orc empire has been severely damaged, and can no longer threaten the hegemony of our human race.

It's better to accept it as soon as it is good, accept the mediation of various ethnic groups in the mainland, and consider other issues after digesting the orc prairie. "

Marquis Olafur persuaded with a smile.

It's just that behind this smile, there is an undeniable strand.The Kingdom of Franks, the Holy See, and the Kingdom of Iberia no longer want to fight, and other forces naturally know how to choose.

Facing the common will of everyone, Hudson will naturally not die.After the representatives of the forces in the coalition expressed their attitude, he went downhill.

The military meeting ended, and the pressure on the logistics department suddenly increased.The coalition forces were not prepared to continue the offensive, and their eyes were focused on logistics.

Naturally, the first to bear the brunt were the nobles of the North who were deeply involved in the corruption case.

The more in-depth investigations the investigation team conducted, the more evidence they found, and many small and medium nobles were directly arrested.

Under the panic, the five Dukes of the Northland were also trembling, fearing that they would be trapped in it anytime.

……

"The alliance investigation team has already started arresting people. We filed a complaint, but the headquarters did not respond. Obviously that bastard Hudson is planning to betray us!"

Duke Pias roared.

No matter how powerful the alliance investigative team is, it must abide by the rules of the game.Without the acquiescence of the Alpha Kingdom, they have no right to directly arrest people.

In the current situation, it is obvious that the higher authorities have reached an agreement and deliberately let the alliance investigation team come to arrest people.

It's not that the Northland aristocratic group didn't try to resist, but after the investigation team showed evidence that the arrested people were selling military supplies, everyone was discouraged.

Including the five dukes, none of them dared to openly disagree with the alliance investigation team.There is no shadow of the intervention of the Kingdom, which has placed high hopes on it.

"Pias, calm down. Perhaps the key to this matter is no longer on the front line, but in the political game behind the scenes.

The Earl of Hudson is no fool.Even if you have a grudge against you, you will not retaliate in this way of giving someone a handle.

Counting the events that have happened in the recent period, it is obvious that they are aimed at our family.Such a generous layout was obviously not planned and implemented by Hudson.

With the ability to do so many things, how many other people in the kingdom can do it besides our good majesty? "

Duke Cavadia asked with a solemn expression.

Evidence is not needed, just judging from the development of the situation, this is very similar to the handwriting of Caesar III.

The only problem is that the flaw is a bit too obvious, and it can be associated with him with a little reasoning, lacking the necessary cover-up.

But for a Yangmou, whether to expose himself or not doesn't seem to be that important.

The pit this time cannot be said to bury the nobles of the North in one fell swoop, at least it will make them unable to eat.

As more and more people go to prison, there will always be someone who can't bear the pressure and finally sells out a few of them.

Once trapped in it, life and death are inseparable.

Based on their past style, it would be regarded as a way of saving face if everyone didn't make trouble at this time.It is almost impossible to expect the kingdom to do its best to save it.

"That can't just sit still, according to the current investigation, it's only a matter of time before we are exposed.

In other words, several of us have been exposed, but the alliance investigation team did not rush to take action against us out of political considerations.

But it won't last long.The battle on the front line has stopped, and now there is only a group of mercenaries left, still making their final efforts.

The Orc Empire has nothing to worry about right now. The alliance's appetite is nothing more than the occupied prairie. The next truce negotiation process should be relatively smooth.

Once the armistice treaty is signed, the coalition forces don't need to worry about logistical turmoil, and our family is really in danger! "

Duke Pias said worriedly.

The painstakingly planned "Fire Dragon Burning Cang" only delayed the progress of the investigation team, but did not erase all evidence as expected.

With the deepening of the investigation, more and more evidence against them.A large number of northern nobles went to prison for corruption, and Pias really panicked.

"Judging from the current situation, there is a high probability that we will not be able to hide. Instead of letting the alliance investigation team find out, it is better to confess directly.

The alliance will not directly kill us, will it?

If you find someone to do some activities, you may be able to make big things into small ones.There is only one corruption case left and right, just make up for the shortfall. "

Duke Agiron said angrily.

In theory, there is nothing wrong with "leniency for confession".But the current situation is obviously different. It involves the game between the Alpha Kingdom and the Alliance, and it is inevitable to make a fuss about them.

"Stop dreaming, Agiron.

Unless we reveal all the reselling of military supplies by the nobles in the country, the alliance will not let us off easily.

Once this kind of betrayal of colleagues is done, how will we mess around in the country in the future?
Even the man behind the scenes against us knows to abide by the rules of the game.It's just a secret layout and promotion, rather than directly showing evidence to the investigation team.

Maybe now, people have already dug a hole, just waiting for the few of us to jump into it. "

The words of Duke Dias put all the contradictions on the table.

The predicament faced by the nobles in the North seems to be a case of reselling military supplies, but in fact it is a conflict accumulated in the past. At this moment, a general outbreak happened to happen.

External: The alliance investigation team wants to use them as a breakthrough to find an excuse to kick the Alpha Kingdom out of the game.

Inside: All the great powers in the kingdom who have a feud with them are waiting to see their jokes and throw trouble at the way.

"Ding ding, ding dong..."

The bell outside the door rang suddenly, interrupting the plot of the five people.In order to keep it secret, no one was kept within a [-]-meter radius of the camp, and the bell would be rang whenever something important happened.

"Sith, what's going on outside?"

After rushing out of the camp, Duke Kavadia asked the young man in the distance.

"Duke, the people from the alliance investigation team are here. This time they brought a lot of people, along with the Grand Duke Efiero and the Earl of Hudson..."

The string of names spit out from Sith's mouth made everyone immediately realize that there was a big problem.Just when everyone was thinking about countermeasures, the team had already appeared in their sight.

Obviously, the guards in the army didn't stop the people coming, or they didn't dare to stop them at all.

Looking at each other, the five sighed helplessly.What should come will come after all. At this time, no matter what happens, we can only face it calmly.

……

"Duke Cavadia, Duke Pias, Ya... the five will explain themselves, or should we interrogate?"

The words of Marquis Jerome gave the five people an ominous premonition.In the world of nobility, everyone usually stays on the front line when doing things.

Even if everyone is an enemy, they will deliberately restrain themselves in front of outsiders, and rarely have such questions that directly overturn the table.

"Your Excellency the Marquis, we don't understand what you are talking about. Explain, what do we need to explain?"

Duke Cavadia struggled hard.

It's a pity that the trembling of his body revealed the uneasiness in his heart.Reason told him that today's incident is likely to be because the investigation team has the evidence of reselling military supplies.

But the last sliver of luck made them unwilling to plead guilty like this.As the great nobles of the human race, unless there is tangible evidence, it is impossible to convict them.

Now it's a bet on how much evidence the investigation team has.If the evidence is not sufficient, then throwing a few scapegoats out may be able to calm the turmoil.

"It seems that you are not ready to plead guilty. But it doesn't matter, we already have enough evidence in our hands.

This box contains the confessions of relevant personnel, the box on the right contains materials before and after the warehouse was burned, and the box at the back contains the delivery time and transaction targets of your reselling military supplies..."

Bishop Kaveh's pointed words gave the five people a glimmer of hope, followed by a wave of despair.

With so much evidence thrown out, it's hard to deny it even if you want to.Even if they secretly have contact with the Holy See, it is impossible for the people of the Holy See to come out and protect them directly at this time.

Even asking for mercy will only help more and more.It is the Alpha Kingdom that can really give them a hand.

After all, the case of reselling military supplies is not only an international case, but also a major corruption case within the Alpha Kingdom.

As a sovereign country, the Alpha Kingdom has the right to fight for them alone.

"Grand Duke Affiero and Earl of Hudson, do you just watch them slander the nobles of the kingdom?"

Duke Pias asked in a panic.

As soon as the words fell to the ground, he secretly regretted it.It is obviously not what a wise man should do to provoke one's enemies at this time.

"Your Excellency, we only pay attention to the facts. What is true cannot be false, and what is false cannot be true.

Everyone is watching from the sidelines, and I believe that the investigation team will give you an objective and fair result.Before that, I suggest that you should cooperate well.

Confess the evidence by yourself, at least you can fight for a lighter sentence, so as not to make a fuss and become notorious! "

Hudson said without changing his expression.

Nearly half of the evidence in the hands of the investigation team was sponsored by him free of charge, and the remaining half was provided by other parties one after another.

There is no doubt about the authenticity, all of them can stand the test.Being able to get it on the table today means that it is time for a showdown.

"Okay, a few. Don't you dare to act if you dare to do it?

As a member of the nobles, if you do such insane things, the Kingdom will regard you as a shame.

What should I do next, I don't think I need to continue to prompt.The evidence is all here, if you don't want to, you can check it yourself.

I hope you can take up the responsibilities on your shoulders, don't let your family be ashamed, and don't let the nobles of the kingdom be ashamed of you! "

Grand Duke Affiero said indifferently.

If possible, he doesn't mind the northern nobles mutinying on the spot.As long as they make trouble, the royal family can use the name of suppressing the rebellion to pull out this unsightly nail in one fell swoop.