Urban Sims

Chapter 801 The last time

on a wide plain.

A chase is going on.

"Master Wang Jue, you run first, and I will be the rear for you!"

"My lord, Strong will serve you loyally in the next life!"

"Bang bang bang bang~!" The chasing light cavalry held wheeled pistols and kept firing.

"Ahhh!"

The loyal subordinates who followed Prince Bruno decreased one by one, and the people around him gradually became thinner.

Bruno's face was completely black, and he had already dropped the armor on his body to reduce the burden. His image of fleeing in a panic can best be described as "dropping the armor and removing the armor".

It’s over.

Completely screwed.

With a huge army of more than 200 million, only the thirty or fifty riders around them are left.

The good situation he had carefully prepared for decades, all turned into nothingness under the bombardment of countless sky thunder weapons in about half a day.

Even until now, Prince Bruno, who was only focused on running away, still feels that he is dreaming, a nightmare, a nightmare that has not yet woken up.

But cruelly, this is not a nightmare, but a tragic reality!
He, Lord Bruno, was completely defeated.

Became a lost gambler.

Seeing the pursuers getting closer and closer, Prince Bruno, who could hardly accept this reality, grabbed the dagger at his waist, and prepared to know his own life the moment he was overtaken.

"Huhuhuhu~"

"Your Majesty has an order to let Lord Wang Jue live, and there is no need to chase after him!"

When a whistle sounded, there were less than 20 followers around, and the emperor's messenger ran over.

The closed encirclement had been completed a long time ago, and a hole was deliberately opened to let Prince Bruno out.

Zhou Ming's first pardon came into effect.

The noble lord faction in the empire has suffered an unprecedented blow!
In this rebellion, which lasted less than three months, the rebel army with more than 300 million people at the time of the expedition suffered more than 150 million casualties and one million prisoners under the bombardment of millions of firearms. The number of people who returned home intact was no more than 20, morale dropped to 0.

And after this fiasco.

Seeing the strength of the Royal Legion, the noble alliance immediately fell apart. Countless defeated nobles cried out to be loyal to the emperor, expressing that they would never participate in rebellion in the future, and begged His Majesty for forgiveness, pardon them once and so on.

However, only the Lucis family enjoyed the right to immunity. For other nobles who participated in the rebellion, the emperor not only deposed their titles, but also took back their territories, changing them all to states and counties.

After such a cleansing, the control area of ​​the royal area in the empire will increase from one-third to two-thirds...the actual control area will double.

If the rest of the nobles who did not participate in the rebellion, as well as the Lucis family who were pardoned, stop and declare their allegiance to the royal family again, Zhou Ming will have a large number of adults and choose to let the past go.

Naturally, among the remaining aristocratic factions, except for the Lucis family, who did not express their views, the other families have long been frightened by the powerful combat power of the Royal Legion, and obediently expressed their allegiance. The gifts offered were consciously doubled at least and vowed never to betray the emperor.

What about the Lucis family?

What are they going to do with the Lucis family who still have some strength left and are desperately licking their wounds when they return home?
It is to carry on to the end and insist on resisting.

Or bow your head and admit your mistakes, and those who know current affairs are heroes?

Inside the Lucis family, there were two factions of opinion, which were endlessly arguing.

However, Prince Bruno, who was unwilling to fail, strongly suppressed the faction that admitted his mistakes and subdued him. Regardless of persuasion, he still went his own way, and soon used up his second chance for pardon.

What did Bruno do?
He actually used up another chance for a pardon.

assassin.

Top Assassin.

Bruno sent a team of dead soldiers with high martial arts skills to the imperial capital to carry out the plan to assassinate the emperor.

This group of dead soldiers almost succeeded, not only killed dozens of elite guards, but also approached the emperor, and cut off the sleeve of His Majesty's sleeve with a dagger full of poison, almost killing the emperor.

After investigation, it was found that these dead men were sent by the Lucis family.

The public opinion of the entire empire immediately changed significantly.

"Is the Lucis family endless? Just because His Majesty doesn't want to marry them, they will rebel and send assassins to assassinate the emperor?"

"The princes of Lucis in the past generations, relying on the merits of the first princes, they are extremely arrogant and domineering, and they push forward. Even the emperor depends on their faces."

"I think it's normal for His Majesty to regret the marriage. With such an overbearing family, who would want to marry them?"

"Your Majesty, the Lucis family is lawless. They failed to conspire to seize the world, and they dared to assassinate His Majesty. It is self-evident what they will do next. Your Majesty, I suggest that you withdraw the promise of pardon and send out the Royal Army to fight the road. The Sith family, the family will be destroyed!"

The minister's proposal attracted a lot of approval.

But Zhou Ming shook his head and refused, saying: "One word from a gentleman is hard to follow. Since I have said that I will pardon the Lucis family three times, I will definitely do what I say and never break my word!"

In this way, while the Lucis family has only one chance to be pardoned, the public opinion has also fallen into a very negative and unfavorable situation.

Even so, Prince Bruno, who was still unwilling to fail, was still on the road to death, going further and further.

What did he do?
What did he die the third time?

Alliance of nobles.

He tried to form a second alliance of nobles, unite all noble lords to his side, follow his orders, form a coalition of nobles, and attack the emperor!
However, this time, there were no noble birds for him.

The answer to him was all refusal.

The Royal Legion of the imperial court is so powerful, who is willing to gamble their lives and hereditary titles to play a game with Bruno where there is no chance of winning?
Faced with a huge gap in strength, the number of allies Bruno can draw is of course 0.

But Bruno was not reconciled. He had a vicious plan in mind. He held a grand banquet and invited hundreds of nobles to the banquet. Persecute them and join his alliance of nobles.

Anyone who does not join will be killed!
The result made Bruno extremely disappointed. Of the more than 300 nobles at the banquet, less than 50 agreed to him, and the other 250 or more refused to agree no matter how forced they were.

Can only kill them all!
Lord Bruno, who knew that he had made a big mistake, simply did not do anything. After the banquet, he led hundreds of thousands of troops to attack the surrounding uncooperative noble territories. In just two or three months, he swallowed up Dozens of territories have strengthened his own strength.

But of course the imperial court saw all the actions of the Lucis family.

Not to mention allowing the Lucis family to expand their territory in an attempt to integrate all the aristocratic forces.

So under Zhou Ming's signal, about 10 firearms were sent to the rebels who resisted the invasion of the Lucis family. With so many firearm support, the army of the Lucis family soon suffered a Another rout.

In just three or four months, it lost 100 million troops and lost all the occupied land.

In the later stage, they were pushed back to the mainland by various rebels. In addition, the hearts of the people in the kingdom were lax, and the nobles defected and rebelled one after another. Facing the attack of millions of rebels, the Lucis family could only shrink back all the remaining forces to the royal city with tall walls. middle.

The once mighty Lucis family has now come to an end.

As for the stubborn Prince Bruno, he was hit by a bullet in a certain battle, and after the wound was festered and infected, the fire of life was on the verge of extinguishing, and he was also abandoned by the family, and no one listened to his orders.

When he died, there was no one by his side.

And in the end, the Lucis family still did not perish, but was saved.

Because with the emperor, the Lucis family still has a chance to be pardoned.

last chance!
In the process of fighting for this chance of pardon, Elsa became the savior of the Lucis family. Under the desperate protection of the family's dead, she rushed out of the siege, got rid of the endless pursuit, and entered the imperial capital. I met Zhou Ming.

When they met, they plopped on their knees and said:
"Your Majesty, the Lucis family made a mistake! The Lucis family is willing to renew their allegiance to His Majesty and never betray again! I implore Your Majesty to keep their promise and pardon the Lucis family for the last time!"

Looking at Elsa, who is thin and dark, with tears on her face and greatly reduced appearance, Zhou Ming nodded.

(End of this chapter)