rise of empire total war

Chapter 311 The Palace Coup
"What we can know is that King Croft's rule is not firm. Although the domestic opponents of him have not been openly active, they are secretly planning to overthrow Croft, the king known as the usurper. The rule is that there is no opportunity, so it can only be kept secret, but after Winster's army came to the city, everything turned around. —— "History of the Kingdom of Ramirez""

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On July 1115, 7 in the continental calendar, Yaquique, the capital of King Ramirez, was besieged for No. 2 days.

Days of bombardment had left the city walls of Yajik completely devastated, and the residential buildings close to the city walls were also turned into ruins. A large number of corpses were dug out from the ruins and placed neatly on the streets. The population surged after receiving the civilians who moved in from nearby villages and towns, resulting in not enough open space to bury these corpses (maybe there are, there are many open spaces in the royal palace in the center of the city, but the nobles will be willing to let the corpses of humble civilians be buried In the residence of the noble king?), so it can only be placed on the street.

It is not a wise choice to dispose of corpses in this way. It would be okay if it is in the cold winter, but this is a hot summer. The corpses piled on the streets are exposed to the scorching sun and begin to rot in just a few days, giving off a disgusting smell. The rancid smell is so aggressive that you can smell it even if you are not walking on the street but just staying in a home with the doors and windows closed, so that nearby residents have to use thick cloth strips in their homes. Wrapping their faces to block the stench from continuing to invade their sense of smell was of little use, because they could still vaguely smell the putrid smell, and over time, the skin under the thick cloth strips became stuffy and hot, making them It was miserable.

The bombardment of the catapults caused a large number of corpses to appear in the city of Yajik every day. These corpses were of different identities, whether they were nobles, civilians, beggars, or unlucky nobles-when it was heard that the nobles were all smashed to death According to the news, the nobles in the city of Aquique were all in danger, and they wrote a petition together to explain their concerns to King Croft, and asked the king to solve this scourge that endangered the lives of the nobles as soon as possible.

But, what's the use of petitioning King Croft?He also couldn't control the trajectory of the falling rocks from the sky, so he could only deal with the representatives of the nobles who came to petition with a wry smile, complaining about their lack of compulsion in his heart.

In addition, the crisis of food shortage and the surge of crime incidents are also plaguing the city.There wasn't much grain in the warehouses of Aquique, and they were trying to fill them up with the coming harvest, but Toolagris and his legion arrived at the right time, entering Aquique just before the harvest. The Crown was under the direct control of the Croatian royal family, forcing the Ramirez people to burn the crops that were about to mature, and then retreat into the strong city walls-so they had no way to harvest grain, and the grain in the warehouse was only enough for them to hold on. In one month, after one month, they had no other way out except surrender.

The surge in crimes has also plunged the city of Aquique into a turbulent situation. Since the siege of the city for [-] days, countless reports of crimes have flown to King Croft's desk like snowflakes. There are many types of crimes, either theft , theft, or burglary and murder, what’s more, gathering crowds to fight directly on the street, if the city defense army hadn’t arrived in time, it would have caused a greater disaster—but even so, the so-called native faction The conflict with the outsiders rose to the apex.

The so-called natives are the local citizens of Aquique City, while the outsiders, as the name suggests, are the residents who were forcibly moved in from surrounding villages and towns. After they moved into Yaquique, they had no houses to settle in, so they could only occupy the streets. Temporary camps were set up in the alleys and all open places in the city square, which naturally caused conflicts with the local citizens.In the eyes of the natives, these country bumpkins from outside have usurped their legal resources, while in the eyes of the outsiders, these people who think they are noble are actually no different from them are really hateful.

The fights that gathered crowds were the embodiment of the struggle between the native faction and the outsider faction.

In the inner palace of Mesot, there was also an undercurrent. Croft relied on despicable means to usurp his brother's legal throne, which did not convince the nobles, let alone after he usurped the throne, he had a relationship with the Ravana Kingdom. The war was defeated again and again, and they could only sign the alliance under the city in humiliation, which disappointed the nobles. But at that time, Croft's power was dominant, and the nobles who opposed him could only hide and pretend to be obedient, but in fact they were I have been planning in secret for a long time, but I have no chance to put it into action.But now, the war provoked by Croft has failed again, and his power has also been greatly consumed. Those nobles who opposed him know that the time has come.

After several years of secret activities, many of the noble courtiers in Mesot’s inner palace have joined the faction against King Croft, and even the imperial guards have their forces. Now that the enemy is approaching the city, the Winsters are obviously Enraged by King Croft's unbelief, in order to prevent the destruction of the kingdom, the opposition finally decided to make a desperate effort to launch a coup against King Croft.

"A strong castle is broken from within. - Lenin"

On July 1115, 7 in the mainland calendar, the No. 4 night of the siege, the coup d'état began.

After seven o'clock in the evening, there was silence in the inner palace of Mysot, except for the footsteps of the patrolling guards and the sound of armor colliding. The torches they held illuminated the surrounding area, and things hidden in the darkness are also exposed to the light.

At this moment, a group of imperial guards marched quickly towards the main hall of the Mesot inner palace. The patrols encountered along the way only asked the password once, and let them pass after answering correctly. They did not think that the enemy The power can infiltrate the palace of the kingdom, not to mention the faces in the team are all familiar to them.

It's just that the leaders are a few nobles.

Tread-tap-

At the same time, King Croft and the other two earls of the kingdom were in the main hall, discussing the next deployment around the city defense map of Aquique spread on the round table. They were not aware of the coming danger.A few minutes later, the gate of the palace was pushed open, and the three of them turned their heads reflexively to look, only to see a few nobles stepping into the main hall first, and behind them were several heavily armed Imperial Guard soldiers.

"What are you doing?" Earl Camille asked loudly, and stepped forward to stop the steps of several nobles, but the leading nobleman pulled out a dagger from his sleeve, rushed forward and hugged Earl Camille, Piercing the dagger into his abdomen, Earl Camille let out a scream and was pushed away, and stepped back several steps. Before he could respond, the daggers of several other nobles followed and pierced his chest one after another. In his body, Earl Camille only felt severe pain all over his body, and his whole body's energy was rapidly drained, and then he collapsed to the ground.

After finishing Earl Camille, the leading nobleman rushed forward before King Croft and the other earl could react, and stabbed Croft with a sharp dagger like a poisonous snake!

(End of this chapter)