rise of empire total war

Chapter 553 Breaking
Because of Hariand's poisoning case, the plan to move the military headquarters to the front line had to be delayed, and the gendarmerie of the Fourth Army was busy, searching and investigating inside and outside the barracks in Amatlia.

The poisoner Yasen has disappeared since the incident, and the servants who lived with him have never seen him once, which caused a headache for the gendarmerie. They speculated that Yasen escaped from Amat through some channels Leah stronghold, or has been killed.The possibility of the former is very small, because the soldiers guarding the entrance and exit did not see Yasen's figure, and even no carriages entered or exited that day; although the latter is the most likely, Yasen's body has never been found - without a body, there is no way to escape. Proof of Yassen's death.

Ulrich was announced to be dismissed because of his criminal suspicion, and he was detained in the gendarmerie's cell. This undoubtedly caused an uproar among the soldiers, especially the soldiers of the Second Company. They never imagined that their chief would kill Roman murderer of people.

"Officer Ulrich cannot be the murderer!"

"There must be a mistake somewhere!"

"Yeah, how could Commander Ulrich poison the Romans, there is not even the slightest connection between them!"

"..."

Questions from the soldiers sounded one after another. At first they were somewhat restrained, but later, as time passed day by day, Ulrich's suspicion was still not cleared, and Yasen's body was not found. The soldiers began to sit Unable to stop, the soldiers of the Second Company gathered and went to the command post to express their wishes to the high-level legion and Richard himself, which undoubtedly stimulated the mourning Romans.

As a result, the conflict broke out. The Romans believed that Ulrich, the most suspected murderer, had a dispute with the soldiers who spoke for him. At first, the two sides could maintain a verbal dispute, but in the end, they evolved into a physical conflict, and the two sides scuffled. , although the Roman soldiers were a little more elite than the legionnaires, they were hard to beat with one punch, and the Romans, who were at a disadvantage in numbers, quickly fell into siege.

After hearing the news, the gendarmerie rushed to disperse the chaotic crowd, but it was too late when they arrived. Dozens of people lay down in the arena, and the ground was covered with blood. Almost all the Roman soldiers involved in the brawl were wiped out. Everyone's body was stained, the most serious ones were in coma, and the least serious ones were slightly injured.

The outbreak of this incident intensified the conflict between the Romans and the legionary infantry. Lieutenant Bibulus himself broke into the legion headquarters angrily, and no longer ignored the difference in status, he questioned Richard. They just lowered their heads and endured silently. Although others were dissatisfied, they still stood up and drove Bibulus out. From the latter's point of view, it seemed that they had a guilty conscience.

After returning to the station, Bibulus called all the Romans and told them his guess: Richard wanted to get rid of all of them in this strange place, and Hariand's poisoning was just the beginning. This brawl was also premeditated, otherwise why those gendarmes only arrested some of the so-called soldiers involved in the brawl but not all of them, just to fool them.

Although this guess is a bit far-fetched, it actually became a fact in the eyes of the angry Romans. The more they thought about it, the more wrong they became, so they hurriedly packed up their personal belongings and prepared to leave. Fortunately, when the war was about to break out, Hariand ordered to berth in Bell Port. The fleet went around the southern tip of the peninsula to cruise in the Osa Sea, thinking if they could be of some help, otherwise their plan to leave would be a little difficult.

Thinking of this order from General Hariand, Bibulus felt a little sad. He wholeheartedly regarded the Romans as his friends, but he suffered such a cruel hand. He only hated that the general’s body was still in the hands of the Fourth Army. The corpse returns to its homeland.

However, before leaving, Bibulus decided to give Richard an unforgettable revenge. General Hariand couldn't die in vain, and he had to make Richard pay a heavy price.

The next day.

Bibulus came to the headquarters again and met Richard. He explained his purpose straight to the point, and wanted to take away the body of General Hariand and the wounded Roman soldiers, and take the ship parked in Lyctors Port. The fleet returns home, this is the last attempt of Bibulus, if Richard is willing to hand over the body (not handing over was to investigate the cause of death of the body) and wounded soldiers, it would be great, if not, then He had no choice but to give up.

Fortunately, Richard readily agreed. He could understand the feelings of these Roman soldiers who had lost their generals. The relationship between the two parties had already broken down in the previous brawl. Instead of letting them stay, it is better to let them go. , to avoid further intensification of conflicts.

However, Richard did not expect that shortly after the Romans left, there would be a series of fierce gunshots in the backyard of the headquarters, and the gunshots would attract everyone's attention to that side. After the gunshots ended, a Praetorian guard The soldier stumbled in, his body was stained with a lot of blood, one arm was shot, and he drooped weakly.

"what happened?"

Seeing that the soldiers of the Imperial Guard were so seriously injured, Richard was taken aback and asked quickly.

As if the soldier didn't feel the pain in his arm, his face was pale, and he said, "Your Majesty, we were attacked by the Romans. Princess, the princess was taken away by them!"

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"what!?"

Richard yelled out, ignoring the pen that fell on the ground. He stared at the soldier with wide eyes, and said in a hurried tone: "Do you know what you are talking about? Soldier!"

"Yes, Your Majesty." The soldier swallowed hard, and the blood dripping from his arm made his face even paler. "The Romans attacked very violently. Our people didn't react at all. They were all shot. Kill, they directly took away Princess Elizabeth who was playing in the backyard, if not for the nearby patrol team who came after hearing the news, even Her Royal Highness the Queen would have been taken away."

"!!!"

Richard only felt a sharp pain in his chest, a sweetness in his throat, and blood spurted out immediately. He stretched out his hand to grab something, but the high-speed spinning brain made him lose consciousness quickly, his eyes went dark, and he fell on the ground. on the ground.

Before he lost consciousness, he vaguely heard the screams of soldiers.

……

By the time Richard woke up, it was already the afternoon of the second day. He saw Rudolph with a dejected expression at first sight. The commander of the Fourth Army no longer had the vitality he had before, and his lips were pale. , with slightly sunken eye sockets, making Richard a little terrified.

"Your Majesty, are you awake?"

Seeing Richard wake up, Rudolph said hoarsely.

"Yeah." Richard responded with a voice from his nasal cavity. He thought of Elizabeth who had been taken away, and his heart tightened. He was about to ask, but was interrupted by Rudolph, who smiled wryly and said, "Your Majesty, I'm sorry, our people failed to recover Her Royal Highness, those Romans set up an ambush and shot dead the cavalry brigade we went to pursue, and took away their horses, and now they are gone..."

(End of this chapter)