The end of the military era

Chapter 223 Coup and Neutrality

On the third day after the Dragon Whale Island naval battle ended, that is, on January 1545, 1, the Golden Lion Empire, Red Tiger Empire, and Black Bear Empire simultaneously declared war on 27 feudal towns under the jurisdiction of the Zhou family of the Han and Tang Empires.

The 20 vassal towns, in addition to the 15 vassal towns of the Han and Tang Empires, also included Jingzhou Town, Yuzhou Town, Lanzhou Town, Weizhou Town and Kezhou Town established by the Zhou family in the western mainland.

Two hours after the Golden Lion, Red Tiger, and Black Bear kingdoms declared war on the Zhou family, Zhou Xiaorong held a press conference on behalf of the Zhou family, and officially announced that the 20 feudal towns that the Zhou family belonged to were officially at the same level as the Golden Lion Empire, Red Tiger Empire, and Black Bear Empire. state of war.

And on the day when the three great orc empires and the Zhou family declared war on each other, the Zhou family army launched a new round of large-scale offensive in the territory of the barbarian empire, directly targeting Baiyun City, the capital of the barbarian empire.

Although under Zhou's army's attack, the local barbarian army was still completely defeated, but the officials of the local barbarian empire who controlled the military power did not have any plans to compromise with the Zhou family.

Now that even the masters behind them have officially declared war with the Zhou family, how could they compromise with the Zhou family.

However, not everyone in the Barbarian Empire was willing to fight to the death with the Zhou family. On the night of February 1545, 2, the emperor of the Barbarian Empire, Dugu Liang, launched a coup, trying to get rid of several powerful ministers who controlled military power.

In fact, Emperor Duguliang was about to launch a coup, which had long been known to Bei Tangxiong, Minister of the Ministry of War. As a result, the coup launched by Emperor Duguliang, although he eliminated five powerful officials including Yuzhang, the minister of the Ministry of War, it was a pity that the Ministry of War Shangshu Beitangxiong became the final winner of this coup.

On the morning of February 2nd, in a bedroom in the imperial palace of Baiyun City, the capital of the Tuman Empire, the emperor Duguliang, who had been tied up, gritted his teeth and scolded a strong man next to Beitangxiong: "Duguke, you who forget your ancestors!" Zong's bastard!

I never imagined that you, a son of the clan, would take refuge in Bei Tangxiong, a treacherous minister! "

The 3000 garrison troops guarding the palace can be said to be the only army that the emperor Duguliang can control, and the general who leads the garrison troops is the strong man Dugu Ke next to Bei Tangxiong.

It was because of Dugu Ke's betrayal that Bei Tangxiong knew in advance the coup plan formulated by Emperor Dugu Liang.

Dugu Ke said with a blank face: "Your Majesty, as the saying goes, those who know the current affairs are the best.

Lord Shangshu has the support of the Black Bear Empire behind him, so if I want to bet, of course I have to choose the side of Lord Shangshu. "

Bei Tangxiong, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, smiled and said, "Your Majesty, actually I have to thank you. If it weren't for your Majesty's help, I wouldn't have taken the military power from the others so easily."

Beitangxiong's words made Emperor Duguliang feel like a deflated ball, "Beitangxiong, I lost, what are you going to do with me?"

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, now that our Barbarian Empire is being invaded, the army and the people still need His Majesty's leadership, so I will not do anything to Your Majesty.

Of course, in order to prevent His Majesty from being confused again, I have to wrong you next.

In the future, without the permission of the minister, His Majesty must not leave this palace for half a step! "

After Bei Tangxiong left the bedroom where Emperor Duguliang was imprisoned, he came to another bedroom in the palace.

Empress Situ Fei saw Bei Tangxiong walk into the bedroom, she couldn't help feeling nervous, "Beitangxiong, what are you doing here?"

Bei Tangxiong looked at Queen Situ Fei and smiled: "Queen, if you don't want any accidents for the prince, I hope you can be more obedient.

I have been thinking about this day for a long time. "

Queen Situ Fei's face couldn't help changing when she heard the words, "Beitangxiong, I'm the queen of the Barbarian Empire! You can't mess around!"

"Haha, if you weren't the Queen of the Barbarian Empire, I wouldn't have waited so long!"

Dugu Ke, who was standing outside the dormitory, heard the cries coming from the dormitory, and couldn't help cursing two words in his heart: Beast!

After Beitang left the palace contentedly, Dugu Ke called one of his confidantes over, "Report today's incident to the higher-ups.

Then ask us for the next step. "

It turns out that Dugu Ke has already been bought by "Ghost Shadow", and it is Hu Yi's own order to Dugu Ke to expose Emperor Duguliang's coup plan to Bei Tangxiong, Minister of the Ministry of War.

In a study room in the southwestern tutelary mansion in Ganyang City, Fox Yiyi reported the whole process of the coup of the barbarian empire to Zhou Rui carefully, and then said to Zhou Rui: "Now Dugu Ke has obtained Beitang Xiong In addition to the garrison troops of the palace, Dugu Ke also served as the commander of the [-]th Infantry Division of the Barbarian Imperial Army."

At this time, Zhou Xiaorong who was in the study suddenly asked, "Commander, without our intervention, perhaps the coup d'état launched by the barbarian emperor Duguliang would probably be successful.

According to the intelligence analysis we have obtained before, Duguliang, the emperor of the barbarian empire, will probably choose to have peace talks with our Zhou family after taking back the military power from those powerful officials.

Why do we need to take action to destroy the coup d'état of the barbarian emperor Duguliang? "

Zhou Rui explained: "Second Uncle, since our Zhou family already has a plan to annex the entire barbarian empire, even if the barbarian empire wants peace talks, our Zhou family will not agree.

Dugu Liang, the emperor of the Barbarian Empire, was quite talented, and he was also very popular among the people of the Barbarian Empire.

It might be a very bad thing for our Zhou family if Dugu Liang was allowed to control the remaining millions of troops of the Barbarian Empire. "

Then Zhou Rui said to Hu Yi: "Our Zhou family army's new round of attack on the barbarian army has gone smoothly so far.

However, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. In order to reduce the casualties of our Zhou family army, you ghosts should try to buy as much money as possible to make more barbarian troops choose to defect. "

Fox nodded and said: "Don't worry, Commander, our ghosts are in the barbarian army, and we have already made careful arrangements. At least millions of barbarian troops can choose to surrender without fighting."

"What actions did the Golden Lion Empire, Scarlet Tiger Empire and Black Bear Empire take after declaring war?" Zhou Rui asked.

"Reporting to the commander, after the three orc nations declared war on our Zhou family, they began to mobilize warships and armies from the orc world to our world.

The other three orc nations have all started large-scale military expansion.

Both the Golden Lion Empire and the Black Bear Empire announced that they would expand their army by 400 million, while the Red Tiger Empire announced that they would expand their army by 300 million. "

Zhou Rui turned his head and said to Zhou Xiaorong: "Second Uncle, you heard it too. Now that the three orc nations have started to expand their armies, our Zhou family has to step up their preparations."

Zhou Xiaorong said: "Commander, after discussion, we plan to expand the size of the 15 local vassal armies to 2 guard divisions and 20 infantry divisions.

Jingzhou Town, Yuzhou Town, Lanzhou Town, Weizhou Town, and Kezhou Town, because they are located in the Western Continent, the armies of the Golden Lion, Red Tiger, and Black Bear are likely to directly attack these five towns.

Therefore, these five vassal armies are preparing to reorganize 12 new infantry divisions. In this way, we will have 48 infantry divisions in Jingzhou Town, Yuzhou Town, Lanzhou Town, Weizhou Town and Kezhou Town and 1 guard division. "

Zhou Rui pondered for a while and said: "The 15 local vassal armies have been expanded to 2 guard divisions and 25 infantry divisions.

Don't forget that the Golden Lion Empire, Scarlet Tiger Empire, and Black Bear Empire have all joined the so-called Six Nations Military Alliance. Maybe the other three orc nations in the Six Nations Military Alliance will also declare war on our Zhou family this time. "

Zhou Rui found that his mouth was stinky enough. He just said that the Silver Wolf Empire, the Flying Leopard Empire and the Bull Empire might declare war on the Zhou family, and Hu Er sent Zhou Rui a secret message.

According to the reliable information obtained by "Ghost Shadow", the Silver Wolf Empire, the Flying Leopard Empire and the Bull Empire, under the persuasion of the other three orc nations, are ready to declare war on the Zhou family.

Zhou Rui gently placed the secret message on the table, "What should come, will always come, and you can't hide from it.

According to the command of the commander-in-chief, all the feudal towns of the Zhou family will immediately enter full preparation for war!

This time our Zhou family will face the entire orc clan! "

On the morning of February 1545th, 2, the Silver Wolf Empire, the Flying Leopard Empire, and the Manniu Empire announced at the same time that they would abide by the treaty of the Six Nations Military Alliance, and formally declared war on the 5 feudal towns under the jurisdiction of the Zhou family of the Han and Tang Empires.

Zhou Xiaorong then held another press conference on behalf of the Zhou family, announcing that the Zhou family would also declare war on the Silver Wolf Empire, the Flying Leopard Empire, and the Bull Empire.

In the Forbidden Army Governor's Mansion in Tiansheng City, the capital of the Han and Tang Empires, Zhao Shicong, the commander of Xiuyitai, said to Zhao Rongguang: "Father, the six major beast nations have all declared war on the Zhou family.

What should the court do next? "

Zhao Rongguang sighed and said: "The imperial court can only choose to be neutral and not to help each other."