Lord of War

  In the bright royal conference hall, Moro VII's face looked extremely yin and heavy.

  The participants this time are no longer just the fourteen high-ranking noble circles, but all the real power figures in the entire kingdom. These include two other powerful dukes besides the southern aristocratic faction, as well as commanders and generals from the Ministry of Military Affairs, and even some domestically recognized marquis and earls with strength prefixes, as well as the commanders of various regiments of the kingdom with a certain degree of autonomy. All participated in this meeting.

  This is the second meeting of this scale since King Moro VII took the throne.

  The first time, naturally, was the almost total war triggered by Asuna’s invasion of the Kingdom of Darbion.

  In the royal conference hall at this time, the atmosphere was extremely depressing, and everyone's faces looked very ugly. After many people looked at each other, they all saw a touch of shock and surprise in each other's eyes. Of course, what more people see is a kind of anger, a kind of extreme anger after being humiliated.

"What do you think about this matter?" After all, Moro VII took the lead in breaking the half-hour depression and silence in the royal conference hall. His voice seemed a little tired, but which of the nobles present was not a human being. , They all heard a trace of the anger that Moro VII was trying to suppress from this exhaustion.

  For Moro VII, these nobles are not unfamiliar.

  In the eyes of the nobles, he was a madman who was very happy with his achievements, and he was far from the previous six Moro kings that could be called a great moat. But unfortunately, this VII has a very obvious lack of knowledge of himself. He always feels that he is a good ruler of the country, and often fantasizes that Darbion can become one of the seven empires in his hands. But in fact, under the rule of Moro VII, Darbion continued to open up, and even defended Chengdu seemed a little lacking.

  In recent years, apart from a big defeat in Asuna's hands, several conflicts with the Kingdom of France also ended in failure.

  The Kingdom of France, located to the northwest of the Kingdom of Darbion, borders the Kingdom of Darbion with a larger area. The outbreak of several conflicts was mainly concentrated on the northern front, but the nobles on this front were all members of the northwest aristocratic circle. In the last war with Asuna, the northwest aristocratic circle of the kingdom also had this problem against the southern aristocracy. While carrying out a small amount of reinforcements, the facts have proved that this is a loss of money, which is also one of the important reasons for the tightness of the northern front.

   Logically speaking, now that the northern front is tight, King Moro VII should provide a certain degree of reinforcement here.

   But now the King of Darbion has devoted almost all his attention to the southern front. The neglect of the northern front has largely caused dissatisfaction among many aristocrats in the northwest aristocratic circle.

   But no matter how dissatisfied, all the nobles in the northwest aristocratic circle present today are very clear about the importance of this matter at the moment. Although there are people who gloat for misfortune, there is absolutely no one who is stupid enough to put on their faces at this time, and they are more thinking about what kind of role they will play in the next kingdom action and how to get more. Interests.

  This is the nobility.

"Your Majesty, I think we should launch a counterattack immediately!" A middle-aged man in the uniform of the Military Ministry took the lead. "If we don't act immediately, this will not only damage our country’s reputation, but even trigger other events. Series of crises."

  As for the crisis, the real-powered nobleman did not say clearly, but all the nobles present were very clear about it.

  All countries on the Marvel Continent have zero tolerance for treason.

  In fact, unless it is the surrendering nobility of the defeated country, any noble rebellion to another country will cause a strong backlash from that country. In the face of this kind of behavior, the normal course is to gather the entire country’s forces to launch an offensive against this traitor’s territory. In terms of the scale and extent of the war, this is a large-scale war second only to the national war—of course. In many cases, this kind of thing will evolve into a two-state war.

  Because, as a country that accepts the surrender of the nobleman, it is naturally impossible to watch the surrender die in such a crusade, and they will inevitably increase troops in the aristocratic territory. Because if the crusade is successful, it will naturally be a matter of extreme damage to the reputation of the country that accepts the mutineer, so even if you don’t care about the surrender at all, it is still necessary to behave in support. of.

  Of course, in most cases and situations, private negotiations are also a means of solving problems.

This is also one of the main reasons why Viscount Day’s surrender and rebellion did not cause a strong backlash. After all, Day’s collar was completely captured by Sean, and the Southern Noble faction of Dabion also responded fiercely in this matter. Measures, so through the domestic news blockade, except for Moro VII, the Boulder family and several other southern aristocratic factions, no one knew that a Viscount named Rudd Mitchlin had already turned to Sean.

  It’s just that this time for the Kingdom of Darbion, things are not so easy to solve.

  Because of the rebellion, the Duke of Tequila, one of the five dukes of the Kingdom of Darbion, and the Marquis of Romea, one of the ten powerful marquis.

The status of these two people in the Kingdom of Darbion is definitely not low, so their rebellion will naturally cause shock to the entire Kingdom of Darbion-not just the shock of the noble circle, everyone who knows this will I was extremely shocked, and of course more incomprehensible. How can a duke and marquis of a kingdom rebel and seek refuge in a duchy?

  This is simply an incredible thing!

   But no matter how incredible this thing is, it really happened.

   Therefore, in order to ensure the reputation of the Kingdom of Darbion or to ensure their noble privileges, they must respond immediately. Even if the Northwest aristocratic circle has any dissatisfaction with Moro VII or even the southern aristocratic circle, they must actively participate in this matter at this sensitive time, and this matter is not completely without any benefits. After all, tequila The richness of the collar is also evident in the entire Kingdom of Darbion.

   "Then what do you think, how should we fight back?" Moro VII asked again.

  This time, even the powerful nobleman in the military department was a little surprised.

  How to fight back?

  This is indeed a problem.

The history of the Duke of Tequila guarding the entire agave collar is as long as the history of the founding of the Kingdom of Darbion. But the entire Boulder family still has nearly 100,000 troops. And it’s more obvious that the Boulder family has been prepared to rebel from the beginning. They gave up all the outer areas of the entire territory and concentrated all their forces in the core hinterland of the agave collar, which means If they want to attack the tequila collar and even make the Boulder family history, then they must be psychologically prepared to pay a heavy price.

  At this point, it has to be said that the Boulder family deserves to be an old family standing among the top five dukes of the Kingdom of Darbion.

Because the closer the agave collar is to the Boulder family’s core area, the smaller its resources and value, but the more difficult it is to attack. This completely disproportionate ratio naturally makes it easy for many nobles to not die. Go desperately. After all, the nobles are greedy for profit, and their crusade against the agave collar is more just to maintain the stability of the domestic environment of the Kingdom of Darbion, in order to maintain their noble privileges and occupy as many interests as possible.

  That's it.

  As for the Dubai family of Romea, this family that has been in alliance with the Boulder family for a long time is also very jingming. All members of the entire family have now lived in the Boulder family’s manor, so if the Darbion Kingdom wants to take the Dubai family first, then they also need to face the land and people that have been firmly occupied. The Boulder family. As for the 30,000 troops belonging to the Dubai family, they have already been brought to the frontline by Bourne Dubai himself. This also means that if the former powerful Marquis of the Kingdom of Darbion is to be eliminated, they must face it. From Pandan collar and Tonis collar, two humanoid demons.

  Yes, the lord of Pandaren, Sean Connery, has been equated with Asuna G. Evans in the eyes of many nobles in the Darbion Kingdom.

  The demon from Lane.

  However, unlike the problem that the expensive Darbys worry about, the real headache for Moro VII and the entire military department is another problem: Darby Ang has lost two Jing Rui troops with designations and banners.

  The Tequila Army from the Boulder family and the Grimbear Corps from the Dubai family.

The Kingdom of Darbion has a total of ten Jing Rui troops that have received the designation flag, and the entire Darbion Southern Noble faction accounts for four, namely the Boulder family’s Tequila Army, the Dubai family’s Grim Bear Corps, and Howard The family’s Mountain Lion Army and Prince Hochdi’s Scarlet Knights; among the other six, five belonged to the royal family of the Kingdom of Darbion, namely the Royal Guards, the Third Guards, and the Fourth Army. And the Red Cross Cavalry Regiment and the Second Cavalry Regiment; and the last one is the Hepson Guard, which is controlled by one of the five dukes of Dabion and belongs to the Hepson family of the northwest aristocratic circle.

   But now, the Mountain Lion Legion is destroyed, and the Tequila Army and the Grim Bear Legion have joined the Principality of Lane. The Scarlet Knights may be able to exert a strong combat power under the scale of a thousand people, but their role in large-scale battles is almost zero. What’s even more infuriating is that the frontline battle report that came a few days ago stated that the 2nd Cavalry Regiment, which had been besieging and occupying the enemy army of Tin Chiyin, was hit hard by the near-destruction due to the Dubai family’s raid. Ten thousand soldiers of the Fourth Legion were also joined, which is equivalent to saying that there are only four and a half of the ten Jingrui troops in the Kingdom of Darbion!

  In other words, in terms of military power, the Kingdom of Darbion has almost no advantage. If two of the sanctuary powerhouses with high-end combat power were severely damaged, it can already be said that the national power of the Kingdom of Darbion has been weakened to an incomparably weakened level.

"Your Majesty, the most important question now is how to deal with the traitors." Facing the silence in the royal conference hall, someone finally broke the silence. "We should concentrate our forces to attack the traitors of the Boulder family and the Dubai family first. As for the others, we can put them aside for now."

"Let it go? How to let it go?" Someone immediately retorted, "On the northern front, people in the Kingdom of France are always moving stupidly. If we concentrate our forces at this time, we will definitely take the opportunity to fish in troubled waters. It is very likely to face a two-front battle."

"We can temporarily negotiate with people from the Kingdom of France. It's okay to give up something a bit. The top priority is indeed to deal with the traitor first." Once the topic of discussion began, people began to join the discussion. "Moreover, The Principality of Ryan is not necessarily united. The strength of the Boulder family is obvious to us, and not all Ryan aristocrats will welcome them to join. The most important thing is the Millennium Covenant of the Sovereign State of Ryan. Bian will certainly not allow such a powerful family to join the Principality of Lane."

"Even if the Millennium Covenant is not happy, what can it be? Now in the passage between the Millennium Covenant and the Principality of Lane, there is a powerful demon entrenched there. No one knows what happened there. Many religious knights go. After that, there is no return. Now it has attracted the attention of almost all the religions of the entire continent. Even if the Millennium Covenant Empire is dissatisfied with the Principality of Ryan, it will not have time to pay attention to them in a short time. If the Principality of Ryan does not take the opportunity to develop If they do, then they are fools."

   "Maybe you really are a fool?"

"is it possible?"

  The discussion quickly turned into a fierce quarrel, and then gradually turned into a mockery of dissidents, and the royal conference hall quickly became as noisy as a vegetable market. However, although the quarrels and ridicules are very serious, in general, two camps can be clearly distinguished: one is that the whole country should immediately send troops to take the tequila collar like a thunder offensive, and supporters of this camp. Basically, they are members of the hawks, reformers, Communists, and Southeast Aristocratic factions of the Royal Party and the Ministry of Military Affairs; the other camp’s proposal is to stabilize the northern front and then gradually use the existing forces to gradually improve the agave collar. At the same time, the southern part of Dabiang temporarily stopped the war with Lord Panda, and instead concentrated the forces to solve the internal worries of the agave collar first. The supporters of this political opinion were basically the stability of the Northwest aristocratic faction and the Ministry of Military Affairs. Send members.

  As for the neutrals who occupy the most number in the aristocratic class, they became completely confused after losing the leader of the Boulder family. They did not concentrate on unified political views, but stood in teams in both camps.

  It’s just that in these two camps, compared with the second camp, there are two different differences between those who support the political view of launching a nationwide attack on the Tequila Collar. Factions such as the Loyalists, Hawks, and Southeast Aristocrats advocated that while attacking the tequila collar, they also launched a declaration of war on the Principality of Ryan; while the Communists and the reformists always believed that they should try to fight against Born in the Principality of Ryan. The hostile nobles of the German family made contact and broke their unity from within.

  Two political opinions and three methods, the royal conference hall gradually became a little uncomfortable, which made Moro VII's face gradually become more and more ugly, and his brows became more and more tight.

   "Quiet!" Finally, Moro VII, who could not bear it, let out an angry roar.

  Feeling the anger of King Moro VII, everyone in the royal conference hall finally began to gradually quiet down, and the noisy voices began to gradually disappear, until finally it turned into silence. The vast majority of people looked at each other with a little uneasiness. This kind of people basically belonged to the clique of the wall, because after losing the leadership of the Boulder family, these people didn't know what to say at all, so as not to be rebelled. The Boulder family is involved, and they can only choose to stand in line at this time.

  Only a very small number of people still have a calm face at the moment, and these people are naturally staunch supporters of dissident political views and practices.

  Moro VII’s gaze swept across the faces of these people one by one, and then finally fell on the face of a relatively young nobleman.

  He still remembers that the young noble in front of him is now a powerful noble with a high rank, especially his training ability is said to be one of the best in the entire Kingdom of Darbion. Of course, Moro VII will remember this person because the Boulder family once recommended him to him, hoping to make him the commander of the 4th Cavalry Regiment, and he will be in charge of and command the entire 4th Cavalry. The regiment, because he is likely to bring the eleventh to the Kingdom of Darbion to receive the honor of duli designation.

However, because of the failure of the battle with Lord Panda, the leader of Chiraf was lost, and Moro VII did not trust the strength of this young nobleman. Later, although Boulder mentioned it several times to let him take over. Regarding the Fourth Cavalry Regiment, he still did not agree.

  Molo VII vaguely remembered that this young nobleman seemed to be Ronnis.

  Lonnis Hold, a marquis of strength.

   "Lonnis." Moro VII spoke suddenly.

   "Yes." Ronnis was taken aback for a moment. He didn't understand what Moro VII meant by calling him at this time, but he still spoke immediately.

   "If I give you the 4th Cavalry Regiment now, how long will it take you to train this army into a Jing Rui army?"

   Hearing this, Ronnies was a little dazed, not only Ronnies, the other nobles present were also a little dazed, and some of them couldn't figure out what Moro VII was thinking at this time. But soon, Ronnis came back to his senses, but his brows were frowned: "Your Majesty, even if the Fourth Cavalry Regiment is handed over to me now, it doesn't make much sense."

"Why?"

"Because under my guidance, it will take at least one year for the Fourth Cavalry Regiment to become an army that meets the standard definition of'Jing Rui'. If it is to become a real Jing Rui army. , An army that is not inferior to the Second Cavalry Regiment, or even comparable to the Red Cross Cavalry Regiment, then this will take at least three years." Ronnis did not feel embarrassed at all, but said with a calm face. "Therefore, it is meaningless whether the commander of the Fourth Cavalry Regiment is not me at this time."

Moro VII nodded his head, and said nothing. Although he looked calm and peaceful, Ronnis and several other thoughtful people still caught the passing moment in Moro VII's eyes. A touch of disappointment and regret, and of course a trace of helpless self-blame. It’s just that others don’t know the reason for this helpless self-blame, but Lonnis knows very well. He knows that the king has regretted not following the advice of the old Duke Hatch and let him be the commander of the 4th Cavalry Regiment. , Otherwise, at least Dabion will now have an extra Jing Rui army available, so that he won't fall into the dilemma that he is not dominant in military power.

  At this moment, the iron door of the Royal Conference Hall was suddenly opened.

  A messenger broke in.

  All the nobles turned their heads to look at the herald, and many of them showed some sympathy on their faces. Because once this royal conference hall is opened, any interruption is prohibited until the end of the meeting, unless it is an emergency special situation, but the rules are so, but usually the emergency is not urgent, the special is not special, and it is not that Moro VII has the final say. At this moment, Moro VII was obviously in a very bad mood. This herald rushed in, and his fate was already conceivable.

"What's up!"

  Sure enough, Moro VII's face immediately became especially yin sinking.

  The messenger's heart trembled. He had realized that something was wrong. He finally knew why the other messengers were reluctant to come in at this time, but instead delegated this task to him. It's just that since they have already broken in, obviously he has no retreat. On the contrary, it is better to submit this urgent report from the front openly, maybe it will save his life.

  "Your Majesty, urgent report!" The herald immediately handed the so-called urgent report to Moro VII.

  In the Kingdom of Darbion, all emergency newspapers are marked with red se letterhead, so it is naturally difficult to know what is on the unopened letterhead. The Second Cavalry Regiment was hit hard before, and the rebellion of the Boulder family and the Dubai family was also passed back on red letter paper. Therefore, whether the so-called "emergency special situation" is naturally to be determined, and only this trusted one. The herald would break into this royal conference hall without knowing anything.

  Moro VII took the letterhead with a cold snort, then took out the letterhead and glanced at it hurriedly.

  At first glance, Moro VII did not pay special attention. He was still thinking about how to confuse his inner anger.

   But when he scanned a few words on this military intelligence, Moro VII's expression became serious.

  At the second glance, he was already serious about starting from the beginning.

  But soon, the serious expression on his face changed and was shocked, and then he began to check the contents of the letter paper repeatedly.

  On this military intelligence, only a few brief words were written, but Moro VII looked at it several times over and over again, always feeling that he was dazzled.

  After such a few minutes, he finally had to believe that it was not his dazzling, but the content written on this piece of paper. (To be continued.)