Public trial?You deserve it too!

"But I still want to warn you that taking the estimated risk is not the same as being reckless. This time, if I didn't send troops in that direction to search for traces of you and the civilians, would you be able to come out of that settlement alive?"

"I... I only went in after I found out that their army was dispatched. I just wanted to investigate..."

Claude looked a little aggrieved, but in the end he couldn't say anything, he just straightened his spine.

Carl raised his mouth slightly and waved his hand, indicating that Claude could leave.

The boy saluted and withdrew.

It wasn't until Claude left here that Carl's expression became gloomy again.

This time the orcs acted extremely abnormally, their landing came too fast.

The empire actually thought that they might go south by ferry. After all, the current strategy of the northern border is to shrink in an all-round way, so the originally dense sentries and patrols have been transferred back, and naturally there may be loopholes.

In order to make up for this loophole, the North Sea Fleet of the Empire has been ordered to send a fleet to patrol and prepare to destroy these canoe pirates at sea. However, this order was issued only a few days ago, and even when they were just ready to go to sea, these orcs had already Massive landfall on the coastline east of Karelia.

That's why Carl, who was aware of the problem, sent troops out of the city so decisively. On the one hand, he wanted to meet Claude, and on the other hand, he wanted to find out the opponent's plan.

If these orcs are still the same as before, wherever they go and where they are destroyed, then the problem is not a big problem, as long as the navy shoots all their ships on the coast, and when the Imperial Mobile Corps arrives, they can just push them all the way. room, no mercy, no captives.

But now, the problem is different. The other party captured human captives, and from the mouths of the villagers rescued by Claude, the other party can almost use "careful" to describe the method of detaining them, as if they were deeply afraid that the other party would die .

"Why would the orcs capture captives? There is no reason. This will only slow down their speed and consume the supplies they plundered, and it will also give a clear instruction to the imperial army. It is simply a chicken smearing itself with sauce Juice, calling for us to roast him!"

Karl stared at the map on the table, and walked all the way from the landing place and the fallen outpost reported by Claude, there were traces of orcs coming ashore almost everywhere.

"Could it be that... this snowstorm didn't put them in a desperate situation? But how is this possible? The survival methods of the orcs cannot avoid this kind of thing, and they don't rely on farming instead of herding like the people of the empire..."

The old man's pupils retracted for a moment, and he suddenly turned his attention to the part of the map that was completely fabricated by imagination, the northern part of the Qianli Snow Mountain.

"Could it be that the orcs reclaimed the land there? But how did they do it? Did they capture humans for their experience in reclaiming and planting in the Northland? Or do they need labor force population? But if they want to capture slaves, they have so much food ?"

Problems arose one after another, and cold sweat broke out on the old man's forehead. If the orcs really had the means to survive such a terrible natural disaster, and even avoided the bloodletting hole of the Karelian Isthmus, then once the empire It is unimaginable how terrible damage the orcs can cause if they are neglected!

"No, you can't be so passive... You must dispatch troops to touch these orcs!" Karl slapped the map. "They didn't come to fight for the survival of the race! I must find their purpose. If they are really hunting down the civilians of the empire, they must not be allowed to succeed!"

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"It seems that everyone is fine."

Claude looked at the three people who surrounded him, obviously very happy.

"Gustav came here before, and he told us that you are fine, and Mr. Carl called you over." Erwin was obviously a little excited. "You really did it...without us..."

"No, actually not, a few outposts were attacked before I could notify them." Claude sighed, "Only in this kind of time can I feel my own weakness and helplessness, if I can have an army It’s fine, even a long knight brigade..."

"You have done a good job, Captain, at least you have made us feel ashamed."

Georgi bowed his head.

"I... I'm sorry, at that time."

"You are the team member I need most, Georgi, you have carried out my orders very decisively, and played a leading role, helping other team members to follow you to do the right thing. The front-line officers who have fought with real guns don't have any emotional judgments."

Claude directly interrupted the other party's confession, and highly praised Comrade Georgi's ability to understand the instructions of the superiors, and called on all team members to learn from his spirit of obeying commands, keep in mind the military mission, and continue to move forward.

Whoops, we're on stage.

"I want you to remember that I am the captain you chose, and I think I should barely prove my ability, so next time, I hope that my orders will be thoroughly implemented and implemented by you, and there is no room for bargaining." ,Understand?"

Claude said these words, but looked at Erwin.

"Yes, Captain."

All three pledged.

"Very well, then I think you all want to know what happened to me along the way, right? Looks like it's time for me to show off"

Claude became energetic again.

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"Is this the Khan's order?"

The orc navy commander who had been staying by the coast looked at the messenger in shock.

"Yes, Khan said that the empire's navy has already been dispatched. If you don't retreat now, you will risk your entire army being wiped out."

The messenger's voice was a little heavy.

"The only way now is to cross the sea directly to the north. The empire's defenses in Savobotn have been fully contracted, so we will go ashore directly from there, and no one will stop us."

"Then these captives..."

"Throw it all away, Khan said, everything is not as important as your lives now, this is the only chance for the orc, he must protect every one of Odin's people!"

The commander pursed his lips and nodded resolutely.

"I understand, please go back and tell Khan, I will definitely bring everyone back immediately!"

The messenger nodded, immediately returned to his ship, turned the bow and left.

"Call me all the orderlies!"

The commander growled at his adjutant.

"Yes!"

After a while, a group of strong orcs ran in immediately.

"Your Mightiness!"

"Take your snow wolves and go to inform every unit that the mission is cancelled. Return to the seaside immediately, take a boat to the north, and land at Savobotn. Don't stop, go straight north and go deep into the jungle. We will meet here."

The commander tapped on a spot on the map, which was a valley they had marked before. If the ship was destroyed and the troops were withdrawn from the land, they would gather there.

"Yes, Your Excellency!"

The orderly replied loudly.

"Remember, tell the people in other teams that everything is to save the lives of the orc warriors, and only take away supplies that don't affect the speed!" The commander bared his white teeth ferociously, "Tell them, we don't need those cumbersome things. Humans are captured!"

"Yes!"

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"Nice to meet you, Duke of Brittany."

The man in robes was sitting at the table, and the waiter respectfully asked the Duke to sit down, but it was obvious that the Duke's expression was not good.

"You are crazy! You want to meet me in the emperor! Don't you know how hard those mad dogs from the Imperial Intelligence Bureau stared at me!" The Duke's tone was full of anger, "Although I am loyal to Aogu Situ, but they never cared about this kind of thing. I know that your Theocracy is very capable, and this is also my residence, but this is the emperor's feet, so you are so sure?"

"If I didn't have this ability, I should have been arrested by the Intelligence Bureau for trial and then sent to the guillotine." The robed man sat on the chair leisurely, "Don't worry, some of your subordinates are spies from the Intelligence Bureau, I am not Did I tell you everything already?"

The Duke of Brittany's face was gloomy, and he obviously didn't have any good looks towards the man in robes because of this incident. If it wasn't for the fact that the other party was able to help him connect with the merchant alliance for smuggling, which brought him endless profits, he would have Absolutely will not agree to meet him in the imperial capital.

"What's the matter, tell me!"

The man in the robe smiled and handed over a piece of information: "I heard that you have an illegitimate son who is undergoing a year of training at the Imperial Military University. It seems that something happened. I guess it's not easy for you to care about it directly, but I just happened to get some information. , so I’ll leave it to you, so that you can feel at ease.”

The Duke of Brittany didn't look at the paper at all, his heart was full of anger at being teased.

"You let me take such a big risk, just for such a small thing!"

He slapped the table furiously.

"You should take a look first." The robed man remained calm and unhurried, "The northern border of the empire has encountered an unprecedented terrible snowstorm, but fortunately, the teacher leading the team is obviously very experienced and sent a search and rescue team in advance, so your son It’s just that it’s been frozen a little bit, so there’s nothing serious about it.”

"What the hell are you talking about!"

"What I want to say is that even the empire is a bit hard to resist this natural disaster, so what will happen to the orcs?"

"What do I care about the life or death of the orc?" The Duke of Brittany's anger was clearly about to blow off the roof, "Before I kick you out, you'd better tell me why you came!"

"It's really... I really don't like talking to you." The robed man shook his head regretfully, "Then I'll cut to the chase, Duke of Brittany, under this natural disaster, the orcs may be persecuted to death. The army goes south, and then it is estimated that they will shed the last drop of blood under the walls of the empire just like their ancestors."

"Then, after the orc race is kicked out from the continental chess game, where do you think the northern army used to defend the orc will be used by that majesty?"

The Duke of Brittany was taken aback, and sat down. His mind finally calmed down from his anger and fear, and he began to think about this question. The more he thought about it, the paler his face became.

"Sure enough, when it comes to matters related to yourself, you always respond so quickly, which is why the transactions between us are always very pleasant."

The robed man stood up, bent down, and stared playfully at the Duke whose body began to tremble slightly.

"You, and your noble friends, are already dying and don't know it. Isn't it worth my coming to you?"

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"The emperor... the emperor dare not do this! Without us, what will he use to rule the empire?" The Duke of Brittany forcibly calmed down, "And we have already regressed, we are loyal to Augustus , has already surrendered, what will he do! Isn’t this the rule of the game all the time! We choose the crown prince chosen by the emperor, be his pawn, and then repeat. We just want to keep our fief, no one wants Challenge him!"

"He is the emperor, what does he think, how can you and I know?" The robed man chuckled, "But I think you also know that if Lauenburg didn't stop you, you people would have already Died under the butcher's knife of the guards."

The Duke was speechless. It was true that they touched the emperor's scales, but he can be sure that no one wanted to make trouble like that at that time. vase, but the tragedy just happened, and the chance of reconciliation between them and the emperor was lost forever.

The woman who was about to wear the queen's corolla died, dying in the days when the impatiens fluttered.

"It's disturbing, isn't it? You have to be loyal to the son of the woman you forced to death. With the hatred that His Majesty has towards you, do you really think he will let you continue playing this game?"

The voice of the robed man became cold.

"Wake up, Your Excellency the Duke, your current stability is nothing but bubbles emerging from a layer of fragmented unspoken rules. As long as he leaves a secret suicide note and tells his children how his mother died, You will once again face an emperor who is full of hatred for you, and then he will once again cultivate a crown prince who is hostile to you, and three generations of emperors will take crazy revenge. Do you think that you can continue to play in the game field of the empire? "

The hands of the Duke of Brittany on his knees were tightly twisted together!

"Give up fantasy and luck. His Majesty's ability and determination are definitely beyond the imagination of all of you. If you want to pass on the glory from your ancestors, it's time to prepare for a change."

The man propped his hands on the table and looked at the man in the robe.

"I hope you can understand one thing. My ancestors participated in the founding of this empire, and they have always been proud of being an imperial person—I am the same."

He said these words word by word, and the firmness in them was self-evident.

"I will do anything to pass on the glory of this ancestor, but that is when the empire is still passed on! I will never help other people deal with the empire, otherwise the surname I bear will no longer have any meaning! That way Otherwise, my obsession is just a joke!"

The robed man was noncommittal.

"Don't think that other people will agree to such a thing. I can tell you right now that no one will choose to destroy the empire for the sake of family inheritance. This is enough to put our surname on the pillar of shame forever!"

The words of the Duke of Brittany were resounding.

The slow applause sounded like cheering for his confession.

"Inspirational speech, my lord, people can't help but applaud your patriotism." There was no fluctuation in the robed man's voice, as if he had expected the other party's words long ago. "But when did I say that you need to betray the empire?"

"Isn't it, a spy from the Theocracy?"

The man said mockingly.

"Of course not. Do you think why we established the Theocracy? As descendants of the founding fathers, you should remember a little bit, right?"

The man in the robe stood up and started pacing along the table.

"We are here for the human race, a unified human race. The Theocracy has never believed in gods, because any thing that thinks it is not human will be driven to extinction by us!" His voice also began to rise, "What we want, It has never been about destroying the empire, but for the empire to be used as a sharp blade to cut off the inheritance of other races!"

"That sounds good." The sarcasm in the Duke's tone deepened.

"I know you won't believe it, because you have long been dazzled by power struggles. Your patriotism is no longer a belief, but a proof of your identity. Unfortunately, within the Church, to you There are not a few people who put aside their own beliefs and get lost in party struggles and self-interest."

The robed man nodded in understanding.

"This is what we have been worried about. Just the area under the jurisdiction of the Theocracy is enough to make people's ambitions exceed their ideals. If the Theocracy really swallows the entire empire, will it really be the Theocracy? We Can the faith really be inherited in the face of so many interests?"

"Impossible, so we have always been committed to making the empire understand its responsibilities. As the most powerful force in mankind, they should shoulder the responsibility of sweeping up those alien races—this is what we have always wanted to do , we need a His Majesty who is close to the Theocracy and who is iron-blooded enough to complete our idea."

The Duke's expression remained unchanged: "You want the empire to bleed and reap the benefits, right?"

"Hear me to the end, sir."

The tone of the robed man returned to calm.

"The empire should completely sweep the orcs and elves out of the stage of history. In exchange, the Holy Kingdom will not only be willing to hand over all the southeastern dioceses, but you can also occupy other areas except the holy city of Vatican. The churches can be demolished, and the people You can stay, we just need a city to house the most loyal believers."

"And all the knights of the Theocracy will go to the Fortress of Constantine, where we will launch an unprecedented Eastern Expedition until the evil power is completely sealed in that terrible dark tunnel. Of course, In exchange for all the land the Theocracy has granted, the Empire must fully support all logistical needs there."

The Duke looked at the man in robes like an idiot. Is this kind of weird exchange really possible?Leaving aside why the empire started a war against two foreign races just because of the illusory promise of the Theocracy, could the Theocracy be able to unify their opinions?

Provence rebellion killed the head of the nobleman, still hanging on the old crooked neck tree, forget it!

"...you think I'll believe it?"

"Naturally, the Theocracy will show its sincerity first." The robed man nodded, "We just need a His Majesty who treats us with a gentle attitude, so this deal can be done slowly, and we can even deliver the goods first, and wait for the empire to After seeing our actions, we will decide whether to continue paying."

"Well, let's assume that you can do it, so which prince do you want to cooperate with?" The man spread his hands, "His Highness Augustus? His Highness Ludwig? You don't want to say Joachim?" The guy who got kicked out, right?"

"We don't make deals with losers because investing like that just throws money in the water and it's still too much of a luxury for us to hear about it."