Public trial?You deserve it too!

Claude asked cautiously.

Heinrich gave him a puzzled look, then shook his head.

"That is... Your Majesty is in a good mood?"

"Your Majesty's mood is not something we can guess."

"...you taught me a lesson."

Claude closed his mouth. Obviously, the other party just softened his attitude towards him, and nothing else changed at all.

All the way without a word, the carriage directly entered the palace and stopped in front of the Roman palace.

"Here we are, come with me."

Heinrich got up, and Claude followed obediently, crossing the steps. This was the third time he had entered this hall.

"Your Majesty, Knight Claude Kaos has been brought here."

Heinrich knelt down on one knee, reported loudly, and then stepped aside.

"See Your Majesty."

Claude knelt down on one knee and completed the standard audience etiquette.

"Get up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

The boy stood up, quietly waiting for the emperor's question.

"The last two times you were here, Karl was by your side, but you didn't expect that life and death are just a matter of time."

The old emperor's voice was a little emotional.

"However, Karl has got his wish. I let him stay in the palace all these years as my mouthpiece. I think he is unwilling to do it-this time he killed his enemy with his own hands, and he is also the only one I have. Feel a little relieved."

"Your Majesty said yes."

Claude made up his mind not to talk too much, just waiting for the old emperor to make a move.

"Karl's attitude towards the elves is because of the desire for revenge, and the empire has an indelible hatred with other neighboring countries?"

This is to ask my attitude towards other countries?

Claude was taken aback, already thinking about it.

"Do you know anything about the recent situation of the orcs?"

The emperor changed the subject and asked a topic that should not have been used to ask students.

"At the beginning of this year, during the winter and spring, I fought with the orcs in the northern border of the empire. After that, I couldn't get any more information. If you only talk about the victory of Lake Ladoga and the naval battle to wipe out the orcs in the Baltic Sea, I really don't know. And some insights."

"Then tell me first."

The emperor was obviously in a good mood and signaled Claude to play freely.

"The white disaster at the beginning of the year has already driven the orcs to a dead end. They have no other way to survive except to fight the empire with their lives. And the offensive and defensive battle in the northern border, even after the battle of Lake Ladoga, I thought so .”

Claude begins his performance.

"Your Majesty knows that I also made some gains in Lake Ladoga. I killed two chiefs of medium-sized tribes and forced to land some orcs. Therefore, I took a second look at the merits and rewards after the war. Because the minister I have a better memory, but I found out that the number of enemy chieftains captured is not consistent with the number of orc tribes according to the original statistics of the empire."

"It's okay if it's a small tribe. After all, the orc tribes have always been chaotic, but what's missing are the enemy chieftains of several large tribes, and I haven't even found the relevant totem flags. What's more, I haven't been able to find any information about the orcs. any trace of Khan."

Claude's speech was very clear, thinking that he had decided to take advantage of this to give himself some money after he knew that the orc's conspiracy did not come from the orc's own means.

"Because I still need to continue to practice, I just wrote a report and submitted it, explaining that there may be many orcs hiding in the thousands of miles of snow-capped mountains. After that, I went south with the team and went to the front line of the elves. Get any news about the north."

The emperor's eyes showed appreciation. The report is now in his hand. He has read the discussion in it, but the other party did not expect the methods of the Church and the Merchant Alliance to be so powerful, so it is just a guess. The orcs probably Many hot spring valley bottoms have been found in the snow-capped mountains, where you can recuperate.He reminded the empire that it must not think that the orcs have been wiped out, and therefore relax their vigilance in the northern border.

He didn't interrupt Claude, because the other party mentioned about the Baltic Sea battle and said that he had a new understanding, so he continued to listen patiently.

"After that, in the autumn, I encountered a surprise battle in the sea of ​​fog in the northern part of the Baltic Sea. It was because of this battle that I overturned all my previous speculations, and had a more wild idea--orcs are no longer a A single, closed nomad, but has already set up a line with the business alliance, and began to develop towards our human civilization."

"Well... what's your reason?"

The emperor's fingers tapped on the armrest of his throne, and there was no trace of emotion in his voice.

"Because the other party has a navy, a navy in the true sense, and I once used Manfred, the wind knight, to conduct a gang battle, and found that the people at the helm of the ship were all humans—and what was even more incredible was that those orcs He actually complied with the order of the human captain without any hesitation."

Claude's voice was a little dignified, obviously worried.

"I don't know what happened later, but I heard that the ports and shipyards of the orcs are so complete that they can even be repaired and used by the empire instead of being destroyed and rebuilt. This means that the construction of the shipbuilding industry and port facilities of the other party is extremely complete. Skillful, this is definitely not a level that an orc who has never shown these abilities before can reach the point by groping—then the help that the business alliance gives to the other party is quite terrifying, so terrible that it is definitely not a normal behavior of a businessman. "

"Think about it differently. The empire has never obtained a complete map of the Thousand Li Snow Mountain and the North Sea. So what if these foggy lands really have a good natural port? The orcs can be guided to build a port in the Baltic Sea , there is no reason why we can’t build another one on the North Coast, and it’s even simpler over there—because the ships of the Merchant Alliance can swagger to transport supplies to them.”

The emperor nodded slightly, obviously approving Claude's words, he waved his hand, and signaled the waiter to pass the information to Claude.

"You are right. The business alliance's support for the orcs has long surpassed the so-called 'commercial trade'. These are all the information sent back by the Imperial Intelligence Bureau in the business alliance. You can take a look."

Claude took the information, lowered his head and read it carefully.

The information in these papers completely verified his conjecture, and the other party even used the time of the ship to transport the goods back and forth and the sediment on the bottom of the ship to infer the approximate travel distance.

"Sure enough, the Imperial Intelligence Bureau is not simply free, at least there are still some talents, then the situation should not be in the worst situation, that is to say, apart from the intelligence warfare in the imperial capital, there are also many spy networks in other regions. Or less can have some usable value. '

Claude thought about it, and felt a little bit more confident in his heart.

"Your Majesty, is this... are these all true? The Merchant Alliance dares to do such a thing! This is an act of betrayal of the race!"

The young man's voice was both startled and angry, and the finger that was pinching the information turned bluish white due to too much force.

"Of course it's true - so what do you think after reading all this?"

"We must smash the business alliance! We must strike hard! These people have no bottom line. Their only bottom line is to oppose the empire. There must be no appeasement for such an enemy!" The young man said such an impassioned speech without hesitation words.

"Hahaha, do you think so? Young people should be more vigorous. However, let's put aside the matter of the business alliance. I still want to hear your opinion on orcs."

The emperor laughed.

"Ever since the Merchant Alliance took the initiative to expose the existence of the orc port, the DPRK and China have been arguing about it. Some people say that the army in the northern border of the empire is so strong that it will not be difficult to destroy the orcs. It is suggested that we should take the initiative to cross the thousands of miles of snow-capped mountains. Assault that port and destroy the orcs once and for all."

"It is also said that although the Imperial Army is strong, there is no map and road details for this expedition, and there is no information about the opponent's military strength. If you fight a muddle-headed expedition, you will lose muddle-headedly. So this matter It needs to be considered in the long run, anyway, the orcs have been scared of being beaten before, and none of them have dared to go south to herd horses for tens of hundreds of years."

The old man looked at Claude.

"I have been hesitating, remembering that you have reported about the orcs, I want to listen to your opinion."

When Claude heard this, he was startled for a moment, then his brows sank, and he began to think, sometimes looking through the information, sometimes thinking hard.

The emperor was not in a hurry, he just let him think.

Finally, the boy's brows relaxed, and he looked confident, with a confident smile on his face.

"Your Majesty, after listening to the two previous suggestions, I feel that both of them are reasonable, but they also have problems. Therefore, I decided to combine the strengths of both and discard the shortcomings of both."

The emperor looked at the energetic young man below, and couldn't help showing a smile at the corner of his mouth.

"tell me the story."

"The minister leads the order."

Claude didn't show off, and directly threw out his plan.

"The military power in the northern border of the empire can indeed eliminate the orcs, but attacking from the land, as the opponents said, this is an attack that knows nothing about the enemy, and secondly, the logistical problem is even more difficult to solve. In the north, the roads are getting more and more difficult, not to mention that the annual travel time is only six months, once the logistics fail, the army will be overthrown, only in an instant."

"So, you object to launching an attack on the orcs?"

"No, what I object to is attacking orcs from land, not against attacking orcs." Claude shook his head, "This is the problem with the other opinion - the orcs built a port and learned from humans, which means , They are no longer scattered weeds in the boundless northern border, but gathered in individual cities and ports, becoming a collective place, this is a great opportunity for us to wipe out the orcs in one fell swoop!"

"What is the reason in this world that the poor do not chase after them? Only dead enemies are good enemies. Now that the orc race has suffered heavy losses, the other party has gathered all the survivors in one place. This is simply the best cooperation. This gave the empire a chance once and for all!"

The emperor obviously became interested, he nodded, and Claude's words hit his heart - such a good opportunity to annihilate the orcs must not be let go.

"So I support the attack on the orcs, but not from the land - but from the sea! From the North Sea, go straight to the port of the orcs, cut off the other party's chance to obtain supplies from the outside, build our base, and build our base with the other party. The city confrontation after Mizoguchi, use our best tactics to kill the opponent!"

Claude was obviously excited.

"The key to all this lies in the North Sea Fleet. As long as the North Sea Fleet can support a naval force strong enough to deter the Merchant Alliance, this plan can be completed—because no matter how much the Merchant Alliance supports the orcs, he must always consider his own existence." ?They will never allow the Armada to be transferred in large numbers to protect the orcs, or even be severely damaged, because this will cause countless gaps in their sea blockade against the empire. In that case, the orcs may survive, but they will have to Bad luck!"

The emperor's eyes lit up, and he already realized what Claude said - there is only one Armada, and they must either continue to blockade the empire, or protect the orcs, because no matter how the North Sea Fleet is suppressed and beaten, if they come out in full force, It's not something that the business alliance can eat casually.

The emperor thought to himself, this is a very good way, an absolute conspiracy, forcing the other party to make a decision, either sit back and watch the orcs be crushed to death by the empire, or rush forward to force a decisive battle with the North Sea Fleet, no matter what the other party chooses, The initiative is all here - because the timing of the decisive battle will be grasped by the empire!Moreover, the Imperial North Sea Fleet will not always lose to the Armada of the Merchant Alliance as Claude thought.

'Be sure to understand what I mean! '

At this time, Claude was also a little tense. After all, he met so many char siu that he wanted to laugh "Jie Jie", and now it is very likely that he will be the only one in the next few years that may affect the old man. It's time for the emperor's battle plan.

【Are you giving an enhanced hint to the old emperor?Let him subconsciously feel that if the war starts, it must be the first to decide the outcome in the North Sea? 】

'Yes, because both the elves and the Theocracy obviously cannot achieve this kind of effect. There is no such thing as a decisive battle there, only endless frontal pushes.The planner of the Theocracy's conspiracy is very clear, only if the empire ignores other directions and goes all out to attack the Theocracy, will he have a chance to come back.As long as I continue to help the old emperor strengthen the concept of [the business alliance must be operated first], all the methods of the other party will be castles in the air! '

Claude felt that his palms were about to sweat. The fact that he had to conform to his own personality and be able to set the old emperor up was too tortured.

"I understand, that is to say, in your opinion, the key to destroying the orcs is not the army, but the navy, right?"

Yes, that's right, brother, I'm so moved that I want to cry, it's not easy to have the opportunity to chat with smart people.

There was no change on Claude's face, he just saluted.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"However, is there a sense of gambling in it? What if the Merchant Alliance really goes crazy and wants the entire army to take the initiative to wipe out the Imperial North Sea Fleet?"

The emperor's voice finally took on a hint of teasing.

"Then the whole army will rush into the Messiah Strait! Anyway, the shortest place is only tens of kilometers. If it is clear and windless, even a raft can be rowed across. The army of the Merchant Alliance cannot be the opponent of the empire. If we come back in the Armada Before, if they gained a firm foothold on the land of the Merchant Alliance, then the opponent's defeat is already certain, let them hold the Armada to starve to death in the North Sea!"

Claude swept away the specially created image of a military adviser before, and said very frantically that Stud is over.

"Hahahahahaha! Sure enough, it's still the same as when we first met. Before doing something, I just think about doing it hard, and I don't even think about what will happen later, right?"

The old emperor was very satisfied with Claude's performance - you must know that this was a bold plan made by Claude without knowing the layout of the empire's navy, so it seemed very radical, and it meant that you would die in it, but that doesn't affect the fact that the plan actually works

Considering that the other party is a young man, he lashes out at Fang Qiu and encourages his words. This kind of momentum is indeed commendable. At least the other party can still find a way to use his own advantages under adversity. In this alone, Claude has already surpassed many people. up.

"Okay, my questioning is over, are you tired? Let me send you back to Ludwig's side. Letitia is one of my most beloved granddaughters... Well, I don't I hope her marriage is not happy, since you are back, don't run outside anymore, just stay in the imperial capital."

The old emperor obviously did not forget this crop.

"Your meritorious deeds are enough to graduate early, and even your meritorious deeds have made many lieutenant colonels and colonels pay tribute to you. Come out of the university this year, bring a knight order, and train in the imperial capital first—— Dothan and the others, have you met them?"

"Is your Majesty referring to Major Dothan?"

"Yes, that's him. He is also a soldier I admire very much. Dozens of them all have the strength of a fair knight and have also received officer training. It would be great to be the backbone of your knight order. During this time, you will stay In the imperial capital, get used to the knight group you formed, and spend more time with that girl who can't stop being crazy."

A gentle smile appeared on the emperor's face.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Then go back, Letitia probably misses you too."

The emperor got up and left the Roman palace, and Claude was also led away by the waiter.

When sitting in the carriage, Claude finally let out a long breath.

[All goals achieved? 】

"Well, I never thought before I came here that it could be so perfect."

Claude smiled.

"And more importantly, the emperor obviously has no objection to chopping up the Merchant Alliance first—then I'm a little surprised. How sure is that guy from the Holy Kingdom that he can make such an emperor make an irrational decision?"

[Maybe it's because you want to live a good life? 】

"Do whatever he wants, anyway, I have an excuse to stay in the imperial capital, and all resources can be greatly tilted, I can press back whatever job he wants to do - just kidding, the justice knight of the Imperial Imperial Guard will do it Officer, the prince is not there, right? I’m a little skeptical, after a while, when my knight order is really established, will there be any rumors about me being the emperor’s illegitimate son.”

Claude was startled, and then asked suspiciously: "It can't be true, can it?"

[No, you are indeed the orthodox heir of the Kaos family. There is no relationship between the old emperor and you. If you do a thorough investigation, you can find out. 】

"That's not bad. If anyone investigates, he must be a conspirator, and he must be killed."

[So what you are waiting for now is the means of Theocracy? 】

"Yeah, it's the student of the senior traveler, the opponent who made my blood boil. I can't wait to fight him formally—I think the opponent won't let me down, right?"

Claude placed his face in the shadow of the carriage, and the originally warm smile suddenly became cold, making people feel chilly.

"You must be very proud, the one from the Theocracy? For you, this is the best of times and the worst of times - you can finally accept an emperor of an empire as your pawn, because chess players The natural suppression of the chess pieces means that the empire will usher in a disastrous defeat in front of you; but you have to be afraid, because this is also the time when the empire is strongest, and it has the potential to overturn the chessboard. capable."

Claude sat in the carriage with his head held high, and the corners of his mouth raised slightly.

"It's just, do you think you are the only chess player? Do you think you can win by seeing everything in the empire? Do you think you can turn the tide by counting people's hearts!"

"—Okay, then let this chess game begin! This chess game with heaven and earth as the board and all living beings as the pieces, I will accompany you to play!"