I heard that Two-dimensional is very good at whitening, so I came here

Under the moon as day,

Sunny day for two days,

Sweating in light rain, dry in heavy rain,

In the rainstorm, I dry up, and in the absence of rain, I work hard,

Roll up your sleeves and work hard, as long as you can't do it to death, do it to death!

As for the administrative agencies of the empire, slogans are also indispensable. The atmosphere must be tense and lively, so simply hang four big characters to reduce costs and increase efficiency!

"The minister's proposal has covered everything, but I still have one question at the end. Regarding this tide of corpses... how do you plan to solve it? You must know that there are 40 alien races in the north, plus the alien races in the northeast and the suffering northern people. Thousands of gigantic."

Joey, who felt inexplicably cold all over, rubbed his arms and felt that he was too old to stand for a long time, but he still asked the biggest worry at this time, including himself, other officials and all the people of the empire. Can our combat power really cope with this disaster?

"This is..."

Before Rosen could answer, Karenina, who had been listening to the court affairs for a long time but failed to intervene, finally found a chance to speak. She tapped on the armrest of the throne with her finger and looked at the crowd below with a blank expression and said in a deep voice:

"It doesn't matter, I will make a move."

Section 256 Chapter.251 Peace? (4500 words)

"I called everyone here this time to talk about what happened in the imperial capital recently. Strict access control has been implemented there now, so this is the last news that my colleagues in the intelligence department can bring out."

Najie Xitan looked at the Night Raid people in front of her with a tired face. She has too many things to deal with recently, and she really hasn't had much rest. All kinds of rumors have been flying around in the past few days, let alone the soldiers under the Revolutionary Army. Even the members of my own team kept asking her, so I simply replied here.

"I heard that everyone is saying in private that the minister is dead. Is this true or not?"

Ma Yin couldn't hold back and asked aloud first, after all, the core goal of Night Raid was to assassinate Ernest, and now they have died in the political struggle within the empire before they have time to do it, there is always a kind of The feeling of being robbed of your job.

"Really, it was dealt with by that person and the conscience faction in the court with very strong means. Although some waves were caused in the middle, it was finally suppressed by violence. The current imperial minister is already that person."

Najie Xitan nodded and sighed and gave an affirmative answer. She originally thought that the minister could only cover the sky with one hand, and the empire was hopeless. She didn't expect the opponent to lose so quickly. Of course, Esthers also went to the west reasons, but at least it proves that saving the Empire from within is not impossible.

"How did he convince the little emperor?"

Ma Yin blinked her eyes and asked suspiciously. She knew that the greatest reliance on Ornest as a powerful minister was the emperor's unconditional trust. Logically speaking, it is impossible for the little emperor to suddenly act while his daily necessities are controlled and monitored. Find a more trustworthy talent pair.

"I don't know, but the little emperor's bad habit of listening to his close ministers still hasn't changed. Now the entire emperor is completely in the hands of that person, including the strategy against the revolutionary army and the handling of refugees in the north. It can be said that he will be the most important person we meet. An unprecedented enemy."

Najie Xitan held her forehead with a headache. The current imperial minister, Rosen, was known as the iron-blooded butler. He used extremely tough tactics to almost kill all those corrupt officials and dignitaries who had committed serious crimes. In those few days, the imperial capital It is not an exaggeration to describe it as "all the bones of the public in Tianjie". It is said that the heads inserted in the square will not be fresh for more than half an hour.

the whole empire

The high-level purges them, and uses the recommendation system to quickly replace officials who can do practical things. Now it is very embarrassing for the revolutionary army that claims to overthrow the decaying empire, and the army is also fluctuating. After all, many of them listened to their own encouragement to abandon their wives and children. Those who participated in the revolution, now Ernest began to lose the faith to fight as soon as he fell.

"Refugees from the north?"

Tatsumi frowned slightly and noticed this sensitive word. He heard that several large ships sent many people to the base camp of the Revolutionary Army along the Grand Canal recently. It was sent back from the rear, so he doesn't know what happened now.

"Well, this is what I specially called a meeting for everyone to discuss today. The northern part of the empire has... completely fallen."

Najie Xitan forced herself to calm down and said slowly, this is her omission and also a mistake in the decision-making of the Revolutionary Army. If it is not handled properly, the entire team may fall apart. It can be said that this is the biggest crisis that Night Raid has faced since its establishment. , even the Anning Road Cathedral had to be ranked below.

"Is it the resurrected northern aliens?"

Tazmi immediately thought of Miss Fran whom he had contacted some time ago. He was shocked when the other party said that he could collectively resurrect the 40 aliens who were murdered by Estes.

"No...we were deceived by that Banmu Fulan. Her medicinal effect is not to revive humans at all, but to transform the corpse into some kind of monster with a heart wrapped in steel and incomparable strength. It not only feeds on human blood, but also It can continuously infect human beings to produce new monsters, and now the north of the imperial capital has become a thousand miles of barren land, and there is not even a single living person to be seen, all of them are the mighty tide of corpses heading south to the imperial capital."

Najie Xitan shook her head and explained in a heavy tone, she couldn't figure out what Banmu Fulan's motive was for doing this?Instigated by the empire?Or just a mad scientist?But in any case, the other party handed the gun to her and the revolutionary army, and they pulled the trigger themselves. Only this is beyond doubt.

"What!? How did this happen? Miss Fran, she..."

Tazmi, who was electrocuted, widened his eyes in astonishment. Just as he was about to ask something, he suddenly remembered what Shayou had asked him repeatedly before he died... Never believe what Iyeyas said, she Did he foresee all this happening?

But why didn't she remind Fran a little when she came to negotiate that day?No, the state of Shayou and Iyeyas was not quite right at that time. Could it be that they were not really resurrected like the northern aliens?Like... a corpse puppet controlled by "March of the Dead · Eight Houses"?

"It was my mistake. I had to test the potion before handing it over to the headquarters. I was too eager for quick success."

Najiexitan felt that the most correct way for her at that time was to find a fresh and complete corpse and try the medicine first, even if it took more effort and time, but she thought that the higher-ups would make a wise enough decision, so she directly gave Reported it... But even if she knew the real effect of the potion in advance, she might still leave the decision to the headquarters, and things would not change.

"The top leaders of the Revolutionary Army must give us an explanation. They have an inescapable responsibility for this kind of thing to happen."

Chi Tong, who had been silent all this time, said suddenly, leading to the current situation, attributing all the problems to Banmu Fulan is obviously evading responsibility. The revolutionary army can only accept refugees as much as possible, stop the siege of Sishuiguan, and even It is the correct approach for the empire to provide food and even soldiers to withstand the tide of corpses.

"I'm afraid the higher-ups were also negligent. They only thought that they were turning corpses into monsters. They didn't expect that they could infect living people through blood and saliva."

Najie Xitan's throat was a little dry, and she also wanted to have an explanation...but now she can only try to calm the emotions of the team members, and then communicate with the higher-ups.

"Then you can't make fun of the civilians in the north! How could they not attack the living!?"

The hot-tempered Ma Yin slapped the table loudly. She is a member of Night Raid and has no contact with the Revolutionary Army. Naturally, she doesn't care about the so-called superiors and subordinates, and she just says what she has.

"No, even if it is a living alien race in the north, every time they go south to plunder, they will kill them all. At that time, the Baluts clan was killed by the whole clan, leaving only Esdesi who went out to hunt. , This is what she told me personally, so it was a wrong approach to use alien races to contain the imperial army from the beginning, alien races are alien races after all, they never treat us as human beings."

Alien harassing the border has been a chronic disease of the empire for thousands of years. Lubbock is well aware of the habits of these bandits. When he was the lieutenant general of the empire, he fought against the aliens on the southeastern border. In his opinion, the aliens can be compared to the guards who are enemies but are compatriots. Damn much more.

"Lubbock, this is not the time to discuss the strategies above and blame each other."

Najie Xitan found that her old subordinate had been expressing dissatisfaction with the Revolutionary Army both openly and secretly since she was rescued, and she didn't know what conspiracy theories had been instilled in the dungeon.

"If we don't think about what we did wrong, we will make another mistake, Najie Xitan. No matter whether Banmu Fulan resurrects a foreign race or a monster, the Revolutionary Army can only do as it is. This is why she has nothing to fear, otherwise After Estes and her frontier army finish packing up the Western Allied Forces, it will be the turn of the Revolutionary Army next, no matter what excuses they make...

The people of the North died for us after all. "

This time Lubbock did not back down, but directly pulled the last fig leaf and told the truth. Compared with the lives of the people in the north of the empire, the revolutionary army obviously cared more about the success of their uprising, so they knew the consequences. To make this kind of decision under the circumstances, I just didn't expect that Rosen would directly send the old, weak, sick and disabled refugees here.

"..."

Najie Xitan was also speechless for a while, and didn't know how to answer. In fact, the revolutionary army had already started to launch a propaganda machine to frame this series of incidents on the empire. A hard blow.

"Boss... Is there anyone alive in my village?"

Tatsumi, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly raised his head and asked Najie Hitan. His tone contained some hope, luck, and...fear, and he was eager to know whether there were any refugees he was familiar with.

"According to the information obtained by the intelligence officers from the refugee camp, when the village where they were located received the warning, the northeast border had been... completely flooded by the tide of corpses. No one from the north fled south, sorry."

"The village chief...and everyone in the village...how could this happen? What have I done..."

At this time, Tazmi was already in tears. Mingming Shayou had reminded him, but he still went to see Banmu Fulan and handed over the things that led to the destruction of the village to the revolutionary army. He was the one who caused everyone in the village Died, the indescribable regret almost swallowed his mind.

"I'm sorry...Tazmi, everyone is very sad. Many soldiers have relatives in the north, but the situation of the revolutionary army is also very difficult now. If we are all slumped, the revolution may fail completely."

Najie Xitan didn't dare to look into Tazmi's eyes at all, she just smoked a cigarette in large mouthfuls, and said something profound and righteous but high-sounding, she couldn't remember which cigarette she smoked and which lie she said today up.

"But Najie Xitan... Do we still need a revolution now? The faction of ministers that caused the people's livelihood has fallen, and the continuation of the civil war will only waste the people and money to wear down the strength of the empire, and give the western aliens an opportunity."

Lubbock's willingness to strike is very strong. This is actually the thinking of many soldiers of the Revolutionary Army today. Although the new minister has a lot of criticisms, he is generally clean and fair. It is said that he eats three meals a day. The food was very bland, with only vegetables but no meat.

"What do you mean, you bastard? Don't you want to take revenge on Seele, Brand, Leonai, Mr. Susan!?"

Hearing this, Ma Yin was not happy on the spot. After all, many of her former companions died at the hands of Rosen. How could it be possible to just smile like this?

"No... What I mean is that this is our Night Raid's personal enmity. We shouldn't bring the revolutionary army and the people of the south together. If we can talk about peace..."

"The higher authorities are already preparing for peace negotiations."

Najie Xitan interrupted the conversation between the two, and suddenly mentioned the task assigned to Night Raid this time.

"It's really over?"

Chi Tong was a little dazed when he heard this. If the corruption problem can be solved within the empire, what is the point of defecting after killing his companions?

"Not exactly. The new minister, Rosen, must die. His existence is a huge threat to the revolutionary army. Afterwards... if there is still peace talk, we can sit down and discuss it."

Under the eyes of everyone, Najie Xitan shook her head. With the method of that iron-blooded butler, if the revolutionary army really talks about peace, the ordinary soldiers below may be able to survive, but the generals who lost their military power and the top leaders of the revolutionary army will definitely be killed. Defeated, so peace talks are impossible, at least not when the other party is still alive.

"Boss, what do you mean... to assassinate him after tricking him out of the imperial capital? Would that guy fall for it so easily?"

"This is a prerequisite for the peace talks. The revolutionary army only negotiated face-to-face with the imperial ministers, and the location was set at Sishuiguan. The reason why the negotiation site was set up here was also to open the city gate and continue the northern expedition after defeating Bude and Hunter. So you can just treat it as a normal military operation, and you will never tire of cheating... The peace negotiation is just a tactical means."

Taking advantage of everyone's questions, Najie Xitan took advantage of the opportunity to explain the battle plan in detail, and did not forget to do some psychological training at the end, so that the team members would not lose the chain at critical times.

"But what if he doesn't plan to make peace?"

"If it's that person...he will come, even if he knows it's a trap, he will just step in. We want to kill him, but why doesn't he want to kill us? What that person uses is upright conspiracy, or simply violence Step out of the way, there is no trick that can't be put on the table."

Lubbock can assure you of this point, because in his impression Rosen has always followed his word. What the other party said to him in the dungeon, the matter of changing the empire from the inside has now been realized. Among them The danger is probably beyond ordinary people's imagination, this kind of trap is just a pediatrician.

"There is General Bude at Sishui Pass, so it's not easy to do anything, and that person's strength is still higher than ours."

Chitong estimated the combat power of both sides, and found that Night Raid had no chance of winning at all. Even if everyone carried out the mission with the belief of life or death, the chance of winning was still less than [-]%.

"A special strengthening potion has been prepared above, and the accompanying hundred elite soldiers will be our powerful backup. However, only we know about the assassination of the imperial minister. Except for the high-ranking members of the Revolutionary Army, the rest of the soldiers and generals think that this time is really about peace talks. So don’t leak the mission, we will declare afterwards that the negotiations with the empire broke down and there was a fight.”

"……it is good."

Chitong nodded silently as if she understood something. She is very familiar with the special strengthening potion. Her younger sister Heitong was exhausted by that kind of thing. Now the revolutionary army has the same thing as the assassination army. , can only be said to be good luck tricking people.

This was probably done by that Miss Fran again, but the revolutionary army's principle is to appoint talents regardless of past suspicions. Executioners like her who killed many of their generals can also join. Naturally, scientists with strong scientific research capabilities are not a problem. Just pay more attention to what happened to the tens of millions of people in the north and don't repeat it.

"Who is the person who is negotiating on behalf of the Revolutionary Army? The equivalent of the Imperial Minister must be at least a high-level person?"

"Of course it's me. I'm also a senior member of the Revolutionary Army, okay?"

"..."

Seeing Najie Xitan's answer as a matter of course, Lubbock immediately didn't know what to say, but he had secretly made up his mind to drag her out of the quagmire of the Revolutionary Army. The high-level executives who come and go are just cannon fodder.

Chapter 257 Chapter.252 You are looking for death (4200 words)

"I didn't expect you to overthrow Ernest and take the position of minister, but...huh, that guy just used sweet words to deceive His Majesty, and his actual ability of greedy for life and fear of death may not be as good as that of the lowest official."

Although he heard a lot of rumors, Bude was still a little surprised when he saw the imperial minister in front of him, so he led his army out to guard the Sishui Pass. He planned to deal with Ernest himself after the rebel army was dealt with, but now he would save a lot of trouble.

"General Bude is still as strict as ever. Is there any movement from the rebels?"

Luo Sen, who was named to participate in the negotiation, has already arrived at Sishuiguan, accompanied by only Heitong. She has less than half a year left to live, so she desperately hopes to make a complete break with her sister Chitong this time.

As for Lan, as an internal affairs officer, he needs to stabilize the work of all parties when he leaves the imperial capital, and the temporary guard captain Will can't get away. emergencies.

"I'm restless. I heard that there are deserters. Maybe I can take the initiative to attack with the guards and disperse them. Are you the only official who came to negotiate peace this time?"

Bude's words were full of arrogance and contempt for the rebels, basically he didn't take the other party seriously, and he did have such strength and capital, but he was still skeptical about the new minister in front of him, after all, the other party had been The subordinates of his deadly enemy Esdeth, if Joey or Justice came over, he would feel a little bit at ease.

"Otherwise? They didn't really come here for peace talks, they just wanted me to get rid of this threatening new minister, and by the way, see if we can break through the Sishui Pass from the inside."

“How come you see?”

"Based on my character, do you have to doubt what will happen to the leaders of the rebel army after Yihe loses their military power? It's a pleasure to die with a glass of poisoned wine. If they are handed over to General Esdes to dispose of them, it will be difficult for them to die."

In fact, from the release of Kabane factor to the north of the empire, Rosen can see that the top leaders of the revolutionary army have not given up on the idea of ​​uprising at all. Those who do this kind of thing must be sentenced to death, and there is no room for turning around.

"As a general, it is reasonable to take the initiative to make some sacrifices for the sake of the soldiers below."

Leaving aside the matter of rebelling against the empire, those soldiers who risked their lives to turn to the rebel army in order to resist the rule of the former minister were once the pillars of the empire. Bude thinks it is a pity to let them die in a meaningless civil war. Well, those rebel leaders who confuse the public with lies are really damned, but if they are willing to stand up and take responsibility, he will look at each other high.

"That would be enough to just disband the rebels on the spot. What's the deal? I really want to fight for a good future for my subordinates. Wouldn't it be more sincere for them to come with their own heads?"

"...Then you know that this negotiation is a trap, why did you come here? If the empire is stable, the rebels can be dealt with in the spring of next year at the earliest."

Rosen's words made Bud suddenly speechless. The point of controversy in this negotiation is probably the way to deal with the top leaders of the Revolutionary Army. It is impossible to talk about peace talks under the condition that neither side can back down.

"There is no time to procrastinate. Regardless of whether this peace negotiation is successful or not, you and the guards have to abandon Sishui Pass and return to the imperial capital. There are tens of millions of corpses in the north, and the battle line stretches for tens of millions. Baili, even with the urgent construction of defensive facilities, there is still a serious shortage of troops."

According to Karenina, the technological level of the material world where Kabane originally lived was backward, so the living space of human beings was greatly compressed by the tide of corpses. At that time, she also desperately clicked on the scientific research tree to get a high evaluation.

Section of the Millennium Empire

The technology is quite developed, ranging from mechanical transformation of the human body, bio-augmentation technology, to ordinary military equipment, heavy industry, and civilian equipment. In a short period of time, a solid defense line has been built to resist the tide of corpses, but the problem lies in the empire. Under the situation of being attacked by the enemy, there is a shortage of troops. Even if a guard guards a 20-meter line of defense, without eating or sleeping, the current strength of the imperial capital is only enough for three hundred miles.

And this is when the hordes of corpses in Kabane have not completely gathered. Of course... Rosen still has a hand of Supreme Teigu's trump card, so he deliberately let the rebels enter the pass and approach the imperial capital. He was more concerned about the increase in the collapse index, and this time he deliberately stepped on the trap to find out whether Banmu Fulan had joined the Revolutionary Army.

"Is the situation already so severe? Do you need all the ministers of the empire to take risks, and give up the Sishui Pass to let the rebels go straight into the Central Plains?"

Bude's frown has never been relaxed. He is stationed at Sishuiguan and he doesn't know what's going on in the imperial capital, but there are tens of millions of monsters... I'm afraid standing on the towering top of the imperial capital, you can see it at a glance. Not to the side.

"The ones taken by the rebels will be taken back sooner or later. If the tide of corpses sweeps the empire, then there will be nothing left. However, all the supplies that can be taken along the way will be taken away, and young and middle-aged laborers will be recruited forcibly, leaving only a few days for the civilians. The rations, and then throw it to the rebels, anyway, they claim that the army of justice will not kill civilians, and even have to mobilize military funds for relief."

Although the Sishui Pass cannot be defended, Rosen can still fortify the wall and clear the country to disgust the rebels. As for the conscripted people, there will be resentment. After showing them the hardships on the front line and the mighty power of Supreme Tegu, what is your opinion on returning them? It's gone, and I even have to be grateful to Dade, and then boast that I have witnessed history all my life.

"……I see."

Although this kind of behavior of fleeing without fighting makes Bud quite displeased, as a soldier, he will choose to obey orders, and the new minister is right, if the monsters are really sent south to sweep the entire territory of the empire, then it will be true. There is nothing left to save, and the rebels don't have a big picture, so they can't just mess around.

"The mission of the Revolutionary Army is here, and the leader is Najie Hitan... There are more than 100 people in the entourage."

Hei Tong, who went to investigate during the conversation between the two, has returned and whispered the identity of the envoy to Rosen. As expected, the real decision-maker of the Revolutionary Army did not appear, and the person who came was still the unlucky former imperial general.