Twilight of Empires (7)

In early summer, the emerald color on the street lurks in a winter before the buds that grow densely from the branches, and the warm spring breeze that comes to the face without the smell of fireworks in the world.

The mangrove trees planted on both sides of the street bloom in such a charming season. Large patches of pink and white red petals cover the entire city, like a piece of pink glow, making people's hearts ripple slightly in the cool wind of early summer.

Dressed in a long black dress, the bright spring light shining on her through the glass, the breeze gently blowing the satin-like hair on her shoulders, standing in front of the window of a room in the southwest corner of the city, staring at the street below,

Pink flowers and leaves flutter in the wind, swirling on the shoulders of travelers

Such a scene made her cold eyes rarely show a trace of reverie, the flying mangroves in April, which was the most common landscape in the hinterland of Gaul, but when she arrived here, she felt a little strange

"Could it be that you have already begun to feel that this is a foreign country? This kind of nostalgia is really not suitable for a cold-blooded person like me" Algernon Julia smiled slightly bitterly at the corner of her mouth, and shook her head, surprised that such an unexpected thought had risen in her heart,

She has been here for 2 days, and the prelude to the negotiations has been in full swing yesterday, and the host sent by the Falcon Imperial Army is the famous warlord of the Falcon Army, Hu Keqili,

Andalin, as her own adjutant, has gone to the negotiation site to take over the relevant texts, and this negotiation is a trap for herself! Algernon Julia thought that she had seen through the other party's thoughts before she set off.

So Algernon Julia didn't expect to really be able to enter the negotiation smoothly, in fact, Andalene returned in the afternoon with a furious face, empty-handed, "These barbarians of the Falcon Army are really too deceitful!" Andalin looked aggrieved angrily. Dressed in the uniform of a Gallic officer, Qi Er's short speech showed a kind of sassy ability, indicating that the negotiators on the other side were too child's play.

The list of captives provided is very incomplete, and the identities of many noble captives cannot be matched with the roster of the Gallic side at all, who knows where the impostor came from, just when Andalen expressed his indignation, the head of the Falcon Army, Hukochi, severely criticized his subordinates, and then apologized. Negotiations were suspended for two days to wait for clarity before begining. "I'm right, it would be really whimsical if I could get the negotiation paper on the first day!" Algernon Julia seemed to know that this would be the case, chuckled, picked up a glass of red wine on the table, and took a sip, the taste of sweet fruit wine spread to the base of her delicate tongue, and a red wine halo rose on her beautiful face. Said slowly, "Hukochili is one of the few famous generals in the Falcon Empire who is known as both civil and military, deeply trusted by the Vecchia Falcon, and is a well-known cautious general, such a person. How could you get the list of captives wrong, what happened to you can only prove one thing!" "What proof?"

Andalyn obviously hadn't woken up from her anger yet, and asked very dissatisfied, in this matter. She felt like she knew almost nothing, and the task given to her by Hasenlampo was only to assist Algernon and Julia in all her might. But between this woman and the teacher, there are obviously a lot of secrets to hide from herself, "The other party is similar to us, and it also has a certain purpose, hoping to delay the time of negotiation!" Algernon Julia looked out the window, and said with red lips slightly open, "The so-called negotiation is simply a cover, which is well known to both parties, 2 million gold coins to release 50,000 people, this is simply impossible bargaining chips!" The Falcon King hopes to use this as an excuse to force me, the principal of the Gallic Empire on the Western Front, to enter the Falcon-controlled area, and then use this as a threat to launch a fierce attack on the entire Western Front."

"In the case of the rat trap, the command of Lord Hasenranbo will inevitably be greatly affected, and the other armies will also be afraid, especially Tielan of the Kyoto Army, that guy has been staring at the position of the head of the Western Front for a day or two, if you don't know how to make trouble, it is really stupid, the Falcon Army has always been good at conquering hard ground, the situation on the Western Front is precarious, and we are fighting for power internally, everyone only looks at their own small piece of the sky, and how it will win or lose is already imaginable!" In that case, then why are we still here?" asked Andalyn blankly, with a deep trepidation in her tone

She only knew that this negotiation was to redeem the defeat on the Eastern Front, and the more than 50,000 Gallic soldiers who were captured by the Falcon Army, if it were not for this, she would not have agreed to the request to serve as an adjutant,

It would have occurred that the real target of the talks was the last western front in the Rasti region

Andalen, who has been with Hasenrimbaud for a long time, knows very well that once the last gate of the Western Front is opened, the brutal Falcon Army will swarm in, which will definitely be the most terrible disaster for the current Gallic Empire! "No, how can I have the opportunity to get close to the Falcon King, and then ambush the luthier Qianyun who knows the emperor's illness in one fell swoop, if this woman is not removed, the crisis of the empire is right in front of you!" Algernon Julia sneered slightly at the corner of her mouth, and her tone seemed so natural,

The age difference between the two is only a few years, and they stand together like a pair of beautiful and dazzling sisters, but the wisdom and calmness shown by Algernon Julia made Andalene next to her feel ashamed, and the change of form made her difficult to adapt for a while, and she muttered to herself, "You mean, we are going to assassinate the luthier next to the Falcon King!" Then we ......" Andalin's face pale and stopped talking, "Don't worry so much, since it is an ambush, naturally you won't do it openly" Algernon Julia looked at her, thinking that she was frightened by how to get out, and comforted, "We will disappear from here at the moment when the ambush begins, and secretly leave the Falcon Army's control area, according to my plan with Lord Hasenrambo, after the negotiations begin, Lord Hasenlimbo will mobilize the 250,000 troops on the Western Front to advance to attract the attention of the entire Falcon Army, and in the shadows, the cavalry unit composed of 1,000 elites of my Imperial Praetorian Guard will wait at the fork in the city of Anmu 20 miles away from the negotiation site,

"It's a three-way street, and you can get to the three directions of the western line of Gaul, even if the Vekia Falcon is really the reincarnation of the god of war. When the time comes, we can only sigh at the disappearance of us!"

As night fell, hundreds of black-armored cavalry galloped into the city, and the fat man rode his war horse through the downtown area of the city, which was the most lively part of the city, demarcated by various buildings, and surrounded by a vast square of a huge bell tower.

At the junction of the four thoroughfares is a huge square, where seven or eight buildings around the bell tower have been demolished and paved with boulders, which serves as the largest settlement of displaced people in the city.

In order to restore the city in the occupied area as quickly as possible, the Falcon garrison in charge of the city requisitioned the city square on the spot to accommodate the wandering people from all sides, but I did not expect this policy to cause these rare scenes in the central square of the city to be lit up, and in the shining of thousands of blazing braziers, hundreds of large tents like small hills greatly enhanced the sense of vastness of the square.

Countless stalls are evenly distributed in rows, displaying thousands of strange goods. There are also a variety of small-scale or one-legged street performers, and the more popular stalls and performances are crowded. It was like the whole city was crowded here, and the pomp and circumstance surprised the fat man.

The fat man rode on his war horse and sighed, "I haven't seen it with my own eyes, and no one will believe that the large square for the wanderers can be so lively." ”

Choose your eyes to twinkle. As if to arouse the meeting, he said in a heavy tone, "No matter what race it is, the desire for a glimmer of peace in troubled times is the same! At least you can forget a lot of your worries for a while!"

The cavalry iron stream slowly passed by the crowd, as the front line of the battle, for so many Falcon Empire cavalry, the people in the city are no longer strange, and the children will also point at this side happily, their eyes flashing with curiosity,

The eyes of adults are much more complicated, but they only glanced at them a few times, and then turned their heads, not every ordinary person can face up to the hideous murderous aura of the Falcon Guards Cavalry,

Especially thinking of the hooves of these black cavalry, I don't know how many compatriots' heads have been crushed, especially these Gallic civilians listened to those troops who had been routed from the front line say that under the hooves of every Falcon Imperial cavalry, there were at least a hundred Gauls' souls entangled, and that chilling feeling made the people around consciously get out of the way, "Who is in charge here?" The fat man instigated the war horse to pass through the downtown area, at the corner of the corner, his eyes showed a hint of approval, he could see that the city's garrison, in the moderate policy of the implementation of good, the city people have always liked comfort, lack of blood, as long as the bottom line is not touched, most of the people are also with the encounter, next to the square, you can see a team of Falcon soldiers responsible for guarding, and the citizens on the square to maintain a distance of about 50 meters, so that you can not only deal with emergencies, but also do not disturb the people,

"It's Rui Ande, the commander of the Eighth Banner of the Central Army!" replied the guard next to him

"It's him, it's no wonder!" the fat man nodded abruptly,

"Ruiander, this name is very familiar! I seem to have heard it there" Duo Zhi muttered beside him with a strange face, "But this person's talent in internal affairs should not be underestimated, all the way to seven cities, although the other cities are calm, but after all, there is a little less such luxuriance"

"Ruiander's internal affairs ability is unknown, but his combat ability is second to none, do you remember the battle in the suburbs of Rude?" The fat man smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth, raised his horsewhip, and said softly, "Your Majesty is talking about the battle where King Yagrolk fell!" At the beginning, the Wild German army was beaten by my Doroke who lost his armor, and although the Kingdom of Virtue at that time had weakened, it still had hundreds of thousands of troops, and the famous generals were like the sea, no one would have thought that in less than a year, it would be wiped out by His Majesty's army in the south! The resistance of the later Rods Kyoto is at most a finale, or the moment Yagrolk dies in battle, Rods is already finished" "Yes, the destruction of Virtue, more or more, it is providence! I am also just at the right time" The corner of the fat man's mouth smiled. Virtue has been in the south of the continent for hundreds of years, hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers, is the only country on the mainland that dares to compete with the people of Ruierdian, the suburbs of Virtue, our army and the king of Roude led hundreds of thousands of main forces unexpectedly, the main force of the Valisian army was surrounded, forced into a battle to the death, and the main force of our army is far away. In desperation, I could only give the death order to the Second Guards Cavalry Banner Regiment closest to Valisian, and the commander of the Second Guards Cavalry Banner was Ruiander!"Speaking of that battle, it was also a fluke!" Speaking of the original battle, the fat man's eyes were as sharp as a sword, and his tone was momentary, and he said, "Yagrolk is also a good monarch, and he has fought all his life, and he can almost restore the heyday of the original kingdom, but it is a pity that he was born at the wrong time, or it can be said that this is the destiny of heaven." At that time, the 10,000 Falcon Guards cavalry of Riander broke the ranks of the Wild German army under his command three times, but the tenacity of the Wild people was like a net, and the layer of collapse broke apart. The other layer pressed up again, and after desperate fighting, in the end, it was Ruiander who could only take advantage of the night to defeat the main force of the German army in one fell swoop

The fat man's voice stopped, and he said, "It's a pity that in that battle, more than half of Ruiander's guards cavalry were killed. He himself was mortally wounded by six swords in his body, and one of his right legs was almost cut off, when he was pulled out of the pile of dead people. Even the original military doctor said that it would be a miracle if he could survive, and he had been recuperating in China for a year, and only returned to report at the beginning of the year. The left leg was amputated, and it was impossible to ride a horse, so it was too ruthless to ask him to retire. "I transferred him to the newly formed Eighth Infantry Banner Regiment, which is a new flag regiment recruited in the northwest region, it can be said that he is a pro-color Obaro, I hope that his rich experience and indomitable combat style can quickly make this new infantry flag regiment grow!

"It seems that the Vecchia Falcon is entering the city tonight!" In a room in the southwest corner of the city, Algernon Julia said decisively to Andaline, whose face was surprised, her gaze retracted from the doubled sentry below, and sighed lightly, "Although I don't want to admit it, I really want to see what this man looks like!"

"It's nothing to look at, and it can even be said to be ugly!" Andalyn shrugged her shoulders opposite her and said softly, "I once really saw him, a fat man with a fat head and big ears, and his big sesame eyes were as obscene as he wanted, and the others were really nothing special! At that time, he was standing 200 meters away from us, quietly watching us walk in front of him one by one! Unfortunately, the teacher did not allow me to do anything at that time, otherwise I would have hacked that fat man to death with a sword!" "Can you hack the Vecchia Falcon?" This person's viciousness is not something you can understand!Turning his hands into clouds and covering his hands into rain, he is talking about him!" Algernon Julia shook her head with a wry smile, and said in a rarely flattering tone that surprised Andaline, "It is said that this person started from a small nobleman, was undefeated for five years, swept across the Icadivar continent where he was located, defeated countless famous generals, and was known as the imperial military god, such a person, do you really think that he will let you leave unscathed?" Although I was also very confused, but the situation at that time, the other party was indeed like that!" Andaline's face was ugly, and she stubbornly argued, "Why don't you want to think about why Lord Hasenlimbo's reputation has suddenly plummeted, if it weren't for me hearing about this, I rushed to take charge in time, and arbitrarily ordered to abandon the middle line, just to attract the attention of the generals and temporarily suppress this crisis of the generals" Algernon Julia opened her red lips lightly, put down the curtains in her hand, and said" Lord Hasenrambo first lost the eastern front, lost 100,000 troops, but led the army back alone, and then lost the pass of the middle line, and still forced all armies to fight to the death under passivity, and the army's morale was turbulent, do you really think that those generals would continue to obey the orders of Lord Hasenlampo! I know that you hate me for taking the power of Lord Hasenlimbo as commander-in-chief, but have you ever thought that if I hadn't forced my head out and let the generals' suspicions be removed from Lord Hasenranpo, how passive Lord Hasenranbo would be at this time......!"

Andalyn stayed there, her face became very pale, her lips trembled slightly, she was speechless, she found that she was becoming more and more unable to see through the cold woman in front of her, the previous qiē seemed to be reversed, what this woman was doing was helping her teacher, or harming her teacher?

"Just as I said when I broke into the meeting, Lord Hasenlimbo has worked hard for the Empire, and has resisted the iron hooves of the Falcon Army alone, and the Empire will not forget it without merit or hard work!"

Algernon Julia reached out and gently took Andalen's trembling hand and sat down at the head of the bed

"Let's rest first, tonight may be the last night we can sleep peacefully, because from tomorrow, the ambush plan will be officially launched! There are some things that cannot be hidden, and cannot be hidden!"

Today she has said a lot, in the rumors outside, she is a ruthless woman, who can do anything to win, but a few people know that in order to support the crumbling empire, in order to minimize the possibility of that person's illness, in the corner that most people can't see, she has made silent contributions. (To be continued......)