An hour later.

Temporary meeting room in Lion Castle.

Today, Emperor Laubert was personally present to preside over the meeting, however, the emperor is obviously in a bad mood now, because, someone is late...

When the Duke of Chester, the Duke of Ency, the Duke of Gna, and the Earl of Ron entered the conference room with a faint smell of alcohol, Emperor Laubert's face was terrifying.

However, on such an occasion, no matter how great the emperor's anger is, he can only bury it in his heart...

He could only smile and hug everyone.

"The royal family will remember your generosity. When everyone had arrived and sat down, Laubert said promisedly, referring to yesterday's three million gold coins, "Well, let's talk about something else today..."

Laubert did not sit on the chair next to the round table, but sat on the emperor's throne on the original high level of the hall, he looked down at everyone from above, looking at the humble appearance of the six people below, the anger in his heart eased a little, and a faint smile appeared on his face, "Today, let's talk about the establishment of the Imperial United Legion!"

"Combined Legion?" Duke Enxi didn't know why, and the Emperor's words suddenly disrupted his plans and the other three.

"Combined Legion?" Chester's face changed, his tone was a little low, and he didn't pay attention to the inquiring glances of Earl Ron and the others for a while.

"Yes, the establishment of the Combined Legion," the smile on Emperor Laubert's face grew more and more victorious, "Regarding the question of the Combined Legion, I remember that when I was young, the military department once raised it!"

"I remembered. Earl Ron looked at each other with Duke Enshi and Duke Gna, and said in a deep voice, "I remember that I was still serving in the First Legion at that time, and at that time, the main reason for the War Department to make this proposal was because of the increasing corruption of the four major legions of the Empire, and, perhaps, because of a report from my father..."

Count Ron gradually fell into his memory, "That was more than twenty years ago, when the two-headed clan of the orcs did not experience the battlefield of eleven years ago, the orcs were very active near the Black Mountain Pass at that time, and with the help of the Ice Maple Clan, Anku Fortress was almost at a disadvantage in the confrontation with the orcs at that time..."

Speaking of this, Earl Ron looked at the Duke of Chester and frowned slightly, "The then Imperial Prime Minister proposed the idea of establishing a joint army in response to this situation, and I remember that the military department held a meeting for three months for this purpose. ”

"The Duke of Chester should be familiar with the person who made this suggestion, right?" the Emperor Rawbot was very satisfied with Count Ron's explanation, and he looked at Duke Chester after Count Ron's words landed.

"This was brought up by my father. The Duke of Chester replied, "As the Prime Minister of the Empire at the time, he discovered the problems of the Imperial army and the fatigue of the 3rd and 4th Legions to support the Anku Fortress, so he boldly proposed to form a combined legion!"

The Duke of Chester also fell into reminiscence, and after answering the Emperor's question, he added: "However, this suggestion has not been approved by everyone. ”

The Combined Legion, a bold and good idea, but extremely difficult to implement.

According to the idea of the Duke of Chester's father, that is, the Duke of Wellsk, this legion added a paladin legion, a Kru led heavy cavalry corps, a Twak led cavalry regiment, a Klan led longbow regiment, two Karen led heavy infantry regiments, a Feld led heavy crossbowmen regiment, a magician regiment, and of course, the corresponding naval formation.

At the same time, because of the establishment of the Combined Legion, the Cabinet must also form a command structure similar to the Staff Committee, which is in principle under the jurisdiction of the Military Department, but in fact is directly under the command of the Cabinet and the Emperor.

This is the combined legion of the Duke of Wellsk's imagination!

If realized, this combined legion will have nearly 50,000 combatants alone, plus logistics and various command centers, the entire legion will need a total of 60,000 troops.

You must know that the full strength of the four major armies of the empire is only 60,000.

Not only the issue of the establishment, but also the interests of all parties involved, it is enough to cause headaches.

And that's not all...

The key issue was that, according to the Duke of Wellsk's idea, the formation of this legion would require the transfer of nearly half of the elite troops from each of the autonomous territories to join the Combined Legion.

"Two hoplite legions are too heavy for us Karen Collars, and I am willing to provide the weapons and equipment of the two hoplite legions. The Duke of Chester was the first to express his opinion, "And, now we..."

"I need your soldiers, experienced soldiers!" Laugh interrupted the Duke of Chester.

At this time, the emperor finally showed his minions.

It also revealed the main purpose of his so-called meeting of the six dukes this time.

After the embezzlement case of the military department, Emperor Laubert suddenly found that he had no money, and the Marquis of Fitt colluded with the military department to please the emperor with the emperor's own money, and provided a steady stream of funds for the group of people hiding in the shadows behind him.

When the Minister of Finance, Count Stu, and the officials of the Ministry of Finance found after three days and three nights of liquidation that the empire was on the verge of bankruptcy, and the treasury could not repay the astronomical debts of the major chambers of commerce in the empire.

It was only then that he remembered what the Prime Minister, Duke Nick, and his governor, Bailly, had reminded him of in recent years, and he had only thought that it was because of their jealousy of the Marquis of Fit that they were constantly picking on the Marquis of Fit.

Even Duke Nick and Governor Bailly and others did not expect such serious corruption in the military department.

After all, corruption in the Imperial military is a common occurrence, and both Duke Nick and Emperor Laubert were members of the Imperial Legion when they were young, and they both thought they could control the situation.

But in the end, it turned out that the situation was more than ten times more serious than they imagined.

Of course, there was also a time when Emperor Laubert wanted to thoroughly investigate and deal with corruption in the military department, but he was soon overwhelmed by the extravagant life arranged by the Marquis of Fit.

And this delay is several years.

Dragged to the foundations of the empire and almost rotted!

When the real problem was in front of the emperor, he realized how tricky things were.

Emperor Laubert felt as if he had had a dream, and when he woke up, he found that he had only two legions of the First Legion and two corps of less than 10,000 soldiers at his disposal.

What is the use of 10,000 soldiers who lack the necessary combat supplies?

His ruler, Bailly, made the Emperor fall into an ice cellar with a word that Bailly told the Emperor: Your troops cannot withstand even a single charge from any of the six dukes' troops.

This sentence made Emperor Laubert seem to see himself being ousted from the Golden Throne, just like he had seen when he ousted his brother thirteen years earlier.

Since that day, he has been haunted by nightmares almost every day, in which the man who was ousted thirteen years ago has become him.

We can't let this happen, absolutely not! This was the first thing that came to the emperor's mind.

So, at the suggestion of Governor Bailly, the establishment of the Combined Legion was put on the agenda...

Once this legion is established, it can not only weaken the strength of the local nobles, but also increase the strength of the Central Empire, which is a way to kill two birds with one stone.