1245 Coming Together (1)
"My lord also knows about the Sukh tribe in the Black Forest?" Hearing the fat man's words, Aurus looked up in surprise, he really didn't expect that this foreign inspector who was not a Salander would actually know the Sukh tribe "I have been to the hinterland of the Black Forest this year, Umuto! There has only been a battle there a few months ago, you may have heard of this" The fat man looked at the sea in the distance, as if he was pondering something, and responded very casually, but he didn't notice Aurus's eyes that were almost protruding" What the Lord said, but the battle of Umuto, which annihilated Ferrantik's army of 50,000 men!, was your Excellency there at the time?" said Aurus, looking nervous and his voice trembling, "Sort of, I could only be regarded as a cold bystander."
The fat man snorted disapprovingly, and corrected him, "And the two sides of the battle are not as many troops as rumored, the strength of the Sukh tribe is only 3,000 people, mainly elite assault light cavalry, and the Ferrantik side is just some believers with chaotic combat strength, and after the battle, plus the prisoners, it is only 20,000 people."
"20,000 captives?" Aurus said with a hint of loss flashing on his face, with a strange expression, with some cautious and curious tones, "I heard from many merchants who came and went that battle was actually a cooperation between the Sukhs and the Imperial Army, first the Sukhs dragged Ferrantik's army, and then at the most critical moment, the Imperial Army defeated Ferrantik's main force in one fell swoop......"
"It's not a cooperation, it's probably only the relationship between a hunter and a bait!" The corners of the fat man's mouth twitched slightly, as if he thought of something, and suddenly raised his head, "Such detailed rumors should be more than just rumors, have you been to the Black Forest?"
The cold light flashed in the fat man's eyes, as sharp as a sharp sword, penetrating people's hearts, and Orus, who saw this scene, felt the feeling that his cold hair exploded, was that still a human eye? The unavoidable gaze is completely similar to the one that controls life and death
"I didn't ...... No!" Aurus was frightened into a cold sweat, and hurriedly waved his hand, and said in a somewhat flustered manner, "How could I have been to that terrible place, for us Salanders, the Black Forest has always been a taboo existence, a synonym for robbers, hooligans, gangsters, liars, murderers, prison fugitives, and exiled nobles. Even if I had ten guts, I wouldn't have been able to get into that place!"
"Then why are you paying so much attention to that battle?" The fat man looked at Orus with a solemn face, he also knew that Ferrantik had a great influence in the south at that time, and believers like Orus were not a small number in the south, but with the defeat of Ferrantik in the Battle of Umuto, the Imperial Army gradually took control of the south, and these former believers basically disappeared,
I didn't expect to meet one unexpectedly in this place. The fat man had also read the texts of the Sky Sect, and found that this was at most a reformer of the Sky Temple, which was really far from the meaning of a savior
But as for the fat man's statement, Aurus obviously disagrees. His eyes flickered, and his face was heavy, and he replied, "Doctrine is not important, what matters is people, and Ferrantik was among all the people who claimed to have received the oracle of the sky at that time." The only one who offered to save the 200,000 southerners who had been trafficked to a foreign land, at that time, even the Sky Temple was deliberately avoiding this matter. The whole of Salander South is choosing to be silent, and only Ferrantik is alone stubbornly insisting, just like his revered ancestors,
From the establishment of the southern state of Salander to the dispatch of troops to Normandy to save everyone, he even put forward a series of very detailed plans, and many people laughed at him for being whimsical, but I don't think so,
The panic look flashing in Aurus's eyes seemed to be hiding something, with an embarrassed smile on the corner of his mouth, he wiped the sweat on his forehead with his right hand, and said, "Actually, it's nothing, I only care about the battle in the Black Forest, it's all because our family knows a secret of the Black Forest, and there is another person who knows this secret, that is Ferrantik, our family has been the subordinate of the Ferran family for generations."
"Ferrantik's Servant ......"
The fat man's expression slowed down, the aura of domination of the world faded and became invisible, he couldn't see the element of lying in Aurus's eyes, and he didn't expect that he would meet the servants of the Ferran family here, but this was a part of his interest, when Ferrantik pressed the black forest's ebony with heavy troops, it seemed that it was not just to find a base, could it be related to this secret?
"What's the secret?" the fat man decided to ask,
Under the fiery gaze of the fat man, Aurus felt a trembling timidity from the inner line, and hesitated for a moment before he said fiercely: "It is said that the Prophet Ferran who founded the temple was not a Salend, but an outsider from an unknown region, and in the hands of Prophet Ferran held some important secrets that could change the entire continent, and this secret was finally buried in the Black Forest!"
"As for what it is, I don't know, my family is just a small servant!"
Or finding such an answer unconvincing, Aurus gritted his teeth and said, "It is precisely because of this that I once believed that Ferrantik would become the true savior of our Salander, but alas, he failed!" "Prophet Ferran again......"
The fat man rolled his eyes helplessly, and he remembered the tattoos on Parschenna's beautiful and slender back, which were painted with various geographical patterns, and the original source of that pattern was also from the prophet Ferran.
This is a mystery, from the Holy City Heavenly Monument in the northern steppes to the boundless sea charts circulated in the Salande Temple in the south, it seems that there is always a mysterious power running through this continent, or it is the remnant of some advanced civilization.
The fat man thinks so, but that is only a remnant of some kind of civilization to this world, if this residue can be turned into real power, it is another matter! The fat man licked his lips and decided to go to the Black Forest in person, but he also thought that Aurus's words confirmed a point from the side, the people of Salander have never forgotten the 200,000 compatriots who were plundered by Normandy to a foreign continent, this kind of national sentiment containing grief and depression is like a volcano that will erupt at any time, and proper guidance may not be a good news for the empire.
Behind Antolus, there are more powerful opponents, what this war will bring, no one knows, originally the fat man was a little worried about the reaction of the Salander people to this matter, after all, Salander has just been peaceful, not everyone wants to break out in the vicinity immediately, but now the fat man can be sure that the victory of the naval battle of Antolus should greatly arouse the passion and fighting spirit of the Salander people, so that this humiliated and sad nation quickly became a sharp knife of the empire, and voluntarily integrated into the imperial system,
"What would you do if the Empire broke out on the other side of the sea again for the sake of these 200,000 compatriots?" The fat man's voice stopped, but he decided to test it, and asked in an accentuated tone, "I'm talking about a very tragic kind, which is likely to cause the death of tens of thousands of soldiers, and may even have to recruit soldiers from the south of Salander! If there is such a possibility, how many Salanders do you think will go to war?"
"I don't know about the others, but I'm sure I'll go to war, even if it's just an ordinary soldier!" Orus replied without hesitation, "It's ridiculous to say, but that's it, I believe that many Salanders should be like me, a country must first have something that the people can believe in and worship!" That is the soul of a country, and it was because too many people were content with pleasure, intoxicated with the power and prosperity of nothingness, and completely forgot the hardships of their ancestors when they founded the country, so they suffered such unbearable humiliation! And as long as we can save the 200,000 compatriots who suffered because of the war, even if we die in a foreign land, we will have a proud smile on the corner of our mouths."
The fat man looked at Aurus and didn't make a sound, the romance and perseverance of the Salander people are equally famous, or the history of too humiliation makes this nation need a chance to be reborn, "My lord, urgent retribution"
At this time, a black-armored guard came from behind and handed the letter he had just received to the fat man, "Tsk, this woman, it's really a little bit of affection when you move your hands" The fat man took the report and glanced at it, a mysterious smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, this is a letter from Caesar Solon transmitted from the south of Vekia, there are only a few words on it, "On December 5th, the Huren clan announced the dissolution of the Council of Elders!" "It's really a storm!"
The fat man sighed deeply, twisted this battle report into a ball and threw it into the sea water with white wolves and tigers in front of him, the result of the Hulun clan has long been expected, under the surrounding army, it may be a thunderous situation at any time, as long as the Hulun clan is not a fool inside, he will make the right decision, he just put a strong posture to the Hulun patriarch, and the other party's response is also resolute, "Reply back, pay close attention!"
The fat man said to the guards behind him, staring at the sea with some dark clouds fluttering in the distance, and forcibly disbanded the Council of Elders! Is this a kind of submission? or a compromise? Or can it be regarded as a kind of leverage, within the Hulun clan,
Under this turmoil, there must be a lot of power change involved, and it seems that under the calm and calm, there is likely to be a storm brewing, and if you are not careful, the southern waters of Vekia may become a battlefield, (to be continued.) )