Chapter 163: Secret Room, Small Talk
"That's all I have to say. ”
After finishing her statement, Blue Moon nodded to everyone present and handed over the responsibility of supporting the meeting to Martha.
This is a secret room in the royal city, which is usually closed except when the Odyssey royal family needs to gather cronies, and on this day, this secret room welcomed its owner.
"I probably understand the situation. Shenxue wiped the conference table with her fingers, looked at the dust on it and said with some disgust: "But compared to this, don't you usually clean this place?"
"Of course, no one enters the secret room. Martha glared at the outsiders around her, who were always out of the situation, and said dissatisfiedly, "The content of the meeting is more important than the dust on the table!"
"I understand, I understand. Deep Snow raised her hand in surrender and glanced at the participants by the way.
Governor Zhou, King Charles, and some unknown ministers and nobles......
"So, do we have a chance of winning, and how many troops do we have at hand against the country's largest military force?"
"Miss Shenxue, the situation hasn't reached that point yet...... a chubby sweaty official said, "Maybe there's a turnaround." ”
Lan Yue looked at the fat official, she didn't know everything about the people on her side, but this official ...... Clearly unqualified.
Do even such members have to be recruited?
Blue Moon was a little sad.
"Think of the worst in everything, so that you don't get scrambling when it comes. Blue Moon looked at Martha, "How many troops are there in the royal city?"
"There are 3,000 guards in the royal city, plus the soldiers and inspectors guarding the various places, up to 20,000 people. Martha replied honestly.
Unlike Ferdy of the Martial Arts Sect, Martha belonged to the Mind Sect - it was actually a waste to have a Level 6 cultivator in charge of intelligence gathering, but in the case of insufficient manpower, it was a last resort.
"Aha! 20,000 people, barely able to fill the walls of the capital~" Deep Snow applauded, "So, how many troops does our biggest enemy, General Orton?"
Martha glanced at King Charles in embarrassment, and after confirming that he did not react much, she replied, "The two legions are under the command of General Orton, a total of 200,000. ”
"Actually, it's more than that. Manager Zhou suddenly said: "There are also those noble ministers who have taken refuge in him. ”
Private soldiers, in a country where royal prestige is declining, it is an open secret that nobles keep private soldiers for their own power. Once General Orton raised his army, the nobles who had taken refuge in the past would definitely surrender their private soldiers to show their loyalty, and when the time came, it would not be just 200,000 enemies, but a rebellion of most of the Odyssey.
Compared to the sphere of influence, the Odyssey royal family is not orthodox.
In fact, everyone had heard about General Orton's actions before, but they were not sure, and after last night's banquet, because of Omelik's leakage, Blue Moon finally confirmed that General Orton had the intention of launching a rebellion.
But this is also normal, whoever is in power will want to go further, and what General Orton lacks now is only a throne. If you want to blame, you can only blame the previous Odyssey royal family for being dizzy, and actually let the most important military power of a country be handed over to others.
Of course, this does not blame the current King Charles, who was the weakest in the royal battle of the previous generation, and only relied on luck and the help of the previous queen to sit in his current position. General Orton also took the opportunity to take the throne when the princes were competing for the throne, and gradually obtained the current position, if General Orton was replaced as the protagonist, it would probably be a very inspirational story, but the current protagonist is the Odyssey royal family, so the inspirational General Orton has become the villain.
"Actually, there are. When everyone was a little depressed—except for the deep snow—Alice suddenly spoke: "It's not just this country. ”
"You mean the other three kingdoms?" Blue Moon immediately realized what Alice meant, "...... Yes, General Orton is responsible for the defense of foreign countries, and if he dares to rebel, he will definitely reach agreements with other countries...... It is possible to carve up the Odyssey together. ”
In a word, internal and external troubles.
"It's also possible that there is no agreement, and he only needs half or even less of his troops...... "King Charles said, pointing to the map on the conference table, "After all, we are too weak, not only the army, but also the cultivators. ”
At this time, except for the two people on Shenxue's side, the rest of the people's emotions were further depressed.
Fuyuki licked her lips, understanding their feelings.
General Orton himself is the pinnacle of level 6, only one step away from level 7, and there are five level 6 cultivators under him, all of whom can tie with Ferdy, and a year ago, there was only one Martha on the royal family's side and Ferdy.
Fortunately, because of the addition of the deep snow side, there are 3 more battles at level 6 at once: Moon Sakura, Star Shadow and Deep Snow, although there is still a disadvantage, but the disadvantage will not be so big at least.
5 to 6 looks much better on the surface than 2 to 6.
This is the case with the high-end combat power ratio, not to mention the mid-range and even low-end combat power, which is a desperate gap. Because of the downturn of the royal family, most of the cultivators with some strength are unwilling to work for them, and even if they are willing to put themselves under the door, most of them are grass on the wall, and they can neither believe nor rely on it.
"So, can anyone introduce the situation of the other party's cultivator?" Shen Xue threw the information in her hand on the table, "Be precise?"
In a lounge outside the secret room, two people and a cat were eating breakfast, and Tsukizakura and Ferdy belonged to the type of people who participated in the meeting and couldn't understand the content of the meeting at all, considering the idea of treating the brain cells of these two martial arts sects well, the two cultivators with a huge height difference were thrown aside.
Naturally, Tsukizakura and Ferdy didn't complain about being left out, they weren't suitable for mental activity in the first place, and it was better to taste delicious desserts than to use their brains.
As for Star Shadow, he belongs to the category of too lazy to attend meetings, Star Shadow's favorite thing is to tell him directly where to go, what to do, kill a few, of course, it is excellent to be able to fish to his heart's content without doing anything, but unfortunately it is not realistic.
Therefore, when the mind faction was discussing inside, these three inconvenient ones shrank here and began to fish.
Red bean rolls and lotus paste buns are very common desserts, but because of the chef's high skills, even Tsukizakura, who can't make expressions, can make people see that he is very satisfied.
For cultivators, eating is very important, and the pleasure of eating is even more important, and it is not very strange for cultivators like Yueying and Ferdy to eat the amount of several people in one meal - the strength is strong, and the energy consumption is high.
Even if it's an unscientific wizarding world, you have to follow the scientific principles a little.
"Ferdy. Tsukizakura, who was chewing brown sugar cake, muttered.
"What's the matter?" desserts for humans were all small bites for Ferdy, basically a taste, and not enough to eat too much - eating too much for others would not be enough.
"The man in the picture...... Who is it?"
Moon cherry refers to the photos of a woman everywhere in the royal city, from ornaments to paintings, the largest of which has a large 3X3 size photo is hung in the hall of the royal city, and everyone who enters the royal city through the main entrance can see the woman's face at first sight. Even Yueying could see that this woman's status was very respectful, but he hadn't asked, and now he had nothing to do, so he asked casually.
"Your Majesty is the mother of Her Highness. ”
"It's Satsuki's sister's mother meow. Starshadow added, "As far as I know, Her Majesty has been dead for a long time?"
"It was when His Highness was six years old. Ferdy said calmly: "Your Majesty was very kind to us when he was alive. ”
"What's so good for you, do you talk like that!" it was Lala who scolded her, pushing a small cart full of pastries, "What are you doing!
While Ferdy was helping to carry the pastries and preparing to send them into the secret room, Lala opened her eyes, which were a little too big for her own face, and said, "Don't listen to what that stupid big guy says about us, Lord Chuyue is my great benefactor!"
"It's just good for us......"
"Shut up the old lady if you don't know a word!" A Hedong lion roared, as strong as Ferdy, he could only shut up obediently.
After calming down a little of her anger, Lara solemnly said to the two brothers, "You all know that the Odyssey has abolished slavery now, right? But this was not the case before, at least when I and the stupid big man were young, the orcs were all slaves, if it wasn't for Lord Hatsuki who rescued us from the garbage heap, we would have died in a stinking ditch!"
"Her Majesty's name is Hatsuki Meow?" asked Starshadow.
As for the Star Shadow, Lala already knew that this was originally a person, so she was not frightened.
"That's right, Lord Chuyue is the heir of the great nobles of the north, she is different from those fake and kind nobles, she is a goddess in the world!
Although Lala scolded Ferdy for being a big boss, in fact, her own cultural level was not very high, and she spoke upside down, but both Moon Sakura and Xingying could understand from her words that Lala really admired the deceased queen, and if the queen was a god in any religion, Lala would obviously be the most determined pope in that religion.
Yueying couldn't help but stare at the portrait of the queen, the queen was very young when she left the photo, her long black and brown hair was very conspicuous, her eyes were also emeralds, and the blue moon's pupil color was obviously inherited from this queen. The queen in the photo has a faint smile, her eyes are soft, regardless of the identity of the queen, she is still a beautiful and gentle woman, if the deeds that Lala said are true, in fact, the title of queen is actually wronged her.
"She's really similar to Satsuki. ”
"You should say that Sister Satsuki is like her, you have to figure out the order. Xingying reminded, helplessly: "How can you say that a mother is like a daughter's ......"
"My stupid big guy does. Rata has always scoffed at Ferdy's intelligence, even though it is not.
“…… That's really hard for you. ”