Chapter 42: A plan to attack the heart
In the early morning, the sun shines again over the Tenio Fortress, and a new day begins.
But this day was an unusual day for Teneo's soldiers, and when they woke up, they were surprised to find that the whole Teneo seemed to have changed.
In the morning, everyone was asked to assemble at the training ground, and General Elier even took the stage to speak, with all the senior officers sitting in the first row.
Judging from the solemn atmosphere at the scene, everyone knew that something big was going to happen next.
"Steve, lord of the city-state of Teneo, I now formally judge your arrogance and infidelity on behalf of King Gordon II, you will lose everything the king has bestowed upon you, and finally use your life to cleanse you from the sins of life. ”
General Elier solemnly read out his pre-execution speech from the stage.
Then, in front of everyone, there was a "click" sound, and Lord Steve's head fell to the ground, blood splattered three feet.
The people in the audience all looked incredulous, they didn't expect that Lord Steve, who was still high up yesterday, would end up in a different position today.
There were even a few of Steve's generals who tried to rush to the stage, but they were quickly subdued by the soldiers around them, and ended up with the same fate as Stephen.
"As the Marshal of the North, appointed by the King himself, I have the right to judge anyone who is disloyal on behalf of the King. Of course, I will also reward those who are truly faithful.
For example, Steve's younger brother Wright is a loyal man, and I think he can manage Tenio Fortress better. So from today onwards, it will be the new lord of the city. ”
General Elier announced loudly again, and the successive bombshell news made the audience a little confused.
Seeing this reaction, General Elier smiled like a fox.
It also began when General Elier was in the city-state of Talmug, when he discovered that there were entrenched local hereditary forces among the six northern fortresses, and it was difficult for him to truly control them.
In addition, he had been imprisoned once before when he was in the royal capital because of the defeat in the southern war, so his prestige and strength in the northern towns were not enough, but he urgently needed to quickly master the soldiers and horses in the north.
At this time, he was trying to find an appropriate time to properly establish his prestige and speed up his mastery of them, and many times, the fear of death is the best way to quickly control people's hearts.
He then sent people to investigate the personalities and family backgrounds of the various fortress lords, and finally set his sights on Steve, the lord of Teneo.
During the investigation, he found that Steve was an extremely arrogant and rude person, so he made many enemies in Tenio Fortress, and even in the family, there were many voices of dissatisfaction.
It's just that everyone is forced by his status and identity, so they dare not speak out, but if a more powerful person arrives, even if he is killed, it will not lead to civil strife in the city.
General Elier immediately contacted Steve's younger brother Wright, a very capable man, but because he was not a son, he was denied the position of head of the family.
And after Steve succeeded as the lord of Teneo, he suppressed and excluded Wright, and even designed to kill almost all of Wright's henchmen in a defensive battle with the outside world, so that Wright completely lost the opportunity to threaten him in the family.
So Wright must hate his half-brother to the core, but he just lacks a chance and strength for revenge.
And General Elier wants to act as an opportunity, because in any case, Wright has the second right to inherit the family, and as long as Steve dies, then Wright can naturally become the lord of Tenio Fortress.
In addition, Wright has been suppressed in the family for so many years, so there is not much power in the family, so if he wants to manage the family better, he must rely on General Elier's forces.
Only in this way can he better suppress those opposing voices, and give himself time to better consolidate his position and cultivate new henchmen, until he completely takes actual control of the family.
For General Elier, this can not only effectively deter the lords of other fortresses and some opposition forces by killing Steve, but also use Wright's support to better control the northern border.
Obviously, it's a win-win partnership. So it didn't take long for General Elier to receive an affirmative reply from Wright.
Therefore, General Elier took advantage of the siege of Tarun and came to the Tenio Fortress as a matter of course.
Moreover, that emergency meeting was also an elaborate feast, and the discussion at this meeting was never how to defend against the attacks of the Taron Empire, but a set of tricks for General Steve under the perfect acting skills.
As for how to deal with Tarun, General Elier already had a countermeasure in mind.
At the beginning of the meeting, General Elier looked at the sitting generals with a slight haught, as if he was superior, which could arouse Steve's inner dissatisfaction.
Later, when he consciously mentions his heavy losses in the Southern War, as if there is a problem with his leadership, Steve's dissatisfaction will turn into a kind of disdain.
At this time, he will look down on Elier even more, and his original fear of Elaire's rights will disappear completely, completely revealing his unruly side.
From the moment Steve opened his mouth to confront Elier, his fate was already sealed. All the anger and helplessness of Elier in the back are just to hide the joy in his heart.
The final result is known to everyone, and General Elier naturally corrected Steve on the spot.
Standing on the Xingtai platform, thinking of the designs of these days, General Elier couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion. He looked down at Steve's head in front of him again, revealing a disdainful look.
"Sometimes the brain grows on the head for wisdom, not for blind impulse. General Elier crouched down and whispered to Steve's head.
Then he stood up and smiled, shaking hands with the oncoming Wright. No, we should call him Lord Wright now, after all, he is the final winner now.
Seeing the scene in front of him, Steve's head seemed to blink unwillingly, which almost scared the soldier who gathered the corpse half to death.
The soldier hurriedly put the body into a body bag, hurriedly handed over the person who came to pick it up, and even after the death of the runner, he kept hinting that he had spent his eyes.
That evening, Lord Wright greeted General Elier and some dignitaries of the Tenio Fortress in his new lord's mansion, officially asserting his control over the city.
At the banquet, looking at the awe-inspiring eyes of the fortress officials, Eliel knew that his goal had been achieved, and from then on, no one in the fortress would dare to disobey him.
Elaire also believes that soon this matter will spread throughout the six fortresses on the border, and that is when General Elier will really display his ambitions and fight the last "battle of the gods" in his life.