Burton did not directly talk about the so-called "day the flowers withered on the other side", but took out a map from his bosom, which was very old, but it was well preserved and could still be seen clearly. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"It's like ...... Is it a map of the imperial capital?" Leon was not sure.

"Yes," Burton nodded, "This is a map of the imperial capital about 50 years ago. ”

"It's a big difference from now......"

Indeed, this map of the imperial capital is very different from now, at that time the area of the imperial capital was only about a quarter of what it is now, and more places were blank, and these blanks were also circled by a red circle, which was about three-quarters of the area around the imperial capital.

If you look at it this way, the imperial capital at that time was a structure of rings and rings, with the innermost being the imperial capital and the outer giant ring being a blank part.

Burton spoke: "50 years ago, at that time, the war on the continent had just ended, and the Doma Empire had unified the entire continent again, and at that time, it was His Royal Highness the previous generation of kings who completed this great cause, and after unifying the empire, the continent faced a much more serious problem than war. ”

"Famine! The situation at that time was very special, just experienced the baptism of war, and then encountered a major drought for many years, the famine of the entire continent was very serious, and at that time, the "Temple of the Brave" had already sent news, the "Demon Gate" began to loosen, and the first wave of attacks from the Demon World would be ushered in two years later, and in that case, if you want to restore the vitality of the entire continent, it will not be completed within two years. ”

"If the gate of the Demon Realm is opened at such a time, then the entire continent will definitely face a catastrophe, but in the face of this unsolvable mess, even the king of the Doma Empire, who unified the continent at that time, was at a loss, and even seriously ill, so at that special moment, the "Battle of the King's Choice" was carried out. ”

"The Battle of the King's Choice?" Leon frowned: "Do you mean that the "Battle of the King's Election" elected the old king who is still in power?

Burton glanced at Leon meaningfully: "History is written by the victors......"

In that case, the old king announced that there was only one problem with the "Battle of the King's Election", that is, to solve the famine that spread throughout the continent and quickly restore the vitality of the continent, and after two years, it was guaranteed that the "Iron Soldier City" would increase its troops by 100,000, and it must resist the first wave of invasion of the demon world. ”

"This was almost an impossible task at that time, at that time, the "Iron Soldier City" stationed at the gate of the Demon Realm was almost an empty city, the garrison should only be about 20,000, and there was no combat effectiveness at all, after all, there was not enough food to supply the supply of the 100,000 troops of the Iron Soldier City, if it was like what you said, this was a game of chess, then this was a dead move!"

"But the "miracle" really happened, and it really only took two years for a "Chosen King" to increase the number of troops for the "Iron Soldier City" by 100,000 and resist the first wave of attacks from the Demon Realm!"

"That year, a year of starvation everywhere, came an almost crazy news from the imperial capital, the disbandment of almost all the armies except the imperial city! Yes, even the "Iron Soldier City", which was struggling to maintain Tens of thousands of troops have also been disbanded, counting the entire continent, I am afraid that millions of troops will be disbanded and return to their hometowns, let them go home to cultivate their own fields, grow food to feed themselves, this situation has lasted for about a year, but even so, it is impossible to restore the continent at all, let alone resist the first wave of invasion of the demon world with only one year left. ”

At this time, news came from the imperial capital, because of the disbandment of the army, a huge amount of grain was left in the treasury, which was originally stored to supply the 100,000 troops of the "Iron Soldier City", and now it is ready to be distributed to those refugees on the mainland who are almost starving to death. ”

"Yes, after a year of reclamation, there is a lot of fertile land that has regained food, but there are still many people who have failed, and the land they have chosen is still full of natural disasters and will starve to death at any time, and when they hear the news, people start to go to the imperial capital. ”

"The Imperial Capital fulfilled their promise, and the entire Imperial City spread outward three times, forming a huge circular area, which was the refugee area, and the Imperial City gave food to these refugees every day so that they could live. ”

"In almost a month, the number of refugees gathered around the Imperial City reached 300,000! Almost all the refugees on the entire continent were concentrated here. ”

"A month later, it was spring, and in the refugee area, a bright flower bloomed, it was the "other side flower", a very beautiful flower, which made these displaced refugees seem to get some comfort, their faces were filled with smiles that they had not seen for a long time, and they finally had enough to eat, and life seemed to be more hopeful......

"Being able to eat enough is the simplest luxury of these refugees, and one night, the empire is extraordinarily generous in allocating enough food for each person, which is simply a gift in that famine era, so they are full of gratitude to the empire, so even that night, the four outer city gates were all closed, the entire refugee area was completely closed, and no one resisted, so that night, the refugees who were full of food did not care about the swords and swords on the city wall at all. ”

That night, on top of the city wall, a young man rode on top of another young man, with tears streaming down his face, and punched him in the face again and again: "Second brother, stop, are you crazy!"

The young man lying on the ground had a nosebleed, but he didn't reach out to wipe it, but sneered: "Big brother, do you have a better way? If you stop me here, it will be impossible for us to resist the invasion of the Demon Realm, and when the time comes, the dead will not only be 300,000 people under this city wall? That's millions, tens of millions, and even all the living beings in the entire continent!"

The man riding on it suddenly stopped, as if he was frozen, and the young man below stretched out his hand and pushed him down, got up on his own, and walked to the city wall.

Looking down from the city wall, in addition to the crowded refugees, the rest are all bright red flowers, and then turn your head to look at the city wall, the walls on both sides are densely packed with archers, they are carrying a full basket of arrows behind their backs, everyone has a desolation on their faces, this is the only army that the entire empire retains now, and it is also the absolute elite.

The young man's hand was raised, no longer the slightest confusion, and his face was written with coldness and determination: "Kill!"