Prologue 2 Power and Glory

The Supreme rules the Skyrim, and the Supreme believers Goliath rule the human world under the Skyrim, and the territory of the Republic spans three continents at the same time. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 ο½‰ο½Žfo

In the republic, there were civilized people such as the Romans, the Bomoonians, the Greeks, and the Egyptians, as well as the barbarians of Libya, Nubia, and the people east of the peninsula, whose body traveled from the Mediterranean Sea to where the waters of the Indus flowed, and from the deserts of the south to the banks of the Rhine.

It is clearly described as having completely encompassed all the lands of the former Boyue Empire and the Roman kingdom, and has added the peninsula, but India has not yet been conquered......

This is a part of the republic, a very small part, and here is a plateau, a vast plateau.

Every spring, when the snow melts in the highlands, the two rivers that surround Abiwei overflow.

In particular, the lower reaches of the river were almost completely submerged, and the consuls of the republic tried all kinds of ways to ensure the safety of the Abivian river, until the Goliaths thought of using a combined system of water conservancy and dams to solve the overflowing river.

Naturally, the power of the two rivers is enormous.

A Sumerian myth that has survived to this day vividly reflects this situation: the ancestors of the Babylonian king dreamed that he had met a god.

God told him that the flood would flood the earth to punish mankind for its sins. Because he had always been very devout to God, God wanted to deliver him.

The king obeyed God's command and built an ark, carried the whole family to the ark, and brought with him some animals and some seeds.

It wasn't long before dark clouds filled the sky, darkness covered the land, storms struck, and a torrential flood overwhelmed all life, except for the ark that floated on the waters.

On the seventh day, the wind died down and the river level calmed down.

At this time, the ark drifted to the side of a mountain.

The people on the boat released the animals from the ark and scattered the seeds on the mountain, and life on the earth began anew.

It is likely that this legend is based on the story of Noah's Ark recorded in the Hebrew scriptures:

A man named Noah built an ark at Jehovah's command, and the whole family sat on it and escaped the flood.

When the flood waters receded, Noah released a dove.

Soon after, the dove flew back with a freshly twisted olive leaf, letting Noah know that the flood had receded and that life had been restored.

Later, the Greeks used the dove and the olive branch as a symbol of peace, and they also gave the champion an olive branch tiara at the games.

Humans have always loved spring, because spring always represents the endless life, but the Goliaths are the representatives of midwinter, their rule is cruel and abnormal, and the republic was established in the cruelty of midwinter, where blood and iron collide.

The flooding of the two rivers is certainly a catastrophe, but at most it is the suffering of the population of the city of Abivi, and the disasters brought by war are different, which is very harmful, not to mention that now the two rivers bring not only disasters, but wars always only make people miserable.

Because the Goliaths learned and built the advanced water system of the Romans, the inhabitants of Abivi today could not only use the water brought in from the river to irrigate their fields.

In addition, they also learned the technology of underground pipes that had appeared since Roman times, and built a system of water pipes to supply the entire city with water, which greatly increased the population.

So the river brings benefits while bringing disasters, but war only harms most people and does not benefit them in the slightest.

And if there is a big flood in the east of the river, the people in the west of the river can still have time to prepare.

But the wars of the rulers have involved countless people. In the event of war, the governor's conscription order would be conveyed to both the east and west sides of the river, and the people would voluntarily get involved in excitement or bitterness.

The calamity of the river can be avoided, but the iron cavalry of the governor is difficult to dodge, and those who dare to resist military service in the republic will suffer the most cruel punishment......

In winter, the continent is covered with snow, which in turn is covered with red and black blood.

The Republic is the undisputed ruler of a continent tainted with snowflakes and red with blood, but this does not bring stability, and disputes are always occurring.

The struggle between the archon and the emperor has long accompanied the republic, and those grandiosities will never be separated from this struggle between powers.

Historically, the position of the emperor has been limited, but the glory of the emperor will not be like the setting sun, although the glory is about to fade away, the archon has been impeached by the parliament, but never like the phantom in the mirror, it will be shattered when struck, the archon can always find a way to resist the parliament.

In the history of the Republic, there have been countless civil wars, and there have been countless times when military dictators have bypassed the dictatorship of the parliament, and the emperor has even been almost imprisoned many times, but it is still the fact that "the glory is still there, and he bows down to the world".

The power struggle between the thirteen-year-old emperor and the ambitious military dictator illustrates the substantial attribution of power in the republic: "His majesty the emperor is supreme, the archon is great, and the fathers of parliament are beloved." ”

To the Goliaths, His Majesty the Emperor is the supreme honor, the archons are the greatest, and the fathers chosen by the members of the parliament are the most beloved.

At the junction of the continents of Asia Minor and Apollo, there was a rich province attached to the Republic, a province that was always in rebellion and sought independence, so it required a satrap with an iron fist and great ability.

The provinces of Egypt include not only Egypt, but also the plains of Syria, the island of Cyprus, the gorges of Herod the Great Israel, and, of course, the basin of Cyrene.

However...... It is not necessarily a good thing for a republic for a governor who wields military and political power to have both a land of incomparable abundance and endless resources.

It was the Land of Abundance, a large river running through the central triangular plain, where Moses had led the Hebrews to flee and known as the "storehouse of the Mediterranean."

It is rich in high-quality wheat, ivory, beer, cotton enough to supply the whole Republic, and thanks to the innumerable fish and shrimp brought in by the regular flooding of the river, the seafood is abundant, and the marshes are home to countless birds and birds of the best flesh.

At the same time, the other territories belonging to the province also have their own rich talents:

The pastures of Syria are filled with herds of sturdy horses, and there is a large amount of "black water" in the ground that is used to make incendiary bombs.

The island of Cyprus is home to numerous copper, iron and minerals, as well as gold mines.

Cyrene has shipyards and fishing grounds that have been famous in the Mediterranean since the Hellenistic era, and is an important place for Mediterranean trade, inhabited by countless Hebrews who are proficient in trade and mercenary skills, and the Hebrew clan of David and Jacob settled there, always providing 30,000 to 50,000 morale boosts every year, and the religious consciousness is extremely terrifying, and can serve as a martyr for the daredevils.

Herod the Great Israel was home to a large number of wealthy merchants.

There were many shops, some blacksmiths skilled in chariot making, some carpenters skilled in shipbuilding, some taxmen who obeyed the governor, and all kinds of scribes, such as notaries, sealers, land surveyors and registrars, military reporters, scribes, calculators, and secretaries.

There were schools that had been established by the Babylonians with the help of Pharaoh since the ancient dynasties, so there was no shortage of strategists for the satrap.

It was originally an independent kingdom ruled by the pharaohs. But now it is the "state within a state" ruled by the ambitious governor of the republic, the Sizetralaya of Yagonagus, who has food, has the ability to make weapons, has wealth, oh, and ambition......

Since the archon was killed by the Boyue Assassins, and the emperor happened to die a short time after the archon's death, the governors began to "discuss" the question of running for the new emperor and the new archon.

"Discussion" has its own set of methods that are tried to be used in Goliath characteristics, and the Goloids usually choose to kill and destroy to solve the problem, and it is easy to use force.

Thus, a brutal civil war broke out in the republic...... Later, according to the tradition that magicians were not allowed to participate in the civil war, the Royal Magical Society and the Council jointly ordered magicians to stay quietly in their own positions, waiting for the end of the civil war, and magicians who did not obey this decree would be considered to have betrayed the country and were executed.

When the governor of Boyue learned about this, he first began to expand his army in his territory, and his power was perhaps the most powerful among the governors of the Republic, because the province of Boyue was incomparably vast, including the Boyue Plateau and the vast mountainous areas further east, which were among the best sources of soldiers, especially those mountainous areas, which were conquered by the Republic with countless efforts, and the people were extremely brave, as long as the governor gave them appropriate benefits, they could charge into battle and move forward.

The Boyue Governor also ruled over the Transoxiana province between the two rivers of Oghuz, as well as some of the tribal khanates of the Oghuz steppe (those Oghuz khanates found an opportunity in the subsequent civil war of the republic and would soon take advantage of the opportunity to become independent) and the province of Bactria Orkado. (The Goliaths called the area south of the Greater Caucasus Mountains Bactria "between the mountains" and Orr for "not very tame people".)

Even part of the semi-independent Armenian self-government was under his rule.

Following the encroachment of the Boyue governor, several governors in the northwestern Apennine Peninsula in Gaul and the island of Saurolan began to "maintain order" by sending troops outside of their own provinces. Then came the "military shepherd" (nominally the cavalry commander of the whole country), who occupied the region of Greece and Antotaria, declared "neutrality"...... Finally, under the influence of the military archisal, the governors of several provinces on the north shore of Apollo and commanding the Visigothic kingdoms also declared "neutrality".

At the suggestion of Lewis, who held the rank of Gulmido, "the head of the region who specialized in defending against nomadic infestations," the governor of Egypt quickly crossed the desert in the southern part of the peninsula, intending to surprise the weak defensive areas of the republic's local army from the sea.

This man, Lewis, was trusted by the governor of Egypt for the following reasons:

As early as when the Yago Nagu clan's Sizetraya was just a Syrian horse breeder, that day on the way to meet the Sinbuyi bandits who robbed his horse, dozens of strong Xinbuyi cavalry surrounded him, as a horse breeder, he was not good at fighting, and he himself was often called the shame of the Yagonagu clan, the shame of the surname Xize, a rare weakling in the Yagonagu clan.

His physical strength had been exhausted by the long struggle, and in the middle of the crisis, a knight in black armor suddenly rushed out of the desert in the distance, and everywhere the knight went, the dust was filled with grains of sand.

He shot a total of fifteen arrows to kill twelve bandits, and then picked up a long, shabby knife in his hand that seemed to be worn out but was actually sharp and glowing, and repelled the remaining bandits with the speed of the wind.

"Thank you for your help, please ask your last name and the end of the road. The future governor said gratefully.

"My name is Lewis, but I have long forgotten my surname, but as for the end, I have not, I am a wanderer from the country of Ceris in Asia in the East, and my ancestors were also the great nobles of Goliath, but now they are in early decline. ”

"No matter what, your great favor must be repaid, how shall I repay you?" the future governor actually wanted to recruit him.

"Hahaha, I, Lewis, wander on the continents of Asia Minor and Europa, and I like to help people who are in trouble on the way, and when I saw you in misfortune just now, I rode a fast horse and rushed here from afar to help you, I don't ask for anything in return, if you really want to repay, why don't you be a brother with me. ”

In this way, Yagonagus Sizetralaya returned with a Goliath named Lewis, and within a few years, this man of the Yagonagus family, like the men of this family, rose from despair to leap forward, and through riots and all kinds of coercion and inducement, he first gained Syria, and then became the native king of Egypt, until he took control of the present land.

Before the attack, Lewis put forward three proposals: stabilize Egypt, hold the parliament hostage, and unite the royalists.

The first thing to do was to give the Egyptians status, and although Egypt, which was originally under the rule of Tlaya, became more and more powerful in the provinces of the Republic, the aborigines of the provinces were oppressed like slaves like the natives of the other provinces of the Republic.

Under the rule of Tlalaya, the province developed a strong cotton spinning and dyeing industry, and eventually to produce cloth, and the Egyptians were forced to grow in the fertile land a profitable cash crop, that is, the sedge, which was necessary for the production of dyes, and not to grow too much grain, which led to a great famine and then the plague in Egypt, which had always been abundant. The Goliath defenders, on the other hand, only brutally suppressed the rebellion and resorted to massacres against the rebels.

The Egyptians who worked exactly like slaves in the cloth fields were even more miserable, living like livestock, working twenty hours a day, eating only two meals, and often being subjected to arbitrary humiliation by the Goliath garrison, beating them at will, and inflicting violence on the women at will.

Lewis believed that such a brutal rule would not be blessed by the Supreme Adua, and he also believed that it would make Egypt's scarce hearts and minds move further away from the governor, and that when the governor marched into Abivi, the great rear of Egypt was likely to break out into a sudden rebellion.

Therefore, under his leadership, the governor issued an amnesty for the Egyptians, so that the indigenous people of Egypt would not have a large-scale revolt for at least fifty years, so that he could use force with confidence.

The holding parliament hostage is to use the parliament to establish a new emperor, and to use the authority of the emperor to unify the country and recentralize the power of the country. Then a court council was convened in the name of the emperor, and then took the opportunity to become the controller of the court council, that is, the prime minister. Later, after transferring the power of parliament to the imperial court, the fictitious prime minister was turned into a military dictator for life.

(In addition to parliament, the Goliaths had many nominal powers, one of which was the Imperial Council, and the official position of the prime minister naturally had no practical role.) οΌ‰

As for uniting the powerful and secretive royalists, it is a helpless move not to be secretly assassinated by those royalist masters and not to have one more enemy, and of course they can also use their power to unify the country.

In this way, he led his Eastern Egyptian Army (Hehida Legion), 300,000 infantry, 50,000 cavalry, and 5,000 warships to Abiway, the capital of the Republic, and the largest and most incomparable advantage of other provinces in Egypt was the closest to Abiway.

His army first captured several towns near the capital city of Abiway, and then threatened the outer city of Abiway, which deserved the pride of all the soldiers, and they felt great excitement when they looked at this great city that was already magnificent to the extreme, although it was not the first time that everyone had seen Abiway, but they had usually come here as ordinary soldiers of the country, but now they were conquerors.

What a magnificent city Abiway is, she was built on the foundation of the ancient city of Babylon, which was dirty and irregular at first, but dozens of consuls built it vigorously, making Abiway synonymous with spaciousness and orderliness.

During the first ten years of Abidwei's renovation and construction, the Republic recruited engineers and surveyors from all over the world to seriously redesign and plan the whole city: the whole city was two rings with a diameter of 55 songs, and a four-story wall (the outer city, the inner city, the city center, and the imperial city), the height of the city wall was 100 meters, and each gate had a very heavy iron gate welded with ten large steel plates.

It took more than 3 million workers to rebuild Abiy, and each brick was built on four sides the size of 500 turtle shells, and a complex system of man-made canals supplied the city with water. The city's buildings are made of marble, with marble steps leading up to the two rivers, and this splendid Goliath-style building is designed to reflect the spirit of brave expansion.

More than fifty years after the founding of the Republic, Abiwe developed into one of the largest cities in the world at that time.

Today, the population size of Abivi is about two million people.

In fact, Abivi is not only a city with a Goliath cultural atmosphere, but also a compatible inheritance of Babylon, Boyue, Greece, and Rome. Gothic and countless other civilizations have countless slightly sloping minarets in the center of the city, which is where magicians live.

Abiway also established two of the largest colleges in the Republic: Babylon Water College and the House of Wisdom.

Babylon Water College is a baptism and a must-go place for the political elite of the Republic.

The continued flourishing of Goliath magic was due to the construction of a highly liberal academy called the House of Wisdom in the center of Abiway.

(Babylon Water Academy is not a samurai noble, and cannot enter the academy).

Not only was the academy free, it was entirely funded by the Abiwei Vault, and it also hired elves to form a group of teachers to teach its students.

The House of Wisdom mimicked the Boyue Royal Library system, and later added astronomy and alchemy branches.

In this era, the republic conquered all the territory of the Boyue Empire, integrated the Achid culture, conquered the entire territory of the Roman Empire, and integrated the culture of the Latins, so the republic became the only country from the entire Mediterranean Sea to the Black Sea, and also brought the most brilliant development of magic, technology, culture and art to the whole continent, and the establishment of Abivi marked this era of swallowing mountains and rivers.

Today, however, the conqueror has arrived, bringing with him a group of ferocious wolves and tigers that he has kept for years.

"All the glory of today does not belong to Abiwei. ”

Looking at the countless big boats floating on the two big rivers, looking at the dense army coming down from the boats, and looking at the rebel camps as dense as the stars in the sky, the city guard thought uneasily in his heart.

The walls of Abivi were divided into an outer city and an inner city.

The sergeant guarding the outer city, Mont Eyve, was resolute in his resistance, and he had already prepared everything in advance, increasing the height and thickness of the walls, accommodating more crossbows and trebuchets, and digging denser shooting holes was only the simplest thing.

He organized the mobilization of the outer city, deployed a large number of elites on the front line, and then organized reserves to replenish the losses of the city defense at any time, used all the available labor to build a lot of bunker fortresses, and ordered the soldiers to practice strict and even cruel military drills every day, and hone various defensive skills.

This was inexperienced by the people who had defended the city, because Goliath's soldiers were always aggressive, and no one would have imagined that someone would be so bold as to attack Abivi, the capital of the republic, where the emperor's and councillor's fathers were staying.

However, the soldiers still showed great morale and motivation, and they trained desperately every day, and when they rested, they explored and studied how to make better use of the defensive equipment in defensive battles.

The city keeper also ordered the blacksmith to make weapons from all the materials that could be used in the outer city of Abiwei, and ordered the "city management" department to strictly monitor the suspicious people in the city, and from then on prohibits people from going out and entering.

When discussing with the garrison, he concluded: "No matter what happens next, the besiegers will have to pay more."

In the ensuing battle with the Egyptian Eastern Army, he personally defeated the enemy troops who jumped up many times, beheaded dozens of strong men on the city wall, and even cracked the destruction of the water pipe system by the Egyptian Eastern Army, saving the drinking water problem of the entire Abiwei city.

In his quest for a quick siege, he resorted to fierce and brutal rotational tactics despite Lewis's warnings, which cost his army at least 2,000 lives in a short period of time. And the wounded were tens of thousands, and he sighed that this would not work, but according to his estimation, the losses in the city were not small, and it occurred to him that "if you enter through the back door with a box of gold on horseback, there will be no castle that cannot be attacked." He ordered a cavalry of Assassins to enter the city quietly at dark with a cartload of five chests of gold and jewels and a letter of persuasion on horse-drawn horses, but they were soon killed, and their heads were hung on the flagpole and sent messengers back, but the governor did not seem to be angry, for he was extremely eager to entertain the messengers sent by the city guards, and did not show any anger at the killing of the assassins he had sent.

Of course, this is impossible, how could the governor be so grumpy and generous, it turned out that it was not the real governor himself who received the envoy at this time, but Lewis pretended to be him, and he let the angry governor himself stay in the barracks and play the role of an ordinary soldier, and he was the one to receive the envoy.

The visitor reported his surname: "I am Monewe of Bonital in Isari, and I am an emissary. ”

"Very well, I am the commander of the great army, Taraya of Yagonagus of Cizer, and I command you to surrender. ”

"What qualifications do you have to make us surrender, don't forget who you are that should surrender, you rebels, do you know where you are attacking?"

"Isn't it just Abiwei?" said the Governor, played by Lewis, loudly and in amazement.

The messenger sneered, "You are attacking your faith, but is there no other choice?

"Five tons of gold, how?"

"His Excellency the Governor is still required to go in person, and only cavalry must be brought in. ”

"Okay, I agreed. Lewis said suddenly, as if he had discovered something.

The envoy departed after receiving some hospitality, but as he was leaving, an ordinary soldier came in through the back door, and the governor played by Lewis saluted a soldier like him, and said, "Your Excellency, the one who claimed to be the messenger just now is actually the city guard himself." ”

"Why not keep him so that the walls can be easier to storm the walls. ”

"No, even if he is killed, the walls will not be taken immediately, and may even be more difficult to breach because the people inside have become more united. That's why he dared to come, because he knew that even if his identity was revealed, it wouldn't make the situation worse. Lewis said to the true Governor.

"Yes, we did know his identity, but we couldn't kill him, because we knew it was useless to kill him, right? But you say, how can someone like him surrender? I don't think it's credible. The Governor frowned, stabbing his dagger against a clipboard.

"I don't believe it either...... But this is an opportunity, regardless of the conspiracy of the other side. Lewis said confidently, and then said: "The conspiracy of the other party is nothing more than the fact that His Excellency the Governor will bring cavalry into the city, and I suspect that he will probably want to destroy the dam west of the river when the Governor enters with a large number of cavalry." ”

"Flooded! He's crazy...... No, maybe it's an opportunity. ”

"You're the city defense officer, my sir, you're crazy and planning to surrender. Back in the city, the city defense officer who returned as an envoy was surrounded by his deputies, but he said calmly: "You know the situation, will the resistance still have an effect, may I ask how many soldiers we have to fight." ”

The deputies were silent, and then one of them stood up and said: "Less than three hundred, but I can swear that I will stab the knife forward until the last moment." ”

"The rebels, who numbered in the hundreds of thousands, and were still supporting their satraps from the nests of Egypt, the watchtower observers had seen the great ships on the two rivers, yes, just today three more great ships had come, and on each boat were five thousand sailors, four hundred horses, armoured weapons, bread made of wheat, and beer, The birds, birds, cattle and mutton that are abundant in the swamps of Egypt and the rich pastures of Syria are too numerous to count, and their troops eat barbecue and drink beer every day, and the slogans they practice every day are so loud that they can shake our walls. ”

The words of the city guard made the people silent, and he was glad to see such a scene, and then he said passionately and sadly:

"Sometimes, victory doesn't have to be a decisive battle between soldiers and soldiers, commanders and commanders, we can harness the forces of nature, such as the power of the great waters that can almost destroy the world. ”

"You mean. Flooded! No, no, no, you're crazy, the outer city of Abiwei to the center of the city will be covered with water...... This is a crime against the state. ”

"But the imperial city built on the high mountains is safe, and the majesty and the parliamentarians there will not be wiped out by the floods, but only the Egyptian rebels...... Also, Your Majesty's subjects, I can only be sorry for them. Is there any other way besides this?" said the city guard faintly.

The next day, when the sun shone on the earth, the people of the city were terrified.

When the city defense officer announced his surrender, the defense of the entire outer city collapsed instantly, and the soldiers defending the city whose morale had fallen to the lowest point surrendered or committed suicide......

Then all the besieging soldiers learned from their commanders that it was the governor of Egypt who bribed the unpopular defender of Abidway to surrender, and then easily captured the outer city of Abivi, and then after three months of extremely hard fighting, broke the defensive line of the inner city and attacked the capital of the republic...... But did the city guards really surrender? Many people had doubts, so they did not relax for a moment the surveillance and precautions of the city defense officers.

As for the Governor, he now almost immediately wanted to storm the Imperial City in the center of Abivi, so as to hold hostage the members of parliament and the Emperor who were still there, and thus unify the country and at the same time enter the theater stage of life.

But the resistance in the center of Abigvi was far more fierce than expected, and the defender of the city only surrendered pretendedly, and ordered two rivers to be dug from the outer city early in the morning, blocking the way out, so that part of his cavalry and a large number of infantry, including himself, were trapped in it.

It turned out that the real intention of the city guard officer was to use the street battles in the city to wear down his small cavalry, but how could the people who had already guessed the incident be unprepared for the unexpected event? Therefore, he had no way to overcome it, it was the city guard who underestimated him, the water did not spread to the city, Lewis had already built a floating wall when the city guard's people destroyed the dam, successfully blocked the water, and then ordered the sappers to urgently build a number of small underground passages, through which the water was led to the Grand Canyon in the northeast.

In the face of stubborn resistance from the city center, the Governor was confident. He quickly adjusted his tactics, concentrating the heavy infantry to storm a central point to pin down the city defenders, while the army circled back to various makeshift fortresses, not caring about the harassment of the city guards, and attacked the council's palace directly.

Ling sent a group of cavalry along the river in the center of the city, taking advantage of the heavy snow all the way to the palace, and two other teams of cavalry ambushed the port in the city in advance to prevent anyone from escaping from there.

In the city, the fire spreads, the screams of women and the angry screams of men are endless, and the cruel Goliath soldiers do not hesitate at all because the other party is a Goliath, they kill the men and forcibly pull the women into the alleys.

In the firelight, a group of soldiers covered in black armor and blood appeared, they rode on tall horses, stepped on the body of a blood-stained pregnant woman, and looked around with their eyes, and suddenly one of the soldiers suddenly swept over a broken wall in the distance where the sound of crying was heard with a cold gaze, and then rode his horse and ran over, not far away, smiling at the Goliath child hiding there, and casually threw the circular spinning dart on his chest, and as the crying stopped abruptly, he left satisfied, and gradually became far away, as if it had become an inconspicuous black dot in the distant sky。

The rest of the cavalry also charged as much as they could, and with a cry of "Follow Grecher", they began to take revenge on the next place, looking for a companion to hell for the dead brothers.

Later, one of the soldiers shouted: "Brothers, quick, cut open the bellies of the women, they have treasures in their bellies." He held a intestine as he pulled out a large, shiny stone from it with his hand.

"Oh-oh-oh!" the soldiers shouted when they saw this, and they began to drag the women out from house to house, and then cut open their bellies......

"Don't, don't, ah!!" When the chaebol's wife's stomach was cut by a scimitar, she fell to the ground, a red-haired Ural. It turned out that there was really no gold in her belly, and the Goliath soldier who killed her didn't care, and immediately killed her son, who had burrowed under the bed and was bleeding.

On the outskirts of the city, on the flat ground of the Grand Theater next to the Archon's Residence.

A group of soldiers put four or five thousand desperately resisted, but the captured townspeople were tied to pillars and beheaded one by one.

"Hahaha!" The soldiers, bare-shouldered, revealing their hideous muscles, and holding somewhat broken swords, watched in amazement as the blood flowed along the curved line. And some of the men who did not die immediately because the knives in the hands of the soldiers who had cut them were dull let out a faint groan, which made their butchers laugh to their heart's content, and the butchers had laughed enough, and they ended all the suffering with their knives, and the soldiers departed and plundered the whole theater, snatching all the valuable things in it, and finally one of the soldiers kicked the candelabra of the theater over, and the fire engulfed the whole theater, and the smoke began to rise......

Under the leadership of Graschel, the cavalry captured a place of fierce resistance, which had once been the place of the most honorable, but now it was the ordinary city guards.

As Grachel was about to enter, he was stopped by a Simbui lieutenant, who yelled at him, "This is the office of the confidential secretary, get out of here."

Grachel continued to move forward, and just as the lieutenant was about to draw his sword to kill him, he quickly bent down, and then a violent slap of his hand struck out, and in an instant the lieutenant flew away, and just as the lieutenant tried to get up, he stretched out his leg and kicked him again, hitting him in the jaw and knocking the lieutenant down again, and then Grachel smiled smirkantly with his fellow cavalrymen, and then quickly drew from the several knives at his waist and threw a long-handled one, and then one of the horsemen quickly rushed out, bent down on the horse with great horsemanship, and picked up the knife, and then moved forward again, and then cut off the captain's head like the sound of cutting leather, and struck it out with his horse。

The cavalry entered the ...... The voices of women were heard, not screams, but angry resistance, all of whom were female warriors, one of whom was a Goliath warrior who slashed a cavalryman with an axe, startling the rest of the crowd, but just as she cut off a cavalryman covered in black armor, the soldier grinned and easily dodged her deadly attack.

He was the commander of the cavalry, Graschel, who then quickly and fiercely grabbed the wrist of the female warrior, forcibly threw the axe from the female warrior's hand to the ground, and then wiped out all the resistance of the female warrior in a fierce battle at close range, the difference in strength was huge, they were at least a hundred times different in physical strength alone, Grachel was a soldier who could slay dragons.

Then came the wild cries of the men.

"Hold her down to my brother, and my brother will enjoy her taste, attack her with the "sword" under my brother's crotch, and my brother will use this "sword" to enjoy the taste of the women in the city, and kill the children he meets to his heart's content, and set fire to the whole city, in full accordance with the tradition of four kills after the Great Goliath broke the city. ”

The soldiers shouted hello and played a new game to the shrieks of the samurai, who chopped off her legs and hands and tied them to the table......

Eventually, the cavalrymen, who were satisfied with the samurai, killed her with one man and one sword, and before leaving, Grachel patted her on the shoulder and scolded: "Bah, damn bitch, do you know the bravery of the great Goliath? ”

The crime broke out throughout the city, and Lewis, who knew everything, tried to persuade the governor to put an end to this cruel and barbaric act, saying:

"The Supreme does not bless those whose crimes outweigh their merits, and now all the crimes committed by the soldiers in the city are committed against the believers of the Supreme One, and they burn down the halls dedicated to the Supreme Beings, kill and rape the female believers, and gather the old people and children together and behead them, this is an abominable act, and it will be inflicted on you by heaven, please stop it, otherwise it will be too late to regret it. ”

The Governor said that it didn't matter what happened, that you could decide for yourself, so Lewis sent a military judge to announce the order to stop the raids to the soldiers, who would have thought that the soldiers would refuse to carry it out, and protested to the Governor with great dissatisfaction.

The representatives elected by dozens of soldiers, angrily beating their armor with their short swords, stood in front of the military judge and said loudly: "According to Goliath's tradition, this is what the brave warriors deserve, why don't we be allowed to plunder the city at will? ”

Lewis learned what had happened, and he thought deeply. Came up with a solution.

He went to the city himself, taking the military judge with him.

When he saw the sorrow of the whole city, he fell on his knees and wept bitterly, and when the sergeants recognized him and saluted him and were eager to see why he was crying, first of all the military judges cried out: "You have dishonored the dignity and honor of the samurai." ”

When all the soldiers began to be puzzled, he Lewis said:

"How can I not weep bitterly, for the atrocities you have committed today are so severe, and the consequences of these crimes are borne by the Governor. And you are killing the subjects of His Majesty the Emperor, which is disloyal to His Majesty, but it is I who came up with the idea of attacking this city and making recommendations to the governor, which is equivalent to me instigating people to lead soldiers to slaughter a city full of His Majesty's subjects, this kind of betrayal is absolutely not in line with the way of the samurai we believe in, as a samurai, but betraying Your Majesty, what a serious crime, this will definitely be punished by the Supreme. ”

When all the soldiers heard his words, they were terrified, and they assured themselves that they were loyal to His Majesty the Emperor and would never commit any more violence against anyone in the city, and shouted in unison: "The Supreme Andua, the Emperor, the Emperor, and the Governor, of course, are also the Highest." ”

The military judge took the opportunity to say: "Good soldiers, in order to reward your obedience, it does not matter if there is not a single song coin left in the arsenal, for the governor has already prepared a rich reward for this

Lewis then presided over the restoration of law and order in the city, and ordered the soldiers to rebuild the dilapidated city defenses, and he personally led the siege of the imperial city and the governor together.

This time, however, he and the Governor made almost the same decision, ordering the soldiers to forbid them from firing any catapults at the Imperial City, as well as insulting the defenders of the Imperial City on the battlefield.

He made contact with the Governor secretly and the members of the Parliament...... Later, it was learned that the council had endorsed the patriarch of one of the eight nobles as the new emperor, a young emperor who was not yet thirteen years old, which gave the governor and Lewis a new idea.

At this time, in the city, in a dark, solemn and unusually solemn underground hall, a dark narrow corridor ended in a huge palace gate with the head of a giant dragon, a demon and an angel.

Inside the door, the thirteen-year-old boy who had become the Emperor of the Republic by the Parliament was not happy at the moment, and he walked back and forth to his seat, and kept whispering: "They will kill me, why do you want me to stay here, I will be killed, quickly, let me go, I don't want to stay here." ”

At this time, from the dark corridor, suddenly, the lights on the walls came on, and a man walked out.

The man held a tall candle lamp with a blue flame in his hand, and he walked through the narrow corridor that could only be passed by one person, and with each step, the lamp hanging on the wall of the corridor was extinguished, but the lamp in his hand was brighter and stranger.

Eventually, the man knelt down outside the gate, shouting "Long live Your Majesty", and only after the emperor's call sounded, did he easily push open the hundreds of tons of gate and enter, walking towards the emperor.

When he walked ten meters in front of the little emperor, he fell to the ground and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has come to pay a visit." ”

Then, with the acquiescence of the little emperor, the man stood up.

The man looked at the little emperor with a pair of bewitching eyes that looked narrow, with thick and long eyelashes, and after listening to his complaints, he knelt down again, got up and said: "Your Majesty don't have to worry about anything, they won't kill you, as long as the governor of Egypt is really a smart man, he needs you and the parliamentarians to unify the country." ”

"But I'm ...... I can still control the country, I cannot reward anyone with status and honor, not even the issuance of a song coin is up to me, there is not even a single army under my control, a careerist like the governor of Egypt, he will still respect such an emperor, a half-grown child without prestige, wealth, or army, who can take my life with a gentle sweep of his scimitar.

If I were in his place, I am afraid that I would not let a child stay on the throne, and according to what you say, maybe I am not a smart man. ”

"I beg your pardon, my majesty. The man bent slightly. Afterwards he said:

"The governor of Egypt knows that killing you will not replace you, it will only completely destroy the order, and when all the governors do not take care of it, they are likely to send troops to Abiwei to fight for the ownership of the emperor, or simply establish an independent state, then the republic will perish, and the governor of Egypt does not want this, otherwise he has no need to attack Abiway, and there is a better choice for him. ”

"Your Majesty, you must know that you are the emperor of this country, you don't need to reward anyone, you will bring them honor and status, even if the emperor has no power, the governors of all places still fear and respect you. The free men of Goliath will honor their emperor, and this is a tradition that will not change for all generations. Not to mention those of us, our parliament will not tolerate any transgressions.

Our parliament has set up an independent military and political system in each province, and their people are completely subordinate to us, so at present the parliament still has its own power in various places, plus your name in hand, if you unite the forces of the governor of Egypt, you can quickly recover the chaotic and independent cities near Abidvi, and restore your supreme prestige.

When the time comes, you can order all the governors to come here, and then the republic will definitely be united, and to do all this, you only need to lend some power to the governor of Egypt, but in any case, he is only your subject, he is equivalent to your debt slave, and it will be easier to control when the time comes, otherwise he will show the most dangerous fangs, and if he disobeys him, the fangs will bite out, but with him, his fangs will only become the most advantageous weapon of your majesty, and use him to balance the governor, and use all the governors to balance him, so that the country will still be what we say。 ”

Hearing this, the little emperor's mood instantly became very good, and he happily sat down on the chair carved in ivory and gold, which was thousands of years old, and said: "What does your council want, say, I know, you must have a plan, don't think I don't know anything, you must know, the master of this country, as long as I live, will always be me." ”

The man smiled, then bowed to the ground again, and said to the ground, "My Majesty, you are really a saint...... I thought maybe Your Majesty should be able to enjoy everything without having to do anything. ”

"You are trying to say that you are too bold to ask me to surrender all power to Parliament, including the only power to appoint a governor. The little emperor looked at him with a smile, threw the glass at him, and walked down, kicking the kneeling man and stepping on his head.

"Your Majesty, this is not the only one, you also have the right to embezzle one-fifth of the national holy treasury, one-fifth of the country's income is at your disposal, you don't have to worry about anything in the future, you play all day long, horse racing, playing ball, Hunting monsters, or going to the bed of a palace maid, how pleasant, the country is not well governed, you only need to put the responsibility on us, the country is well governed, then all the merits are yours, and the appointment of the governor is not to be taken away from you by our council, but when you appoint some governors, we will make appropriate suggestions, and recommend that you choose those governors, in case of today's troubles. ”

The emperor's gaze never looked at the man, but he still said with a little contempt:

", just say I agreed. ”

"Your Majesty, your ministers retire, long live Your Majesty the Holy Goliath, long live the shadow of the Supreme on the earth, long live the great Lord of the Seven Seas and King of Nations......!" It wasn't until he exited the gate that the figure slowly disappeared into the darkness, and finally only a faint spot of cyan light remained.

The Eastern Egyptian army routed the 340,000 troops of the governor of Boyue at Fengxi Qin, near the city of Abivi, and blocked the Red Sea with warships to prevent other governors from attacking their rear from the sea, the granary on the Nile in Upper Egypt.

After half a month of discussion, the parliament announced that it accepted the "surrender" of the governor of Egypt and appointed him as military dictator for life to crusade against other governors who had betrayed the republic.

The people of the imperial city opened the gates, and it was the woman-like councillor, who smiled slightly at the governor of Egypt, "Congratulations, you have finally reached the pinnacle of your life. ”

"Is it the pinnacle of my life now? Not enough. The Governor's words made the woman-like councillor laugh a little awkwardly, but he smiled anyway: "Yes, the pinnacle of your life can be the title of the savior of the nation, please defeat the other governors." The council conferred upon you the hereditary throne of the Pasha for life for three generations. ”

"Haha, that's pretty much it. The Governor then rode away, ignoring the mud from the horse's legs, which left the councillor covered in mud.

The councillor was still standing, but the dirt on his body was all gone, and he groaned, and then knelt down as Ling came to the ground: "Your Majesty. ”

"My Excellency the Governor of the Province of Egypt, where is he now?"

"Your Majesty, he is already a lifelong Pasha. ”

"Oh. The Emperor rode away, splashing the councillor with mud.

The governor of Egypt, the lifelong Pasha of the Republic, and the military dictator Yagonagus stood proudly before the emperor without kneeling, but then he still knelt down and shouted Long live Your Majesty, and then stood up.

After the eastern Egyptian army finally occupied the province through which two rivers already flowed near Abiway, the lifelong Pasha sent a notice to the whole republic in the name of Parliament and His Majesty the Emperor that a court council was to be held, and sent large armies everywhere to recruit some of the governors who had been declared "enemies of the people" by the parliament...... Seeing that no other change was possible, the governors had no choice but to go to Abidway in accordance with the "will of His Majesty......

"I declare that the civil war of the Republic is over, and that the next step I will enlist two hundred and fifty-three sergeants against the Governors of Europa who have rebelled from the Republic, and march into India to expand the skies and lands of the Republic, and... Ocean!"

"Hey, long live the military dictator!" below, countless armies chanted, and parliamentarians bowed to him.

And the emperor, no one notices him anymore, the emperor goes to his palace on the Black Sea to have fun, he will ride a black horse to hunt monsters, or he will pamper a certain maid, or he will be in a daze on the seaside.

At this time, the Yagonagus clan became the most glorious clan of the republic, and of course it was resented by some peasants who were overwhelmed by the endless war tax, while the successful Lewis clan lived in seclusion, and later heard that he had been seen in India and Europa, and that he had not accepted the title and fief of military dictatorship, and probably only liked unrestrained wandering.

There is no more intersection between the Yagonagus and Lewis...... Until......

When a long time passed, Nishizawa Uren of Yagonagu once again found the descendant of the former Lewis, the little Lewis, who had half of the blood of the Seris, and invited him out of the mountain...... Later, he got acquainted with Lyuyeino, who was well-versed in economics and was known as the "scribbled quartermaster", and Penanus, who had a brutal and impulsive personality and was known as "always the rank of lieutenant", and ......

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