Five minutes later, all the mid- and high-ranking officers of the Scarlet Knights were assembled in the Chinese military tent. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The officers were surprised to find that there was a different person on the throne in the big tent, General Brian stood aside, and the Duke of Leanne sat in his place.

Duke Li'an looked at the nearly 100 officers in front of him, and couldn't help but feel a little emotion in his heart.

As the emperor's ** minister, Duke Li'an and the Golden Lion family almost control most of the army of the Spani Empire, and even in many troops, there is a situation where they do not obey the emperor's decree and only recognize the duke's orders, but the Scarlet Knights in front of them are one of the very few armies in the emperor's ** team that are not affected by him.

As a permanent member of the Imperial Capital on the outskirts of Ridema City, the Scarlet Knights have always been the preserve of the Imperial Family.

The most important thing in this army is not strength, nor wisdom, nor strategy, but loyalty, loyalty to the royal family and to the emperor himself.

No matter how illustrious your origins may be or how dazzling your military prowess may be, as long as you lack this most important trait, loyalty, you will never have any chance of making it to the Scarlet Knights.

It is precisely because of this that all the middle and high-ranking officers in the Scarlet Knights, including the Supreme Commander General Brian, are either from small and medium-sized aristocratic families, or simply work their way up from civilian backgrounds.

The people of the great noble families are almost completely extinct in this knight order, and even if there are a few, they belong to the kind of die-hard loyalists who will resolutely abandon their families and side with the royal family when they make a choice between the family and the emperor.

In other words, Duke Li'an's identity and influence may be more effective than the Holy Decree in front of other troops, but it is of no use to this Scarlet Knights, because this is a force that no one recognizes except the will of His Majesty the Emperor.

Without the orders of His Majesty the Emperor, Duke Lean could not even mobilize a single soldier of the Scarlet Knights.

Not only that, but most of the eyes of these officers of the Scarlet Knights looked at Lord Duke, which contained obvious or subtle hostility.

The reason is actually very simple, the army of the Spani Empire can be divided into two factions, one is headed by Duke Lean, known as the Duke's faction. The other faction is the loyal faction such as the Scarlet Knights.

As the first person on the emperor's side, Duke Li'an is of course not selfless, and he will have some priority for the subordinates who have been following him and the Golden Lion family all the time.

Although it is said that not to meddle in the affairs of the loyal monarch faction is a tacit agreement reached between the Golden Lion family and the royal family all along, it is precisely because these loyal monarch factions are not "their own people" in the eyes of Duke Li'an, so most of the things related to the Scarlet Knights on weekdays are official affairs, and there is no preferential treatment.

On the other hand, from the standpoint of the "loyal monarchs" of the Scarlet Knights, it is not an exaggeration to describe the Golden Lion Family, which has controlled most of the empire's military and the hereditary position of Minister of War, as the "number one enemy".

The reason is also very simple, Duke Li'an is like an insurmountable mountain in front of the loyal monarch faction, so that every loyal monarch general will never come out.

In other places on the mainland, which country's loyal generals do not firmly grasp the power of the army, and they are invincible?

But in the Sbanede ** team, loyalty to His Majesty the Emperor is even better than loyalty to Duke Leanne! How can these loyal generals and officers endure this?

In this world, in addition to the hatred of blood relatives, there are two kinds of hatred that are the most difficult to solve, one is to block the future of others, and the other is to block the way of other people's money.

For these loyalists, Duke Lean is undoubtedly the biggest stumbling block to their bright future.

Therefore, all along, the Duke of Li'an and these loyal factions have only barely maintained a superficial harmony, although the well water does not interfere with the river water.

But now, the Duke of Leanne has no choice, and if he wants to complete his plan, he must convince the officers in front of him to take his side.

Duke Leanne let out a sigh of relief, got up from his chair, and walked in front of the officers.

"Guys, I don't think you know why I'm here or why the rallying call sounded all of a sudden, right?"

The officers stood straight in the tent like statues, no one answered, and they all waited quietly for Duke Li'an's next words.

Duke Leanne suddenly raised his voice: "Then let me tell you why all this is, because tonight is the last moment of life and death for the entire Spany Empire and the rest of you!" ”

Many of the officers had a look of surprise on their faces, but then there was a look of confusion and scorn.

Duke Leanne took in all of this and suddenly smiled: "In the hearts of many of you, you must feel that this is just alarmism, a cover to lure you and the entire Scarlet Knights to serve His Highness, right?" ”

"But what I want to tell you is that if you really think so, then you are about to die!"

Duke Lian suddenly coughed lightly, and a trace of paleness flashed on his face, it was obvious that the injuries he had suffered in the Victory Palace a few days ago had not fully recovered.

The officers still did not answer.

Duke Leanne continued: "Can anyone tell me what will happen tomorrow? ”

There was silence in the tent.

Duke Lian frowned: "What, are all the deaf and mute in the Scarlet Knights?" ”

Someone finally spoke: "Back to Marshal, what you said should be the Emperor Election Meeting." ”

"That's right." Duke Li'an nodded with a serious expression: "As long as this emperor election meeting is successfully held and comes to an end, then your end is already doomed!" ”

There are one and two, after the first officer spoke, the second officer couldn't help but speak: "Back to the marshal, the Scarlet Knights are only loyal to His Majesty the Emperor, and tomorrow's Emperor Election will elect a new Emperor, how can this be a bad thing for us?" ”

This officer said what most of the people in the Scarlet Knights thought, for these guys who are full of loyalty to the monarch and the country, no matter how dull and stupid the emperor they are loyal to, it is better than no emperor.

It had only been a few days since the death of Charles XVI, but the Scarlet Knights had a feeling of living like years from top to bottom, and this feeling of losing their allegiance and being at a loss for what to do was too uncomfortable for these loyal soldiers.

"Stupid!" Duke Li'an sneered: "Can't you see that the matter of the emperor election meeting is basically a conspiracy made by Prime Minister Paul in order to empty the emperor's power?" ”

"Once this conspiracy is successfully implemented, the successive emperors of the empire will be forced to be subject to the hands of the noble ministers, and at that time, you, the die-hard faction of His Majesty the Emperor, will be the first target of the ministers to be eliminated!"