Chapter 52: The Smoke of Gunfire Returns
"The city is going to be broken." Najeta spoke in her most calm words, and she could see the fluctuations in her heart.
"Don't worry, I'll protect you!" Lubbo looked indifferent, seemingly cynical, but he could see the hidden edge in his eyes.
A man must always have something that he will do his best to protect.
Father, I have become a true man.
But even with such conviction, Lubbock was shaken by Lillian's appearance.
On one side is a childhood sweetheart who has had a good impression of him since he was a child, and on the other side is a female general who fell in love at first sight.
Is what you love now really what you really love in your heart?
Seeing Lillian's eager gaze from the side, Lubbo was stunned for a moment.
"Lubbock, you'll protect me, too, won't you?" Little stars flashed in the girl's eyes.
"Ah...... Ah, of course......" Lubbo was a little incoherent, but the words of agreement blurted out.
Najeta's eyes turned cold.
This stupid person, don't you know that you can only choose one girl? If it drags on like this, it won't do any good to any of the three!
Blindly entangled, it is destined to hurt a girl's heart in the end!
Cut through the mess quickly and decide quickly.
is worthy of being a female general, and even the idea of falling in love is so novel.
Lillian was more normal, thinking: as long as she continues to drag on, she will have a chance sooner or later. Although it is not as good as Najeta's status in Lubbock's heart, it is not far off. As long as I'm better with Lubbo than the dead man's wife, sooner or later his favorability will be blown up by me. Love is a lifelong thing, so I won't let it out! Take advantage of the current opportunity to overwhelm that guy!
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The Ice Fields of the Northern Empire.
Ethnic minorities have sparked rebellions one after another.
They follow the law of the jungle and only submit to beings who are stronger than themselves.
Therefore, at the moment of seeing the Empire's decreasing grip on them, a rebellion began without thinking.
They just want to get some benefits from this, such as reducing the worship of the empire or something.
Of course, if the Empire agrees to their demands, they will confirm the weakness of the Empire and continue to plan the next rebellion for the greater good.
The empire had been soft and hard before, and after winning the battle, they agreed to their request, which allowed them to settle down for some years. But it wasn't long ago that they started to stir again. Taking advantage of the Empire's use of troops on the Eastern and Western Fronts and the rise of the Southern Revolutionary Army, another rebellion was launched.
The leader of this rebellion, named Numa? Seka!
A brave man from the north, his long black hair fluttering in the wind, highlighting his domineering spirit.
Undefeated with a gun in his hand, after defeating the original leader, he led his countrymen to start another rebellion.
Through mutiny, he seized important domestic strongholds occupied by the Empire, and used this as a springboard to start a fierce counterattack against the Empire. As the battle progressed smoothly, he gained the trust of his countrymen and was revered as the Brave of the North, becoming a god-like being.
Of course, the real Numa? Seka is a wise man who has a lot to offer. Taking advantage of the fact that the empire was using troops on two fronts and there was civil strife in the third party, he took the initiative to attack and launched a surprise attack when the elite soldiers of the empire had been scattered. Connecting the three cities in the form of a blitzkrieg, forming a triangular defensive line, echoing from end to end, and having the capital to confront the empire.
As is customary, the Empire will send emissaries over for negotiations, Numa? Sekka was ready to take advantage of the opportunity to blackmail the Empire. But unfortunately, there was an accident this time.
After the minister took office, Earnest overthrew all the old rules of the empire, which caused a collective backlash among the nobles, and Earnest was indeed very upset about this. He was still too inexperienced in politics to move too quickly to weaken even the imperial moths who opposed him. However, it has reached such a situation, and it is useless to regret it. Minister Earnest put all his energy into "misdeeds", using the emperor's coercion to make the nobles restrain themselves, and sent his own men to assassinate a number of nobles. Of course, he was also extremely glad that he had left behind the unused means when he ascended to the throne of the minister, and he quickly suppressed the rebellious voices in the court in these ways. Moreover, because of the alliance he established in the army, his position was further consolidated. At this time, a rebellion broke out in the country from the east and the west.
This rebellion disrupted Ornest's plans, and the nobles took the opportunity to channel rumors to point the finger at the new minister, blaming all the faults on the self-righteousness of the new minister, hoping to force the minister to abdicate and retain their political interests. However, Earnest received more favor from the emperor than they had imagined.
The little emperor resolutely chose to trust the new minister, and retained the position of Ornest's minister with his own emperor's authority. This further alarmed the nobles, and the emperor's attitude made them see that Ernest was powerful, but this powerful enemy could not satisfy their political interests, so it had to be eradicated. If the emperor stands in front of all of them, then the emperor can only be eliminated together.
Thus, rebellion became an effective means.
The upper echelons of the nobility decided to spend a lot of money to support a puppet to build an anti-thief army called the Revolutionary Army. It was hoped that this would lead to the guillotine of Earnest and the Emperor. However, when the puppet they supported grew stronger and stronger, they found that something was wrong: the puppet no longer obeyed their command, and even had great ambitions to kill all the nobles, making himself emperor and his cronies the new nobles!
Frightened, the nobles suddenly discovered that the power of the revolutionary army had swelled beyond their reach.
And the only one who can solve this crisis is Minister Ornest, who is still their enemy.
So, many nobles took refuge in the fat man.
Earnest's power grew and he acted more unscrupulously.
Even, Earnest deliberately paralyzed his relatives with money and beautiful women, so that they could behave indiscriminately, in order to test the extent of the empire's decay and find an excuse to exclude dissent.
But, what he didn't expect was that the empire would be so rotten.
After he had slaughtered several nobles who had slandered him before, these noble men were so frightened that they were emboldened.
There is a huge empire, and no one dares to stand up against him.
It was a good thing for him, but he couldn't be happy.
The empire has decayed to such an extent. Change can no longer be postponed!
The drastic reform was preceded by a major purge of the empire to reduce the useless moths.
Fortunately, the revolutionary army had an organization called Night Raid, which carried out several assassinations of those extremely corrupt nobles, and even left a name after the assassination was successful. The leaflet with the black raven was meant to warn the nobles, but it became Onest's powerful weapon at this time.
He sent his men to assassinate him in the same way, and then printed a large number of leaflets that looked like night raids, and black crows on white pieces of paper were almost all over the city. After the panic, there is extreme anger. The aristocrats were all in danger, but they were also annoyed and angry because of it, especially when they learned that the night raid was the killer organization of the revolutionary army, and they felt that it was an insult to their intelligence. The organization that he supported began to give assassination orders to himself, which really shot himself in the foot!
There is indeed no shortage of smart people in these noble blood, but they are still inferior to Ornest, and Ornest's left and right cover-up, as well as the unscrupulous behavior of the night attack, make them target the night attack. On the other hand, the pressure on Earnest has suddenly decreased, which has also bought him more time.
The Eastern and Western Fronts used troops at the same time, sending General Najeta and General Estes to quell the rebellion respectively. The two of them were indeed extremely talented, and they quickly dealt with those rabble. But unfortunately, Najeta suddenly decided to rebel on her return, and if it hadn't been for Ornest's cronies in her army, even if she passed the news back, she would have almost let this guy succeed! Delivering the news that Estes led his army to intercept the traitors, he lived up to his promise and destroyed Najeta's elite troops in a surprise attack. However, the guy was still allowed to run away, and Earnest was depressed for several days.
However, there was not much time for him to be depressed, and urgent news came from the north, and the revolutionary army in the south began to capture the city at the same time.
Enraged, Earnest ordered Estes to go north to suppress the rebellion, and at the same time sent imperial envoys from all over the country to deal a heavy blow to the revolutionary army. And this group of people, just when Estes returned from victory, came in handy to form a team of hunters.