There is nothing more satisfying and glorious in life than seeing your enemies kneel before you and beg for mercy. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info and once disposed of properly, the glory will be multiplied. It is appropriate to forgive the enemy and stop in moderation in the face of victory.

- Queciadini (Italian Renaissance icon)

Duke Patel, the Prime Minister of the Empire, is one of the most powerful and wise dukes in the Empire, and as the contemporary head of the Watson family, one of the five major families of the Empire, Duke Patel's ability is recognized as outstanding in the Empire.

And the emperor of the empire, Charlemagne, was a wise emperor who had barely made a big mistake in his eighteen years of reign, and perhaps, for His Majesty the Emperor, his greatest shortcoming was that the emperor's position was not so glorious, but this did not affect his glorious image.

The passage of time can always cover up the truth that the victors do not want to be known, and the passage of 18 years has calmed down the bloody storm of that year.

Charlemagne and Prime Minister Patel, the pair of emperors and prime ministers who can be regarded as imitating monarchs and ministers, are the real helmsmen of the Celestial Dragon Empire, how could they put aside such a serious mistake and put the empire in an embarrassing situation of fighting on two fronts?

None of the five major families in the southern realm, who were full of doubts, said anything more, but focused their attention on their inner thoughts, and it was not until Long Teng tapped the table lightly a few times that they raised their heads again.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the great decision-making mistakes of the Empire boil down to the unwillingness of the Emperor and the Prime Minister to compromise with the Turkic tribes. After everyone looked up at him, Long Teng continued: "Do you all know the Khan of the Turkic tribe who just sat on the throne of Khan last year?"

"Jili Khan?" Sun Kui, who was fairly familiar with the situation in northern Xinjiang, wondered: "Isn't he the third son of Qimin Khan, the younger brother of Shibi Khan and Chuluo Khan?

"Yes, he did sit in the position of Khan of the Turkic tribes. Long Teng explained helplessly: "If it weren't for the death of Qimin Khan, the successors Shibi Khan and Chuluo Khan died suddenly one after another, where would it be his turn to be the Khan of the Turkic tribes." ”

"However, what does his being a khan have to do with our empire?" Li Mubai, who didn't know why, asked, "Is it because he is the khan of the Turkic tribes that the Turkic tribes are going to send 200,000 cavalry to invade our empire?"

It is not that the succession of the Gilli Khan was not as smooth as outsiders thought, and he succeeded to the throne by forcibly suppressing the other successors, but there were so many disobedient people that he had no way to rule the entire Turkic tribe.

So, in order to gain the support of the empire to consolidate his rule over the Turkic tribes, he sent an envoy to His Majesty the Emperor, hoping to return to the empire nominally in exchange for the support of the empire, and his so-called support was that His Majesty the Emperor married the seventh princess to him. ”

"Fart!" The grumpy Romanov said angrily on the spot: "How can the seven princesses of our empire be used as bargaining chips to marry the barbarians of the north?!

"Romanov, can't you change your temper?" Bai Haotian, who was taken aback, said with a wry smile: "You don't want to think about it, if His Majesty the Emperor agrees to this auspicious Khan's conditions, will the empire still fall into the dilemma of fighting on two fronts like it is now?"

"Although I am not in favor of marrying the Seventh Princess to the Auspicious Khan, the reality before us is cruel: the Empire, which is mired in a two-front war, is no longer able to support the expansion of our southern borders, and we must find our own way to deal with the expansion of the barbarians. ”

"Duke, do you mean that under the premise that the empire does not agree to our military expansion, we will expand our own military warfare?" Li Mubai, who had always been cautious, hesitated: "If this matter is known to His Majesty the Emperor, then it is a serious crime for us to expand the army privately!"

"Mu Bai, I know you're worried about His Majesty the Emperor's reaction, but do we have a better way?" Sun Kui, who had a close personal relationship with Li Mubai, persuaded him: "If we really wait until the barbarians take the initiative to attack us, then we won't even have a chance to fight back." ”

"Yes, Mu Bai. Bai Haotian, who also had a good relationship with Li Mubai, also echoed: "Rather than being slaughtered by the barbarians at that time, it is better to take advantage of the time to desperately expand the armament war, maybe we still have a chance to win." ”

"Mu Bai, don't think about it so much. As the duke, Long Teng also explained: "Even if His Majesty the Emperor knows about our military expansion, it is impossible for him to punish our five major families, after all, we are the real guardians of the southern region!"

"Duke, since everyone thinks that we should deal with the threat of the barbarians by expanding our armaments, then I agree, but how should we expand our armaments?

Hearing Li Mubai's remarks, Long Teng, Bai Haotian, and others also fell into thought; each independently expanding the army and jointly expanding the army have their own advantages and disadvantages, the former can maintain the independence of each family, and the latter can improve the efficiency of arms expansion and warfare.

After thinking about it for a long time, it was Long Teng, the only duke, who took the lead in breaking the silence in the secret room: "Lords of the family, I think that our five major families in the southern realm can unite to form a southern alliance to ensure the safety of our southern region. ”

"Southern Alliance?!" Bai Haotian and the others exclaimed in unison.

In addition to the legions under the control of each of our families, we can concentrate the elite troops of our five major families and form a new knight regiment and a swordsman regiment as the direct army of the alliance.

As for the expansion of the legions of our various families, we can join forces to expand the legions, for example, the Bai family is responsible for the weapons of the expansion of the army, the Li family is responsible for the equipment of the expansion of the army, the Sun family is responsible for the soldiers of the expansion of the army, and our Long family is responsible for the expansion of the war horses, etc. ”

"Duke, I have no objection to this proposal of the Southern Alliance, but should the expansion of the five legions be the same?, and besides, who should command the newly formed knight and swordsman regiments?" Sun Kui asked the common question in everyone's minds.

"Our Southern Knights, I think it can be formed by six hundred knights from each of our five families, and then my eldest son Long Ze will be the commander, Sun Jian of the Sun family and Li Yuan of the Li family will be the deputy commanders, and the three of them will each directly command a thousand knights.

The Southern Swordsman Regiment can be formed by 800 swordsmen from each of our five families, and then the twin sword saints of the Bai family, Bai Haowen and Bai Haowu, will serve as the commanders, and Alexei and Fyodor of the Andrei family will serve as the deputy commanders. What do you think?"

Long Teng's impartial arrangement not only took into account the strength ranking between the five major families, but also took into account the principle of relative fairness, and the four people present naturally had nothing to say about this, but Bai Haotian still mentioned: "Duke, what about the expansion of the five legions?"

"I think we can adopt a targeted expansion plan, expanding the Ninth and Eleventh Legions, which are relatively militarily stressed, to 20,000 men, and the other three legions to 15,000 men, so as to minimize the pressure on our army expansion. ”

"The Duke's plan to form the Southern Alliance, I agree!" Bai Haotian, as one of the biggest beneficiaries, agreed to the plan.

"I agree. "Followed by Li Mubai, the weakest of the Li family.

"I agree. After thinking about it for a long time, Sun Kui and Romanov approved the plan at the same time.