Section 108 The Alliance of the New Empire
Nearly a year after the fall of the Knight Kingdom, Beijung, dissatisfied with the Tubis's monopoly on the victory, took the initiative to approach the Nila Empire and seek the latest joint strategy.
In front of the old marquis's palace in Seoul, a twenty-nine-year-old man in the prime of life was waiting. His name was Eddie, and he was a young and excellent civil minister of the Beijon Empire, and at his suggestion, the king of Beijon adopted a new foreign strategy, entrusting him to personally visit the Nila people to oversee the matter.
Although Eddie received some indifference after arriving in Seoul, the people of Nila seemed to be more concerned about his arrival, and deliberately stopped all external activities and focused on receiving the allied minister's envoy.
However, Eddie had been waiting for more than half an hour at the door, and still hadn't seen Bedoria appear. At this time, Elton was summoned to report to the commander-in-chief, and after seeing the strange Eddie, he asked, "I heard that you are the envoy of the Beijon Empire, Lord Add, why are you standing here?" ”
Add bowed respectfully to Elton, and then replied, "I have an appointment with the Commander-in-Chief of Bedoria, and I am waiting here. ”
Elton replied, "Oh, in that case, come in with me." ”
Eddie thanked him again and said, "Thank you, Commander, for your hard work." ”
Led by Elton, Add followed him to the welcome hall of the mansion, and then Elton asked the guards, "Where is the commander-in-chief?" ”
The guard replied, "Back to Elton Commander, Lord Commander-in-Chief is changing clothes upstairs, and will come down soon." ”
Elton looked at the empty hall, frowned and asked the guards, "Didn't you say that all the commanders should come over for a meeting, why don't you see anyone?" ”
The guard replied stunned, "I don't know, anyway, you were the first to come." ”
"Okay!" Elton listened with some fire, and he respectfully invited Eddie to take a seat, and waited with Eddie for the others to arrive.
The guards brought some refreshments and fruits, and Eddie reached out and took a sip of water, then asked Elton with a smile, "It turns out that you are the famous Elder Elton of Nila, disrespectful and disrespectful." ”
Elton shook his head with a smile and said, "I'm ashamed, I'm so famous, compared to our Imperial Duke Batun, I'm just a little hairy child." ”
As soon as Elton finished speaking, a loud voice immediately came from the stairs: "What, Captain Elton is under my command, this is wronged you?" If this is the case, I can immediately beg your Majesty to transfer you back to the Duke of Batun as a garrison commander, and we will enjoy a great deal of the honor of the Western Expedition. ”
After hearing this, the two looked up, and saw that Bedoria was slowly walking down the stairs in a gorgeous dress, and the expression on his face was a little angry, obviously Elton's words made him feel very uncomfortable.
Elton stood up and saluted and said: "Your subordinates have no such meaning, you and Duke Batun are the four guardians of our empire, and your prestige is the same as that of Duke Batun, so we respect us doubly, and please don't be careful, Lord Commander-in-Chief." ”
Bedoria smiled faintly after hearing this, then turned her gaze to Eddie and said, "Ouch, it's disrespectful to let Lord Eddie wait for a long time." ”
Eddie got up and replied, "No, no, I've just arrived, and you're too polite, Commander-in-Chief." ”
After going down the stairs, Bedoria sat down directly in the main seat of the long table, then looked around and said, "What is the situation, what about the others?" ”
The guard hurriedly walked over and replied, "Return to the commander-in-chief, the other commanders have not arrived yet." ”
"Ridiculous!" , Bedoria angrily reprimanded: "I don't know if there is an important guest, why don't you hurry up and urge me." ”
"Yes!" After hearing this, the guards hurried out.
After a while, at the urging of the guards, more than a dozen Nila commanders arrived one after another, filling the entire long table.
Bedoria opened his mouth and said: "Lord Add, here are all the senior commanders of our Nilasi Expeditionary Legion, we have always attached great importance and respect to the matter of meeting with our allies, but it seems that your country has appointed you alone to talk, it seems that there is some sincerity. ”
Eddie nodded very embarrassedly, he got up slowly, first took turns to pay homage to many commanders, and then explained euphemistically: "This is a military plan, and before the matter is settled, it should have been kept secret, so I came to Seoul alone and secretly." ”
"Oh!" , Bedoria smiled and said: "Understood, understandable. At Nila, everything is open to discussion, so you don't have to be so inhibited if you have anything to say. ”
Add nodded, he sat down slowly, and said very cautiously, "We, Tubis, Nila, and Beijon have long been allied, and we have agreed to fight the evil Knight together and divide the land of the Knight equally. But now that the Tubes had possessed Lockhan, the royal capital, the Victor, the Rysburg, the Nedo, and the Cobilon, they had taken all the wealth and goods of these territories, and had not thought of giving us a share. Now the Nila Empire has only obtained the territory of Hancheng, and our Beirong Empire has only obtained the territory of Haocheng, and we are not even a piece of meat compared to Tubisi. Doesn't this mean that our three empires will divide Knight equally, and let him take all of them from the Tubis Empire with any benefit? ”
Bedoria nodded after listening, he looked sideways at Elton and asked, "Elton Commander, you first tell me what you think." ”
Elton shrugged his shoulders and said in a brisk tone: "I am just a regimental commander of the empire, and I will fight wherever Your Majesty and the Commander-in-Chief ask me to fight, and for such a major matter between the allies, I will listen to the arrangements of Your Majesty and the Commander-in-Chief."
Hearing this, Elton just didn't want to express his thoughts, Bedoria glanced at him coldly, and then asked the other commander opposite, "Master Harris, you can tell me about it." ”
Harris was a typical Nila nobleman, he acted impulsively and aggressively, and when he heard the commander-in-chief ask for his opinion, he immediately got up and said: "Needless to say, since he only wants to make spoils of war alone, it is entirely because our two empires are his free servants." If we don't do anything, our two empires will simply join forces to fuck Tubis, and when the time comes, we will divide the land of Knight equally. ”
After hearing this, Elton sneered, "Master Harris, are you sure that we can defeat the Crusade army of Warkas together?" ”
Harris looked at Elton very arrogantly, his eyes were full of contempt, and he said coldly: "Elton, if you are cowardly, you can return to the empire, we are not people who are afraid of death." Isn't there only 40,000 or 50,000 troops in Tubisi, and our army of Nila plus Beijon has more than 100,000 people, and we will win this battle no matter how we fight. ”
Another Commander of Nila spoke: "What Captain Elton said is not unreasonable, although the army of the Tubis people in the west is only forty or fifty thousand people, most of them are black knights, and their combat effectiveness is very strong, even the knights of the Knight are not their opponents, we can't take it lightly. ”
Bedoria frowned and asked, "According to Esmarck, then we will sit and wait for the Tubis to monopolize the Knights?" Our Nila Empire's westward expedition to Knight finally got such a Seoul territory? ”
The commander of the regiment, named Esmarck, replied, "That's not true, the ultimate goal of the Tubis is not just to capture Knight. If the Tubis have pacified the populaces in the Nete's lands, they will certainly continue to conquer the other Net's territories after they have recuperated and received a large number of reinforcements. When all the rebellious Knight are gone, I ask you to think about what the Prince of Warkas will do next. ”
After hearing this, everyone fell silent, not because they couldn't think of it, but because they didn't want to say that kind of desperate ending.
However, Eddie, the envoy of Beijon, replied loudly: "Of course, we will continue to attack Beijon and you Nila in the east, because the ultimate goal of the Tubisi is to unify the continent, and our two empires are just to become their tools." ”
Elton nodded, he looked around at the frightened crowd, then reached out and tapped his finger on the table and said, "So, let's not attack any of the existing Knight territories, especially Dragon City and Hwaseong City. Because of the retention of the Dragon City and their gang, the Knight people can still gather a certain amount of resistance, which is also a kind of protection for us. ”
Harris was very unhappy when he heard this, and he said indignantly: "According to what you say, we shouldn't have teamed up with the Tupis to attack the knight kingdom in the first place?" Elton, you know that by saying this you are questioning the wise decision of our Majesty the King. ”
The majesty of the king must not be desecrated, this is not a joke, Elton immediately explained: "At this time and that time, it was the knight kingdom that used to be the dominant kingdom, and it is true that our three empires attacked together. But now that the knight kingdom has been destroyed, only a group of nobles from the dead country are still struggling to support them, and they can do it at any time if they want to clean them up. But the problem is that now that the balance of power has been broken, the biggest threat in front of us is no longer the Knights, but the wolf ambitions of Tubis on the west side. ”
After listening to this, Bedoria said happily: "According to what Captain Elton said, then do you agree with the envoy's meaning?" Do you want our Nila Empire and the Beijon Empire to join forces to deal with the Tubis? ”
Elton was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then he realized that he seemed to be in the trap, and involuntarily expressed his opinion. He then sighed and said, "Hey, if it is from my personal point of view, it is better to attack Dragon City now, it is better to unite with the Beirong Empire to attack Cobilon occupied by Tubis. Even if we fail, the Tubis will not dare to advance eastward, because they will have to consider the threat of the Knight in Dragon City. I heard that Dragon City, under the leadership of their Prince Railton, has successfully held a knight competition, not only selecting ten excellent knight leaders, but also forming an army of 20,000 new knights, whose power cannot be underestimated. ”
Bedoria sneered: "He was selected as the head of the Knights with just one big competition, and he Relton is too child's play, isn't it, when the battlefield is all one-on-one duels?" Ignore these ridiculous Knights, since the Beijon allies are interested in forming a new alliance with us, I must first inform His Majesty the King of this matter, and let His Majesty decide for himself. ”
After saying that, Bedoria got up, greeted Eddie and said, "Envoy, please rest assured, I will do my best to promote a new alliance between our two empires. I also ask the envoy to go back and prepare as soon as possible, and when our majesty will conclude a new covenant, I will immediately come to Haocheng in person to sign the covenant with the special lord. ”
After hearing this, Eddie immediately got up and saluted and said, "Okay, then I will wait for the arrival of the commander-in-chief in Haocheng." ”
Bedoria nodded, then walked over to Eddie and personally invited him out of the Marquis's Mansion.
Outside Seoul, Elton accompanied Bedolia to see the envoy from Beijon away. As for Elton, he was actually very reluctant for the Empire to break the previous alliance, and such a reversal could easily cause the Tubis to resent. Once the Tubisi have succeeded in seizing all of Knight's territory, they will definitely use this as an excuse to continue eastward in the future, and at that time, the Nila Empire will no longer be as simple as dividing up Knight's land, but the whole country will be in a state of life and death.