Jekbada, the royal city of Paz. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoThis city that guards the east-west trade route has been one of the most important cities in Paz since ancient times, and it can become the capital of Paz entirely because of the trade routes, and the east-west trade has made it the most prosperous and fortified city in Paz, and countless poets have lingered here and written countless hymns. There was once a poet who compared the night of the city to the beautiful moon goddess Shebael, the night of Jekbal is as delicate as Hibael in the night sky slightly open his eyes and look down on the earth, the soft silhouette of Jekobal is reflected in the dark night sky, like the long hair of the goddess Hibael gently floating over the soft **** so that all men fall for it. This thousand-year-old city that integrates the artistic achievements of the East and the West has been baptized by the years, but it still retains its beauty, and it stands on the Pas Plateau as always, proving the strength of the Paz Empire.

In the past thousand years, Jekbada has only been attacked twice by enemy forces, because few people can reach his capital in front of the mighty Paz army. The result of these two invasions was also a victory and a defeat, with the once-powerful Arubanian army suffering the humiliation of defeat under the walls of the city, and the other when Andrapatius, the founder of the current Paz Empire, captured the city and destroyed the rule of the previous dynasty.

It is now likely that Jekbada is in danger of a third siege, as the lord of Bataana, Babasbarn, continues to break through the Paz army with his rapid march, and is getting closer and closer to this legendary city. If the Paz Empire does not gather an army to stop it, then it will not be long before the Badana army will be slaughtered under the city.

Speaking of which, the three most powerful forces in Paz were the three most powerful forces in the coup d'état that led to the change of King Paz - Chancellor of the Exchezer Songares, Secretary of State Kebaldo and Minister of War Bihab.

Songares became the preeminent power of Paz by amassing a large number of talented people through his years of mastering the wealth of the empire, while Kebaldo dominated the court of Paz by virtue of his hereditary status and the majority of the noble children, and Bihab used his military base and his own power to become the third most powerful force. As for the other forces, to put it bluntly, they are just pawns for these three main forces to pull each other together to establish an advantage, and the people who competed for the position of prime minister in the first place were actually mainly these three.

On the surface, there was nothing wrong with Pornoncar I making a serious mistake by trying to use the position of the prime minister as a bait to turn the ministers against Basbarn, so as to achieve the goal of depleting the power of the ministers, but he ignored an important condition, that is, the strength of the king himself.

The real power of the king of Paz had already been consumed by his father, King Bicarius IV, and the ministers knew that this was the king's plan, so why should they follow the king's plan to fight to the death with Lord Bataana? Taking a step back, even if you want to fight with Lord Bataana, you can't cheapen the king for nothing and let him profit. Far from being successful, Penoncar's plan made the courtiers feel the king's ambitions, and understood that the young king was not going to merely check them, as Bicarius IV had done, but was going to start attacking them. Then it is natural for the ministers to think that it is more in their interests to directly depose the king and set up another puppet king. Toppernoncar's blessing was to force the deceitful ministers to unite and eliminate the king.

Under the instigation of the Minister of War Bihab, the ministers took the first step, taking advantage of the fire in the backyard of Basbahn to send troops to the Western Regions, and staged a coup d'état with lightning speed, ousting Penoncar from power and supporting the thirteen-year-old prince Rudanel to ascend the throne, thus seizing the initiative.

But after the successful coup d'état, the alliance between the ministers began to crack. According to Bihab's plan, they were supposed to immediately move troops to the border to prevent Baibasbahn from sending troops, but as soon as this issue was involved, the ministers all started to make their own calculations - whoever sent their troops to the border would lose their strength in the court, and it would also mean that they could be depleted in the battle with Baibasban. Songares proposed an equal share of the army, but almost everyone opposed it, because only the Minister of War, Bihab, who already had a large army, and Songles, who could merce, could benefit, and the problem of who would command the combined army was a big problem. Kebaldo's proposal to divide the number of troops according to the proportion of the military forces held by each faction attracted opposition from the other two factions, since the main force of the nobles in Cabador's control was the private army, and his refusal to include this part of the military force was obviously for another purpose. As a result, in the midst of this endless controversy, the attack of Baibasbahn began.

Obviously took the advantage of the first move at the beginning, but was caught off guard by Baibasbarn, and now these ministers of Paz were so remorseful that their bowels were blue. From the very beginning, Basbahn was so overwhelmed by Paz's army that the ministers could not figure out how many troops he had used, and some even deduced that he had an army of 200,000. By the time they realized that the actual strength of Babasbahn was only 50,000, Baibasbahn had already covered more than half of the distance, and he had recruited a large number of Paz troops that he had defeated, and his total strength had exceeded 120,000 by this time.

At this time, the ministers finally let go of their minds and chose to unite again, because if they don't act, they will really be dead. As the Minister of War, Bihab believes that although Baibasbahn is currently powerful, his strong military strength is obtained by winning consecutive victories, and as long as Paz's army defeats his main army, those subordinate soldiers will collapse without a fight, so Paz must concentrate his maximum strength to attack.

Once these ministers put aside their quarrels and joined forces, their strength was actually very considerable, and in just four days they gathered an army of 180,000 men, which, together with the original garrison of Yekbada, mobilized a total of 250,000 troops, twice as many as Basbahn. In terms of the generals who led the army, Songares sent the veteran Paz veteran Gug in command, Kebaldo put his most trusted noble general, Count Hubanor, into battle, and Bihab sent two warlike generals, Hilmen and Homkeley. As a result, the Paz army formed the strongest formation in the past ten years, and the mighty city of Yekbadak marched eastward, preparing to meet the Badana army.

Once again, Gug was surprised by the fact that his army had barely driven a hundred miles before he received a report that Baybasbahn's forward would arrive in two days. While staggering at the speed of the opponent's march, Guge ordered the army to set up camp and prepare for battle, because at this time, his 250,000 troops were located in the Gongge Plain, which was very suitable for the battle of the large army. (To be continued.) )