Chapter 8: Military Power
The finger-thick rubber rod is placed on the candle and roasted, under the burning of the flame, the tip of the rubber rod becomes soft and black, and finally against a piece of approval, the high temperature makes the vicinity of the brand point slightly yellow, and a pure gold ring is pressed on the soft rubber, printing a three-dimensional seal.
Elder Bloomer put the ring back on his hand and took one last look at the approval on the table, which was the approval he had signed with Princess Pedela for the transfer of the army.
This batch of documents has no official significance, Bloomer has no right to transfer the 260,000 troops, but in fact, as long as there is this thing and Bloommer's own approval, the 260,000 troops will be transferred to the name of Princess Pedella, that is, in the hands of Su Xiao, with the current level of chaos in the empire, Bloomer's approval is more effective than the official one, and it is already an empty shell, with nominal command and no real power.
Pedella sat upright at her desk, and it could be seen that she was a little nervous, and her hands were clasped together.
After Bloomer glanced at Princess Pedella, he picked up the approval document on the table, Princess Pedella just wanted to pick it up, Bloomer raised his hand and looked at Su Xiao, the meaning was obvious, he Bloomer could lose a game, but not to this little white rabbit.
Su Xiao raised his hand to get the approval, and this time Bloomer reached forward to his arm.
"There are 240,000 of these soldiers in the western region, and Andoha may one day perish, but the empire cannot perish, no matter what happens, never go to the 240,000 soldiers and let them stay in the western region, Blue Lion Streich is overstepping his authority to govern the 240,000 soldiers, but it doesn't matter, without him and the 240,000 soldiers, the barbarians in the west would have invaded the empire long ago."
Bloomer held the approval document tightly and waited for Su Xiao's reply, obviously, this patriarch was not corrupted by the royal power, and knew that the empire could be infighting, but it could not be invaded by foreign clans.
"Yes."
Of course, Su Xiao would not mobilize those 240,000 soldiers, which would have little significance in seizing power, if he could seize the royal power by force alone, he would not come to the Senate in the light at all, but sneak in to assassinate Bloomer.
After receiving Su Xiao's reply, Bloomer let go of the approval in his hand and closed his eyes and leaned on the wolfskin seat.
"The turmoil of the Sea Clan, I will give you an answer at five o'clock at the latest, but ......"
Bloomer opened his eyes slightly, there are some things that must not be clarified, otherwise the fish will die.
Su Xiao took the folded approval into her arms and signaled that Petella could go, Petella, who had just been ignored, was a little angry, but at most she was pouting and didn't dare to say anything to Bloomer.
When Su Xiao walked out of the senator's mansion with Pedela, the old god stick, Bubu Wang, and the Dull Mao King were already waiting at the door.
"Did it go well?"
The old god stick is still that kind appearance.
"It's going well, before five o'clock in the evening, the Queen of the Moon will be sent, as for her current state, don't get your hopes up, Bloomer's old fox is willing to hand it over, which means that the Queen of the Moon has no value."
Hearing this, the old god stick sighed, there was no change in his expression, he didn't actually want to ensure the safety of the Moon Queen, but out of loyalty to the Black King, he didn't want the Moon Queen to be imprisoned like a pet, and the most likely thing he could do was to let the Moon Queen go to see the Black King.
"What's next?"
The matter of seizing military power made the old god stick sure that Su Xiao was very reliable, so he began to ask Su Xiao's opinion.
"These 260,000 soldiers, how many corps commanders are under their jurisdiction?"
Su Xiao first wants to stabilize the military power he has gained, but he is not ready to manage it in depth, it is too wasteful of time, and it is enough to stabilize it.
"To be exact, there are a total of 560,000 soldiers, 260,000 is just the number of regular troops established by the empire, and now there are continuous civil wars on the border of the empire, coupled with the barbarians in the west who have rushed the fortress many times, resulting in a serious overnumber of soldiers in each legion, 560,000 soldiers, 240,000 are in the western region, and the 240,000 must not be moved, and the remaining 320,000, 100,000 are in the south of the country, responsible for defending against possible sea tribes, and the last 220,000 are in the Tieyang military camp outside the holy city, they are all reserve soldiers, and they will be trained for at least three months, to be sent to the south or north. ”
The old god stick knew the division of these 560,000 soldiers very well, and even clearly marked it on the map of the empire.
"These are the border Cypriots? In whose hands are the defenders of the holy city? ”
Su Xiao's pace slowed down, observing the map in his hand.
"The command of the Guardians of the Holy City is in the hands of the princess Shayeto, that's a ...... A woman who is more like a man than a man. ”
The old god looked at Petella while speaking, just when she heard the name Sayesto, Pedella shrank her neck in fright, which was a childhood shadow for her, because she was as weak as a rabbit character, so that the royal family Shayeto felt that she was embarrassing the royal family, so she was sent to the military camp for a few days of training, Petella almost died there, and it was Shayeto's reason that caused Petella's soft and cute character.
Su Xiao began to sort out the information that is known now, in addition to his side, there are also four parties vying for royal power, namely two dukes who have never met, the princess Sayerto, and the senator Bloomer.
The old fox at the back, Su Xiao has already been in contact, it is difficult to deal with, although he has taken the military power from the other party, but the other party's power has been deeply rooted in the holy city, and the loss of military power will make the other party's heart ache for a few days at most, and it will not reach the level of breaking the muscles and bones.
"That is, now almost a fifth of the border guards, nominally already in our hands?"
"That's right, although most of the troops cannot be mobilized due to the situation in the empire, military power is also an indispensable thing for us."
The old god stick is dotted in the southwest corner of the map, indicating that it is the West Fortress.
"Gather the captains of these legions, they should all be in the Holy City, right?"
"There are four in the Holy City, and the Blue Lion Stritch has been in the West all his life, so it's unlikely that he'll come back."
"Then gather all four."
Su Xiao's next thing to do is very simple, directly intervene in the struggle for royal power, and look for violators among the forces involved in the competition.
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At seven o'clock that night, in a manor in the south of the Holy City, this is the property of the old god stick, which was rewarded to him by the black king, but the old god stick has no children and no daughters, and he does not value money, he once pursued his own strength, but after the death of the black king, the old god stick gave up his pursuit and settled in a small church, the specific reason is unknown.
Although the old god stick does not live in the manor, as a reward from the Black King, it is still well maintained after many years, and servants come to clean it regularly, and there are more than a dozen hounds in the courtyard.
In the courtyard there was a domed dwelling, large enough to get lost, and in the council chamber on the second floor, five people sat at a long table, each with two or three guards standing behind them.
Of these five people, four are the commanders of the empire, and one is the commander, this commander is the supreme commander of the 560,000 soldiers in the military, named Wuffer, and then up, the senate and the royal system.
The four legionnaires were a little apprehensive, they received the news that the Senate had placed them under the jurisdiction of Princess Pedella, they all knew what a terrible person the Senator Bloomer was, and Princess Pedella, who had taken away the military power from him, had already equated with the female demon in their hearts.
At first, these army commanders were very confused, Princess Pedella, they had heard about it, and when they learned that the other party had taken over the military power, their reaction was that it was absolutely fake news, but later, their commander Wuver confirmed the news.
While the Legion Commanders were full of apprehension, the door was pushed open, and a man they had never seen before sat in the first place, followed by an old man and a blonde girl, and Princess Pedela, who did not show up at all.
"Everyone, sit down."
Su Xiao looked around at the people in the chamber, the aura of these people was not weak, although the empire was in civil strife, there were basically no 'related households' in the military, after all, the king of black had just passed away less than twenty years ago, and the big tree of the empire would not rot to the trunk so quickly.
The Legion Commanders looked at each other, but they didn't take their seats, but the Commander Wolfer sat down, a sturdy man in chain mail with a red cloak behind his back, and a somewhat short stature.
"Master Kukulin, I'm Wolfer."
"Well, I've heard of you."
"It's my pleasure."
This simple conversation made the four legion commanders sit down obediently, their waists straight, their immediate superiors were respectful to this man, of course they didn't dare to make a mistake, and the people who could climb to this position were not simple characters.
"Let's talk about it, how do you and the Senate divide the military funds allocated by the empire?"
Su Xiao's eyes fell on Wu Fu, Wu Fu was a little embarrassed, he didn't expect Su Xiao to directly pick out the matter, which made him chuckle in his heart.
"Twenty-eight divisions."
Wu Fu looked calm, in fact, he controlled his heartbeat a little, two eight divisions, but not eight military eight, two senate, but the other way around, the military can only get two percent of the total military spending, what is even more exaggerated is that Wu Fu lied for the garrison of the border fortress, the real distribution is, the senate ninety percent, the military one percent, 70% of the one percent are sent to the side of the side, there can be no problems there.
For the sake of the military, Wu Fu was also open-minded, the first time he saw Su Xiao, he knew that Su Xiao was a ruthless person who killed people without blinking, but he still chose to deceive Su Xiao for the sake of the border army.