Chapter 308: The Collapse of the Empire (Forty-Four) The Year of the Poor Lul Twenty-Four Consuls
In 1434, at the age of 22, my father died, my wife disappeared, my children died, and I had to escape from the sewers alone.
Ten years later, in 1444, once again because of the chaos, my wife disappeared again, my children were killed again, and I lost almost everything again, and at the age of 32, I had no choice but to escape from Boris through the sewers again.
Ten years, after all, it is empty.
Of course, there was another subordinate who escaped from the sewers with me, but he was not a close confidant of mine, and because I was worried that this guy would betray me, I struck first, and after escaping the sewer, I killed him before he could react.
After all, who would remember this nobody, when Boris was already in ruins, but I was different from the former Luhr X, and I was pretty sure that Bourbon would have paid a large bounty on me for a traitor who dared to offend the aristocracy—if they knew that I, a dead scumbag, had escaped from Boris.
Therefore, this is why I killed the last of my companions, and if he betrayed me once, I would fall into the abyss from which I could never recover.
In addition, in order to prevent the rare probability of the nobles recognizing me, I scratched my face after I had recovered a certain amount of vitality.
As for the issue of spiritual power, there is no need to worry that I will be recognized by others because of spiritual power, because only nobles and a small number of strong people will spend energy to certify spiritual power, although I have been the consul for 7 days, but I don't have so much effort to certify spiritual power, so as long as I don't go head-to-head with those who attacked the Great Palace in the first place, I basically don't have to worry about being recognized in this regard.
After recovering in a mountain forest, where no nobleman had now jumped out and said that it was his domain, for the inhabitants of Boris had fled in large numbers over the past few months, and the city had maintained a little bit of discipline, and the countryside had formed associations to protect itself, and the wilderness had lost order altogether—I began to look for my own way out.
Now that I'm only 32 years old, I'm still in the prime of life, and I still have a lot of energy to squander, and I'm not willing to hide like a dog in some stinking gutter.
After a few days of walking along the river in the suburbs, I met an officer who recruited troops. After signing up, he recruited me into a ragtag army of nobles, and because I claimed to have fought a ten-year war, and because of my victory in a contest, they made me a petty officer in the ragtag army.
It was also after joining the army of this nobility that I learned about the current situation in Bourbon, how to say, once again refreshed my expectations, the expectations of the lower limit.
Originally, I thought that after only 7 days in power, I would be the shortest-lived consul in history, and it would be impossible for anyone to break my record, but my record has been broken again.
The curse that I discovered was almost fulfilled once again, and the new consul, Chang Anlu III, had died in a coup d'état, but I think that because I wasn't killed, the curse was really over here.
The curse that began with Lure VIII.
The 27-year reign of Luhr VIII was overthrown by Andrei III in a coup d'état and subsequently executed, the 2-year reign of Andrei III was overthrown by Boris V and died in a coup d'état, the 1-year reign of Boris V was overthrown by the old Luhr IX and died in a coup d'état, the 3-month reign of the old Luhr IX was overthrown by the new Luhr IX and died in the war, the 1-month reign of the new Luhr IX was overthrown by me, the 10th reign of the new Luhr X was overthrown by me and died in the war, the 7-day reign I was overthrown by the Anlu III but did not die, and the reign of Anlu III was assassinated and the Governor was completely vacant。
Only three years after the coup d'état that overthrew Luhr VIII in 1441, seven Bourbon governors were in charge, and six of them were killed.
And the Governor of these three years has followed a set of rules, which have not been partially broken until I have done so, that is: the person who killed the previous Governor (not necessarily himself, the mastermind of the coup d'état) will become the new Governor, and then die in the coup d'état of the next Governor, and each Governor will stay in office for a shorter and shorter time.
Then, among the seven consuls of these three years, even if there were unrecognized consuls like the old Luhr IX and I, Luhr X, at least during the period when we proclaimed ourselves, there were no other new consuls in Bourbon, but since the assassination and death of Anlu III, there has been more than one person who has claimed to be consul.
Oh, and by the way, Anlu III, the leader who commanded the aristocratic coalition to massacre the city in Boris, and who made me escape from Boris in embarrassment, claiming to be the real 118th Archon after abolishing my position as Governor (i.e., recognizing the status of the new Luhr IX and denying the old Lordship and the Governor of the old and 10).
As the new Governor, Anlu III was delighted to return from the banquet, but the next day, his servants found his body in his room, and he died for no apparent reason.
None of these reasons are known, but because the mob in the city has been slaughtered by the nobles, and the rest are far away, the nobles can only argue within themselves, and finally because of the argument about who killed Anlu III, the nobles immediately engaged in a new battle in Boris.
The fighting lasted for a week, and it is said that Meath Square was completely shattered, and only the main structure of the General Assembly Palace remained, and all the rest of the city was smashed into ruins during the fighting, and countless houses were destroyed in other places.
And this conflict didn't come to a conclusion in the end, so a certain bold nobleman (as for which nobleman, I heard seven or eight versions) actually operated a large magic array, trying to burn Boris, although the magic array was partially stopped, but Boris still burned, so the fight could not be fought, and the nobles withdrew from Boris, who had been tossed enough.
Okay, so let me sort out what exactly happened to Boris.
A week after the coup d'état of the old Luhr IX, the whole of Boris was completely shut down, and the old Loul IX locked his cronies in the General Palace, so the various mobs of Boris formed a violent gang and started fighting inside Boris, which lasted for more than two months until the arrival of the new Loul IX.
As New Lure IX tried to bring together all the mob, Boris was once again caught in the flames of war.
After the death of New Lul IX, the coalition of nobles under the leadership of later Anlu III came to Boris again, and this time it was shattered, and finally more than 50,000 mobs were slaughtered in the Great Palace, and the other mobs that did not die fled from Boris, leaving only the army of the nobles in the whole city.
Then, because of the unknown death of Anlu III in the assassination, the nobles fought among themselves, and once again fought against each other in Boris, this time with much more ferocity than we did, not to mention the massacre, even the fire was burned, and the Meate Square was completely destroyed.
This is how the greatest city in the world, the pearl of Bourbon, the pride of the sea god, the city of ten thousand cities, Boris, has been treated in these months, even I, who have witnessed it, still feel unbelievable when I remember that this city is our capital and my hometown where I grew up.
Hehe, this isn't the bottom of the abyss, so the Bourbon has to keep falling.
As I said above, when we were in power, although two of them were not recognized, at least for that period of time, the person in charge of the Great Palace was the only one who claimed to be the president, but after the assassination of King Anlu III for no apparent reason, there were more nobles who claimed to be presidents, and there were still a lot of them.
Question, in 1444, what was the abundance of Bourbon, which was the year of the twenty-four consuls?
After the death of An Lu III, in just 1 month, 13 nobles who claimed to be the consul general appeared in the central district, and the southern district was not far behind, 6 nobles who claimed to be the consul general, which is 19, and then counting Boris V, the old Lul IX, the new Lul IX, and the only one who died in a row within 4 months, a total of 5, adding up to 24, this is the meaning of the year of the twenty-four consuls.
Now there is no need to worry about this problem, the nineteen consuls need to be recruited, and now as long as they are able-bodied adults, they can find jobs as soldiers.
As for what to do in the future? What to do with the indoctrination zone? What to do with the Overseas Chinese Alliance? What to do if Pokang takes the opportunity to attack? What about the food? Don't make a fuss, who else will think about this at this time?
In the midst of this month, the nineteen consuls officially went to war.
At first, it was the governors of all sides who fought with each other, and after half a year of fighting, the two weakest governors were out, and there were still 17 governors left.
In 1445, the six consuls of the southern district declared their independence from Bourbon, and the 11 consuls of the central district decided to put aside their differences and work together to defeat the six consuls of the southern district.
So the following year, there was a regional war in the central and southern districts. At first, the central sector went very well, but after the initial stalemate, the southern sector could not hold on and began to lose back-to-back games.
However, halfway through the battle, because some of the governors did not border the southern region, they were worried that the southern region would only be cheaper in the end, so they directly rebelled on the battlefield, and then the coalition forces in the central region collapsed.
By the way, I simply broke away from the wrong in this rout, gathered the rout, and used the prestige I had accumulated over the year, as well as my own heritage, to form a mercenary group - a concept proposed by Boris (a country in the south, not the capital), and began to join the war and fight for money.
Although the personalities of each consul are different and the way of governing is different, there is one move that is the same, that is, to liquidate those nobles, such as the family of Andrei III, the family of Boris V, and the family of Lul VIII, claiming that they are the culprits who caused the troubles, so even the nobles must behead them all over the house.
Isn't this the same trick we played in Boris? Now the nobles have learned it.
This bourbon is a pill!