The longest empire on the three continents of Olopa, a civil war that swept through the area around the imperial capital of Alexandria, suddenly broke out and then ended abruptly.

The sudden betrayal of the civilian clique led by the Grand Duke Rousseau and the Imperial Capital Defense Force led by General Menavino made the already inferior Prince of Mercardenburg even worse, and he had no choice but to withdraw his army to the last stronghold: the city of Benniga.

However, unexpectedly, although the Grand Duke Rousseau and General Menavino betrayed the Prince of Mercardenburg, it did not mean that the Prince of Busuburg, Genio, could benefit from it. This group of "rebels and thieves" set up an ambush near the city gate to lure Jenio's army into the city and suddenly attacked, and the prince's troops were severely damaged, so they had to retreat to the town of Black Song, which had been captured with great difficulty.

This creates a strange three-legged trend. Although the two champions of the throne were enemies of each other, they used this as an opportunity to reconcile to some extent.

During the night, Yure's tent welcomed his brother's messenger. Genio's message is simple: it's one thing for brothers to compete for the throne, but power can't be taken away from outsiders because of rivalry within the royal family, and the throne of the empire must be taken by someone from the Drogen family. Although Yulie is arrogant, he also agrees with his brother's idea. So the two brothers, who were still fighting each other in the war not long ago, hit it off and teamed up to formulate a military plan to recapture the imperial capital from the rebellious ministers and thieves.

The operation was timed during the annual storm. At that time, the mountain wind blowing from the depths of the Antigorin Sea collected a large amount of water vapor from the Olopa Sea in the east, forming a violent storm that lasted for several days to half a month, and swept over a vast area including the eastern part of the Rokar Empire and the northeastern part of the Kingdom of Medin. During the storm, people could only stay indoors, unable to move normally, many of the equipment on the fortifications could not be used, and the defenders of the city would also be less vigilant due to the arrival of the storm, so this was the best time for the two princes to retake the imperial capital. Although the storm also has an effect on the attacker, for example, the griffin cannot take off in a violent storm, resulting in no air cover. However, the advisers of the two princes strongly advocated the idea that the opportunity should not be lost and that time should not wait for me, and of course, this was also in line with the hearts of the two princes.

So they teamed up to develop a siege strategy. The battle would begin in the torrential rain, and the army of the Prince of Mecardenburg would enter the city from the north gate, while the army of the Prince of Nosuburg would enter the city from the south gate, and the two armies would attack from the north and south to the palace in the center of the city.

In fact, it is not so much that this is a joint operation of the two princes, but that they are competing, as if whoever can storm the palace first will be able to seize the throne. The knot between the two princes is not something that can be resolved, and both of them know very well that after clearing out the rebellious ministers and thieves, the next enemy to deal with is each other.

On the fourth day of the storm's roar in the port of Alexandria, which was also the day of the heaviest rainfall and the worst damage, at 12 noon, the armies of the two princes sounded the horn of attack every second, and the two armies that had lurked outside the city launched a siege battle at the same time. It is necessary to attack at a predetermined time, not sooner or later. If you attack the city too late, you may attack the palace one step slower than the opponent, and if you attack the city too early, you may attract most of the forces of the defenders in the city, causing the siege resistance on the other side to be greatly reduced.

When Jenio's siege soldiers approached the southern gate in the rain, there were no arrows or stones falling from the walls, and the siege soldiers fired their bows and arrows at the defenders on the walls, but the ones who were hit by the arrows did not move, and when they looked closely, they were scarecrows in armor!

And although the drawbridge over the moat was pulled up and the gates were closed, the control room was practically empty. The two princes sent their skilled men to climb into the fortifications, and easily opened the gates and lowered the drawbridge. There is not a single living person in the huge city fortifications.

The southern gate was taken without much effort, and Prince Genio ordered his troops to rush to the palace in the rain - since the rebels had abandoned the gates, they must have concentrated their forces in the palace, which was easier to defend. Although the two princes also considered the danger of being ambushed, out of fear that Yulie might attack the palace before him, the anxious prince lost his former composure, he could no longer care so much, even if there was an ambush, he had to attack the palace first.

On the way, Genio's army did not encounter an ambush in the true sense of the word, but only encountered a lot of obstacles blocking the way. Genio ordered his men to push away the obstacles, and then continued to advance in the rain.

When the troops finally arrived at the palace gates, Genio was dumbfounded, as the army of his collaborator and competitor, the royal brother Yulie, also arrived at the palace gates at the same time.

The situation at the north gate was the same as at the south gate, and Yure's troops took control of the gate without blood, driving into the city, the only difference was that the number of obstacles and the distance between them were slightly different from those encountered by Jenio. Obviously, the people who placed the obstacles were carefully calculated, so that the armies of the two princes arrived in front of the palace gate almost at the same time.

However, when they were one step away from the throne, the two princes invariably stopped, the two brothers did not trust each other, and the reason why they chose to cooperate temporarily was just to use the "rebellious ministers and thieves" who suddenly appeared to consume each other's strength. But now, the rebels and thieves have not shown up at all, but the soldiers of the two have met directly face to face. Unlike the situation just now, when they were racing against time to rush to the palace, neither side wanted to attack the palace first, because it was likely to be flanked from behind by the other party.

In this way, two armies belonging to the same empire, in front of the imperial palace gates of the empire, faced each other in the face of heavy rain and strong winds. The soldiers were exhausted little by little by the freezing rain and biting wind......

More than two hours have passed, and the enemy has not yet emerged, and some soldiers have been unable to support it one after another, and they have lost temperature and collapsed. Eventually, the two princes realized that someone had to make concessions. Genio rode out of his camp and came to a clearing between the two armies.

"Brother Huang, if we continue to do this, we will only cheapen those chaotic ministers and thieves in vain. We must have a unified call to attack together. Genio offered his opinion.

"Good!" said Eulena's raised voice from behind the army, "you put your army under my command, and I agree to unify the order." ”

"Yes!"

To Yule's surprise, he thought that Genio would definitely fight to the end, but he didn't expect Genio to agree to this request that was obviously unfavorable to him. This was completely outside of Yulie's consideration, and in the face of a good situation, Yulie hesitated, and he also rode out to see what medicine was sold in Jenio's gourd.

The brothers looked at each other, guessing each other's thoughts, and were once again in a deep impasse.

However, at this very moment, on the walls of the palace that had been empty, a dense crowd of archers suddenly appeared, and their arrows flashing in the rain were aimed at the troops of the two princes below - I don't know if the storm drowned out the sound of troop movements, or if the attention of the two princes was focused on each other, and they didn't know anything about the situation.

"Archers attack!"

"Battering ram ready!"

Realizing the danger in front of them, the two princes gave the order to fight at the same time.

But before the archers on both sides could shoot or the battering rams were pushed out, the heavy gates of the palace were pulled up with a "boom".

The two princes and their troops immediately stopped their confrontation, and they united in the direction of the palace gate to fight together against the rebellious ministers and thieves who were about to rush out.

However, after the palace gate was opened, no rebels rushed out, and only a few twenty or thirty people appeared behind the palace gate. Although the number of these people is small, each of them has the ability to influence the political situation in the imperial capital. The dozen or so nobles on the left are the civil servants headed by the Grand Duke Rousseau, and the spirited knights on the right are the core generals under General Menavino.

However, the most striking thing is not these high-ranking civil and military officials who have become "chaotic ministers and thieves", but a young woman who stands between the Grand Duke Rousseau and General Menavino surrounded by all the high-ranking officials.

"It's her!?"

Seeing the appearance of the beautiful woman, Yulie and Genio exclaimed in unison.

This beauty is none other than the Empress of the Empire, who has been missing for months: Ipeia II!

Well, now in front of the orthodox imperial monarch, who is the rebel and thief?