Imperial Army, Command.

The genius was bright, and Foster was hurriedly woken up by the adjutant.

"Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, something has happened. ”

The adjutant outside the door had a slight trilling voice, which frightened Foster, who couldn't sleep well.

Because the adjutant will choose to disturb him, either there is something new in the front-line Jialan Army, or there are some signs of disharmony in the barracks, whether it is the former or the latter, it is enough to make him pay hundreds of points of attention.

Squeak –

Dressed casually, Foster opened the door with a grim face: "What's going on." ”

"Since last night, deserters have appeared in various parts of the army. ”

Sweat already appeared on the adjutant's forehead: "In particular, the commander of the 3rd Brigade of the 13th Division led the whole brigade to escape without authorization, but was discovered by the patrol guards, and finally directly chose to break through." ”

"What the result. ”

Foster became nervous.

"Although the 3rd Brigade was completely wiped out......"

The adjutant was a little reluctant to speak: "But because of the Third Brigade taking the lead, now the voices of dissatisfaction in various parts of the army can no longer be controlled, and some of the middle-level officers have picked up the regiment and want to impeach your position." ”

"Damn, why is there such a big rebound all of a sudden. ”

Foster strode in the direction of the conference room, although he knew that the high-pressure policy would bring a serious backlash, but the rebound must have come too quickly.

Obviously yesterday was still calm.

But overnight, all the winds changed completely, and this change without warning left him unprepared.

That's true.

It is necessary to know that the total strength of the Imperial Army is more than 2.7 million.

And 2.7 million is equivalent to the total population of a medium-sized city, and wherever the army goes, it is equivalent to directly pulling up a medium-sized city in the local area. As a result, the commander-in-chief is unable to pay attention to every corner of the army, and in most cases, other core senior officers need to govern themselves.

And not every senior officer had Foster's wariness.

Therefore, as long as there is a mistake in one link, it will become the fuse that spreads throughout the army, and when the 'fire' burns, it is already a difficult thing to extinguish the fire, because the radiation area is too large, and the control force is seriously insufficient.

Therefore, although the large number of troops has huge advantages, it will also expose countless weaknesses, and these weaknesses are often very deadly once exploited by the enemy.

Arguably.

Every minute, 10 minutes, every hour...... The situation will deteriorate by one point, ten points, one percent......

Perhaps within the first few hours of the meeting, several more groups were affected and joined the naysayers.

However, the meeting that should be held still has to be held.

Foster turned to the head of the Ministry of State Security, that is, the person in charge of supervising the whole army in place of the judicial system, and asked: "Your Excellency, please tell me what happened and why the whole army became like this overnight!"

"Commander, according to our understanding, since last night, rumors have suddenly spread among the army that the West has abandoned its alliance with the Empire and will not invade the East on time in the coming year to assist us in dealing with the Jialan Empire. The Minister of Security explained.

"Why would anyone believe this rumor?"

Foster hated iron and said, "I told you a long time ago that in such an extraordinary time, even the slightest discordant voice must be suppressed, why did you let the rumors spread to such an extent. ”

"Your Excellency, it's not our inaction. ”

The Minister of Security said aggrievedly: "If it is just an ordinary rumor, under our control, the soldiers will not choose to believe it, as long as the source is blocked, it will be solved." But this time is different, and this document is still for you to look at. ”

The Minister of Security took a document.

The things on this document are nothing else, they are copies of the contracts between the Hundred Kingdoms and the Western Kingdoms.

This includes the agreement on the territory of the Windy Empire.

Everything can be faked, but the magic seal on it can never be faked.

In other words, is this contract genuine?

Forster was stunned by this contract, he didn't expect that the Western countries had really concluded such a contract with the United Kingdom of the Hundred Nations, wouldn't this mean that the Western countries had given up the empire, and it was even possible that they would not invade the East after the ice and snow melted in the coming year, helping them defeat the Jialan Army.

No!

Not very likely, but absolutely!

It clearly states how to divide the old territory of the Empire.

If the Western nations do not invade the East in late spring.

Then it means that all the efforts they are making now are self-inflicted, and their defeat and annihilation of the country have become ironclad things, and there is no hope at all.

Despair.

Endless despair spreads.

Foster's originally ruddy face had completely lost its bloodluster ......

At this moment, where does he still have the appearance of a commander, completely like an old man who knows that his time has come and has given up all his struggles.

"Lord Commander, Lord Commander ......"

The adjutant on the side saw that something was wrong and quickly woke up Foster.

It was this voice that pulled Foster out of despair.

He first glanced around in confusion, and then realized that he was the commander-in-chief, and as a commander-in-chief, even if the whole army collapsed, he must not fall, once he chose to fall, then who should the people below choose to believe?

Put down the file in your hand.

Foster's face was grim like never before.

He finally understood why a rumor could spread to such an extent overnight.

Generally speaking, rumors do not stand up to scrutiny, and their influence is very limited, and as time goes by, the influence of rumors will become weaker and weaker, and finally disappear.

But rumors with evidence are different.

Even he, the commander-in-chief, would be desperate when he saw this piece of evidence, thinking that the empire was over, and now instead of fighting against the Jialan Empire, it was better to choose to surrender directly, not to mention the middle and low-level soldiers?

No, not just the middle and lower levels.

Foster looked at the senior officers sitting on either side of the conference table with a frightened expression, could it be......

Before he could continue to think about it, what Foster feared most had happened.

I saw that the Minister of Security, who was the first to contact the intelligence, took the lead: "Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, you must have a bottom on the authenticity of this document. In other words, the Western countries have already broken their alliance with the empire without us, and they will not come to help us in the coming year, and without their help, the fall of the empire will become a fact, so I think that any more meaningless insistence will only increase the casualties of civilians and the army, and the lower officials are willing to ask you to surrender to the Jialan army. ”

"Xia Guan is willing to ask the commander to surrender to the Jialan army. ”

"Commander, we've lost. ”

"That's right, Commander, the Empire is completely hopeless!"

"You can't win against Vega Saint Laurent. ”

“......”

On both sides of the conference table, one after another, the officers stood up one after another, and their aggressive words forced Foster.