Chapter 167: The Road Ahead is Blocked
"What do you think about the situation?" Ron asked, nodding and slightly relieved.
Batov continued: "Now the situation is not clear, most of the nobles are still in a wait-and-see attitude, in addition, Prime Minister Rongte is now in the spring breeze, and the opportunity to show his feet has also greatly increased, so, I hope that Marshal you can wait quietly for the opportunity, as long as we can find the prime minister's death hole, why worry about not defeating him!"
Ron smiled, for the first time since the beginning of that meeting, "Good! That's good! Oh, by the way, what are you doing today?"
"Have you heard about the rebellion in Escapeland?"
How could Ron not know about the matter of the Easy City? It was all secretly arranged by the temple in order to let Hua Yun grasp the military power faster, and to put it more clearly, this meaningless war was originally started for Hua Yun to send military merits.
So Ron replied lightly, "Yes." β
"What about the death of Tyro in battle?"
"What!?" Hearing this, Ron stood up with a "whew" and said with a look of disbelief: "What did you say?
Doesn't he know, marshal? Batov is a little strange, because the news arrived at the military headquarters yesterday afternoon!
"At midnight three days ago, the bandit army of Xiaoyao City went north in three ways, outflanking the forward troops of the Tianlei Legion in a roundabout way, and the commander of Tiro led the soldiers to fight bloodily for four hours, but finally died because the enemy was outnumbered and the reinforcements had not arrived for a long time. β
Batov's words are like a thousand pounds, although he does not understand the truth of the matter, so it is only a one-sided conclusion based on the battle situation sent back from the front, but it is an indisputable fact that Tiro was martyred, as for whether he died against the enemy or was trampled to death by his own people in a panic, what is the difference?
And more importantly, now that the city and the surrounding areas have fallen into turmoil, the situation is a little out of control!
Ron's brows suddenly furrowed, and he kept walking back and forth in the restaurant, "What about the casualties?
"The Strikers lost nearly 60 percent. β
"Sixty percent?!" Ron cursed in his heart, Galio, this idiot, if his father and himself were friends of life and death, how could he have handed over an entire legion to him, and now he had caused such serious losses to the forward troops, it was really hateful!
"What about the movements of the Thunder Legion and the bandit army that day?" Ron asked the butler to remove the food, and then spread the map of the Heavenly Spirit Continent on the table.
"The Tianlei Legion is currently divided into three parts, the two commanders of Gadi and Nino led the army to retreat to the Malu Forest, and the two commanders of Luffy and Prajna stationed the army near the East Maru Forest. β
While listening to Batov's explanation, Ron quickly analyzed the situation, "Is the bandit army not moving?"
Batov was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "That's right, after the deployment of the four commanders, the bandit army suddenly stopped advancing and is currently camped eighty miles west of the Malu Fortress. At this he tentatively asked, "How do you know that they are not moving, is there any trick in it?"
"It doesn't matter anymore, but I suspect that Prime Minister Ronte will definitely convince His Majesty to let his Shining Star Legion advance out of the Maru Fortress and attack the city from the flank!"
"Attacking the Escape?" Batov laughed suddenly, "Wouldn't it? The famous generals of the year Rhyat failed to capture the Escape, could it be that just one Shining Star Legion can?"
"It's not the day of the day!" Ron sighed, "Back then, Rhyat was facing a heavily defended Easy City, and now the Shining Star Legion is facing an empty city, what do you think is the result?"
Of course, Ron didn't finish his words, and at the same time he didn't tell the truth, after all, the reason why Ryath didn't capture the Easy City back then was just because the temple wouldn't allow him to do so, otherwise with his ability and means, ten Easy Cities would have been taken down long ago!
"Marshal, aren't you worried?"
"Worried about what?"
"If the Shining Star Legion does capture the city, then the prime minister's power and army will expand even further, and when the time comes, ......," Batov voiced his concerns.
Ron, on the other hand, only smiled coldly, for he knew very well that the Easy City could be captured so easily, even if it was an empty city!
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At the same time, the Imperial Palace of the Cold Moon Empire, Sanssouci Palace.
The matter was really told by Marshal Ron, and at the same time that he was talking to Captain Bartov about it, Prime Minister Ronte appeared in the royal garden. He stood quietly, but with an eager smile on his face, which was completely contrary to his usual steady style.
Fortunately, the chief squire was back in less than five minutes.
"Your Majesty has seen you, please come with me. β
Putting away his smile, Prime Minister Rongte nodded steadily, and said, "There is labor." β
A moment later, as the Prime Minister Ronte walked through a forest of roses, he saw the young Emperor, who looked like a terminally ill dead tree without vitality, in sharp contrast to the bright green of the surrounding landscape.
Because of his age, Prime Minister Rongte first slowed down the rhythm of his breathing, so that he had returned to his apparent calm before meeting the emperor.
Then he walked over and knelt on the ground very cautiously, "Weichen is afraid, Your Majesty ...... you"
"Your Excellency, is there anything wrong?" said Emperor Feng Ke, who was holding the scissors, carefully trimmed.
"Before reporting this matter, the minister was afraid that this matter would cause His Majesty's displeasure, so he ......"
"Is it the banditry of Escapeland?"
In the voice of Emperor Feng Ke, there seems to be no trace of emotion in it, which can't help but remind people of the sound of wind and sand.
"Your Majesty, do you already know?"
"You think that the Heavenly Thunder Legion is not capable of dealing with the 300,000 bandit army, so you want to mobilize the nearest Shining Star Legion to directly attack Xiaoyao City from the flank, right?"
"Your Majesty is wise! Speaking of it, there is something to be afraid of as a minister......"
"Isn't that great?"
Prime Minister Rong Te was stunned for a moment, "Huh?"
"Although the presidential leader of the Shining Star Legion is your foreign relative, there is really only one way to do it at the moment, not to mention that several other legions are guarding the border and are beyond the reach of the whip!" Emperor Feng Ke put down the scissors and then said affirmatively: "Military merit is not for everyone, if he wants to make meritorious service, let him take the Escape City back to me!"
"In addition, inform President Romey and let his lightning legion cooperate with your actions, of course, as for whether he will listen, whether you can command them or not, it depends on your Prime Minister's ability!"
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On the third day of the twelfth month of the eighth hundred and eighty-sixth year of the Heavenly Spirit Continent calendar, on the third day of the bandits' initial victory, a small group of imperial troops passed through the battlefield a few days ago - the Dos Plain at the entrance of the Malu Forest.
In front of the young officers was a picture they had never seen or even thought about.
Countless vultures hovered under the blue clouds, and wolves with bulging bellies lay here and there on the green grasslands, because they were feasting on the most sumptuous meal in the worldβtens of thousands of corpses killed by war!
Several groups of soldiers of the Imperial army were busy among the corpses, wolves and vultures wanted meat, and they asked for valuable items, and even when they saw people walking by, the wolves did not shy away from it, and even the vultures had no intention of leaving.
"Are these corpses just thrown around?" Markham frowned.
"It's not. Xue Jie replied: "All you see are the corpses of commoners, and the corpses of nobles have been transported away early. β
Markham was silent for a moment!
"I'm sorry I ......" Xue Jie knew what Markham was thinking, because Markham was also a commoner in the past, although he had been promoted to a nobleman because of his cultivation, but in his bones his thinking was still a commoner's model.
"It's nothing, I just think it's a little unfair. β
Markham and Xuejie were calm, but the other officers were already frightened, and one of them even cried for his mother.
Of course, if you want to say the calmest, it is undoubtedly Hua Yun, although it is the first time he has seen this kind of scene, but this kind of bloody atmosphere has stimulated his ambition more and more, because he knows very well that it is the scene in front of him that he will succeed.
"I'll live back, no matter how many corpses I tread!"
At this moment, the escort soldiers in charge of pathfinding in front had returned, but what brought them was not good news, but a piece of bad news that most of them called bad news, that is, the road to the "Lightning Legion" was cut off by the bandits!
In other words, now they can't go to the Lightning Legion!
What to do?
For a while, the same question lingered in the hearts of all the young officers!
"Hua Yun, what should we do now?" Hearing this "bad news", Markham and Xue Jie immediately stepped forward and asked Hua Yun Dao, after all, among the three of them, Hua Yun has always been the most thoughtful and their backbone.
"What can I do? What else can I do?" Hua Yun immediately said with sharp eyes: "There are only two roads in front of us, one is that we will go back to our home, where did we come from, after all, it is not our fault that we can't arrive at the military camp on time this time, even if we return to the imperial capital, no one will say anything!" Speaking of this, Hua Yun's eyes couldn't help but look into the distance in the front, and in that distant sky, you can vaguely see the camp tents of those bandits.
"That's right!" Markham and Xuejie immediately nodded, agreeing with Hua Yun's words, but they seemed to be more curious about what the second path was, so they hurriedly asked, "What about the second way?"
"As for the second way...... Hua Yun couldn't help but retract his gaze looking from the front, and then turned to the side, where there were also troops stationed, but it was the "Heavenly Thunder Legion" that had just suffered a defeat.
"What do you mean ......" Although Hua Yun didn't clearly say what the second path was, with the intelligence of Markham and Xuejie, they already understood a lot just by making a move!
"Opportunities and crises have always coexisted, I have decided, as for you, make up your own minds!" With that, he turned around and strode towards the forest on the side.
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