Chapter Eighty-Nine: The Storm in the Court
In the afternoon, the news that the rebellion of the Fire Empire had been put down had already reached Cold Moon City, the capital of the Cold Moon Empire, and the government and the opposition were in an uproar.
With 100,000 against 300,000, the rebellion was swept away in just nine hours, what is this concept?
Such a brilliant record can almost catch up with the "war demon" of the year-Rheat Hayard, no wonder the world calls Ruphes's blonde imp the successor of the "war demon".
You must know that before this, although the Cold Moon Empire also spread the name of Narufis, but most people scoffed at it, after all, hearing is false, seeing is believing, in their opinion, the water in it is quite large, a hairy boy who is only twenty years old will have so much ability? Maybe someone made it up with false rumors, so the vast majority of people didn't take Narumis seriously, especially those generals in the military department.
But now, the situation is different, as the so-called shadow of the famous tree of people, at this time, when they mention the name Ruphes, their eyes are flashing with a strong color of jealousy.
The Imperial Palace of the Cold Moon Empire, the Hall of the Rising Sun.
Because the counterinsurgency battle of the Fire Empire was too shocking, the court meeting that had already ended was urgently convened in the afternoon.
Emperor Feng Ke glanced at His Highness's ministers with a pale face, "Let's talk about it, what do you think about this matter, and how should we prevent it from happening?"
Although the target of Rufis this time was not their Cold Moon Empire, but as the so-called peace and danger, since he was able to capture the Ganquan Fortress overnight, then Emperor Feng Ke had absolutely reason to believe that he would also be able to capture the mountain and sea fortress of their Cold Moon Empire in a very short time, if he didn't take precautions as soon as possible, once he made a move, it would be too late.
"Marshal Ron, what do you think?" After a while, seeing the silence of the ministers, Emperor Feng Ke immediately named him directly.
"Ahem, that ......" Marshal Ron was suddenly a little embarrassed, to be honest, until now he was still a little afraid, if the golden retriever boy of Rufis attacked their mountain and sea fortress last night, I am afraid that now he will not have to do it, after all, after crossing the mountain and sea fortress, the territory of their Cold Moon Empire is a plain area of a horse and a flat river, I am afraid that in a few days the imperial capital Cold Moon City will appear in their sight.
So, at such a sensitive time, Marshal Ron didn't know what to say.
"Your Majesty, Wei Chen thinks that the best way for us to deal with it at the moment is to purchase some magic cannons of various specifications and precious armor refining tools from the Heavenly Spirit Principality, and then distribute them to various legions as soon as possible for war preparation!" Seeing Marshal Ron's embarrassment at this time, the corners of Prime Minister Rongte's mouth suddenly crossed a sarcastic arc, and then he took the lead in proposing.
"Your Majesty, no!" Hearing that Prime Minister Rongte proposed this, Marshal Ron's brows suddenly furrowed slightly, and he immediately stood up and objected.
After all, the procurement of materials has always been the responsibility of the Minister of Finance Kyle Radona, who is the backbone of the conservatives, so almost seventy percent of these military supplies purchased in the past are equipped in the army controlled by Prime Minister Honte, and the rest can go to other armies, so Marshal Ron will not agree to this proposal to make a wedding dress for others.
"Your Majesty, although the purchase of military supplies such as magic cannons can indeed alleviate the pressure brought by the Flame Empire to a certain extent, but, as the so-called far water can't quench the thirst of the near, from sending people to business to production to transportation back to China, it will take three or four months or even longer to say the least, so the minister thinks that it is appropriate to increase the army and increase the number of troops stationed in the mountain and sea fortress!"
"Increase the troops?" Prime Minister Rongte suddenly sneered: "Lord Marshal, as far as I know, when that blonde imp of Rufis had just set off for Ganquan Fortress to quell the rebellion, the two major legions under your command, the Hurricane and the Heavenly Thunder Legion, had already drawn their camps and deployed their defenses, and the target was near the Shanhai Fortress in the southwest, but after so many days, they were still on the march, with such speed and efficiency, could we still expect them to help defend the Shanhai Fortress?"
"You ......" Marshal Ron's face turned pale, but he couldn't refute it, after all, the two major armies of Storm and Sky Thunder have indeed not arrived at the Mountain and Sea Fortress now, of course, this is not because their marching speed is not fast enough, but Marshal Ron did it on purpose, he needs to be just in case.
You must know that the army of the entire Cold Moon Empire has a total of twelve legions, of which only the five legions of Wind, Sky Thunder, Flame, Lightning, and the Cloud Dragon Legion stationed in the Mountain and Sea Fortress belong to his camp, while Prime Minister Rongte controls the four major legions of the Firmament, Titan, Haoyun and the Bright Star stationed in the Maru Fortress, and the remaining garrisons, Yulin and the Central Army stationed in Goethe's fortress were in the hands of Emperor Funk himself, so even if the army was deployed, Marshal Ron had to guard against the military strength of the other two sides.
And such a reason is obviously impossible to put on the table, and Prime Minister Rongte also grasped this, so he dared to use this matter to make trouble.
However, Marshal Ron is not a vegetarian either, and since he has caught the handle on this matter, then he should make a fuss about other things.
immediately countered: "As the Prime Minister said, my soldiers are indeed a little bad, but even if they are so bad, they will not do the dirty thing of betraying the country to seek glory, but what about some people? In the name of His Majesty the Emperor, he privately agreed that the Heavenly Spirit Principality would excavate the Moon Spirit Grand Canal that connected the sea in the east of the Cold Moon Empire, and once this canal was dug successfully, the army of the Heavenly Spirit Principality could directly cross the Maru Fortress through the east and enter the hinterland of our Cold Moon Empire.
"You ......" Hearing this, the next moment, it was the turn of Prime Minister Rongte's face turned pale.
Although he has already found a way out for himself in this matter, even if he is turned out by others, he is not afraid, but this time node is a little too early, after all, the Tianling Grand Canal has just started construction, and if it is stopped now, all his previous efforts will be in vain, not to mention that half of the gold coins sent by the Heavenly Spirit Principality have been spent by him at this time, and he has no money to return to the Heavenly Spirit Principality.
"Prime Minister, is this really the case?" Emperor Feng Ke, who was originally sitting in a wheelchair listening to Marshal Ron and Prime Minister Rongte dog-eat-dog show, his eyes were also full of killing intent at this time, after all, he could still turn a blind eye to the internal strife and treat it as if he didn't know, but this kind of betrayal of the country for glory, even if he was broad-minded, it was absolutely impossible to tolerate, even if the other party was a prime minister who had the strength to compete with him.
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