Yang swallowed his saliva, he was a very high-spirited person, but in the face of the old man's coercion, his legs trembled unconsciously. Maybe it's not fear, it's just a natural physiological reaction, because the aura of this person in front of him is too strong, even Manfred, and he doesn't have the momentum of deterrence like him.

"Boy, what's your name?" The old man walked up to Yang, he was very tall, at least one hundred and ninety centimeters, and among the people Yang had seen, only Manfred was taller than this old guy, but even Manfred, who had resurrected him, was immediately sent flying when the old man woke up.

"Jan Noe Darres. Yang could only answer honestly, in front of this guy, he didn't even have the slightest idea of resisting.

"Names I haven't heard of. The old man looked at Yang condescendingly, with undisguised contempt in his eyes, "So, what about that guy just now?

"I can't imagine that after an era, you are still so healthy, so I can rest assured. Manfred smiled and stood up from the pile of collapsed walls, his tone brisk, as if the man who had just been knocked away was not him, "Lord Alain Philip......

"It's bastard Philip!" Alain roared, throwing the hatchet in his hand, the ancient and simple axe spinning in the air, striking Manfred's face with unmistakable precision.

"Ah, ah, I'm sorry, uh—the bastard Philip. Although his entire face had been cut in half by the axe, Manfred didn't care, he took the axe off his face, and his lips were cut in two, still smiling.

Alain frowned tightly, for a monster like Manfred had not been seen before in his time, so he did not look surprised at all, at best a little disgusted.

"So, why are you waking me up?" said Alain, placing his hand holding the other short axe on Yang's shoulder, who didn't dare to move, "If, without a suitable reason, no matter how many times you can be resurrected, I will kill you until you regret that you can be resurrected." ”

"Oh, oh, yes, that's it, it's not okay, that's what a cruel person should have!" Manfred applauded ecstatically, taking advantage of Alain's threatening words, "This kind of momentum is really remarkable, Your Excellency, if only I had seen you sooner, I think we would have gotten along." ”

"Bang"

Another short axe in the hand of Alain, who responded to Manfred, this time Alain threw the axe horizontally, and with the scar left by the axe just now, Alain drew a cross on Manfred's face.

"Don't give me a rambling, you are talking like a clown!" Alain's roar was so loud that Yang's eardrum standing beside him was about to burst, "Tell me, what the hell are you going to do when you wake me up!"

"Hum hum hum ......" Manfred let out a series of snorts from his nose and slowly took the axe off his face, "Revenge on the Siliuls, how?"

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After Caterina ran away from the Tiamat Palace, Alexander did not ask about his daughter's whereabouts, even if Sir Willy reported to him that Caterina had gone to Karin Castle, he only "snorted", and had no intention of looking for his daughter at all. And for this reason, Princess Anna has quarreled with Alexander several times in the past few days, and the princess deeply feels that since the death of Nicholas I, Alexander has slowly changed, becoming tantrum, assertive, and sensitive, as long as there is a little thing that does not suit his heart, he will think that his authority has been provoked, and now almost no one can talk to him well, only Alexander's orders, others obey, if anyone dares to give him advice, Alexander will immediately be furious.

The only exception was Prime Minister Pitt, who was the only old man left in the cabinet since the departure of the Marquis de Metternich who could still make Alexander feel a little awe-inspired. However, as the situation has become more and more tense recently, Alexander's mood has become more and more anxious, and it is impossible for Prime Minister Pitt to be by Alexander's side all the time to advise him, so there are more and more broken things in Tiamat's palace these days, even when Nicholas I was alive, he did not break so many things in a few days.

When Guderian walked into the Emperor's study, he walked almost on tiptoe, for fear that the slightest mistake might annoy His Highness and His Majesty.

Of course, from the bottom of his heart, Guderian was not very afraid of Alexander, and the young crown prince was a far cry from the old emperor who had passed away. Nicholas I's temper was majestic, while Alexander's temper was a hard throw, which could only make the courtiers look a little scared on the surface, but in their hearts it was not to take it seriously.

However, after all, the situation is difficult at the moment, and Guderian does not want to provoke Alexander, so he should be careful and try to follow him, lest Alexander start a temper and mislead the matter.

"Your Highness," Guderian bowed respectfully, leaned forward with his head bowed, and at the same time raised his hands straight, handing a telegram to Alexander, "the telegram from the Yanwan Army, they have stepped up, and it is expected to arrive in Germany early tonight." ”

This rare good news soothed Alexander's tense face a little, and he took the telegram handed by Guderian and glanced at it, with a slight look of satisfaction in his eyes.

"Very well, so that we have more combat power. He placed the message casually on the table, then took out a document from the drawer and pushed it in front of Guderian, "This is news from Port León, the Philip family has recently disappeared without a trace, and there is no one in control of Port León anymore." Now we have that force that we can draw to stabilize Port León?"

Guderian was stunned for a moment, just now Alexander said that the combat effectiveness was sufficient, but in the blink of an eye, he had to transfer the troops out, isn't this a contradiction?

"Your Highness, I'm afraid this needs to be carefully considered......" Guderian carefully organized his words, trying to express his meaning without annoying Alexander, "the military deployment of the imperial capital is already very tight at the moment, if you want to draw idle troops, perhaps it would be more appropriate to select a regiment from the Munster army stationed in Konue." The follow-up forces of the Yanwan army and the imperial capital garrison force all came to Deweide after a rapid march, and immediately sent them out again, but I am afraid that it is not too suitable. ”

Alexander raised an eyebrow, and Guderian couldn't help but feel a tense in his heart, which was a precursor to Alexander's temper.

"After the strength of the Yanwan army and the imperial capital garrison all arrived, our strength has reached 20,000 people, which is twice that of the Southern Army.

Guderian's head hung even lower, and he knew that he must not talk back to Alexander, or he would definitely have to drop things again.

After scolding for a while, Alexander was not in the mood to scold any more, his fingers tapped on the table, and asked Guderian: "I asked you to draw up a plan to crusade against Beria before, how are you ready?"

The corners of Guderian's mouth twitched, and his face became more ugly.

"Your Highness, this ...... We are working on it, but once we move our troops into the city of Deweide, we will be able to know in advance from the intelligence capabilities of the Ministry of the Interior, in case they attack the Tiamat Palace first......"

"He dares!" shouted Alexander, "the palace of Tiamat is the symbol of the empire, and whoever dares to attack the palace of Tiamat is a sinner of the empire and an enemy of the family of Gioon! If Beria dares to do this, he will not want to get the support of a single Siluldian, and history will nail him to the pillar of shame forever." ”

Guderian stopped talking, and now Alexander had fallen into paranoia, perhaps because of the stimulation of his daughter, he said that he would not leave the Tiamat Palace, and was convinced that Beria would not dare to attack the Tiamat Palace. However, just as the old gates of the Tiamat Palace will be dressed in new clothes of steel, no tradition is eternal, and who can guarantee that Beria will not dare to risk the condemnation of the world? If Alexander is wrong, then Beria will at most lose popularity, and Alexander may lose everything.

Just as Guderian was agonizing over how to persuade Alexander, there was a knock on the door of the study.

"Come in!" Alexander shouted irritably, and he didn't ask who was knocking, but stared at the door with angry eyes, afraid that the person who came in would not know what was going on, and would suffer a round of Alexander's wrath.

Fortunately, it was Prime Minister Pitt who walked in, and when he saw this old man, Alexander's face was somewhat better.

"Your Highness. Prime Minister Pitt walked to Alexander's desk and bowed slightly, although Alexander did not look at him as sternly as Guderian, but Prime Minister Pitt's face was not very good.

"I have an investigative report, please take a look at it. With that, Prime Minister Pitt handed over a document.

Alexander took the document and gave Prime Minister Pitt a suspicious look. "Investigation report, what are you still investigating?"

"That's right," Prime Minister Pitt explained, "and we have counted the number of people who have entered and exited the city during this period, and although it is only a general statistic, not necessarily accurate and detailed, it is enough to find some problems." ”

"Question?" Alexander's freshly relieved face immediately tensed again, "What's the problem?"

"At present, the tense situation in Deweide has affected the normal life of citizens, and many businesses have even closed their business altogether. Since the attack on the imperial capital by Pritown, the population flow of Deweide has shown a trend of outflow, especially after the death of His Majesty Nicholas I, the total population flow of foreign affairs personnel who came to the imperial capital has decreased, and a large number of citizens of the imperial capital have fled abroad. But recently, we have discovered a very strange phenomenon, the population flow is increasing again, a large number of outsiders have entered Deweide, in such a situation, there is no reason for a large number of outsiders to come to the imperial capital, so we suspect that these sudden increase in outsiders may be the troops secretly transferred into the imperial capital by Beria. ”

Hearing Prime Minister Pitt's final conclusion, Alexander couldn't help but feel shocked, this is the worst situation now.

"Are you sure? How many of these outsiders are there?"

"After comparing with the previous data, minus the average number of people who normally entered Deweide some time ago, we estimate that the increase in the number of foreigners is about 50,000. Of course, this figure is only a rough estimate and may not be accurate. ”

The figure of 50,000 was not worth mentioning when the imperial capital was prosperous in the past, but at the moment, if this number really represented the number of Beria's secret troops, then it would be very terrifying, 50,000 people, which does not sound like much, is not as good as the number of the warring sides in the first battle of Landstown, and these people are not necessarily formally trained soldiers, just the secret police and gendarmerie units of the Ministry of the Interior, but for the current Alexander, this is definitely a very overwhelming number.

"Fifty thousand ......," Alexander muttered to himself, his eyes out of focus.

"Your Highness, are we going to continue to prepare for the crusade against Beria?" Although this was bad news, Guderian asked the question of the crusade against Beria at the right time, hoping to use this shocking news for Alexander to dispel the crown prince's plan to crusade against Beria.

Sighing helplessly, even if Alexander was stubborn, he understood that now he really couldn't take the initiative to attack.

"Forget it, transfer the Imperial Capital garrison to Tiamat Palace, and consolidate our own defenses first. ”