Chapter 138: The Past of the Empire
Field Brambaus is the fourth in line to the Blackbraws family. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoHe is the cousin of the current head of the Black Thorn family, or his other son in private.
Although there has always been a variety of chaotic atmosphere in aristocratic circles, many people have long been unimpressed by this. But bastard, after all, is a dishonorable title. And in order to be able to give this much-loved bastard more things, the current head of the Black Thorn family did a very dishonorable but wonderful thing when he was young.
He married his mistress to his younger brother, and then when he staged a family coup, he poisoned his younger brother and his own father, who was still above him, with a glass of poisoned wine. This allows him not only to become the head of the Black Thorn family openly, but also to occupy everything of his younger brother. For example, his noble wife who had just married him, and the child who had his own blood in his veins.
That's how Field's identity came about. Although nominally he and the head of the Black Thorn family are only uncles and nephews, he knows very well who his real father is. And this clear understanding also made him eyeing the identity of the future heir of the Black Thorn Family.
It's all the same father, why should he watch his actual brothers compete for their father's place, and he can only stay out of it. The ambition inherited from his own father made him unwilling to watch such a thing happen. Therefore, he has been working hard for such a goal. In fact, many years ago, he was already very close to this goal.
That was when the empire's previous emperors were alive. As a mediocre and incompetent emperor, the previous emperor Guderian had nothing to be commended. After decades of being manipulated by several nobles, not only did he lose his authority, but even the territory of the empire was constantly swallowed up by the two neighboring kingdoms in the defeat after defeat.
It can be said that twenty years ago was the most critical moment for the entire empire. The millennial foundation of the empire is likely to fall in an instant. And the only thing to be thankful for is that Guderian had a good son, as well as a good daughter.
As the crown prince at the time, Reinhardt himself was a legendary man. He is bold and free by nature, and he is not informal. Not to mention the ceremonial officer of the royal family, even his father could hardly order him to do anything. It can be said that before the empire fell into crisis, His Excellency the crown prince was the most troublesome role for all the great nobles of the empire. Because they were not sure that when he became emperor, he would continue to be manipulated by them like his father.
At that time, they were actually ready, for example, to support the second prince of the empire to become the new emperor when Guderian abdicated, which was not impossible for them. However, the change in the situation of the empire caused their plan to die early, and at the same time, it also made Reinhardt get the biggest turning point in his life.
No one could have imagined that this arrogant crown prince would have another identity between a mercenary and a ranger. And with such an identity, he can single-handedly pull out an army with amazing combat power. And what is even more unimaginable is that there are two special characters among the friends he has made. And with the help of these two special characters, the empire, which is already in decline, has once again had the opportunity to change its fate.
The Nord Swordmaster of the Northern Ice Plains of Arest, and the leader of the famous Dragon Regiment.
The former is a legendary powerhouse that is almost invincible from the north. The prestige of the Broken Sea Sword Saint was not touted, but paved little by little with the blood of countless powerhouses and even evil dragons. It can be said that under the condition that the gods do not interfere in human disputes, the Broken Sea Sword Saint was one of the top powerhouses in the world at that time.
And as the leader of the Dragon Regiment, which can be compared to it, he is also a well-known existence in the entire mortal world.
The Dragons are a legion, but they are not part of the Empire or Kingdom Weave, in fact, they are just a mercenary group.
Mercenaries have always been looked down upon by the regular army. Because whether in terms of the quality of soldiers or equipment, there is a considerable gap between mercenaries and the regular army. Not to mention, at the level of execution of orders, the mercenaries' scattered organization and discipline caused serious hidden dangers, as well as their various shortcomings in large-scale legion operations.
There has long been a consensus among the regular armies of various countries that mercenaries are just a pack of war hyenas. They don't qualify to be called soldiers at all, and if the situation allows, these guys who only work for money can be used as cannon fodder in a battle.
This is public opinion, and even the mercenaries themselves will not refute it. But there are always exceptions, just like the Dragons, which is the biggest exception in the entire mercenary world.
As a mercenary legion, the Dragons have a great reputation in this world. And the reason why it can have such a great reputation as a mercenary group is entirely because this legion has the myth of invincibility and invincibility. Whether facing bandits or monsters, whether facing an army or an evil dragon, the white dragon flag on a blue background has always been invincible.
One of the reasons why the Dragon Regiment gathers heroes from all walks of life is that the commander of the Dragon Regiment has a resourcefulness and military strategy that even the gods have admired.
Fighting the weak with the strong, fighting more with less, almost every vicious battle that the Dragon Regiment experienced before achieving the name of legend was fought under such circumstances. And it is because of the strategic planning of the leader of the Dragon Regiment that they can win every vicious battle, and grow step by step to the point that no one can ignore it.
Such feats and achievements have given the head of the Dragon Regiment the title of the human god of war. At the same time, he was also blessed and recognized by the gods for this achievement.
Strictly speaking, he is the only man in the world who has been blessed by three gods at the same time. Siegfried the Trumpeter, Mimere, the god of military strategy, and Iniveas, the Valkyrie of the Slayer. The three main gods of the Temple of War have all sent down divine graces and blessed him personally. And such an honor, even the emperor of the empire does not have.
Many people believe that such a hero, even if he dies, can be blessed by the gods and become a great existence in the temple of war. Even being a god of a certain god is not necessarily impossible. He's going to be a legend, and it's a privilege to be a part of that legend.
This has led countless elites to join the ranks of the Dragon Regiment, and this has also continuously expanded the scale of the Dragon Regiment. It can be said that at that time, the strength of the Dragon Regiment was definitely not below any top army. It is even said that the dragon group at its peak can occupy the mountain as the king and carve out a territory of its own to govern.
And in fact, that's exactly what they did. In the mountains and forests of the northeastern part of the empire, the Dragons have built their own castles and have their own people. The rights they have are not under some so-called aristocracy.
Extremely powerful, the Dragon Regiment has the strength and status to ignore anyone's orders. Even the emperor of the empire, the king of the two kingdoms, could not have ordered the dragon group to do something.
If you want the Dragons to fight, you have to put a lot of chips on your shoulders. It's a pity that the dragon group now needs no longer such useless things as money. The bargaining chips they opened were already so high that even the empire and the kingdom could not afford it, so all the while, even if the empire was in danger, the dragon group was still beyond the situation.
Many people thought that the Dragon Regiment would always maintain such a position, but what they didn't expect was that Reinhardt, the crown prince of the Empire, actually persuaded the leader of the Dragon Regiment to let him lead the Dragon Regiment to join the battle to save the Empire.
Of course, this is not all due to Reinhardt, who can only account for a third of the total. The other two reasons, one is because of the eldest princess of the empire, Osynvia. She developed a relationship with the leader of the Dragon Regiment, and it was precisely because of this affection that the Dragon Regiment made the decision to favor the Empire.
And the last reason is the price offered by Reinhardt.
At the point where the Dragons are in the group, money is no longer an inconsequential thing. What they want is status, power. In other words, what they want is to change from mercenaries to regular soldiers, from commoners to nobles with real power and status.
The Kingdom will never agree to this. Because they didn't lack this bit of combat power from the Dragon Regiment, there was no need for them to agree to the Dragon Regiment's asking price. As for the Empire, Guderian had that in mind. But the nobles who really controlled the empire would never allow such a group of commoners to climb to the same level as themselves. And if they don't nod, Guderian, who is being set up, naturally has no ability to decide something.
But Reinhardt didn't care about this, in fact, if he dared to do such a thing, he naturally had the consciousness and idea to break all the great aristocratic forces.
Taking advantage of the opportunity of the invasion of the empire's army into the empire's territory, let the nobles who hold the power of the empire completely lose control of the empire, and then use the power of the Nord Sword Master and the Dragon Regiment to completely take back the rights that belong to the emperor while defeating the kingdom army. Reinhardt had the best idea he could have at the time.
It's just that he never imagined that his idea would be bad for a person who couldn't be imagined at all. The Emperor of the Empire, Guderian, the mediocre emperor who had been ignored, made one of the stupidest decisions when Reinhardt managed to turn things around.
Obviously, as long as you grit your teeth again, you can hold on to the past, and as long as you hold on a little longer, you can get through the most difficult time of the empire. However, the emperor, who had never left King's Landing and had been cowering in that palace all his life, could not even make such a simple request.
Because of the threats and deception of those nobles, this mediocre emperor directly gave such an order without consulting anyone.