446 Rebel and thief
The Lion Legion prepared to retreat, but one army did not return to the northern line, and that was Baker's Silvermoon Army.
Because the infantry corps of the Lion Army was still far behind, although their route was completely different from the marching route of the Hans Imperial cavalry, but now after discovering the 40,000 cavalry of the Hans Empire, in order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, the Lion Army still has to respond, after all, it is an elite Lion Army of more than 10,000.
When the others left, only Duke's Storm Army and Becker's Silver Moon Army were left on the scene, and the two brothers were once again given a chance to face each other.
Beck rode his war horse and came to Duke, and asked Duke in an indifferent tone: "The route map of the march of the Lion Army and the Imperial Army was leaked by you to the Barbarians and the Hans Empire. ”
Looking at Baker's indifferent appearance, Duke knew that this guy must be angry in his heart, after all, compared to Duke's indifference to the Duchy of Berry, this is his hometown, and it may also be his territory in the future, he was almost surrounded by this time and his family was destroyed, Baker would be strange if he wasn't angry.
"That's right, I gave it. ”
Duke responded lightly, he had never intended to deny this, let alone deny it in front of Baker. And Duke also has an unspeakable mentality, that is, he doesn't want to show a little weakness in front of Beck, maybe in Duke's subconscious, he also regards Baker as his competitor, or an object of transcendence.
Hearing Duke's direct admission, Baker's eyes instantly sharpened, and he stared at Duke with a pair of eyes and said, "Why are you doing this!"
Hearing this, the corners of Duke's mouth showed a contemptuous smile, and then he looked at Baker and said, "Why did I do this? In fact, you should not ask me this question, but should ask Emperor Henry VII of France, or even your father, Duke Otto!"
"Baker, I'm not you, I've had the aura of the eldest son since I was a child, and I can be the future heir of the Duchy of Berry, so everything is at my fingertips. I was just a proton that Duke Otto had placed in the imperial capital, a consumable that could be sacrificed at any time, and I used to have only one thought, that is, to take myself to live with the Storm Army. But now it's different, and I'm in a position to let the conspirators who are targeting me reap the consequences!"
When Duke said this, there was an irrepressible anger in his heart, and even Duke himself didn't know why his emotions fluctuated suddenly. Because he had no feeling for these things in his previous expectations, and he didn't have the slightest guilt of betraying the French Empire and the Duchy of Berry, so naturally there was nothing to be excited about, this was what he should do.
But when Baker asked, Duke still said a subconscious word, which may be the biggest grievance in Duke's heart before, and it is also the dissatisfaction with Baker and the Duchy of Berry, both of whom are the sons of Duke Otto, is it because of the different times in this world, the treatment must be very different?
There is a difference, Duke admits it, but he didn't expect that in the end, he didn't even have the basic right to live, which was the most desperate thing for Duke.
Listening to Duke's words to contain the anger in his heart, Baker was directly stunned, he didn't expect Duke to say these words to him at all. And to be honest, Baker is used to everything that his identity brings, and because Duke went to the imperial capital early, he has also forgotten what happened to this younger brother in his heart.
"But you can't betray the lion army of the Duchy of Berry, you're treason!"
Baker still couldn't accept Duke's explanation, as the son of Duke Otto and a courtier of the French Empire, Duke's behavior was undoubtedly an act without a king and a father.
"Treason?"
Duke sneered at this time, and then replied with the same direct gaze at Baker: "The Duchy of Berry is your hometown, and it is no longer mine." As for the Faran Empire, it has never been my home country! there has always been only one homeland and territory, and that is the Storm Fortress that you once looked down on, or even abandoned!"
"Storm Castle is also the territory of the Fran Empire, and you can't give up the blood of the Otto family, so is there really such a big hatred?"
Baker still didn't understand why Duke was so angry, and even made such a retaliatory move, after all, he didn't know the order given by Henry VII to the Marquis of Barton, in his eyes, the French Empire did seal Duke to the dangerous situation of Storm Castle, but it never directly reached the place where Duke died, and the two sides did not reach the point of irreconcilability.
"Baker, you still don't understand, it's just something I have to do to survive with the Storm Army. If I don't, it's not the Lion Army and the Imperial Army that will be besieged, but my Storm Army. ”
"Let me ask you, if my Storm Army is surrounded by more than 100,000 barbarians and the Hans Imperial Army today, will you Lion Army and Imperial Army be desperate to support and save me and the Storm Army?"
When Duke asked the question, Baker opened his mouth to say something, but he didn't. Because the answer is obvious, if the Storm Army encounters this situation today, then Duke can rely on the Storm Army itself, and no reinforcements will arrive.
Maybe in the entire Imperial Northern Army, only Princess Gina is willing to take such a risk for Duke, but to put it bluntly, she is just a royal spokesperson, let alone replacing the control of Duke Otto, even Marquis Patton can take over the Imperial Army at any time, Princess Gina is purely powerless.
This is differential treatment, Duke has never been treated as his own by the Duchy of Berry or the French Empire!
"There's nothing to say, is there? Beck, you'd better be your own genius boy, I prefer the title of a rebel thief. ”
Duke finally vented the hidden resentment in his heart, maybe this is one of the few things that two different Duke memories have in common.
After saying this, Duke directly turned the horse's head, ready to lead the storm army to evacuate, Baker looked at Duke's back, the expression on his face was very complicated, at this moment he finally understood why Duke had such a mentality, because he could only rely on himself, whether it was the blood of the Otto family, or the courtiers of the French Empire. From beginning to end, these two parties did not treat Duke as their own!