Chapter 524: The Imperial Council
After the civil war, the royal capital is no longer prosperous during the reign of the previous emperor Raymond, and I don't know if it is because of the weather, the city looks depressed. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
In addition to being covered with a layer of snow, there are traces of trebuchets attacking, and some soldiers are resting with their backs against the wall.
It wasn't until someone came over to hand over that these sleeping soldiers woke up, patted off the snowflakes on their bodies, stood up with difficulty and stomped their feet, it was too cold.
It had been many years since they had experienced such a harsh winter, and if it had been in previous years, they would have slept in the warmth of their homes.
However, due to the sudden appearance of an army in Tiebi Province, the royal capital had to raise its vigilance to deal with it, and the sky was gray.
"It's really cold, I've lived in the royal capital for so many years, and I've never seen such a cold day, and I don't know what's going on. ”
"Yes, I've heard from the old people that the last time it snowed this much was more than 20 years ago, and a lot of great things happened at that time. ”
"Don't say it, there have been a lot of major events that have happened here in the past two years, but this was not the case when His Majesty Raymond was still here. ”
"At that time, the royal capital was lively, and a large number of caravans entered the city every day, and beautiful women from all over the mainland could be seen everywhere, which was very interesting. ”
"That period is really worth remembering, but look at the present, let alone beautiful women, even the caravans are getting fewer and fewer, deserted, alas. ”
"What are you little bunnies muttering, don't you want to hand over and stand guard for another day, don't talk about all that nonsense here!"
When a group of soldiers whispered on the city wall, an officer climbed the city wall and shouted at it, and the soldiers immediately fell silent and left in silence.
They yawned and walked down the tower, and another group of soldiers took their place, and they were about to go home to rest, and some looked back at the sky.
Since the beginning of winter, the sky has always been vast, and it has been a long time since I have seen any traces of the sun, and the sky and the earth are white.
"How long is this snow going to fall? I haven't seen such a big snow in many years, and the last time it snowed this was just ...... with Nan"
The officer, who was already fifty years old, sighed, but soon realized that what he was saying would be forbidden, and he immediately fell silent.
Although it was still early, the whole city was quiet, the streets were white, and there were few pedestrians to be seen on the streets.
Some cavalry rode straight in the direction of the court, and soon left two rows of horses' hoof prints on the snow, and some snowflakes were raised and sprinkled on pedestrians.
"These guys, when His Majesty Raymond was here before, no one dared to ride horses so unscrupulously in the city, it was really hateful. ”
The pedestrian, who had just left the house covered in snow, was upset by this, and spat at the back of the cavalry leaving, venting his anger.
"Shhhhh ”
His companion immediately grabbed him and whispered a reminder, and looked around vigilantly, it was clear that it had only been a few years, and the prosperous days were gone forever.
"I'm not afraid of being put in prison, and the good days are mixed up like this, so that people can't live their lives anymore, don't you want to talk about it?"
The man glared angrily in the direction of the court, and the prosperous royal capital became what it is now, and it was all killed by the person sitting in the palace.
However, under the pull of his companions, he quickly left in a hurry, and his resentment was just a few whispered scoldings, and they still had to live this day.
Before the scouts from the province of Tiebi delivered the information to the court, there was a heated discussion at the Imperial Council.
"Damn, it's all Ka Miao's bastard, if this army was wiped out in Rose City earlier, why not let them show off their might in the suburbs of the royal capital!"
"Not to mention the fact that we have harmed the main elite of the Imperial Central Legion in vain, it has also caused us to be so passive, it was wrong to attack the Rose family in the first place!"
"What's the point of discussing those things now? Now that they've laid down half of the province, they have to come up with a solution. ”
These high-ranking ministers blew their beards and glared, and many of them were still entangled in the war against the Rose family three months ago.
This war was opposed by more than half of the ministers, after all, it was pointless to provoke a new war that had just been quelled.
Besides, the Rose family rebelled or something, this is simply something out of nowhere, and Her Royal Highness Wendy is still the fifth in line to the throne.
She has no ambitions, which is not believed by anyone with a slightly normal mind, but Rhaegar is bent on going her own way and has to fight.
Forget about fighting, and the change of generals captured Adolf back, which directly led to the final rout, losing 80,000 troops.
This was definitely a heavy blow to the Empire, which had just experienced a civil war, and at this time, the army that had just defeated the Imperial Central Army quickly moved north, crossed the Taron Mountains, and appeared directly in the heart of the Empire, shaking all sides.
If this army is not properly handled, it will definitely be a big problem for the royal capital, but the ministers have different opinions and problems.
"It's just an army of 10,000 men, what are the Kamal and Cahill brothers eating?
"Don't mention Kamal, he's dead, but shouldn't the Iron Wall Province pull out an army of twenty or thirty thousand people?
"Do you understand military affairs? Those 20,000 or 30,000 people are just a rabble, can they compare with the army of tigers and wolves who have just won the battle and are running thousands of miles?"
The ministers could not reach a consensus and quarreled, but the central seat directly above the Imperial Council was empty.
That was Rhaegar's position, he didn't participate in this meeting, and it was precisely because he was not there and no one was in control of the situation that the ministers dared to argue to this point, otherwise if he was there, where would the ministers dare to blush, and they just didn't roll up their sleeves to fight?
"What about Your Majesty? Now that even the king is threatened, where is he? Shouldn't he be in charge here?"
Some ministers began to inquire about Rhaeggar's whereabouts, and now it was an extraordinary time for them to be war, and the flames of war could burn to the royal capital.
After all, now the border army under the command of Wren is still suppressing the remnants of Leighton in the western part of the empire, and the garrison of the royal capital is really limited.
"I've sent someone to urge it, and it should be here soon, but there seems to be a letter here that has just arrived, let's take a look. ”
"Did you send it from the Iron Helm City? Didn't Cahill send a message two days ago that he had decided to go to war and take off the enemy's head?"
"It's up to him? better than his brother's money-grub Kamal, to take off the enemy's head? ”
The ministers were well acquainted with the local administrations of the Empire, and knew the Kamal and Cahill brothers.
"Wait a minute, the letter says ...... The Iron Helmet City has fallen!"