Chapter 166: The True Face of the Enemy
"Who is Elliott, King of Fisher?
At the combat meeting that was temporarily convened in the middle of the night, Chang Le asked everyone such a question.
Lola and Skinny Monkey looked at each other, except for the other party, who had ascended the throne four years ago and had led an army to defeat the Cayan invaders, they could no longer say any valuable information.
Chang Le himself didn't know, so he asked.
From the perspective of "knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent" before the war, several quite outstanding soldiers were all derelict in this matter.
Even more derelict in its duties is the intelligence department of the Haviran Empire, which only regarded the Cayan people as great enemies in the past, and because the three countries on the west side are much weaker than the empire, they have never taken each other seriously and have not paid attention to collecting relevant information.
As a result, when the face was suddenly torn and the coalition army called, the empire was at a loss and had no way to deal with it.
Chang Le's own understanding of King Fisher comes from the performance of the enemy in this war, and it can be seen that the other party is a thoughtful and thoughtful person.
In this case, Chang Le had been attacking and tossing in the rear for so long, and the more King Fisher didn't react, the more he suspected that the other party was brewing something big.
So after the friendship with the elves in the valley was broken, Chang Le arranged for the elven troops to stay hidden, and he led the two generals back to Fort Stanley to hold an emergency military meeting.
With such a strong reinforcement from the elves, Changle's department has also become a pivotal main army, and the battle plan is bound to be revised, as long as it is coordinated with the crown prince, the marshal's department, and the Sesnek defenders, and will not be broken by the enemy, this battle has a chance of winning.
If you have a deeper understanding of Fisher's personality and military habits, it will also help you guess the opponent's next move.
However, everyone was really unfamiliar with the enemy commander, and now when Chang Le asked them, they were all speechless, and the conference room fell silent.
"Since you wise people don't know, I'll say a few words for you, fools. ”
Webber, who was shrunk in a corner, suddenly spoke, and also attracted everyone's attention.
After the setbacks of the border battle, this guy was saved by Chang Le, and gradually calmed down from the initial stressful arrogance and rage, and became an idler with nothing to do, neither making trouble nor helping, locking himself in the house every day, except for drinking a little wine, he was busy writing "Autobiography".
The reason why I wrote "Autobiography" is probably because I went back and forth through the ghost door, and I didn't know when I would face a desperate situation, so I simply summarized the short life of the eighteen-year-old.
In any case, Weber is still an imperial major general, personal grievances aside, and Chang Le are also old classmates in the military academy, and his grades were not bad at the beginning, so he was invited to participate in the combat meetings.
Weber was usually silent at meetings, not because he deliberately did not cooperate, but because he completely lost his self-confidence after losing the battle, lest his opinions be ridiculed.
But he is most familiar with the genealogy and history of the nobles in the Eastern Continent, and today he saw that others were speechless, and it was finally time for him to play.
The duke's son smiled at everyone's gaze and said:
"This king is probably the most cunning and vicious king in history, and he has no aristocratic character at all, only our three princes use him as an idol. ”
Weber, the son of Duke Sstanis, certainly shares his father's political stance, supporting the unassertive and easy-to-control crown prince against the shrewd and ambitious Third Prince.
Chang Le smiled when he heard this:
"What, Elliot is a usurper?"
"It's not a usurpation. Webber scratched his head, "He's the eighth in line to the throne, and the first seven just happened to die in various accidents." ”
The thin monkey couldn't help but shout:
"Seven of them died in the so-called accident, and it was definitely not an accident!"
"Everyone understands the truth, but what about the evidence, take it out!" Webber smiled and stretched out his hand, making a gesture to ask the thin monkey for it.
Of course, the thin monkey has no evidence, but it is not a court case at this moment, and everyone can speculate about Elliot's character without evidence.
The king had been on the throne for four years and was only twenty-three years old, in other words, he had eliminated many competitors and ascended to the throne at the age of nineteen!
Of course, none of the seven heirs killed by him can be regarded as brothers and sisters, because the previous king did not give birth to any offspring, and the first heir in line to the throne is the queen, and then it is the turn of the noble children with royal blood.
The rules of succession are as follows: blood relatives take precedence over distant relatives, the king's peers take precedence over juniors, and men in the same generation take precedence.
The queen, because of her love for her husband, died of martyrdom only one day after the death of the first king.
The queen was still murdered and did not talk about it, and the first heir who could serve the public was gone, which immediately caused a great fight among the nobles, and fierce disputes in the court, and no one could quickly and legally ascend the throne.
The heir who came first in line quickly became the public enemy of the rest, and he could always find various theories to deny his priority, and charges such as "illegitimate children" followed, and even several factions of nobles recruited and mobilized, and civil war was on the verge of breaking out.
Elliot is the only son of a duke, and his biological mother is the cousin of the Queen Mother, and he himself is the king's cousin by generation, so he is the first in line to the throne over several sisters, but because of the slight distance of blood, he ranks eighth among all the heirs to the throne.
Due to his low ranking and the fact that he is known as a gentle and well-behaved child, no one sees Elliott as a threat.
But Elliot is no ordinary character.
Speaking of his life experience, it is also quite mysterious, it is said that he was picked up by a master when he was just born, and he began to cultivate almost as an infant, and only returned to his hometown at the age of seventeen with an amazing war spirit realm.
Who is the master and which sect does he belong to? The duke's family is very secretive about this, and people have no way to inquire about it.
The only fact that can be determined is that a seventeen-year-old war spirit has appeared in the Fisher Kingdom since then! The entire Eastern Continent has not heard of it for a thousand years!
However, although Elliot is strong, he has no quarrel with the world, in the disturbing circle of aristocratic children, among the teenagers who frequent "honor duels", he never quarrels with others, never bullies others, and does not chase women with jealousy.
Because of his very beautiful appearance, there are many aristocratic girls who pursue him, but I have not heard of any success.
Therefore, many people doubted Elliot's sexual orientation, but even if he really liked men, it was not a strange thing in the idle and boring aristocratic circles, and no one ever doubted his mildness and humility, and no one believed that he had the ambition to seize the throne.
When many heirs to the throne died in "accidents", public opinion generally suspected that the rest of the contenders were murderers, but still no one looked at Elliott with suspicion, even if it was only a glimpse.
Within ten days, six of the first seven heirs had died, and the killer was nowhere to be found, and the focus of suspicion fell on the fourth-in-line Duke Forbes, a powerful nobleman who had coveted the throne for a long time and had the most power to kill his rivals.
Duke Forbes, of course, did not admit it, and debated with people in the aristocratic council every day.
Just then, the Cayenne invaded!
The kingdom was leaderless and chaotic, the nobles were reluctant to be the first birds, and several heirs to the throne never left the royal capital, and regarded the meeting of nobles discussing the inheritance as the highest battlefield.
As a result, Elliot, who has always been modest and low-key, stood up and enlisted the support of many powerful nobles at the cost of giving up the right to inherit the throne, plus his own private army, and temporarily organized 30,000 horses to meet the Cayan army of as many as 70,000.
In the early morning of a thick fog, he ambushed the advancing invaders, and the enemy army was crushed, leaving hundreds of miles of corpses, and if it were not for the lack of cavalry in the Fisher Kingdom, which was not conducive to the pursuit and defeat of the enemy, his results would have been even more fruitful.
In any case, the battle was won, and Elliot led an army of 30,000 men into the royal capital as a hero.
Then, there is martial law, search and arrest.
The nobles of the Forbes family were wiped out, and then Elliot presented evidence of the duke's conspiracy to collude with the Cayenne people in an attempt to use the Cayenne power to ascend to the throne, including the confession of the duke's servants, as well as the testimony of the Cayenne captives.
Amid the angry shouts of the onlookers, the traitors cried out "wronged" and were hanged one by one.
Elliot had already declared that he would renounce his inheritance, but now, which of the heirs in the lower rankings would dare to compete with him? He was a great hero in the hearts of the people, and he also held a heavy army, controlled the royal capital, and also bloodied the "traitor".
No one wants to be the next "traitor".
In the face of the tears in the eyes of the people and the tsunami shouting "King Elliot", he refused to refuse, and finally had to accept it, and shyly put on the crown.
Weber didn't know how he later integrated the Starr River Alliance and brought the Hanhai Kingdom into the army, but he was able to organize a huge coalition army and make himself the commander-in-chief of the war, and he must have gone through some clever battles.
After hearing this, the conference room resounded with a "tsk" exclamation.
The whole process of King Elliot's ascension to the throne was full of strong intrigue flavor, the most low-key, the most docile, but the most terrifying!
Chang Le couldn't help but smile bitterly, he also thought about leading the army into the Fisher Kingdom, having dinner with Queen Fisher and the princess, and seeing if King Fisher would be so angry that the whole army would return to the division.
However, King Fisher had no queen at all, let alone a princess.
After a wry smile, he pondered for a moment and then asked:
"Is there a detailed process of Elliot's battle against the Cayenne, apart from the dense fog and ambush?"
Webber shook his head vigorously, not that he didn't care about military issues, but that the information from the Fisher Kingdom did not describe the battle in detail.
Chang Le thought for a moment and said slowly:
"So, that battle may have been colluded, otherwise why was the timing so right, and he fought so smoothly? Elliot is likely to have a leg with the Cayenne!
The subordinates nodded their heads.
"Then, we are facing an opponent who is scheming and good at careful planning......!
As he spoke, the smile gradually returned to Chang Le's face, and he nodded on the map spread out on the table,
"We can understand why he is holding back now, because he is waiting for the Hanhai cavalry to meet, Fisher's army lacks cavalry, and the cavalry occupies an important place in his battle plan, with his personality, he will not take risks!"
Then, his finger moved to the Heyuan wetland, where he drew an invisible circle and poked again.
The thin monkey couldn't help but get up, stared there for a while, and then had an epiphany expression:
"The Hanhai cavalry will go south to rendezvous, that's the way to go, boss, what do you mean......"
"Disrupting the enemy's plans must not allow Elliot to go well, and perhaps, he will never see his cavalry again!"
Chang Le smiled and sat back in his chair.