Chapter 168: Powerful Soldiers and Tricks Behind the Scenes

Fronnaso was killed, Bucred fled, and without the two princes, Odria's civil strife was quelled almost instantly.

The Holy Maiden Evangeline entered the Dulong Imperial Capital and appeared in front of all the citizens as a supporter of Princess Vitasia. The noble ministers who had taken refuge with the Holy Maiden publicly announced the evil deeds of Fronazor for killing his father, and the evil deeds of Bukred for the orcs. Both of these acts were unforgivable to humans, and immediately there was a loud shout and roar from a large number of city dwellers. Obviously, the reputation of the two princes is completely ruined, except for Fronnaso, who is dead, even if Bucred returns in the future, there is no way that anyone will willingly support him!

It was almost a matter of course, and although there was no precedent for an empress in the history of the Odria Empire, Princess Vitasia had always had a very good reputation for her kindness, plus the support of all the nobles, and more importantly, the support of the Holy Maiden Evangeline. It was Vitasia who succeeded to the throne with great ease.

Emperor Dulong was half destroyed by the war, most of the palace buildings were destroyed, and a large amount of wealth was looted............ It was also at this time that people discovered that the royal family's treasures and treasured collections were missing by half. Except for those occupied by Fronnaso who survived, the others were swept away by Bucred as he fled. The seeds of anger and war are also planted at this moment!

Empress Vitasia's coronation was presided over by the saint herself, which was completely legitimate and legitimate, and even a rare honor. Because as one of the most noble high-ranking members of the Holy See, the saints of the past rarely crowned secular emperors. The duties of the bishops of the Branches, which are usually reserved for the Holy See in the various empires, may be called into question in the future. But with the coronation of the Holy Maiden herself, no one can attack on this unless he wants to offend the authority of the Holy See.

Although the imperial capital suffered war damage. Fortunately, however, the Empire's institutions of power were intact, and most of the civilian ministers returned to their respective posts and began to mobilize forces to repair the wounds of the war. After all, the empire is strong, and the resources of various foreign provinces are constantly sent to the imperial capital, and they are being repaired rapidly, and everything is in order. But for the army of the Empire, it was not so peaceful!

In the prince's civil strife for more than two months. Among the ten elite legions in the entire empire, six legions participated, and the ordinary army was as many as 100,000...... Each of them owes allegiance to a certain prince. cannibalism is all broken. In particular, the [Golden Horn Legion] and the [Royal Praetorian Legion], which were the first to enter the imperial capital, almost lost most of them. Captain Thomas was mortally wounded, and the Captain of the Praetorian Guard was killed by a sorcerer's magic bolt. As for the other four legions, [Blizzard Legion], [Lionheart Legion]. The Iron Thorn Legion and the Three-Headed Vulture Legion also suffered heavy casualties.

In addition to the two elite legions stationed on the border with the elves in the southeast, the Oak Shield Legion and the Plantagenet Legion. Because he did not participate in the rebellion and was intact. plus the [Double-Headed Eagle Legion], which was destroyed by the orcs at the earliest, and the [Crown Stag Legion] that was recently disabled. In just over a year, Audria's elite forces were almost upended. If other empires invade at this time, it will inevitably plunge the entire empire into crisis.

Under the pretext of reorganizing the elite of the empire, he obtained the will of Empress Vitasia, and General Roxana, who was the first to defect to the Holy Maiden of Evangeline, was richly rewarded, and he was appointed Supreme Commander. Responsible for the formation and reorganization of all damaged legions. Before that, of course. A large number of people are mercilessly purged and replaced with commanders or generals loyal to Empress Vitasia (mainly to Her Highness). At the same time, they began to draw elites from ordinary armies in various places to supplement the elite corps that lacked personnel.

Once in power, General Roxana was in high spirits, and immediately took resolute action. All the Legion's captains were removed by him, and replaced by warriors he trusted or were the confidant of the Holy Maiden Evangeline. The Wizards' Guild also made an agreement with the Holy Maiden to send a strong corps of magicians to the various legions. A steady stream of elite soldiers from all over the country replenished the legions that lacked personnel, as long as the middle-level backbone warriors of each legion did not suffer too much damage, under their leadership, the legion could soon recover a certain strength. If you want to reach the top of your life, you need a long time of training.

The legion commanders and high-ranking commanders who were replaced by Roxana will definitely not be willing. Most of them come from various large families, and they have long looked down on Roxana, who is from a small aristocratic background, and now all this is considered to be their revenge. Some people naturally complained to the Holy Maiden and the Empress, but although Evangeline did not understand military affairs, she also knew that a strong army could not be suppressed by the commander. Once the boss loses his authority, he is fine on weekdays, but if he is on the battlefield, it will be a fatal hidden danger. It was Evangeline who ignored the grievances of those people and chose to stand firmly in favor of Roxana.

It is conceivable that when Roxana knew the selfless trust of the saint in him, and his personality was as calm as him, he couldn't help but feel excited and difficult to calm down, and then vowed to be loyal to the saint for the rest of his life. Immediately afterwards, Roxana became more rigorous in the discipline of all legions, and it was bound to be reorganized in a short period of time.

Without the answer they wanted, the legion commanders who went down to the field inevitably resented the Holy Maiden and Empress Vitasia. Don't underestimate the nobility of these secular countries, they are dirty politicians by nature, although they can't do anything to the saints, but they have a way to secretly do ........................!

The Dragons have captured the Apocalypse See's fortresses on the southern coast and have firmly held their territory. For this reason, the Holy See had to gather the remnants of the army at the same time, and send a large number of elite legions to the southern battlefield.

The two major legions of the Holy See, the Bright Warriors and the Knights of the Cult, each have a strong force of 100,000 troops. They each quickly mobilized another 30,000 troops to rush to the southern battlefield. At that time, the two apocalypsees, Belchem and Cresida, had to give up temporarily because they had lost the Hebrewonian wolf and the mysterious man, and also joined the southern battlefield. Together with Uhtred the Apocalypse, plus the two controllers [Davenport] and [Fermo Banning], they finally temporarily withstood the dragon's crazy attack. Seeing that the Holy See's defense was gradually stabilized, the Golden Dragon King Obasekita could only discourage the ** who continued to attack, and while consolidating the occupied territory, he also continuously mobilized people from the Dragon Island in the far sea to rush to reinforcements.

The Holy See and the Dragons gather huge armies with each other, and a brutal war begins to brew. In comparison, the movement of Baroque leading tens of thousands of orcs on the steppe is undoubtedly much smaller. It was also because of this that Evangeline, who was indifferent to those frustrated legion generals, suffered a dark loss.

After gaining the trust of the Holy Maiden, in addition to the Praetorian Legion guarding the Imperial City of Audria, the [Lionheart Legion] belonging to the royal family, as well as the [Oak Shield Legion] and the [Plantagenet Legion] guarding the border between the Outer Province and the Elves, the other six elite legions that have been replenished are under his control. He did not disappoint the saint either, and he practiced vigorously and resolutely. It does not interfere with the drills of each legion's own arrangement of the unique military formation, because as long as the backbone is still there, the strength will always slowly recover.

After only two months, the strength of the six legions had been restored to eighty percent, and both the saint and the girl Vitasia were extremely satisfied with Roxana's abilities. The two women who had just taken power had a close relationship, and they even ambitiously began to plan for the beginning of next spring, launching a large-scale retaliatory attack on the orcs, in addition to retaking the grassland of the horse farm, but also to teach the orcs an unforgettable and painful lesson. While recovering lost territory, it also deters the unstable forces in the shadows of the empire.

The plan was wonderful, but an uninvited guest arrived in the Holy See and disrupted all their plans.

Evangeline knew the smiling fat middle-aged man in front of her! The patriarch of the Holy See Senate [Fokker] was also the most treacherous and cunning of the group of senators who secretly opposed her. He had come to meet with the Holy Maiden Evangeline as the Pope's emissary, and had a faint and forceful offer of the Pope's condition that was not so much a plea as a general order.

"Your Highness Evangeline, you also know how terrifying the strength of the dragon clan is. Moreover, this time their Golden Dragon King seems to have gone crazy, not only occupying a large area of our southern coastal fortress, but also constantly transferring dragon reinforcements from Dragon Island, at this time, according to the exploration of the Wind Scout, there are already nearly eighty giant dragons entrenched there, and they will attack at any time. All the forces at our disposal must converge on the southern coast and together drive the abominable flying reptiles back to the sea. For this reason, His Holiness has asked me to ask you to send an elite army to help. Elder Falk said respectfully.

"The Adria Empire has just quelled the civil strife, and all the elite legions have suffered heavy losses. Why don't you go back and return to the Holy Throne and ask him to send legions from other empires to reinforce the south?" said Evangeline, holding back the anger in her heart, as calmly as possible.

"Oh, is it?" said with a smile on his face of distrust, "but I have heard that Adria's General Roxana is an excellent commander, and under his leadership, all the legions have recovered most of their strength, did I hear me wrong......? Misled by someone?"

Evangeline's face instantly became gloomy, she was very smart, and she had already guessed what was going on at this time............ Damn, if I had known they would be playing such a dirty machination, I should have followed Roxana's advice and hanged all the deposed captains!) )