Chapter 44 Conspiracy of the Parties
I have to say that Blakely III left too suddenly, and the situation left for the eldest prince was not a situation of great governance after the chaos. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Instead, it's a mess.
The northern frontier is always under the threat of orcs, and as the time gradually moves towards September, scouts near the fortress of Sevasto can occasionally encounter orc spies.
The signs of the beast clan's southern invasion are becoming more and more obvious, and Liu Fengxiang has been heartbroken these days.
Until now, the results of the migration have not been very satisfactory, and only about half of the people in the entire Niba Plain are willing to move south of the Buyit River.
Among them, even the peasants who migrated over, because there were no reasonable resettlement measures, they consumed the materials of the Fengxiang Legion all day long.
And the vast majority of them are filled with unemployed vagrants -- people who don't have any special skills, who eat and wait to die.
The ruffians and hooligans, the only people who have no feelings for the land, and just leave their homes with the issuance of military orders - there is nothing in their homes anyway.
Without the assistance of political officials, even this not very ideal situation has exhausted the energy of Liu Fengxiang and Andrew.
In the end, he came up with a bad idea, and let these homeless people who had nothing to do all day build fortifications, just like the farmers who had been drafted in.
At such a difficult time for the Fengxiang Legion, the Northern Legion was still nesting in the county city of Huoai and had no news, and the spies sent in the past were directly expelled by the scouts of the Northern Legion.
Yes, expulsion.
There was no fighting, but they were expelled by the scouts of the opposing side except for the land around the town of Hoai.
Originally, the original Sevasto Fortress had a great cause, and even if the Northern Army "escaped" in a hurry, because of the existence of space props, there was still enough food supply, so the Northern Army has continued in this strange situation until now.
It is also because the Northern Army is obviously "treasonous", but it actually has a special "collusion" with the emperor, so that this situation can occur.
At that time, Blakely III issued a special edict to the Northern Legion, so that the sergeants of the Northern Legion were at ease all the time in their own drama and could not help themselves.
And Liu Fengxiang is because of the Yu order issued by Blakely IV after he ascended the throne, and he also understands the special situation of the Northern Army - since it is a friendly army, and there is also a special Yu order of the emperor, Liu Fengxiang, the commander of the Northern Xinjiang, is also a little constrained.
This situation undoubtedly gives the Seven Princes a lot of room to play.
It is easy to imagine that for an actor like the Seven Princes, who can perform a scene to deceive everyone, what kind of script can be given under such a high degree of freedom, everyone has no way of knowing.
Nominally, the Seventh Prince responded to the Grand Prince's order to submit an oath of allegiance, but Blakely IV always felt that something was wrong.
Yes, the Seventh Prince only submitted the paperwork, but he did not return to the imperial capital through the teleportation array, but refused this matter on the grounds that the current situation was critical and he could not leave the army casually.
Blakely IV has no choice, now Blakely IV has regarded the Frank Empire as his personal property, once he thinks that the orcs may come over at any time to fight the autumn wind and plunder, his heart is naturally very unhappy. However, the eldest prince has never been trained to lead the army in combat, so he can only pin this hope of resisting the orcs on Liu Fengxiang and the Seventh Prince. There is no way to do this.
So in this case, although there was a little doubt in my heart, it was also put aside for the time being.
On the other hand, in the army, the seven princes held the emperor's edict, and they should pretend to be blind, and the Northern Army was stunned to make him obedient.
In the end, the Seventh Prince actually sent an envoy to hook up with the Orc Empire.
Of course, the Seven Princes knew that their slave girl was an agent of the Orc Empire, but out of some strange motive, the Seven Princes still sent a special envoy to visit the Orc Empire.
I don't know if it's a pretense or an intention, the envoy sent by the Seven Princes was discovered by the orcs as soon as he stepped into the territory of the orc empire.
Then a group of orcs escorted this special "envoy group" into the depths of the orc empire to meet the beast emperor.
The rest of the matter is unknown, this envoy group has been staying in the territory of the orc empire for a long time, and it seems that the two sides are arguing over something.
The Seven Princes were full of distrust of the Orc Empire, and the Orc Empire was also half-coping and half-perfunctory towards such an envoy group that did not have the authorized seal of the Emperor of the Farrant Empire - in the end, nothing was determined after a month.
At this time, the orcs hurried to make all kinds of wonderful equipment handed down by the ancestors of the Tianji Clan, and closely planned the subsequent attack on the Human Empire.
On the other hand, the Seven Princes seem to be still spending time in Huoai County, but in fact, the Seven Princes are also secretly mobilizing their own troops, and the high-level generals in the army, under the secret methods of the Seven Princes, those stupid generals who do not really have the ability to lead troops in battle are faintly set aside.
And those who were good at war, at least the officers who seemed to be quite strategic, if I were not sure of this, were used in a big way.
Many of these civilians who did not have noble status before were activated, which broke the existing power system of the Northern Legion, and the Seven Princes also got this support from the current emperor - these new officers can be said to be dead set on supporting the Seven Princes.
After all, for these middle- and lower-level officers, it is not very clear what rumors are from the upper echelons - in their hearts, the Seventh Prince is an upright commander, not the hungry ghost in the aristocratic rumors.
The Seven Princes knew very well the importance of the name, so the Seven Princes did not exceed the etiquette that the imperial capital should have. This kind of behavior could not help but give Blakely IV great vanity.
I have to admit that the Seven Princes are indeed a ruthless character who is hidden.
maintained the image of a gentleman on the surface, but secretly used all kinds of means to firmly control the Northern Army in his hands at this alternating moment. Let James and his group become nominal generals, and the Western Legion was also secretly transferred by Blakely IV to take over the generals of the Imperial Capital Garrison Division in this situation.
On the surface, Blakely IV's throne was relatively stable - although the temple did not confer divine affirmation, although the various legionnaires did not participate in the enthronement ceremony, and although the nobility was quite dissatisfied.
But in terms of actual power, it seems that the throne of Blakely IV has been stabilized.
But that's all I can say - if there is no big attack by the Orc Empire. (To be continued.) )