Chapter Eighty-Five: Standing
Kentuck, the imperial city of Qatar, is the most prosperous and largest city in the whole of Qatar. Two hundred years ago www.biquge.info, the population of the city exceeded one million.
The fighting on the border and the rebellion within the country do not seem to affect it at all. On the surface, at least, the city in the southwest of Qatar is so glamorous.
The city's most important royal palace is located in the westernmost part of the city, by the sea. After all, the city was founded in turbulent times, and the safety of the palace could not be guaranteed. The best thing to do is to build the palace close to the pier, ready to escape by boat. At least at sea, Qataris are not afraid of landlocked Lesotho.
At this time, in the royal palace, Cyril IX, the theoretical master of the country, was sitting on his throne, watching the endless speeches of the Duke of Regino with a blank face.
"All the nobles present, it's time to teach those arrogant elves a lesson! The empire has been at war all the time since the day it was founded. We Qataris are always fighting against the invaders for the sake of our land and our glory.
And those abominable long-eared elves, they will always look for an opportunity to invade us when we are most vulnerable.
Prague, a city of 100,000 people. Fell...... How many people will suffer for it, and how many will lose their lives because of their acts of war.
Time and time again, the elves have waged wars since the founding of our country. Each time we were passive on the defensive, and then waited for the elves to back down on their own. But this time we can't do that again, we want to show them the courage of our human beings. We're going to give them some color and let them know that we Qataris are not to be messed with!"
Duke Regino shouted with almost all his strength, his young face flushed. But how much of this is his sincerity can be seen from the extremely calm reaction of the nobles below.
Cyril IX, who had been sitting on the throne, spoke: "Duke Regino is right, it's time to teach the elves some lessons!, but I wonder if the elven threat is worth the much discussion here, if the elves are just a useless rabble, then we will not be in vain." ”
A smile appeared on the corner of Duke Reginor's mouth, he was waiting for this sentence, and the next thing was to see the performance of the Yankees. I hope that the child's father will explain it to him well, otherwise someone will be unlucky.
"I also took that into account, so I brought in a warrior specifically. He is also one of us, heir to the Viscount Brut from the north. He participated in battles with elves and was at the head of the ranks. As a member of the nobility, he has done his duty, and he is the only one who knows best whether the elves are a threat or not. Let's listen to what the person has to say, so that we can have some idea when we make a decision. Don't make the wrong decisions because of your blind arrogance towards the Imperial Army. ”
Hubert, who had been standing in the corner, knew it was time for him to appear, even though the Emperor had not yet spoken.
Cyril IX simply nodded in agreement.
Hubert stood up from the crowd and bowed deeply to the emperor while saying, "Long live the great Emperor of Qatar, may Qatar be forever." ”
Cyril IX looked up and down the face of the young man in front of him, and said slowly: "I didn't expect you to be so young, it seems that the hope of our Qatar is in the hands of a young nobleman like you." Let's tell you what the elven army looks like, so that we can have a general impression. ”
Hubert straightened up, looked the king in the eye and said, "Of course, my majesty. Actually, I didn't fight the elves, and I ran away shortly after the battle began. ”
Hearing this, all the nobles who were wandering outside the world were shocked. Just now, Duke Regino was still saying that he participated in the battle, and he was slapped in the face in seconds, and he didn't want to live anymore.
Everyone looked at Duke Regino, who was on the emperor's side, and found that the other party's face was really not good-looking. Isn't this kind of thing supposed to be done by Duke Regino? Why is there such an oolong now, and this young man doesn't want to live?
Of course, Hubert knew which side his current lineup was, but his father didn't give him any advice beforehand, and he himself was still a hairy kid who had never experienced anything, so he had to make it up.
He paused, looked at the reactions of the nobles below, and then continued, "Everyone fled, but I promise I'm the last one to survive. When the elves attacked, everyone collapsed. Whether it is the cavalry or the shield array that the empire is proud of, they are all about to collapse in front of the elves. An army of three thousand men was defeated by an army of less than a thousand elves, and we did not destroy even a hundred elves. To be exact, I suspect that not even a single elf has been killed by us. ”
As soon as these words came out, all the nobles were not calm, and the entire palace hall was filled with the sound of chattering discussions.
I wondered why this was happening. The royal family allocated so much money to build Prague, and it was so easily breached, and I don't even know if I killed or injured the enemy army, I want a reasonable explanation!"
Hubert saw that the emperor wanted to be angry, and hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty is actually like this, it's not that our army is too incompetent, but the elves have witchcraft. They rode tigers larger than horses, and could climb our walls, and the cavalry was completely defenseless in front of them. They also used a device that resembled a cart and easily broke through our shields, firing blades capable of killing dozens of people at a time.
When the ordinary army saw these two things, they were directly defeated, and the tiger, which was taller than a man, was a strange machine that directly cut a man in half from the middle. All of them are the reasons for our failures. From the very beginning of my stationing in Prague, my teacher, Knight Hosa, said: Elves are strong in witchcraft. But I didn't believe it until that day, when I retreated with the last fleeing crowd, that I realized that the Knight of Hossa was right. But it was too late, and in the end, he died a glorious death on the battlefield in order to cover me. ”
Reginor's face became a little better, although this kid did make himself very embarrassed at first, but what he said now could at least achieve his ultimate goal. The rest depends on the emperor sitting on the throne, how much will he concede, and how many people will stubbornly stand on his side and seek death?