Chapter Twenty-Six: The Untrustworthy Prince
The north is still a mess, the disintegration of the Xiangri Empire, resulting in the situation of many divisions, just the king, there are more than a dozen, in addition to the five princes, some powerful dukes, have successively created their own crowns, none of them obey anyone, wars are frequent. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
The second prince, Crofts, was actually embarrassed, he did not have much territory and did not have a sufficient number of troops, but with a sense of anger, he launched an attack on Tours. Crofts believes that this kind of unyielding bastard should be skinned for public display. The war went on for more than a month, and Crofts was a little overwhelmed and wanted to retreat, but Tours was not willing to stop there, and the new king was ambitious to annex more land.
When the armistice was not reached, Crofts panicked, and he even thought about fleeing to his fifth brother and becoming his subordinate, after all, the fifth is currently the most powerful. Fortunately, there were two loyal staff members under Crofts, who sincerely warned the second prince that he could not go anywhere except his own fiefdom, and that if he went anywhere else, the end would be nothing more than death. Now that the eldest prince has died in battle, if according to the rules of the succession to the Japanese Empire, it should be Crofts who sits on the throne, so no matter who he turns to, no matter how humble he is, it is a very obscure character.
Horizontally and vertically dead, Crofts had no choice but to break the net with Tour.
The arrival of Brauer gave Crofts hope of victory, he didn't know why an upstart named bin Laden wanted to cling to himself, in short, if someone was willing to make trouble in the rear of Tours, the second prince of course couldn't ask for it, the two sides are now fighting for supplies, and once something happens in the rear, the stalemate will be broken. Crofts warmly received Brower and agreed to bin Laden's request that half of the kingdom of Kikru and two cities be given after the war, which was not too much.
Next, bin Laden, who had just become a baron, that is, Huggins, suddenly announced that King Tours had betrayed the Xiangri Empire, and as a former courtier, not only did not help the prince to restore the country, but instead claimed to be king himself. Of course, Tur was unaware of all this, and was defenseless, so when Huggins led the soldiers of the Three Towns to surprise attack the most important granary in the kingdom, Tur was so angry that he vomited a mouthful of blood and fainted on the spot.
Tour's illness immediately caused panic among the people, and after the food source was cut off and the supply became scarce, the morale of the army was immediately shaken. In the space of almost a week, the morale of the Jikru warriors dropped to the extreme, and in two skirmishes, they were defeated by their opponents. Tur finally woke up at this time, and he did not give up everything he had easily, ordering the army to temporarily hold the camp and passes, trying to solve the supply problem by all means, and even used his savings to buy food to tide the army through the crisis.
Tur hated bin Laden so much that he wanted to turn his gun around now and pierce this guy who turned his face and didn't recognize people into a hundred holes, but Crofts put too much pressure on the frontal battlefield, and he didn't have the energy to deal with bin Laden again, so he could only let the army, which only had thousands of men, do whatever he wanted in the rear. Tours was anxious for a decisive battle to settle all his troubles, but Crofts seemed to have guessed his mind and just pestered him, not giving him a chance to fight.
Tours' convoys were looted, demons appeared in the barracks at night, terrible woolly elephants trampled on tents, hideous skeletons set fire everywhere to kill, and the arrival of the undead was like the last straw in the hearts of the warriors, causing a total collapse, and the soldiers who had no food or drink scattered, no longer willing to fight for Tours. Crofts's army, choosing the right time to cover it all, broke through all the way, and attacked the capital of Jikru, and Tours had no choice but to commit suicide.
Crofts rode into the royal capital of Winterfell and saw the hanged Tour, the crown of gold, at his dangling feet.
Soon, Crofts collected the entire army of the Kingdom of Jikru, with a total number of 30,000 men, and controlled all the cities like a wolf and tiger, but five days later, he still did not talk about the reward, and did not give up the two cities to bin Laden as promised before the war. After the victory of Crofts, his attitude immediately changed, cutting off the crisis and having the strength allowed him to vent his dissatisfaction, he hated all the lords of the fiefdom, if it weren't for these lords, how could the Xiangri Empire be torn apart?
At the suggestion of his staff, Crofts thought that he could reward the heroes and increase their titles, but he could not expand his fiefdoms, and all cities should be in his own hands.
Huggins became a marquis in this way, or continued to rule the three towns, he laughed at the treasure sent by Crofts, and thought that this prince was really funny, and how dare he play tricks on himself?
Huggins understands that if he doesn't fight back now, he is afraid that he will not be able to keep even three towns in the future, and it is obvious that Crofts does not like people who own fiefdoms, and it is a matter of time before he cuts the domain. In the name of celebration, Huggins used the gold and silver to purchase a large amount of food, and selected a few beautiful girls from the town to present to Crofts, asking to meet them.
When Crofts saw bin Laden coming alone, he didn't feel afraid, and received the hero of the empire, obviously without bin Laden, this war could not have been won, and things on the scene still had to be done, otherwise everyone would be chilled.
Huggins only took Granhan and Peake to Midwinter, and halfway through the celebration reception, he picked up his glass, stood up, and said, "Please allow me to express my blessings to Your Majesty once again, I believe that the Xiangri Empire will definitely return to its former glory and rule the Northern Continent and even the whole world again." ”
Crofts was happy and raised his glass, but he couldn't help but shiver when he saw bin Laden's face change and an indescribable chill came.
Huggins continued: "The reason why I chose to support Mr. Crofts is because he is the second prince and the most legitimate successor at present, and I will always stand on the commanding heights of justice when I stand on this side. But that's all, everyone has to understand that their real position, Crofts, is just a puppet, and I let him sit on the throne so that he can sit on it, otherwise, I'm afraid it will be replaced by someone else. ”
"Presumptuous, how dare you say such arrogant words, arrest me and put me to death!" Crofts was furious.
"Kill me?hahaha, I think you better think about your own life first. Huggins said, "That's right, your royal mage whispered in your ear, he was right, I am the dark mage, the dark mage, my name is Hudgens, not some damn bin Laden, you should know some about Huggins, right?"
"Huggins!" Crofts clutched his chest, feeling a pang of cramping, his face pale, and large beads of sweat on his face.
"Crofts, don't you feel sad, it's good, there are two choices next, either die or become my puppet, you don't want to give me two cities, I'll let you give me the whole empire. ”