Just when such a farce and marriage robbery were happening in Prince Luthor's palace, a suffocating storm was accumulating in the palace of Prince Cork, who was also the prince.

"My Highness, according to the report of my subordinates, several counties in the southeast of the empire have now fallen to Fernandez, and even the counties of Giza, Thor, and Shire, which have been in a wait-and-see state in the southwest, have begun to have frequent contact with Fernandez's people......" The speaker was a middle-aged man, wearing a red and white military uniform, heroic and powerful.

The general's name was Usain Bolt, and he was a capable general of the Kelsman family, and was now the right and left hand of Prince Cork, and he was also seated around a long table by a room of magnates.

The political struggle is the most complicated, fierce and cruel war in the world, and in the political struggle, the struggle for imperial power is the most tragic.

In this kind of struggle, a conspiracy like the one that framed Tang Jie before will always only play an auxiliary role, and it can never become a decisive factor in determining history.

In the officialdom, especially in this palace, everyone faces each other day and night, and a confrontation is more than ten years or even decades, and the respective forces of the two sides are in this imperial capital, in Garcia, which can be described as intertwined and intertwined, and they understand each other to the point of being clear and unremarkable.

In such a big chessboard, if you want to do something without letting others know, it is tantamount to a fool's dream, dealing with outsiders like Tang Jie, it is certainly okay to play conspiracy, but if the two princes compete for the throne between the two armies, it is child's play to win only by conspiracy and trickery.

Fernandez's every move was under the close surveillance of Cork, and every day there was a stream of information coming from all over the place, but no matter how fast the horses ran, it was already a few days ago when this information reached Cork's hands.

According to the general, basically the entire southern part of the empire was now out of control and had begun to fall in full swing towards Fernandez.

The southern part of the empire bears almost two-thirds of the taxes of this huge empire, the richest cities of the empire, this area accounts for three-quarters, gold and iron mines are countless, and most importantly, the two largest deep-water trading ports of the empire, one of which is the Sisis of the Duchy of Marta located on the southeast side of the empire.

Although these vassal states are not showing signs of turning to Fernandez, if the entire southern part of the empire falls to Fernandez, even if the principality of Marta and the principality of York, which are all part of the southern coast of the empire, are bent on him, they will be powerless because of the whip.

In the event of a coup d'état, what should these southern vassals do?

Want to raise the flag to the north and raise troops to serve the king?

No kidding, with millions of troops in the south of the empire and a vast military district, the inconspicuous military power of these vassal countries can break through layers of defenses and rush to his territory in Cork?

The important thing is that these countries are maritime countries, and two-thirds of their military composition is naval strength, and the army is not worth mentioning at all.

And Tang Jie, the pirate king entrenched in the sea of Nilcia, only two battles of Alcatraz Island and the Battle of Sisis Naval Battle, the navy of the Principality of Marta was defeated by nearly half of its strength.

Military affairs are not addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, and if an army of 100,000 people is defeated by 50,000 people, it absolutely does not mean that the army still has 50,000 people to continue fighting, nor does it mean that this army has only lost half of its combat effectiveness.

In the common sense of the military battlefield, if an army of 100,000 people is defeated by 10,000 people and cannot win, it is suffering heavy damage, if it is defeated by 20,000 people and cannot win, then this is a fiasco, and morale will plummet, but if this army is defeated by 30,000 people, and they still cannot win, then this army can basically declare it incapacitated, if half of its strength is defeated, then ......

Thinking of this, Prince Cork couldn't help but feel a fire in his heart, and the flames were rising up, the Duchy of Marta and the Duchy of York were the subject countries he had been trying to woo, and every year he had to sprinkle a lot of gold in these two countries that did not have important strategic minerals such as salt and iron.

His prince Cork is the legal future emperor of this country, so he naturally has no shortage of money, not to mention that there is Kelsman, the first family, behind his back, but he Cork is no longer short of money, and it doesn't mean that he has to be the head of the wrongs.

Isn't it just that when Tu and Fernandez fight for the throne in the future, let them raise troops to support?

Yes, the counties in the southern part of the empire have always been mostly the sphere of influence of the pro-prince faction such as the Crumbel family and the Duke of Tareras, and it is also Fernandez's heart, and this young little white face has to run to these states and counties countless times a year, in order to win over other powerful factions in these states and counties.

In order to compete with Fernandez's move, Cork desperately co-opted Marta, York and other southern coastal principalities.

In particular, the Duchy of Marta is the most powerful naval force among its subjects, and in the event of turmoil, this country can rely on their powerful navy to travel thousands of miles north, landing and landing in any coastal part of the empire, or joining forces with Cork, or directly attacking the weak parts of the rebels in the south.

When a country's navy is strong to a certain extent, it is absolutely an extremely terrifying force to fight wherever it wantonly runs rampant on the sea, even if it is a sea ship with only a few guns, as long as it appears at the right time and in the right place, it can cause terrible blows and damage, and this is where the real strength and pride of the navy lies.

With the navy of the Principality of Marta to deter, then the rebels in the south will not be able to invest a large number of troops on the frontal battlefield, and they will inevitably have to guard against the navy of the Principality of Marta to attack the Yellow Dragon at any time.

And if the southern rebels put a large number of troops into the south to use these subjects first, then his Kok troops can quickly seize the empty opportunity of the northern front and carry out a devastating assault to break through the southern rebel line in one fell swoop.

The strength of the navy is not only reflected in one or two battlefields, but also in the powerful deterrent power of the macro war situation.

Although it is often the army that wins the final victory in all wars, it is always the navy that really holds the strategic initiative on the battlefield.

Where the Navy wants to fight, the Army does not know at all, they can only passively follow and be beaten!

A naval force of less than 5,000 people and less than 10 warships is enough to contain and mobilize 100,000 or even more than a million army forces!

This is also why in the imperial capital of Garcia, so many people and so many wealthy nobles came to rob their relatives and propose marriage regardless of their faces, trying to marry this king of the Nilsia Sea!

Now, Tang Jie's two sticks directly interrupted the sea backbone of the Principality of Marta, although this country still has half of its naval strength left, but if this part of the force is put into the battle for imperial power, this country's long sea border defense line does not need to be defended? Not to mention the Principality of York, which has always had friction and conflict next to the Principality of Marta, this country has been staring at its neighbors, trying to take advantage of the heavy blow that Tang Jie brought to this country, take a hard bite and get a piece of the pie!

Tang Jie's comet-like rise speed in the Nilsia Sea completely disrupted the arrangement of the prince Cork in the coastal vassal country, and these things could not be seen at all when the battle for imperial power was not fierce enough to be seen by the dagger, but once the two sides showed their killer skills, then the endless wounds of this legacy were immediately revealed.

It is precisely because of this that Cork hates Tang Jie so much in his heart, if he can, Cork really wants to cramp and skin this black-haired pirate and chew his bones one by one!

Military battles are only a continuation of political struggles, and in political struggles, the two sides often move between each other, often under their noses can clearly see the "yang conspiracy", Cork clearly knows that the southern counties are falling to Fernandez one by one, but he has no way to stop it, which adds fuel to the fire, making Corke's face gloomy as if he has knocked over an inkwell.

Although General Charder, who was talking next to him, was the powerful darling of the Kelsmann family, standing in front of this prince Cork, who had been immersed in the palace power struggle for decades, he looked at the gloomy face of this middle-aged man with gray sideburns, and the hideous appearance in his eyes, and he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, and he didn't dare to continue to say the following words.

Cork was listening to Charde's military report with a gloomy face, when suddenly the sound stopped, and the room immediately became depressed and dull, Cork raised his head, and asked with a cold face, "Why don't you say it......?" Tell the bad news......"

Charles nodded, although his face still did not change, but he couldn't help but swallow his saliva, as the saying goes, a companion is like a tiger, and this companion prince is the same!

Charles coughed dryly, cleared his throat, and continued: "In the past two days, in addition to the several important counties in the south that quickly fell to Fernandez, there are also General Hannibal, Count Abiget, Viscount Edad, General Pobby, who are close to Fernandez, ......."

Every time Charles pronounced a name, Coke's face became gloomy, although each of these people is not strong enough to walk sideways in Garcia, but each of them is in an important position, and it seems that they are a little unsightly on weekdays, but at a specific moment and in a specific situation, the role they can play can be described as a "winning hand", which is definitely not an exaggeration.

Hearing Fernandez's frequent contact with these people jumping up and down for a while, Cork had a feeling of being burned under his buttocks, and this feeling filled him with a sense of crisis and insecurity.

"That's enough......," Cork said in a deep voice, "There's so much bad news, is there any good news?"

Charles paused for a moment, hesitated, and continued, "The good news is...... His Majesty the Emperor seems to have woken up......"

Before he finished speaking, Angel, who had been sitting silently next to him, suddenly chuckled, and a heavy mockery appeared on his face.

The princess who has crossed the ocean makes good on a promise she made with Cork: Cork rescues Tang Jie, and she does everything in her power to help Cork win the throne.

But for the prince Coke, Angel's identity and role are very embarrassing at this time, as an airborne outsider, of course Cork can't be stupid and stupid to throw everything to Angel, not to mention the problem of trust, just say that the complex power relationship of his faction can not be explained for a few days and nights, even if Angel has the ability to reach the sky, if this burden is suddenly thrown to him, he Coke can rest assured, his subordinates can rest assured?

As for whether Angel will really help him, Cork has never been worried, although this woman is so blatantly in love with the pirate, but Cork and Angel have the same interests, in other words, they are people in the same boat, if he Coke falls, Angel will definitely not end well!

Therefore, it is a good choice to arrange Angel to sit in on such a top-secret meeting.

But what Cork didn't expect was that Angel would let out such an angry laugh in such an important and serious meeting.

Bastard, if you don't take my fiancé in your eyes and love that pirate, I'll put up with it, when is it now, you still laugh at us like this?

Corke's face suddenly turned purple, and a pair of eyes stared at Angel sitting outside the long table with murderous anger, and the magnates at the table also looked at this extremely beautiful woman with dissatisfied and angry eyes.

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I can't go up to 17K again, I'm sweating in this waterfall, wow, I'm crazy, I can't wait to send a bomb to the landlord's house!!! Fortunately, the house will be renovated immediately, and I will move back in a few days, I bear it!!

Tomorrow, I will make up for what I have lacked in the past two days!