Chapter 288: Declaration of War, or Forbearance?
When the news of the robbery of the city reached the Countess, it was like a bomb exploding in her ears, causing her to shake her organs and shake things in front of her.
It stands to reason that a person like her, who controls the situation in the imperial capital, should never be like this, but this batch of materials plays an extremely important role in Kelsman's control of the situation in the empire, and being suddenly burned is no less than a blow to the head.
Among these materials, tens of thousands of tons of rice are allocated to the grain and grass of the Iron Blood Guards stationed in the imperial capital, and the millions of gold coins are the military salaries of the Iron Blood Guards.
But at this time, all of a sudden, this batch of food and salaries disappeared overnight, and if this news reached the ears of the iron-blooded guards, it would definitely cause a mutiny! If you want to subdue these hard and smelly soldiers, it will be even more difficult!
Moreover, this is a critical time for the Kelsman family and the Cult of Light to wrestle in the imperial capital, if the Iron Blood Guards fall to the Cult of Light and unite with the Knights of the Cathar, it will be a disaster!
It is conceivable that once these two extremely powerful legions join forces, then another bloody day in the imperial capital is just around the corner!
"Damn, bastard!!" Margaret felt all her organs burn when she spurted out a mouthful of blood, and her eyes turned black with anger.
She worked hard every day to take care of every wisp of this huge family, lest the slightest mistake lead to the catastrophe of the entire family.
Others see her scenery as incomparable in the imperial capital, but her misery is only known to herself.
The Kelsman family seems to be unprecedentedly strong, but the newly enthroned Prince Luthor is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and often secretly contacts major important ministers, and there are definitely not a few courtiers and nobles in the imperial capital who are interested in the Kriza royal family.
While Kriza XVI was still alive, the main conflict between the two kings in the imperial capital overshadowed the other contradictions, and at this time, the Kelsman family's excessive strength led to the gradual union of other forces, such as Prince Luthor and the Kriza royal family's complete alliance with the Cult of the Illuminati, and the alliance between the Klumbel family and the pirate Tang Jie.
Although the latter is Margaret's intention, the growth speed of the combination of the two is really amazing, especially for a sea hero like Tang Jie, once he gets sufficient financial and material resources, there is a feeling of "Jin Lin is a thing in the pool, and it will turn into a dragon when it encounters a storm".
This can't help but make Margaret vigilant, which is why there was a series of assassinations and attacks before, but she never thought that this serial assassination that would not fail even if she didn't think it would fail!
And when Margaret and Hughes Gurney were about to plan a new round of attacks, Budi's shocking news reached her, which made the Countess feel creepy!
"Who dares to challenge the Kelsman family!!" the Countess was as angry as a rampaging lion when she came back to her senses, but the information that came to her like a stream of water sent her chills all over!
The intelligence officers assigned in Budi City couldn't even find the slightest clue, and they didn't know who did it!
The blow of Budi City alone could not frighten or defeat Margaret, a strong and resourceful countess, but what was really terrifying was that such a developed intelligence network under her command could not find out who did it! Moreover, the heads of the father and son of Kumantanas were quietly cut off, especially the old Budi, when the woman next to him was awakened by the noise of Budi that night, she found that the old Budi had been decapitated!
The other party was able to sneak into the side of a realm lord and cut off his head without anyone knowing!
It's horrible!
You must know that although the father and son of Kumantanas have done a lot of evil, the more wicked they are, the more they pay attention to their own safety precautions, especially the castle of the father and son is well defended, Margaret knows it in her heart, but such a defense is also easily infiltrated!
Under the sadness of the death of the Countess, she couldn't help but have the illusion that there were enemies everywhere!
Because she didn't know who did it!
Hughes Gurney on the side saw that Margaret's face was cloudy, obviously in a confused mind, she whispered comforting on the side: "My madam, as long as you analyze who has the most profit in this matter, it should be who did it." ”
When Margaret heard this, her spirits immediately perked up: "Yes, you come, we will come to the Senate." ”
As he spoke, he pulled Margaret to a wall in the bedroom, which was as smooth as jade, and a row of ropes hung on it, and the countess reached out and pulled a rope hanging from the wall with golden tassels, and then dropped a map with a bang, which was the map of the imperial capital of Garcia, but this map was based on various colors, and the clear marks distinguished the distribution of the imperial capital's forces.
Immediately after that, Margaret opened several maps next to her, which were the power distribution map of the major counties of the Pound Empire, and the power distribution map of the small coastal countries.
On these maps, the location, number, and equipment of each army are clearly marked, as well as the number and the name of the generals, not to mention the various levels, mountains and rivers.
Especially on a map of the distribution of forces in the Principality of Marta, the Alcatraz forces led by Tang Jie are also clearly marked, if Tang Jie is here, he will be surprised to find that the background color marked by Sisis on this map is exactly the same as the background color marked by Alcatraz, which means that in the eyes of the intelligence network of the Kelsman family, Sisis has become Tang Jie's sphere of influence, so the background color of the two is the same.
On the map in this row, the major forces of the Pound Continent are clearly marked, and at a glance, it really has the official pattern in the palm of the hand, and it feels like the palm of the hand.
Margaret looked at Hughes Granny, one force after another, and the first thing that came to mind was the Cult of the Illuminati.
Because Budi's disaster is so big, it is hard to imagine that other weak forces can do such an amazing thing.
But Margaret and Hughes Genety analyzed and analyzed, and only felt that although this kind of thing was the most beneficial to the Illuminati Cult, it was very inconsistent with the style of these priests, and the propaganda and infiltration of these priests were extremely powerful, and the fighting on the battlefield was also first-class and tough, but such unwitting assassinations, as well as the kung fu of creating explosions and turmoil, were not what these priests were good at.
What's more, with the strength of the Cult of Light, there is no need to be afraid of the Kelsman family engaging in such unsightly methods, they can send the nine major paladins under the Guardian Knights, and they can easily step on Budi, where is the need to spend this kind of effort?
But who are they?
The Countess and the Petrel Chief, these two women, who can be called the most cunning and resourceful women in the Pound Continent, analyzed one power after another, and then shook their heads one after another, and when the eyes of the two fell on the power map of Alcatraz Island, the eyes of the two women lit up and glanced at each other.
No way?
Alcatraz Island is not thousands of nautical miles away from Budi, and it takes more than ten days to run back and forth on land, and there are many checkpoints to pass through on the way.
But Budi's disaster came so strangely, and it happened after the Demon Breaker's sneak attack on Alcatraz, no matter how you look at it, it seems that the two things are related.
The more Margaret thought about it, the more she felt that something was wrong, a murderous aura suddenly flashed in her eyes, and she said in a cold voice: "Immediately let people investigate where Tang Jie has been in the past few days, and in addition, investigate in detail what happened in Budi City that night, even if it was what an ant ate that night, I have to know, I don't believe that there is a seamless thing in this world!!"
Hughes Gurney nodded in response, and soon walked out of the room and gave orders to the maid waiting outside the door, and then these orders were quickly passed down one by one, and a huge intelligence network began to operate at high speed, like a giant standing on the Pound Continent, he suddenly cast his sharp gaze on Alcatraz Island, murderous, fierce!
After Hughes Gurney had finished giving the order, she walked up to Margaret and whispered, "My lady, what if they did this?"
Margaret gritted a mouthful of thin white teeth, and her two eyebrows like Chundai were twisted together, and she said in a cruel voice: "If he really did it, then he is demonstrating to us! Since he has the ability to take down the heads of the father and son of Kumantanas thousands of miles away, then he also has the ability to take down the heads of other lords, although you and I are not worried about such assassination, but our subordinates are not necessarily." ”
"Hmph, it's really a good means, so daring!" the countess sneered, gritted her teeth and said, "This bite hurts me so much!"
Hughes Gney on the side sighed and said, "But it's not a fatal bite." ”
Margaret glanced at her and snorted coldly: "Clever, really smart!"
She didn't know if she was praising Hughes Gurney or Tang Jie.
After a while, Hughes Gurney asked again, "My madam, if Tang Jie did it, are we going to take any revenge?"
The Countess was silent, if it was really found out that Tang Jie did it, then the Kelsman family must respond positively with extremely strong means, that is, to declare war on this pirate who does not know the height of the sky!
But at this time, although the Kelsman family is powerful, it is all enemies, and the Royal Navy of the empire has not been loyal to the countess and her family, and has adopted an attitude of protecting themselves and watching the fire from the other side.
If the family fleet is mobilized, there is no certainty of victory, after all, Alcatraz Island is thousands of miles away from the base where the main naval force of the Kelsman family lives, almost bypassing most of the continent, and most importantly, this evil pirate controls the terrible Black Dragon King!
This invincible battleship is simply a nightmare for all fleets at sea!
Is it a declaration of war, or is it forbearance?
The countess's face was cloudy, and she weighed the two choices back and forth in her mind.
And almost at the same time, Tang Jie, who had returned to Alcatraz Island smoothly, was faced with a similar choice.
Just as he was attacking Budi, the Falco Empire underwent astonishing upheavals, and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity also appeared.
Angel immediately told Tang Jie, who secretly returned to Alcatraz, the news, and then looked at this king of the Nilsia Sea with a pair of beautiful eyes.
Will you take this opportunity to declare war on the Shira and Xigang Empires, or will you wait and see how the Kelsman family reacts, and then hold back for a while?
Tang Jie was also weighing these two choices repeatedly in his heart.
In the Pound Continent, a man and a woman thousands of miles away are frowning and pondering at the same time in the face of two similar multiple-choice questions, and their choices will affect the historical direction of this world.
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