Twice in history, Maro attempted to conquer Elam, a dangerous place in the eyes of all the Central Plains nations, in order to show his power to other countries. But in the end, they can only leave behind the corpses of defeat and receive ridicule from other countries. The special circumstances of Elam, as well as the complex terrain, led to the defeat of the Maro twice. Even if they once captured the Parliament City of the Salts, they eventually had to be forced to withdraw from Elam.

There are no roads to the outside world, just rugged mountains and deep forests. And the supply of a large army requires a lot of material, and there is not a smooth supply line. As a result, the Maro Legion, which had penetrated deep into Elam, could not find anything edible after eating all the food they were carrying. The food in the city of Parliament was burned by the Salts when the city was breached.

Having lost supplies, the Maro Legion had no choice but to withdraw from Elam, declaring the conquest a failure. The war cost the Maro nearly 70,000 men and countless supplies and manpower. Let a powerful empire go into decay from then on. Carthage in the south, on the other hand, was so powerful that it eventually occupied large swaths of the Maro Empire, which it did not regain until now, 700 years later.

And Caesar, who thought he would be the greatest emperor of the Maro Empire, while constantly attacking Carthage, also thought of this region that would lead Maro to decline. As the greatest emperor on the continent, Caesar considered himself capable of conquering the land, where his ancestors had failed several times.

Caesar considered his national power, although not the most powerful period in Maro's history, to be considered powerful. And the defeat in history also made Caesar understand that Elam was not an easy place to conquer. The parliamentary system of the Sarts in Elamite allowed the Sartic people to unite. Attacking Elam would be a declaration of war on the entire Sarth, which would cost Maro unnecessary losses.

So Caesar thought of his dagger in the dark, the specially trained Shadow Troops. They were instructed to weaken the Salts as much as possible before Maro attacked Elam. It's best to divide them if possible. so that he could conquer Elamite more easily and bring the Salts under the Maro Empire.

Shadow receives Caesar's orders and begins to plot how to split Elam. Before Maro could reclaim the territory occupied by Carthage, the Shadows were already operating in Carthage. For Elam, an area close to Carthage, they also conducted some simple surveys in order to find places to take advantage of.

Unlike Carthage and Maro, the Salts did not have a unified regime. Almost every city and even village was acting in its own way, both in terms of military and financial divisions, and the reason why all the Salts fought against Maro historically was mainly because there was a place called the City of Parliament, which served as a link between these cities.

It is here that important matters are carried out in Elam, and the location of the City of Parliament is extremely important. As the most central city in Elam, he has roads leading to various cities, and the capture of Elam and the attack on Parliament City are the main focus. This is also the reason why Maro has historically used the City of Parliament as the main target of attack.

During the first attack, Maro failed to break through the fortified City of Parliament. And the legions gathered by other cities, and the legions in the city of Parliament were flanked on both sides, so that the first attack failed. And in the second offensive a thousand years ago, Maro used nearly 200,000 troops.

Although the Salts were brave and good at fighting, they could not resist the huge numbers of the Maro, and eventually the city of Parliament was captured. Fifty thousand citizens of the city were killed, and Maro took full control of the city. However, due to the continuous attack on the supply lines, the Maro people were unable to hold out, and 120,000 people were forced to evacuate Elam.

A thousand years later, the Sarts still maintained this political approach, with each city taking charge of its own region. When something big happens, an all-Elam vote is held in the City of Parliament to decide what to do with it. The current Parliament City is no longer the small city it was a thousand years ago, but now it is as prosperous as Maro City.

After a thousand years without any war, the number of the Salts increased dramatically, and the city of 50,000 people has now doubled. Perhaps this is an almost slower speed to the limit in the eyes of the Central Plains City, but in Elan, which is full of monsters, this is already a big improvement.

But the prosperous cities, like the Central Plains, have seen the emergence of many wealthy families and magnates. They colluded with each other to control parliament and facilitate their own interests. Most of the elected legislators are kept in the dark or colluded with the elite in the hope of consecutive terms.

No matter what kind of politics it is, it will eventually breed [***] and conspiracy. The Salts were at their strongest, but at the same time they were at their most vulnerable. Although the Salts are beginning to realize this, there is nothing they can do at the moment, and some things are not just said and believed.

Through investigation, the Shadows learned how the Speaker of the Council City obtained the position of Speaker, and has extremely powerful powers**. So they sent a man who was skilled in persuasion to the fortified city of Parliament. Under the pretext of cutting off the supply of Carthaginian weapons, he came into contact with this speaker named Azera. And successfully provoked the speaker's **, declaring war on the city founded by monsters.

But to the man's surprise, the city of Parliament was defeated in that battle. The mood of the people in the city was so angry that the parliamentarians had to calm the anger by dismissing the Speaker. The man who was sent in made a quick decision, changed the plan that had been planned, and carried out an even more dangerous path.

The Speaker, who did not want to give up his power, used the power in his hands to stage a coup d'état and crown the emperor as the emperor in full control of the parliamentary city. While this would be the complete push of the City of Parliament to the opposite side of Elam, this is exactly what Maro wants to see, and the civil strife in Elamite will greatly weaken the power of the Salts.

While sending his men to contact Elam's other careerists he valued, the man reported back to Maro and prepared the necessary war supplies for both sides of the Sarts so that they could better fight each other.

"Representatives of the other cities of Elam, a meeting has already been held in Ankud, are you not worried at all, Your Majesty?" the man looked at Azela, who was sitting on the throne, and said, "Maybe Elam's coalition forces are already gathering. ”

"For a war of this scale, it will take them at least half a month before it is possible to confirm everything. Azela said with some disdain: "They will just keep against, and they will not stop against." It's just a matter of a few gold coins, and it takes a day to actually discuss.

The Parliament City is the strongest city in Elam, and it would take at least fifteen times the strength to capture the Parliament City, a thousand years ago, the Salts, who had less than 10,000 in the Parliament City, held off 200,000 Maro people outside the Parliament City for a whole month. Now we have fifteen thousand Salt warriors, and they can only muster more than 20,000 at most. ”

"Actually, they couldn't get together 20,000 people. The man smiled and said, "I received several letters this morning that the cities on the northwestern coast of Elamite supported your accession to the throne, and that they had also dissolved the council in their own cities the day before yesterday. All you need is for you to canonize them as a local lord and they will support your cause. ”

"You're really everywhere. Azela looked at the man coldly and said, "But this is a good thing for now, although it is impossible for them to send troops to support, but at least the number of coalition forces will be reduced." Foolish naysayers won't understand the real threat that the monster represents.

Everything I do is for Elam, and I will abdicate after destroying Thunder Bluff. Crowning me emperor is only a last resort, and the city council will remove me from the battle because of my defeat. ”

The man just laughed at Azela's words, and no matter how much Azela tried to hypnotize himself and whitewash his ambitions for power, he knew the things best. The attack on Thunder Bluff was just a covetion of glory and the three thousand gold coins that Maro had promised.

After the defeat, he was crowned emperor out of his desire for power and did not want to be deposed. Now that Azela has realized his mistake, he has no power to turn back, so he can only go all the way. The moment he proclaimed emperor, he had already gone to the opposite side of the whole of Elam.

Now he can only try his best to stabilize the situation in the city, and hope that Maro will give him support. The man believed that it would not be long before Elam would turn into a chaotic battle. Elam is a lot of careerists who are hungry for power, and if there is an Azela as emperor, there will also be a second and a third.

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