Chapter 535 [The First Haoqiang]

"I'm not against you killing him. ”

After hearing about Tegel's murder of his wife, Sophie's expression was very cold: "Your decision is right. If you're really going to recruit this guy, I'll try to persuade you to dispel your thoughts and kill him. There is no problem with your judgment, for this kind of guy who can kill even his dearest and loved ones without hesitation for his own rich future, there is no value in soliciting, this kind of person will never know how to be loyal, and he will not hesitate to betray anyone in the face of interests. ”

At this point, Sophie's tone changed slightly: "But, what I want to say is that it is right to kill him, and what is wrong is the way. You can do this with a little more skill. Now you kill him, but others may not really know why, especially since we are occupiers, and killing Tegel as soon as we occupy Nordin can easily cause panic among the people. ”

"So it's the wrong kill?"

"I said, your decision is right, this guy is a scourge and can't be stayed. But before you kill him, you can be a little more skillful. Sophie smiled faintly: "Okay, since I'm here, I'll take over this matter, and I'll do a good job of the aftermath." Well, I need some manpower, some servants from the original Tegel family, let people control it, and then hand it over to me......"

Char didn't have much interest in these things, just handed them over to his subordinates at will, and then immediately cared about the most important issue. Hasting...... "How's it going?"

Sophie glanced at Char and hesitated slightly before saying, "To be honest, I ......" I can't see it accurately. ”

"Oh?" Char smiled, "and something else you're not sure about?"

"Of course. Sophie replied quickly: "My duty is to assist you in dealing with problems, but I am not responsible for making decisions, I just tell you my analysis and judgment, and then you can refer to it." ”

After a pause, Sophie's expression became serious: "Hasting, that guy, I can't see through him." ”

Char didn't show too many doubts: "It's normal, that family is ......" If it can be easily seen through, it will not become Odin Valkyrie. ”

Char stood up, and after walking a few steps around the room, he frowned, "What is his request?"

Sophie told Char about her experience with Hasting, including the content of the conversation, and after Char listened, her expression did not relax because of this, but became more and more solemn.

He said...... "You should understand what he wants." Sophie smiled bitterly, and then glanced at Char deeply: "Obviously, my lord, you and this Odin Valkyrie seem to have some unknown relationships?"

"That's not what you should know. Char shook her head.

"Well, I'll stick to the position of a subordinate. Sophie said lightly: "You are the leader, you have the final say." Since there are some things that you don't want others to know, then I won't ask more, and the question I'm worried about is actually very simple: Do you think he can be trusted?"

Char closed his eyes and thought for a moment, then he opened his eyes and smiled: "For the time being, it's credible." ”

What does Hastings want?

Others don't know, but Char does.

That guy, this "senior brother" of his own, "all he wants is to kill the Byzantine royal family!

However, is his own philosophy the same as his?

Of course not.

Kill the Byzantine royal family...... "Well, if it's the Childless Emperor, Char doesn't care if he lives or dies.

But don't forget, the turtle is about to marry the poor worm, the princess of the Byzantine royal family. He was also a member of the Byzantine royal family by blood.

Hasting's ideal is to destroy the Byzantine royal family, then Hastings will stand on the opposite side of the guardians of the entire Byzantine Empire, including Adric and others......" "It's really difficult. Char smiled bitterly.

Hasting, Black Flag Army, this will be a hot potato in his own hands. "Let's calm down for the time being, isn't the result of your negotiation a mercenary way? Char couldn't think of a better way for the time being.

However, it can be determined that no matter what, the Black Flag Army is a very powerful force, and there will always be some benefits in holding it in its own hands.

Sophie looked at Char, "I have an idea. "What?"

......" Rodria , El Salvador. The chief of staff smiled lightly, revealing his snow-white teeth.

Char immediately began to think.

Salva is so ......"

After pacifying the four military regions in the north, the expansion of territory, the army under control, and the population became larger and larger, and at the same time, more and more enemies had to be faced.

The four military regions bordering him before have been pacified, so in the future, there will be more and more Tema military regions bordering him......"

The most powerful of them all, without a doubt, is the guy from El Salvador.

The Rhodria Military Region, bordering Nordin, solves Nordin, and then it will collide directly with the front of El Salvador. The 10,000 reinforcements sent by El Salvador were dealt with by Reinhardt, so what next?

The Second War: The Conquest of El Salvador?

From a military point of view, war is not a problem. After pacifying the four northern military regions, Char's strength was unprecedentedly strong, and if there was a war, he was absolutely confident that he would solve El Salvador.

But from a political point of view, it is not inferior.

He did not have the ability to eat El Salvador.

It's one thing to win a war, but it's another thing to eat the other side completely.

The four military regions in the north have been pacified, and large areas of new land, population, and territory need to be controlled, and they need to promote trusted people to control these places, and they need to appease people's hearts and minds and pacify the places, and the aftermath of the war ......" and so on, and so on.

Char's Northern Army Group is a nascent group after all, the number of descendants that Char can really trust is not large and there are not enough people who can use it, and the four military regions are already his limit for the time being, if he is too greedy, even if he fights a new place, he will not have the right person to take over.

His group, which had just established initial cohesion, was not yet suitable to swallow too big a cake at once. "Salvador is not going to sit and die, he will find a way to get us in trouble. Char muttered to himself: "Then let's find some trouble for him first, don't let him be idle." ”

"Same as I thought. Sophie smiled happily: "Then ...... let the Black Flag Army ...... go south." ”

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In Osgilia in the early morning, the sky is full of haze.

Winter was approaching, and the cloudy days in Osgilia had lasted for several days, and the weather was too wet and cold on days without sunshine. Some people who are not in good health have begun to need to wear thick leather jackets to protect themselves from the cold.

The square in front of the palace was empty, the nearby streets had been placed under martial law, and no longer pedestrians would pass by, and the palace gates were closed, and the Imperial Guards still maintained the city's defenses. It still looks solemn, but in fact, it has highlighted some decadent appearance.

Now everyone knows that the core of power in Osgilia is no longer here. The core of the new power is the military department.

The military department has now completely taken over all the defenses of the city, the army, logistics, internal affairs, and so on.

All of it, all the power, has now been transferred to that person.

Adric, the protector of the empire, commanded all the internal and external military and political powers—such a position of power, throughout the founding of the Byzantine Empire, no courtier had ever had such great power!

Today, although the Emperor is still the supreme existence of the Empire, such a "supremacy" only exists in name.

The defense of Osgilia was firmly in the hands of the city guards, and the central army had already entered the city, and was stationed partly near the military headquarters, and partly in the port area.

It turned out that the private armies of those nobles in the imperial capital had been disarmed by the headquarters and concentrated next to the camp of the Central Army - nominally to assist in defense, but in fact everyone knew that the private armies of these nobles were actually guarded by the Central Army on the spot, and if there was any change, the Central Army would not hesitate to completely exterminate them.

The imperial capital seems to have finally entered the "military administration," and Adric, the guardian of Osgilia, is in charge of all power, but in reality ......"

The situation in Osgilia, however, did not develop in a good direction.

"What about news from the South?"

Adric looked up, the scars on his face were hideous, his eyes were full of anxiety, and his eyes were bloodshot red. "What else can I say, continue to talk about it. Ruhl was smiling bitterly: "This teacher of ours will not be caught. ”

"He knows the situation better than we do. And...... "From the point of view of the situation, he even has an advantage over us. Adric shook his head.

True, the situation is not good.

With the Osgillian mutiny, Adric seized supreme power, but the south remained in the hands of the Duke of Minas, and the situation was worse than it had been a few months earlier.

After the mutiny, the Duke of Minas in the south had completely severed ties with the imperial capital, and his southern expeditionary army had broken the largest group of southern rebels.

The biggest rebel leader in the south called "Ivan the Terror" has been exterminated, and Minas pacified the south with an astonishing speed - this can already confirm Ruhl's previous discovery, and the rebellion in the south has the shadow of the Duke of Minas at all.

This old and spicy teacher walked ahead of his disciples every step of the way.

Adric was inaugurated as the Marshal of the Protectorate of the Empire, overseeing all military affairs inside and outside, and by order in the name of the Emperor, he recalled the Duke of Minas......"

But the Duke of Minas in the south ignored it, and the southern expeditionary army under his control put down the last rebellion in the south as quickly as possible, but for the order sent by the imperial capital, he put on a posture of "the general will not be subject to the order of the foreign monarch", and he only wrote "The war situation is urgent, and he has to obey the power" for the imperial order to recall him in the imperial capital.

Of course, this kind of book is just for show.

What made Adric even more uncomfortable was that the Duke of Minas quickly put down the rebellion in the south, extinguished the last rebellion, captured the rebel leader "Ivan the Terrible", cut off his head, and then sent someone back to the imperial capital to ask for merit.

The request for merit is strictly in accordance with the laws and regulations of the empire, there is an official document submitted to the military department, and there is a reply to the emperor......"

And Adric in the imperial capital had to pinch his nose to admit it, and then he was able to give the Duke of Minas a commendation in the name of the military department, and at the same time give the Southern Counterinsurgency Army a credit and recognize their achievements in the Southern Counterinsurgency.

Adrick couldn't ...... "He had to do it.

And the Duke of Minas also wrote again with great interest, thanking the military department for the commendation, and at the same time saying that the south has just been pacified, the place is still unstable, and there are still the remnants of the rebels, and in order to consolidate the fruits of victory, he will continue to stay in the south to sit in the town, in order to completely sweep away the remnants of the rebels......"

Both sides tacitly maintained a peace on face.

Everyone knows that now is not the time to tear your face.

However, the situation began to develop in favor of the Duke of Minas.

Adrick was in a bad situation, he knew it well, and Ruhl was also very unhappy.

The Duke of Minas put on a posture of leading the army and defending himself in the south, and fought against the imperial capital. And Adric doesn't have much to do with him.

If he uses force to use force and tears his face with the south, then ...... "can only send troops south to conquer Minas, but this road cannot be taken!"

Hughes of the Armenian Military District was beside him and watched coldly, if the imperial capital sent troops south, this poisonous snake would not hesitate to show its fangs.

But if the Duke of Minas in the south is left alone, and continues to send troops north to attack Hughes......"

Adric is sure that once his army leaves the imperial capital, then the Duke of Minas will not stay in the south in peace! He will definitely return to the imperial capital with the southern counterinsurgency army, and then take over all power!

Ruhl once made a ruthless move: "Let's go north to quell the rebellion!" Take the Emperor Garcia to go on the expedition together, even if the Duke of Minas takes the opportunity to make trouble behind, even if he returns to Osgilia, he will only get an empty city, as long as we hold the emperor in our hands......"

The idea was ruthless enough, but Adric immediately dispelled Ruhl's illusions.

It's not that Adrick is pedantic, but at this time, Adrick shows a more sober observation than Ruhl!

"The teacher has betrayed the Empire. Adric calmly analyzed: "Even if we take His Majesty the Emperor hostage and go to the north together, then the teacher will immediately take the opportunity to take Osgilia behind us......" and then ...... "I am afraid he will go further and do even more!" For example, after occupying the imperial capital and taking our base camp, he will do something in the rear and trap us on the front line...... "If we accidentally lose the battle on the front line, the army will fall...... "Even if we die on the front line, or go to ......" His Majesty the Emperor himself died at the front, and the teacher was in the rear, I am afraid that it would be even happier. At that time, if the emperor dies outside, I am afraid that the teacher will be in the imperial capital, and he will be supported by his subordinates and immediately crowned as the new emperor!"

This is definitely not some ridiculous speculation!

The Duke of Minas has absolute prestige, decades of connections in the Imperial Sea, prestige, and extensive ...... in the army."

If the emperor dies on the front line and the royal family has no heir, he can direct a scene of being "supported and crowned" by his subordinates.

You can't go north, you can't go south, the situation seems to be deadlocked here.

However, the stalemate in this situation is still not good for Adric!

Don't forget...... "One of the most important reasons why Osgilia was able to hold out and continue to be the core of the fight against the rebels in the north was that the center of the empire also controlled several counties in the south of the empire.

The land in the south was the last source of wealth and taxation in the central empire, and it was also the last source of soldiers.

But now, the south is entrenched by the Duke of Minas, and his southern counterinsurgency army, in the name of counterinsurgency, has taken over several counties in the south, and the old duke's decades of prestige soon established his prestige in the south, and the local military and political affairs are controlled by him, and he has enough prestige and connections.

And when Osji arrived in Asia, it became a lonely city completely!

A real lonely city!

Although they still have a lot of troops, they need a huge amount of money and food to maintain ...... "such a big city and so many troops."

Osgilia is just a city, and the surrounding area is not large, and if it goes on for a long time, where will the money and food be sustained?

With the aid of the Landis at sea? After all, it can't last long. In the south, there is no hope for the rich to pay taxes and money.

Then every day of stalemate, the materials and money that Osgilia hoarded will be consumed a little, and when the money and food are exhausted, it will also be a dead end!

It's not that Adric and Ruhl are unaware of their situation.

They just think about how to decide.

They only have one step to go, and once they take this step, they are gambling everything, and there is no chance of turning back!

Either south, or north......" they are just still deciding.

However, at this time, the news from the north finally reached the imperial capital! "The general of the northern garrison of the empire, Grand Duke Charya of Nozz, thundered and reported to the emperor's ** department, and the soldiers of the garrison fought bloodily and officially defeated the northern rebel Beckerp Military Region, Nuvica Military District, Bolo Military Region, and Notting Military Region a few days ago!

In one fell swoop, the four Tema Military Regions were pacified and the lands of the four Military Regions were subdued!

The most important thing is that such a result came so quickly!!

In less than a month, the four northern military regions were eaten by Char!!

Such news immediately caused a shock and uproar in the imperial capital!!

The upstart in the north this year, his rise, is already unstoppable!!

Everyone was stunned by the news from the north! both the Imperial camp and the warlord party camp!

The upstart of the north, he and his group of the Northern Army, from their official birth to today, have been less than two years!

And now, this group of the Northern Army, for any force in the empire, has become a behemoth that must be looked up to!

The Northern Army already has the largest territory of all the powers: the territory controlled by the Northern Army has reached the equivalent of seven counties: Moore, Siltan, Corsica, Bekelp, Bolo, Neuvicka...... "And, of course, Char Leiming's fiefdom as a duke, Noz County!"

No military region has such a large territory, and neither does the southern land controlled by the Duke of Minas in the south!

At the same time, the Northern Army had the most powerful and warlike army in the entire Byzantine Empire! The army of the Northern Army defeated Odin's Red Snow Army and broke through four military districts within a month! No army in the empire could do such combat effectiveness!

With the largest territory and the strongest army, Char Thunder in the north has become the ...... "No. 1 Haoqiang" in the Byzantine Empire in the current powerful forest!

This Char ...... "gave us a big surprise!"

Holding the report from the Northern Army in his hand, Ruhl smiled strangely.

Adric, on the other hand, sat there quietly, stroking his forehead, not knowing what he was thinking......"