In the main hall of the Imperial Palace, the dignitaries and magnates of Dìdū were talking to each other, and just now His Royal Highness the Prince Regent announced the latest battle report: the content was certainly exciting and exciting.

It's just that, when the reading was finished, Prince Chen glanced at everyone with smiling eyes, but all the bigwigs were going to be ostriches one by one, and they just sat in their seats, preferring to talk to each other in a whisper, as if they were all amazed at the content of the battle report - but no one spoke openly.

Prince Chen smiled, he knew what these people were up to.

"Duke Tulip presided over a great victory on the Eastern Front, destroying more than 40,000 enemies and recapturing the fallen Eastern Fortress in one fell swoop. This battle not only saved the empire from the humiliation and embarrassment of the previous fortress fall and rout, but also relieved the crisis for a large area of territory in the inner hinterland of the empire south of the fortress. Moreover, such a victory is also the greatest victory we have achieved in the face of these enemies since the beginning of this war. ”

When Prince Chen said these words, he finally made a tone for this big victory.

All of you, who were still pretending to be talking in a low voice, finally breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts.

Well, the big boss spoke. Since Prince Chen said that this was a great victory, it was of great significance...... Then this is considered to be a fixed xìng!

Speaking of which, if it was back then, such a victory would have something to do with the popular Duke of Tulip. The news was revealed. Naturally, everyone is busy praising each other. Because at that time, everyone knew that Prince Chen trusted Du Wei extremely much, and the Tulip family was almost the pillar of the empire that he single-handedly held. At that time, everyone was naturally willing to do the icing on the cake.

Can ...... now The situation is different.

The relationship between the Tulip family and the royal family has become more and more ambiguous, saying that there is discord and that evil is not evil. Under such circumstances, who would dare to talk nonsense? God knows that it is in the heart of Prince Chen. What is the attitude towards the Tulip family?

Let's talk about this big victory. Victory is victory, but no one dares to say anything praise first-in case Prince Chen is unhappy with Du Wei, and you still openly applaud Du Wei, it will be a great inconvenience.

Seeing that Prince Chen opened his mouth to cheer first, then everyone below hurriedly applauded.

For a time, the hall was full of cheers.

But then, there is always a time when these words of praise are finished. There was a subtle silence again......

Now that the battle has been won. If there is a great achievement, then, logically, it will be a reward.

However, others are still good to say, how to seal Du Weidi with a reward? ?

Don't be kidding, Duke Tulip is already recognized as the richest man in the empire! Even the Liszt family has become a subsidiary of the Tulip family, and the arms dealer Delan Mountain Warcraft has long been willing to bow down.

Du Wei's current official titles include: Imperial General. Commander of the Eastern Front in the theater of operations. Command of 200,000 Imperial regular troops.

How can he be promoted? Let him be the commander-in-chief of the theater of operations? And if you don't say such things, where will General Rostock be? Besides, ...... With the ghostly relationship between the Tulip family and the royal family, let Du Wei command the current northern theater of the empire, almost including more than eighty percent of the military power of the empire's most sharp troops?

Who would dare to say such a suggestion?!

So, promotion?

Du Weidi's title is already a duke! Theoretically, it is already the best knighthood that a courtier can obtain. Further up is the prince level. But the problem is. Unless it is a direct member of the royal family, it is impossible to be crowned a prince.

That's troublesome. It's not okay to give money, it's not okay to be promoted, and it's not okay to be promoted!

So how do you get a reward?

The landed people involuntarily thought of a sentence that made people palpitate:

The merit is high, and there is no reward!

None of you here are idiots, at least they have been immersed in the big dye vat of the Huan Sea for half their lives, and none of them are not old fritters - even a young and strong faction like Camiciro has been nurtured by the old Prime Minister Robschel in the past two years to gradually evolve into a little fox.

Everyone witnessed the whole process of Du Wei's rise.

Speaking carefully, the young man Duke Tulip, since he came to prominence, has brought credit to the empire, which is really ......

Brilliant!

The astonishing performance of the coup d'état can only be said to have achieved his personal prestige and established a close personal relationship with the regent himself. But then, his contribution to the empire is probably unmatched by no courtier since the Augustinian Dynasty!

First of all, he made the "magic sharing jīng god" and participated in the establishment of the Imperial Academy of Magic, breaking the monopoly of the Magic Guild on magic in one fell swoop - the Imperial Officials and the Magic Guild have been secretly competing for many years. And the toughness of the Magic Guild is a headache for even the royal family.

With the establishment of the Academy of Magic, and the establishment of the Magic Society, the magic sharing jīng god was carried forward, and the magic union no longer occupied a monopoly in the field of magic.

So that the empire can have a way to train itself magical talents - although in this war, the empire's own magical talents have not shown much effect, and that is because after all, the time is too short. From the establishment of the Academy of Magic to the present, it has only been a few years, and even the first batch of students at the earliest, they have only learned magic for a few years, and they have not yet reached a relatively deep strength.

But I believe that over time, the role of the Academy of Magic will become more and more prominent.

In addition, after Du Wei went to the northwest, the defense of the city of Gilliat successfully defeated the steppe people, and with Du Wei sitting in the northwest, the threat of the steppe people to the empire was greatly reduced - even now among the top leaders of the empire, some people also vaguely know that Du Wei intervened in the situation in the steppe. Secretly cāo made. In exchange for the current internal friction of the grassland people. Unable to look east about the situation.

And also...... Annihilated the Northwest Army's secession rebellion war, that battle, the Tulip family made the first contribution!

And...... Single-handedly created an epoch-making Air Force!

And also...... In the three years of preparing for the war, Du Wei paid out of his own pocket and donated at least 50 million gold coins to support the empire's finances and military expenses!

As for the other small credits. It's not even listed!

Now, he has made such a huge military contribution on the Eastern Front......

Now?

To reward or not to reward, this is a question.

How to reward, this root is a difficult problem!

The silence of the crowd once again plunged the hall into a strange atmosphere.

Finally, at this time, Camiciro coughed and spoke. Everyone immediately turned their eyes to the young military minister. Everybody knows. In addition to being a descendant of the regent, this Camiciro is also the old prime minister standing behind him.

"Your Highness. Cammisiro's voice was very clear, and his tone was frank, and he said calmly: "I think it is gratifying that Duke Tulip has defeated the enemy army on the eastern front, but now we have not yet reached the point where we can really sit back and relax. According to what I have seen, the detailed report submitted to the military headquarters, although we have taken the fortress. However, because of the previous destruction and demolition of the fortress by the enemy, as well as the method of fire attack adopted by Duke Tulip during this battle. As a result, we recaptured the fortress though. But all that was done was a ruin. ”

Speaking of this, he hurriedly added: "Of course, I absolutely do not mean to deny the merits of Duke Tulip! Now is the time to go. It is to re-improve our defense system on the Eastern Front! It is very urgent, and now we are faced with two choices!"

Prince Chen's eyes lit up: "Go on." ”

"First. Camisiro raised his voice. In the wide hall, his confident voice floated: "Because the fortress has become a ruin, it has no garrison value and role, and it cannot play an effective defensive role. I'm afraid that the troops on the eastern front still have to retreat to Yajin City. We must mobilize more materials and manpower as soon as possible to further strengthen and expand the city of Yakin and make it a new and solid military base on the Eastern Front. The advantage of this choice is that Yajin City is an existing city, as long as it is reinforced and expanded, it does not need to invest too much in terms of time, cost and manpower. But the flaw is that after all, Yajin City is geographically backward, and once our army retreats to Yajin, it will be equivalent to relinquishing control of the territory north of Yajin City. Moreover, Yajin City's defense lacks an overall effect and can only be regarded as a stronghold. Theoretically, the enemy could bypass Yajin City to harass or sneak attack our inner territory - although this is not a big possibility, but after all, the enemy we are facing is not human, but some kind of monster race, and we cannot measure them in a normal human way of thinking. ”

Everyone nodded their heads.

In particular, I thought of the scenes of those barbarian races, bypassing the front-line strongholds, dividing their troops and running to the inner hinterland of the empire to carry out sāo harassment or sneak attacks......

Even, theoretically speaking, as long as the other party dares to fight for losses and send a large number of extremely mobile wolf cavalry to carry out a surprise attack, they may even flow all the way around dìdū!

This is definitely not alarmist. If the other party desperately lost thousands of wolf horsemen and wandered into the interior of the empire, not seeking strategic goals, but just blindly burning and looting...... God knows if those savage races will make it.

And this kind of thing, although it may not cause real harm to Dìdū or the empire, but once this kind of thing happens, whether it is the turmoil of the people's hearts, or the face and dignity of the empire, it will make the royal family absolutely not allow such consequences!!

It is conceivable that if one day in the future, a wolf cavalry suddenly wandered outside the city of Dìdū, burned and looted, even if it was finally surrounded and suppressed by the army mobilized by the empire...... But once something like that happens, how much panic and unrest will it cause?! If this kind of thing really happens, it will definitely be an extreme shame for the empire!

"The second option. Cammisiro coughed and smiled wryly, "We must rebuild this eastern fortress that we have captured." Because of its geographical location. Strategically speaking, it's the best! But the problem is. The fortress had been almost in ruins, destroyed by the enemy and burned by fire, and according to the detailed battle reports I had seen, the walls of the northern side were particularly badly damaged, and almost half of them had been torn down! But it will not be easy to rebuild. ”

After a pause, he smiled bitterly: "What's more, now the enemy is on the north bank of the river." Moreover, we have lost control of the river! The enemy has control of the river, and once we rebuild the fortress - as you can imagine, no matter how stupid the enemy is. It's not going to make it easy for us to do it. They will sāo and fight back! Our defenses lacked layers and the enemy could cross the river and attack the fortress we were rebuilding...... While I was working, there were people next to me who kept making trouble, and just thinking about such a reconstruction, I felt my scalp tingle. ”

He talked eloquently, and at the end, everyone in the hall fell silent. There was silence for a while, and they were poking their heads out to look at Prince Chen.

Sitting on the throne, Prince Chen didn't have any other expression on his face, he seemed to be very calm, and he muttered for a moment. Only then did he speak softly: "Let's discuss this matter in detail...... That's it for today. Camisiro stayed. The rest of the people are gone. ”

Except for Camisiro, when the other bigwigs left. There are still people who talk to each other as they walk.

It's just that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, this old man didn't say a word today, and after walking out of the main hall, he unconsciously turned around and glanced at the main hall behind him, and saw the figure of Camiciro who was still in the main hall, and couldn't help frowning slightly.

There was a colleague next to him who had a good relationship with him, and when he saw him stop, he smiled casually: "What, lost something?"

The Chancellor of the Exchequer smiled and shook his head: "I'm just thinking that our Minister of War, cooperating with the Regent, is really getting more and more tacit." ”

"How?" the colleague's eyes lit up.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer shook his head, smiled incomprehensibly, and left.

Hum...... Camisiro, you deliberately threw out the difficult problem of "two choices" with this kind of tricky thing, but cleverly changed the topic!

Originally, the topic was "how to win a big victory on the front line, how to seal the reward", but when Camichiro finished speaking, it became "how to solve the crisis on the front line".

Of course, some old foxes didn't fail to see this kind of little trick, but they all kept silent smartly. And most importantly, it seems that the regent is very cooperative. In the study of Prince Tatsu, Camiciro presented a detailed battle report from his arms. This battle report was much more detailed than the one that had been read out by Prince Chen at the meeting. Including all the details of this battle, the battle, the stalemate, the final victory, etc., etc., the level of detail is almost like a text broadcast.

Obviously, in addition to the official official channels, in the army of the Northern Theater of Operations, there are also internal secret systems of the military department to transmit information.

"What do you think of the new class that Du Wei has made?" Prince Chen sat back in his seat, "The griffin knight?"

Camisiro was speechless.

Prince Chen himself laughed first, but this smile was not easy, and his voice was full of emotion: "This Du Wei is always amazing! He is like a magician, taking out rabbits one by one from his hat, God knows what else is hidden in his hat." ”

"Your Highness. Cammisiro cautiously reminded: "Dewey is a magician himself. ”

"Well, I know. Prince Chen nodded, pondered for a while, and when he raised his head, his face was solemn: "Griffin knights aside, we have estimated that this kind of army is expensive and rare, and it is impossible to form it on a large scale." It's his thunder rider...... The combat effectiveness of this cavalry that Du Wei has been hiding really surprised me. ”

10,000 thunder horsemen, in the field battle, charged head-on, and beat the orcs to the point of losing their armor - this is something that no human army has ever been able to do before!

"Your Highness, are you worried about ......," Camichiro said cautiously.

"No, I'm just curious. The regent suddenly smiled, and his smile was very calm: "Shouldn't I be curious?Du Wei's men have too many strengths that I don't know about, and as the master of the empire, it would be strange if I showed no interest at all." ”

Looking at the regent's calm smile, above the handsome face, the smile was as elegant as ever, the eyes were wise, and he exuded a kind of confidence in controlling everything.

Camisiro sighed in his heart, but his face made a look of panic, and he quickly lowered his head and said, "Your Highness, I didn't mean that. I mean...... I still can't guess how such a strange cavalry was formed. Some experts in the field of war horses in the military department have also studied for a long time, but they have never figured out how this strange giant war horse was made......"

"The court magician couldn't figure it out. Prince Chen smiled: "But the only thing that is certain is that it is different from the griffin knight...... This kind of thunder cavalry, as an army with strong combat effectiveness, can be formed in large numbers! ”

Camisiro gritted his teeth: "Perhaps...... We can find a way to check ...... in the northwest."

"No need. Prince Chen immediately shook his head and rejected this suggestion, but he deliberately glanced at Camiciro deeply: "Are you also a little dull in your brain? Du Wei's secrecy measures have always been very good, and the northwest has already become his base camp with deep roots. We didn't have the slightest information before, so if we deliberately check it out now, do you think we can hide it? Besides, wouldn't it be chilling to do this kind of thing?"

Camiciro hurriedly nodded again and again: "Yes, Your Highness! ”

Prince Chen stared at this lineage carefully for a while, his eyes flashed with a deep light, and then the light faded, and he returned to a relaxed and calm smile: "Actually, you don't have to take this matter too seriously. I'm just curious. After all, this kind of thunder riding with amazing combat power really amazes me...... If such a powerful army empire can be formed in large numbers......"

He shook his head again and glanced at Camiciro again: "You don't have to have any suspicions about Du Wei. From what I know about Du Wei...... It's a good thing that he's willing to show such a hole card openly now. Just imagine, if there is a national crisis, he hides such a powerful army and refuses to use it...... So this force is not used against the orcs, but against whom?"

The last sentence was a bit heart-wrenching, and when Camiciro heard it, he immediately broke out in a cold sweat!!

That's right! The establishment of the army is for war! If Du Wei does not use it against the orcs this time, but hides it...... Who does he want to deal with with such a powerful army?!

Deal...... Imperial Royalty?

Camisiro stops himself from thinking about it!

"He is willing to take it out, and he is also sending a message to us in disguise: he has no selfishness

Seeing that Prince Chen said so easily and calmly, Camisiro closed his mouth and fell silent.

Subsequently, Prince Chen casually explained a few things, and asked Camiciro to leave the detailed battle report before telling him that he could leave.

After Camiciro left, after the door of the study was closed, Prince Tatsu leaned back in his chair and sighed deeply. The confidence and calmness just now turned into a shallow worry at this moment!

"It means that you have no selfish intentions...... Of course, this is one of your intentions, Du Wei ......" Prince Chen pursed his lips, but said to himself: "But there is another intention, which is to demonstrate against me...... Show off what you're capable of? Is that so?"

Emperor Chen pinched his forehead hard.

Du Wei, what the hell does he know about my condition?

Do you know? don't know? or do you know and pretend not to know?