Adric's military plan, to be precise, is a "Northern Expedition with a limited scale", and strives to control the scale of the war within the scope of his current strength, that is, to ensure that this battle is majestic and morale, and at the same time to control the scale of the war, he knows very well that this Northern Expedition is impossible to really destroy the warlord party, at most it can take down the two cities of Hughes - and it may not be able to occupy it after the defeat, maybe after he retreats in a blink of an eye, he will have to throw it back to Hughes.

But even then, Adric had to fight!

Otherwise, he should instigate a mutiny to seize power, and seize the central power by himself, that is, he claims to lead everyone to regain the national fortune, if he does nothing for a long time, he is afraid that the popularity will decline. It is ridiculous to say that he, the pillar of the empire known for his "brave and loyal", has not even moved as much as the recognized "rebel minister" like the Duke of Minas during this time. At least the old duke nominally extinguished the rebellion in the south. And he, the marshal of the protector of the country, seems to have really stayed in dìdū for leisure during this time.

He had to send troops to fight this battle.

As a mature military strategist, Adric knew one thing very well, one that any good commander must understand: before starting a war, you must understand how it should end!

Yes, knowing when to start fighting, and also knowing under what conditions to end the war, this is a sane military strategist.

He didn't plan to fight Hughes to the death, with his current strength, it was impossible to really destroy Hughes, unless everyone took out their family resources to fight to the death, but this was not what Adrick wanted, and he couldn't take this risk. With Dìdū's current strength, even if he really fought with Hughes to the end, I am afraid that he may not be able to destroy Hughes - not to mention, even if Hughes is really destroyed, there are still so many warlords and governors in the empire, and when the time comes, he will be exhausted and exhausted, and the army in his hands will be exhausted, what will he use to protect the country, and what will he use to deter those careerists?

Only use one corps, four flag regiments, two flag regiments to attack, two flag regiments to fight a limited war with Hughes, and then ensure that you can achieve some results that can boost your morale, and at the same time ensure that you don't push Hughes too hard and fight hard.

For this battle plan, Adric originally wanted to go out himself.

But unfortunately, he is now the marshal of the protectorate, and if he leads his troops out of dìdū, he is afraid that the royalists in dìdū who have been suppressed by him will move.

Therefore, in this operation, the ideal leader in his mind was Ruhr.

Note that this ideal candidate is the "original".

That is, the idea fell through in the end.

Because just after this battle plan was formulated, something happened to Dìdū.

※※※The person who had the accident was Lear.

That's right, the one who was taken hostage by the wife of the governor of the Besta Military Region in Dìdū.

The rightful heir to the real Besta Military District, and at the same time a thorn in the side of the glamorous Governor's wife.

When Lear was left hostage in Dìdū, the bigwigs of Dìdū were very happy at first, they thought it was a sign of loyalty to Dìdū from the Besta Military District, and Lear was not only the legitimate heir to the Governor of the Besta Military District, but also the "only" successor!

Such a person remained as a hostage, which shows that the Besta people are desperately willing to be loyal.

But soon they find themselves being tricked by the cunning Doge's wife.

This doesn't blame the big guys of Dìdū for being stupid. There really is no one who really sees the ambition of the Governor's wife!

No one would have thought that in this era when the whole world is a man's world, that woman would have such ambitions! With a woman in charge of the power of a military region, she actually has the intention of replacing it!

Later, when the governor's wife returned home, she took advantage of the fact that she had left Lear in Dìdū and carried out a major internal purge, purging all the people loyal to the conservative forces from within the house. Then the big guys of Dìdū finally came to their senses and understood that they were being used by that woman.

Even that included the old prime minister, Salon Bonili.

This is already the case, so everyone has to pinch their noses and admit it. However, the old prime minister still sent someone to keep that Lear firmly guarded - the old man is still very politically wise, no matter what, this Lear is finally the legitimate heir of the Besta Military Region, and in his hands, it is more or less a deterrent to the Besta Military Region, and when necessary, it can also be useful. If the Governor's wife is disobedient, this Lear cannot be used to blackmail her into submission, but it can be used as a bargaining chip to divide the other party. Even if necessary, as long as Dìdū reuses this Lear, gives him a little support, and then throws him back to the Besta Military Region, it may work wonders.

It's a waste recycling.

This is Sarun Bonili's idea.

This idea is quite correct and pragmatic.

But it's a pity that it's not just the old prime minister Salumbonelli who thinks like this!

The young turtle in the north, who rose with a strong posture, also hit this Lear with his idea.

And Char also sent his top talent to do this kind of covert intelligence thing: Dax.

But herein lies the problem.

Under normal circumstances, either Dax succeeds in his mission and fishes this General Lear out of Dìdū and brings him back to the north.

Either Dax's mission fails, but it doesn't matter, Char also sent him an assistant: Mr. Tadoro, the white-clothed ** master.

The two of them are one martial and one demon, one is cunning and the other is obscene, even if the mission fails, they definitely have the ability to run back to the north unharmed.

But the problem is that from the beginning, there was a little deviation in this matter.

This deviation lies in the fact that the target this time, General Lear, is not a good and obedient boy, he is not a small chess piece at the mercy of others, at least not an obedient chess piece.

※※※What kind of person is Lear?

Among Char's group, the one who is most familiar with Lear is undoubtedly Dax. Dax has been in the Besta Military Region for so long as a liaison officer, so he is naturally very familiar with Lear.

Even this clever and cunning Mr. Dax used to think highly of Lear. When Lear was in the Besta Military Region, the powerful Governor's wife took over all the power, almost overwhelming him, the legitimate heir. Despite this, Lear still stubbornly rallied within the Besta Military District to unite a group of loyal people, some of whom were old courtiers of the Besta Military District, some who were not accustomed to the Governor's wife taking power as a woman, and some who had their own ambitions. In any case, the fact that this General Lear was able to survive tenaciously when he was regarded as a thorn in the side of that woman, and at the same time could make such a group of people rally around him to be loyal to him, is enough to show that this guy is definitely not an idiot, but has a lot of means!

Dax once had a very pertinent evaluation of this Lear: if he wasn't the demonic woman he met as an opponent, he should be a person who can make things happen!

Well, Lear's tragedy is that he was born into the Besta family and became an opponent of the Doge's wife. Otherwise, with his ability and means, he would have succeeded in getting ahead in other places.

This is Lear's tragedy.

For Lear, it was tragic to be born in the same time and place as that woman.

And on the other hand...... For our venerable current Emperor, His Majesty Garcia, knowing Lear is also his tragedy!

Yes, Lear, the poor creature who was thrown into dìdū by the cunning Governor's wife as a hostage, did not bow to his fate, and despite being in dìdū, far from his lair, and despite knowing that his descendants had been gradually swept away by that woman, he still worked tenaciously and did not give up.

And he got a really good opportunity -- at least in his opinion, it was a good opportunity.

This opportunity is Emperor Garcia.

※※※As a hostage dropped by the Besta Military Region in Dìdū, Lear still has a certain political status. The embodiment of this status is that although he is under house arrest, his life is still very good.

And there is a small accident in it: according to the tradition of the empire, a hostage like him has a fixed residence in dìdū, but dìdū has just experienced a war, once caught in the flames of war, and has been invaded by rebels, and even the house of the prime minister's mansion has been burned, not to mention other places?

The place that was originally used to house hostages like Lear has long been burned to the ground, and even many of the officials of Dìdū's government office have nowhere to stay, so who has time to care about where Lear lives?

But on the contrary, Prime Minister Salon Bonili still values this Lear very much, and the old Prime Minister thinks that although he was calculated by the governor's wife, he was borrowed by the other party to kill people with a knife and helped her detain this thorn in the eye, but if he can make good use of it, he may not be able to use this Lear to disgust that woman in the future.

Therefore, the old prime minister was very concerned about Lear's situation, and even personally sent someone to inquire about Lear's residence.

Dìdū's other ministers and bigwigs all mean the same thing, this Lear doesn't have to worry about him, and he is left to fend for himself.

But Salembonili insisted on sending someone to keep a good watch on the man.

Unfortunately, the entire army was under Adric's control, and Salumbonelli, as prime minister, was unable to mobilize a single soldier.

Adrick didn't bother to pay attention to this Lear either. The old prime minister can only figure it out on his own.

He thought of this method to His Majesty the Emperor.

Although Dìdū's army was under Adric's control, at least as an emperor, he still had some royal troops in the palace. Although there were few of them, on the day of the military coup, most of the Imperial Guards were so angry that they easily fell to Adric during the coup, and he immediately dismissed them and transferred them to Adric. But in that coup d'état, there were still some remnants of the officers and soldiers of the Imperial Forest Army, who were loyal to the emperor, and even at the last moment, they were guarding the gate of the main hall and making a desperate fight with the coup army. The number of such people is not many, only hundreds, but for Emperor Garcia, these hundreds are the ones he can really trust.

As a result, in the current palace, there are at least hundreds of royal forest troops that the emperor can mobilize, and continue to stay in the palace to protect the last vestiges of the royal family.

It can be said that the only one in the entire dìdū that is still guarded by an army and is not in Adric's sphere of influence is the imperial palace.

If you want to keep this Lear in your hands, then it seems that the palace is the only option.

The old prime minister can't help it. He didn't want to let Lear go back! But if there is no army to guard it, I am afraid that this Lear will run away.

As a result, Lear was sent to the royal palace.

Originally, this was not appropriate, no matter what, how could a foreign minister stay in the palace?

But the problem is, everyone knows that the current emperor, His Majesty Garcia, is a ...... It's a fucking bunny, and there are no ladies in the palace at all. Her Majesty, the only queen, lives far away.

What's more, the old prime minister also asked the emperor to give Lear the title of a court warrior, which can be regarded as a nominal confession and gave him a legal identity to enter and leave the palace.

As a result, Lear's hostage was thrown into the palace, nominally a court warrior who taught the Guards martial arts, but in reality, he was placed under house arrest.

The old prime minister, Salembonili, is the last person that Emperor Garcia can trust now—since he was put on the table by his father-in-law, Duke Minas, Emperor Garcia is remorseful, and in addition to remorse, he has made up his mind to trust the old prime minister.

Since it was this Lear that the old prime minister valued and threw it into the palace to take good care of him, Emperor Garcia naturally wanted to meet Lear and see what kind of person this guy was.

Thereupon...... The trajectory of events gradually deviated from everyone's expectations!

*※※ Lear is a charismatic guy - otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to attract so many supporters to work for him.

Lear is a good-looking man, and while he's not the kind of handsome boy with tricks, he's not the scary muscular guy either. Born into a family of warlords, Lear has a sè heritage, he is handsome and quite masculine, and at the same time has a tall physique.

From any point of view, he is a beautiful man of the sunny type, and he is quite heroic and heroic.

At the same time, he is a smart person who is very good at making friends with people, and his means of communicating with people are also quite powerful.

So, after living in the palace, after getting several receptions from Emperor Garcia, the two quickly ...... It's like a home at first sight!

This General Lear, who is a hostage, quickly became good friends with the Emperor Garcia of the Empire!!

Moreover, based on the peculiar hobby of His Majesty the Emperor, outsiders have speculated that this so-called "good friend" relationship is not so simple.

In fact, many years later, when future generations study the secret history of the Byzantine Empire during this time, they will feel incomprehensible about the intimate and strange relationship between the Emperor Garcia and General Lear.

Although it is true that Emperor Garcia did have a penchant for men, the problem is ...... At that time, did he still have this kind of hunting mood?

As one of the most emperors in the history of the empire, he lost all his power, became a puppet, and lost most of the territory of the empire, so it can be seen that his evaluation in the history books will not be high in the future.

At this time, is he still in the mood to develop a wonderful relationship with a subordinate of his own?

What's more, to put it mildly, although Garcia is a rabbit, he is not a picky eater!

Although Lear has good talent and character, it seems that he is still a little short of being in the eyes of the emperor.

You must know that the male pet before Emperor Garcia, that is, the one whose name was "Bonfret", who was killed by Char, can really be called a beautiful man, who was extremely famous when he was dìdū, and the kind of human perfection that was overwhelmed!

Compared to his predecessor, Lear...... It seems to be too much worse.

What's more, Lear himself is not a rabbit, how could he suddenly have a relationship with the emperor...... It doesn't seem to make sense.

If Emperor Garcia is a powerful emperor, maybe Lear will pinch his nose and pretend to be a rabbit in order to cling to the powerful and let the emperor support him.

But what is Garcia? He is just an empty emperor who has lost his power! One has no power and two has no soldiers! He says that he is the emperor, but the actual situation may not be much better than that of Lear, a hostage! In this case, if you want Lear to comply, I am afraid that it will not make sense for a dignified man to play a rabbit to others.

But things are weird and incomprehensible!

According to court records that have been handed down at that time, the Garcia Emperor has become closer and closer to Lear since they first saw each other. His Majesty the Emperor must be accompanied by Lear when he eats, whether it is studying or practicing martial arts, he must be accompanied by this General Lear, and even said to others many times: It's a pity, I met Lear too late! If I had known him ten years earlier! It is even rumored that the emperor's closest attendants have heard the emperor himself say more than once: If I return to power, I must give Lear the richest rewards and powerful wealth in the world.

Later generations were very curious about this secret history of the court when they studied it, which shows that most of those historians also had a heart for gossip.

Many historians have different opinions about this secret story, but if you want to study this history of the Byzantine Empire, you can't bypass these two people, because what happened next to these two people can be said to have had a significant impact on that period of history!

Therefore, historians have all kinds of peculiar speculations and theories about the relationship between Emperor Garcia and Lear.

The collective study of the inside story of an emperor's foundation by many historians has become an interesting phenomenon in historiography.

※※※In fact, in the end, it was a scholar named Shrek who really cleared the fog and found the truth of the matter. This scholar is not a scholar of historiography, but a poet who has written many excellent poems and operas. It was this man of letters who found the answer that was later recognized by everyone as the closest to the truth of the matter: what was the relationship between the Emperor Garcia and General Lear, and how did the two of them develop into such a strange couple?

The guy named Shrek hadn't studied history, but luckily he had a pretty good last name: Minas!!

His grandfather had a very prominent name: Roddy Minas.

That is, the little lord Roddy.

And the reason why this Shrek was able to solve this mystery was because one day, after gossiping about this historical secret after drinking with other scholars, he had the opportunity to meet his elderly grandfather, so he had the courage to ask this question himself.

It just so happened that Luo Di didn't know if he had drunk a few more glasses that day, so he replied a few words casually:

At that time, the little emperor Garcia was about to lose the throne under his own ass, and where did he still have the heart to worry about other people's ass! The two of them put it bluntly, it was the kind of sympathy at first sight, but in fact it was a very simple friendship, which was smeared by you people with messy ideas! At that time, Garcia was in power, nominally the emperor, but he became a puppet. And the same is true of that Lear, who is nominally the heir, but was taken away by an outsider woman and thrown into the dìdū as a hostage. The two had similar experiences and fates, so they naturally hit it off at first sight and sympathized with each other. What's wrong with the rabbit? Can't the rabbit make friends normally? Can the rabbit and the man only have a relationship, and can't be normal brothers?

Then Roddy glared and became angry, and scolded his uncompetitive grandson to the point of blood.

※※※ And whether it is a strong mood or a brother's intention. At least in this year's chūn blossoms, after Emperor Garcia met Lear, the two quickly fought fiercely, and they became inseparable in the palace.

And this is sad for a person.

This man is Dax.

Dax came to Dìdū on Char's orders, originally intending to secretly capture Lear.

Unexpectedly, after coming to Dìdū, Lear actually lived in the palace.

After all, the palace is the palace, although the authority of the emperor is now sidelined, but the garrison of the palace is by no means something that Dax can easily trespass.

What's more, in addition to the last Imperial Forest Army who swore allegiance to the emperor in the imperial palace, in addition to the imperial palace, there were also zhōngyāng army city defense troops stationed!

Moreover, in the legends of the past, there are always some mysterious master guards who are rumored to be extremely powerful in the palace.

Dax still has some ability to ask himself, but he also knows that he is by no means a strong man, and if he breaks into the palace by himself, he will most likely die.

Even if you add Tatara who came with you, it's just one more dead ghost who will be sent to death.

What's more, inquiring about the news, that Lear and the emperor are inseparable, the emperor is there where he is, and the garrison where the emperor is is naturally the strictest.

So, don't think about robbing people.

"Then I'll have to think of something else. Dax rolled his eyes: "It's really not good, so I have to play a big game." He looked at Todora again, "I said, magician, do you have any old acquaintances in the Magic Guild?"

Dax himself had no idea how big of a game he was going to make!

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