The day after they began to speed up their march, bad news came from the main city, and after the outer city of the main city was breached, the inner city was also breached by the rebels, and the time between the two was only one day.

The inner city was breached so quickly, this is indeed something that everyone did not expect, although they knew that the situation was dangerous, but if it was breached in just one day, there must have been something wrong. They haven't gotten detailed information yet, but it's fairly easy to guess.

Yes, nine times out of ten, it is still an internal problem, after all, it can be seen from the fact that the royal family members were poisoned before, and it must have been a spy inside, and the Duke of Seleto has definitely not planned this matter for a day or two, and he has really done a lot of preparations, and this rapid destruction of the city must also have something to do with the inside.

Now they have not received accurate information, and they don't know what happened to the royal people now, whether they escaped or were caught by the Duke of Seletto, but the current situation is definitely not optimistic. After seeing this, Hegar was very anxious, and once again ordered to speed up the march. Of course, in fact, this is useless, the speed of the march is actually the fastest, in order to hurry, the soldiers are really tired, but the prestige of Hegar is relatively high, although very tired, but the soldiers did not say too many complaints.

Ye Junwen, who received this news, was of course very happy, after all, everything was in his expectation, now that the rebels have captured the imperial city, according to the marching speed of their troops, they will basically be able to reach the vicinity of the main city tomorrow afternoon, and they don't have to delay their own time. However, he still faced a problem, and that was to convince Hegar in this way.

Ye Junwen didn't open his mouth at first, until this night, when the troops began to repair, a few non-commissioned officers also came to Ye Junwen to complain, of course, the main content of the complaint was because of this continuous rapid march, resulting in the soldiers below were really a little unbearable, it is said that many soldiers have fallen behind in the past few days, and of course the large army can't wait for everyone, so many soldiers who have fallen behind can't come back.

Hejiaer's prestige is only on the side of the First Legion, and their Second Legion now believes in Ye Junwen, so the officers naturally came to Ye Junwen to complain, and it happened that Ye Junwen was also ready to persuade Hejiaer, so hearing the complaints of these generals, Ye Junwen said that he was ready to talk to Hejiaer.

When he came to Hegar's tent, the other party really hadn't slept yet. In this case, Hejiaer, a general who worries about the country and the people, really can't sleep. Seeing Ye Junwen coming in, of course, the other party immediately got up to greet him.

"The current situation is not optimistic." Ye Junwen also went straight to the topic, "I didn't expect the main city to fall so quickly, which caught us off guard." ”

"Yes, who would have thought that in just two days, the outer city and the inner city would fall one after another." Hegar also said that it was indeed too fast.

"Actually, it's not difficult to guess the reason, there is a problem within the royal family." Ye Junwen said.

"I think it's also ......" Hejiaer also agreed with Ye Junwen's opinion, after all, under normal circumstances, although the inner city is not as strong as the outer city, it should be no problem to defend for more than ten days, and it is indeed too exaggerated to fall in just one day.

"I don't mean spy problems." Ye Junwen said.

"Huh?" Hegar was slightly stunned.

"Now it seems that the royal side has lost the hearts and minds of the people." Ye Junwen said, "It must be the people's doubts about the identity of the royal family that will cause the inner city to fall so quickly, otherwise even if a traitor opens the city gate, the battle will not end so quickly." ”

"Hmm...... This is also a machinations of the rebels! Hejiaer nodded and agreed with Ye Junwen's statement, but the people's loss of confidence in the royal family is also because of the rebels' intrigues, if they hadn't used strange medicine to turn the royal people into half-orcs, they wouldn't have dared to come out to explain, which would of course make the people lose confidence in the royal family.

"That's what we're facing." Ye Junwen said, "Our current situation is very unoptimistic, first of all, from the direction of the troops, there is no particularly big advantage between our troops and the rebels. Although it is true that we have more troops, and then our weapons and equipment are better than theirs, after all, the other side has already captured the main city, and if we defend the city now, these advantages can be pulled back. What's even more troublesome is that we are still marching frantically, which has caused our soldiers to be extremely tired, and I even feel that they can't even hold their own weapons when they fight, and such troops can't fight the enemy at all......"

"I know......" Hegar is of course also a veteran, naturally knows the current situation of his troops, and of course he knows the consequences of continuous rapid marching will naturally lead to fatigue, but what can he do, and now he is slowly walking back to the main city?

"There is another more serious problem than this, and that is the problem of righteousness." Ye Junwen said, "Our current troops lack a clear reason to fight. ”

"Huh? Our fight against the rebels is the biggest reason to fight. Hejiaer was very strange, he really didn't agree with Ye Junwen's statement.

"Now that the royal family has lost the hearts of the people, isn't it strange that we will put down the rebellion for them?" Ye Junwen said, "Now the people believe that Duke Seleto's faction is the real royal blood, if they are orthodox, wouldn't we become rebels?" ”

"That's a conspiracy by the Duke of Seletto." Hegar said.

"Of course I know, and you know, but the question is...... We can't tell. Ye Junwen said, "Although the situation in the main city is not very clear now, they have already invaded the imperial city, as long as they catch any member of the royal family and show the people the situation of this person, they will believe Duke Seleto's statement." What matters is what the people believe, and at the moment it seems that the claims of the Duke of Celetto have at least substantial evidence to show them, and we do not. ”

"This ......," Hegar gritted his teeth.

"If there is a way to catch the sorcerer who refines this potion, for example, we can be regarded as having evidence, but no, we don't have any evidence, just that this is the conspiracy of the other party, it is not as good as the Duke of Seleto and them, they have substantial evidence." Ye Junwen said.

Hegar had to admit that what Ye Junwen said made sense, although they all knew that this was Duke Seleto's conspiracy, but Duke Seleto directly turned the royal family into orcs to show the people, and everyone would believe Duke Seleto's words at a glance, and even if they spoke, no one would believe it.

"So what do we do now?" Hegar immediately asked.

"Let's give up the royal family too." Ye Junwen said, yes, he came here mainly to say this, and the previous ones are just foreshadowing.

"What?" Hegar was shocked, "You...... What are you talking about? ”

"The royal family of Grafard has lost the hearts and minds of the people." Ye Junwen said, "If we continue to use their banner, we will only fall into passivity." The rebel forces that have already stormed the city must be trying to find a way to continue to slander the Grafad family and win over the people, and if we continue to support the Grafad royal family, we will only stand on the opposite side of the people, which is the road to self-destruction. So the way now is that we also give up the Grafad royal family, agree with the Duke of Seletto, and let the other party's efforts be in vain. ”

"This ...... That's ...... This is a betrayal of Your Majesty......" He Jiaer said with difficulty, yes Ye Junwen's words did make some sense, but hearing this, he had a plan from the physiological aspect, betraying the emperor was definitely not the right behavior, but he didn't know how to refute it for a while.

"It is not us who betray Your Majesty, but the people." Ye Junwen said, "Since ancient times, dynasties have changed, and no family can achieve eternal success. If the Grafad royal family had been kind to the people and made them trust the royal family, the people would still believe them even in the current situation. However, in the present, the Grafadd royal family did not actually gain the trust of the people, and a little conspiracy made them suspicious of the royal family, which was the Grafar royal family's own problem. Their actions led to their own destruction. ”

After Ye Junwen finished speaking, he looked at Hejiaer again, and continued: "It is not a certain family that constitutes this country, but the people, for the Grafadd royal family, we are indeed betrayers, but for this country, are we considered betrayals?" We have no choice but to obey the destiny of heaven and the will of the people. ”

Hejiaer was silent for a while, neither of them spoke, and Ye Junwen was just waiting for Hejiaer's final decision. Judging from the previous situation, although Hejiaer is still very loyal to the royal family, he is not a person who does not know how to be flexible at all, and Ye Junwen should be the best way to persuade the other party through the righteousness of the people's heart. Of course, if it really doesn't work, Ye Junwen can only plan for the worst.

"Alas......" After a while, Hejiaer sighed heavily, hearing the other party's sigh, Ye Junwen felt that his persuasion should have been successful. Sure enough, after sighing, Hegar also spoke: "What you said is indeed true, but ...... I don't think it's that simple. After giving up the Grafal royal family, who are you going to support...... Or let me put it another way, you ...... Want to become the emperor of the empire? ”

Hejiaer is indeed not stupid, and at this time, the other party also saw Ye Junwen's purpose, and asked in a slightly questioning tone.

"What would you do if I said yes?" Ye Junwen asked directly.