Chapter 1106: Betrayal (Asking for a Monthly Pass)
"I have decided to launch a final assault on the remaining barbarians after the beginning of spring and to settle the northern border once and for all. Prime Minister Russell said confidently with a red glow on his face.
Emperor Rudlun showed a hesitant look on his face, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "My dear Prime Minister, we have been entangled in the northern border since the founding of the empire, can it really be completely clear this time?"
Emperor Rudron knew that Prime Minister Russell was relaxed and flexible, and he was ruthless enough, but after all, this big business was big, and sometimes he couldn't take care of it, or something he couldn't think of at all. In the end, what was done was still unreliable.
For example, let Catherine go to Chapter 1106 to betray (ask for a monthly pass) and kiss that back.
At that time, he also thought about Catherine: although this royal family is a supreme family, this royal family also has to live at home like ordinary people, and her daughter is so old that she has never married. Who is in charge of this house and doesn't look heartwarming?
And maybe there are bastards secretly gloating underneath, saying that the royal daughter, who is pampered, can't marry or something.
Therefore, in order to help Catherine choose a good in-law, he also had to worry less. As a result, Russell came up with an idea to marry Almohd.
Speaking of which, this Almohad is also an old imperialist power. The princes in the family all look dignified, which can be regarded as a good match, and they are all members of the royal family, so they must have similar interests, and they will also have a common language or something.
The provincial one found a place where there was no common language at all, just like when he got married. A mother-in-law who only fights with herself. As a result, I was annoyed by the quarrel that time and pushed her into the water...... Phew. She herself stumbled and fell into the water.
And once Catherine marries, this marriage between the two countries can also greatly ease the international tensions. It can be said that the 1,106th chapter of betrayal (asking for a monthly ticket) is counted in one fell swoop.
At the time, I thought it would be good, but Catherine didn't want to, so she fled thousands of miles to avoid marriage - speaking of which. Emperor Rudron couldn't help but be very proud: Nicole is also worthy of the blood of our Julian family. A weak woman, under the net laid by the heavens and the earth, but she still escaped smoothly.
In the final analysis, it's still our royal people who are amazing~!
But then again, because of this thing. His face was also very gloomy, and he later accompanied Catherine a lot to calm the girl's anger.
Since then, he no longer dares to care about the eldest princess, otherwise it would not be the turn of Lorraine, a stupid boy with a broken family, to mess around with the princess of the Ruman Empire. And it is heard. He also has several girlfriends.
That alone was enough to cut off his head twenty times.
, What about genius, great ability, what? I really think that the majesty of our royal family is fake~!
Although later, from Lorraine knocked the richest dowry ever, but every time I think about it. It still made Rudren feel a stomachache for a while.
And he'd sat down and thought about it once. In the final analysis, this matter is still a bad idea from this guy.
Besides. And this northern front.
This has always been a public case about Prime Minister Russell.
When Prime Minister Russell first sat in his position, in order to show that he was wise and martial, both civil and military, he immediately launched the largest purge against the barbarian nomadic tribes in the north of the empire in more than a hundred years.
At first, it was quite smooth, but who knew that the more the battle became, the more unsmooth it became, and in the end, the northern front would evolve into a bottomless pit, and no matter how many troops were put into it, in the end there would still be insufficient troops.
For Prime Minister Russell, the northern front is like a hot brain, when PetroChina was 48.62 yuan, he bought a full position of shareholders, and the whole family was trapped.
Now I can't get out of the north, and once I retreat, the huge manpower and material resources that I spent before will be in vain.
If nothing else, the nobles who died in battle would not agree in the first place.
According to the rules of officialdom, whoever wipes his butt will wipe it himself.
Now Russell can only grit his teeth and fight, and even send several of his family's sons and nephews to the battlefield to show his determination to carry the war to the end, while looking forward to a distant victory.
This war, which lasted for more than ten years, was like the Vietnam War with Ah Mei's period, and the Ruman Legion won every battle, but after each victory, they found that they were getting farther and farther away from victory.
The imperial political circles all know that in front of Prime Minister Russell, it is most taboo to mention the Northern War, and whoever mentions him will be sent to the Northern Front.
At the same time, the northern front is also the best place to pit their own enemies, and the boss is the best place to deal with subordinates who don't like it, basically to see who is not pleasing to the eye, so he praised a few words: "I see that Your Excellency has a clear skeleton and a pure nature, and it is a good material for martial arts training at a glance, go, go to the northern front to show your skills well."
I look forward to the day when you will make meritorious deeds and triumph in victory. The empire will definitely give you a warm welcome with flowers, wine, and beautiful girls. β
And then he threw the poor unfortunate bastard there, and there was no way to get out.
Under normal circumstances, a dilapidated aristocrat like Lorraine, who has no background, no backstage, and no money to access, is mostly sent there to mess around when they graduate and other placements.
Therefore, now that he suddenly heard the first believer vow to launch a final attack and win a complete victory, Emperor Rudren was also skeptical in his heart.
In the history of the Ruman Empire, there were many emperors who were stronger than him in terms of martial arts, such as Caesar, who was beaten to the edge of the capital in the civil war, and Alexander the Great, who was undefeated in all directions...... And so on and so forth, countless emperors who have gone down in history, but none of them have been able to solve the problem of barbarian infestation in the north, or to be precise, they have never solved this problem.
Russell nodded heavily and said affirmatively: "Yes, Your Majesty, I have this confidence." But before we can do that, we need to do some preparation. β
Rudren smiled bitterly. Shaking his head, he said, "I knew it wasn't that simple. β
Then he sighed, showing the consciousness of being slaughtered as a fat sheep, and said: "Okay, what do you need, who made my brain hot at that time and promised you to fight." β
Russell smiled awkwardly. In fact, he himself felt wronged, as the steward of the empire, he was only the second-in-command.
This trouble, this countless trouble, was actually caused by the big boss of the Ruman Empire. Without him to make a decision, who would dare to move lightly. But who makes the family the leader of the handle.
No matter when, who has ever seen someone's leading boss make a mistake. Aren't they all the mistakes of the younger brothers?
Therefore, this black cauldron can only be carried by him, who is the younger brother.
Russell said: "We have no shortage of troops and artillery, and the current difficulty is to find the enemy hiding in the mountains. I would like to ask His Majesty to come forward. Solicit some intelligence support from His Highness Leo.
I've heard that the Eagle Group has a multi-ethnic reconnaissance team. You know, my subordinates are all Rumans, which is not conducive to going deep into foreign races, can you ......"
Rudren knew: Russell was talking about an intelligence-gathering team within the venture capital firm led by goblin Shakin.
It was a multi-ethnic, mixed, professional intelligence-gathering organization.
Although the venture capital firm's existence is top-secret information, as the prime minister, it is not difficult to find out from the clues.
Emperor Rudren thought for a moment. Finally, he nodded and said, "I can discuss this with Leo." But you also need to be prepared for bleeding. This kid is so bad now, it's all about money when he opens and closes his mouth. The asking price is not low. β
"This ......" Russell smiled helplessly, nodded and said, "I understand, Your Majesty." β
Although for the sake of the big picture, when Russell bought things from the Flying Eagle Group, Catherine never said no.
However, there will always be a fifty-hundred-percent price increase, and as for Gado, it depends on the mood of Her Highness Catherine.
This is not yet free after-sales service. Russell always felt a pain in his teeth, but he gritted his teeth and had to dig out.
Like artillery, Russell was the largest buyer outside of the Flying Eagle Group, almost monopolizing the supply of goods, all of which were sent to the northern route.
The military has a stomach for opinions, and the annual output is so much, he gets it all away, and lets others play something.
The Chief of Military Affairs made a straw man with Russell's name and stabbed it with a dagger every day, even when he held a state meeting, and Russell could only pretend not to see the childish behavior of the eighty-year-old guy.
However, later he learned to be smart, and always asked Emperor Rudlun to come forward to get the goods, and he could enjoy a ninety-eighty discount.
Emperor Rudrun sighed and said, "Alas, it's good that you have this enlightenment. Last time he pit him on a battleship, this kid is now shrewd. β
Just when Prime Minister Russell was having a headache about how to get the chairman of Leo to drive, in the northern ice and snow mountains thousands of miles away from Ruman City, a black shadow stood on the peak of the wind and snow, let the wind and snow blow but did not move, the black robe on his body hunted and flew in the wind that could blow the rocks, and his eyes were as cold as the snowy mountains, overlooking a barbarian tribe living in a cave.
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Haligard, the largest city in the south of Almohd, is still surrounded by a 300,000-strong army.
Outside the city is a military camp surrounded by a layer of flags, drums and trumpets are beating one after another, and heavily armed soldiers are constantly moving around the camp.
Between the camp of the peacekeepers and the city of Haligard, soldiers are densely spread on the ground like fighting ants, struggling to open the passage to Haligard.
From time to time, striking orange-red smoke rises on the battlefield to indicate targets for artillery.
Then the artillery set up on the position roared in unison, blowing up the target area in a dusty manner.
The originally beautiful city wall was already full of holes, and the artillery bombed it during the day, and the Southern Army rushed to repair it at night.
The tug-of-war between the two sides outside the city seemed to show no end in sight, and the shouts of killing soared into the sky.
In the city of Haligard, the wind is cold.
The soldiers of the Southern Army and the civilians in the city felt that this winter was especially cold.
Although it almost never snows in the south of Almohd, the shouts of killing that blow in the cold wind still make the people in the city feel a biting chill.
Everyone knew in their hearts that great calamity was coming.
Now, even the trees that were originally planted on the streets of Haligard have been almost cut down, leaving only messy stumps, and in some places even stumps have been cut away, leaving a large hole in the street.
The original Harrigad is evergreen all year round. The flowers were blooming, but now Haligard had turned the color of dust.
After the siege lasted for a long time, all the supplies in the city began to become scarce. These large trees, which have grown for decades, have been cut down and burned by the people of the city as firewood.
In order to compete for these already small resources, the residents of the city also had a large-scale armed fight. In the end, it was suppressed.
Those who have power have dragged away the trunks of trees, and those who have no power have picked up some dead branches and leaves, or dug up trunks that others don't want, dried them, smashed them, and burned them.
For the people of the city of Haligard, there was a lack of water. Food was centrally distributed, medicines were scarce, and oil and salt were sold on the black market for 300 times the original price.
Robbery is rampant in the city, and ordinary people don't even dare to go out of their homes. What's even more terrifying. Many soldiers of the Southern Army also joined the robbery team.
This was unbearable for the people of Haligad, who had once been rich and peaceful, and even despised the imperial city of Habdwald, and the huge gap made them feel like they were in the end of the world.
Suddenly, "Bang, Bang~!" The bell rang loudly, and the soldiers of the Southern Army took to the streets and smashed the doors from house to house. shouted: "All go to the town square, there is an important order." All go to the Municipal Square. β
Suspicious, the people cautiously walked out of their homes and greeted their neighbors. The family behind the door immediately locked the door firmly, and the flow of people slowly converged towards the municipal square.
All the shops on the main road have been sealed, and no one has cleaned the dead leaves and dirt in the whole place, and occasionally you can see the houses destroyed by artillery, leaving only a black ash behind.
There are even entire streets in the city that have been burned to the ground.
Civilians passing by felt as if the city was dying little by little, just like Hadou himself.
Ordinary people exchanged heads and whispers exchanged gossip.
"It seems that Hadu fell ill again half a month ago and fell into a coma, and now it is the eldest prince Angel who commands the city defense. β
"The enemy has filled almost half of the trenches, and it won't be long before they reach the city. "Why are you gathering the whole city today?"
It didn't take long for more and more people from Haligard to gather in the town square.
Tens of thousands of people gathered together to talk in a whisper, and there was a buzzing sound in the square, but everyone's eyes always dodged the row of wooden shelves at the front of the square.
A corpse hung from the wooden shelf, with a noose around its neck, and the stiffened corpse swayed back and forth with the cold wind.
A flock of crows didn't care about the tens of thousands of people next to them, and landed on the corpses as if no one was around.
The bodies hanging from the gallows were civilians who had recently been executed.
Some of them were caught in the previous section of the fight, and were executed on the same day. Some were hanged for a variety of reasons.
From stealing to killing, some were suspected of being secret agents and were killed by soldiers of the Southern Army.
The city has long been under military control, and whether to kill or not to kill is just a sentence from the military management personnel.
The corpses that fell on the gallows really shocked the people of the city, and no one dared to complain even when the rations fell again and again.
Ever since the military administration announced the reward for whistleblowing, the people of Haligard have had to speak with a few more eyes, and they no longer dare to trust their neighbors.
The black-pressed crowd stood up in the cold wind, and a group of soldiers finally appeared on the high platform in the square.
The soldiers escorted a group of bound men, pushed them forward, and then pushed them to the ground.
Among those tied were soldiers, civilians, and even a few women and children.
The people of Haligard in the audience looked at each other, and then they realized that this was probably not going to be a peaceful rally.
Angel stepped out behind the soldiers, dressed in ornate armor, standing in the middle of the high platform and looking down at the people in front of him.
Then Yan SΓΉ said in a loud voice: "My subjects, you are gathered today to witness the punishment of sinners. β
"They," said Angel, pointing to the man on his knees, "intent on betraying our great general, betraying my father, betraying us southerners, and today I am here to give them a just punishment, and at the same time sue you."
Victory will be ours in the end, and those who cannot hold out to victory, and who have no confidence in our victory, are all unqualified southerners.
I, I will purge a qiΔ bad elements who are disloyal to the generals, a bad elements who are disloyal to the south, and a qiΔ unqualified southerners. Angel pulled out the sword on his waist, and said fiercely: "I will let you see the consequences of betraying the Southern Army." β
The person who was held down suddenly struggled to jump up, and screamed wildly: "It is you who have betrayed us, Haddou has colluded with the undead creatures, he has sold all of our souls to the undead, and God will punish Haddou." β
Angel gritted his teeth in anger, swung his long knife, and slashed at the neck of the kneeling man.
Blood splattered from a single slash, and the slain screamed and fell to the ground.
But Angel's knife was missed, and it landed on the shoulder of the slain, and he did not cut off the head cleanly as Angel expected.
Angel immediately felt embarrassed, tens of thousands of people below were looking at him, and the expression on Angel's face even became a little hysterical, and he said loudly: "What are you still in a daze, you idiots, hold him down for me." β
The soldier next to him quickly ran up and held down the slashed man, blood spurting out of his wounds.
The other people who were held back also began to struggle desperately, shouting: "You are not awake, Haddou has betrayed us, betrayed the entire human race, and he has sold us all to the undead. β
"Our souls were sold by Haddou. β
"Haddou is an undead. β
β......β
The soldiers behind them held them down urgently and slapped them wildly, preventing them from continuing to speak.
Angel raised his long knife again, slashed it with a loud bang, and finally cut off the head of the man on the ground.
The head of the slain rolled twice on the stage and fell off the high platform, and the onlookers in front of him hurriedly retreated to dodge.
Angel frowned, the feeling of blood spraying on his hands made him very uncomfortable, and he even felt a little sick to watch the headless corpse keep spurting blood.
Angel threw down his long knife, took out his handkerchief to wipe his hands, and ordered: "Execution, kill them for me." β
The soldiers answered, each raised his weapon, and cut off the head of the kneeling man.
Angel nodded with satisfaction and said, "Just leave their bodies here, I want everyone to see, this is the consequence of betraying the Southern Army." Let's see who will dare to do this in the future. (To be continued)!!