“...... Father, father, father...... "Seeing the torrent of steel of the Hereford family rolling forward, at the side of Emperor Kalman IV, Archduke Charles's face became pale and pale, as if he were a private person. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info he was completely frightened by the furious advance of the cavalry units of the Hereford family. Barely able to stand still, as if he would fall off his horse at any moment-

Just now, before the Hereford family army broke through the second front, the Emperor and his staff moved to the third front as quickly as possible—that is, the third array, which had more than 20,000 troops and was the most powerful in strength and combat effectiveness.

This army was originally intended to be used for the final decisive battle, to break through the lines of the Hereford family, and to have the effect of winning the war. But now, it has become the last line of defense for the Imperial Army against the steel torrent of the Hereford family.

At the side of Archduke Charles, Kalman IV remained silent and pale. He didn't care about his son at all. At the same time, the disappointment and dissatisfaction in his heart facing this son have also reached the peak. He thought it was ridiculous, very unbelievable. Why can't your own bloodline do it to its own level? Why did he panic, why can't this guy be shocked, calm and decent. Such a shame.

It is precisely because of these that the emperor has made a slight decision in his heart, and he has decided to change a successor. Replace an heir who is more daring, at least not scared to pee his pants in front of so many enemies.

Of course, now, Archduke Charles does not know that his performance has cost him a lot of points in the heart of his father. But even if he knew, he probably wouldn't care so much now. The strength of the Hereford family's army really scared him out, compared to those imperial hegemony, the emperor's throne, the family heir, the glory and wealth, and so on, Archduke Charles felt that his life was more precious.

Those things are gone, and they can still be fought for, but if they are gone, there is really nothing.

If it weren't for the fact that he still had even a little sense in his heart and knew that he shouldn't leave his father and run away alone no matter what, then at this moment, Archduke Charles would probably have turned around and fled without hesitation.

He did do that kind of thing, and there was no need to doubt it.

Under such tremendous psychological pressure, His Excellency even had a strange and indescribable sense of anticipation for the approaching Hereford family's army.

If he could, he hoped that the Hereford army would be able to destroy the last of his army in one fell swoop. In this way, you can turn around and run away justifiably, and you don't have to worry about anything.

However, this idea is difficult to realize, and at least for the time being, it seems that it is unlikely to be realized - although both of its own armies have collapsed, and almost all of its artillery units have been lost. But the rear army of the Imperial Army, the best and strongest Praetorian Guards and the most loyal mercenaries, did not waver.

Under the command of Kalman IV, these armies were formed into a strong defensive line in the shortest possible time, and then, the slightly carried away Hereford cavalry unit slammed into its head, and then broke its head - a regiment of cuirassiers and a regiment of lancers, after a three-stage fire from a flintlock musket, crashed headlong in front of a forest of spears composed of sharp extra-long guns.

Hundreds of horsemen fell to the ground wailing. Killed, killed, or at least incapacitated.

Today, the Hereford family army is somewhat lacking.

The range of their artillery is slightly insufficient, and even if they barely reach this distance, they will definitely cause a huge error, and even hit their own people. At the same time, the revolvers of the family army had also been emptied. The cavalry lost its sharpest offensive weapon.

In this way, it is a very difficult task to gnaw on the 20,000 army.

"Don't worry, be steady!" William noticed that this was wrong, and immediately sent a herald to warn the cavalry commanders in front of him who were in high blood and wanted to continue to ram the enemy army. and continued to deploy troops, maintaining the array little by little.

After a series of orders from William, the Hereford army began to work like a clockwork machine. The artillery units, with the efforts of the artillerymen, rode with mules and horses, pushed and pulled by hand, and advanced at the fastest speed. At the same time, the combat engineering units, which had not had much of a chance to show themselves on the previous battlefield, formed a commando team of several hundred people and began to move forward. The handcuff cavalry began to use loaders to reload themselves. At the same time, more cavalry joined the battlefield. They made a detour towards the flank of the Imperial Army, driving away the collapsed Imperial soldiers and taking prisoners of these men who had lost their weapons and had no will to fight at all.

The order of the entire battlefield is constantly advancing in the direction that William wants. At the same time, the Emperor saw all this, and then sighed secretly.

Kalman IV's original plan was to think that William, who had already achieved great success, would get carried away and continue his efforts. Without much planning, continue to drive his army forward.

In this case, the Imperial Army will be able to deal a fatal blow to them with their strong defensive line and defensive advantage.

It's just that, alas, the emperor thought very well, but the development of things was completely different from what he imagined.

With such a huge first-hand advantage, William still adopted a cautious and cautious tactic. Methodically manipulating his army, and seeing it, he can deliver a fatal blow to the Imperial army.

"Damn, damn, damn, no, no! we can't wait!" the Emperor struggled to figure out what to do next against the thunderous onslaught of the Herefords—but he knew it was impossible to hold on anyway. Nowadays, quite a few light guns are in place, and then they are under the control of the artillerymen and begin to spit flames.

Although the elite of the empire can still hold out, morale inevitably begins to decline.

If this continues...... "the emperor could hardly imagine what would happen next—in short, whatever happened was by no means what he wanted to see." While he observed his two flanks, a large number of Hereford family cavalry were desperately detouring to the two wings, and the Emperor began to understand that this young prince really wanted to annihilate the entire Imperial army here.

“......”

"What did you say, Your Majesty?"

General Franz, who was nervously watching the front, seemed to hear what his emperor had to say. It's just that the voice was too small, and he didn't notice it, so he didn't hear it clearly.

He looked at the emperor curiously, and saw that the emperor looked at him as if he were looking at the enemy who killed his father. Then he said to him in a low, almost irrepressible angry voice: "I mean, send a messenger to make contact with that bastard! Truce, I am willing to cease all military operations with the Hereford family, and recognize the legitimate rights of all the territories occupied by the Hereford family, including that damned central and northern region! I will make peace with them!"

The Emperor said such a thing almost through gritted teeth. Immediately afterwards, what made the emperor even more angry was that General Franz did not show surprise, incomprehension, dissatisfaction, etc., but seemed to be relieved.

His mood was very calm, and he did not seem to be dissatisfied with the peace talks with him. This attitude made the emperor understand that in fact, he had wanted to do this for a long time, but he had been taking care of his emotions before, so he didn't dare to say it.

This was a betrayal for the emperor, a double betrayal.

He betrayed himself by wanting peace talks, and he betrayed himself by wanting peace talks but not telling himself about this idea. He considered himself a tyrant who could not listen to people's words and was arbitrary, and this betrayed him even more - if General Franz was still useful to Kalman IV, the emperor would have not hesitated to stretch out his hands and strangle to death the betrayer of the traitors, the person he trusted most before.

The emperor's gaze, as if he was about to eat people, made General Franz cold from his heels to Tianlinggai. He didn't know if he had done something wrong, or if he had not done it, so he had made a mistake. All in all, the betrayer in the eyes of this confused tyrant has absolutely no idea what kind of mistake he has made.

"You, before with that bastard...... I mean, met with Wilhelm von Hereford, right?" Kalman IV, after a great deal of disgust and anger, calmed down. He looked at General Franz calmly, and then asked in an emotionless voice. Before the general could reply, he interrupted him and continued, "Then let you go to him as a messenger." Tell him my decision, which is a gift from the Emperor, what any nobleman, prince and ruler of the Empire would expect, and tell him not to let his family be humiliated!"

Although he was at an absolute disadvantage, the emperor still wanted to do his best to maintain his dignity. He said this righteously to General Franz. It was as if what he said was really right, and General Franz was a little crying and laughing. However, since the other party is his own monarch, even if he proposes something that makes people laugh and cry, and it is quite funny, he has to carry it out.

-- That is, before General Franz wanted to leave, the Emperor suddenly stopped him again, and then whispered two words in his ear. Then General Franz was stunned. His lips twitched twice, as if he wanted to say something, but before that, the Emperor's angry glare made him swallow all the words back into his stomach.

All the generals, staff officers, and guards around them didn't seem to see this, and they didn't squint as if they were sculptures—except for Archduke Charles.

The Grand Duke looked at General Franz with a look of surprise and jealousy—though he did not hear what Kalman IV said in the end. But he heard very clearly what the Emperor wanted him to make peace with the prince of House Hereford. He felt that this was a sign that the emperor still valued General Franz.

is obviously an outsider, but he has gained more trust and value than his heir. This made Archduke Charles feel extraordinarily unfair and extraordinarily jealous.

It was in this case that Kalman IV seemed to feel his gaze, and he turned to look at his son, wanting to show a gentle expression, but the smile was hideous and cruel no matter how you looked at it.

"You go with him. ”

He said to Archduke Charles—

In the next moment, all the negative feelings of Archduke Charles towards General Franz vanished. He felt nothing but horror. The teeth of fear trembled, and he couldn't say a complete sentence.