Volume III, Chapter 68

Three days later, the Holy Capital, the Royal Palace.

His Majesty Ruman sat on a throne that did not belong to him, trembling all over. He was staring at the officials kneeling in front of him with an almost frantic look, but he couldn't say a word.

The Al Qeda army appeared near the Holy Capital, Princess Lisa and her husband disappeared, and the main transportation artery behind the Holy Capital was captured...... One after another, the news that could not be worse came one after another today, causing His Majesty Lu Manxià to suffer great mental torture.

The sudden disappearance of Zuoxiang, who had always been regarded as a humerus, gave him a strong stimulus, and his will that had become sick changed again.

"Your Majesty, Emperor, we have captured several officials who tried to escape. An officer knelt down by the door of the palace and said, "May I ask the emperor, what to do with them?"

"What to do?" Lu Man's majesty raised his groggy head and said in a hoarse voice, "Kill - kill their whole family!"

"There's the Chancellor of the Exchequer and ...... inside"

"Kill!" Lu Man threw the wine glass in his hand at the officer: "Kill me!"

"Yes!" the officer crept down.

"From now on, every principal official will send me a team of soldiers! Whoever dares to run, I will let his whole family die! Hahahaha-hehehe-hey-he

His Majesty laughed wildly in the main hall, the sharp laughter like a fingernail scraping over the rough stone surface, and by the end the laughter had turned into a strange howl.

The officials kneeling on the ground were sweating profusely, almost driven crazy by the torture of their masters. Everyone knows it in their hearts. Now Luman is no different from a madman. Slightly inattentive. I've got to lose my head.

That night, almost all the officials of the Holy Capital couldn't swallow, and one by one they looked at the food in front of them with knives and forks in a daze.

The situation in front of him is clear at a glance, Lu Man is about to be finished, and these officials are trying their best to think of a way out for themselves...... It wouldn't be better if I could surrender, but Cohen. Kaida's character, can he forgive those who have betrayed the royal family?

Among these officials, those who rose up from the Ruman rebellion were naturally not immune. But these people were originally pariahs, and after a while, even death was worth it.

But the officials who were originally imperial officials, especially those who belonged to the nobility, regretted it now...... This good life could have been lived for a lifetime, but I was deluded and participated in the rebellion for Lu Man's little profit (the worst one also waved the flag and shouted), and now the whole family is going to lose their heads for this!

Who wants to die, let alone sacrifice the lives of a family for that Lu Man.

The aristocratic class of the Holy Capital was shrouded in an atmosphere of pessimism.

As night fell, the latent forces of the Kaida family became active again. So on this day, they carried out a wide-ranging thing in the night. That is, the "pre-war salvation" called the "extreme shameless trilogy" by other empires of the Divine Alliance kicked off.

On this extraordinary night, it was not Amaterasu's hooligans who appeared on the stage. It's not Marfa's liaison, but the Prime Minister, Wei Su. Prince Al Qaeda's private intelligence system.

All the aristocratic officials staged a large series of doors in the holy capital, and the homes of officials from various ministries ushered in the send-off, which was as lively as the New Year, which made the ordinary people puzzled.

Vitamins. Prince Al Kaida, a nobleman with a good reputation, if he knew what was going to happen in the future, I don't know if he would have done it tonight.

But one thing is certain, that is, on this night, all the trade routes leading to the Holy Capital were crowded with the troops of the Al Qeda family, and the torches used for lighting were in a row, reflecting the whole night sky red, and from a distance, the crimson night was so dazzling......

In the palace, His Majesty Lu Man also used the last trick, he first ordered that all the officials in charge be invited to the palace for breakfast tomorrow morning, to decide on the defensive strategy, and then summoned the chief of the chamberlain, handed him a packet of medicinal powder, and ordered him to put it in the breakfast...... On May 29, 2233 in the Bright Calendar, the seventeenth emperor of the Spya Empire - Cohen. His Majesty, Emperor Kaida, personally led a large army to besiege the holy capital.

Participating in this campaign were most of the First Army Corps, the First Division of the Second Army Corps, the First Division of the Third Army Corps, and the units under the General Staff, with a total of 80,000 soldiers.

All provinces near the Dark Triad have been reclaimed, and several provinces near the Holy Capital that are heavily garrisoned by the rebels have been overrun by the forces of the House of Al Qaeda.

Looking at the scope of the entire empire, the Kaida family has successively recovered nine provinces, and the other provinces have no large-scale rebels, and the rebellion war has entered the final stage.

The Holy Capital, the banner of the rebels, the key to the war of rebellion.

If the attack on the Holy Capital is fought cleanly, then it can become the end of the entire rebellion war, and with this result, combined with the political and diplomatic methods, it is completely possible to force the provinces that have not yet been annexed to bow to the Kaida family.

If the fight is not good, and all the provincial governors and nobles cannot feel the strength of the Kaida family and submit to it, then even if Lu Man is killed, there will still be a second or third Lu Man. There is also a risk that this civil war will drag on indefinitely, becoming a lingering nightmare for the citizens of the Sbia Empire.

In light of this, Vita. Prince Al Qaida wrote to Cohen in his own name and in the name of the Home Office. His Majesty the Emperor of Kaida, Chen Ming's interests, asked His Majesty Cohen to take the holy capital in the shortest possible time.

The officials in charge of the various ministries also wrote letters one after another, and the dean of the Royal Academy even stated in the letter that His Majesty the Emperor could use a fierce offensive, as long as the battle could be ended as soon as possible, even if the Holy Capital was reduced to ruins, and the matter of reconstruction would never let His Majesty the Emperor worry about it.

After reading these letters, His Majesty Cohen, who was on the way, couldn't help but feel upset and put the letters aside.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?" The general staff officer on the side turned his head to look at Cohen: "We are in such a luxurious carriage, and the road is not rough, in broad daylight, why are you sulking?"

"Look at this letter, my father will teach me a lesson. Cohen grabbed a handful of letterhead and waved it, "Look at what these ministers are trying to do with me!"

"Don't look at it, I received it too. The ministers asked me to beat the side drums more. Let His Majesty fight ruthlessly. A heartfelt smile appeared on Carlos' face: "I can't think of me, a poor staff officer. There are also times when people are valued. ”

"Where are you pitiful, you have the highest rank in the entire army, except for Grandpa Martin!" Cohen snorted coldly, slapping the letterhead on the table.

The white shadow next to him glanced at him, gestured to the personal guard, and motioned for the guard to come and put away the scattered letterhead.

"Why can't I be pitiful?" Carlos made a bitter face and folded his fingers to tell his grievances: "If I think I am a dignified major general and general staff, I will be scolded, yelled at, ridiculed, and ignored, and I even have to tell jokes to relieve people's boredom." If you have zero points in literature, you have to read poetry to others......"

"Okay—who's easy! Is this miserable? miserable? If this is miserable, then what am I?" Cohen, of course, knew who the "man" in Carlos's mouth was: "The next time I see you snap your fingers, I want you to look good!"

"I've been threatened again......"

"There's yours. Cohen looked around to find someone to judge, but there was no one around who was the right weight, so he faced a dragon: "White Shadow, who do you say is miserable?"

Bai Ying stood calmly, not intending to speak, but His Majesty Cohen's gaze had firmly enveloped her, and Bai Ying knew. If you don't open your mouth, you will become the most miserable one.

"Both of them are happy now. Happiness that is so envied that you want to take it right away. Although he opened his mouth, the proud character of the dragon clan did not allow Bai Ying to say words to please someone: "You are close to the Holy Capital, and victory is in sight, so you have to be too excited." ”

After listening to the White Shadow's words, Cohen pretended to nod his head, turned his head and yelled at Carlos, "Look! The White Shadow said you were too excited!"

Carlos, who had borne all the charges, was unwilling, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead: "A little staff officer, it is impossible for the white shadow to be called 'you'...... I knew it was wrong, I was too excited to do it alone. ”

"Count you as acquaintances. Cohen withdrew his menacing gaze, leaned his head back in his chair, closed his eyes and asked Carlos, "What's the news in the Holy City?"

"Yes, Amaterasu and Marfa have joined forces, and they are ready for a while. Speaking of business, Carlos also put away his playful expression: "The infiltration plan is relatively smooth, except for the city defense magic array, everything else has been completed." ”

Cohen stood up and walked around the wide carriage.

"Your Majesty, in fact, you don't have to worry so much, just do it according to your ideas. Carlos knew that Cohen was not feeling very comfortable right now: "Although the Holy Capital is the hometown of the First Emperor, the First Emperor must also hate this city, and the First Emperor prefers the Dark Province. Even if this place is destroyed, there are still many places to remember the emperor......"

"I don't feel sorry for all the places to be broken, what is a place where Fischette was born? Cohen pointed to his heart: "I am only concerned about the hundreds of thousands of people in the Holy Capital, they have had enough of bullying when the Holy Capital rebelled, if I am so ruthless, what face will I have to see Fischet?"

"See, see the Emperor?" said Carlos, stammering like an idiot.

"Yes, see Fischette, do you want to go?" Cohen lightly covered up this biggest secret: "What kind of drama does Lu Man's old bastard sing? It's just that he wants to defend to the death, and he wants to have a showdown with famous generals through the ages?

"The Holy Capital's City Defense Magic Array is very powerful, in the last Great War of Gods and Demons, the Demon Alliance Army hit the Holy Capital City, but with this magic array, the Holy Capital has been guarding for three months. Carlos shook his head: "Your Majesty's worries are not unreasonable, if we want to drag it out until the magic array fails, the civilians in the Holy Capital City will starve to death." ”

"That's why I'm annoying, can I get the catapult to go in without throwing stones and food?" Cohen turned around sharply: "That old bastard, Dean Jianyi, I completely destroyed the Holy Capital—he didn't want to think about it, once the Holy Capital was destroyed, the people wouldn't treat me as a second Luman? Why should my Al Qeda family fight? Isn't it just that there is support from the people?"

"The dean is also anxious! Worried about affecting the whole war. ”

"Okay, the temper tantrum is over. Cohen returned to his seat: "Chief of Staff, what is the support of the magic array?"

"Relying on all kinds of magic gems arranged when building the city, there are also magicians who control the inner control of the central magic array. Carlos explained, "Your Majesty, you should know this!"

"I'm listening to what others are saying and trying to figure it out. That's how I think. Cohen thought for a moment, "Magicians consume a lot of mana when they control them, right?"

"Correct. The mana consumed is proportional to the blow received. Carlos nodded and replied, "If we have one to twenty thousand elven magicians." We can exhaust the enemy mages in a very short time, but we only have a maximum of 2,000 mages on our hands. ”

"Hehe, don't say it, it's a good idea. Cohen laughed a few times and turned his head to the White Shadow, "I trust the White Shadow the most! ”

There was silence in the carriage, and Carlos looked at Cohen and White Shadow in confusion—their eyes flickering at each other.

The convoy guarding His Majesty the Emperor entered the Chinese army's tent at this time. There was a tall tower in the camp built for the command of His Majesty Cohen, and it was exactly ten miles from the walls of the Holy Capital.

The sky above the Holy Capital City was being tightly covered by a huge white arched light curtain. That is the magic barrier constructed by the Castle Defense Magic Array—a strong barrier against a single magical attack (except for forbidden magic)!

His Majesty Cohen did not rest, and directly led the generals to the tower.

"Do you see the Holy City?" "His Majesty Cohen walked to the fence, pointed to the city in front of him, and asked the generals in a loud voice, "What does it mean for you to see this city?"

Obviously, the generals of His Majesty the Emperor had nothing to say about the war, but they did not pay lip service well.

Someone said, "It means that the war is almost over!" was glared at by the emperor.

Someone said: "It means that the emperor has officially ascended the throne!"

In the end, Brigadier General Mo Ya, who has always been calm, said the correct answer: "See the Holy Capital." It means fighting more accurately and not making mistakes in any detail. ”

Moya was right. But what are you guys thinking? In this case, can I rest assured that you will become generals?" His Majesty Cohen tactfully revealed the reward for conquering the Holy Capital to these officers: "More precise operations, more refined operations, this is your only goal to pursue in the future. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Because of the emperor's words, the generals were greatly encouraged.

"The whole battle plan has been drawn up, it is all in my head, and you must carry out all orders meticulously. Facing the Holy Capital, a grim smile hung on the corner of his mouth: "The information says that the Holy Capital is short of food, and the residents have nothing to eat, but they are my people, and I have the obligation to take care of them, if I don't have the ability to save my people, then I can only endure with them." ”

"Endure it together?" the officers asked in unison, not understanding.

"Yes! His Majesty the Emperor turned around, with a righteous and awe-inspiring look on his face, and replied softly: "Listen, from now on I will not eat, I will not eat anything." When you conquer the holy capital, I will eat. ”

"Majesty!"

"Boss—I can't skip a meal!"

"Sir, what is the Holy Capital?"

The officers didn't expect His Majesty the Emperor to come up with such a vicious trick, and they all panicked for a while, and they also called out nonsense, only Moya and Carlos laughed in their hearts.

"it! Don't get ready yet. His Majesty Cohen waved his hand resolutely: "Demolish the city wall of the holy capital for me first!"

The officers rushed down the tower, each rushing to his own troops, and along the way uttered curses such as "Lu Man, this old bastard, he has skinned him"—because of his own incompetence, he has been so implicated that His Majesty the Emperor will not eat, which is absolutely unacceptable to them.

On the top floor of the tower, Bai Ying approached Cohen and asked worriedly, "In the intelligence, is there really news that the Holy Capital is cut off?"

"No! It was Lu Man who gave out some food, which could last for ten days and a half months. Cohen replied with a relaxed expression.

"Then you just said ......" White Shadow blinked, a little unsure.

"I lied to them. Cohen looked at the white shadow with very pure eyes, as if nothing had happened: "You don't understand?"

"I don't understand. The White Shadow lowered his head: "In my race, deception is a felony. ”

"Don't be brainless, what is the emperor?" Cohen was in good spirits, and said to Bai Ying with a smile: "The emperor is just like the head of the gangsters, it is a dirty position, and he has to rely on deceiving people to eat, and the conspiracy is one after another, and whoever has the most conspiracy and the most effective is the most outstanding emperor." ”

"It's already happening, and I can't stop it. Bai Ying raised his eyes, and his gaze revealed incomparable determination: "But I can't help but stop what is happening, I will supervise you, and you don't want to eat until the Holy Capital is breached." ”

Cohen's smile froze on his face: "White Shadow, don't be so serious, right?"

"I can't turn a blind eye to deception unless I die. White Shadow replied, "This is the sorrow of the dragons. ”

"It's my sorrow, isn't it? I'm a little hungry right now. ”

"You brought it on yourself. Cohen knew the dragon's fault, and he could only blame himself for being careless and saying such things in front of the White Shadow.

Although His Majesty the Emperor was not willingly hungry, "If you don't conquer the Holy Capital, Your Majesty the Emperor won't eat." This sentence spread to all positions in a very short period of time.

In the later top management of the empire, this lie was called a "costly lie", and instead of relenting from this, His Majesty Cohen began to embark on a path of creating a conspiracy of lies, and he enjoyed it, and he enjoyed it.

But in any case, from the perspective of an army that idolizes the Emperor and treats the Emperor as a god, a single hair of His Majesty Cohen is more valuable than all the people in the Holy Capital City combined, and the soldiers cannot tolerate the slightest grievance from His Majesty Cohen......

The soldiers didn't know how much time it would take to attack it, and they didn't know how long it would take for people to starve, but they knew that if they didn't want His Majesty Cohen to starve, they had to take the Holy Capital early!

This overwhelming resentment continued to accumulate on the position, and soon the attack was launched.

"Fuck you Luman. The front-line commander spat in the direction of the city wall: "Catapult - launch!"

In desperation, the catapult troops used specially made stone bullets - the inside was full of fire oil, the outside was a layer of stone shell, and the outside was wrapped in a layer of rags that were soaked with fire oil and were also ignited!

With a vicious curse, more than a thousand stone bullets that caught fire rose into the air and flew towards the walls of the holy capital, leaving large traces in the air from the black smoke left by the burning oil.

This is not a magic attack, so the stone bullet is a magic barrier.

The thin layer of stone shell can only ensure that the stone shell will not break when it takes off, and when it hits the ground, the stone shell is guaranteed to break - so the fire oil is sprayed everywhere up and down the city wall, and the flames spread instantly, burning the soldiers on the city wall crying dad and mother, and there are not a few people who jump off the wall directly after being burned.

"Okay, good fight!" a hungry man shouted from the camp tower, "Burn these dogs!"

The black smoke has just risen from the sky here, and the magicians over there have also been assembled, all the magicians in the Kaida family's army, but the officers are not satisfied, they are still searching for any soldier in the army who can use long-distance magic. (To be continued......)