2112 Turning Tide (5)
The situation changed too quickly, and this declaration of war of the empire was like a resounding slap in the face of Princess Luo Lan, the representative of Eberros, when everyone had time to react, and hit the face of Princess Luo Lan, the representative of Eberrows, this beautiful woman who was the focus of the meeting from beginning to end, her face was like a blank piece of paper, dazed, sluggish, whispering, what was going on?" Someone felt that the atmosphere of the meeting was strange, and asked for some reason, realizing that the situation was not right, how did the representative of the Falcon Empire leave, as if something wonderful was missing
The eyes of the people talking around all fell on the beautiful figures who stayed there, the bright afternoon sun shone on the precious oriental silk gorgeous long dress, the beautiful and amazing face with a touch of desolate coldness, the bright goose yellow, the dazzling long hair hanging down the shoulders, and the qiē looked even paler
"The Empire has declared war on Ebros, just now! This beauty is terrified!" a middle-aged nobleman with a straight stomach next to him licked his lips and explained kindly
"What, declare war! Are you sure you heard me right, didn't you just declare peace?"
"Oh, this is an accident, I heard that the Eberrows disturbed the important meeting between the Emperor and the High Priest of the Empire, and the Barbarian Emperor went crazy on the spot!
"Who said it wasn't, you had the courage to disturb the meeting between the emperor and the high priest, and the Eberrows Kingdom deserved it, okay, what are you going to provoke that barbarian for" The other party looked affectionate as you know, and hesitantly glanced at the uniform on the other party's body, and looked at it for a moment
"Are you...... Silasians?
"I am Prince Ferre of the Kingdom of Silas!"
The middle-aged nobleman with a straight stomach stretched out his hand with a lewd smile, and the other party stretched out his hand in astonishment, his depressed face was like swallowing a live fly, and now who doesn't know that the Silas people are the eagle dogs of the Falcon Empire, the barbarian he said just now. It won't be passed on to the Falcon Empire, right?
"What do you think of the Imperial loan?, our country is one of the countries that have suffered the most from the Hungarian plague, and I think this loan should be given to Silas ......," said the middle-aged Silas nobleman brazenly
At this time, there were more and more voices of all kinds of discussions, just like the tip of a needle pierced into Luo Lan's ears, her slender and white fingers clenched together violently, and there was a huge pain in her palm, this is the attitude of all countries! This is the ally who swore the day before that he would stand on his side! The empire's 20 million gold coins were reversed?
"Your Royal Highness, such a result is regrettable. But as a representative of a country, I need to think about my country, I'm sorry!" A representative of another country who had a good relationship with the Eberrows Kingdom walked over cautiously, his attitude basically represented the attitude of various countries, the imperial sword was still hanging high, and it was really out of the sheath, and fortunately it did not fall on his head. That unfortunate bastard, poor Eberrows, you don't know that the Falcon Empire is a barbarian from the northwest, reason with the barbarian. It's no wonder he doesn't beat you,
But fortunately, this barbarian is quite rich, as long as he is happy. There is still hope for the future!" Many deputies looked away with such thoughts, turned around with gloating expressions, and some of the unlucky ones took a deep breath. Some secretly breathed a sigh of relief, held the wine glasses in their hands to each other, and greeted each other.
The reputation of the empire outside is really a bit of a fierce reputation, and several large-scale wars because of the Gangnon-African issue have made many countries worry about the situation after the empire entered the Central European Barro. After all, it took a few years to destroy the Gauls, the overlord of the north, and the male lord of the world who swallowed the overlord of the West Coast, and now he grabbed the Central European Baro with one hand, and several large-scale attacks of the Central European Baro coalition army were all slapped and could not find the north, and it is not uncommon for the Hungarians to be defeated by such a large number of troops.
The military strength of the Falcon Empire is the source of deep concern for the monarchs of the Central European Barrows, and this time the strong entry into the throne is to trample on the corpses of the Huns, such a powerful country, such a strong force, once it is decided to take force to conquer the Central European Barrow, who can stop it? The disaster caused by it is far greater than the Hungarian rebellion, fortunately, the attitude of the empire is not bad, everyone knows very well that the so-called loan, can really fall on the head of each country is very limited, but this is a good signal, the empire is against the public, a force to stand up not to punish the Hungarian, also reflects the posture that a continental lord should have, the country's qiē, in the end it is still attributed to strength and commitment, a regional hegemon, dare not protect his vassals, how to talk about protecting the entire region,
In the attitude towards the countries, the empire did not raise the sword, did not adopt a consistent tough attitude, but adopted a soft policy of using money to open the way, which is enough to make most of the Central European Baro countries let go of their inner worries, the empire into the Central European Baro is the overall situation, the Central European Baro region is completely linked to the Central and Northern European Barro, the representatives who participated in this meeting did not realize that they are participating in history, this meeting opened a new era of the European Barro continent, an era of real integration of Eastern and Western commerce, the era of the Falcon Empire,
In the territory of the Kingdom of Silas, the camp where the central army of the imperial army is stationed has been expanded by two or three times, and all the accumulated logistics and military supplies have been transferred here.
The time is already July, for the grassland tribes who are accustomed to the crisp autumn atmosphere of the prairie, such days are the most difficult, and the central tent is surrounded by brackets to open up, so that the wind outside can pour in, "What does the Khan King mean, Lord Duoweiyan, you can get to the bottom, there is no fight in this battle!"
The bounty of three million was originally a sure thing, but because of the sudden turn of the Hungarian Eastern Army, the Xiting people pounced again.
Fortunately, the Falcon Khan sympathized with the pain of the Xiting Army, and first allocated 1.5 million gold coins, which made the faces of the people in Xiting look better, but the Khan's withdrawal order was not issued, and no one dared to withdraw the army privately, so tens of thousands of horses were stocked here, and people and horses were mixed together. There are all kinds of flavors, fortunately, the grassland people are used to it, but I don't think it's a choking thing, but in the prairie, the same is true for tribal grazing, but grazing is flowing, where the water and grass are lush, they go to put it, and it is like being nailed like this.
"The Khan's order to withdraw his troops was not issued. It's not the same thing for an army to stay like this!"
The patriarchs of all ethnic groups all looked at Duo Weiyan with blank eyes, you are the brother-in-law of the King of Khan, and the head of our Xiting, this is the time for you to come forward, Duo Weiyan held his chin with his hand, and the expression on his face was incomprehensible, the battle of the empire in Central Europe and Barro seemed to have been decided. But the Falcon Khan King made the army ready to go, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like an attitude of peace, if such a posture is only the Xiting Army, it will be the Imperial Central Army separated by one side. The same is a soldier,
The parade sentinels were constantly released, weapons were repaired every day, and backup supplies were constantly being delivered. The army is defending the inside line, and taking the initiative to launch an offensive, those are two different concepts. If it is defended, with the current strength gathered by the empire, I am afraid that no country dares to take the initiative to attack, if it is not defended, it must be an attack, complete preparations, sufficient materials, and after retraining, the elite of the front line who can continue to fight, this sharpening of the knife looks no different from the war period, the empire still wants to fight?
Just when the Xiting army was in a daze, a black war horse, under the arch of dozens of guards and armor, was hurrying towards the direction of the camp, the old man on the horse, with a dark complexion, pale hair fluttering, and a thin figure giving people a feeling of iron, it was the former Dorok Governor Doze who was transferred from the Gaul region,
Feeling the lack of imperial diplomatic talents from the Rayla diplomat, the fat man thought of this long-sleeved and dancing Dorze,
The empire wants to control the Central European Baro, force is only a part, and it needs an excellent team of foreign affairs officers, which will make the empire's influence expand to the maximum, sometimes the problem that the sword can't solve, it may be a matter of one sentence at the negotiation table, sometimes two countries fight for the sake of a region, hundreds of thousands of troops fight to the death, and the corpses accumulate to get the advantage, and it may finally come to the negotiation table, because of the incompetence of the foreign affairs officer, and the situation of being buried in the negotiation abounds,
Doze has been honed in Gaul, already has a considerable ability to unify the region, is the empire is currently sitting in the Central Europe Baro is the best candidate, has recently been appointed as the empire of the Central Europe Barrow region, no one would have thought that the old man of Doze at the age of sixty, there is such an opportunity, this is the governor of the Central Europe Baro region, holding the authority to deter a region, looking down, is more than ten kingdoms trembling, the real feudal officials, far more than in the small place of Gaullasti, much heavier,
This group of people hurried in,
Before the big battalion, Reposti, the head of the Imperial Central Army, led a group of generals of the Central Army to meet him, because of the appearance of the battle in the south of Ryla, he and Jargrin have been officially promoted to the deputy commander of the Imperial Central Army, Yagrins's cavalry is temporarily resting in the north of Gangfei, and the tens of thousands of Imperial Central Army in the range of Ryla are temporarily unified in his hands, and he is already a veritable imperial general, and he is only thirty-six years old, and he may not have the opportunity to win the pinnacle of imperial soldiers and the military and political governor of a region in this life,
"Lord Tazawa, did you bring your majesty's order?"
Ruiposti's face was a little anxious, the army was ready to go, and it had been two days since he waited for the order, and he had heard about the situation in the meeting, and it was very unsmooth, at this time, it was when the soldiers were needed, when did the empire have the word tolerance, provocation, it must be repaid with blood, this is the style of His Majesty
"Sort of"
Doze on the war horse, his face was a little condensed, he took out a red letter from his arms and handed it to Reposti, at this moment, it seemed that the wind blew through the vast expanse outside the camp, rolling some broken leaves and stumps into the sky, this scene made hundreds of soldiers of the Imperial Central Army wearing armor at the gate of the camp immediately stand straight,
Within a radius of tens of meters, I didn't hear a single coughing sound,
At the end of the high part of the camp, the two armorers had already raised their arms and raised the trombone in their hands, and more than a dozen generals of the Imperial Central Army saw the red on the surface of the letter, and their bodies shook in unison, and they thought in their hearts at the same time, this is an order to start a war!
The sun shines in the harbor at noon, and the black carriage stops by the lookout of the harbor,
The port of this small town is not large, so there are very few ships coming and going. Most of them are triangular fishing boats with fishing nets, and white dhows on the nearby river. The breeze blowing on the blue water, Rayla, is not a country backed by the ocean, and a small port like the one in front of you is only used by inland rivers,
The blue surface of the river, crystal clear, you can see schools of fish swimming, two half-moon bridges with curved arches, and the spires of houses on both sides of the river. It was like bathing in a golden light, and the golden light shone on the street, such a calm and beautiful scene was reflected in Parschena's beautiful eyes, "Take out 20 million in one breath to appease the Central European and Barro countries, isn't such a big deal like your style?"
"Ahem, I'm not afraid to sue you. That's all the money of the Hungarians" The fat man coughed a few times in embarrassment, and touched the bridge of his nose with his fingers, "And the 20 million is not so easy to take! If you don't build it, you won't have the money to get it!"
"Construction?"
Parschena was slightly stunned, then smiled and said, "I know, how can you be so kind." But what do you mean by construction? What are you going to do if the other party takes the money and doesn't build?"
"The content of the construction is very simple, build roads. Build a trading post or something!Of course, it must be repaired according to the requirements given by the empire!" The fat man smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth, explained, and showed a smile on his chest, "As for taking the money and not doing anything, it is not difficult to do"
"The funds of the empire are given in batches according to the progress of construction, the first money is not much, that is, about 10,000, they all say that the money is so much, the number is limited, whoever does more, who will take more, build roads, for these countries, just need to levy some unpaid labor can do things, the empire gives yellow, orange and orange gold coins" " As long as they are not stupid, they all know that this deal can be done, and some countries may have the intention of taking advantage, but they will soon find out that others can indeed get more gold coins, and they will follow suit!"
"Speaking of which, it's so complicated, in fact, it's just to pay people to build a road for you?" Parschena said with a moving expression, "Although I don't know what the final result will be, I can feel that if this road is built, it will be a miracle!"
"It's going to be a miracle indeed"
The fat man came to the river, sighed slightly, and stared at the river that glittered in the sun. This road, will cross the entire Central Europe Barrow, connecting the east and west, this once in the east and west hegemony in the burning of a hundred years of war barrier, has opened the door in front of the empire, hundreds of years of blocking the east and west of the trade route obstacles will disappear because of this road, if it is really built, this road will definitely become the main road on the land artery level, such a miracle, if it is really calculated according to the cost of manpower, 20 million gold coins is afraid that even a third of the salary is not enough"
The fat man smiled wickedly" However, the empire is not at a loss, the imperial caravan is free of passage tax for thirty years, and the entire Central European Baro is at least superficially the realization of the empire's support, and the most important thing is that the empire's military strength cannot be stationed in the Central European Baro region for a long time, with this main road across the Central European Baro, the cavalry of the empire can arrive at the royal capital of any kingdom of the Central European Baro countries within half a month, which can greatly reduce the pressure on the empire's armaments, and only needs 50,000 to 100,000 elite troops stationed in the north of Gangfei, which can achieve the armed deterrence of the entire Central European Barrow!”
"I didn't expect that a road could make you a bargain like this! If those countries knew the truth, I don't know what kind of expression it would be!" Parschena listened interestingly, the corners of her mouth fluttered, she sat on the platform, took off her shoes, exposed her white and tender feet under the hem of her skirt, and easily stirred the clear river,
The High Priest of the Temple, who has been out of office for less than a month, has completely let go of the shackles on her body, here, she can talk and laugh, she can talk to this man casually about some questions about the Empire, and she does not have to worry about the suspicion of interfering with the national policy of the Empire, this is a place where secular kingship and divine power will not interfere,
"If you don't say it, I don't say it, who would think of this!"
The fat man raised his eyebrows, and said with a hint of cold arrogance at the corner of his mouth, "Even if you really have that kind of mind, you won't have to think about it now, because the Empire has declared war on Eberros, although it is only a local war, but it is enough to attract everyone's attention"
"Isn't it ready to take a peaceful way? Why!" Parschena stood up with a slightly cold face, she knew too well what the understatement of war by the man in front of her represented, it was the steel horseshoe of the empire's conquest, a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood!
"There's no reason, being the boss, you have to tell the younger brother below, you have money, you also have a knife, and you disturb the important private meeting between the emperor and the high priest of the empire, does this count?"
In July, the war broke out between the Empire and the Kingdom of Eberrows, (to be continued......)