One day...... One day...... The next day......

The camera pans again and continues to speed up the pace.

In the south, in a certain place and in a certain city, the smoke of gunpowder is gradually rising!

"Report -- Your Highness, the Eastern Beiyun City has been broken! The Thunder Legion's First Army's Great Sword Battalion, the Third Division's Spear Battalion, and the Heavy Cavalry Brigade directly under the Thunder Legion, a total of tens of thousands of thieves are coming to this side, and they are expected to arrive under the city gate tomorrow morning. ”

"Your Highness, there is an urgent message from the northern city of Kusai...... General Clay and Clay are almost unable to hold on, and they are in dire need of support. ”

"The same is true of Western Balory City, the fighting power of the attacking Zichen Legion is too strong, and it is expected that it will only last one more day at most. The general sent a message back...... They, they will swear to live and die with the city!"

"Your Highness...... Your Highness ......"

In the hall, tension was spreading. The threshold is not high or low, and it seems that it is about to be broken by the heralds who are turning one after another. One after another, the negative battle reports poured in, like a tightening shackle of the reins, which made everyone in the hall gasp and change their color.

"Hehe, it's really an enemy from all directions, a clumsy wolf!" In the panicked atmosphere, only the gentle young man who was surrounded by everyone in the middle did not change his complexion, laughed at himself, and was indifferent.

"Your Highness, the danger here can no longer be stayed, you must retreat now!"

"Withdraw? where else can we retreat?" the gentle young man raised his eyebrows, "Since we stepped into the south, we have occupied dozens of cities in front and back. Leaving aside the small towns that have no strategic defensive value, there are only seven large cities available. Counting the cities that have been breached and are about to be breached, only the great city of Manta can be fought at the foot of the city. At this time, you asked me to withdraw, didn't you ask me to raise my hands and surrender?"

"But the thieves are about to be killed. Your Highness, your honorable status. You can't put yourself in danger!"

"That's right. Your Highness. Why don't you retreat to the rear town with your lords and contact reinforcements from all walks of life. We will continue to stay here, fight to the death, and never let the thieves take a step forward!"

"That's a good idea, as long as Your Highness is safe, you can keep our hope of continuing to resist......"

"What a fart!" In the midst of the chaotic dissuasion, His Royal Highness the Second Prince of the Empire, who has always shown a gentle image, suddenly burst out with foul language. Frowning and looking at the stunned old nobles around him, his eyes were condensed, "As the commander-in-chief, you will flee first without a fight, and let your soldiers block death with their bodies." Even if I can survive, what kind of face will I show in the future?"

"Uh......"

"Needless to say, you don't understand. After a pause, the second prince simply raised his hand to interrupt the unwilling crowd, slowly but firmly drew the sword at his waist, and spoke solemnly. "Pass my order and let Clay and other generals leave the ruined city. Lead your soldiers to retreat here at once, and defend the walls of Manta with me!"

"Your Highness......"

"Shut up! I said, you don't understand...... Carry out the military order!"

“...... Yes!"

Looking at the officers who looked excited and gave a standard military salute and hurriedly took the order to leave, and then turned to look at the worried old nobles, the second prince shook his head, strode out of the council hall with his sword in hand, and resolutely walked towards the city wall, surrounded by the guards in front of him.

You don't understand......

The key to determining the outcome of this battle, and even the ownership of the imperial power, is not at all the current victory or loss of this city. And in the distance, in the royal court of the capital, in the temple of the general assembly, in someone's hands...... So, it's just a matter of holding it up here, and the longer the better......

......

......

The so-called smart person is the kind of guy who can see what ordinary people can't see and think of things that ordinary people can't think of.

Therefore, even if the enemy is facing from all sides at the moment, and the shape is precarious, the second prince is still not flustered. Of course, then again, the side of the eldest prince, who has an absolute advantage, is naturally not in a panic. On the contrary, they were in a good mood sitting in the capital. Because in their opinion, one qiē is already under control.

Therefore, even if the victory or defeat has not yet come out, they have already begun to think about the rest and start to enjoy the luscious fruits of victory in advance!

For example, before the crown prince wears the crown, a small ceremony is held in the capital...... Well, it must be said that this is not simply a victory posture or arrogant behavior, but according to the proper principles of the royal family.

As mentioned earlier, Bran is an empire where kingship and divine power are closely combined. In order for a new king to truly ascend the throne, he must go to the temple in person, receive the coronation blessing ceremony of His Holiness the Pope, and wear the crown, so that he can be crowned and crowned as king.

Now the ambitious prince of the empire is going through this process. To put it bluntly, that is, first put aside a small celebration in your own home, and then go to the temple to always accept the crown, and finally return, and then celebrate the whole country and amnesty the world!

Well, that's how it works. So—

A few days later, in the evening, outside the Royal Theatre in the capital.

It's the end of winter, and the snow is heavy, and I believe it should be the last heavy snow of the year, and the majestic theater with lights does not feel cold at all. Bonfires burn everywhere, people come and go, greetings, neighing, wheels crushing through the snow...... In addition, you don't need to enter the theater to hear the joy coming out of the theater.

The warmth is extraordinary, the atmosphere is excellent, and the atmosphere is very peaceful!

"Yo, isn't this Earl Hobert, good evening, I heard that your family has expanded a lot recently, and several merchant groups have been collecting shops in one connection. Even the supplies sent to the Temple General Assembly tonight, your family is involved...... Hehe, so I want to order some soup for our little family. ”

"Marquis Primo, haha, Lord Sir, if you are a small family, then we are not worth mentioning?"

"Ha, Hobert, you don't want to talk to me. In front of you, who are good friends with His Royal Highness the Great Prince, isn't our family worth mentioning?"

"Your Excellency, you are too modest...... And, hehe, there is no His Royal Highness the Great Prince now. ”

"Yo, look at my broken mouth, I just can't learn to speak. It's the king's majesty, the king's majesty!hehe...... Please!"

"Don't dare, Lord Sir, please!"

"Haha, then please, please—"

In the snow in front of the theater, two old nobles wearing velvet hats and luxurious clothes first waved to each other, then looked at each other and laughed and helped each other, and walked towards the theater gate together.

Scenes like this and dialogues like this are often seen everywhere in front of the theater.

To put it bluntly, it is bustling, all for profit!

After the eldest prince poisoned the old king with his own hands and pursued his younger brother and the second prince, the forces of all parties in the previous capital naturally collapsed and reshuffled. Among them, forces such as Count Hobert, which were close to the side of the eldest prince, took advantage of the situation like wild beasts, rushed up, and divided and tore the fruits of victory of the forces that originally belonged to the side of the second prince. And nobles such as the Marquis of Primo, who had previously remained neutral, naturally had to follow the trend of following the forces of the eldest prince after seeing that the victory and defeat of the two sides had been divided, in order to gain some additional benefits for the family......

It's not surprising that things like this are just a matter of the flies and dogs. However, just as the two old nobles were about to enter the door of the theater, there was a sudden neighing of horses at the intersection behind them, faintly mixed with the light sound of the impact of blades and armor, which made people look back in surprise.

Fang just said that this is the banquet held by the great prince to celebrate the upcoming coronation of the throne, and with the current situation of the capital being one-sided, there should not be a tense atmosphere in front of the large group of cavalry guards with unsheathed swords and galloping through the wind and snow.

It's obviously out of place.

However, when everyone present saw the rear of the cavalry, the family emblem on the guarded luxury carriage couldn't help but be stunned.

"It's the Oglare family...... Oh, that's no wonder ......."

"Hmph, shameless villain, inflicted on yourself!"

"Yes, I still remember that when that kid first worshiped under the Sword God's door, he caused a sensation in the capital, and even took the Oglair family to take advantage of the wind, it was arrogant and arrogant. But now? hehe...... Anyway, you've all heard about it. Just two days ago, a group of assassin warriors broke into the Oglael family's manor at night and killed them wantonly, but there was a lot of noise......"

"I heard that this group of people should be going to kill the villain Wenslin and clear the portal for Lord Sword God. It's a pity it didn't work out...... Not to mention the character of this guy Wenslin, in terms of strength and talent alone, it is really good, after all, he was born in the same vein as a sword god......"

"No matter how good it is, it will inevitably die. I see that this Wen Ce Lin is also in the capital, as long as he dares to take a step out of the city, he will definitely be surrounded to death by the master warriors who rushed to hear the news!"

"Yes, I heard that there was a royal family in the royal castle, and I was very dissatisfied with him. If it weren't for the pressure from the Great Prince's side, this Wensling and the Oglair family would have been destroyed several times......"

......

There was a lot of discussion, and the nobles who had paused outside the door of the theater for a while looked at the cavalry phalanx and luxurious carriages that were waiting to slowly stop over, or they were contemptuous or gloating...... The mockery varied, and it was undisguised.

It is not surprising that there will be such a discordant scene. There are no secrets in the aristocratic circle, about the previous incident of Wenslin coaxing his senior brother Haita to leave the imperial sanatorium, and then setting up an ambush to attack and kill him, although the eldest prince tried his best to cover it up, there were still faint rumors in the upper aristocratic circles of the capital.

And the status of the sword god Wu Ding is really transcendent in the Bran Empire, and the great achievements of guarding the empire for most of his life even transcend the boundaries of the imperial faction. Whether it is the side of the eldest prince who is now in power, or the side of the second prince who is losing power, there is no discount to the respect of this guardian god.

In this way, everyone's feelings about Wen Silin, who betrayed his master and assassinated his brother, and his family are naturally not much better. Even now, the other party can be regarded as his own person who 'abandons the darkness and turns to the light'......

"Wow, I brought a gun...... Is this to bring weapons to the banquet?" squinting at the figure walking down from the luxurious carriage in the distance, the spear lightly tapped the snow, and an old nobleman in front of the theater couldn't help but shake his head and smile, the corners of his mouth slightly sarcastic.

"Not only with guns, but also with wounds. Hehe, it seems that this kid has not had an easy time lately. ”

"Forget it, today is a day of celebration, ignore him. Let's go, let's go in first. ”

"Please ......"

............ (To be continued......)