Just not Xinjing, the towering city wall is floating with cold wind and cold rain,

This is the original birthplace of the Gangfei Empire, the snow-capped city is built along the mountain, layer by layer, all the white stone buildings are shrouded in a layer of frost in winter, like a crystal clear glass cover, the architecture here is very distinctive,

All the white limestone is the building material, the pointed roof, the dense rows of earthen chiseled stone windows, the winding mountain road,

The large bronze statues that stand by the streets, surrounded by beautiful aristocratic mansions, spread from the bottom of the mountain range to the top of the mountain range, far away, like a snowy pile.

White City, is the name of other countries for this former imperial center,

This city standing high on the mountain range, in the beginning was still the capital of the Gangfei Dynasty was already a famous scenery holy place, before the establishment of the empire in Gangfei, the war has not spread here for decades, this, just look at the architectural style of Xinjing to know, flashy and extravagant, the nobles want to show that they have money, status, identity, there are various colorful paintings on the street walls, mainly to describe the Gangfei Empire's successive victories over the enemy, a hundred years of expansion, from a place to become a hegemon in Central Europe, and finally moved out of here, and now migrated back, I want to be a history of the ups and downs of the Gangfei Empire in this city

Adrian, the castle guard who had just not been the Kyoto Guard Officer's East Gate, stood alone above the city gate, looking at the vast land in the distance. The afterglow of the setting sun had faded away, and the end of the line of sight was beginning to be dark, with nothing to see but farmland, wilderness, and woods. When the sun hasn't set yet. The drawbridge was pulled up high, and even during the day, every resident who entered and exited the city gate had to be inspected several times.

It is said that the army of the Istan is approaching Xinjing, and Adrian looks into the distance with some anxiety, this morning. There was a faint sound of fierce battle from the southern direction, which made him feel very uneasy, the two acropolis in the south were the barriers of Xinjing, which were located on the route of the Ishtar army, this Ishtar was fierce, like a scit-horn knife, bypassing the obstruction of several legions in front of him, and came directly in the direction of Xinjing,

Because the four major legions are far away, the troops currently in Xinjing are the most trusted troops of the emperor. The number of people was about 30,000, but the attacking Ishtar was as many as 110,000, nearly four times the force ratio, even Adrian, who firmly believed that Xinjing would never fall, was also beating the drum in his heart, he was keenly aware that the morale of the army stationed in Kyoto was very low, most of the soldiers and nobles were not optimistic about this battle, and the city gate below had been stuffed into the center of the street by the noble carriages who were in a hurry to flee out of the city, and it was said that the city gate on the west side was even more wolf. The gates had not been closed for two days

"My lord, I heard that the envoy of the Falcon Empire has arrived in Xinjing, and I don't know if it's true?" a young officer in a pen-body military uniform stopped beside him, his hair curly blond. With a handsome face full of momentum from a young man, the young man glanced at the setting sun opposite and asked with slightly narrowed eyes

"It shouldn't be true, although it didn't come in through this door. But I can feel it!"

Adrian's eyebrows frowned slightly, saying that he had not seen the inspection team sent by the Ministry of Military Affairs for a day today, and a few deserters slipped away and were not caught. In the past, such a situation would never have happened, if I guessed correctly, it was the reluctance of the above to let the Falcon Empire see our current predicament, and at noon today, Adrian received an urgent order from the Ministry of War, instructing him to defend the city gates carefully. But he can't make too many moves, so as not to disturb the situation, Adririen knows that this is to make himself not to give the Falcon Empire the impression that the emissaries are in flames, because the Falcon Empire is still an enemy in nature, and it is only because of the special shape that they have to stand together,

"I really don't know what the above thinks, with the power of the Falcon Empire, it is tantamount to seeking skin with a tiger!" said the young officer in an atmosphere, and suddenly heard footsteps behind him, and the young officer hurriedly stopped,

The two looked in the direction of the footsteps, and an emaciated figure came into view, and the two were stunned for a moment at the same time, and hurriedly took advantage of the fact that the people in the distance were not paying attention, and turned to an invisible angle, it was His Royal Highness Prince Du Nade, who had just arrived in Xinjing, forty years old, wearing a military uniform full of various medals,

Although it doesn't matter if he hasn't been on the battlefield for a day, his royal blood is also enough for him to bring all levels of the empire's merit medals, as the cousin of the previous emperor and the cousin of the current emperor, the meaning of his recruitment to Xinjing can be guessed needless to say, the emperor is still too young, if something happens, this prince may become the new emperor

"What is he doing here?" the young officer muttered dissatisfiedly, this first person to succeed the empire, alone, without any retinue, is too abnormal, if there is any assassin or assassination, this reserve who has a vital position for Gangfei will be sold

The two of them were wondering how the prince could come here alone, when there was another sound of footsteps in the distance, and a panicked general appeared behind Prince Dunad

"You're here! a little later than I expected!" Dunade casually looked at the other party's face, and then looked down at the city gate below. The city gate cave is congested with a flow of horse-drawn carriages for hundreds of meters, and it is really impossible to see how many times on weekdays, there has been such a large-scale escape procession! In the field outside the city gate, there are no patrol troops, and there are no checkpoints.

The prince's pupils constricted, the corners of his mouth smiled slightly, and he said very gracefully, "Are you still struggling, or have you already made a decision?" Time is not waiting for no one, this is a problem involving the rise and fall of the entire family for hundreds of years, you have also seen that you are not the only one who has lost confidence, the entire people of Xinjing are scrambling to flee this city that is about to be like a shipwreck! After the arrival of the army of the Iraqi people, every qiē will be destroyed! So you don't need to be ashamed of your decision, as a soldier, you have done your duty as a soldier, and the rest is just a choice of the times!"

"What do you mean?" the young officer hiding in the distance vaguely heard some words, and his face was dazed

"It's Ferva, the city guard"

Adrian seemed to be much more experienced, he looked at the general with a tangled face, his tone was faintly disdainful, and whispered, I used to work with him, he is a villain who can sell anything as long as he has interests, and there will be no good things where he is! His Royal Highness the Prince is advocating the Lord and the Lord this time, "The Lord and how?" the young officer asked again

You know, not only the envoys of the Falcon Empire arrived in Kyoto, but also the Iraqi people, among which the military advocated uniting the Falcon Empire against the Iraqns, and His Royal Highness the Prince believed that the threat of the Falcon Empire was greater than that of the Iraqi Empire, one was just seeking some compensation for interests, and the other had the ambition and power to annex Gangfei, so the Prince thought that the empire agreed to the conditions of the Iraqi people and dealt with the Falcon Empire wholeheartedly was the right way, and the reason why the empire became like this. It's all the result of the Empire's blind tolerance of the Falcon Empire."

"The conditions of the Iraqns? You mean the partition plan with the Baishadi River as the dividing line?"

The young officer gasped when he heard this, he had heard about the treaty, the Iraqi asked to redraw the dividing line between the two countries with the Baishadi River as the boundary, Baishati is a large river in the middle of Gangfei, if it is bounded by the Baishadi River, it is almost equivalent to half of Gangfei being assigned to the Iraqinians "That's right, that's it!" Adrian nodded and said, "That's not all. We also want to support the ruling power of the Istanians in Central Europe! That is to say, we are in fact a vassal state of the Istans, and we will help them in their wars! We will also pay an astronomical tribute every year!" "Bastard, agree to such conditions! We soldiers might as well die" The young officer gritted his teeth and clenched his fists. The muscles on his head popped out, and at this time, he saw Ferva standing in front of the prince in the distance nodding with a difficult expression, and the prince stretched out his hand with a kind face. He patted Ferva on the shoulder, whispered a few words, and then turned to leave. Faval waited until the prince disappeared into the road below, looked left and right, and only left after confirming that there was no one "He agreed!" The young officer gritted his teeth with hatred "It looks like so, but I don't know what it is!" Adrian's face was solemn, he could sense that the prince must be arranging some conspiracy, rebellion? It doesn't look like it, Ferval is the guard officer of the outer city, and the troops under his command do not have the right to enter the inner city, and although Ferval is a mercenary person, he is actually not very bold, and he will never agree to the rebellion and rebellion, which will kill the entire clan if it fails, since it is not a rebellion, what is it?" Adrian couldn't figure it out, he walked down the city wall with the young officer

"My lord, I have just received an order, and the commanders of the guards of the city gates shall immediately go to the city guard station for a meeting!" a herald cavalry rode from the lower city road

"Meeting?" Adrian looked at the herald cavalry

"It's the order of Lord Favar, the guard officer of the outer city" The herald cavalry tightly strangled the war horse, took out a scribbled order from his arms and handed it over, "Lord Faval?" Adrian took the letter, deeply surprised, if he hadn't seen the scene just now, he would have thought it was a routine meeting at most, but after seeing the scene just now, it showed that this meeting was definitely not simple, "Please hurry up, your lord's request is very urgent, if it is less than half an hour, the latecomer will be whipped ten times!" The herald cavalry urged, and after speaking, he turned his horse and left, leaving Adrian's back puzzled "Jerome, can you do me a favor?" Adrian looked at the young officer with an earnest face, thinking of the scene just now, his heart was very uneasy, and he felt like he was standing on the edge of a huge invisible trap, able to smell the breath, but did not know the specific direction

"Go ahead, I'll keep watch here!" said the young officer, known as Jerome, with a solemn expression, "Well, I can only hope so!"

Adrian frowned suspiciously, still feeling that something was wrong. However, since Jerome is willing to replace him for the time being, he has nothing to worry about, Jerome is a soldier who has been on the battlefield, and there is absolutely no ambiguity at the critical moment, "It's all here!" Adrian gave a military salute to Jerome, stepped on his horse and hurried to the city guard, the city guard post on the periphery of Xinjing is located in a dark position on the south wall of Xinjing, if you run with all your strength on horseback, you can reach it within twenty minutes, outside the gate of the city guard, hand over the reins of the war horse to the guards at the door, Adrian walked into the city guard, an officer was already waiting at the end of the corridor, it was Fevaar's adjutant, he saw Adrian coming, and hurriedly walked over and led Adrian to another corridor "Here, shouldn't it be the road to the conference room?" Adrian followed behind the lieutenant, his eyes looking up and down

"This is the way to the banquet hall!" the adjutant said with a smile on his lips, "There is no meeting today, and Lord Faival is so fortunate to see you." We are invited to a banquet in the banquet hall!"

"Banquet?The enemy may come to the city at any time, and your lord is still interested in holding a banquet?" Adrian's eyes flashed with anger, he stopped, turned around and walked towards the door, "If it's a banquet, I won't participate, please tell Lord Favar, I understand his intentions!"

"Why is Lord Adrian so anxious!"

A loud voice came, and surrounded by several city guards, Ferval sat in a dark blue military uniform and held a glass of red wine in his hand. Walking from the banquet hall not far away, "It's okay, even if the two Acropolis are captured by the Istans, there will always be people who deliver letters." No matter how powerful the strikers of the Istan were, it was impossible to wrap all the dumplings of the 15,000 defenders. Hehe, maybe it will come in a while, maybe it's a victory report. ”

"Lord Favar!" Adrian saluted with an ugly face, and Ferval was his boss anyway. As for the good news in Fevaar's mouth, it is absolutely impossible, and it is fortunate that the whole army is not annihilated.

"Come on! Come on! It's rare to get everyone together today, we won't get drunk or go home!"

Feval warmly took Adrian's hand.

At this moment, an officer of the city guard came to Fevaar's side and whispered a few words, and Adrian saw a chilling light flashing in Fevaar's slightly drunken gaze. At such a close distance, Adrian could also see from the other party's lip shape, "Have you started?"

At this time, there was already a lot of noise from the south of New Kyoto.

Many soldiers wearing the uniforms of the Gallic Praetorian Guards appeared scattered in the wilderness, and Jerome, the young officer who was temporarily in command, suddenly raised his eyebrows slightly, but his expression looked very strange, could it be that the Acropolis had been defeated by the advance of the Iraqinians so quickly?

More and more Praetorian Guards appeared, and Jerome was sure that the Acropolis had really been defeated, and the stragglers he saw had no momentum as Imperial Praetorian Guards, and they were discouraged, disheveled, and disorganized. But it seems that they are filled with righteous indignation, and some people are still gritting their teeth and shouting slogans, as if shouting about blood debts and blood repayment.

"Someone, close the gates immediately!"

Jerome shouted, witnessing thousands of stragglers approaching the city gate, the sensitive soldiers immediately pulled the drawbridge up, stopping the rout army below outside the city, "Open the door! Open the door! We are going to see His Majesty the Emperor! We are going to kill the envoy of the Istan people!" The roars of thousands of people below shook the city wall, and the soldiers on the city wall immediately looked at each other, and they were at a loss for a while,

Jerome heard the shouts of the rout below, and quickly realized that something was wrong, even he knew that the Istan had sent an envoy, how did these Acropolis defenders know? The uneasy feeling in his heart became even stronger, and he sharply ordered, "Everyone pay attention, no one is allowed to open the city without an order!" "Bastard, Lao Tzu is playing with his life in the front, you are in the back, open the door! If you don't open the door, Lao Tzu will play with you!" The soldiers below were densely black, and many of them had already drawn their weapons

"Someone! Archers ready to ......"

Jerome's face changed color slightly, if these thousands of routs rushed into Kyoto, it is impossible to say that there is a rebellion, there are too few people, there are 30,000 troops in Kyoto, but under the guidance of people with ulterior motives, to kill an envoy of the Isstan, it is too simple, although Jerome wants to kill the envoy of the Istan himself, but thinking of the bloody revenge of the Istan caused by this, he can't help but feel a trace of fear "Don't move, otherwise you will definitely die!" Suddenly, Jerome felt a cold neck. The second half of the words were suddenly not delivered, and he felt as if someone was stuck in his neck. He struggled hard, but didn't move. A cold dagger was placed on his neck, "Bastard, you should have thought of it, this is Ferval's city guards, how can there not be one or two eyeliners mixed in!" Jerome suddenly felt deep regret, and in that moment, thousands of thoughts turned in his mind, but none of them were clear. He seemed to feel something subconsciously, but he couldn't describe it clearly.

"Let them go to Beijing, or you will die!" The voice of the person behind him was low, but clear, and irresistible.

"What the hell are you trying to do...... Jerome said coldly, as if he understood something. "Don't worry, what we have done is absolutely right, there are too many people at both ends of this country now, only by completely cutting off superfluous ideas, killing the envoys of the Istan and the Falcon Empire, so that everyone has no way back, this country will have a chance to revivenation!" "You are crazy! Do you want to go to war against two empires at the same time?" Jerome was also frightened by this plan, "On the contrary, if we don't show toughness, then we will put ourselves at the table of the two empires! Kill them, and the empire can have a new life!" The voice behind him was still very low, but it exuded a fanatical enthusiasm" "Crazy, you madmen! What a bullshit freshman, you are a group of rebels who want to fish in troubled waters! Your goal is ...... Your Majesty" Jerome scolded with a hideous face, and his voice suddenly stopped, because the sharp dagger cut his trachea at once, and blood shot out, and under the suppression of the opponent's strong arm, Jerome struggled weaker and weaker like a fish on the shore, and finally stopped moving completely

The gates opened, and the rout army swarmed in (to be continued......