On the 7th of October, the Istans approached the most important region of the Congo-Africa hinterland, Focodilla, which was famous for its high-quality wool rolls, and in the flat plains and hills, with its white flocks like clouds, and its babbling streams swinging like bells, the Boguto sheep here were strong and slender in wool, and they were the finest garments for weaving the finest aristocratic garments, which brought a good income to the Congo-Africa Empire every year, but there was another reason why this place was really known to other countries.

Because for a person, the recently deceased Congolese Reich Minister of War Rubinsak, his hometown is Fuccodilla, Rubin's family coat of arms is the opposite horn of a pair of big sheep,

This used to be a glorious family crest, but at this moment, when the hearse engraved with this family crest slowly passed by the streets of Gangfei, the eyes of the passers-by around them were not respect for the deceased, but a kind of contempt and hatred for the national thief

"Phew, such a person should have died a long time ago!" Some passers-by expressed their disdain, while others expressed their incomprehension, not understanding why this old man who was full of glory chose such a discredited path in the last six months, only children with wide eyes would think that the pair of opposite corners engraved on the hearse were very cute, they wanted to step forward, but none of the adults took them away,

In the eyes of most non-civilians, the attack of the Istan is because of the relocation of Rubinsark to Beijing, and the wealthy and powerful who benefited from the turmoil in Gallic Kyoto, in order to cover up their incompetence in the face of national danger, also collectively led public opinion to jointly accuse Rubinsark of stealing national interests, and some so-called aristocratic scholars also swore that the so-called conclusive evidence that the Istan people who broke through the defense line of the High Court in August were not the first to point the spearhead of the war, but closer to the alliance of the city-states of Boloto in the Inland Sea.

"The Istanbuls' ambition to swallow the entire Inland Sea is well known, and the Gangfei Empire was not the first to attack. If it weren't for someone's hasty move to Beijing that shook the foundation of the Gangfei Empire and the wanton suppression of opposition in the military, the current Gangfei Empire would never have faced a situation where the country was broken."

The Kyoto faction that advocated such remarks was led by a series of emperor factions of Duke Andia, who took over the post of Minister of War of Rubinsark, and the reason why it was called the emperor faction was because it included Marquis Leo, the commander of the new Fifth Army, the Marquis of Yeerdo, the commander of the New Eighth Army, the Seventh Army of the Empire, Winke, and the Marquis of Doma, the commander of the Eleventh Army of the Empire. Because of the assassination of the former emperor, the four legions that accompanied the emperor were criticized by the military circles, and were ridiculed as 200,000 people who couldn't stop one person.

October is the last month before the cold winter of the Congo, and the falling snowflakes can already be seen in some northern parts of the Gang African Empire, and the temperature in Kyoto drops rapidly, and the cold and windy autumn mornings are criticized along the way. After spitting, puzzled, curious, and respectful gazes, the coffin of the old man Robin Sark was buried alone in the marshal's cemetery. There were less than ten people who watched the ceremony, and it was the most bleak time that I could be honored to be buried in such a place. At least 100 followers, subordinates, and students. Officers, representatives of the emperor, military affairs, huge families, added up to a vast number of people,

But this time, because of the bad reputation, neither of Rubin Sark's sons participated, and among the ten were Rubin Sark's old butler, a reluctant representative of the Ministry of War, who, although only a petty officer, had a face as ugly as someone owed him money, and his mouth was still muttering "It's really bad luck"

Four coffin-bearers, and a flag-bearer stood by the grave, because the number was so small, even the two grooms who were in charge of pulling the cart were among ten, and the once famous Rubin Sark would not have thought that he would end up so bleak,

Unexpectedly, the last person standing on the left was Duke Andya, who had just taken over the post of Minister of War of Rubinsark, wearing a wide black trench coat, watching the dust raised by the shovel gradually submerge the pure white coffin board, and his expression was depressed and stern.

Those who don't know can't imagine that after the death of Rubinsark, the first thing he did when he took over the Ministry of War was to abolish most of the orders for the adjustment of the army during the reign of Rubinsark, like resuming a country that had been screwed up again, normalizing it, or restoring it to its original appearance.

This is sixteen years younger than Rubin Sark in the empire, medium build, sharp eyes, short chestnut hair, during Rubin Sark's tenure as Minister of War, the duty of this Duke of Andia is to monitor the movements of the Fetzer people in the south, the emperor's southern expedition is his mention, and he is one of the recognized confidants of the previous emperor, so whether it is seniority or identity, no one raises objections to his taking over the position of Rubin Sark, and his appearance here is not a hero's feelings of cherishing heroes, it is entirely because of convention!

According to the custom, a deceased Minister of War of the Reich in office is eligible to be posthumously awarded the title of Marshal, but Rubinsark had already been awarded the title of Marshal ten years ago, so the funeral of the highest marshal of the Imperial Army, Duke Andya, the Minister of War, must be present, a qiē is very smooth, the four soldiers responsible for filling the soil began to level the raised soil, the flag bearer covered a non-rigid military flag on the tomb soil according to the process, Andya tidied up his collar, the gray sky, dim with a bit of sad cold wind, and the ceremony came to an end

At this time, a group of uniformed Shaozhuang officers rushed in from outside the cemetery, and their faces were full of anger, "National thief, you are not qualified to be buried here!" An excited young Zhuang officer kicked the military flag covering the grave soil, and the others were carrying various digging tools, ready to rush up and dig out the coffin

"What do you want to do?" Duke Andia stood up with a cold gaze, and under his black trench coat was the uniform of the Imperial General, which was covered with various royal blue medals

"Big ...... My lord" The officer looked at Duke Andia's general's uniform, looked at the two rows of royal blue imperial medals, his face was shocked, he didn't expect to see an imperial general here, his eyes were a little flustered, didn't he say that the people who attended the ceremony today were some inconsequential people!

"Who asked you to come, the guards guarding the cemetery outside?" Duke Andya had a strong chill in his eyes as he fought against the Fetzer in the south. He always kept no prisoners, and the mantra on his lips was "Black two-legged animals are used to kill!" "My lord, we are all soldiers who resent the actions of the national thieves, and as soon as those guards heard our intentions, they generously let us in, please don't stop us! We are doing justice for this country!" The young officer's eyes rolled for a moment, and he found that Duke Andia was the only one who was an imperial general, and boldly said, "Justice is done?" Duke Andya looked at the young officers with bloody faces and pointed into the distance. He said sharply, "The Iraqis are attacking, the front line is bleeding, you have the ability, why don't you go to the front line, that is the place where you are most needed, don't think that if you don't wear the armor engraved with the number, I don't know your identity, you are directly under the Fourth Legion, I don't care who provoked you." Leave immediately, I can pretend that I didn't see it, or else I will bear the consequences!" "Your Excellency. I don't know what you mean!" the corner of the young officer's mouth showed a hint of slyness in the corner of the young officer's mouth, "yes, then I'll remind you, I'm Andya." Now the Imperial Minister of War!" Duke Andya raised his voice and said, "That diversion proposal is now on my desk, and since you want to show your bravery, then I will fulfill you." Sue me your name and position, I will let you go to the front line tomorrow, and let you show your bravery to the Iraqi people! If you can kill the Sultan of the Iraqi people, maybe you will have a chance to go down in history, how about it!" "Your Excellency is Lord Andya!" The young officer was stupid, and the dozen or so people behind him were also stupid, they didn't expect to run into their boss's boss, in general, they were still a faction, the other party was a big boss, and he was just a little minion "I'm sorry, let's leave immediately!" The young officer, who noticed that something was wrong, walked away with a dozen people, leaving Andya standing alone in front of Rubin Sark's tombstone, his eyes were complicated and contemplative, he grabbed a handful of soil with his own hands and threw it into the air, scattering like raindrops, Andya raised his head, looked at the sky and said to himself, "Old friend, is this why you have to do this?" Or maybe your hunch is right, some guys are crossing the boundaries of the military and starting to change from soldiers to national thieves who are attached to power!"

Leaving Rubin Sark's funeral, Andya re-examined the diversion bill that he regarded as crazy, thought of the young and strong faction who were dragged like puppets, and thought of the dozen or so impulses that no longer belonged to the strict discipline of the soldiers, Andyar's heart began to become solemn, the army is a double-edged sword, which can hurt others and hurt himself, especially in the current situation of chaos in the country of the main and young, it is no wonder that Rubinsark, who has always been regarded as the representative of the interests of the military, stands on the opposite side of all the soldiers this time

What is divided is the threat, and what is left is the danger of being ruined! This is the path that Robin Sark chose, in fact, even if he did not die on the way to this negotiation, he would be drowned by countless saliva after returning to Kyoto, whether it was a colleague who lived and died together before, a student who admired him, or a subordinate who was full of respect, he would become his enemy, Andya's hand trembled slightly, and he gently put it on the table with a copy of the text, like a thousand weights, and the lower end of the text was signed "Rubin Sark"

This bill is hesitant and trembling,

Rubin Sark is worthy of being a veteran minister for several generations, and has seen many more conspiracies and rebellions than ordinary people, after moving to Beijing, he once proposed that the emperor is young, and the probability of the imperial expedition is very small, and the military strength of the four directly subordinate legions is too heavy in the current proportion of Gangfei, accounting for almost one-half of the military strength of the Gangfei Empire.

It stands to reason that the proportion of the strength of the army directly under the emperor is a good thing, which can ensure the stability of the emperor's authority, but in the case of the emperor is young and the control power of the directly subordinate army is completely used by others, such a force ratio is extremely dangerous for the entire Gangfei Empire.

That's the diversion bill.

According to the plan, the four major legions will be diverted, except for the real 100,000 elite troops in Kyoto under the jurisdiction of the emperor, all the other surplus troops will be transferred to the border guards to replenish the border troops who have suffered heavy losses due to the battle against the Falcon Empire.

In this report, Robin Sark frankly confessed that "there are huge loopholes in the border defense of the Gangnon-Imperial Empire, first of all, there is a shortage of soldiers, and it lies in the war of the Falcon Empire." There are 200,000 non-border troops killed or wounded, the two main army corps were disabled, this huge hole has not been filled, although in August issued a mobilization order to recruit 50,000 new soldiers, but for the gap of 200,000 is far from enough, the second is the lack of reserves, the empire's maritime trade lines have been cut off, the land is completely monopolized by the southwest of the Falcon Empire, and the sparse forest area that is the richest in iron ore has also been ceded to the Falcon Empire, and the gap in the imperial armament will be restored with the number of land forces. The hole is getting bigger and bigger,

"If we can't get through the maritime trade insurance within five years and adopt the Jinsui policy against the Falcon Empire, which has a strong position in material control, five years later, the new army of the Gangfei Empire with the goal of expanding with 500,000 troops will be reduced to the embarrassing situation of two people using a spear, wearing a set of battle armor, and having less than ten arrows in the archer's quiver" This is the imagination proposed by Rubinsark, and this imagination shook the entire Gangfei military circle. Although there are many people who agree with it in their hearts, there are very few who dare to come forward to support it.

Because once this proposal is passed, it will be a major reshuffle of the existing Congo and non-military circles. Especially for the four directly subordinate legions, as the direct legions of the emperor, the weapons and promotion opportunities are just not the first class of the empire, but the general border guards. Be the first to bear the brunt of war, face the enemy head-on, and be third-rate in terms of combat readiness and promotion opportunities. Breaking up the directly subordinate corps into the border guards involves the inextricable forces behind the direct corps.

Rubin Sark undoubtedly provoked the anger of the crowd, the old man, who was already over the age of six, clearly felt that his time was running out, and no longer cared about the "rules" that held his hands and feet, and every morning, the old man who had decided to abandon a qiē would always stand in front of the window for ten minutes, his gaze unfocused at the distant northern sky, and he had complained to his old butler. Why didn't the other party give himself more time, no one knew who he was in his mouth, but Andya who took over can basically guess some now, it should be the eloquent young emperor in the north, because this diversion bill mainly strengthens the border guards, and the biggest enemy of the imperial border defense is undoubtedly the emperor of the north

At this time, Andya had already begun to discover that the old man who was scolded as a "national thief" by countless people tried to hold up the country with his hands and put it in the light, the old man wound up the country well, but he walked on a thorny road under his feet, every step was bloody for the old man, the heavier the country, the weaker the old man, until the blood dried up, and the sacrifices made for the country now began to work

"Your Excellency, the Imperial Council has been brought forward to tomorrow!" a military adjutant pushed open the door to Andya's office

"Oh. What is the reason?" Andya stood up unexpectedly and clipped the text with his hand, the Imperial Council only ended yesterday, why will it be held again tomorrow?

"The Ishtars are approaching Fokodila, and some people hope that the four legions under their direct command will be able to stop the advance of the Ista men in Fokodila!" replied the adjutant with a strange look

"Anyone?" Andyar's tone accentuated,

"It's the Emperor's Majesty!" The adjutant smiled bitterly at the corner of his mouth, "You mean that the seven-year-old Emperor Xià proposed to block the advance of the Istanians in Fokodila?" The expression on Andya's face will be suspicious, even if the Emperor is a genius of the heavens, there should be no demon to this kind of Cheng dù, that is the life and death of hundreds of thousands of people, not children playing with the family, although the Emperor is only seven years old, but it doesn't seem to be ridiculous to this kind of Cheng dù "I heard that the Emperor Majesty Xià came up with a battle plan, and the drafter was Rubin Sark!" The corner of the adjutant's mouth grinned slightly, to be honest, even he didn't believe in this kind of rumor, Rubin Sark had been dead for more than ten days, how could he draft a battle plan for His Majesty the Emperor, if it wasn't for Andya pressing too hard, he wouldn't have said it. "Well, you go down!" Andyar's body trembled slightly, and he waved his hand in some surprise, as if he believed in such a possibility, it was impossible for Rubin Sark to come back from the dead, there was only one possibility for the emperor to have a copy of the battle plan drafted by Rubin Sark in his hand, and Rubin Sark formulated it before going to negotiate, there was only one reason, Rubin Sark seemed to have a premonition of something, there were too many people who wanted to kill him, and the negotiation with the Falcon Empire 1 was to die for Rubin Sark

Dandong, which does not have much strategic value, in exchange for the falcon empire's rare neutral attitude before this catastrophe, avoids the situation of the Gangfei empire being attacked on its back.

And when the land trade routes were fragmented by the invasion of the Iranians, the importance of the maritime trade routes was highlighted to the first.

A large number of weapons and war supplies were all from the newly restored sea route into the Neihu area, into the hinterland, to put it mildly, it was this dead old man who used his life to find a glimmer of life for the Gangfei Empire.

Compared with these, the four directly subordinate army commanders who did not dare to face the Iranian soldiers directly proposed the so-called "borrowing", which not only abandoned the southern areas of the Congo-African Empire, but also led the Iraqis to the Putao area to relieve the pressure of frontal combat. How despicable compared to the nobility of the old man, a sacrifice of oneself, a sacrifice of the country! (To be continued......