In August in Gallic Kyoto, the night was full of coolness, with the curfew, the empty streets were almost invisible, several Gallic Praetorian Guards wore the red cloaks of the Janissaries and followed a carriage slowly, the door was marked by the Imperial Military Department, the sound of neat footsteps was heard from the corner in the distance, in the reflection of silver armor, a patrol of Janissaries walked past the carriage, the lonely rusts of the carriage touched the stones, and the air was oppressive and cold,

Gallic Intelligence Minister Harun stared through the car window at the busiest streets of Kyoto, holding a report he had just received in his hand, his face looked very ugly, and his miserable green eyes were shining, which made him look anxious and excited about the intelligence of the north every day in the past few days, it was like a stray dog who had just been kicked by someone, "My lord, is this information accurate?" Opposite him, Elvis, the young adjutant of the Imperial Intelligence Department, had a face full of disbelief "I hope it is fake, but ......"

Harun's face was almost wrinkled together, and he smiled bitterly and said, "Didn't you see the exhilarating look of Your Majesty a few days ago when you knew that the Northern Army had begun to encircle the Slavic stronghold of Naguld, and these days you have been asking about the results of the battle in the north every day.

"What a rare spirit!" Harun's eyes flickered, and he muttered in a low voice, "Do you want me to sue your majesty, the Imperial Northern Army's attack on Nagurd, the base camp of the Slavs, failed, the commander of the regiment was wounded, 7 officers above the rank of regimental commander were killed, 14 generals were wounded, and more than 60,000 soldiers were killed. Who says it's not, what a merit this is! The duck that reached its beak flew like this......" Harlan shook his head angrily, this is the worst defeat since the empire marched north, even Harun, who was scolded as a fool by the entire imperial military circle, wanted to ask the head of the imperial northern army, the famous imperial general Yald, "Are you sleepwalking, 200,000 troops besieged Nagurd, who only has 70,000 troops." Even sending a mediocre person to go is much better than such a result" "Will the battle in the north be frustrated because of this?" asked Adjutant Elvis curiously, indicating that the young blood in his body was still there

"Probably not, in the battle in the north, our army has already occupied the initiative, but after this defeat, it will take at least a month or more to recover!"

Although Marquis Harun was scolded as a straw rice bucket for a corpse vegetarian meal, he had more information in his hands, and his judgment of the shape was still very accurate, and he shook his head. He said, "A month is not a long time, but it is not a short time, I am afraid that there will be no such opportunity! The Falcon Empire army in the west is about to move, and it is only afraid that it will attack in August, and no one can say how the battle in the north will develop at that time! However, today's imperial meeting is to discuss the transfer of the northern army to resist the falcon army! Think about the expressions of His Majesty and those generals when he heard this news" Harun resisted a dark circle in his eyes, and looked like he wanted to find a place to kill him directly, "Since you can't report it directly." Why don't you report to the emperor's affairs officer first" Elvis hesitated for a moment, looked at his boss's bitter gourd face, and cautiously mentioned, "You mean that woman?" Marquis Harun was stunned for a moment. Then he shook his head like a rattle, and said decisively, "Absolutely not, it is to resist this woman's return to Beijing that the Ministry of Military Affairs deliberately launched this thorough investigation." In order to keep that woman out of Kyoto, if the Ministry of War knew that we were giving this information to that woman, it would undoubtedly be like everyone else. Has the Intelligence Department under the Ministry of Military Affairs taken refuge in that woman? Do I still need to live?"

"Although you can't give it to that woman directly, you can change hands with someone else!"

Adjutant Elvis blinked strangely, and sneered, "Don't forget, my lord, isn't there a special department within the Ministry of Intelligence? As long as there is a little wind, I believe that this information will be delivered to that woman as soon as possible!"

"You mean Philep!yes, how did I forget about this unpleasant fellow," Harlan looked at the eyes, smiled sadly, and then frowned slightly, "That's a loyal dog that the woman planted in the Ministry of Intelligence!" For the incident of the last branch being unplugged, that guy has been blocked in the office book for half a month, but who to send to reveal the news, such an important news, once it spreads, it will inevitably shake Kyoto, and the people who are not at ease really dare not send it, and the people who are at ease have a very bad relationship with that guy......" "I'll go!" Adjutant Elvis couldn't hear the mind of this cunning boss, so he nodded decisively. I've only been in the Ministry of Intelligence for 2 months, and I don't have any contradictions with Philip, and my subordinates think that this matter can help ease the tense relationship between the adults and Philip, no matter what, whether it's the officer of the Ministry of Military Affairs or the woman, our Intelligence Department is not easy to provoke!"

Intelligence Minister Harlan took a deep breath, looked at the cold street outside the window with a relieved gaze, sighed and said, "I know that many people hate me, if possible, who would want to do this kind of two-sided flattering position, no one remembers their own good news when they deliver good news, but the bad news is first blamed on themselves, the person who brought the ominous news,

In fact, this has something to do with me, and the generals themselves fought the defeat, but in the face of those generals who led troops on the front line, the bigwigs of the Imperial Military Affairs Department did not dare to hold them accountable at will, and the bigwigs of the Military Affairs Department had no scruples about the intelligence department like a soft persimmon."

While the two were talking, the carriage entered the confines of the palace, and there were Janissaries along the way, the carriage stopped in front of the steps, and a Praetorian Guard opened the door of the carriage, "Your Excellency, Minister", "Go and do something!"

Harlan stood up, whispered a word to Adjutant Elvis, got out of the carriage, raised his eyes to look up at the brightly lit hall at the end of the steps, straightened his collar, stopped his thoughts, and walked down the gorgeous red carpet into the council chamber,

He noticed that there were many fewer guards in the palace today than usual, and in the past, the entire corridor would be guarded by Praetorian Guard soldiers armed with sharp weapons, and it was said that this was because His Majesty the Emperor always thought that someone in the palace wanted to kill him.

But today there are a lot less, which shows that His Majesty the Emperor is full of confidence in the outcome of the battle in the north!

The front is brightly lit. But Harlan felt a little cold,

What kind of fate will be waiting for you there! Now in Gallic Kyoto, but the undercurrent is surging, if you are not careful, you will be involved in it, and there will be no scum left, because Latisse lost the first battle, and the Imperial Military Department and the Emperor's Affairs Officer Algernon Julia are responsible for the defeat of this battle.

Algernon Julia accused the Ministry of War of making proper arrangements, and the rear supply officers even took the opportunity to sell ordnance supplies that should have been sent to the front, which eventually led to the breakdown of the Rusti Line.

The Imperial Ministry of Military Affairs accused Algernon Julia of being the overseer of the army, but repeatedly unreasonably interfering with the deployment of the generals at the front, and when the Lastie line was breached, it was no one else who was in full command of the army, it was Algernon Giulia, who was the overseer, "When the army was fighting to the death, as the overseer of the army, it was unexpectedly separated from the battle, so that the army collapsed, and he was captured by the enemy in the barren mountains." This is a typical dereliction of duty, and it should be beheaded according to the imperial military regulations!"

This was the attitude expressed by the Ministry of Military Affairs, which believed that the strong defensive line garrisoned by 200,000 troops could be easily broken by the Falcon Imperial Army in half a day. Directly led to the complete fall of the western part of the empire, and the responsibility of the supervising army Algernon Julia is inexcusable.

What made the Ministry of War most righteous was that Julia Algernon was captured by the Falcon Army.

This is not the answer to the problem of avoiding the past. In particular, it is implied in the report that Algernon Julia herself is a stunning beauty who fell into the hands of the Vecchia Falcon, known as the Demon of Color, for a month. This is enough to deprive the shrewd and calm woman of Algernon Julia's chance to defend herself.

What kind of person is the Falcon of Vecchia, in all aspects of Gallic propaganda, this emperor of the enemy country who fought Gaul lost his armor and lost his armor, is simply a breeding pig that sits high on the throne of a white bone skeleton and has no female displeasure, as long as it is a female, it will be interested, and it is even said that even men are not spared,

During the period of Algernon Julia's captivity, there were already various rumors circulating in Gaul Kyoto, saying that Algernon Julia had been conquered by the Vicchia Falcon, and some rumors together could not be controlled at all.

Even the young emperor of Gaul, who was relied upon, seemed to be angry by this news, and directly rejected his request to return to the imperial palace, but ordered his manor on the outskirts of Kyoto to be grounded for reflection, and Algernon Julia did not show weakness in proposing that the people in the army who were related to the northwest must be thoroughly investigated, because these people were the main culprits of the defeat in the battle of Rasti.

This is also what gives Harlan, the intelligence minister, a headache,

Whether it is rumors, or Algernon Julia's self-identification, a thorough investigation of the resale of military funds, the person who can make the final determination is precisely the Ministry of Intelligence sandwiched between the two huge forces, the first two requirements can still be implemented, but the third thorough investigation of those officers who sell materials and have illicit relations with the Falcon Army is a tricky task that they dare not even touch,

Without the support of a few big families, which officer would dare to wantonly dump air supplies in the face of a national crisis?

In fact, a large number of armaments and materials were resold during the most tense period of Rasti, which is not an unusual thing for the intelligence department, and Harlan even has a list of these officers in his hands, knowing very well how powerful the background behind these officers is,

"It's like being the enemy of the entire empire!" Harlan subconsciously shuddered, twisting some things that he wrote at random into a ball and throwing them into the garbage basket, just afraid that if he really submitted a report, he would be torn to pieces by the angry bigwigs from all sides the next day, and assassinations on the street and the like were considered light, and uniting to exterminate himself was a breeze, which was a breeze in the current situation where His Majesty the Emperor was in a trance.

To show that the Ministry of Intelligence was carrying it out, Harlan found a workaround

He ordered the intelligence subdivisions of the provinces that there was a group of spies from the Falcon Empire who were wantonly reselling war materials, and the local subdivisions did not dare to slack off, and acted quickly, with remarkable results, and the people of Gaul first felt that the atmosphere was inexplicably tense.

At key locations such as city gates, arterial roads, and bridges, the city guards were checking day and night, especially for passers-by with southwestern and northwest accents, they checked very strictly, and the merchants who operated guesthouses, hotels, hostels, and restaurants also felt inexplicable.

These days, inspections are particularly frequent, three or four times a day. And the usual check is to look at the passenger registration book and leave. But now it doesn't work, every time I check, I have to open the room to check the number of people one by one, and look at the faces. Especially for those who came from the northwest, the city guards were particularly interested in inspecting the goods, not only to check the goods, but also to question them one by one, and the inspection was not only limited to ordinary hostels and hotels, even those high-end hotels were no exception.

The whole of Gaul was nervous, though most civilians couldn't say why. But the army has already received the rumors in advance,

Those soldiers who really resold supplies stopped all night,

The Ministry of Intelligence's thorough investigation was belated, and the scope directly crossed these people, but fell to people related to the northwest, and some nobles who fled from the northwest to the hinterland of Gaul arrived at the blood mold, in order to avoid the aggressive war in the northwest,

These were once due to the rise of the Falcon Empire. And the nobles who fled from the northwestern countries sold their fields, estates, and treasures. All of them were exchanged for Gallic gold coins that could be carried, and this time they were all confiscated by the Gallic army as stolen goods, and those who dragged their families were arrested and imprisoned by the army as spies in the northwest, and within a few days. He was declared a spy and dragged to the square in the center of the city to be beheaded, and below was the cry of the Gallic civilians, who had heard countless times how brutal the Northwesterners were

"Kill, kill, kill!"

The guillotine above is a group of prisoners awaiting execution. There were men, women and children, and there was a miserable howl.

The guillotine, indeed, when it was erected, was enough to have a dazzling ability, and the whole city was jubilant, and in the eyes of the Gauls, there was no distinction between old and young in the Northwesterners on the stage, only the label of the enemy, watching a head pop out of the body, and bright red blood spurting out of the headless chest like a fountain, and the enthusiasm of the Gauls was mobilized, as if there was a war in front of them, and it was the Gauls who were victorious, and they piled up the decapitated heads to express their contempt for the enemy country that rose in the northwest, but completely ignored that many of these people were enemies of the northwest

This month, the morale of the Gauls has been greatly improved, according to the Ministry of Intelligence, this thorough investigation has gained a lot, the military and the people are excited, countless people praise His Majesty Xià is a generation of heroes, I really don't know, I was shocked when I checked, it turned out that the Falcon Empire had so many spies lurking in Gaul, and it was because of these spies that the empire was defeated in the past!

Seeing the heads of the Falcon Empire's spies rolling around, and hearing some nonsense hymns, the Gallic Emperor was very excited, and saw that his own people did not move in this catastrophe, and the Ministry of Military Affairs expressed his appreciation for the results reported by the Ministry of Intelligence for the first time.

The Emperor's Minister, Algernon Julia, was satisfied with the large amount of stolen goods and money that had been confiscated, that the Empire's financial deficit could disappear for a while, and that the emptied supplies and ordnance could be replaced.

More than 4,000 nobles from the northwest were arrested, together with the families and servants implicated by these nobles, as many as more than 20,000 people, from mid-July to mid-August, every province in Gaul was killing people and rolling heads, but Algernon Julia still had some opinions on the intelligence department's thorough investigation of the military circles, and the results were few, and some janitors and drunkards were arrested, so the result was the ability of the intelligence department, and in the end, in order to show that the intelligence department was not a dry meal, Harun still decided to catch a big fish to appease the dissatisfaction of the emperor's affairs officer

"Is this the person who is the culprit of the defeat of the Empire!"

For the first time, the Imperial Council was held in a brisk atmosphere because of the events of the North, and the young Gallic Emperor sat on the main seat in the middle, his face ruddy, and his eyes were bright and frightening, and if you looked closely, you would see that the emperor's eyes were a strong red, as if there was blood flowing in them, a little sign of madness

"Your Majesty, this is exactly this person, who is simply a cancer that has infiltrated my imperial army!" Harun looked respectful, and then recounted this man's evil deeds

This person's position is just right! There is no problem with the identity at all, the three deputy ministers of the military affairs department who participated in the meeting glanced at each other with calm faces, and reached a consensus in private, Harun, this guy did a good job, since that woman has resisted the military circle at a glance, then give her a result,,

The battle in the north of the empire has stabilized the overall situation, and there is one less and more general named Figueros, which is really meaningless,

The Normans, who were born in the most notorious in the West, expressed their contempt for the Gallic soldiers in private.

In the battle in the north, this guy defeated half of the Slavs' army in one fell swoop, and finally tried to capture the Slav stronghold Nagurd!

What a heinous fellow, doesn't he know that it is already a grace for a Northwest man to be able to sit in the position of a general, and he dares to be contaminated with such a monstrous feat as Nagurd!

"What are you doing with such a person! Execute him immediately! No, bring him to Beijing, I want to see the head of such a thug fall to the ground."

The Gallic Emperor's voice was full of murderous anger, and his blood-colored eyes wanted to kill, he did not expect that there would be such a heinous person in his army (to be continued......