1897 War of the Princesses (7)
As soon as the Minister of Foreign Affairs left, the butler of the Turit family, Long Ze, immediately found Turit Colin, who was in a villa in the city, and she saluted Turit Colin, who had not yet come to her senses, with an apologetic expression, and said, "I'm sorry! I didn't expect the situation to change so quickly, and all the parliaments are on the side of Gang Fei!"
"yes, a puzzling shift"
Turit Colleen sat on the bench, a slight smile on the corner of her mouth, and her fair-skinned fingers rubbed her temples, "To be honest, it's not unusual for my sister to suddenly turn her face, I've been fighting with her since I was three years old, and I don't know her yet? But what about the countries that the family influences? They were on our side last night, and they were all on my sister's side at once?"
Butler Long Ze's face hesitated, his eyes flashed, and he said in a deep voice, "I also just learned that just this morning, the second young lady, as the witch of the Turit family, suddenly delivered a secret message to the Central European and Barro countries, and the attitude of the countries that received this information immediately changed!"
"Oh, secret news!"
Turit Colin was full of confusion when she heard this, her hand gently stroked her hair bun, and she said with some embarrassment: "What kind of news has such great power? It can even make the countries that want to sit idly by agree to send troops to assist the Congo and Africa against the Empire, if we can't figure this out, I'm afraid we will be very passive!"
"I have inquired about the reason, it is the family secret treasure that makes the countries change their minds!" Long Ze's face was gloomy as water, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Just this morning, the second lady delivered the news to the representatives of the countries, and she proved that the secret treasure of the rich and accessible country at the end of the Fiya Dynasty a thousand years ago was in the territory of Gangfei, and the Iraqi people had found some clues, so they started a war against Gangfei, but the Iraqi people got the wrong direction, they chose to look for it in the north, and the location of the secret treasure was in the south of Gangfei!" That's why the emperor gave up the northern region so happily. It is because the Gangfei Empire has been looking for this secret for hundreds of years, although the specific location is not known, but it is indeed the south! The secret treasure of the Feiya Dynasty is the biggest mystery in Central Europe, how many countries are looking for it, as for whether there is one, the outside world has a clear eye, this is a wealth enough to prosper a country, because it is a secret that the witches of the past generations know, even the family does not know its authenticity, and the first lady of the Sea of Strand. It's the Turit Witch that this year has recognized!"Vault!"
Hearing the words of Butler Longze, Turiet Colin's body trembled slightly, and his brows tightened,
"Ryuze, you have been in the family for thirty years, and you are also the person my mother trusts the most, do you believe that the family's secret treasure really exists?" Turit Collin's gaze became fierce, and he looked out the window, his expression becoming extremely stern. If it was previously thought that the signing of military alliance agreements between countries was a superficial task, but now, it is no longer possible to look at it that way,
For the so-called vault of the end of the Fia dynasty thousands of years ago. These bystanders may really send troops to assist Gangfei against the Empire, so it is no wonder that Gangfei's confidence has become tougher all of a sudden, and with the life-saving talisman of the Vault, Gangfei has the entire Central European Barrow country as a backing.
"I've been in the family for thirty years. I've never heard Madame talk about the Vault!" Butler Ryuno shook his head
"So, the rumors of the Vault are fake?" Turit Colin secretly breathed a sigh of relief, the corners of her eyebrows loosening slightly
"Not necessarily. Madame didn't talk about the Vault, but the glorious past of the family was there" The housekeeper Ryuze recalled with a faint fanatical feeling, which was rare in a middle-aged beauty who had always given people a cold feeling, "The glorious past of the family?" Turit Colleen paused at Ryuze's strange look, frowned slightly, and asked" I know that sixty years ago, relying on the influence of the shrine maiden, the Burrows family was the pinnacle of the entire Obarro, although it only owned a city on the Putau coast, and no legion belonged, but the voice from the Buros could spread throughout the entire Central European Baro, and the family's influence spread throughout two-thirds of the Central European Barro, determining the direction of many Central European Baro countries, and even several wars, all of which were supported by the family's huge financial resources"The Shadow of Obaro, the uncrowned king behind the scenes" "But this qiē was terminated fifty years ago, mainly because of the sudden outbreak of the witch dispute between the master family and the Turit family, it was the darkest day of the family, in just ten years, three successive heirs of the Turit witch died, the Turit family was almost broken, and many secrets of the family witch were lost, but what does this have to do with the rumored secret?"
"Of course it is related!" Long Ze's voice paused, and his face turned from excitement to gloom, "The family is in a predicament, the financial resources are exhausted, and the influence on the countries has long been in name only, and it has declined to the point that Cheng Dù, who can only rely on marriage with second-rate countries to maintain his status, if he can get that wealth that rivals the country......"
"The wealth of the country is worth the riches?"
Turit Colin's eyes narrowed into a line when she heard this, and she turned from the front and looked at Long Ze, who was referring to the meaning behind her, "You mean that sixty years ago, that Vault may have really existed, but the clue was cut off because of civil strife?" "It should be so!" Long Ze nodded affirmatively, "Although I don't know if the second lady really knows the Vault, as the titular shrine maiden of this generation, no one dares to guarantee that Madame will not mention something related to those secrets to her, after all, that is where the true value of the Turit witch lies!" And now that the lady and the second lady have turned their faces, others will take advantage of the opportunity to represent the Turit family, and it is not just Turit!" "It seems that I have roughly figured out some of the situation!" "Toontkelin took a deep breath, his eyes flashed and said, "You mean that we miscalculated the opponent, and the enemy is not only the second sister!
Hearing this, Ryunzei's body trembled slightly, and he was silent for a while, "Although I am not sure, this is the only reason that can be explained" "Oh, why?" Thurit Colin asked with a puzzled face, "Is the Burrows family without the Turit witch still the Burrows family?" As soon as the news that the second lady is the princess of the empire came out, the tide rises, will the Thurit family still stay under the main branch of Burrow? No, Madame will definitely choose to be independent from the main branch! This is her dream for many years" Long Ze said with an excited expression
"You're right!"
The corner of Tulit Colleen's mouth sneered, I was still wondering, if the second sister really knew such a big hole card as the secret treasure, she should have secretly taken it to the Strand Sea Country. But it wasn't until last night that the second sister, the first lady of the Sea of Strand, was turned against by her most stable ally, and was embarrassed by my coercion, and finally forced to be helpless, she agreed to remain neutral in this matter, I understand the temper of the second sister, although she is calculating, but her nature is not good at forbearance, at that time in such an extremely angry situation. If she had such a hole card, she would definitely have released it and humiliated me severely" But she didn't, because she didn't know the vault at all! Only the master Burrows knew the vault, and only the master family vouched behind it, so that the countries of Obaro could firmly believe in it!""Since the second lady was forced to die by them, Madame has been working hard for Thurit to break away from the main family, but unfortunately, if those hidden treasures could be revealed, Madame's dream may have come true!" The housekeeper Long seemed to think of something, and scolded angrily in a low voice, "During the period of the Gang Fei Ren Accusation. It was also the main branch of Burrows who took the initiative to ask for "protection" from the Gangnon people, and now it seems that maybe some kind of agreement was reached between the two sides at that time, and now the only way. Just go back and ask Madame for the secret storage, otherwise the empire will have to choose to go to war with the whole of Central Europe!" "I want to go back, but ......!" Turit Colin glanced at the gloomy sky outside, and smiled helplessly. Said that he was coming on behalf of the Falcon Empire, and before the funeral was completely over, 1 really couldn't leave. Otherwise, it will give the Central European and Barrow countries a handle
"Otherwise, I'll go back!" Long Ze's eyes flashed, he gritted his teeth and said, "But although I have followed Madame for thirty years, I need a token and a handwritten letter from the third lady for such an important secret."
Okay, I'm sorry for you!" Turit Colin looked happy "You are the most trusted person by your mother, I will write a letter, as for the token" Turit Colin took off a falcon winged ring from his index finger and handed it to Long Ze, and said with an eager face, "Take this, if shaking out the vault is a precursor to the main branch of the Burrows family, then their next step is to deal with their mother! Take this ring and go to the Imperial garrison in Putao, when you set off, I explained that they will know what to do"" Without further ado, I won't delay, Third Miss, take care!" Long Ze stepped into the makeshift carriage with a solemn face, saluted solemnly to Turit Colin, and then closed the carriage door,
The carriage galloped away in the direction of the street, and when the shadow of the carriage disappeared into the distance of the street, Turit Colin turned around with a solemn face, walked into his room, paused at the door, and instructed the two guards squadron leaders at the door, "Immediately send an urgent message back through the military channel, Long is a traitor to the family, as soon as he arrives in Putao, arrest immediately!"
At one of the gates of Besuka
There was a woman standing in a pure blue dress and a hood on her head, covering her face, she was the first lady of the Sea of Strand Sea, her eyes were anxiously looking at the exit of the street in the distance, until she saw a black carriage appear, she quickly raised her hand, and the wheel came to an emergency stop next to the first lady of the Sea of Salient,
"Why don't you go to your celebration banquet, what are you doing here?" the curtain was pulled up, revealing the slightly dissatisfied face of a middle-aged lady
"Aunt Long, no matter what, you and I are also an alliance now, aren't we? Who would have thought that the personal maid who had been by my mother's side for thirty years would actually be a member of the Burrows family!" The First Lady of the Sea of Strands smiled disapprovingly, "If you hadn't sued me personally, even if you put a sword on my neck, I wouldn't have believed it, let alone my stupid sister, I know that you will definitely go back, because my stupid sister believes in you!" As long as you get her token, you can gain the complete trust of your mother, and finally get the secret place that only the Turit witch knows!"
"What? do you really think you're a shrine maiden?"
"Don't get me wrong, I'm waiting for you here, just to ask, if you are an insider of the Burrows family, is it you the informant who reported my aunt's elopement more than ten years ago, and was finally executed by the main family!"
"Knowing too many secrets won't do you any good!" Long Ze's face was cold, and he pulled the curtain of the carriage back with a bang, and the carriage quickly drove away. Disappear into the distance
"Sure enough, it's you!" The first lady of the Sea of Strand turned gloomy, last night the peaks and turns turned around, so that she still can't believe it, overnight, everything has changed, the family's secret treasure, which makes them not believe, easily reversed the whole situation, all because of a woman. It is unimaginable that Ryuze, the woman who coldly refuted herself in front of the steps, the woman who served the family for thirty years, the housekeeper who made her mother the most trusted, turned out to be the person who was the master of the Burrows family, it was really unimaginable,
Although the secret thing is that she personally told Sù that she was ready to accept neutrality, and turned the situation around in one fell swoop. But I just don't like her, I didn't like her a long time ago, I didn't know why at the time, but now I understand. This is a poisonous snake lurking around you, and the intuition of danger is precisely what you are born with.
Same day. In the north-central part of the Congo Africa, the Great Plains. The sparse weeds creeping on the barren and dry sand and gravel ground were bent by the gale, just the Duke of Andya, the deputy minister of military affairs. Holding the reins of the war horse firmly in his hand, his frozen posture sculpted the distant horizon, and behind him, embroidered with the battle banner of the Gangfei Empire, covered with bloodstains, gunsmoke and mottled sores, with a heroic spirit rising into the sky, the 70,000 soldiers of the four major Janissaries of Gangfei were like a blue treasure belt, stretching for miles, waiting for their opponents. The setting sun in the sky stained the earth deep with the loneliness of the twilight mixed with blood and blue plating
"My lord, will the Istan people come?" asked a general of Gonfei worriedly
"Don't worry, they have been chasing us for more than half a month, chasing us all the way from Fucordiel, how can we let go of the last opportunity to enter the southern region!" Duke Andia's narrow and sharp nails and the reins of the horse in his hand were pressed, and the scales of the metal armor on his body made a gurgling sound, and the remnant sun was like blood, as long as it took another 1 hour, this vast desert field would be covered by the cold night. Buried with dazzling blood and countless corpses, the people of Iraq would not have thought that in the past half a month, under the siege of the Iraqi army, they would be like a lost dog waiting here
At the end of the boundless plain, as if looking through autumn water, a long dragon of smoke and dust slowly appeared!
The first thing that emerged from the distorted and shaking air on the horizon was a red dazzling military banner, on which the banner of the hunting fluttering was inlaid with a golden boar, which was the vanguard banner of the Eastern Governor of the East, Haena, the vanguard of the Iranian cavalry, and the cavalry of the Iraqi people jumped out of the horizon in patches, instigating the horses to fly over the gravel and low grass and bushes.
"Steady, don't mess around!"
The captains of the Gangfei infantry shouted loudly to the soldiers, their eyes turned blood-red, it was really a narrow road, it was the hussar light cavalry of the Istan people who did not know how many of their companions had been killed along the way, this light cavalry was extremely fast, the cavalry above danced the warrior's sideburns heroically in the wind of the wilderness, and the sand on the ground was kicked and rolled by the horses' hooves. The speed was as fast as a violent wind, and there was almost no hesitation, like a flood that burst its banks rolling from the opposite side.
"Fight!"
Seeing that the cavalry of the Istan did not run in other directions, but went straight to the direction where their battle flags were, Duke Andya drew his sword fiercely,
The depth and level of 70,000 soldiers of the four major legions are enough to resist the key impact of the cavalry cluster, and the opponent's tactics are old-fashioned, first use light cavalry to launch a surprise attack, open the gap, and then release the well-equipped heavy cavalry, when the entire shock cluster is like a steel sword, after the hole is pierced, and then torn apart fiercely, in the pursuit along the way, Duke Andya has not encountered such tactics
So he placed a whole group of heavy infantry in the back of the huge army formation, these soldiers were dressed in heavy armor and armed with heavy guns, and their preservation was to drag the Iranian cavalry into a melee, without giving them any time to adjust and rearrange! As long as the cavalry of the pursuing force was dragged here to death, the retreat behind would be easy to handle, otherwise, the Iranian cavalry would follow behind, eating the exhausted troops inch by inch!
"Kill!"
The front lines of the two armies collided together like two tides, and in front of the three arc battle formations of the Gangnon army,
"Throw guns!"
The Crescent Moon battle formation of the Istan light cavalry tightened the reins of their mounts, they turned like the sharpest sharp knives, and the spears of the light cavalry flew like rows of raindrops, piercing into the crowd of non-soldiers with a swift arc, only to see an arc falling, that is, the blood flowers in the crowd bloomed,
"Archer!" Gang Fei seemed to have known that this would be the case, behind the military formation, a queue of archers who pulled the bowstring, and sent the fingers holding the tail of the arrow, the rapid sound of "collapse" was like a rainstorm smashing on the ground, and rows of arrows flew towards the rapidly turning light cavalry, "Ah" The unprepared Istanbul light cavalry screamed with arrows, and the metal arrows were deeply stimulated from his back, (to be continued......)